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The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, a hypnotic and immersive multichannel video installation of musicians performing in a historic mansion in New York's Hudson River Valley.

Officially announced today is Glaspy's opening slot on The Lumineers January 2017 tour also featuring Andrew Bird.

Hull UK City of Culture 2017, details of which are announced today, is a 365 day programme of cultural events and creativity inspired by the city and told to the world. Divided into four seasons, this national celebration draws on the distinctive spirit of the city and the artists, writers, directors, musicians, revolutionaries and thinkers that have made such a significant contribution to the development of art and ideas.

Off Assignment, a magazine of literary travel writing, recently launched the first of its online content, answering the demand for authors to enhance their published work with compelling experiences and details left unsaid. Forged by today's top journalists, essayists, and travel writers, Off Assignment is a publication dedicated to candid storytelling. The magazine, which grew out of a grassroots series of live storytelling events featuring writers such as Gay Talese and Sloane Crosley, now publishes a weekly series called 'Letter to a Stranger,' short essays about memorable strangers from past journeys. In its first weeks, the series has featured contributors such as New York Times bestselling authors Leslie Jamison and Lauren Groff, as well as memoirist Howard Axelrod and National Book Award winner Julia Glass.

World-renowned theremin virtuosa Carolina Eyck and American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) will release Fantasias for Theremin and String Quartet on October 14, 2016 via Butterscotch Records.

After being named 'A Favorite New Artist of 2016 (So Far)' by NPR Music and a successful run of spring and summer shows including SXSW, Bonnaroo, Mountain Stage and more, Margaret Glaspy has revealed her new raw and powerful Tiny Desk set, filmed at NPR Music's DC headquarters.

Live @ Benaroya Hall announces their exciting fifth season with an eclectic mix of concerts featuring artists and musicians from around the world. Additional shows will be announced in the coming months.

After being named 'A Favorite New Artist of 2016 (So Far)' by NPR Music and a successful run of spring and summer shows including SXSW, Bonnaroo, Mountain Stage and more, Margaret Glaspy has announced new fall tour dates including sets with her ATO label mates Blind Pilot.

Warpaint extend their expansive fall tour with new dates today, including November 12 at Nashville's 3rd & Lindsey, November 17 at Austin's Emo's and November 22 at San Diego's Observatory North Park.

Heads Up, the highly anticipated third album from Los Angeles-based band Warpaint, is set for release September 23 via Rough Trade Records. The first song from the new album, “New Song,” premieres today.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the publication of The Health of Populations: Beyond Medicine by Jack James. This book provides a carefully constructed and thoroughly evidence-based critique of the limitations of conventional biomedical healthcare. Elsevier also introduced four new public health books published this year.

This summer, Elastic City, the pioneer of artist-led participatory walks, will present The Last Walks, its seventh and final festival.

PJ Harvey will release the new song 'Guilty' globally today, July 13, taken from the sessions that produced her current album, The Hope Six Demolition Project (Vagrant).

PJ Harvey will release the new song 'Guilty' globally this Wednesday, July 13, taken from the sessions that produced her current album, The Hope Six Demolition Project (Vagrant).

Taken from PJ Harvey's UK #1 album The Hope Six Demolition Project, released in April on Island Records. Video directed by award-winning photo-journalist and film-maker Seamus Murphy.

SONOS Chamber Orchestra, Erik E. Ochsner, Music Director and Conductor, will present Nature as Inspiration for Music, a concert today, May 24 at 8 PM at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY.

Julien's Auctions, the world record breaking auction house to the stars, has announced its highly anticipated Music Icons auction event to take place at the Hard Rock Cafe New York today, May 21, 2016.

Hard Rock is gearing up for one day of non-stop live music around the world! On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, more than 425 local artists and music acts will perform live at 107 Hard Rock Cafe and Hotel locations across the globe as part of the world's largest, one-day music showcase Hard Rock Rising.

The Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra (HSO) concludes its 2015-2016 season with a glorious weekend of Russian masterworks on Saturday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 12 at 4 p.m. Titled "From Russia With Love," the season finale begins with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and is followed by Tchaikovsky's final composition, the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major featuring pianist Olga Kern - Gold Medal winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Led by Maestro Victor Yampolsky, "From Russia With Love" also features Kern in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, the work that sealed Prokofiev's reputation as a composer. The concert program concludes with Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances op. 45, a symphonic work that celebrates a lush orchestral palette. We challenge concertgoers not to be moved by this performance. Tickets start at $34 and are on sale now.

SONOS Chamber Orchestra, Erik E. Ochsner, Music Director and Conductor, will present Nature as Inspiration for Music, a concert on Tuesday, May 24 at 8 PM at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY.

Guests say bon voyage as their taste buds take flight on Hard Rock Cafe's World Burger Tour. Hard Rock Cafe locations in North America are celebrating the start of burger season with a menu showcasing international Local Legendary Burgers from the English Breakfast Burger, which pays homage to a classic English breakfast, and Hard Rock's first-ever location in London, to the Jamaican Jerk Burger, which features mango jalapeo cream cheese and jerk seasoning inspired by Montego Bay. The limited-time menu is available now through Thursday, June 30, 2016. This year, Hard Rock isalso offering a literal World Burger Tour, a travel package that takes the most adventurous burger enthusiasts on the road (and the skies) to sample offerings from the World Burger Tour menu at Hard Rock Cafe locations in London, Athens, Buenos Aires and Seattle!

Julien's Auctions, the world record breaking auction house to the stars, has announced its highly anticipated Music Icons auction event to take place at the Hard Rock Café New York on Saturday, May 21, 2016.

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Hard Rock has drummed up the perfect reward for Americans after they pay up to Uncle Sam on Tax Day and it will be music to taxpayers' ears. On Monday, April 18, Hard Rock Cafe guests who channel their inner artist and sing a song on the cafe stage will receive a free* Legendary Burger.

GORE, the new album from multiplatinum, Grammy Award-winning alternative-rock band Deftones, is out today on Warner Bros. Records.