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Johnny Mathis is a part of the holiday season. (Contributed Image)
I don’t remember why this ever came up, but every holiday I think about the time my best friend said something along the lines of, “Well, it just isn’t Christmas until my mother takes the Johnny Mathis Christmas record out.”
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Barry Manilow stands on stage at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, where he will perform this week. (2009/File Photo)
Barry Manilow brings his “A Gift of Love” concerts back to Palm Desert, turning the McCallum into the place where Santa meets the Copacabana (hopefully Mrs. Claus isn’t Lola in this scenario) this week.
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Valeria Ramos, 19 turns after placing a candle near a memorial for Jenny Rivera at a vigil outside Divina Realty Sunday in Corona. (Terry Pierson/Staff Photographer)
We’ve been following the tragic news today as officials found wreckage of Jenni Rivera’s plane in Northeast Mexico.
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Jenni Rivera performs at San Manuel Casino in Highland on March 10, 2011. (File Photo)
We’re following the story of Mexican-American singing superstar Jenni Rivera, who is missing after her plane lost contact just outside of Monterrey, Mexico, early Sunday morning.
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Jenni Rivera, shown here at Pechanga Resort and Casino in 2011, is missing after her plane was involved in a suspected crash. (2011/File Photo)
UPDATE: 1:30 p.m. More details about Banda singer Jenni Rivera and her missing plane
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John Mellencamp performs for fans during a concert with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan at the Diamond in Lake Elsinore. (2009/File Photo)
The other day I posted about the wonders of Run-DMC’s “Christmas in Hollis” and the cassette version of “A Very Special Christmas.”
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Alien Ant Farm performs with the Riverside City College Studio Orchestra on Dec. 8, 2012. (Jonathan Hinderliter/Freelance Photographer)
Alien Ant Farm put together a once-in-a-lifetime kind of show Saturday, Dec. 8, and I was lucky enough to be in the audience at the Landis Performing Arts Center on the Riverside City College campus.
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Alien Ant Farm bassist Tye Zamora performs. (2010/File Photo)
I’m about to head out to Riverside City College in just a little bit to see “Here Comes sANTa,” the collaboration between Alien Ant Farm and the RCC Studio Orchestra.
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The LeeVees made Hanukkah songs that rock. (File Photo)
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah and it’s only appropriate to feature a Hanukkah song for today’s Audio Files. The LeeVees put out a great album, 2005’s “Hanukkah Rocks,” which brought some much-needed power pop love to the holiday. Here’s my favorite song off the album, titled “How Do You Spell Channukkahh?”
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Suicide Silence has set up a memorial fund for the daughter of late singer Mitch Lucker. (Suicide Silence/Contributed Image)
Riverside metal band Suicide Silence has announced the first wave of guest vocalists that will perform with the group on Friday, Dec. 21 at a tribute concert in honor of singer Mitch Lucker at the Fox Theater in Pomona.
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