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The pop-country trade-off isn?t always a sure thing (The Pantagraph)
Country and pop. Pop and country. For years the musical genres have borrowed from each other as well as invaded each other?s territories. That?s even more present now with former pop stars Jewel and Jessica Simpson recently making their bona fide switches to country. So let?s take a fun look at some of the artists who began with pop, or dabbled in it simultaneously, before making the complete ...

DSHS grad turns musician, to play at Arts in the Park (Dover-Sherborn Press)
Ben Willmott will play at Arts in the Park on the Needham Town Common on July 17 at 7 p.m. Willmott is a graduate of the Dover-Sherborn schools.

Like music? Check out ArtBeat (Somerville Journal)
Somerville?s arts community is ready to transform Davis Square into the two-day ArtBeat music-arts-dance-performance festival. Twenty-four local bands, playing hip-hop, pop and folk, will be taking stages at four locations in Davis Square on July 18 and 19.

Logan Arts Council ready for third season (News Democrat & Leader)
With the Logan Arts Council there's finally something to do here. The Logan Arts Council kicks off its third season on Aug. 2, remembering a tragic incident that happened 100 years ago in Russellville.

Cochecho Arts Festival continues with Good Mem ries (Foster's Daily Democrat)
DOVER ? Prepare to tap your feet and clap your hands as you relive the Good Mem'ries of the big band era on Friday, July 11, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Rotary Arts Pavilion in Henry Law Park.

Gallery: Fire Arts Festival Opens in Blaze of Glory (Wired News)
: Photo: Emily Lang/Wired.com OAKLAND, California -- Talk about a hot night. From a fire-spouting piano to flame cannons that licked the smoky sky, the attractions Wednesday night at the Fire Arts Festival kicked California's heat wave up a few degrees. "Who doesn't like fire?" said Hick Messiah, 47, of Oakland as he took in the event. More than 50 different artists from the San ...

Museum set to chart life, career of Jackie Chan (CBC)
As a proposal for a Bruce Lee museum is explored in Hong Kong, contemporary martial arts star Jackie Chan has broken ground on his own museum on the mainland.

Orange Pop: O.C. Fair puts power pop on exhibit (Orange County Register)
Two events on the Plaza Arts Stage will showcase local bands that play the catchy, jangly style.

Send us your fall arts info now (Arizona Daily Star)
We've an earlier than usual deadline for our fall performing-arts preview ? scheduled to run in early September.

Pop music at the Royal Opera House in Valletta (Times of Malta)
Spiteri Lucas entertainment and the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts have teamed up to produce A Tribute To The Stars, an open air musical show at the former Royal Opera House Theatre (Teatru Rjal) in Valletta tomorrow and on Sunday.