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A biker checks out someone’s ride at the 2009 Rumble on Noble in Anniston. Motorcycles and music: Rumble on Noble festival returns to Anniston for the 6th year
It won’t be thunder in your ear this weekend, but the rumble of loud pipes and bikers as they pull into town for Rumble on Noble 6, Anniston’s annual bike-friendly street festival.
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The Ohatchee step group Crunk for Christ performs a dance during the July Super Saturday event. Photo: Kiri Lanice Walton/The Anniston Star Step right up: Ohatchee group dances in the name of God
Hip-hop star Lil’ Jon shouts “Yeahhh” and “Okay!” when he gets crunk. Oscar-winning actor and R&B singer Jamie Foxx tells listeners to “blame it on the a-a-a-a-alcohol” when they are crunk.
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The right tunes give boost to runners
When 1,200-or-so runners take to Woodstock Avenue on Saturday morning, observers may hear little more than the muffled thud of shoe soles on pavement. But there will also be a cacophony unheard by most, crashing, strumming and thumping with every step.
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Musician Lanier returns to Wedowee for annual summer mini-series
She only spent one year there in second grade, but something about Wedowee feels like home, like a piece of her identity is strongly and permanently rooted there.
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Blues and q's: 'Hot Ribs and Cool Blues' weekend begins tonight
by Kiri Lanice Walton
Star Staff Writer
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All it takes is a drive down Quintard Avenue to see that this is a town that loves its barbecue. And to prove that love, the Historic Downtown Anniston Business Association is hosting the second annual Super Saturday "Hot Ribs and Cool Blues" today and Saturday, featuring some of the best barbecue cooks in the Southeast.
Music & ministry
by Kiri Lanice Walton
Star Staff Writer
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Dugger Mountain Music Hall, one of the newest music venues in the county, was packed for its first concert June 26. About 150 people filled the small complex in Piedmont, which is referred to as The Haven (Heaven and Victory Excluding None) to listen to bluegrass and classic gospel songs.
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by Cameron Steele
Star staff writer
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John Lennon’s “Instant Karma.” Led Zeppelin’s “The Rover.” The Rolling Stone’s “Jumping Jack Flash.” Rita Clarke & The Naturals’ “Lit O Bit.” Joni Mitchell’s “Free Man in Paris.” Neutral Milk Hotel’s “In The Aeroplane Over the Sea.”
Pam Tillis to perform acoustic show at The Ritz
by Kiri Lanice Walton
Star Staff Writer
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Country music singer-songwriter Pam Tillis is plenty busy. She’s busy writing, like she has for herself, Chaka Khan and Martina McBride over the years. She’s busy with her own record label, Stellar Cat Records, which she started in 2006, and she’s busy with a tour that will make a stop at the Talladega Ritz Theatre on Thursday.
Bluegrass brouhaha
by Kiri Lanice Walton
Special to the Star
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All the cool kids are playing fiddles, banjos and mandolins. With bluegrass groups like Old Crow Medicine Show selling out shows all over the country (and even in London) and the several bluegrass remakes on YouTube of MGMT’s “Kids,” bluegrass is finding a home among a new generation, even right here in Calhoun County.
Glenn Miller Orchestra to perform in Oxford
by Kiri Lanice Walton
Special to The Star
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Calhoun County residents are dappling in a little of “That Old Black Magic.” They are brushing up on their favorite swing dance moves like the Jitterbug, the Lindy Hop and the Charleston because the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra will be performing all the big-band favorites on June 3 at the Oxford Civic Center.
‘Dega native presents gospel stage play
by Erica Long
Special to The Star
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If it takes hard times to help you reconnect with your faith, perhaps you should look at the journey of the Stone family this weekend as Talladega native Brandon Holland presents the gospel stage play The Struggle is Over.
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