The Del McCoury Band won top honors at the 14th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards. The group took home the entertainer of the year award for the eighth time. Band members Mike Bub and Jason Carter won in the instrumental categories for bassist and fiddler of the year.
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“Sixty Six to Timbuktu” a two-CD solo collection from former Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant is due out on November 4th. The 35 set traces Plant’s career, starting with his first solo single in 1966 through a live performance this year in Timbuktu. The first disc features material from his first solo albums, while the second disc contains more osbscure material. It’s full of rarities, bonus tracks, his work with pre- Zeppelin groups Listen and the Band of Joy and side projects like “Philadelphia Baby,” recorded under the Crawling Kingsnakes, a one-off that included Dave Edmunds and Phil Collins.
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Ice Cube has landed the starring role in the “XXX” sequel with Van Diesel stepping aside. Director Rob Cohen has also opted out of the sequel to the 2002 action film about an extreme-turned-secret agent, and will be replaced by “Die Another Day” director Lee Tamahori. The film will begin production in the summer and hit theaters in 2005.
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Now that fall has officially arrived and chilly nights aren
