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  Antigone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Phthia, Peleus was purified by Eurytion and married Antigone, Eurytion's daughter.
Antigone (opera), by Carl Orff The overall story is thus: When Oedipus stepped down as King of Thebes, he gave the kingdom to his two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, who both agreed to alternate the throne every year.
Antigone's sister, Ismene, then declared she had aided Antigone and wanted the same fate.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Antigone.html   (578 words)

  
 Antigone - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Antigone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After Oedipus discovered that he had killed his father Laius, king of Thebes, and married his own mother, Jocasta hanged herself and Oedipus blinded himself with a pin from her gown.
Antigone accompanied her father on his wanderings from Thebes, but returned after the Eumenides (the benevolent aspect of the punishing Furies) removed him from the Earth.
Antigone buries her brother Polynices, in defiance of the Theban king Creon, who imprisons her in a cave.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Antigone   (424 words)

  
 News 14 Carolina | 24 Hour Local News | ENTERTAINMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Antigone Rising consists of lead vocalist Cassidy, guitarist sisters Cathy & Kristen Henderson, Dena Tauriello on drums and Anne-Marie Stehn on bass guitar.
Antigone Rising showcased at the National NACA Convention in Nashville, Tenn. in February 2003 to further broaden their already established college fan base.
The best way to experience Antigone Rising is with the diverse crowd at any one of their energetic and solid live shows, where the blend of 70s harmonies and rock guitar mixed with an unmatched musicianship and pop ethic will make a believer out of any skeptic.
www.news14charlotte.com /content/entertainment?ArID=28412   (407 words)

  
 EARVOLUTION: Antigone Rising hits the road   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Antigone Rising are taking it to the streets - or at least to Starbucks.
Antigone Rising's highly-anticipated major label debut From the Ground Up was released in May. The album kicked off Starbucks CD series entitled "Hear Music(tm) Debut." As of June 29, 2005, Starbucks has sold more than 62,800 units of Antigone Rising's From The Ground Up during the album's first seven weeks.
Antigone Rising is a band you will be listening to for a long time." I also spoke with Neil Dorfsman through his sister and Neil says the ladies were a pleasure to work with.
www.earvolution.com /2005/07/antigone-rising-hits-road.asp   (793 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
For perspective, Antigone Rising is currently outperforming the new releases of established artists such as Queens of the Stone Age (No. 97 on the Billboard 200) and Lisa Marie Presley (No. 111 on the Billboard 200).
The special traces Antigone Rising's evolution from a struggling band to a major label act and features exclusive live music performances as well as interviews with the band.
Antigone Rising was selected as the inaugural band featured in Starbucks Hear Music's "Hear Music(TM) Debut" CD series which was created specifically to introduce new and developing artists.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=27805726&rb=1   (1179 words)

  
 Antigone Rising
Antigone Rising's strengths include driving vocals with infectious four-part harmonies, radio friendsly pop arranged songs with sweeping acoustic guitar melodies, and a sturdy rhythm section.
Angtione Rising's major triumphs include performing at Lilith Fair with Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, and Liz Phair at the Jones Beach Amphitheatre in New York this past July.
Antigone Rising has what it takes to succeed -- motivation, commitment, and a universal sound that is uniquely their own.
www.dragonwinds.com /antigone/rising.shtml   (319 words)

  
 Antigone Rising: Let The Music Do The Talking
Following their gutsy performances, Antigone Rising was proclaimed in a Rolling Stone spread by renowned critic David Fricke: "Signed to Lava Records, these five women turned in the killer Big Rock show of the festival, with Lynyrd Skynyrd-army guitars, the country-gospel harmonies of a biker Dixie Chicks and a Janis Joplin-esque vocal dynamo named Cassidy."
You could say that Antigone Rising is carrying on the tradition of the Runaways, one of rocks first female outfits to combine garage rock and glam.
Antigone Rising blossoms in that over-the-top atmosphere, adhering more to arena rock excitement than the head down, keep playing philosophy of many of Antigone's contemporaries.
www.glidemagazine.com /articles118.html   (1163 words)

  
 Antigone Rising - Peabody's - May 27th, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Antigone, pronounced (an-TIG-uh-nee), comes from Greek Mythology and is the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death.
Antigone Rising is made up of lead vocalist Cassidy, sisters on guitars, Cathy and Kristen Henderson, Dena Tauriello, also known as Birdie, on drums, and
They were playing to you like you meant everything in the world to them…it's not often you find a band with as much passion as 'Antigone Rising'.
www.clevelandonstage.com /antigonerisingreview.htm   (586 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Antigone Rising's Momentum Continues -- Major Label Debut "From the Ground Up" Surpasses 90K Sales Mark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Antigone Rising also appeared on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (May 27, 2005) and kicked off "The Today Show's" "Rising Stars" week (May 30, 2005).
Timed to coincide with the re-launch campaign of "From the Ground Up" to traditional retail outlets, Antigone Rising is scheduled to perform on national TV shows such as "Emeril Live" (tape date September 13, 2005 with airdate in October) and AandE's "Breakfast with the Arts" (airdate September 18, 2005).
Antigone Rising also landed the coveted opening slot on multi-platinum recording artist Rob Thomas' fall tour.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=95034   (751 words)

  
 MSJ - Antigone Rising-Traveling Circus
Antigone Gone lays down their own blend that at times calls to mind such diverse acts as Cream, The Allman Brothers, Joan Jett, The Who, The Ramones, the Cranberries and even the Dixie Chicks.
This live album might be a great place to turn to prepare yourself for the coming of Antigone Rising.
On Antigone Rising's take of this Led Zeppelin classic they play it pretty faithfully, and put in quite a competent rendition.
www.musicstreetjournal.com /antigone.htm   (678 words)

  
 Antigone Rising falls hard - Arts & Life
Antigone Rising´s new release From the Ground Up is uninspired and superficial.
Starbucks forced Antigone Rising to compromise to a more easy listening sound to sell more albums, which they did, and this makes them unrespectable.
What Antigone Rising presents here are not great, timeless songs, despite the hyperbole contained in the thick press packet that came with the album.
www.independentcollegian.com /news/2005/09/19/ArtsLife/Antigone.Rising.Falls.Hard-989315.shtml   (515 words)

  
 CD Baby: ANTIGONE RISING: Rock Album   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Antigone Rising's first full legnth self produced studio effort.
One unfortunate reality of our ironic times is that people have a hard time taking sincerity seriously--with Beck and others steering the postmodern course of alternative rock, there doesn't seem to be much room for artists who simply say what they mean, as passionately as they can.
So it's heartening to see that New York City pop-rock act Antigone Rising seem to be getting a foothold in the marketplace, because their fiery sound harks back to a time before the rock stance evolved from casual cool to pure insouciance.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/antigonerising   (505 words)

  
 Antigone Rising is No More Than Product of Lava Records - Arts & Entertainment
Antigone Rising appear (and claim) to be regular down-to-Earth chicks who are out to establish a strong following through their music, which very well may happen but through a different target than what they intended.
This misconception is a perfect example of bad marketing because Antigone Rising's music is a folky-hippy-country-vocally booming style that is something perfectly suitable for a Starbucks-type setting, which just happens to be where their CD is available exclusively at.
If Lava Records marketed Antigone Rising in their correct genre, they would still be just as hot but would be selling their true style and not a manipulated one.
www.pacepress.org /news/2005/09/28/ArtsEntertainment/Antigone.Rising.Is.No.More.Than.Product.Of.Lava.Records-1002383.shtml   (438 words)

  
 Business Wire: Starbucks Hear Music and Lava Records Team to Break Emerging Band, Antigone Rising
Antigone Rising's first album, From The Ground Up, will be sold exclusively in the more than 4,400 Starbucks Company-operated stores in the United States and on www.starbucks.com and www.hearmusic.com beginning May 11, 2005.
Lava recording artist Antigone Rising was selected as the inaugural band featured in Starbucks Hear Music's new "Hear Music(TM) Debut" CD series created specifically to introduce new and developing artists.
Music from Antigone Rising, the all-female quintet hailing from the New York/Tri-State area, is a refreshing return to 70s-Era classic songwriting.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_April_5/ai_n13505659   (943 words)

  
 Antigone Rising - From the Ground Up : Rising Stars
Sisters Kristin and Cathy Henderson founded Antigone Rising some years ago when they were just out of college and living in the West Village.
From The Ground Up was recorded at New York’s Sony Studios with a live audience and captures Antigone Rising’s harmony-drenched “classic rock” sound.
Mainstream popularity could be next for Antigone Rising but they’re grateful for the Starbucks break.
www.onewaymagazine.com /stars_16-542.html   (347 words)

  
 Rock Is Life
The first release under the “Hear Music” program through coffee makers Starbucks, Antigone Rising is an all female quintet from the New York area.
It may be a risky thing to make your major label debut CD a live recording, but after years of honing their live sound through endless touring, Antigone Rising meets the challenge.
Antigone Rising’s From The Ground Up is a gem of an album and one of the must sublimely cool albums of the year.
www.rock-is-life.com /reviews/antigonerising.htm   (504 words)

  
 ANTIGONE RISING
On April 22, in San Diego, CA, Antigone Rising are the featured performers at the 2nd Annual "Ladies First Celebrity Golf Classic." The event is hosted by members of the 2004 Gold Medal-winning US WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM and raises funds for the Women's Sports Foundation's GoGirlGo!
Initiative.The event gives Antigone Rising the opportunity to perform in front of many of their peers: standout female celebrities from movies, television, music, and sports.
Antigone Rising stepped into CMT's Studio 330 to record an exclusive performance and interview, and you can see it now!
www.antigonerising.com   (252 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/antigonerising
Antigone Rising was selected as the inaugural band featured in Starbucks Hear Music’s new “Hear Music™ Debut” CD series created specifically to introduce new and developing artists.
Antigone Rising was founded in the late 90’s by sibling guitarists Cathy and Kristen Henderson.
"...one Tuesday night at the Bitter End in NYC I heard Cassidy and Kristen from Antigone Rising perform and literally saw history in the making; the gods were on Bleecker Street that night and the earth stopped spinning for an hour.
www.myspace.com /antigonerising   (1042 words)

  
 Antigone Rising News
News about Antigone Rising continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Antigone Rising's latest album, "From the Ground Up" on Lava Records, is available as part of the Starbucks Hear Music series.
The long island all-female band Antigone Rising had just performed three songs for Starbucks executives at their record label's New York offices.
www.topix.net /who/antigone-rising   (337 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: antigone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Amazon.com: From the Ground Up: Music: Antigone Rising   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
You gotta believe...that's the message from Antigone Rising-five women whose Lava debut, From the Ground Up hits that place in your heart that Springsteen, U2, Aerosmith, and the greatest of the great bands reached in their young and hungry days.
Antigone Rising has had to go the tried and true route forged by countless other up and coming bands: record a live album and promote it thru the club circuit.
Unlike alot of other bands, however, Antigone Rising seem to have the chops to put over this live effort, which is their most commercially accessible recording to date.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000A3DG8U?v=glance   (1313 words)

  
 Rock group’s sales perk up at Starbucks (printable version)
Antigone Rising’s debut album, “From the Ground Up,” is available at Starbucks.
Since then, the rootsy, accessible songs on Antigone Rising’s “From the Ground Up” — fueled by lead singer Cassidy’s vibrato-laden powerhouse of a voice and a steady flow of critical praise — have generated nearly 31,000 sales at Starbucks alone.
Kristen knew Antigone was rising when she stepped out of her shower one morning, “walked into my bedroom and saw our video on VH1.
www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=101313   (340 words)

  
 LAist: Grooving at the Grove: Antigone Rising   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thankfully, Riabko was the warm-up act for another band,the bluegrass-tinged Antigone Rising.
Antigone's sound is a cross between the Dixie Chicks, Pat Benatar and Sheryl Crow.
So much so, that her voice was a bit strained by the end of the set.
www.laist.com /archives/2005/08/11/grooving_at_the_grove_antigone_risingprint.php   (385 words)

  
 XM Radio - Hear Music™   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Starbucks Hear Music and Lava Records are teaming up to bring you an insider look at one of the hottest emerging acts in music, Antigone Rising.
Fri May 6th: 9pm ET and 9pm PT Sunday May 8th: 11am ET Wednesday May 11th 11pm ET and 11pm PT Antigone Rising's debut album is available exclusively in Starbucks locations beginning May 11th.
Antigone Rising was founded in the late 90s by sibling guitarists Cathy and Kristin Hendersen.
listen.xmradio.com /programming/xm_feature.jsp?ch=75&id=806   (189 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Band gets a head of steam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Since then, the rootsy, accessible songs on Antigone Rising's From the Ground Up— fueled by lead singer Cassidy's vibrato-laden powerhouse of a voice, and a steady flow of critical praise — have generated nearly 31,000 sales at Starbucks alone.
Sweet sound of success: Kristen knew Antigone was rising when she stepped out of her shower one morning, "walked into my bedroom and saw our video on VH1.
Plans brewing: Though Antigone has been focusing "mostly on promotional stuff" since releasing its CD, Kristen says the women are all eager to go back on tour.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2005-06-06-on-the-verge_x.htm   (495 words)

  
 Rubber Magazine - Antigone Rising At Starbucks
Antigone Rising's first CD, "From the Ground Up," will be available exclusively at Starbucks beginning May 11, 2005, and is the first album to be featured in Starbucks new CD series, "Hear Music Debut," which was created to introduce up-and-coming musicians.
Starbucks Hear Music and Lava Records, a free-standing label within the Warner Music Group, today announced plans to jointly launch the emerging Lava band, Antigone Rising, via a new Starbucks Hear Music proprietary CD series entitled "Hear Music(TM) Debut" and a unique Starbucks marketing campaign.
Lava recording artist Antigone Rising was selected as the inaugural band featured in Starbucks Hear Music's new "Hear Music Debut" CD series created specifically to introduce new and developing artists.
www.rubbermag.com /news/050405_06n.html   (611 words)

  
 INFIDEL RECORDS :: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Antigone Rising will open for the Rolling Stones on January 23rd and 25th in Chicago at United Arena and February 1st in Baltimore at Mariner Arena.
There has been no time for Antigone Rising to celebrate passing 120,000 sales mark of their Starbuck’s CD, “From the Ground Up.” Antigone Rising has been on the road opening for Rob Thomas and headlining their own shows.
Lava Records, Starbucks, and Antigone Rising are joining forces to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
www.infidelrecords.com /news.html   (1774 words)

  
 Powered Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I have heard an awful lot of talk surrounding the band but have not heard much of their music.
I have been lazy about tracking them down and listening to samples but you are right that is the obvious solution.
from a long time antigone rising fan, let me tell you that they are truly like nothing i have ever followed before.
www.icemagazine.com /forums/msgs.cfm?msg=146299&forum=4   (498 words)

  
 Antigone Rising Sandbox :: View topic - state of the evil village address
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i wandered off into a mystical land playing with unicorns and silly rabbits eating trix but woke up when i realized it was all a dream as i stumbled onto an antigone rising studio cd instead of a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Antigone Rising Home Coming - April 28th 2006 - Lincroft, NJ.
forums.antigonerising.net /viewtopic.php?p=27903#27903   (1970 words)

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