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Paper Bird Plays BAR New Haven on Sept. 19
Rootsy, indie-folk band Paper Bird brings its expansive ranks to New Haven's BAR on Wed., Sept. 19. The septet, which includes vocals, banjo, guitar, bass, trumpet and drums, creates such a wide range of sounds due both to its instrumentation and the fact...
Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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New club in South Loop is labor of love for musician
He has spent most of his adult life in the demanding and financially precarious world of music. Despite that, John Devens remains a sane man, and so it came as a mild shock to learn that he has decided to become the artistic director of a new music club...
Tags: Music Industry, The Grapes of Wrath (movie), Music, Arts and Culture, DePaul University
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Tony Barrand and Keith Murphy Perform at Branford Folk Coffeehouse on Sept. 8
This weekend, Branford Folk Music Society kicks off its 39th season with a performance by Tony Barrand and Keith Murphy. The duo will perform their songs from On the Banks of the Coldbrook: Atwood Family Songs, the duo's first collaborative album, which...
Tags: Music, Entertainment
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Windsor Jazz Series Runs Through June
The Hartford CourantSinan Bakir, the young, Turkish-born guitarist/composer who embraced Hartford as his hometown, has established himself as a much-respected, expressive and independent-minded player on the talent-laden local scene. Now virtually a brand name for quality...Tags: Fine Artists, Arts, University of Hartford, Genres, Amtrak
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Grammy, Pulitzer winners, TV star among highlights of upcoming Zoellner season
Lehigh Valley MusicA Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, the world premiere of a song cycle based on poems by Carl Reiner’s daughter, dazzling international dance ensembles, circus arts and perhaps America’s premier storyteller will highlight the 16th season of... -
Crow delivers perfect folksy bluegrass
Nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow performed at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa Wednesday evening, treating a near-sold out crowd to 80 minutes in folk-rock heaven. Opening act Honey Honey — a cross between KT Tunstall, the Civil Wars,...
Tags: Cat Stevens, The Jackson Five (music group), Mumford & Sons (music group), Al Green, Bluegrass (genre)
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When does Joe Segal get his Jazz Masters award?
Until three weeks ago, no jazz club owner ever had been selected to receive the country's pre-eminent jazz honor: the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Masters Fellowship, which carries with it $25,000 and considerable prestige. Anyone who follows...
Tags: Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman, Roosevelt University, Ella Fitzgerald, Mose Allison
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Two shows return to Laguna Playhouse
If you missed Rita Rudner's "Tickled Pink" or the folk music concert "Lonesome Traveler" at the Laguna Playhouse last season, you can catch a glimpse of them over the next two weeks. Rudner, the soft-spoken comic who co-wrote and took a small role in...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Peter, Paul, and Mary (music group), Music, Bob Dylan, Entertainment
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performing in Eureka
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has been around so long that the group once opened for Jack Benny. The band also did tours with The Doors and Bill Cosby. What else? “We actually did a show with Blue Oyster Cult,” said band member Jimmie Fadden....
Tags: Steve Martin, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (music group), Concerts, Russia, Music Industry
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A new album and a trip to China fire up indie-folkers David Wax Museum
David Wax Museum July 12, 7 p.m., free, Ridgefield Concerts in the Park, Ballard Park on Main Street, Ridgefield, (434) 981-4209 For years, David Wax Museum have co-opted the traditional music of our neighbor to the south — Mexico — and...
Tags: Shanghai (China), Music, Travel, Customs and Tradition, Trips and Vacations
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Spring Standards play range of sonic colors
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentJames Smith, one of the three members of The Spring Standards, has instructions on how to listen to the indie folk-rock band’s newest release, “Yellow//Gold.” Released on May 1, “Yellow//Gold” is actually a set of two EPs;...Tags: Schools, Science and Technology, Talk Shows (genre), Standards, Music
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Good Lovelies live by three-part harmony
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentWhen a group of crabs is placed in a bucket, the crabs will instinctively grab and pull down any crab that tries to climb out of the top to escape. This type of behavior is a good metaphor for people who attempt to bring down anyone who achieves success,...Tags: Holidays, Music, Andrews Sisters (music group), Toronto (Canada), Entertainment
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