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Critic's pick
CRITIC'SPICK MUSIC Terence Blanchard kicks off festival New Orleans-born trumpeter Terence Blanchard has one of the most stirring and instantly identifiable sounds in jazz.
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African kora with a Cuban-Irish accent
Seckou Keita went to England to teach music and ended up learning a few things himself.
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Jazz festival high notes
Among the highlights tomorrow, Day 8, of the 22nd annual TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival are concerts at a couple of the city's mainstay jazz venues.
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What's On: Out of Town
Brott Music Festival presents 13-year-old pianist Jan Lisiecki performing Beethoven and Chopin, Sat. 7:30 p.m. ($10-$25 at 1-888-475-9377). St. Christopher's, 662 Guelph Line, Burlington. brottmusic.com
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What's On: Clubs
The Toronto Jazz Festival is taking over dozens of through Sun.. We've highlighted some of those clubs and shows here. Full jazz fest info at torontojazz.com
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What's On: Weekday Planner
For events on the weekend, please see the Night & Day Weekend Listings. Commingle Too! benefit concert has host Michele Jacot plus musicians Cadence, the Dimanche Matin Sax Quartet, Aaron Jensen and the Commingle Octet. Tonight 7:30 p.m. ($20-$23 at 416-531-6604). Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas St. W.
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UK: Gaymers to release festival ad
Gaymer Cider Company is releasing a 60 second advert for its core brand, Gaymers, depicting the brand's take on 'festival life'. The ad will be broadcast on Blink TV at many of the UK's major music festivals this year.
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Jazz stars, young and old, converge at Stanford
Modern-jazz veterans who witnessed bebop's ascendance in the 1940s and rising stars who are forging jazz's 21st-century sounds make up many of the Stanford Jazz Festival's most anticipated performances this season.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Siblings lead Israeli jazz vanguard
With an almost four-decade track record of inculcating young musicians into the mysteries of jazz improvisation, the Stanford Jazz Workshop hardly needs any outside validation.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Fiddleworms take advantage of musical heritage on new CD
Everything about the latest release from the Fiddleworms reveals the band's strong connection to the Shoals.The 13-track album features a variety of musical styles that reflect the long and storied history of the local music scene and the band members' individual influences.
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City Roots Festival celebrates The Riverboat
The fifth annual City Roots Festival , a free and increasingly robust weekend-long exposition in the Distillery District of the best Toronto has to offer in the way of folk, country, blues, singer-songwriters and various related hybrids, kicks off tomorrow night with its only ticketed event, Riverboat Revival, at Hugh's Room (2261 Dundas St. W., $15 at 416-531-6604, $17 at the door).
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Marquees set to glitter in Toronto
If you want your summer vacation to include arts and entertainment, Toronto is among the best of all places. In late August, you'll be able to choose from five Broadway or London musicals running simultaneously. And within the city there are many other cultural options.
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Old fashioned hoedown is today
An Old Fashioned Hoedown, sponsored by The Friends of the Marlborough Seniors (casual dress and plenty of Rock and Roll as well as country music), is planned at The Masonic Hall.
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Synth device a Tenori-on for music makers
Attention audio nerds! It's time to get your heads out of your computers and groove on down to the Gladstone Hotel tomorrow night to check out the Canadian launch of Yamaha's Tenori-on, the new electronic device laptop musicians are drooling over.
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You demand top acts. This agency books them.
For those griping about how "Sarasota doesn't support the music scene," take solace in this:
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Take five
July means Canada Day and outdoor music festivals this month in downtown London, the subject of this month's Downtown Living's cover story. 1. The best way to begin July is by celebrating Canada Day at Eldon House. Admission for the buffet dinner at 7 p.m. on Tuesday is by reservation only.
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Summer celebrations in the heart of the city
What's happening: This year's event will feature more than 225 food and crafts vendors, as well as over 30 professional world music, dance and jazz ensembles.
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Hoad makes waves on beach
DEWEY BEACH -- In the year since Australian native Jay Hoad created his self-titled band, he has lit up the music scene at Delaware's beaches.
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At 95, legendary pianist Pinetop Perkins' career is still smoking
Legendary blues pianist Willie (Pinetop) Perkins attributes the Lord's beneficence for keeping him alive and still working.
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High school dream come true
It's a case of art imitates life imitates art. Disney's High School Musical movies (and spinoff stage show) and now Camp Rock trade in the everyday stories of teenage performers.
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Spotlight will shine on local senior citizens
REHOBOTH BEACH -- Sentimental Journey, a song and dance show featuring area seniors, promises to be a rollicking, reflective performance, organizers said.
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Registration open for music course
Registration still is open for the four-part Concert Masterworks course starting Friday at the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center, 28 S. Linn St.
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Sea of revellers swells the Granaries for MTV concert
The Floriana Granaries yesterday pulsated to the music and movement of the Isle of MTV Malta Special as some of the biggest international acts of the summer hit the stage, performing to a sea of revellers.
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Man of tradition
Joe Nichols knows who he is -- a singer and songwriter of traditional country music.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen |
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The Wiz' may be last musical at Evans Amphitheater in Cain Park
UPDATED: 04 :33 a.m. EDT, June 26, 2008 Chuck Yarborough becomes a Fortney & Weygandt field superintendent. Talk arts, movies, music, dining and more!
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