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Feed the hungry, then savor the blues
The Fourth of July holiday weekend gets an early jump-start with the arrival today of the 21st Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival.
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Local music events
DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN: Best known for his hard bop style that has influenced whole generations of saxophone players, Newman performs with the Tucson Jazz Orchestra. When: 7 p.m. Where: JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort, 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd. Price: $40 general seating, $30 TJS members, $20 students with ID Info: 903-1265, tucsonjazz.org
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Guitarist Bishop stirs up blues stew
Even after more than 40 years in the music business, Elvin Bishop doesn’t always get the perks that ought to come his way. Bishop, who will perform Saturday at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, was going through security at the Oakland International Airport recently when an official ...
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Downtown musicians making sweet music on the streets
A glass of wine at one of Sioux Falls' downtown establishments on the weekend may come with a song.
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Free stuff: Our picks
GUITAR LESSONS: There are two free lessons on Thursdays separated into age groups. Each lesson lasts about one hour. Beginners welcome. Guitars will be provided or bring your own. Lessons at 4 p.m. for ages 6-12 and at 5:15 p.m. for ages 13 and older. Where: 17th Street Market, 810 E. 17th St. Info: 624-8821
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The Short List
BLUES Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival Portland’s annual Waterfront Blues Festival may celebrate the blues, but it’s also designed to combat them. The four-day gathering is the largest of its kind west of the mighty Mississippi, and it’s also a fundraiser for the ...
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Tribute concert recalls Centerville musician
After 15 years, Gary Knutson's name still is known around his hometown of Centerville. Now the town will hold a tribute concert for the late musician, and his 18-year-old son, Tucker Knutson, will perform with his father's old band. The younger Knutson, a recent Sioux Falls O'Gorman graduate, will play with the Poker Alice Band for the tribute during the July 4 Centerville 125th Celebration. ...
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"Woody Guthrie" gets powerful staging in Boulder
Review: Traditional musicals can be schmaltzy, the singing too precious, with people bursting into conversational song for no apparent reason. Then there are shows about the kind of music regular people play on back porches and in bars. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival's "Woody Guthrie's American Song" falls into the latter camp.
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CULTURE LIST
MUSIC “Holiday Hit Parade” and “An Evening of Strings” Far from taking the holiday off, Chamber Music Northwest’s popular summer festival goes to work on the Fourth of July weekend with two performances of a program that feature legendary composers ...
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Strong signal for local music
Local music is what KZME (91.1 FM) is all about – or rather, will be all about when it begins broadcasting some time in 2009. Based in Gresham, the venture will be a full power, noncommercial station, dedicated to local music on local airwaves. The station is the result of a coalition of ...
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CD Review: Priscilla Ahn - 'A Good Day'
The debut release from singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn is sweet - so sweet it will leave your teeth aching.
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A noble man called Rahman
Noted music composer A R Rahman, has ambitious plans up his sleeve.In spite of his busy schedule, he has started the K M School of Music to promote and propagate Indian and Western music. He has now gone a step ahead and is aspiring to help aged musicians who are suffering due to various reasons.
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CD Review: Ry Cooder - "I, Flathead"
Ry Cooder completes his intriguing California trilogy with "I, Flathead," another record that stands out for its lyricism and sounds a lot like a book set to music.
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Coffeehouse hasn't lost its perk
Come fire, flood or famine, the show will go on at the Yellowstone Perk. There will be a punk rock show Friday at the popular coffeehouse and concert venue despite a kitchen fire Tuesday. ...
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Coffee shop closes
BELLINGHAM — Fantasia Coffee, one of Bellingham’s last outposts for live all-ages music, shut its doors abruptly Tuesday, canceling two months of scheduled live performances.
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Locey: Todd Rundgren will pound out fist-pumping rock at The Canyon
Guitar god Todd Rundgren will undoubtedly play something old and something new from his vast body of work when he stops by The Canyon in Agoura Hills for a Saturday night gig. His latest album, his zillionth, is "Arena." According to the man himself, the upcoming album is an old school rock 'n' roll effort, hopefully conducive to a fist-in-the-air scenario.
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‘English songs did lose Duffy gig a grant’
A FORMER employee of the Welsh Language Board (WLB) has confirmed that a £100 grant was not paid towards a concert because singing sensation Duffy performed in English.
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Community calendar
Summer reading program 2 p.m. today at the Mukilteo Library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo. Linda Severt blends music, juggling, puppetry and silly acrobatics in a variety of hysterical routines. For school-aged children.
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Music Good fortune Singer-songwriter Todd Snider bends some ears at the Sierra Nevada Big Room.
Flashing a broad smile under his customary brown hat, Todd Snider—who’s often been compared to John Prine for his wit, and is known for...
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Music Swan songs Locals West By Swan bring the noise with S.F.'s Calling All Monsters and Portland’s The Friendly ...
Maybe it was a good thing West By Swan was on the road. The members loaded a noticeably scaled-back stack of speakers into the...
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Music Michael Burks Bluesman gets right down to the bone on his latest.
This disc, the third recording for Alligator by Michael Burks, has nothing to do with the movie of the same name. The title refers...
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John Sayle's blues-drenched 'Honeydripper' is a must-see
It features a gifted ensemble cast, including Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Stacy Keach and LisaGay Hamilton, and a story, set in a segregated small town in Alabama, circa 1950, that is both dramatically compelling and historically provocative.
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Music Himp C Dialecs member goes solo, and lays down his honest lyrics.
Though the group’s on hiatus, the Dialecs’ contention in Chico retains a strong presence with the solo debut from Himp C, the first member...
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Lalla Land
With the whole of Montreal on midsummer corporate lockdown it's near impossible to find an event that hasn't sold out its soul, design and dignity to beer sponsors, organized crime or cellphone companies.
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Music Various Artists Take a trip through the vast styles of Japanese music.
This brand-new musical Rough Guide is very interesting simply for the range of styles of Japanese music it covers—from the ancient-ainu-meets-world-beat fusion of Oki...
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