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Sound the horn: Botti comes back
Once a kid in Corvallis, illustrious trumpeter returns to his roots
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We Four Celebrate Music Of John Coltrane
John Coltrane remains one of jazz music’s most revered artists, nearly 44 years after his death. On Saturday, the collective We Four proved that the saxophonist’s music can still electrify audiences with its combination of potent swing and spiritual depth. The quartet’s concert at Bowker Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst revealed that Coltrane’s legacy is in good hands.
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Al Green returns to Danville with his unique sound
It’s Halloween weekend, but that won’t stop the Rev. Al Green from spreading the Sunday morning word on Saturday night at the Norton Center for the Arts.
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The Killer Squirrel Epidemic Could Spell America’s Doom [Video]
# jamboroo Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed. More »
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SFist Reviews: Dresden Staatskapelle at Davies Symphony Hall
Rudolph Buchbinder (who performed on 10/24 with the Dresden Staatskapelle at Davies Symphony Hall). If the greatness of an orchestra is measured by its commission program, the Dresdner Staatskapelle is hitting it out of the park. It plays so well that composers such as Vivaldi, Schumann, Liszt have wanted the orchestra to premiere their stuff. It gave the opening of Tannhauser, The Flying …
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Razor Edged Sound (Thumpa-Thumpa)
Hallogallo 2010 and Hermeto Pascoal made a high-contrast double bill at Damrosch Park on Friday night. German versus Brazilian, Minimalist versus omnivorous, pulsing versus swinging, stoic versus absurd—it was a winning mismatch on both sides. The Brazilian musician Hermeto Pascoal put a teakettle to new purpose at the Lincoln Center Out Of Doors festival…
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Brubeck Gets Nod From Another Jazz Great
Marsalis kicks off early celebration of Brubeck’s 90th birthday at Newport Jazz Festival Newport Jazz Festival – Jazz – Music – Arts and Entertainment – Piano
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Pink Moves 3 Million Tickets with Funhouse Tour
The 2010 stadium shows offered even more in the way of aerial stunts and acrobatics, including Pink’s entry from 100 feet up on a crane. 
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News in Brief: Nick Zinner, Efterklang, Imbogodom, Sunset Strip Music Fest
Photo by Kathryn Yu — The elaborately coiffed and ridiculously skilled Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner has contributed photos to Please Take Me Off the Guest List , a new book that includes essays by Zachary Lipez (of the band Freshkills) and art and design by Stacy Wakefield. If you pre -order the book from Akashic , you’ll get a signed book and Nick Zinner photo, as well as 7″ of music …
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Annie Gosfield’s Experimental and Traditional Sound
A concert of Annie Gosfield’s music at the Stone on Saturday showcased the two sides of her compositional personality: traditional and experimental.
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‘The Legends’ to Finish up Concert Series
The “Sunday in the Park” concert series will conclude with the musical group, ‘The Legends’ on Aug. 15 in Ceredo.
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Soprano to be featured at Thursday’s Muni Band concert
MICHIGAN CITY — The Michigan City Municipal Band will present its eighth concert of the 2010 summer season this Thursday, Aug. 5. The concert will be held at the Guy Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington Park. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. and is free to the public.
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N.Y. band brings alternative sound to N.J. students as classical music gets 21st-century makeover
NEW PROVIDENCE — Dorothy Lawson’s long blond hair flailed around her smiling face while she dug her bow into her cello strings with walloping force, stomping her foot to a heavy blues beat. Moments after the squealing and sputtering of…
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Dodge County News Notes
Area residents have two hallmark events to look forward to this week.
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Fox’s and #8216;Glee’ facing a future with more story, less music
By ROB OWEN BLOCK NEWS ALLIANCE BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — When a TV show emerges from the pop culture firmament glowing as bright and hot as Fox’s Glee, it sometimes leads to a short lifespan. Just ask the Jonas Brothers: They were riding high two years ago, but today the brothers are yesterday’s news. Fickle, young pop culture consumers have moved on. The fast-moving nature of hot TV series …
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N.Y. band brings alternative sound to N.J. students as classical music gets 21st-century makeover
NEW PROVIDENCE — Dorothy Lawson’s long blond hair flailed around her smiling face while she dug her bow into her cello strings with walloping force, stomping her foot to a heavy blues beat. Moments after the squealing and sputtering of…
Read more on The Star-Ledger

Dodge County News Notes
Area residents have two hallmark events to look forward to this week.
Read more on Fond du Lac Reporter

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