Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Cookin' in Mobile Robert Cray has always posed an interesting dichotomy in the blues world. On the one hand, he's capable of fiery guitar solos and can hold his own onstage with Buddy Guy or Eric Clapton. His concerts feature plenty of transcendent moments when he and his instrument appear to be in perfect sync. On the other, he can be a bit frustrating for guitar aficionados, seeming to settle ...
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Sounds: Robert Cray's 'Cookin'' leaves listener hungry
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Greenland is Melting is a three piece folk band born and bred in Gainesville. It consists of a stand-up bass, a banjo, an electric and acoustic guitar and a suitcase thats used to keep a beat.
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Folk band uses old-time instruments for bluegrass feel
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Happy Note Records recording artist, Charles Xavier, aka: The XMan, is proud to announce the release of his new CD, Xmas Vibe, on October 20, 2010. Xmas Vibe is an enchanting, avant-garde, mystical, eclectic and original approach to festive, traditional and contemporary Christmas classics, with the inclusion of one Xavier-original song, performed on vibraphone and electric guitar with vocal ...
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Lauded by Down Beat Magazine, Charles Xavier, the Xman, Announces the Release of Xmas Vibe, His New ...
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
On Friday and Saturday evenings at Sitar Indian Cuisine on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard near South Square, a young man plays an instrument that looks sort of like a guitar.
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The language of the sitar
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
Despite the hundreds (if not thousands) of subgenres within metal, virtually all of them stand up and give a tip of the hat to what is known as "The Big Four": Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. Genres and styles may come and go but the Big Four are forever.
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The Big Four Cinema Simulcast: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Julu 31 Molly Malone's (Covington) Most of Freedy Johnston's songs are populated with characters that either seem blithely unaware of their terminal shortcomings or are keenly aware of them and lack the conviction or strength to do anything about them. His patently brilliant new album, 'Rain on the City,' offers up plenty of twangy Americana/Folk that shimmers with Power Pop melodicism.
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Freedy Johnston
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Raul Malo to Perform Saturday, July 31 at the Sellersville Theater to Preview Upcoming CD Self-produced in his home studio, Sinners and Saints is the most intimate, honest and complex album Raul Malo has made in an already distinguished career. One hears in it a lifetime's journey, from the singer-songwriter's youth in Cuban neighborhoods of Miami through his years as one of the most intriguing ...
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Raul Malo in Philly July 31 Previewing Forthcoming CD
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Creed's 20-10 tour kicks off next week. Dawn Marie caught up with Mark Tremonti as he prepared to hit the road. Check out the great interview that conversation produced. Some of your preconceived notions about Creed may just be shattered.
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
...with an intensity channeled from the very waters of the Atlantic that quietly roared beneath the sound of our voices, [Osekre] would stand and deliver truths molded in rhyme, asking questions the answers had long forgotten and challenging us all to think again about the idea of Africa herself...From the streets of Accra we have come to the streets of New York. Like so many immigrants before ...
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Osekre's Vibe Presents ...
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Local fans will get the rare opportunity to hear a plugged-in version of Hot Tuna when the band performs Wednesday night at York's Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center.Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady, the Hot Tuna mainstays, will be joined by Stroudsburg native G.E. Smith on gu...
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Hot Tuna's Jorma Kaukonen is working on a half-century of excellence
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