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On its grainy, black-and-white surface, "The Blank Generation" (FOUR STARS out of four stars) is 50 minutes of silent, home movie-style images recorded on 16mm at the legendary New York punk club CBGB in the mid-1970s. Raw live recordings back the footage, and there's no effort to get the lips in sync.
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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
Our critics give you the lowdown on some local notable discs. Acoustic guitar virtuoso Darrin Kobetich has traveled quite a few miles both figuratively and literally since he first mixed folk and bluegrass with his metal back in the early aughts as a member of Amillion Pounds.
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Killer or Filler?
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , Canada Daniel Boczarski, Redferns The Calgary Folk Festival closed out its Sunday daytime program with an eclectic combination of indie, dance and African rhythms, as Man Man , St. Vincent , DJ Logic and Etran Finatawa joined together under the ambitiously-named 'Mysteries of the Universe Unravelled' workshop. It was the conclusion of a day program that ...
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St. Vincent, Man Man Underwhelm at Calgary Folk Fest Workshop
Two of 2010's biggest indie buzz bands in both the UK and the U.S. are teaming up for a fall tour. Surfer Blood and the Drums will hit the road together in September and October, covering North American ground from east to west and back again. Perhaps this team-up was inevitable. The Drums do, after all, have a song called "Let's Go Surfing" . Dates below: Surfer Blood/The Drums: 09-10 ...
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Surfer Blood and the Drums Tour
The afternoon showers had stopped and the sky had turned a luminous shade of blue when Elton John took the stage at the Harveys Outdoor Arena in Stateline on Sunday. It was the legendary singers Tahoe debut and the last U.S. stop on his 2010 world tour.
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Review: Crowd swept up by stellar Elton John set
Five musicians from the Taj city are set to rock Beijing at the World Conference of International Society for Music Education, considered the Olympics of music, from Aug 1.
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Agra musicians to rock Beijing music Olympiad
Live blues at its best! Derek Trucks - Music - Blues - Arts and Entertainment - United States
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Music Review: The Derek Trucks Band - Roadsongs
Stevens is an all-too-rare surprise in the crowded DIY field of musicians. Do it yourself - Recreation - DIY - Audio - Recreation and Sports
An off-beat exhibit exploring the life and work of the legendary musician gives both jazz newbies and serious fans plenty to groove to
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