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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
The life and mythology of Tucson's stomp-box king by Mari Herreras He has a paintbrush in one hand, and a guitar in the other. To Salvador Duran, these aren't mutually exclusive tools; they're one in the same. "I paint my music and sing my paintings," Duran says in Spanish, the language he spoke during most of our conversations. Duran's twin brother died when they were only one week old, and his ...
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The Metal Den have unearthed what they report is the earliest known demo recording by legendary hard rock act Van Halen.
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, which takes its name from the informal designation for a psychiatric ward of a hospital in the area where he grew up, have a sound that encompasses alt-country and Southern rock.
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Jason Isbell hits the road with the 400 Unit
News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
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Alt-country rocker Jason Isbell, who got his start playing guitar with the Drive By Truckers, will perform with his band the 400 Unit at this weekend's American Music Show at the Taste of Downtown.
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At this point, does anyone really care that the Beatles aren't available on iTunes? Hard to imagine there's a living soul who doesn't own the group's music but would -- if only they could buy it via Apple's music store.
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Newsflash: Beatles Still Not Available on iTunes
Acclaimed musician embraces Miles Davis comparisons
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Seven months of work, 20 seconds of music
Illness may force the Adelaide-born singer and songwriter known simply as Sia to give up performing
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Weve all heard the Robert Mitchum song, or at least heard of itthe one about moonshiners Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike... Legend has it that this bootleggers route through East Tennessee spawned NASCAR itself. But whats the road itself really like? At the invitation of our state tourism officewhich is actively promoting it as the White Lightning TrailJack Neely ...
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Driving Tennessee's 'White Lightnin Trail'is it the Real Thunder Road?