and make it a good one
It's hard to know how to feel about watching young love unfurl. Gross or giddy? For Bethany Cosentino and Nathan Williams, it's happening publicly and, if not under a microscope, then over an ever-updating RSS feed. Poking and prodding each other via Twitter about such issues as the Disney progra...
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Best Coast and Wavves, Sitting in a Tree
The influence of classic soul and jazz greats of yesteryear comes to mind when you hear Rhian Benson sing. Her songs are effortless, elegant and timeless in a way that is rare in this era of artists.
For two years, Patrick Storey barely spoke. His family and numerous doctors were mystified. Then, at 2, Storey was diagnosed with autism. When he started kindergarten, he used just 15 words and never spoke in sentences.
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Jazz quartet gives a man his voice, the group a purpose
Englishman Bert Jansch, for nearly fifty years considered one of the worlds great practitioners of the acoustic guitar, has been spending an unusual amount of time in the United States this year, much of it as the guest and opening act of Neil Young. Young not only acknowledged Janschs Needle of Death as the source of an untintentional/ subliminal rip in his own Ambulance Blues years ago ...
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Bert Jansch and the Pegi Young Band @ Largo at the Coronet 06/20/10
Pick Hits Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman Dual Identity | Clean Feed Two alto saxmen, rising stars at least according to Downbeat 's critics, in a free-jazz quintet mediated by guitarist Liberty Ellman. Mahanthappa has sopped up Coltrane and the Karna...
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Jazz Consumer Guide: Mocking Traditions, or Joining Them
Concrete Blonde will be performing tonight at the Music Box at Henry Fonda Theater | Picture via Concrete Blonde's Website In celebration of the 20th anniversary of its original release, and in support of a July 2010 remastered release (via Shout! Factory), LAs own Concrete Blonde will be performing one of 1990s best and most enduring albums, Bloodletting , on Monday June 28 at The Music Box ...
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(June 10, 2010) New York-based singer/songwriter Nina Nastasia released a steady stream of intimate folk-based recordings starting with her 2000 self-released debut, Dogs , slowly drawing in a growing number of admirers, most notably legendary British deejay John Peel and musician/engineer Steve Albini.
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By Nina Nastasia - FatCat Records
We're sitting in an Ojai, California high school gym watching the Easy A cast and crew shoot a massive pep rally scene complete with school band and tons of students.
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EXCLUSIVE! On the Set: Emma, Penn and Amanda Get "Easy A's"
Music therapy is growing in popularity at area hospitals, allowing children to express themselves in an environment that is often scary. The Gilpin family lost their daughter to leukemia five years ago, but music therapy has allowed her voice to live on forever through a memorable and touching collection of recorded songs.
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Music Therapy Helps Girl's Voice Live Forever
By Annie Barrett Annie Barrett on booted ''Idol'' contestant's stop on the ''Ellen Degeneres Show,'' where he exhibits some ''Who knew?'' skills