As you probably already know, June is National Accordion Awareness Month. So,
today's show will focus on the squeezebox, featuring everything from the
great Clifton Chenier to some music by the master of Honky Squonk, Schatzy.
Tune in from 11:30ish to 2pm for some Cajun, Zy...
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This Tuesday June 22, 2010 - 10:30 PM until 3 AM The Kitchen Sink and
Overnight will present the music of
SUN RA!
4.5 hours of the big bandleader/keyboardist/philospher/space jazz alien Sun
Ra and his assorted Omniverse Arkestras to celebrate the solstice.
We'll get out t...
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Tune in at 3 pm to hear Offbeat Magazine's Editor-in-chief Jan Ramsey explain
the latest development in the war between the NOPD and New Orleans' street
musicians.
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Dafnis Prieto's Si o Si Quartet with Peter Apfelbaum were spectacular openers
on the last day of the 12th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Sunday June
13th. Prieto's tremendous change of pace, brilliant rhythms, tonal
perfection made you forget at times he is a drummer --...
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The poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca hit home once again after seeing Soledad
Barrio and Noche Flamenca at Le Petit Theatre. The guitars, the voices, the
poses, the pain, they were all there in front of me, beautifully alive in the
performance.
Please make time to check th...
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Forgive me, I'm a bit stuck on THE SPORT today. Yeah, that sport where the
audience share is measured in billions instead of millions. It's not just
the global quadrennial celebration, it's also that the US is playing England
today while Louisiana is playing an endless m...
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Youtube will be webcasting live perfromances all weekend from the Bonnaroo
Music and Arts Festival being held in Manchester Tennessee.
Check out the webcast schedule and watch live performances at
http://www.youtube.com/bonnaroo
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"Bossa Nova on the Green" was fantastic!!
This Sunday June 6th concert was held in a downtown Healdsburg Park and the
crowd was treated to some of the finest Brazilian musicians as part of the
opening weekend of the 12th Annual Jazz Festival.
"Brasilia" featured Pamela Dri...
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Story by Ginny Clauss.
Local bounce rapper Cheeky Blakk hit the scene when she released her first
album, “Gotta Be Cheeky,” in 1994, and she has been spreading her
energetic music all over this city ever since. She was recently featured on
the track “Do It Again” from Gala...
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Jelly Roll Justice is moving to the opposite side of the continent after
attending "Essentially Ellington" held by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.
This time he will be visiting the Healdsburg Jazz Fest in Sonoma County where
headliners like Esperanza Spalding, Jason Mor...
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