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    May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Guitarist Jeff Parker leaves his comfort zone in relocating to L.A.

    Los Angeles can be tough on newcomers, particularly among musicians. A key figure in the fertile Chicago jazz scene and member of the groundbreaking indie band Tortoise, guitarist Jeff Parker is midway through a relocation to L.A. that has found him straddling two cities during the last few months.
    Los Angeles can be tough on newcomers, particularly among musicians. A key figure in the fertile Chicago jazz scene and member of the groundbreaking indie band Tortoise, guitarist Jeff Parker is midway through a relocation to L.A. that has found him...

    Tags: Music, Music Industry, Entertainment, New York City, Fred Anderson

    2. Apr 23, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Building a bridge between Chicago and France, through jazz

    Imagine what might happen if some of Chicago's most inventive jazz musicians embarked on a multi-year collaboration with their counterparts in France.
    Imagine what might happen if some of Chicago's most inventive jazz musicians embarked on a multi-year collaboration with their counterparts in France. Just think of the music that might result, the insights that could be shared, the audiences that would...

    Tags: Music, France, Concerts, Music Industry, Arts and Culture

    3. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Segerstrom Center's 2013-14 season: 'Mormon,' 'Once,' solo divas

    “The Book of Mormon” and “Once,” Broadway musicals that dominated the two most recent Tony Awards, will come to Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa during the three-venue complex’s 2013-14 season.
    “The Book of Mormon” and “Once,” Broadway musicals that dominated the two most recent Tony Awards, will come to Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa during the three-venue complex’s 2013-14 season. Bernadette Peters...

    Tags: Music, Hans Zimmer, Theater, Arts and Culture, Tony Awards

    4. Oct 30, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  4. Cherubic Folksinger Melanie Returns With a Show at Infinity Hall

    Melanie Thurs., Nov. 1, Infiinity Music Hall, 20 Greenwoods Road West, Norfolk, (866) 666-6306, infinityhall.com   I've had people make fun of me because I like Melanie. Seriously, good friends, co-workers, even in-laws have ridiculed me for...

    Tags: Music, Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Arts and Culture, Elton John

    5. Oct 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Sea and Cake: From upstarts to Chicago rock royalty

    When The Sea and Cake hit the Chicago music scene in the mid-'90s, the group helped redefine the Chicago sound. Until then, Chicago's rock scene had been known for clangorous din and hard-edged, macho aggression. And then, suddenly, there was Sam Prekop singing and sighing, just above a whisper over this band that was closer to bossa nova than seemed reasonable for a bunch of former School of the Art Institute punks.
    When The Sea and Cake hit the Chicago music scene in the mid-'90s, the group helped redefine the Chicago sound. Until then, Chicago's rock scene had been known for clangorous din and hard-edged, macho aggression. And then, suddenly, there was Sam Prekop...

    Tags: Music, Music Industry, Music Theater, Pilsen, Entertainment

    6. Sep 14, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Future Islands, Matmos deliver at Thrill Jockey 20th anniversary show

    <span>Baltimore's music scene is undeniably one of the country's best, and a good deal of credit for that goes to Thrill Jockey, a Chicago-based indie record label.&nbsp;</span>
    Baltimore's music scene is undeniably one of the country's best, and a good deal of credit for that goes to Thrill Jockey, a Chicago-based indie record label.  In the past several years, Thrill Jockey has signed a dozen current or former Baltimore bands,...

    Tags: Music, Music Industry, Concerts, Electronics, Arts and Culture

    7. Sep 7, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Thrill Jockey, instrumental for Baltimore's music scene, celebrates 20 years

    About six years ago, the Baltimore rock band Arbouretum played at a club in Chicago for an audience of almost no one.
    About six years ago, the Baltimore rock band Arbouretum played at a club in Chicago for an audience of almost no one. You could count the members of the crowd on one hand, singer/guitarist David Heumann recalled, but one of them happened to be Bettina...

    Tags: Music, Concerts, Music Industry, Rentals, David Byrne

    8. Aug 22, 2012 |Story| Coastline Pilot

  8. In the Arts: Enjoy a comedy show for all ages

    An Evening of Improv and Comedy, an appropriate show for all ages, will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 429 Cypress Drive, according to a news release.
    An Evening of Improv and Comedy, an appropriate show for all ages, will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 429 Cypress Drive, according to a news release. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for light refreshments and seating....

    Tags: Music, Ceremonies, Fine Artists, Entertainment, Arts and Culture

    9. Jul 19, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Rebecca Gates is back and 'totally over capacity'

    Rebecca Gates found herself holding a bass guitar, an instrument that she can play in a pinch, at a 2006 recording session in New York with Willie Nelson.
    Rebecca Gates found herself holding a bass guitar, an instrument that she can play in a pinch, at a 2006 recording session in New York with Willie Nelson. “I was pretty intimidated,” she says with a laugh. “I know Ryan Adams, who was...

    Tags: Music, Music Industry, Napster Inc., Entertainment, Arts and Culture

    10. Jul 10, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  10. Rekindle that '90s indie rock spirit with Radical Dads at Charter Oak's Indie Fest on July 14

    <strong>Radical Dads perform during Indie Fest alongside the Suicide Dolls, Farewood, Ovlov, Post-Modern Panic, Kevin MF King, Bret the One Man Band, Rum Glass Serenade, Jared Knapik, Up Up We Go and Ragtime Revolution</strong>
    Radical Dads perform during Indie Fest alongside the Suicide Dolls, Farewood, Ovlov, Post-Modern Panic, Kevin MF King, Bret the One Man Band, Rum Glass Serenade, Jared Knapik, Up Up We Go and Ragtime Revolution Free, 7 p.m., July 14. Charter Oak Cultural...

    Tags: Music, Festive Events, Connecticut College, Suicide, YouTube

    11. Jun 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Lounge Ax retrospective party set

    Lounge Ax, the late, great Lincoln Avenue rock club that hosted countless indie-rock stalwarts during the '90s before its demise in 2000, will throw a retrospective party Aug. 10-11 that will reunite some of the regulars, personalities and bands who made the venue such a key part of the decade's music scene.
    Lounge Ax, the late, great Lincoln Avenue rock club that hosted countless indie-rock stalwarts during the '90s before its demise in 2000, will throw a retrospective party Aug. 10-11 that will reunite some of the regulars, personalities and bands who...

    Tags: Wilco (music group), Yo La Tengo (music group), Shellac (music group)

    12. May 13, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  12. Washington County Public Schools calendar - May 14-19

    Monday, May 14 AP exams all week    2012-13 kindergarten registration — Applications available at all elementary schools Barbara Ingram School for the Arts — Morning dance rehearsal at The Maryland Theatre Boonsboro Middle — Band...

    Tags: Music, Politics, Concerts, PTA, Jazz (genre)

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