Music & Nightlife
| The Musical History Tour |
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| All through out the Bay Area, traces of these musical legends can be found - you just have to know where to look. Join us now for the first part of a four-part series. Photos | Comments |
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Pop Quiz Mike Ness, of Social Distortion, reveals how the group managed to stick around for 30 years. |
New, Yet Vernacular
Jazz-trained pianist Marco Benevento performs with a different lineup each Tuesday at Oakland's Yoshi's.
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A Young Genius The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra celebrates Felix Mendelssohn's bicentennial. |
'Yesterday' Today
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival books former Beatle Paul McCartney.
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Bandwidth Goh Nakamura became a YouTube star after a video for "Embarcadero Blues" was posted online. |
Avenge Is Mine
Punk band the Avengers returns to the Bay Area for its first Oakland concert.
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The Definitive Rejection The two female members of ABBA deny rumors that they are bitter enemies. |
Don't Underestimate Them
Power pop trio the Ettes has a sound that's been compared to that of Thee Headcoatees and the Detroit Cobras.
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Pop Quiz Richard Marx: His hair isn't as big, but he's still making music. |
Far From Idle
"American Idol" finalist Sanjaya Malakar has got an new album and book out.
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Bandwidth File Maus Haus' music between time and money. |
New, But Not Improved
Peppered with improvisation and sampled beats, "Akoka: A Messiaen Remix" bordered on frippery.
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Pop Rocker Pop phenom Katy Perry made the sold-out crowd at the Fillmore let out a collective gasp. |
Playing Dead
Composer Lee Johnson took 10 Grateful Dead songs and dressed them up in full orchestral regalia.
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Playing For Peace Sweetness was in fact the reigning spirit of Berkeley pianist Sarah Cahill's performance. |
Musical Odyssey
Michael Morgan and the Oakland East Bay Symphony premiere "World Concerto for Cello and Orchestra."
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A Big Voice Some singers let the songs tell their own stories, others act them out, Franc D'Ambrosio does both. |
Gorgeous Transformation
An ugly duckling, Prokofiev's Fifth Piano Concerto emerges as a swan in S.F.
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'Lighten Up, Old Man' Cellist David Requiro, 23, played with vigor and spirit during an S.F. recital. |
Pungent Lucidity
San Francisco Symphony performed Berg's Three Pieces for Orchestra with fervor and dramatic clarity.
New CDs
The Blue Note 7 | Animal Collective, 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' | Tony Desare, 'Radio Show' | David Lang, 'Pierced' | 'Liza's at the Palace ...'
