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Sigur Ros | 09.20.08 | Montreal

Sigur Ros | 09.20.08 | Montreal

Source: JamBase

By: Kevin Schwartzbach

Sigur Rs :: 09.20.08 :: Jacques Cartier Pier :: Montreal, Canada

Sigur Rs Highly cinematic and deeply emotional, experiencing the ambient yet epic nature of Sigur Rs' music live is sort of like stepping into a surreal art film. Throughout their prolific fourteen-year career, Sigur Rs (Icelandic for “Victory Rose" and the name of lead singer Jnsi Birgisson's sister), who hail from Reykjavik, Iceland, has managed to create some of the ...

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Tony Middleton at Enzo's Jazz on October 22

Tony Middleton at Enzo's Jazz on October 22

Source: All About Jazz

Jazz Vocalist & Lead Singer of the Willows At Enzo's Jazz at the Jolly Madison Towers Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:00pm & 9.30pm Tony Middleton will be performing at: Enzo's Jazz at the Jolly 22 East 38th Street New York, NY 10036 Reservations- 212-802-0600 Having sung for years as an R&B, Soul, and Jazz performer in New York, London, Paris, and more recently a tour in Wales, Tony is now singing with his pianist ...

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Boz Scaggs Performs at McCallum Theatre

Boz Scaggs Performs at McCallum Theatre

Source: All About Jazz

Boz Scaggs will appear at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, California, on Friday, October 10, 2008, at 8:00pm. The 10th Anniversary season of the Fitz's Jazz Cafe series at the McCallum Theatre opens with Boz Scaggs. One of music's most creative and original artists, Boz Scaggs has combined rock, jazz, R&B, and blues to create a trademark sound, evident in such hits as “Lowdown, “ “Look What You've Done to Me, “ and “Lido Shuffle." Boz Scaggs grew up ...

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Spider Saloff Appears at South Bend Museum of Art in Speakeasy

Spider Saloff Appears at South Bend Museum of Art in Speakeasy

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service

Spider Saloff’s Speakeasy: Songs of the 1920’s. November, 19th at 6:30 p.m. South Bend, Indiana. Tickets are $28.00 available @ 1-574-235-9102.

Nationally acclaimed vocalist Spider Saloff will make a rare appearance in South Bend for this lively evening of 1920’s jazz. Saloff will also interject her own special brand of humor into the performance with antidotes about the songs and the prohibition era.

Since the great success of her nationally syndicated radio series “Word & Music”, Spider is ...

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Moutin Reunion Quartet Ends Tour in NY at Dizzy's at Lincoln Center

Moutin Reunion Quartet Ends Tour in NY at Dizzy's at Lincoln Center

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service

Critically acclaimed France based jazz group and Blujazz/Nocturne recording artists “Moutin Reunion Quartet” return to NY for their final USA appearance. Featuring gifted twins, Louis and Francois, with Rick Margitza on saxophone and Pierre de Bathmann on piano.October 6th - Dizzy's Coca Cola Club – Jazz @ Lincoln Center – NY, NY.- 1-212-258-9877

2008 brought the highly energetic critically acclaimed group to the states, with appearances in Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan; Syracuse, NY; Chicago, Ill and a ...

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Dan Tepfer Tours in Support of Latest CD "Oxygen"

Dan Tepfer Tours in Support of Latest CD "Oxygen"

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service

OXYGEN Midwest CD release tour!

Chicago Andy's Jazz Club 11 East Hubbard Street 312-642-6805 Thursday, October 2nd, 9:00 p.m. Cover Charge - $10.00 -------------------------- Trio's Restaurant and Jazz Club Tuesday, September 30th at 8:00 p.m. 129 N. Michigan Street 574-288-8746 Cover Charge - $10.00

Indianapolis Jazz Kitchen 5377 North College Ave.

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James Emery Trio Performs at Erie Art Museum

James Emery Trio Performs at Erie Art Museum

Source: All About Jazz

The Erie Art Museum's Contemporary Music Series presents the String Trio of New York on October 4. The performance will be held in the Erie Art Museum Annex, 423 State Street. This tour is made possible by a grant from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and is sponsored locally by Connoisseur Media. The String Trio of New York will present a workshop for parents and their preschoolers as ...

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Lesh and Weir NYC In-Store

Lesh and Weir NYC In-Store

Source: JamBase

GRATEFUL DEAD FOUNDING MEMBERS PHIL LESH & BOB WEIR TO MAKE IN-STORE APPEARANCE To Sign Copies Of Historic New Grateful Dead Release Rocking The Cradle: Egypt 1978 At Midtown Manhattan Best Buy On October 14

Jerry Garcia at the Pyramids Grateful Dead founding members Phil Lesh and Bob Weir will make a rare in-store appearance and signing to celebrate the historic release of Rocking The Cradle: Egypt 1978. The 2-CD/1-DVD Egypt collection features previously unreleased audio ...

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