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American Popular Song and World War II: Part 1

Source: All About Jazz
May 25, 2008

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Finger Lakes Grassroots Lineup

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2008

Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival Announces 2008 Lineup

Donna the Buffalo The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival, to be held July 17-20, 2008 in Trumansburg, NY (10 miles North of Ithaca), has announced their full lineup. Lucinda Williams, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Meditations, Cyro Baptista & Beat the Donkey, Hackensaw Boys, Nation Beat and John Brown's Body are among the 70+ bands who will be joining festival hosts and founders Donna the Buffalo. Tickets and information are available at www.grassrootsfest.org ...

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Trey Gets Reduced Sentence

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2008

Trey Anastasio Gets Reduced Sentence for NY Drug Charges

Trey Anastasio As we've been following the trials and tribulations of Trey Anastasio we have a new chapter to share. As Forbes.com is reporting, Big Red received a reduced sentence of three years' probation following his successful completion of a treatment and counseling program.

Anastasio entered a guilty plea to a felony charge for possession of a controlled substance (painkillers) after being pulled over in December 2006 for driving erratically. The ...

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Mark Knopfler:kill to Get Crimson

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2008

By: David Higdon

Preparing to embark on a summer tour promoting his 2007 fall release, Kill to Get Crimson (Warner), Mark Knopfler has chosen a different approach to sharing his music with his fans. While not the pioneering free album giveaway concept revolutionized by such electronically visionary bands as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, Knopfler is instead combining his legendary live act with his crisp studio craftsmanship to offer a free copy of his fifth solo album for each pair ...

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Ombak Explores Antonyms on Wednesdays

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2008

When I think “every other Wednesday," I immediately think Fight the Big Bull at Cous Cous. This summer, however, the spot is being given to Bryan Hooten's Ombak due to The Great White Jenkins' national tour that's stealing a couple Big Bull members. Here are three reasons why you should check out the band every two weeks at Cous Cous.Bryan Hooten says:The short-term goal for the group is to get an album recorded. I would like to ...

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Return to Forever: Flight of the Reborn

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

Return To Forever Return To Forever is back. For those in the know, a happy shiver runs up your spine, and for the uninitiated there's a world of treats in store during their upcoming summer tour that kicks off May 29 at the Paramount Theater in Austin, TX. This seminal '70s band used jazz as a launching pad for explorations into rock, Cubanismo, space music, flamenco and much more, all ...

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Grand Theft Auto with a Classic Jazz Beat

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2008

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Billy Taylor and Charles Mingus at Storyville

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2008

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