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Terry Longshore and Tessa Brinckman have long pushed musical boundaries with their flute-and-percussion duo, Caballito Negro. They join forces with Left…
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A man with a mallet at the Eiffel Tower. Should we call the police? No, because he has government permission to whack on the tower. Confused yet? Joseph…
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Everyone who goes to the symphony notices the violins and the cellos. But do the violas get any respect? They will this weekend (October 19-21), when the…
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We get voices blended in the studio all the time, but not usually blended in song. So it's a rare treat to have some barbershop quartet singers pay a…
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We cast our attention backwards on the musical timeline pretty easily, from hip-hop back to Bach. But before that? A little fuzzy, generally. And that's…
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First the Hollies. Then Crosby, Stills and Nash. Then Crosby, Stills Nash and Young. Then, a long solo career.Graham Nash hasn't just seen the history of…
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The composer John Luther Adams is famous for creating works about the great outdoors, many inspired by his years living in Alaska. Adams won a Pulitzer…
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Johnny Rotten had it easy in England. Try being an East German punk with the Stasi looking over your shoulder.Tim Mohr, Berlin-based DJ, translator and…
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It's a part of autumn just as much as falling leaves: the beginning of the Rogue Valley Symphony's concert season. Big pieces and big players are on the…
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The name "Grateful Dead" got ironic indeed after the death of lead guitarist Jerry Garcia. The remaining "core four" of the band could not decide on an…
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You see an orchestra assemble, and you expect to hear a piece like Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, or a prelude, partita, or concerto. But Friday night, July…
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It's really not that long a stretch from "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" (Elvis Presley, 1961) to "I'm a sucker for the way that you move, babe"…
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Wes Montgomery is a big deal to jazz musicians. Pat Matheny once said he learned to play guitar by listening to "Smokin' at the Half Note," by Wes…