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  • Leftover Salmon is breaking up or taking a break?
    Leftover Salmon after 15 yrs says no more.. a hiatus or good-bye for good? read more..

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  • Leftover Salmon is breaking up or taking a break?
    Leftover Salmon after 15 yrs says no more.. a hiatus or good-bye for good? read more..

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  • Mark Karan interview - 4/21/01
    Mark Karan interview

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  • Railroad Earth
    With nearly 400 shows and tens of thousands of road miles now behind them, Railroad Earth has become a staple on the national touring and festival scene, and built a huge following of loyal fans that document and trade every note they play, and often join them on the road for multiple nights. These fans call themselves “Hobos,” and the band considers them to be the fuel that keeps this engine chugging along. Railroad Earth’s next album is planned for release in Spring 2004. Till then the band will continue to bring their music to the stage from East to West. So keep an ear to the ground and listen for Railroad Earth, because they'll be rolling through your town very soon.

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  • ten2nine
    "I hate to break the news to you, but you guy's may have finally put all the pieces together. This new ep is the best work I've heard from you ever! The writing, lyrics and music is superb, the performance is top notch and [Jim Leguilloux's] production gives it a true professional gloss." - Ron Gilmour, Power 104 Kelowna, BC

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  • Metharia
    The debut on the band was on 18th January 2000, when Metharia won the festival "Le Quattro Notti Rock." In June 2003 they are one of the three winners of the "NMC festival,' in Marcerta winning the award for the best live performance.

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  • Signal Path
    Armed with new jungle juice, they are warming up and ready to play. They opened up with a latenight show in Atlanta and continued on to Mountain View Jam Festival in North Carolina. Coast to coast, they'll be working their way to SummerCamp, Wakarusa, and High Sierra Music Festival.

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  • T-Band
    Jim Dooney plays guitar and does most of the lead vocals. He is great at getting everyone involved in the fun by taking requests or choosing the perfect song for any situation. Amy Anderson plays the stand up bass and sings harmony. Amy is the musical backbone of the band. Her playing punch and solid timing keeps us all together in our all acoustic environment. Robert Griffith plays banjo and sings harmony. Rob drives the band with lightning fast fingers and great improvising skills. Rich Egan plays mandolin and does some vocals. Rich keeps your feet tapping and your fingers snapping with his rhythm chops and is great at playing tasteful solos."

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  • Shanti Groove (September 2003)
    Shanti's groove moves along acoustical and electrical lines, combining the voice of jazz and rock with back porch bluegrass and funktified percussion. Bringing their unique sound to venues nationwide, the band provides a musical celebration of the 'groove' kind.

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  • Kelly's running column
    In this column I want to talk to you about Ghent. Ghent is the capital of the province East-Flanders in Belgium, a small country in Europe, and has about 225, 000 inhabitants.

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  • Kelly's running column
    In this column I want to talk to you about Ghent. Ghent is the capital of the province East-Flanders in Belgium, a small country in Europe, and has about 225, 000 inhabitants.

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  • Curious Yellow (August 2003)
    After fronting a couple bands in the mid 90s in California and spending the next several years developing his musical and songwriting talents in Japan and Minneapolis, Adam Lancaster landed in Denver in 2000 and founded the band. The band took on many formations and seemingly endless lineup changes for about a year until the perfect complimentary additions of Gregg Rosenthal (drums), Josh Eckhoff (guitar), and Matt Novack (bass, vocals) created a sound and style beyond what Adam could have hoped for. This new talented group immediately began writing songs and reworking old songs to create music and a performance that attracts and engages every listening audience. The personal and musical bond between each member deepened quickly and the dedication from everyone to develop the band to its fullest possibilities is evident.

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  • New Monsoon (June 2003)
    Utilizing congas, timbales, tabla, banjo, bongos, Dobro, ghatham, Didgeridoo, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drum kit and keys, the band offers a plethora of textures, rhythms, ideas and moods. New Monsoon absorbs elements of sound indigenous to world culture and incorporates them into a variety of colorful and original rhythmic compositions.

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  • One Way Rider (May 2003)
    "One Way Rider has taken Nashville by storm! It was an honor to have them perform on the Interstate Radio Network a network of over twenty stations that broadcast from Music City and airs nationwide and in Canada. Locally in Nashville, the IRN broadcast on WSM 650 AM, the home of the Grand Ole Opry. The response was great! We cant wait to have them come back on the air and play for us again. It was so good to be with folks that live and love the bluegrass way, truly a blessed family. David and Valerie are a great example of what a family can accomplish together."

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  • Smokestack (January 2003)
    “The quality of playing blew me away. All four guys were stars, but that keyboard player is a superstar. Very Hornsby in his writing and singing, very Medeski with his jams. I have had the CD for a few months, and being a little familiar with the songs impressed me even more.” CanJam News Toronto, Canada

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  • The Miltones (December 2002)
    Formed in the summer of 2000, the Miltones have already performed over 350 shows in under 28 months. Their high volume of gigs has enabled the band to mature and explore a range of musical directions that make them a formidable artistic act. Simultaneously their music seems to embrace a level of healing and celebration that make them both accessible and fortunate for the audiences they have attracted.

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  • Ripple (November 2002)
    When Ripple started out in an Old Tappan, NJ basement during early 1978, none of us thought we would be discussing the possibilities of playing together for 25 years. But that’s exactly what happened. From the early day’s of playing friends parties (usually when the Parent’s were away) to all the great nightclubs and other interesting venues we’ve performed at during the years, we’ve met some amazing people and formed life long friendships that will long out live the Band.

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  • Ray Charles died today at 73.
    Ray Charles dead at 73

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  • Fair To Midland (September 2002)
    Brett Stowers and Nathin Seals offer a rhythmic passion that leads the humble gentlemen in their avant-garde sound. The unearthed discord and unconventional cries of frontman Andrew Sudderth infused with guitarist Cliff Campbell's melodic fury tumble into a captivating creation of sonics, cultures, and confusion. Combined with the subtle offering of Matt Langley on keys, FTM glides past the expected boundries and gracefully throws their intense rock harmonies to the flame.

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  • The Few (July 2002)
    "We did it in chunks, whenever he was available," says Burnside. "Living there, and playing in the clubs, it raises your game." The result, an explosive, hooky collection that echoes Burnside's love of the Replacements and fascination with the Cure, is startling from a 22-year-old who took up guitar only three years ago.

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  • One Cat Left (May 2002)
    Pete’s former association with TOM MARSHALL of PHISH led to the band AMFIBIAN. It was here in this situation that Pete found his voice and his motivation..

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  • Mt. Kilimanjaro!
    In one scene we saw a hippo in the river, a croccodile laying on the bank just beside it, and a waterbuck stanking near in the grass!

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  • Grateful Web Interview with Madison House and SCI Ticketing
    SCI interview

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  • Leftover will be calling it quits at years end.
    Leftover Salmon are saying goodbye..

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  • AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TREY 05.25.04
    Phish is coming to end..

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  • Sativa Gumbo (April 2002)
    Sativa Gumbo

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  • Pamela's stories from Africa
    This month I'll continue teaching English at the school, organize a second beekeeping seminar, begin making fuel-efficient stoves, and track down another place to buy modern breed roosters.

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  • Yamagata update
    Yamagata

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  • Yamagata (June 2001)
    Yamagata

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  • JSwine (October 2000)
    JSwine

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  • Mark Karan (August 2000)
    Mark Karan

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  • Moses Guest (September 2000)
    Moses Guest

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  • Uncle Sammy (July 2001)
    Uncle Sammy

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  • Solomon Grundy (April 2001)
    Solomon Grundy

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  • Tonal Vision (May 2001)
    Tonal Vision

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  • Slogging Toward Freedom
    Studying Arab violence against Israel on a daily basis is a grim enterprise: rockets from Lebanon, mortars in Gaza, snipers on a hill, a pregnant mother and four kids shot to death point-blank, a mentally challenged teenager duped into wearing a bomb vest, random stabbings, roadside bombs, car bombs, a donkey bomb. We must not forget these outrageous examples of inhumanity: the terrorists actually strapped a powerful bomb on a donkey and blew it up next to an Israeli bus. PETA really gave ‘em heck for killing that donkey.

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  • Top Ten Things I Love About Liberals
    Contrary to popular belief, and some of my earlier writings, I love liberals for oh so many reasons. Here's a start

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  • Top Ten Things I Love About Liberals
    Contrary to popular belief, and some of my earlier writings, I love liberals for oh so many reasons. Here's a start

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  • Top Ten Things I Love About Liberals
    Contrary to popular belief, and some of my earlier writings, I love liberals for oh so many reasons. Here's a start

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  • They should have hid the document in their pants
    Doug Feith and his boss Paul Wolfowitz are two favorite bogeymen of the left. These two policymakers are partially responsible for a radical neoconservative agenda: 1) vigorously fight terrorists and the states that support them, 2) provide unflinching support for Israel and their daily struggle against terrorism; and 3) promote freedom, pluralism, and democracy throughout the Middle East.

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  • They should have hid the document in their pants
    Doug Feith and his boss Paul Wolfowitz are two favorite bogeymen of the left. These two policymakers are partially responsible for a radical neoconservative agenda: 1) vigorously fight terrorists and the states that support them, 2) provide unflinching support for Israel and their daily struggle against terrorism; and 3) promote freedom, pluralism, and democracy throughout the Middle East.

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  • They should have hid the document in their pants
    Doug Feith and his boss Paul Wolfowitz are two favorite bogeymen of the left. These two policymakers are partially responsible for a radical neoconservative agenda: 1) vigorously fight terrorists and the states that support them, 2) provide unflinching support for Israel and their daily struggle against terrorism; and 3) promote freedom, pluralism, and democracy throughout the Middle East.

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  • It's all the same war
    View Palestinian childrens' indoctrination. There is no excuse for terrorism--no justification for warping these children's minds towards death and destruction.

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  • Why Do They Hate Us?
    It’s disturbing to read the words of misinformed critics of the United States. They claim that somehow the U.S. is responsible for the viciousness of our enemies: if only we changed our policies, somehow peace would sprout up and everyone would love us.

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  • Why Do They Hate Us?
    It’s disturbing to read the words of misinformed critics of the United States. They claim that somehow the U.S. is responsible for the viciousness of our enemies: if only we changed our policies, somehow peace would sprout up and everyone would love us.

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  • Why Do They Hate Us?
    It’s disturbing to read the words of misinformed critics of the United States. They claim that somehow the U.S. is responsible for the viciousness of our enemies: if only we changed our policies, somehow peace would sprout up and everyone would love us.

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  • Palestinian random terrorism kills innocent woman
    What would you do if mortar shells and rockets exploded daily in your neighborhood? View the random terrorism which killed an innocent young woman sitting in her home.

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  • Zawahiri Threatens All of Us
    Barbarians at the Gate--better take it seriously. Hint: the U.N. won't help. "The war waged on the Palestinians is a religious war, and Zionists need to be targeted in the United States, and other nations who provide Israel with means of survival,"

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  • Sesame Street for Palestinians
    Kids love to play, and the Palestinian Authority teaches their kids to play for keeps.

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  • Look out infidels!
    Theo Van Gogh, who produced a film which criticized Muslim treatment of women, was brutally murdered in Amsterdam.

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  • Look out infidels!
    Theo Van Gogh, who produced a film which criticized Muslim treatment of women, was brutally murdered in Amsterdam.

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  • Syrian Protestors Hire U.S. Interpreter
    Syrian protestors hired an American to translate their signs for them, so instead of "Death to America" and the usual bilge, this is what they got!

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  • Syrian Protestors Hire U.S. Interpreter
    Syrian protestors hired an American to translate their signs for them, so instead of "Death to America" and the usual bilge, this is what they got!

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  • Tsunami Aid from the USA and Israel
    The United States is the most generous nation on the planet, but did you know that tiny Israel donates vital supplies and medical help?

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  • Arafat's Gone
    "I've never before seen so much cleverness, blood and filth all together in one man."

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  • Arafat's Gone
    "I've never before seen so much cleverness, blood and filth all together in one man."

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  • Elections: Proof the System Works
    Elections, Democracy, Freedom: That's what I'm talking about.

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  • Elections: Proof the System Works
    Elections, Democracy, Freedom: That's what I'm talking about.

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  • Elections: Proof the System Works
    Elections, Democracy, Freedom: That's what I'm talking about.

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  • Bush spends your money wisely
    Dear Utopian Pacifists of the Left: Try not to get your panties in a knot. Nations must fight the good fight, or die. Deny Ward Churchill the satisfaction.

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  • Bush spends your money wisely
    Dear Utopian Pacifists of the Left: Try not to get your panties in a knot. Nations must fight the good fight, or die. Deny Ward Churchill the satisfaction.

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  • Bush spends your money wisely
    Dear Utopian Pacifists of the Left: Try not to get your panties in a knot. Nations must fight the good fight, or die. Deny Ward Churchill the satisfaction.

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  • Protestant Churches: Lay Off Israel
    Three protestant church organizations have introduced a policy to divest from companies affiliated with Israel. They should find a more productive use of their time.

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  • Protestant Churches: Lay Off Israel
    Three protestant church organizations have introduced a policy to divest from companies affiliated with Israel. They should find a more productive use of their time.

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  • Protestant Churches: Lay Off Israel
    Three protestant church organizations have introduced a policy to divest from companies affiliated with Israel. They should find a more productive use of their time.

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  • John Paul the Great
    One need not agree with every Papal utterance to know that his thoughts and efforts were clear and well-reasoned. He energized the world with humility, grace, and prayer.

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  • John Paul the Great
    One need not agree with every Papal utterance to know that his thoughts and efforts were clear and well-reasoned. He energized the world with humility, grace, and prayer.

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  • John Paul the Great
    One need not agree with every Papal utterance to know that his thoughts and efforts were clear and well-reasoned. He energized the world with humility, grace, and prayer.

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  • Jew + Jew + Jew = 4 Opinions
    The old joke: If you see three Jews having a discussion, you will hear at least four opinions...

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  • Jew + Jew + Jew = 4 Opinions
    The old joke: If you see three Jews having a discussion, you will hear at least four opinions...

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  • Cool War Rhetoric
    An American President welcomed and cheered by Eastern Europe: first time for everything.

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  • Cool War Rhetoric
    An American President welcomed and cheered by Eastern Europe: first time for everything.

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  • Cool War Rhetoric
    An American President welcomed and cheered by Eastern Europe: first time for everything.

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  • Politics Amid Time Bombs
    How precarious it must be to implement education programs for new immigrants, knowing that somewhere close by a bomb ticks.

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  • Politics Amid Time Bombs
    How precarious it must be to implement education programs for new immigrants, knowing that somewhere close by a bomb ticks.

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  • Politics Amid Time Bombs
    How precarious it must be to implement education programs for new immigrants, knowing that somewhere close by a bomb ticks.

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  • Mustaches Morph Into Keffiyah
    Well-timed to kill a celebration of London's selection for the 2012 Olympics, and disrupt the G-8 Summit, terrorists murdered 52 in Great Britain.

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  • Mustaches Morph Into Keffiyah
    Well-timed to kill a celebration of London's selection for the 2012 Olympics, and disrupt the G-8 Summit, terrorists murdered 52 in Great Britain.

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  • Mustaches Morph Into Keffiyah
    Well-timed to kill a celebration of London's selection for the 2012 Olympics, and disrupt the G-8 Summit, terrorists murdered 52 in Great Britain.

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  • Bin Laden's Letter to America
    The Nation of Martyrdom; the Nation that desires death more than you desire life...

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  • Bin Laden's Letter to America
    The Nation of Martyrdom; the Nation that desires death more than you desire life...

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  • Gaza Withdrawal Encourages Terrorists
    "Land for Peace" long ago devolved into "Land for a Promise Peace" and peace never came............. Donald Meissner's Monthly Grateful Right.

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  • Gaza Withdrawal Encourages Terrorists
    "Land for Peace" long ago devolved into "Land for a Promise Peace" and peace never came............. Donald Meissner's Monthly Grateful Right.

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  • Katrina: Torturous Lesson
    Brackish and still behind the levee, mayhem patiently anticipates the storm to force the breach. Donald Meissner's Grateful Right.

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  • PRAANG Returns To Cervantes for Two-Night Stint
    Formed under a blanket of thick Colorado snow during the blizzard of 2006, PRAANG returns to Cervantes for a two night stand December 5th and 6th. Featuring Steve Kimock, Jason Hann and Michael Travis from EOTO/String Cheese Incident and Jamie Janover from ZILLA, PRAANG represents a new musical avenue for the four members to travel. Completely improvisational, spontaneous, and unrehearsed, the quartet’s music reflects their fateful existence

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  • THE ROXY IN LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY
    Los Angeles’ THE ROXY THEATRE first opened its doors in the late fall of 1973. 35 years later, the legendary venue marks this significant milestone as one of America’s longest-running independently owned and operated establishments with two monumental shows highlighting its rich musical history: Zappa Plays Zappa December 10, 11, 12 and 13 and a New Years Eve performance by The Wailers.

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  • THE ROXY IN LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY
    Los Angeles’ THE ROXY THEATRE first opened its doors in the late fall of 1973. 35 years later, the legendary venue marks this significant milestone as one of America’s longest-running independently owned and operated establishments with two monumental shows highlighting its rich musical history: Zappa Plays Zappa December 10, 11, 12 and 13 and a New Years Eve performance by The Wailers.

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  • Leftover Salmon to play Vail, CO + Upcoming Projects
    Leftover Salmon will perform a full two set show on December 12th at the Dobson Ice Arena. This show will be part of the Snow Daze Festival held each year in Vail Colorado as a kickoff party to the winter season.

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  • Leftover Salmon to play Vail, CO + Upcoming Projects
    Leftover Salmon will perform a full two set show on December 12th at the Dobson Ice Arena. This show will be part of the Snow Daze Festival held each year in Vail Colorado as a kickoff party to the winter season.

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  • Karrin Allyson Appearing This Weekend At The Iridium Jazz Club
    Over the years, Karrin Allyson has recorded a series of eleven CDs for Concord Records, each of which have showcased her astonishing breadth of repertoire, from standards by Gershwin and Porter to Brazilian bossa nova to samba and Thelonious Monk. She has also taken on French and Brazilian music (From Paris to Rio), the genius of John Coltrane (Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane) and the blues (In Blue).

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  • Karrin Allyson Appearing This Weekend At The Iridium Jazz Club
    Over the years, Karrin Allyson has recorded a series of eleven CDs for Concord Records, each of which have showcased her astonishing breadth of repertoire, from standards by Gershwin and Porter to Brazilian bossa nova to samba and Thelonious Monk. She has also taken on French and Brazilian music (From Paris to Rio), the genius of John Coltrane (Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane) and the blues (In Blue).

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  • Femi Kuti & the Positive Force @ Boulder Theater
    Four years after the DVD Live@Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeless new album, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat. Thirteen titles that grab your belly, your feet, your heart and your head. From the ghettos of Lagos to the palaces of corrupt politicians, Day by Day takes us through the winding roads of African paradox. Why is such a rich continent inhabited by the world’s poorest people?

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  • Femi Kuti & the Positive Force @ Boulder Theater
    Four years after the DVD Live@Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeless new album, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat. Thirteen titles that grab your belly, your feet, your heart and your head. From the ghettos of Lagos to the palaces of corrupt politicians, Day by Day takes us through the winding roads of African paradox. Why is such a rich continent inhabited by the world’s poorest people?

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  • BoomBox Set to Ring in the New Year at Mile High
    Kicking it all off on Tuesday, December 30th at Owsley’s Golden Road, the headline show will feature special guests Melvin Seals and JGB as well as Steve Kimock and Friends opening the night. BoomBox will take to the stage from 1:30am to 4:30am, keeping the party going until the early morning hours.

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  • BoomBox Set to Ring in the New Year at Mile High
    Kicking it all off on Tuesday, December 30th at Owsley’s Golden Road, the headline show will feature special guests Melvin Seals and JGB as well as Steve Kimock and Friends opening the night. BoomBox will take to the stage from 1:30am to 4:30am, keeping the party going until the early morning hours.

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  • Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's BEWARE Streets 3/17/09
    Though Beware shares spit with its immediate predecessor released this past summer, Lie Down in the Light, it's reach is longer and stronger, more grandiose. Where fiddle and steel contribute their rustic timbre alongside guitars and voices, a thickening thud of low tone rolls beneath, giving the record a bottom that’s fun to watch bounce in new clothes. This indensifies the air and heralds Beware as Bonny’s biggest, most ambitious record to date – yea, bigger and more ambitious than even The Letting Go! A listen or two through and you too may conclude that this could also be the great Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy contempo-country record

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  • Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's BEWARE Streets 3/17/09
    Though Beware shares spit with its immediate predecessor released this past summer, Lie Down in the Light, it's reach is longer and stronger, more grandiose. Where fiddle and steel contribute their rustic timbre alongside guitars and voices, a thickening thud of low tone rolls beneath, giving the record a bottom that’s fun to watch bounce in new clothes. This indensifies the air and heralds Beware as Bonny’s biggest, most ambitious record to date – yea, bigger and more ambitious than even The Letting Go! A listen or two through and you too may conclude that this could also be the great Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy contempo-country record

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  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Boulder Theater
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the GRAMMY® Award winning vocal group from South Africa that has conquered nations in its own way with a joyous and spiritually charged brand of vocal music and native choreography, pays tribute to this historical icon with their new Heads Up International release, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu. Ilembe celebrates not only Shaka Zulu but the sense of perseverance, creativity and pride that he has inspired in generations of descendants.

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  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Boulder Theater
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the GRAMMY® Award winning vocal group from South Africa that has conquered nations in its own way with a joyous and spiritually charged brand of vocal music and native choreography, pays tribute to this historical icon with their new Heads Up International release, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu. Ilembe celebrates not only Shaka Zulu but the sense of perseverance, creativity and pride that he has inspired in generations of descendants.

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  • Gene Ween Band Tour Dates Announced + New Ween CD
    Recorded live at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC 12/9/92, the CD comes with a bonus DVD which features clips from Ween's first tour of Holland, and also Stache's in Columbus, OH. As Dean Ween says; "The whole thing is so brown that it's almost black.

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  • Gene Ween Band Tour Dates Announced + New Ween CD
    Recorded live at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC 12/9/92, the CD comes with a bonus DVD which features clips from Ween's first tour of Holland, and also Stache's in Columbus, OH. As Dean Ween says; "The whole thing is so brown that it's almost black.

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  • Jazz Museum Events: Nov. 17-21, 2008
    The National Jazz Museum in Harlem begins an exciting full week of public programming with a conversation between executive director Loren Schoenberg and best-selling author, saxophonist and composer James McBride for Jazz for Curious Readers, whose first novel was recently turned into a film by acclaimed director Spike Lee.

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  • Jazz Museum Events: Nov. 17-21, 2008
    The National Jazz Museum in Harlem begins an exciting full week of public programming with a conversation between executive director Loren Schoenberg and best-selling author, saxophonist and composer James McBride for Jazz for Curious Readers, whose first novel was recently turned into a film by acclaimed director Spike Lee.

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  • Swing Into The Holiday Season With George Gee's Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra
    This Holiday season, The Edison Ballroom and producer Mickey Marchello, former guitarist from the legendary New York Rock Band Good Rats, will welcome the swing era sounds of George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra as they entertain guests with a new show that evokes a golden era: “Sleigh Bells Swing.” George Gee and his 22-piece Big Band offer the perfect Holiday treat for not only swing and jazz music fans, but also for tourists and tri-state area residents looking for an incredible Holiday entertainment experience.

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  • Swing Into The Holiday Season With George Gee's Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra
    This Holiday season, The Edison Ballroom and producer Mickey Marchello, former guitarist from the legendary New York Rock Band Good Rats, will welcome the swing era sounds of George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra as they entertain guests with a new show that evokes a golden era: “Sleigh Bells Swing.” George Gee and his 22-piece Big Band offer the perfect Holiday treat for not only swing and jazz music fans, but also for tourists and tri-state area residents looking for an incredible Holiday entertainment experience.

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  • The Motet performs Talking Heads @ Boulder Theater
    Performing the music of the Talking Heads, The Motet will be joined by Kyle Hollingsworth (SCI) on keys, Fuzz (Deep Banana Blackout) on guitar, Jans Ingber on vocals and percussion, Liza Oxnard on vocals, Joey Porter also on keys, Carrie Sangiovanni on background vocals and Paul McDaniel on bass.

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  • The Motet performs Talking Heads @ Boulder Theater
    Performing the music of the Talking Heads, The Motet will be joined by Kyle Hollingsworth (SCI) on keys, Fuzz (Deep Banana Blackout) on guitar, Jans Ingber on vocals and percussion, Liza Oxnard on vocals, Joey Porter also on keys, Carrie Sangiovanni on background vocals and Paul McDaniel on bass.

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  • Download Phish At The Roxy Now!
    Recorded Live February 19th, 20th and 21st, 1993, this run at the intimate Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia set the stage for many classic tripartite celebrations to follow. With the second show's near-instant legendary status cemented among fans due largely to a non-stop thriller of a second set which included feats of rock and roll greatness, including a sit-in by a spurious Gene Simmons, At The Roxy captures a magical moment for Phish and their audience during a period of peak songwriting and experimentation.

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  • Download Phish At The Roxy Now!
    Recorded Live February 19th, 20th and 21st, 1993, this run at the intimate Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia set the stage for many classic tripartite celebrations to follow. With the second show's near-instant legendary status cemented among fans due largely to a non-stop thriller of a second set which included feats of rock and roll greatness, including a sit-in by a spurious Gene Simmons, At The Roxy captures a magical moment for Phish and their audience during a period of peak songwriting and experimentation.

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  • Conscious Alliance Announces Holiday Meal Drive & Rebel Alliance Jam XIV
    Not-for-profit Conscious Alliance - feeding America's hungry through music - ramps up this year's holiday giving with the announcement of their 5th annual "Holiday Meal Drive." With the support of musicians and their fans, and this year in partnership with Whole Foods Market, the organization will deliver full holiday meals to impoverished Native American Reservations for the fifth year in a row. The organization also hosts the Rebel Alliance Jam XIV - a holiday benefit show at Boulder, Colorado's Fox Theatre on November 29th featuring Keith Moseley, Scott Law, Jeff Sipe, Gibb Droll, and special guest Kyle Hollingsworth.

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  • Conscious Alliance Announces Holiday Meal Drive & Rebel Alliance Jam XIV
    Not-for-profit Conscious Alliance - feeding America's hungry through music - ramps up this year's holiday giving with the announcement of their 5th annual "Holiday Meal Drive." With the support of musicians and their fans, and this year in partnership with Whole Foods Market, the organization will deliver full holiday meals to impoverished Native American Reservations for the fifth year in a row. The organization also hosts the Rebel Alliance Jam XIV - a holiday benefit show at Boulder, Colorado's Fox Theatre on November 29th featuring Keith Moseley, Scott Law, Jeff Sipe, Gibb Droll, and special guest Kyle Hollingsworth.

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  • Four Sushi Restaurants and the Toubab Krewe
    For lovers of atypical instrumental rock derivatives, there may be no sweeter words than Toubab Krewe. What’s a Toubab Krewe, you ask? Good question! For starters, Toubab Krewe is a band, five guys who make some of the grooviest music you’ve ever (or maybe never) heard. The only term that really sticks with any consistency is instrumental, since, as the word implies, they only play instruments sans vocals. Other than that, they are a really tough act to peg. Psychic-Afro-dub-rock comes to mind as a possibility, but somehow even that doesn’t do the Toubab Krewe justice.

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  • Four Sushi Restaurants and the Toubab Krewe
    For lovers of atypical instrumental rock derivatives, there may be no sweeter words than Toubab Krewe. What’s a Toubab Krewe, you ask? Good question! For starters, Toubab Krewe is a band, five guys who make some of the grooviest music you’ve ever (or maybe never) heard. The only term that really sticks with any consistency is instrumental, since, as the word implies, they only play instruments sans vocals. Other than that, they are a really tough act to peg. Psychic-Afro-dub-rock comes to mind as a possibility, but somehow even that doesn’t do the Toubab Krewe justice.

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  • Marco Benevento & Friends | Nathan Moore | The Flynn Space
    Many aspects of last Monday night’s show at The Flynn Space in downtown Burlington, Vermont felt as if they had been transplanted from past eras, even different locales. Nathan Moore, the opener of the festivities, was channeling the bravado and freedom of a Greenwich Village bohemian from 1962 and Marco Benevento, the band leader of the night’s all-star headlining troupe, seemed to have an uncanny resemblance in the mind’s eye to a young Miles Davis, breaking free from The Gil Evans Band in 1959 and forging his own musical path. And just like that jazz pioneer who has a stronghold on everyone’s CD collection, Marco has begun to blaze a trail all his own and, on this night, all of the musicians around him were in for a treat, just like the rest of us.

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  • Marco Benevento & Friends | Nathan Moore | The Flynn Space
    Many aspects of last Monday night’s show at The Flynn Space in downtown Burlington, Vermont felt as if they had been transplanted from past eras, even different locales. Nathan Moore, the opener of the festivities, was channeling the bravado and freedom of a Greenwich Village bohemian from 1962 and Marco Benevento, the band leader of the night’s all-star headlining troupe, seemed to have an uncanny resemblance in the mind’s eye to a young Miles Davis, breaking free from The Gil Evans Band in 1959 and forging his own musical path. And just like that jazz pioneer who has a stronghold on everyone’s CD collection, Marco has begun to blaze a trail all his own and, on this night, all of the musicians around him were in for a treat, just like the rest of us.

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  • Umphrey's Mantis Pre-Order Takes Off
    Umphrey's McGee's one-of-a-kind pre-order campaign for their highly anticipated new studio release, Mantis (January 20, 2009 / SCI Fidelity Records) is already being recognized as a brilliant and innovative use of digital technology. The power of this new pre-order concept is in the hands of the fans. Umphrey's offers fans more free bonus content the more Mantis pre-orders they receive; the fans "unlock" levels of content by getting more of their friends to pre-order the album. The idea is to give the fans incentive to help spread the word about the album, and to offer a totally unique music experience.

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  • Umphrey's Mantis Pre-Order Takes Off
    Umphrey's McGee's one-of-a-kind pre-order campaign for their highly anticipated new studio release, Mantis (January 20, 2009 / SCI Fidelity Records) is already being recognized as a brilliant and innovative use of digital technology. The power of this new pre-order concept is in the hands of the fans. Umphrey's offers fans more free bonus content the more Mantis pre-orders they receive; the fans "unlock" levels of content by getting more of their friends to pre-order the album. The idea is to give the fans incentive to help spread the word about the album, and to offer a totally unique music experience.

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  • 'Jacofest' A Tribute to Jaco Pastorius
    The late great bassist-composer Jaco Pastorius, an undeniable force on contemporary jazz during the ‘70s as well as a towering influence on two generations of musicians, will be feted at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York from November 20 - 23. Included in this all-star gala, produced by impresario Charles Carlini, are Pastorius colleagues and former bandmates like trumpeters Randy Brecker, Miles Evans and Lew Soloff, Saxophonists Alex Foster and Butch Thomas, Trombonist David Bargeron, keyboardist Delmar Brown, guitarist David Gilmore and drummer Kenwood Dennard. Featured bass players are T.M Stephens, Matt Garrison, and Jaco's son, Felix Pastorius.

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  • 'Jacofest' A Tribute to Jaco Pastorius
    The late great bassist-composer Jaco Pastorius, an undeniable force on contemporary jazz during the ‘70s as well as a towering influence on two generations of musicians, will be feted at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York from November 20 - 23. Included in this all-star gala, produced by impresario Charles Carlini, are Pastorius colleagues and former bandmates like trumpeters Randy Brecker, Miles Evans and Lew Soloff, Saxophonists Alex Foster and Butch Thomas, Trombonist David Bargeron, keyboardist Delmar Brown, guitarist David Gilmore and drummer Kenwood Dennard. Featured bass players are T.M Stephens, Matt Garrison, and Jaco's son, Felix Pastorius.

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Nobody appreciates spirited debate and vigorous discussion more than I.  There were times, as recently as 1 year ago, when I felt my heart begin to race, a storm surge of andrenaline, steam puffs from my ears--it's not a good feeling, nor is it healthy.  I began to adjust my temperament and thinking away from rage and towards comedy and comity, in the interest of good health.  I understand the rage of the left better than most, and wish my good friends on the left good health and good cheer.  So for now: don't worry, be happy, and think of the awesome possiblities for '08.  Today's Hilary is sanguine, ambitious, and ready-to-wear.

Donald Meissner

Editor, Grateful Right

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