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Music Review: Dinosaur Jr mellows in middle age - The Associated Press border=

Music Review: Dinosaur Jr mellows in middle age - The Associated Press

The Associated Press
Dinosaur Jr., "Farm" (Jagjaguwar) Good news: The original lineup of Dinosaur Jr. has a new album out. Not so good news: "Farm" sounds like another installment of J Mascis and friends. The great thing about the revival of one of indie rock's touchstone …
Examiner.com
Austin 360

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Latest news & movie, music, event and restaurant listings for Jersey - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ
by Stephen Whitty/The Star-Ledger That's not exactly the way the tradition is supposed to go for a wedding. But that's the recipe for the "The Proposal," a mostly harmless, completely unsurprising romantic comedy arriving in theaters Friday. …
Jamaica Gleaner
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Los Angeles Times
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Free music festival with French roots makes its San Jose debut - San Jose Mercury News border=

Free music festival with French roots makes its San Jose debut - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
I believe in the benefits of the arts, and I want to bring the French love of the arts to Silicon Valley. That's what we do with San Jose Jazz, and what they're doing with Left Coast Live (the May event involving some 100 acts in dozens of clubs, …
Berkeley Daily Planet

Music Review At the White House, a Blend of Jazz Greats and Hopefuls - New York Times border=

Music Review At the White House, a Blend of Jazz Greats and Hopefuls - New York Times

New York Times
By BEN RATLIFF WASHINGTON - It was not the full-force, let-a-thousand-saxophones-bloom, this-is-our-music festival that some might have wished from a White House where the language of jazz seems to have a place, at least in the president's iPod.
Washington Post
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Music Review At the White House, a Blend of Jazz Greats and Hopefuls - New York Times

New York Times, United States
By BEN RATLIFF WASHINGTON — It was not the full-force, let-a-thousand-saxophones-bloom, this-is-our-music festival that some might have wished from a White House where the language of jazz seems to have a place, at least in the president's iPod. …

Area music organizations receive ASCAP awards for adventurous ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Area music organizations receive ASCAP awards for adventurous … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
This year, the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music have carried off honors in the annual ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming. Cabrillo, based in Santa Cruz, is the biggest winner of the …

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Music Review | Hot 97's Summer Jam - New York Times

New York Times, United States
By JON CARAMANICA EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — As is the wont with Hot 97's Summer Jam, an annual reckoning of the hip-hop and R&B pecking order, this year's show at Giants Stadium here on Sunday night essentially came to an end well before the last act …

Music Review: Snider finds humor in tough times - The Associated Press border=

Music Review: Snider finds humor in tough times - The Associated Press

The Associated Press
Todd Snider, "The Excitement Plan" (Yep Roc) Many of the characters Todd Snider sings about in "The Excitement Plan" are coping with tough times. That includes the tree that becomes a newspaper and doesn't even get recycled, instead winding up at the …

Music review: Symphony's Dawn to Twilight - San Francisco Chronicle border=

Music review: Symphony's Dawn to Twilight - San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
Saturday night's concert by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony was like one of those awkward social encounters we've all gone through - the one where you introduce two of your closest friends to one another and find that they have …

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More free Music In the Park - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Food and drink are available for sale. For a complete schedule, see www.sjdowntown.com. Fans of American roots music have a big choice over the next few days: good or evil? First the good: On 8 pm Saturday, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys perform at …