The Live Music Report
February 2006 |
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| Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company |
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...the lights were dimmed and we were transported to an intimate tavern in Spain, listening to the master and his solo guitar...
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| by Amanda Martinez |
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| Colin James |
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...Colin hasn’t lost his charm, his finesse with a guitar or that combination of pain and hope called soul. In his own words to the Massey audience...
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| by Sue Bullas & Roger Humbert |
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| J.P. Cormier |
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...high performance reels and jigs and the like that got the audience wound up to clapping and tapping like they were at a kitchen party...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| The Bad Plus |
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...This band is a tight unit, yet they capture the improvisational, free, creative spirit that is the essence of jazz...
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| by Sue Bullas & Roger Humbert |
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| Patricia O’Callaghan |
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...A Patricia O’Callaghan concert is an invitation to sit back, disable the brain’s lyrical-analysis function, and just revel in her passionate...
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| by Andy Frank |
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| Black Umfolosi |
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...and the music covered a spectrum of themes. There was a gospel number, thanking God for sending us his son...
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| by John Leeson & Roger Humbert |
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| Donné Roberts Rhythm Was Born |
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...His voice is smoky-smooth and easy to digest, a perfect complement to his extraordinary guitar work...
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| by Andy Frank & Roger Humbert |
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| Lenni Jabour and the Third Floor |
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...This is one talented broad whose music is not designed to wow us with great vocal range, but does demand excellent voice control...
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| by Andy Frank & José Romelo Lagman |
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| Chris Potter Quartet |
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saxophonist Chris Potter got a body groove going, and the audience loved it...
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| by David Fujino |
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| Palm Wine |
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Palm Wine is a sweet, mellow, and potent beverage created from the sap of a West African palm tree. It stands to reason that the delicious music...
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| by Andy Frank & John Leeson |
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| Lura |
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...A graceful twirl, arms flung high, hips sensuously gyrating — with confidence and ease she luxuriates in her power...
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| by Roger Humbert |
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| Paulo FG y su elite |
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...He is totally in the moment and an adept improviser, his voice moving with ease from melody to rhythm...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Pink Martini |
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...timeless material that feels like standards with master musicians who together on stage create a contagious energy...
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| by Amanda Martinez |
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| Nathaniel Dett Chorale | The Niagara Movement |
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"...Our diversity is really our major commonality — that we are diverse is our unifying factor. But how do we live with each other?..."
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| by David Fujino |
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| Charlie Hunter |
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...Charlie bared his teeth and pulled out some high notes on guitar. Fleeting bites of standards came in via sax and melody became...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| House of Not | Sexus |
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...Rock n’ roll veterans, I concluded, comfortable in their skin, well past the image-forgery stage; this trip is about a vision, and about music...
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| by Andy Frank & José Romelo Lagman |
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| Gordon Lightfoot Tribute |
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...The Gordon Lightfoot Tribute was created partly as a reaction to a period in September of 2002 when Mr. Lightfoot’s life appeared to be in jeopardy...
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| by Andy Frank & José Romelo Lagman |
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| Theatre |
Dance |
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| I Am My Own Wife |
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...Ouimette shifts seamlessly between the various characters in Charlotte’s story, his immersion in each identity re-enforcing the suspension of disbelief...
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| by Lesley Mitchell-Clarke |
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| Art of Time Ensemble | Music and Dance |
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...Tanya Howard folds and unfolds herself like an origami crane standing in a moonlit pool...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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