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April 8, 2013"I'm writing about Laura Nyro. What should I say?"
"Who?" This was not the answer I wanted or expected from my mother. After all, I had spent my single-digit years rifling through my parents' old vinyl and found Nyro's pen to be behind many a childhood favorite.
Laura Nyro was born into a forward- ... More >>
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September 4, 2012I have a deep place in my heart for Dum Dum Girls. Their music is a kind of aching, empty light that is like being shot with some sort of experimental anesthesia before a doctor restructures a deformation. Think of it as Adele, but produced in an alley where crime and art are not mutually exclusive ... More >>
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November 3, 2011Rocks Off blushed and fumbled awkwardly while asking rising R&B songstress Ledisi if she'd mind answering a few questions to see what we could learn about her in 30 seconds.
Rocks Off: What is the worst song in the world?
Ledisi: Ha ha! I'm not answering this one.
RO: What is the best lyr ... More >>
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September 1, 2011singinglamb.caA young Iggy Pop has his way with a microphone stand c. 1968Cyberspace was all abuzz on Monday, thanks to Lady Gaga's "shocking" VMA performance of "You and I" dressed as a young Ralph Macchio, or at least that's what it looked like from here. It was creative and bold, and defin ... More >>
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September 30, 2010From wunderkind to virtuoso, the violinist continues to impress audiences
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June 10, 2010The film that jump-started a return to the limelight by Rubén Gonzáles and Compay Segundo left one huge question unanswered: Why weren't they onstage for the last 50 years?
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March 29, 2010[Ed. Note: Third in a three-part series. See Part 1 here and Part 2 here.]
The V-Roys: Another underattended Wednesday-night gig. The V-Roys had just been on tour with Steve Earle in England and had backed him up on several television appearances on the reggae classic "Johnny Too Bad." LOM's son, ... More >>
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February 11, 2010The late legendary Houston bluseman finally gets an official historical marker.
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January 7, 2010Miss Thang goes all out on stage — every time
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October 26, 2009
Wonder what the Pogues show Thursday is going to look like? Here's our guess...
"I had the good fortune to meet Liam Clancy of the Clancy Brothers once and while talking with him over a cup of tea I mentioned my affection for the Pogues to which he replied, 'The Pogues are a cross between the Clanc ... More >>
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August 27, 2009Check out what's coming down the pike for Houston arts
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August 27, 2009Music and murder meet in Devil's Trill
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March 17, 2009The Clancy Brothers
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in Person at Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert
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During the early '60s folk boom, no one did more to expose audiences to traditional Irish music than this singin' and playin' quartet of brothers Liam, Paddy ... More >>
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December 18, 2008
Asha Bhosle
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One basic characteristic of Bollywood films is the fact that actors generally do not use their own singing voices during the musical numbers - that task goes to playback singers like Asha Bhosle, who over the span of six decades ... More >>
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October 16, 2008Hungary's most respected classical music performers stop off in Houston on their way to Carnegie Hall
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September 11, 2008The Houston Symphony gives American composers their due
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September 11, 2008Four of today’s rising star pianists perform as a collective and then in solo concerts
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July 24, 2008The angriest comedian in show biz thinks Houston is tops
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February 28, 2008A leap year concert features the Croatian pianist on her way to Carnegie Hall
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December 13, 2007The heavenly sounds of the season come to the MFAH
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November 22, 2007Robert Moeling, Lynn Harrell and Michael Webster perform classical works by Bach, Brahms and Zemlinsky
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September 20, 2007Souvenir hits the right note — even if its heroine can't
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December 7, 2006Fusion guitarist Al Di Meola's latest project
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September 15, 2005Anoushka Shankar may soon be as famous as her dad -- but don't tell her that
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September 9, 2004Spencer's: dull decor and surprisingly good food
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July 29, 2004More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed
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January 9, 2003Music
May 16, 2002Anoushka Shankar is her father's little raga-muffin
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September 3, 1998Shaham shines in a salute to American Composers
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August 13, 1998Jimmie Vaughan is two albums into a solo career he didn't necessarily want
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November 7, 1996Classical guitar is deadly serious, right? Not to Susan McDonald.
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July 27, 1995The Chieftains may flirt with rock, but they always come home to Ireland
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May 4, 1995News
July 28, 1994The 5th Annual Houston Press Music Awards
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