Music

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Chris Botti Live

Right off his latest hit album, "When I Fall In Love," Tumpeter Chris Botti hit up the Wilshire Theatre with his band and a full orchestra in a musical experience that will make you thankful you bought that exp...
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A wild hope for Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore fans saw a new side to the singer/actress during her July 18 appearance in Boston. Judging by her successes in the box office and billboard charts, Moore has the talent to light up both the silve...
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They Might Be Giants: The Else

Rock - They Might Be Giants - The Else - Zoe Twenty years later, They Might Be Giants is still at it with their 12th album, "The Else," available now. But the duo's release may not be all that new ...
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A band called Cassavettes

Concert review, May 25: "By the end of their set, the band had finished something which they had only 40 minutes earlier created: an almost illegally entertaining local show that shed a glimmer of massive future potential."
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The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible

Any serious music buff will tell you that a band's second album is a make or break-type deal, especially if that band's first release amassed enormous amounts of critical and commercial acclaim. In the case ...
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The Fire and Reason

Bella Saona is a self-proclaimed Mozart fanatic. "His music is so happy and then dark: suddenly you're in another world. That's what I love about Mozart," she said. "He'll bring you to two wo...
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Grateful for the Dead

For David Dodd, the legacy of the Grateful Dead falls somewhere between baseball and the Bible. That's why Dodd, the city librarian for the San Rafael Public Library in California, has dedicated more than 20...
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Pussycat Dolls Live DVD

From the very beginning of the opening credits of the Pussycat Dolls DVD Live In London, the impression is that these "Dolls" are trying very hard to win over their impressionable audience. With the ...
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Julie Balise talks concerts

The music industry, and with that, the touring industry, is largely a business transaction - an unspoken agreement that your money, in turn, will entitle you to an evening of artistic immersion. If this conc...