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Musician imports some English blues
Musician imports some English blues

Area bluesman Mark Hodgson says he "didn't know what to think" when this English cat, packing a '64 Strat, asked if he could sit in.

Jazz guy Kenny MacKenzie has a dark side: electronica
Jazz guy Kenny MacKenzie has a dark side: electronica

Pianist Kenny MacKenzie plays stright jazz . . . and IDM (intelligent dance music)

Grass Roots' Rob Grill confesses
Grass Roots' Rob Grill confesses

Rob Grill and the Grass Roots perform July 30 as part of the second annual Hippiefest at Peabody Auditorium.

Friends of Allmans to jam at the Bank
Friends of Allmans to jam at the Bank

Musical connections to the Allmans will come out when Floyd Miles and Tommy Talton perform at the Bank & Blues Club,

It's all Greek to Ringo Starr
It's all Greek to Ringo Starr

If you were lucky enough to enjoy Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band earlier this month at their sold out show at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, then your chance to relive the magic is here. If you didn't get to go, here's your opportunity to see what you missed.

  • Musician imports some English blues
  • Jazz guy Kenny MacKenzie has a dark side: electronica
  • Grass Roots' Rob Grill confesses
  • Friends of Allmans to jam at the Bank
  • It's all Greek to Ringo Starr

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Jazz guy Kenny MacKenzie has a dark side: electronica

Pianist Kenny MacKenzie plays stright jazz . . . and IDM (intelligent dance music)
July 30, 2010 1:00 AM
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Music

Harmonica workshop at Beachside Tavern

Farley Palmer, harmonica player for the band Coyotes and Towndogs, will lead a free harmonica workshop at 3 p.m. July 25 at the Beachside Tavern, 690 E. Third Ave., ...Read More
July 23, 2010 1:00 AM

Band does it Sinatra's way

Start spreadin' da news -- the "Swingin' Sounds of Sinatra" will fill the Bandshell. Vocalist Marc Monteson, right, and a backing quartet will perform the hits of Ol' Blue Eyes ...Read More
July 23, 2010 1:00 AM

'Hoppin' country' fuels benefit

"Old-fashioned hoppin' country" will be part of a weekend festival to benefit lyme disease awareness. The area country band Oak Hill Drifters (photo at right) and other groups will perform ...Read More
July 23, 2010 1:00 AM

Big Al Butler harps on the blues

Al (Big Al) Butler Vital Stats Age: 54 Instruments: Blues harp, vocals Band: All Cued Up Day job: Transportation operations manager Hometown: Canastota, N.Y. Current residence: Edgewater Type of ...Read More
July 23, 2010 1:00 AM