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Charm City Devils At Webster

By KENNETH PARTRIDGE, Special To The Courant — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:17:44 EDT

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When John Allen misses his scheduled noon phone interview, he's not pulling some rock-star diva move. Far from it.

Victor Wooten in New Haven

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

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The five-time Grammy Award winning bassist Victor Wooten is coming to Connecticut as part of a tour for his new band's two album releases in September.

David Foster and Shaboo All Stars At Blues Jam In Bushnell

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

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David "Lefty" Foster has been playing and producing music since 1971, when he was the keyboardist for Canadian pop group Skylark. He has not lost momentum since then, winning 16 Grammy Awards and jump-starting the careers of young talents like Josh Groban and Michael Bublé.

Dar Williams Releases 'In The Time Of Gods'; Plays Two CT Shows In June

By ERIC R. DANTON, edanton@courant.com — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:47:00 EDT

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Singer and songwriter Dar Williams took a conceptual approach to her new album, "In the Time of Gods." Her first collection of new material in four years, it's an allegory that looks at modern social issues through the lens of Greek mythology.

Dave Matthews Delivers Robust Show At Comcast

By THOMAS KINTNER Special to the Courant — Sat, 26 May 2012 06:47:00 EDT

Dawes Plays Infinity Hall

By KENNETH PARTRIDGE, Special To The Courant — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

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Like a lot of songwriters, Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith wrote his band's second album under the influence of the road.

7 Days of Jazz: Dezron Douglas, Lummie Spann At Polish National Home

By OWEN McNALLY, Special To The Courant — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

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Bassist Dezron Douglas and alto saxophonist Lummie Spann , co-leaders of the hard-swinging, all-star New Jazz Workshop (NJW), have plenty to celebrate with the May 22 release of their band's new debut disc, "Underground" (NJW Music).

HSO's 'Pathetique' Program Wants Early, Enthusiastic Applause

By JEFFREY JOHNSON, Special To The Courant — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:01:00 EDT

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People who are new to the live classical music scene are often perplexed at the rules for applause. Since live classical music has become something like an act of public meditation and of silent sharing, it has become common to applaud only at the very end of a work. Does this hold true even if that work contains a rousing and climactic ending at the end of its first movement? Usually.

Horsefeathers Plays Two Shows

Thu, 3 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

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Much like Sam Beam eventually pushed the delicate, bare-bones folk of his early Iron & Wine releases in new sonic directions, Justin Ringle makes his project Horse Feathers much more of a full-band affair on the Portland, Ore. group's new album, "Cynic's New Year."

Nickelback at XL Center

Thu, 3 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

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Nickelback has been on quite a run since "How You Remind Me" hit the airwaves in 2001. The polarizing Canadian rock group — reviled by its critics and beloved by its fans — has sold nearly 45 million albums worldwide, with 20 singles crashing the charts for multiple radio formats, and was named Billboard Magazine's "Top Group of the Decade" in 2009.