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ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL

Powers meets the challenge that Mitchell issues at the end of her “California,” “Will you take me as I am? Will you?” She says, “I hope that I’ve transgressed—that’s what a self-made original like Mitchell would have wanted.” Powers does the dance, she twirls Mitchell in her very own loops within loops. 
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New Jazz at JAZZ JUNCTION

Donny McCaslin continues his journey of musical exploration and innovations, the foundations of which he laid down with 2023’s I Want More, with his latest single, "KID."
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MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS:

Noel and Liam Gallagher, two of rock music’s most polarizing figures, unknowingly changed the course of British rock forever in the mid-1990s. The brothers and bandmates were catapulted into the mainstream following the surprise success of their albums Definitely Maybe and What’s the Story Morning Glory?
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definitely? maybe ! certainly !!

Definitely Maybe has rightly so, received widespread critical acclaim and played a key role in revitalising British pop and rock music in the 1990s.
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FOLK ROCKS?

Much as I dislike categorisation for marketing purposes I no know that when I am trying to describe a certain band or music to new audiences I have a responsibility to give them clues as to where we are heading.
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FAMILIAL HARMONY AND CONTENT

On Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Willie, Lukas, and Micah Nelson Take on a Classic
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LIVING THE JAZZ LIFE

Women instrumentalists - especially those performing on such suspect jazz instruments as harp (Dorothy Ashley) and violin (Regina Carter) (right)  have had an even more difficult career path.
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DUO CANTELINA:

Standing in, recently, at truly short notice, Duo Cantelina wowed the audience at St Mary in the Baum with their professionalism and vibrant beauty of sound. Their scintillating Spanish colours brightened the day.
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DIANA KRALL: The Look Of Love

down at Jazz Junction Norman Warwick feels the return of THE LOOK OF LOVE by Diana Krall Verve has reissued Diana Krall’s The Look of Love as part of its Acoustic Sounds series of transfers from analog tapes and remastered…