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Amani Hamed on February 16, 2022
Last month, the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles celebrated its 45th anniversary. New Directions, the new exhibit created to mark the occasion, utilizes pieces from the museum’s archives as well as newly created works of art, and finally opened last week after an Omicron-related delay.
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Elliott Sky Case on February 16, 2022
Now in its tenth year, San Jose Jazz’s Winter Fest is currently in full crescendo, and Chicago-born trumpeter Marquis Hill arrives right in the middle on the West Coast tour for his upcoming album, New Gospel Revisited. His 2020 release Soul Sign took listeners on a genre-transcending cosmic voyage, with each song…
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Alec Adams on February 16, 2022
When it comes to naming heavy bands, the economy of words allows for no inflation. If you must use a second word in your name, make it count. Wolf King got this right: the band name itself is as heavy as a semi-truck dropped on a rib cage. Their riffs are more…
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Addie Mahmassani on February 16, 2022
Born in 2013 in eastside San Jose, 7th Street Big Band features a jubilant crew of local musicians with drummer Gabby Horlick at the helm. Though the band takes inspiration from the jazz orchestras that ruled popular music in the 1940s, they are, in their own words, “not your grandma’s big band.”…
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Jay Edgar on February 16, 2022
Forget Smash Mouth, forget the Doobie Brothers: Los Tigres Del Norte are the biggest band from San Jose. With a discography spanning seven decades and sold-out arena tour after sold-out arena tour, the legendary Norteño group runs away with the title. The band is especially known for their left-wing political corridos, many…
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Jay Edgar on February 16, 2022
Masters of crunk are coming through the homeland of hyphy. As ougthies nostalgia reaches new peaks, it makes sense to check in on the Ying Yang Twins, whose string of club and radio hits like “Whistle While You Twurk” and “Salt Shaker,” as well as their collaborations with Lil Jon and Britney…
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Elliott Sky Case on February 16, 2022
From synthesizer to shakuhachi (a bamboo flute dating back to the 7th century), multi-instrumentalist and composer Keiko Matsui has chased New Age and jazz into dreamy new realms over the last four decades. With over 20 solo studio albums since leaving from her ‘80s group Cosmos, Matsui’s prolific discography contains myriad global…
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Beibei Xu on February 16, 2022
NorCal-based EDM artist FOOLiE has been gaining momentum since recent heaters like “My Body” on Box of Cats Records and the entrancing “Bass Drum” on Paris-based dance label Basement Leak. His latest EP Low Blip marks a return to NY record label House of Hustle and features inviting drumbeats and rhythmic vocals…
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Grace Stetson on February 16, 2022
Good things come to those who wait. Originally scheduled to perform in 2020, Ricardo Montaner takes the stage at the San Jose Civic this Thursday. The Argentine-Venezuelan singer-songwriter is best known for his timeless Spanish-language ballads, songs of pining love like “Me Va a Extrañar” and “Dejame Llorar,” and the recent “La…
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Alec Adams on February 16, 2022
While helpful for listeners, the names we use to sort music into genres are often restrictive to the artists themselves. “It’s kind of maddening,” says Tiffany Austin, whose work has varied from R&B to jazz to gospel. “How can you divide the music that comes from the same diaspora, the same spirit?”…
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