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Camille Miller on July 7, 2017
In 2005, seven young musicians at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna joined together to compose a fresh take on traditional Austrian brass-band music. The imaginative sound of the seven-piece ensemble is hard to fit into a single genre. Folk, world, pop and a splash of humor come together…
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Karla Kane on October 15, 2015
Fans of heavenly harmonies and lilting acoustic tunes will surely be flocking to Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall this Saturday, when the Canadian-American trio The Wailin’ Jennys bring their award-winning act to town.
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False flags, chemtrails, second gunmen and perpetual surveillance. Conspiracy theories are as American as apple pie and have been an integral part of the fabric of this country since before our Founding Fathers even began drafting the Declaration of Independence. At least that’s what Darcy James Argue and Isaac Butler want you to…
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In 2014, the Russian Federation sent troops into Ukraine and annexed the strategically significant Crimean peninsula. As was the case with the Russo-Georgian crisis of 2008, the fracas temporarily caught the attention of the American mainstream media, before fading from view. DakhaBrakha, an experimental folk band from the Ukraine wants to ensure…
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Gary Singh on October 1, 2014
Leave it to Kronos Quartet to deliver a program exploring ethnic wars, genocide, bombings, Afro-Cuban percussion, liturgical Jewish prayers, Tibetan mysticism and the Brooklyn Bridge. As they’ve done for 40 years now, Kronos continues to interpret the future of the string quartet, and the program they have planned for this Sunday, at…
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Stanford is bringing back its historic Frost Amphitheater in a big way on May 19 when Modest Mouse will play a show that could represent the beginning of a comeback for the 75-year-old venue, which once hosted music greats like Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. The last major artist to…
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