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Jay Edgar on August 25, 2021
Last year at the height of the pandemic, Music in the Park held an online bracket tournament to determine the most popular headliner in the concert series’ venerable history. Coming out on top of the stacked competition was SoCal reggae singer J Boog. The Samoan-descendent singer has had something of a breakout…
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Metro Staff on July 31, 2019
While the Baby Boomers and Gen X-ers have been busy worrying about the work ethic of Millennials, Gen-Z has been quietly blossoming into a cultural force all its own. L.A. bedroom pop sensation Cuco mixes loungy, bossa nova guitars, lo-fi drum clippings and the inside jokes of a generation raised on the…
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Fans of Ben Henderson might be surprised to learn that the soft-spoken graphic artist and musician has a soft spot for one of the most critically derided sub-genres of the past 20 years: rap-rock. “There was a lot of potential there,” Henderson says with a wry smile, though it doesn’t seem like he’s…
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Yousif Kassab on June 22, 2017
Judging by the heat wave we’re currently boiling through, it’s clear that summer has arrived—and that’s just fine with the guys from Katchafire. Hailing from Hamilton, New Zealand, the band has been pumping out sunny, roots-reggae anthems since their formation in 2000 as a Bob Marley tribute band. It’s been a minute…
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Melissa Hartman, Stacy Torres, Nick Veronin on August 3, 2016
Music in the Park returns this Thursday with the L.A.-spawned cultural melting pot that is Ozomatli. That same night, Barbra Streisand, one of the last true lounge singer legends, looks back on her long and bedazzled career with a performance at SAP Center. Back in town for its 22nd year The Vans…
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It was a night of classic rock tributes at the second installment of this summer’s Music in the Park series, as the all female groups AC/DShe and the Killer Queens rocked Plaza de Cesar Chavez. Check Metro photographer Greg Ramar’s pics of the crowd and the bands.
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The San Jose Downtown Association took a risk last year when they restored the storied, and briefly shuttered, Music in the Park—bringing back the once-free summer concert series as an annual ticketed affair.
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After a yearlong hiatus in 2012, Music in the Park was revived for one night only to celebrate its 25th anniversary with Ozomatli.
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After much controversy, Music in the Park is back this year for a single show on July 19 with Latin fusion group Ozomatli to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the event, but this time it’s not free and it’s not at Plaza de Cesar Chavez.
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After a one-year break, Music in the Park returns to San Jose with Latin fusion band Ozomatli.
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