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TONIGHT! - LA OPERA, VERDI’S “AIDA” – You don’t want to miss this, and these are the last two performances. I haven’t seen 1,000 operas
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TONIGHT! - CELSO SALIM & DARRYL CARRIERE – Would you like to see two LA dudes whomp the hell out of the blues with the best of them? I
I KNOW IT’S A MUSIC COLUMN, BUT –
Sometimes you just have to mix life forces. Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr did it, Tuesday night before the game. in
I’M APPALLED
Somehow I missed the news that ZZ Top is continuing to tour without their bassist of 50 years, Dusty Hill, who died suddenly last summer. “The Band”
TWO QUICK NOTES:
Local blues legend RAY BAILEY sat in with SOUTHSIDE SLIM at his gig at Harvelle’s Friday night. Proprietor Damian said “he blew the doors off the
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
SOUTHSIDE SLIM –Thank you again, Harvelle’s, for bringing back one of the very best bluesmen I’ve heard in years. Decades, maybe. Rare talent and energy (and
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TONIGHT! - CELSO SALIM & DARRYL CARRIERE — I kept writing every week last summer about these two blues masters, holding court in the sunshine and ocean air on
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DAKHABRAKHA – my daughter alerted me some years ago to this fantastic Ukrainian quartet who combine traditional music and instruments with a potpourri of eclectic and modern influences (“an
MEMORIAL FOR SCOTT FERGUSON
— so it’s true, if you treat your kids right they will take care of you, in your dotage or even after the ashes are spread.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Before someone (named Smith) convinces all the spineless folks to just move on, let me throw my two cents in.
Yes, Chris Rock made an inappropriate, even cruel joke.
R.I.P. BARBARA MORRISON – Just a few weeks ago I recommended one of her performances and wondered to myself if she was back at Pip’s, her pre-COVID funky,
