San Jose Jazz Summer Fest with Herbie Hancock and Angélique Kidjo
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2024 returns with 80 artists appearing in nine indoor and outdoor venues, and its most acclaimed artists to date
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Healdsburg Jazz Festival in Wine Country
Healdsburg itself is a charming destination and relaxing experience – but add in an incredible music festival and it quadruples the reason for a memorable vacation getaway. Sonoma County’s premier summer music event, Healdsburg Jazz Festival returns to the heart of Northern California’s internationally-renowned wine country for its 26th annual festival from June 15 – 23, 2024 featuring many…
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A Summer Mega Music Celebration: Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
The beautiful romantic city of Montreal, Canada is gearing up to welcome millions of music fans in late June for the 32nd Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. This spectacular music extravaganza is said to be the largest music festival of its kind in the world featuring 800+ concerts performed in an eclectic mix of indoor and outdoor venues – some…
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Soundtrack for a Revolution: Film Review
Film Review: I was lucky enough to catch a screening of “Soundtrack for a Revolution“, an incredible story of the American civil rights movement. This is no dry PBS take, the Executive Producers, including actor Danny Glover, took great pains to make this doc accessable to the younger generation through the use of freedom songs…
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Democratic National Convention Denver, Baby!
After four days of conventioning, I feel like I’ve been kicked in the ass by thirty-seven Democrat donkeys. Unable to eat solid foods and weighed down by flags, signs and ten thousand campaign buttons of varying cleverness (Ask Me How Many Houses I Own! Quesidellas for Obama. Obama Is My DJ), I believe more than…
