Music
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Pushing Forward
''This time we're really excited because we get to be in an actual theater,'' Mara Levi says. The past two years at the Atlas Intersections...
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Coming Around Again
''I'm, out of my mind. It's taking me over,'' Rich Morel sings in the bridge of ''Low Lying Dreams.'' And the song might have the...
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Wedding Party
''About four years ago I took a stab at writing a song,'' says J.T. Hatfield Charles, ''which is by no means anything more than something...
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Unscripted
When he performs at the 9:30 Club on Feb. 12, Rufus Wainwright says his show ''will have a certain freshness to it.'' It won't be...
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Lost Order
Oh, the fun one could have reciting choice New Order lyrics back to the band led by Bernard Sumner, while listening to what passes for...
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Progressive Pop
Did you know Rachel Maddow wrote a song? ''I asked her if she wanted to sing it,'' says Erin McKeown. ''She refused. She describes her...
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Songs of Sandé
''I understand how it feels to feel different, and to feel like you want to find others, you want to find a community and be...
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The Fighting Baritone
''Because my teacher knew that I could handle the higher notes,'' says singer-songwriter Ari Hest, ''he would stick me with the girls sometimes, or with...
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The Best and Worst Music of 2012
{Scissor Sisters (Photo by Neil Krug)} The year 2012 goes down as a sad one, the year we lost both Donna Summer and Whitney Houston....
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O, Tannenbaum
A man whose last name is best known from a Christmas song, leading a Jewish-themed show on Christmas Eve? It's not just funny -- Rob...
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Singing Santas
Right now, there are surprise gifts in store for everyone at Signature Theatre. ''We're going to put songs in stockings,'' explains singer Bobby Smith, ''and...
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A Cheyenne New Year's
Cheyenne Jackson is surely one of the nicest guys working in the entertainment industry today -- but everyone has a breaking point. ''Some of our...
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Show Stopper
Jane Siberry isn't your typical pop singer/songwriter, so why would her live show be any different? ''It's quite unusual, or that's what people tell me,''...
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Untraditional Tidings
Got the holiday spirit – but tired of tradition? Call it bah-humbug blasphemy, but most area theaters and concert venues aim to entice the average...
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Breakups and Breakdowns
There are several moments on Rihanna's new album Unapologetic in which the synthesizers sound as if they simply couldn't handle all the pressure and sputter...
