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Ladysmith Black Mambazo burst into the American consciousness in 1986, when the band played a huge part in Paul Simon's Grammy-winning "Graceland," one of the first albums to blend world music with rock traditions in a successfully commercial way. But the group has been around for more than four decades,
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Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney are a hard-working' bunch. The trio - better known as Rascal Flatts - has played the Rochester area four times in the last two years. That's a lot of touring. And the guys somehow manage to keep pumping out best-selling albums, including
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With more than 20 years of experience, impeccable musicianship, and uplifting, heady music, Donna the Buffalo has become one of the premier Americana and roots-rock outfits on the eastern seaboard, if not the whole country. Led by the songwriting duo of vocalist-guitarist-fiddler-accordionist Tara Nevins and vocalist-guitarist Jeb Puryear, DTB produces
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On Friday, the RIT Gospel Ensemble will celebrate its 30th anniversary with one of the biggest names in contemporary Christian music - Smokie Norful, an Arkansas native whose passionate, heartfelt songs and vocal delivery have made him a nationwide success, and earned him a Grammy award in 2004 (not to
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Seeing one guitar virtuoso playing live is thrilling. Seeing two of them together? Potentially mind blowing. Rory Block is perhaps the foremost contemporary purveyor of traditional acoustic Delta blues, channeling the spirits - and talents - of Son House, Robert Johnson, and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Cindy Cashdollar is a master
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Both instrumental genius and droll satirist, Canada's Wendell Ferguson uses guitar virtuosity and razor-sharp wit to amaze and entertain at his inimitable, interactive concerts. His latest CD, "Ménage A Moi," released on Wen Hel Freezes Records, reflects his deft songwriting ability and dazzling guitar chops. This weekend he ventures down
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A third-generation member of the first family of country, Carlene Carter belongs to musical royalty. As the granddaughter of Maybelle Carter, daughter of June Carter and Carl Smith, and step-daughter of Johnny Cash, Carlene has, for more than 30 years, forged the same type of trailblazing music as her forebears.
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Born and bred in the bayous south of New Orleans, Sammy Naquin began playing music as a youngster, and by age 16 he was gigging on Bourbon Street in The Big Easy. Mentored by the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, and influenced by luminaries like Rockin' Dopsie Sr., Boozoo Chavis,
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The name that keeps coming up in numerous reviews of rising roots-music star Eilen Jewell is Gillian Welch, the Americana singer-songwriter who has become both a model and an inspiration for countless hopefuls like Jewell. But Jewell, born in Boise, Idaho, and based in Boston, is well on her way
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The Canal Street String Band, a newly formed roots trio from Buffalo, explores the origin of American folk music, playing everything from traditional Western swing to rags to sea chanteys. Leading the way is fiddler Phil Banaszak, a former state fiddle champion and member of the North American Fiddlers Hall
