jazz
Posted Jul 12, 2010, 12:12 pm
Emily Jones
/TucsonSentinel.com
Photo gallery: The Second Saturdays Downtown festival offered a range of entertainment from street performers like living statues, breakdancing b-boys, stilt walkers and live music of many genres.... Read more»
Posted Jul 2, 2010, 11:30 am
Victora Gladstone
/Special to GlobalPost
“Europe fell in love with jazz after World War II, when American jazz musicians suffering from segregation at home, escaped here and found a welcome. For us, jazz music came to symbolize freedom.”... Read more»
Posted Jun 29, 2010, 8:48 am
Tristan McConnell
/GlobalPost
The music the 68-year-old “father of Ethio-jazz” writes sounds like nothing else. His distinctive blending of musical styles seizes Western jazz and thrusts it deep into the soil of Ethiopia creating a groovy music that is by turns ethereal and hip-swinging but always enigmatic.... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2010, 1:38 pm
Maggie Golston
/TucsonSentinel.com
Thursday night brings two double bills to downtown. Los Angeles-based chanteuse Jessica Fichot will play with Gabriel Sullivan at Solar Culture, and Band of Annuals members support songwriter David Williams, who will be joined by Amy Rude at the Red Room.... Read more»
Posted Apr 6, 2010, 2:00 pm
Maggie Golston
/TucsonSentinel.com
On the heels of his newest and finest release to date, “Saint Judas,” musician Mark Growden arrived in Tucson to practice new songs with a Tucson ensemble, and to play a pair of shows at The Screening Room this weekend. They are simply not to be missed, by longtime fans or uninitiated music buffs.... Read more»
Posted Apr 1, 2010, 11:00 am
Maggie Golston
/TucsonSentinel.com
In advance of Saturday’s KXCI benefit, the Sentinel sat down with Randy Peterson, general manager, for a “State of the Station” interview and a preview of the “Festival en el Barrio Viejo.”... Read more»
Posted Jan 22, 2010, 2:30 am
Maggie Golston
/TucsonSentinel.com
What’s your prediction for the best upcoming 2010 concert in Tucson? Read ours here and let us know in the comments.... Read more»