The Fire Tapes are playing at the Tea Bazaar tonight! (Sorry for the late notice on this one; I’d heard rumors, but never saw a confirmed listening until yesterday…) Anyway, the Fire Tapes are one of my favorite bands in town at the moment, and I highly encourage you to check them out if you [...]

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Overall it’s looking like a thin season for events — everyone’s traveling or working or otherwise occupied — but there are quite a few things going on tonight that all look really worthwhile, so this may be one of your last opportunities to have a big night out on the town (and with unseasonably pleasant [...]

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There’s another Grits & Gravy event at The Box tonight; these are always a lot of fun, so I’m excited about this one. One of the reasons that I’m excited — apart from the obvious, the fact that Robin Tomlin and Colin Powell are swell dudes with excellent taste in Soul & Funk vinyl — [...]

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A couple very nice musical acts return to the Tea Bazaar tonight. For those who have missed her prior appearances here, Tristen is a songwriter from Nashville with a gorgeous voice and charming songwriting sensibility. Nothing too flashy or over-the-top, just plenty of solid country-laced songs. And headlining this evening is a local group called [...]

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There’s a great four-band lineup at the Tea Bazaar tonight, well worth your time! Leading off the night is the one and only GULL (aka Nate Rappole). If you haven’t seen him by now, you have most definitely been missing out. One dude, guitar, drums, mask, badass. Second is a new band out of CHS [...]

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