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Through Time with Joan Baez, the Indigo Girls and Joan Osborne

In technology, synergism is a doctrine that regeneration is effected by a combination of human will and divine grace. In song, synergism couldn’t be better personified than a Jazz Fest […]

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Fest Focus: Dukes of Dixieland

The Dukes of Dixieland have maintained their preeminent position in jazz community for nearly half a century. From the original group founded in 1949 by the Assunto Brothers (Frankie on […]

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Fest Focus: The Neville Brothers

  “Mitahuye Oyasin Oyasin” is from the Lakota language and expresses the understanding that we are all related. All beings and all that is, are of one spirit. All are […]

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Fest Focus: Betty Shirley

As a jazz singer, Betty Shirley has more in common with Billie Holiday than just a finely tuned voice. She’s had hardships too, but unlike her great predecessor, Shirley overcame […]

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Fest Focus: David Torkanowsky

Pianist David Torkanowsky seems to take the most left turns — and the sharpest. His is a big bag of tricks and he seems to employ most of them on […]

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Fest Focus: Tony Green

It’s not uncommon for creative people to have more than one outlet for their muse. Musicians as diverse as Felix Mendelssohn, George Gershwin, Tony Bennett and Joni Mitchell could all […]

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Fest Focus: Bela Fleck

In 1989, Béla Fleck was in a bit of a predicament: He found himself scrambling to find a band to back him for a PBs Lonesome Pine television special. Given […]

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Fest Focus: Phish

In October 1983, Phish played their first gig for a ROTC Halloween party at the University of Vermont. They were booed offstage after only a few songs. Since this inauspicious […]

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Pete Fountain

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