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Tickets are $85 and $95. On Friday Oct. 26 at 8 p.m., the Spin Doctors will perform such hits as “Two Princes” and “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong.” Tickets are $57.50. Call (203) 438-5795 or visit www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org. Vance Gilbert will perform in concert next Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Ridgefield Library, 472 Main St., [...]

Young musicians jam at Paul Green School of Rock

Will Riemer, 13, of Port Washington, already has the confidence of a professional. When asked if he was nervous about an upcoming concert, Riemer balked. “I’ve done, like, nine shows now,” he said.

Teresa Brewer, 76; 1950s pop singer

Ed Sullivan introduced her as “the little girl with the big voice” when she was a regular on his television show, and the petite 100-pounder sang her way through the 1950s with a string of successful recordings that included another No. 1 hit, the sentimental ballad “Till I Waltz Again With You,” which reportedly [...]

Rich Murray Reviews “Fuzzy” by Guitarist Oz Noy

Israeli-born guitarist Oz Noy has released his strongest solo album to date - a fine collection of jazz and funk instrumentals entitled Fuzzy (Magnatude Records, a division of Magna Carta). Joining Noy on this recording are Anton Fig, Will Lee, Keith Carlock, James Genus, Jimmy Johnson, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jim Beard, George Whitty and Shai [...]

Columbia Theatre to host Broadway revue tonight

A quintet of top-notch Broadway performers will sing their way through a century of tunes during a concert tonight. “100 Years of Broadway” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. The show’s producer and band leader, Neil Berg, has composed the music for several Broadway musicals. Singers [...]

Indie Music

Once this happened, the term “alternative rock” became more of a misnomer. Traditionally, many musicians who have signed with major record companies were considered to be “sell outs” by their hardcore fans. My Original Music is a indie music site located at myoriginalmusic.com. Here you can find music by independent artists from all over the [...]

The Blues Room — Now open on Tongren Lu!

Spearheaded by drummer Al Gordon, this new club is the latest addition to the Shanghai live jazz and blues scene. It’s a funky little club, literally one room, but it’s a great space and the band is solid. As the name implies, the place is not trying to be another jazz venue; rather they [...]

Ten-year-old ‘new’ band finally gets big Wednesday, October 10, 2007

The American alternative-rock band Plain White T’s have a different kind of success story, having used every modern medium to achieve the title of this year’s best newcomers.

The real life of Steve Carell STORIES BY GLENN WHIPP, FILM WRITER

Well … actually … no. “Dan in Real Life” is a surprisingly soulful movie that takes its high-concept idea and turns it on its ear. It’s written and directed by indie filmmaker Peter Hedges (”Pieces of April”) who paired Carell with French beauty Juliette Binoche and hired a largely unknown Norwegian songwriter, Sondre Lerche, [...]

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