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Black Sabbath emerges from the dark

 June 17, 2013; Updated: 11:27 pm

Ozzy Osbourne and the members of Black Sabbath worked hard to create a dark aura around their band in the late 1960s, laying down a proto-metal blueprint for a legion of groups to follow.
As the band's...

‘Pitch Perfect,’ Kendrick hit high notes on charts

 June 16, 2013; Updated: 1:57 pm

They say it's not over until the fat lady sings - and that means Fat Amy isn't ready to put down her microphone.
The movie "Pitch Perfect," which was released in September and grossed $65 million...

Jesse Dee bares his soul on new release

 June 14, 2013; Updated: 4:20 pm

Jesse Dee was born in Mississippi under the front porch of a paint-peeling shotgun shack next door to a roadhouse owned by Guitar Slim. At the age of 6, Dee's parents - Otis Redding and Irma Thomas - went on tour and young Jesse lived with Elvis...

Connecticut Early Music Festival leading the way

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 12:20 am

This year's Connecticut Early Music Festival comes with the title "Vanguards: Leaders and Followers in the European Musical Tradition." It is, in fact, all about composers who broke new stylistic ground - and about those who followed them.

'Gospel's Best' competition at the Garde

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 12:11 am

The people who brought you the New London Youth Talent Show are showcasing more talent in a new concert - "A Search for Gospel's Best."
It all begins at 7 p.m. Friday at the Garde Arts Center.

Mystic's Slander does a show in New London

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 1:57 pm

Mystic rock-pop band Slander, whose music continues to creep into new territories and take root in folks' ears, celebrate the release of a new video, for their song "Device," on Saturday at the Oasis Pub in New London.

The tune is a...

Suicide Dolls lead multi-band show

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 1:57 pm

You know those student exchange programs where some kid from an exotic foreign place like the Netherlands comes to live with your family for a semester? And then, just before it's YOUR turn to go spend six months in Amsterdam, your dad...

Soul singer Jesse Dee at the Hygienic

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 1:57 pm

Thank you, Lord, for the sonic time machine called Jesse Dee.

Yes, for those enamored of the classic soul represented by the likes of Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding et al,...

DMX leads Old-School Hip-Hop lineup at MGM Grand at Foxwoods

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 1:57 pm

At issue with many gangsta rappers is the authenticity of their claims of hood-centric misdeeds. Many, it seems, inflate their resumes so as to appear far more felonious than they really are. Street cred and all that ...

No worries...

Girl Howdy plays the Knickerbocker

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 1:57 pm

Do we believe Hunter Hayes or The Band Perry own the comprehensive album catalogs of Hank Williams, Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, Loretta Lynn, Ray Price, the Davis Sisters and Webb Pierce?

No, we don't.

Make of that what ye will, o...

King, Mellencamp break rules with ‘Ghost Brothers’

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 7:21 am

Stephen King and John Mellencamp had a simple problem when they started the long odyssey to create a musical.
"Quite frankly, we didn't know what the hell we were doing," Mellencamp said.

Serious summer fun: Hygienic kicks off summer music series

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 5:28 pm

Walking down Bank Street in New London, with its e'er shifting streetscape and storefronts, it's always a pleasure to pass the Hygienic Art Park. It is indeed a lovely space — not just for its landscaping but also for the pan-arts...

String fever: New London students enjoy free violin lessons

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 10:00 am

Inside an airy, light-filled art classroom at New London's Regional Multicultural Magnet School on Tuesday afternoon, a group of fourth- and fifth-grade students carefully took their violins out of their cases.

Celtic songs for Haiti

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 3:54 pm

Celtic singer and acoustic guitarist Charlie Zahm will perform at the First United Methodist Church in Mystic on Sunday, June 9, at 2 p.m. A free-will offering will be taken to support Raising Haiti, which provides primary and preventative...

Mystic Seaport hosts its Sea Music Festival

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 1:00 pm

Mystic Seaport's 34th annual Sea Music Festival has become a global event of sorts, showcasing performers hailing from a wide range of places.

To wit: AcquAria is from Sicily, Kapriol'! is from The Netherlands, and Danny Spooner is from...

Music tip: "On My Mind/In My Heart"

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:52 pm

Jesse Dee
Alligator Records
If you never looked at the CD cover for this album, you could be forgiven for believing some dusty...

Maggie's Guitar in concert at the Donald Oat Theater

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

Acoustic band Maggie's Guitar will pluck nimbly Friday in the Donald Oat Theater of the Norwich Arts Center as part of the venue's First Fridays music series.

As per their recent "Who Do We Think We Are?" album, Maggie's Guitar...

Here Come the Mummies play the Wolf Den

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

Modern music is rife with artists who perform in makeup and/or costumes (although chubby guys in corpse paint doesn't really work - and I'm talking to YOU, Dani Davey of Cradle of Filth!).

Meanwhile, all 12 members of the funk outfit...

Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison team up at the Wolf Den

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

Has it really been over 10 years since Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis bewitched a full house in New London's Bank Street Roadhouse?

If there's anything not depressing about that, it's that the Austin couple has gotten respectively...

The Sun Parade comes to the High Noon Saloon

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

Singer-guitarists Chris Jennings and Jefferson Lewis met in an Adult Ed voodoo class in Northampton, Mass. There, utilizing their new skills as witches, they created an altar, placed upon it a nganga and, through an alchemical recipe of precise...

Two free concerts by the New London Community Orchestra

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

Inside and out: The New London Community Orchestra is offering not one, but two shows this weekend. The first is Saturday in the Coast Guard Academy's Leamy Hall. The second is outside on New London's City Pier (bring a chair). Both, by...

Thom Yorke readies tour with Atoms For Peace

 June 3, 2013; Updated: 5:16 pm

Southern California has been good for Thom Yorke.
It's the home base for his 4-year-old band Atoms For Peace, meaning he's making occasional tough cross-continent commuter flights from the United...

Men’s Chorus presents Civil War medley

 June 3, 2013; Updated: 5:12 pm

Cappella Cantorum Men's Chorus presents "Honoring Freedom: A Civil War Medley" on Sunday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 56 Great Hammock Road, Old Saybrook. The concert features music of the Civil War and "Phantom of the...

Cover songs: Homage or marketing ploy?

 June 1, 2013; Updated: 3:53 pm

There are about 600 versions of Adele's Oscar-winning song "Skyfall" on the Spotify subscription music service. Not one of them features Adele.
Adele's label, XL Recordings, keeps her music off of...

Free jazz in New London

 June 1, 2013; Updated: 3:41 pm

The City of New London will host a series of six free concerts featuring the U.S. Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz Band at City Pier beginning Sunday, June 2, at 3 p.m.

Folllowing its June 2 opening, the concert schedule runs as follows: Sunday,...

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