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Soloist's vocals soar at Sunshine Theatre
Justin Bailey | March 20Singer/songwriter Libby Kirkpatrick has made a home for herself on the road, touring non-stop for two years.
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Davidson seriously funny
Anika Amon | March 8A modern love tale about a drag queen, a social protest on racism and bigotry and the rights today's police officers invade are some of the musical stories told on a new album by contemporary American folk singer Ethan Daniel Davidson.
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`Change' is the word for art club
Blake Driver | March 8For many years, art clubs on campus have given students, faculty and the community a chance to explore art through ceramics, and now jewelry-making is on the agenda. The ASUNM Crafts Studio, one of UNM's oldest organizations, was recently granted funding to jump-start a jewelry-making section of the club.
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United Dope Front to get funky over break
Emily Sperry | March 8The latest CD from United Dope Front, Constant Elevation, is a tight mesh of jazz, trip-hop and other varying musical elements. According to a press release, the eight-piece ensemble's style draws from 1970s funk influences such as Miles Davis, Eddie Harris and the Headhunters.
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Blue expressive and serene
Rachel Heisler | March 8People ask me all the time: If you could meet any musician in the world, who would it be? Though I change my mind regularly, the one person I come back to, without fail, is Kristin Hersh.
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Geekdom gets cooler thanks to technology
Angela Williams | March 8It pays to be a geek. We know that now - especially in the age of Bill Gates and Amazom.com founder Jeff Bezos. But when techno-journalist Jon Katz researched his book "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho," that acceptance was still a few years coming.
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Williams Loops in on Tuesday
Greg Keidan | March 8One-man band Keller Williams will promote his new release, Loop, Tuesday at The Wool Warehouse at First Street and Roma Avenue.
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Students showcased in `Dark'
Angela Williams | March 6Student talent came to life Friday night in Theater X at the first "Dark Side of the X" variety show.
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The Groobees' sound is truly Texas
Iliana Limn | March 6The Groobees combine a laid-back style with phenomenal lyrics for a pop-country sound that is truly Texas.
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Students take on `Woyzeck'
Justin Bailey | March 6"Woyzeck," an unfinished play written by Georg Buchner in 1836, is being produced as a UNM student production at the Riverside Theatre.
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`Alice' tasteless yet terrific
Rachel Heisler | March 5Steven Ryniak's first book "Dear Alice . Rejected Letters to Advice Columns From Completely Insane Idiots," is not your typical manuscript by any stretch of the imagination.
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‘Oresteia’ offers modern twist
Justin Bailey | March 1The popularity of sex and violence in entertainment is not a recent development, said David Jones, a UNM English and theater professor.
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Rollins to rough up Sunshine
Mindy Stutzman | March 1Sensitive men no longer need to wear ponytails and Henry Rollins is the proof. Rollins will roll into Albuquerque with a style that can make you weep, laugh and shout for joy all at once.
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Furtado is finger-picking good
Iliana Limn | March 1Tony Furtado, who is barely out of his 20s, has taken the banjo to a whole new level. The frontman for the Tony Fortado Band specializes in an easy-going, laid-back bluegrass sound.
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Mistletoe hangs over pop scene
Matt Rana | March 1Mistletoe's sonic aesthetic music occupies a niche that's somewhere between Weezer and Promise Ring, and with its first CD release Sorry It's Been So Long, on its self-started label, June Records.
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The good, the bad and the Wicked
Jyllian Roach | December 31“Wicked” has won more than 90 international awards, remained the top-grossing Broadway production for nine consecutive years and broken theater house records in every city it has visited.
