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  • Tears of the Earth

    Japan Tsunami Benefit Concert: Tears of the Earth

    On March 11, 2012 one year to the date of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in eastern Japan a memorial concert and photo exhibit was held at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.The concert was a benefit for the Japan...

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  • Mock J-Pop album

    March Titles, Part 2: Music In Our Schools Month

    This is one of the Whatever-It-Is Month designations that I remember very well.  As a longtime music lover and musician both in school, and among private string ensembles, I always looked forward to this, and when I...

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  • Karl Young plays shakuhachi, often with a jazz or rock sensibility.

    BIRD LIVES

     Musical forms and the musicians who play them, especially when the instruments played are wind-instruments, often inspire avian imagery. Fragile ideations of birds and feathery sensations of flight permeated the recent shakuhachi playing of Karl Young at the...

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