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Past Imperfect
Sixties super-producer Joe Boyd says the best sound is straight to stereo.
by Sam Adams
Perhaps the inner workings of Boyd's mind wouldn't excite the casual reader. But as an eyewitness to history, Boyd had an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time.

Soundadvice
Get Out!
Jamie Baum | amiina | David Cope | Carrie Rodriguez | Tempesta di Mare | Gran Bel Fisher

Power to the Pipa
Classical Review
by Peter Burwasser
The American Composers Orchestra presents a range of style and scope within a single concert that must have been startling when they started life 30 years ago.

Crossover Appeal
The Cross-Pollination series brings trumpeter Ted Daniel back to Philly after 20 years.
by Shaun Brady
It can be difficult for a non-mainstream jazz artist to find places to play in Philly. Just ask trumpeter Ted Daniel.

Reconsider Me:
The Naturals
M.J. Fine does it again
by M.J. Fine
Long before Gnarls Barkley broke, Jill Cunniff and her crew boosted an ex-Sixer power forward's name for their forward-thinking funk-pop hybrids.

One Track Mind:
Menomena
"Evil Bee"
by A.D. Amorosi
There's much to love about Menomena. Their name is fun to say repeatedly. Do it now, five times.

Music Picks:
Joe Morris Ensemble
Fri., March 30, 8 p.m., with Branch/Riordan/Davis, Settlement Music School, Presser Hall, 416 Queen St.
by Shaun Brady
Trombonist Daniel Blacksberg settled back in his native Philly last year and has since imported a host of impressive friends.

Hella
un., April 1, 7:30 p.m., with Ponytail and Who's Your Favorite Son God, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.
by A.D. Amorosi
You know how Tarantino and Rodriguez's Grindhouse is a slicker, gorier version of the bloody B movies that inspired it? That's how Zach Hill and Spencer Seim fashioned Hella's new There's No 666 in Outer Space.

Beaux Arts Trio
Wed., April 4, 8 p.m., Perelman Theater, Broad and Spruce streets
by Peter Burwasser
Look up "piano trio" in your Funk and Wagnalls, and the now-over-half-century-old Beaux Arts Trio should be pictured.

The Roots
Fri., March 30, 7 p.m., Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow sts.
by Neil Gladstone
"Holding on to dignity is one of the hardest things to do in hip-hop, especially right now," says Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson.

MUSIC . Blog Posts
ADVENTURES OF AN OPEN-MIKER: Mugshots Coffeehouse in Fairmount
by Matt Cantor
813 days ago
There were only six performers Tuesday night at Mugshots in Fairmount—and it was wonderful. Everyone got to play four or five songs, and »»
VIDEO REVIEW: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"
by Massimo Pulcini
814 days ago
Alien outer space births, DMT trip sequences, facial spikes, and unicorns — what will she (err…Capital S-H-E) think of next? When Lady Gaga released »»
10 Track Mind: Playfully subversive
by Eric Schuman
814 days ago
I set my iPod on shuffle. Here’s where it led me … 1. Alice Cooper - “Teenage Lament ‘74” From Muscle Of Love, the last album where “Alice Cooper” referred »»
The Roots Picnic 2011 Lineup!
by Eric Schuman
815 days ago
Behold, the lineup for this year's Roots Picnic! As usual, it's anything but your average day-festival lineup. As always, The Roots Crew themselves will »»
CONCERT REVIEW: The Low Anthem @ First Unitarian Church, 2/25
by Matt Cantor
816 days ago
The Low Anthem got their timing right. At a moment when woodsy, Americana-inspired lyrics are approaching the mainstream (think Fleet Foxes, »»

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Wed., April 4, 8 p.m., Perelman Theater, Broad and Spruce streets
by Peter Burwasser
Look up "piano trio" in your Funk and Wagnalls, and the now-over-half-century-old Beaux Arts Trio should be pictured.
un., April 1, 7:30 p.m., with Ponytail and Who's Your Favorite Son God, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.
by A.D. Amorosi
You know how Tarantino and Rodriguez's Grindhouse is a slicker, gorier version of the bloody B movies that inspired it? That's how Zach Hill and Spencer Seim fashioned Hella's new There's No 666 in Outer Space.
Fri., March 30, 8 p.m., with Branch/Riordan/Davis, Settlement Music School, Presser Hall, 416 Queen St.
by Shaun Brady
Trombonist Daniel Blacksberg settled back in his native Philly last year and has since imported a host of impressive friends.
Fri., March 30, 7 p.m., Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow sts.
by Neil Gladstone
"Holding on to dignity is one of the hardest things to do in hip-hop, especially right now," says Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson.
 
 
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