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Jazz Musician José James Plays St. James
Critics of jazz music have to tell themselves a fairy tale about how jazz's best days are behind. They must sell themselves on this...
San Jose Short Film Festival Shows Over 100 Films
Short film festivals are such a treat because attendees have so much incentive to take risks on films they otherwise wouldn’t. When there aren’t...
Elton John’s ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road The Final Tour’ Hits Levi Stadium
For his 75th birthday, Elton John shook things up and got us a present. His final tour is long and packed with shows throughout...
Bluegrass Musician Billy Strings Plays at Frost Amphitheater
William Strings was his father, he really does prefer to be called Billy. The Nashville by way of Detroit songwriter is a certified riff-smith...
The Doobie Brothers Return to Their Hometown
San Jose's greatest musical export, Los Doobies Hermanos, spent half a century creating an output that is now a preserved-in-amber piece of musical history....
Alien Boy Plays at the X Bar
We are now officially in the Oscars season of rock shows and it feels like every week we have a new contender for Show...
Dumb Rocks the Caravan
San Jose music has a few ecosystems, which maybe sometimes feel separate in a misleading way. They’re actually very much united by the same...
Log Into Internet History at Vintage Computer Fest
The ramp up of computer technology leading to our present moment has been so unbelievably fast that it creates a sort of historical whiplash....
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