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Real guitar heroes in ‘It Might Get Loud’
What do Jack White from The White Stripes, The Edge from U2, and Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin have in common, besides the obvious? Each represents a prominent part of a musical movement that thrives around one of the most significant instruments created in the past ...
Reel to Reel | Week of Oct. 8, 2009
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The Emmitt-Nershi Band finds the zone
Billy Nershi was on the road when we caught up with him last week, winding his way through the fall colors of eastern Pennsylvania. Fall's nice back East, but Nershi was hoping to catch a little autumn blaze in the high country back home...
Rahzel’s vocal percussion must be seen to be believed
Rahzel's next move makes a lot of sense...
A Fairview science teacher’s guide for the anti-creationist
When Fairview High's Paul Strode was a new science teacher in the early 1990s, he wasn't ready for the challenge that a student brought to him when he taught evolution...
‘Bright Star’ pretty, but lacking substance
Certain images in Jane Campion's Bright Star are beautiful, as opposed to merely attractive, and only a major talent could've produced them. My favorite is a sundrenched shot of Abbie Cornish's Fanny Brawne, her head and heart newly opened to the intoxication of love...
Paper Bird spreads its wings
For any band, breaking out of the hometown turf and onto the national scene is a laborious task. For bands on the Front Range where touring means plowing through hundreds of small-scale, mid-America spots to get to either coast it can be even more difficult to garner...
After a two-year sabbatical, Thursday returns to the studio
Thursday's opportunity to headline the Taste Of Chaos tour last spring certainly had its benefits, considering it is perhaps the biggest annual package tour of the season and it coincided with a return to action for the band after a two-year break...
Portugal. The Man hits a stride with their latest, poppy album
You see a lot of unexpected buzz-band hyperbole in this business. Most of it is little more than well-meaning, thesaurus-clutching publicists trying to earn their keep, but when you read the Wall Street Journal hyping up a band as bearers of the best set at this year...
In 10th year of Studio Tour, 66 artists open studios to...
Art lovers frequent museums or galleries or art shows in order to view the works of the artists they love. Rarely do they get to meet the creator of a certain piece, let alone see them work...
