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“All Cool Girls Have Bangs”: Waxahatchee at the Haunt
By JAEL GOLDFINE I walked into the Haunt on a school night stressed, irritated and wishing I’d stayed in instead of spending a good hour securing a ride and a companion to go see, what I was pretty...
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Chamber Music Redefined at Barnes
By TYRAN GRILLO The term “chamber music” can be quaint or constricting. In the first sense, it describes music played in a small space and on a smaller scale than, say, a symphony orchestra; in the...
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“Making the Most of the Night”: Carly Rae Jepsen at Barton Hall
By MIKE SOSNICK Nearly every student knew that Carly Rae Jepsen would be playing at Barton Hall on Sunday, but there weren’t many that seemed to be going. There wasn’t a steady stream of them trudging...
View ArticleSchiff Sublime at Carnegie Hall
By TYRAN GRILLO Pianist András Schiff is a genius. By that I don’t mean to describe an artist of exceptional talent, which nevertheless Schiff proved himself to be with his appearance at Carnegie Hall...
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50 Years Ago Today: A 24-Year-Old Bob Dylan Electrifies Barton Hall
By SCOTT MARSHALL Bruce Dancis ’69, a 17-year-old freshman at Cornell, was beside himself: Bob Dylan was coming to town. The 24-year-old singer-songwriter would be playing Barton Hall on Nov. 6, 1965....
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“Come Away With Me”: Norah Jones at the State Theatre
By TROY SHERMAN Together we pushed through a gradually drunkening mass of anticipatory over-50s, all jocund and overpriced beer and premonitions of the soft-sung night to come. Under the gaze of a...
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A Show and a Chat: Postmodern Jukebox at the State Theatre
By LEV AKABAS If you’ve ever lamented that you can never listen to Ella Fitzgerald sing live or go back a century and listen to original New Orleans jazz, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) has...
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Art and Craft: Emmanuel Ax at Bailey Hall
By TYRAN GRILLO After dining on the well-balanced meal served by András Schiff at Carnegie Hall (see my review in last week’s Sun), sitting at the table of Emanuel Ax’s solo performance at Bailey Hall...
View ArticleJulian Gallo ’16, New Jersey Folkers Stun at The Nines
By JESSIE WEBER If you’re reading this and you live in Ithaca, you probably missed out on Thursday. Cornell’s own Julian Gallo ’16 played as an opener to New Jersey-based alternative folk band Cold...
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Guster at the State Theatre
By ALLISON CONSIDINE We were welcomed at the door to the State Theater by a rep from Reverb, “a non profit organization dedicated to greening musicians’ tours and engaging their fans to take action to...
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Of Montreal: A Bizarre Celebration at the Haunt
By KATIE O’BRIEN Courtesy of Polyvinyl Pre-concert, I’d have described myself as having a casual familiarity with Of Montreal’s music: I’ve listened to a couple of their albums once or twice, and there...
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Geniuses of Jazz: Made in Chicago at Bailey Hall
By TYRAN GRILLO Courtesy of Cornell Concert Series In 2013, a year after being named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, drummer Jack DeJohnette was asked to perform at the Chicago Jazz...
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A Return to Roots: Indian Ocean in Ithaca
By SNIGDHA SHARMA “I never thought I’d be doing this.” A wave of chuckles rippled through Statler Auditorium on Sunday night, in response to the bearded man on stage. His free-flowing silver hair kept...
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Burn the Nightclub Down: Old 97’s at the Haunt
By SHAY COLLINS The Haunt suits the Old 97’s unassuming and wholehearted sound perfectly. The Dallas natives played at the venue on Friday night to a crowd that, for most of the show, filled every...
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Aztec Two-Step Returns to Ithaca
By CATHERINE HWANG The Dock is a clean and cozy venue. The stage is lit by blue and purple lights and one side of the room is filled with intimate circular tables that go right up to the stage. At the...
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“Come Away With Me”: Norah Jones at the State Theatre
By TROY SHERMAN Together we pushed through a gradually drunkening mass of anticipatory over-50s, all jocund and overpriced beer and premonitions of the soft-sung night to come. Under the gaze of a...
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A Show and a Chat: Postmodern Jukebox at the State Theatre
By LEV AKABAS If you’ve ever lamented that you can never listen to Ella Fitzgerald sing live or go back a century and listen to original New Orleans jazz, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) has...
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Art and Craft: Emmanuel Ax at Bailey Hall
By TYRAN GRILLO After dining on the well-balanced meal served by András Schiff at Carnegie Hall (see my review in last week’s Sun), sitting at the table of Emanuel Ax’s solo performance at Bailey Hall...
View ArticleJulian Gallo ’16, New Jersey Folkers Stun at The Nines
By JESSIE WEBER If you’re reading this and you live in Ithaca, you probably missed out on Thursday. Cornell’s own Julian Gallo ’16 played as an opener to New Jersey-based alternative folk band Cold...
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Guster at the State Theatre
We were welcomed at the door to the State Theater by a rep from Reverb, “a non profit organization dedicated to greening musicians’ tours and engaging their fans to take action to protect the planet.”...
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