The RootsDavies Symphony HallBetter than: Sitting still for an orchestraLocal music history was made last night as the Roots performed the first-ever hip-hop concert at Davies Symphony Hall as part of SFJAZZ's Spring season. The Philadelphia-bred, Grammy Award-winning group plays in your living room almost every day if you own a television set; they're the house band for the new Late Night With Jimmy Fallon program, which airs five nights a week on NBC. It's a hardcore commitment for the Roots,
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The cast of the musical Gypsy set a precedent in entertainment in 1962 when it declared, "You Gotta Get a Gimmick!" That song referred to strippers, of course, but the old adage still seems to holds true, particularly in the rampantly pseudonymous worlds of rap, rock and electronic music.
The good news is that there are at least some artists out there that understand that the gimmick is only the first step in the door and that talent must follow. Today, we
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If you dig the new millennium disco fogging up windows in clubs across the country, you'll feel love for the Juan MacLean track "The Simple Life." The song luckily has nothing to do with Paris and her former BFF Nicole. Rather, it's a bit of Star Wars meets Donna Summer, a gorgeous track that beams subtle sonic lasers into your earholes to make sure you're paying attention. The single warms up the dancefloor with a purely (electronic) instrumental sound before getting all Human League
Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.
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