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![Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be at The Clyde on Aug. 19.](/wp-content/themes/yootheme/cache/f8/Trombone-f8eb00b4.jpeg)
Trombone Shorty stands tall among Orleans greats
Troy Andrews is the singer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader known as Trombone Shorty. Born into a family of New Orleans musical nobility and mentored by members of the Meters and the […]
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Yacht Rock Revue bringing the party back home
Yacht Rock Revue is smooth. So much so that Rolling Stone hailed them “the world’s premier soft-rock party band” in a February 2020 feature. These Indiana boys have done good. […]
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Take musical plunge with Lake Street Dive
Although they’re hardly a secret, we’re still surprised by how many folks aren’t familiar with Lake Street Dive, a groovy pop/jazz/soul band of close friends that have been together 18 […]
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Fiesta Fort Wayne is always a party
Don’t get caught taking a siesta on Saturday, Aug. 13. It’s the height of summer and festival season, and for one day only, in the shade of the pavilion at […]
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Blackberry Smoke takes Sweetwater stage
Blackberry Smoke is a band living a charmed life. Since their debut in 2003, this Atlanta group have never had a hit single nor been on a major label. In […]
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Rockers Collective Soul, Switchfoot do it their way
Collective Soul and Switchfoot, two multiplatinum, world-renowned rock bands that have been expressing the soul and spirit of our times for nearly 25 years, are joining together for a three-month co-headlining tour.
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Sister City dancers putting on free show
The Wisła is one of the largest rivers in Europe, and the major cities in Poland can be found along its banks. Not the least of them is Płock, more […]
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You better run to nab Benatar, Giraldo tickets
Everybody knows who Pat Benatar is, so why does she insist, after 35 million albums sold and all her successes, in getting co-billing for her husband, guitarist Neil Giraldo? Benatar […]
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10,000 Maniacs ready to overrun Clyde
Somebody has probably made this joke before, but it’s a daunting task when you are assigned to interview 10,000 Maniacs. Talk to 10,000 maniacs? What am I, the US Census […]