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Concert Review: Mumford & Sons at the Beachland Ballroom

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Published May 24, 2010 at 9:55 a.m.

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"Folk you!" ... The case of London’s Mumford & Sons should be a lesson about the modern music business for any young band yearning for success ... On the strength of the neo-folk (think Fleet Foxes and Blitzen Trapper) quartet’s stellar debut album Sigh No More , the band has completely sold out its first U.S. tour, including Friday’s performance at the Beachland Ballroom ... The band is playing mostly mid-size clubs, and if each concert is like the one here, then Mumford & Sons are

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Pre-Show Q&A: Jill Scott

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Published May 20, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

Who is Jill Scott? Read on ... R&B singer Jill Scott made quite a splash when she released her debut album in 2000, the Grammy-nominated Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 ... The record reflected Scott’s poetic sensibilities and instantly made her star. She and Maxwell are co-headlining a tour that launches tomorrow at Quicken Loans Arena. Scott — who also has a role in Tyler Pretty's latest movie, Why Did I Get Married Too and contributes a regular column to Essence magazine

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RUMBA SINFONICA TWO FOR ONE FOR SCENE READERS

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Published Oct. 20, 2009 at 9:45 a.m.

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Venezuela Ricardo Lorenz’s Rumba Sinfonica—for orchestra and latin band—has been played by no less than 22 orchestras, which is an astonishing number for a piece of new music ... No surprise. Everyone from hip hop artists to smooth jazzers to Dancing with the Stars wants a piece of Latin music these days ... And as Lorenz told Scene in an interview, the melding of styles is de rigueur in Cuban music ... “That is the story of Cuban music. You go back 100 years or more to the Son, that in

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Marsland Attacks!

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Published Oct. 2, 2009 at 3:42 p.m.

Lovers of straightforward classic pop/rock should head to the Barking Spider (11310 Juniper Rd., 216.421.2863, ) Sunday, October 4, and catch L.A. troubadour Adam Marsland, currently on tour supporting his latest album, the 23-track Go West , which was released in August. It’s his first album of new studio material in five years although he hasn’t been inactive, working on projects like a tribute to Beach Boy Dennis Wilson ... Marsland earned a reputation among power-pop aficionados back in

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This Week in Cleveland Band Reunions: East Wind

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Published Aug. 12, 2009 at 4:30 p.m.

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Yet another old Cleveland band has been heard from. East Wind, a popular bar band who played regularly at clubs like Maple Heights’ Longhorn back in the ’70s, have joined the parade of long-defunct area groups doing reunion shows ... It’s at the Beachland Ballroom on September 26. Wild Horses — the band East Wind drummer Tony Mazzone moved on to following the breakup — will open. (Wild Horses reunited back in the late ’90s) ... East Wind released one 7-inch single “Sadness Never

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Wilbert's asks, What's it worth to ya?

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Published Aug. 5, 2009 at 3:07 p.m.

As the economy continues to falter, concert promoters and nightclub owners are getting creative as they vie for a cut of your paycheck. The world’s biggest concert promoter is dealing in volume. And in downtown Cleveland, one club owner is using a performance-based honor system ... This week, Wilbert’s owner Michael Miller has debuted a model he calls “FPAYG,” which is short for “Free! Pay as You Go.” For 21 of the 27 shows on his schedule, music fans can enter for free. If they

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Flatbush Reunite ... Again

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Published July 23, 2009 at 4:32 p.m.

Local bands tend to attract a crowd of regulars whose social life revolves around gigs and who become a family of sorts. So their reunions are kinda like a special class reunion — if you had one just for the gang you used to hang out with and not the snobs and jocks who made your life miserable ... Flatbush, who played around town from 1974-1981, weren’t one of Cleveland’s biggest bands — their down-home style of Southern and country-style rock wasn’t fashionable in the big dance clubs

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Show Goes on at Phantasy This Weekend

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Published July 17, 2009 at 2:27 p.m.

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After this week’s fire on Lakewood’s 11000 block, manager Michele De Frasia says some of the Phantasy/Symposium/Chamber nightclub events will take place this weekend. Some are canceled. Some are moved. Read on for details ... The Chamber goth-dance club is in the worst shape but is still standing. It is closed until further notice, but some events will take place at the neighboring Symposium. De Frasia says it’s covered in soot but otherwise undamaged. “It kind of fits with the

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Show How Much You Hate Phil Lara With a New T

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Published July 10, 2009 at 1:55 p.m.

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Remember Phil Lara? That asshole who ran the Jigsaw concert club into the ground and managed to piss off a ton of local musicians, promoters and music fans? ... Forged in Flame is selling Marked Man T-shirts with Lara's chubby, bearded mug in the middle of a target ... From Flame's website: ... "Clevelanders rejoice! The "Marked Man" Phil Lara T is the Ultimate Fuck You back to the sleaze ball so called business man that ran 2 great Cleveland clubs into the ground. The damage has been done, now

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Whiskey Daredevils Tour Diary

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Published July 9, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

The Whiskey Daredevils just returned from a road trip in Europe. Frontman Greg Miller fills us in on what happened ... Day 11: Toulouse, France ... Chrsitoph and I walk to get the van, which was parked as instructed by James last night around the corner ... The neighborhood, with the exception of James’s place, is meticulously groomed nice small houses with fenced in yards ... Each house overlooks the foothills that roll into town ... It’s a really nice suburb ... Who exactly were these

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