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Clearwater Festival Line-Up Set

Clearwater Festival Line-Up Set

Connecticut Likes Luke Bryan

Connecticut Likes Luke Bryan

Stornoway is a Dinosaur Band

Stornoway is a Dinosaur Band

Local Bands Play a Big Daytime Gig in Downtown New Haven May 4

Local Bands Play a Big Daytime Gig in Downtown New Haven May 4

Master West African Dancer and Drummer Abdoulaye Sylla Returns to CT

Master West African Dancer and Drummer Abdoulaye Sylla Returns to CT

Four Decades of Blue at the Spaceland Ballroom May 3

Four Decades of Blue at the Spaceland Ballroom May 3

More Bands Announced for Gathering of the Vibes 2013

More Bands Announced for Gathering of the Vibes 2013

Diana Ross' Resurgence

Diana Ross' Resurgence

Richard Barone Talks About Playing Cafe Nine April 25

Richard Barone Talks About Playing Cafe Nine April 25

Connecticut Celebrates "Record Store Day" This Saturday

Connecticut Celebrates "Record Store Day" This Saturday

CT.com Spotify Playlist For April 19-26

CT.com Spotify Playlist For April 19-26

Connecticut Builders Craft Interesting and Unusual Musical Instruments

Connecticut Builders Craft Interesting and Unusual Musical Instruments

Eric Clapton and Green Day Lit Up Mohegan Sun Arena Last Weekend

Eric Clapton and Green Day Lit Up Mohegan Sun Arena Last Weekend

Vijay Iyer Trio Played in a New Haven Church

Vijay Iyer Trio Played in a New Haven Church

Hartford's D-Celli Blends Mainstream and Underground

Hartford's D-Celli Blends Mainstream and Underground

Good Sponge Sampler Volume 2: CD Review and Release Party Preview

Good Sponge Sampler Volume 2: CD Review and Release Party Preview

Christine Ohlman's Lucky Seven

Christine Ohlman's Lucky Seven

New Haven's Lord Fowl Plays to the SXSW Masses

New Haven's Lord Fowl Plays to the SXSW Masses

Photos: SXSW 2013

Photos: SXSW 2013

Taylor Hanson Turns 30 Today

Taylor Hanson Turns 30 Today

Hamden's Spaceland Ballroom Officially Opens This Friday

Hamden's Spaceland Ballroom Officially Opens This Friday

Tonight's Clint Black Show at the Ridgefield Playhouse is Still On

Tonight's Clint Black Show at the Ridgefield Playhouse is Still On

Post-Viral: Life After YouTube Fame

Post-Viral: Life After YouTube Fame

Westport Native Body Cheetah Makes Shape-Shifting Genre-Bending Debut

Westport Native Body Cheetah Makes Shape-Shifting Genre-Bending Debut

David Byrne and St. Vincent to Play New Haven's Shubert June 20

David Byrne and St. Vincent to Play New Haven's Shubert June 20

Firehouse 12 Announces Its Spring 2013 Concert Schedule

Firehouse 12 Announces Its Spring 2013 Concert Schedule

A Connecticut Promoter Remembers the Monkees with a Convention This Weekend in New Jersey

A Connecticut Promoter Remembers the Monkees with a Convention This Weekend in New Jersey

CT.com Exclusive: Listen to Mercy Choir's New Album, "Waabaayo"

CT.com Exclusive: Listen to Mercy Choir's New Album, "Waabaayo"

Ukulele Advocate: Richard Barone's Tiny Tim

Ukulele Advocate: Richard Barone's Tiny Tim

The Whifffenpoofs Sing for Cynthia Nixon on Friday at first Yale Artists for Equality Concert

The Whifffenpoofs Sing for Cynthia Nixon on Friday at first Yale Artists for Equality Concert

First Look at the Meriden Daffodil Festival 2013 Line-Up!

First Look at the Meriden Daffodil Festival 2013 Line-Up!

The Real Deal: R.I.P. Stevo, aka Steven Deal, aka Steven Ceslik

The Real Deal: R.I.P. Stevo, aka Steven Deal, aka Steven Ceslik

Stream Frightened Rabbit's Pedestrian Verse!

Stream Frightened Rabbit's Pedestrian Verse!

Martin Luther King Jr. Lived On at St. Luke's Church Monday, with Classical Strings and Steel Drums

Martin Luther King Jr. Lived On at St. Luke's Church Monday, with Classical Strings and Steel Drums

Country Fans (and Country concerts) unite! Comcast megatix on sale Jan. 25

Country Fans (and Country concerts) unite! Comcast megatix on sale Jan. 25

Ukulele Advocate: Bright Little Field Ukes The Replacements

Ukulele Advocate: Bright Little Field Ukes The Replacements

A CT Man Makes World-Class Hand-Crafted Cymbals in His Basement

A CT Man Makes World-Class Hand-Crafted Cymbals in His Basement

#couchtour: A Growing Number of Artists Are Live-Streaming Their Shows, and Fans Are Tuning In

#couchtour: A Growing Number of Artists Are Live-Streaming Their Shows, and Fans Are Tuning In

CT.com Mini Podcast: #couchtour

CT.com Mini Podcast: #couchtour

Blood Oaths of the New Blues -- a new record from Wooden Wand

Blood Oaths of the New Blues -- a new record from Wooden Wand

Legends of the Local Music Scene: When Leo Met Leo

Legends of the Local Music Scene: When Leo Met Leo

Five Astounding Adventures of Connecticut Local Bands

Five Astounding Adventures of Connecticut Local Bands

CD Review: It Came From Connecticut Volume 1

CD Review: It Came From Connecticut Volume 1

CT.com's Best Albums of 2012

CT.com's Best Albums of 2012

Twelve Great Connecticut Local Band Christmas Songs

Twelve Great Connecticut Local Band Christmas Songs

Local Musician's Song for Newtown

Sam Moss, Folk Musician and West Hartford Native, Curates a New Tompkins Square Compilation

Sam Moss, Folk Musician and West Hartford Native, Curates a New Tompkins Square Compilation

Ska/Reggae Die-Hard King Django Visits the El 'N' Gee and BAR This Week

Ska/Reggae Die-Hard King Django Visits the El 'N' Gee and BAR This Week

Review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Erupted Into Bridgeport's Webster Bank Arena

Review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Erupted Into Bridgeport's Webster Bank Arena

The 2012 Oxford American Music Issue: Stocking Stuffer for Music Geeks

The 2012 Oxford American Music Issue: Stocking Stuffer for Music Geeks

RapGenius.com Could Be the Future For Explaining Rap Lyrics -- And Just About Everything Else -- Online

RapGenius.com Could Be the Future For Explaining Rap Lyrics -- And Just About Everything Else -- Online

Google Instant Playlists: Do They Know More About Our Music Collections Than We Do?

Google Instant Playlists: Do They Know More About Our Music Collections Than We Do?

Local Bands Rock Acoustic for Kids at a Nursery School Holiday Fair Dec. 1

Local Bands Rock Acoustic for Kids at a Nursery School Holiday Fair Dec. 1

Listicle: 50 Things To Do If Your Band Name Ends With "Project"

Listicle: 50 Things To Do If Your Band Name Ends With "Project"

Music Critic Matthew Guerrieri Discusses Beethoven at The Greenwich Library on Nov. 27

Music Critic Matthew Guerrieri Discusses Beethoven at The Greenwich Library on Nov. 27

Our Picks: 4 Black Friday Non-Soulless Activities

Our Picks: 4 Black Friday Non-Soulless Activities

A New Generation of Music Fans, Artists and Collectors Revive the Cassette Tape

A New Generation of Music Fans, Artists and Collectors Revive the Cassette Tape

Five Indie Songs Reviewed

Five Indie Songs Reviewed

Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to Play The Great Hall in Union Station in Hartford on Feb. 8

Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to Play The Great Hall in Union Station in Hartford on Feb. 8

Listen to Rush Limbaugh Recite Jay-Z Lyrics

Listen to Rush Limbaugh Recite Jay-Z Lyrics

Ukulele Advocate: Four by Four

Ukulele Advocate: Four by Four

10 Yale Bands That Got Noticed Off-Campus, Part 1

10 Yale Bands That Got Noticed Off-Campus, Part 1

Ukulele Advocate: Uke Society

Ukulele Advocate: Uke Society

VIDEO: Grand Band Slam - Hannah Fair at Cafe Nine

VIDEO: Grand Band Slam - Hannah Fair at Cafe Nine

Connecticut Filmmaker Brendan Toller Kickstarts a Documentary About Rock Insider Danny Fields

Connecticut Filmmaker Brendan Toller Kickstarts a Documentary About Rock Insider Danny Fields

Japanese Post-Rock Quartet MONO's Epic Bombast Arrives in Hamden on Oct. 26

Japanese Post-Rock Quartet MONO's Epic Bombast Arrives in Hamden on Oct. 26

New Haven Children Will Attempt to Break the World Record For Musical Chairs

New Haven Children Will Attempt to Break the World Record For Musical Chairs

Ukulele Advocate: Guitar Center Centers on Ukes

Ukulele Advocate: Guitar Center Centers on Ukes

Music Business Clinic Tonight (Oct. 18) at West Haven's RVP Studios

Music Business Clinic Tonight (Oct. 18) at West Haven's RVP Studios

Ukulele Advocate: Strumming the Ballad of Juan Jose

Ukulele Advocate: Strumming the Ballad of Juan Jose

Townshend's Lost Who History

Townshend's Lost Who History

Infinity Hall Will Open a Venue in Hartford

Infinity Hall Will Open a Venue in Hartford

Ukulele Advocate: Introducing Me and Uke

Ukulele Advocate: Introducing Me and Uke

The Archers of Loaf Onscreen Tonight (Tuesday, Oct. 2) at Cafe Nine, Thanks to Gorman Bechard

The Archers of Loaf Onscreen Tonight (Tuesday, Oct. 2) at Cafe Nine, Thanks to Gorman Bechard

CT.com Local Bands Featured Artist of the Week:  Isaac Young Quartet

CT.com Local Bands Featured Artist of the Week: Isaac Young Quartet

Antler Church on the Green: Brooklyn Band to Rock an Historic New Haven Meeting House Sunday Night

Antler Church on the Green: Brooklyn Band to Rock an Historic New Haven Meeting House Sunday Night

Found Objects: Blue Oyster Cult's "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" (1976)

Found Objects: Blue Oyster Cult's "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" (1976)

The Rundown: The 1st Annual Connecticut Music Awards (Video)

The Rundown: The 1st Annual Connecticut Music Awards (Video)

Grand Band Slam 2012 - Winners & Concert Schedule

Grand Band Slam 2012 - Winners & Concert Schedule

Listen to Randy Newman's New Song, "I'm Dreaming (of a White President)"

Listen to Randy Newman's New Song, "I'm Dreaming (of a White President)"

Revering The Reducers: CT Music Legends Get Their Tribute

Revering The Reducers: CT Music Legends Get Their Tribute

Kanye West Raps About Mitt Romney in New Song

Kanye West Raps About Mitt Romney in New Song

The First Annual Connecticut Music Awards, or CMAs, Unite the Local Music Faithful

The First Annual Connecticut Music Awards, or CMAs, Unite the Local Music Faithful

Karaoke Meets Superheroes at Brand-New Crown Street Nightclub

Karaoke Meets Superheroes at Brand-New Crown Street Nightclub

VIDEO: The History of Rock N' Roll, 100 Riffs in Twelve Minutes

VIDEO: The History of Rock N' Roll, 100 Riffs in Twelve Minutes

The Stepkids' Guide to Bridgeport

The Stepkids' Guide to Bridgeport

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