The songs associated with Edith Piaf were celebrated at the 38th Montreux Jazz Festival in 2004, performed with heart-rending emotion. Like Billie Holiday's music, Piaf's songs reflected the joys and sorrows of life, bringing deep personal meaning to every word.
From July 4 to 13, Denmark's capital becomes Europe's jazz capital during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Now in its 30th season, the festival fills the air with jazz in all its forms, from bebop to fusion, swing and free jazz, at venues large and small throughout the city.
We are closer than we think to each other. To problems. To solutions. I remember one summer at camp that a friend of mine had The Joshua Tree playing non-stop in our cabin. It was as though I was hearing music for the first time. When I returned from summer camp, I headed to the record store and purchased every single U2 album available. I was up to Zooropa by that point and excitedly awaited
Arguably the best culture event in the East Bay, Oakland's annual Art & Soul Fest has featured everyone from soul singer Angie Stone to bassist and conductor Marcus Shelby, to Fillmore Slim (a former pimp who apparently used his hoes' earnings to bankroll his blues career).
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