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Drummer Kenny Aronoff Returns With a Show, a Talk, and a Book
BY PETER DORFMAN November 11 will mark a homecoming for a Bloomington music icon when the Buskirk-Chumley Theater hosts âAn Evening With Kenny Aronoff.â…
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Eun-Sun Jung Teaches âGayageumâ in Bloomingtonâ¨
BY PETER DORFMAN On a small basement stage in her southeast Bloomington home, Eun-Sun Jung draws a haunting melody from an exotic, zither-like instrument.…
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Lotus World Music & Arts Festival 2016 (Photo Gallery)
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Groove to the Blues Up Close at Bean Blossom Blues Fest
BY BARB BERGGOETZ The atmosphere is laid back and festive. Blues music played by nationally touring acts flows from two main stages. Local bands,…
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2nd Boogie-Woogie Festival Set for B-town August 14
BY PETER DORFMAN Bloomington devotees of boogie-woogie, a hard-driving, uniquely American blues piano style, can immerse themselves in the music come August at the…
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It Takes Math, Physics, & Voodoo to Learn to Make a Violin at IU (Photo Gallery)
BY PAUL BICKLEY âMy mother was a violinist,â says Tom Sparks, âand when I was 14, I took her Joseph Guarneri violin apart with a butter…
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âTransformative Storiesâ: An Unusual Show of Songs and Science
BY JEREMY SHERE On March 19, world-renowned neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor and acclaimed singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer will perform Transformative Stories at the Brown County…
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Cover Story: Masters of the Music School (Photo Gallery)
Five of the celebrated artists who helped make the Jacobs School of Music Americaâs best and brought great esteem to Indiana University BY MIKE…
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Bedfordâs Clayton Anderson Making a Name on Country Tour
BY JEREMY SHERE When Bloom first wrote about country singer-songwriter Clayton Anderson in 2010, the Bedford, Indiana, native was taking his first steps toward…