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NEW TUNES TUESDAY 5/5/15
Greetings, rabid local music listeners!Volumedenver.org has five more EXCELLENT local artists for you to check out this week! This week we start off with The Helium Arch and their 3rd album...
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TEDxMileHigh: Are you going?
The fifth annual TEDxMileHigh is this Saturday, June 13, at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, and the good news is we can help you get that TED Talk fix even if you are not lucky enough to attend this...
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Plaza Voices: The Universal Language
The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow called music the "universal language of mankind," an old idea with some new scientific backing.Music, like all languages, is constantly evolving, mixing ideas,...
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Plaza Voices: Global Hip Hop
Although hip hop was formed during the late 1960’s in the Bronx and has roots in traditional Jamaican music, there is no doubt its influence has traveled across the globe. Nearly every country in the...
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Sheet music collection continues to grow at DPL
For those listeners of jazz, tunes like Anthropology by Charlie Parker and Lullaby of Birdland by George Shearing are standards. What many may not know is that those musical compositions are...
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Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City
According to the New York Times, this week marks the 43rd anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's debut album, "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J." I might have to blast some Springsteen on my way home...
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
I am bereft, it's the end of an era. David Bowie was a rock god, a creative genius, an individual who always trusted in himself. Wherever you are now Mr. Bowie may it be filled with light and music....
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Bowie in Black & White
The first time I ever saw David Bowie was watching Saturday Night Live back in 1979. My family had just returned to the U.S. and I was 11 years old. He wore this amazing black and white outfit that...
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Plaza Voices: Global Grammys
During Grammy season, we are often reminded that the British Invasion never really ended (though this year was an exception). But long before Sam Smith and Adele, the Grammys were international in...
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Denver Public Library Has Released a Vinyl Record!
HUZZAH! IT IS FINALLY HERE! THE DPL 45rpm VINYL RECORD!What?!?! Yes! The Denver Public Library has released a 45rpm vinyl record featuring local Denver bands Accordion Crimes and The Raven and The...
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