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What: Hedley with Faber Drive, Stereos and Fefe Dobson
 
 

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One of Canada's best bluegrass bands, Toronto's Foggy Hogtown Boys is coming to the Orange Hall, 1620 Fernwood Rd., for an evening of bluegrass classics and tradition-inspired originals.
 
 
 
This Saturday, local bluesman Gary Preston joins the University of Victoria's Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Anita Bonkowski for Something Old... Something Blue
 
 
 
UVic is hosting a pair of exciting jazz events on Sunday.
 
 

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Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson plays last night at the band's Victoria gig.

Band shows it still has Heart

What: Heart -- Where: Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre


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Guitar god unleashes another set of magic

The death of Jimi Hendrix remains one of rock's great tragedies.


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Symphony pays tribute to romantics

WHAT: Victoria Symphony (Signature Series): The Romantic Cello


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In high demand during Year of Chopin

IN CONCERT -- What: Janina Fialkowska, piano.


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Concerts range from adventurous to the classics

IN CONCERT -- What: Victoria Chamber Orchestra


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Singers off to Cuba festival

ON STAGE -- What: Linden Singers -- to Cuba with Love


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CapriCCio choir celebrates 20 years of the unexpected

IN CONCERT -- What: CapriCCio Vocal Ensemble: Encore!


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Victoria has another première

What: Pacific Opera Victoria's Capriccio, by Richard Strauss, performed Feb. 25


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Kinnie Starr takes a break from hip hop

"I'm taking a rest while hip hop gets better," says Kinnie Starr with a laugh, when asked about the shortage of beats and rhymes in her latest work.


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Big Star singer dies

Alex Chilton, one of the most influential singers of the 70s and 80s, has died.


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Mike Devlin

Mike Devlin writes about music and popular culture. He previously worked in radio after graduating from Camosun College's Applied Communication Program in broadcasting.


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Kevin Bazzana

Kevin Bazzana holds a PhD in music history from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in musicology and performance practice from Stanford University. He has taught and written about classical music for 20 years and is an international expert on Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.


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