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...variety of tools and not quite sure whether they should be trimming, digging or picking up litter. One makes a desultory attempt to start up a work song, but no one else joins in. Perhaps they're too busy looking forward to their lunch of bread smeared with jam. Perhaps...
...preservation of a folk tradition that nearly expired during the region's Americanization in the 1950s owes much to accordionist Savoy, 54. The godfather of the Cajun revival, he hosts a weekly Cajun jam session in the front room of the music store he has operated since 1966 in Eunice, a small town (pop. 11,000) northwest of Lafayette. A master craftsman who builds 75 to 100 accordions a year, some of them costing up to $1,400, Savoy is a purist who prefers French to English, forbids amplification at his jam sessions and plasters the walls of his workshop...
Events planned for the Class of 1999 include two ice-cream bashes, an acapella jam, a reception with Linda S. Wilson, the president of Radcliffe College, and several panel discussions...
Free trade found four unlikely champions last week when monopoly-hating grunge rockers Pearl Jam announced they would tour in June without using Ticketmaster. The band, led by Eddie Vedder, has been feuding with the ticketing giant for a year, claiming its service fee is too high. Band manager Kelly Curtis admits that staging concerts in some cities will be difficult but says, "The struggle has helped everybody...
...street performer's audience can provide morethan just drunk fans. One warm Sunday, whileperforming for a large crowd in front of Origins,Athena was approached by a saxophonist who wastraveling through Boston with his band. Athenainvited the mysterious stranger to jam with her;he immediately agreed and soon returned with foursaxophones and a flute. They ended up performing aimprovised duet. "it was magic," says Athena. Theysustained the "beauty" for over three hours,merging their souls in wild, passionate,uninhibited...music. "It was like musical love atfirst sight. It was beautiful." Although thesaxophonist lives three hours away, he joinsAthena's band...