Marsalis and Co. bring out the bop, to crowd's delight
By Walter Tunis Contributing Music Critic
"Y'all came up here to swing," Wynton Marsalis remarked as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra prepared to dig into the second of two sublime sets for the Alltech Festival last night at the Singletary Center for the Arts. "And it makes us feel good, good, good."
She's just getting started
By Walter Tunis Contributing Music Writer
With opening night in Burlington, Vt., behind her, Sonya Kitchell views the rest of her 27-city fall tour with cautious contentment.
Singer keeps his day job
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
Aaron Morgan's band has a recording contract with an EMI label and a song being used as part of an ad campaign for the Emmy-winning ABC series Pushing Daisies.
Dame reopening positive sign for Lexington nightlife
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
Jim Noll was up in a bucket crane Monday afternoon hanging a new sign on the front of the Main Street Live complex.Music
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