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After over thirty years of recording, a lifetime of circular, melodious grooves and tireless touring, luminary acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke has released his first entirely collaborative album with Phish bassist Mike Gordon. The two came to Sanders Theater on Wednesday Nov. 6th, supporting the Private Music/RCA Victor release Clone...
Alas, much of the rest of the album misses at least as often as it hits. “No Way Out” has a jazzy sentiment, courtesy of master drummer Manu Katché and bassist Tony Levin, as well as a solid rock riff. However, “My Head Sounds Like That” is a self-indulgent dirge summed up by its appalling lyrics: “The oil is spitting in the saucepan / I squeeze the sponge and let the cat out / Oh, my head sounds like that.” Gabriel is never boring...
...Hammond B-3, complete with revolving speaker, would routinely take solos on the upper register keys while holding down a completely independent bass line with his left hand. He has perfected the art of playing both parts simultaneously to the point that there is no bassist in the group and no need...
Tomorrow night, Harvard bodies will twist, swirl and contort to the incendiary notes of techno beats and the virtuoso stylings of a solo bassist. And people will pack the Loeb-Ex Theater to see them. The 700 free tickets to the dance show Ex-rated were given out in days, and the wildly successful production showcases Harvard’s outstanding dance community. Harvard has an astounding 18 different student dance groups. Six hundred people each semester dance in the Office for the Arts (OFA) Dance Program. Harvard choreographers have competed masterfully in national competitions, and the dance programs rival...
When other 21-year-olds in the ’80s were crushing on Michael J. Fox, Britta Phillips was getting paid to be the singing voice of Jem. The current bassist for the band Luna—fronted by Harvard’s own M. Dean Wareham ’85—looks back on her fast times as a singing diva on the USA Network and reflects on Jem’s ongoing influence...