Word: concertant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ATTENDED Peter Yarrow's second "first concert" last Sunday night. The first "first concert" at Symphony Hall in April 1972 marked Yarrow's debut as a solo folk singer following the breakup of Peter, Paul and Mary and a year of singing at voters' registration rallies and Democratic benefits. Last Sunday's concert testified to an incredible growth. By adapting his music to rock and to generally richer orchestration, Yarrow has regained his enormous performing charisma and redefined the tradition of which Peter, Paul and Mary were a part...
Married. Fou Ts'Ong, 39, concert pianist who in 1959 defected to the West from Communist China; and Hijong Hyun, 29, daughter of South Korea's Ambassador to Morocco; he for the second time (after an earlier marriage to Zamira Menuhin, daughter of Violin Virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin), she for the first; in London...
Hendrix fanatics, after all, are fanatics, and they will loyally troop to see this and any other as yet unreleased Hendrix film. But in the Astor theater, the concert crowds slump lower and lower in their seats. Jimi Plays Berkeley brings no new excitement, no new insight. When the house lights come up, many are actually asleep, and the rest file out silently. No one calls for more...
Jackson Browne's songs are bouncy, and if you listen to them closely, dull. But he is at least energetic and probably will not detract from what should be a first-Raitt concert...
...country than Doc Watson, and his son Merle becomes better on guitar and banjo all the time. The Watsons' past Sanders Theatre performances have been sell-out, standing ovation-type triumphs. Given their skill and the range of their material--bluegrass, blues, traditional folk, and popular folk--this concert is likely to remain true to their tradition...