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...Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan’ is blowing into Harvard, playing to a sold-out crowd and channeling the music that made him a legend and continue to establish his acoustic, edgy presence in the world of folk and rock and roll. The concert is sponsored by The Harvard Concert Commission. No tickets available for sale. 8 p.m. Gordon Indoor Track and Field Center...
...inaugural gathering of the Harvard College Celtic Club. Meghin R. Sherlock ’07, leader Lindsay K. Turner ’07, Rita Parai ’07 and Edward Wallace, a Cambridge resident, collaborated on a variety of Celtic fiddle music from customary dirges to lighter folk songs and dances native to the Gaelic country...
Though they might be closer to the Bob Dylan generation, parents of Harvard students were never meant to get tickets to Sunday’s concert by the folk legend...
...Trip features tunes from local favorites Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Johnny Clegg, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Hugh Masekela; Lullabies from Mama Africa is a wonderful collection of traditional songs sure to soothe crying babes. The Winds of Change is a fascinating collection of songs associated with the struggle against apartheid: folk ditties mix with snippets from famous speeches, including British Prime Minister's Harold Macmillan's 1960 "Wind of Change" speech, Nelson Mandela's 1964 Rivonia trial speech and Thabo Mbeki's more recent "I Am an African" speech. You can order them all online at www.africancreammusic.co.za...
Lead singer Liz Bougatsos provided heavily reverbed ethereal vocals that brought to mind a number of folk and traditional influences. She broke these aery melodies up with heavy breathing sounds and bird-like screeching and scatting. The synthesizer/keyboardist produced old-school laser and space sounds while also beating a rhythm on an electronic drum pad, creating a tightly-controlled and intricate duet with the drummer, whose face was contorted as he wove a precise drum beat throughout the pieces that they played. The guitarist generated the most diverse array of sounds, as his many effects pedals churned out the sounds...