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...Canadian Club, and representatives of campus bands Chester French, the Dharma Seals, and Plan B for the Type A’s, who gathered around the band while munching on coffee cake, bagels and sundry fruit plates. Asked what the hardest aspect of being in a band was, singer-guitarist L. “Ed” E. Robertson (who is married with children), replied, “Telling your parents that you’re gay.” Although the later event in Lowell Lecture Hall was not promoted as a concert, the band—sporting...
...Megan said. While approximately 600 students entered the lottery for the $10 tickets to Saturday’s jam session, only about 250 lucked out. The intimate, “Unplugged”-like venue, however, guaranteed great views for all and provided fodder for a few jokes. When guitarist Ed Robertson requested a lyric sheet for a new song, he joked, “By no means should you do this in an exam.” Learning From Performers Program Manager Thomas Lee credited the group’s “world view...
...name is Dave Evans, but everyone from roadies to relatives calls him the Edge. As U2's guitarist, he's one of the world's most famous rock stars. As co-founder of Music Rising, he has taken a lead role in getting New Orleans musicians back on their feet. TIME's Josh Tyrangiel spoke with the Edge about the beginnings of U2's next album, a couple of songs he wishes his band had written, and what it was like to be a young man with a large head...
...city's French-African-Portuguese fusion restaurant, Las Brasas, which has a reputation for serving the best steaks in town. This new capitalism is not to everybody's taste. "Advertising billboards seem to be the new architecture of the city," says Tiago Paulo, a 29-year-old guitarist in the reggae-ska-dub band 340ml, popular in South Africa. In Triunfo, a suburb next to the sea, the high walls and electric fences are a reminder that the wealth is not for everyone. For American Jamy Bond, a writer who has lived in Maputo for three years and who writes...
...another Frank Sinatra tribute? Yes, but on this one, singer-guitarist Pizzarelli makes no attempt to evoke the master's sound or mannerisms. A good thing too, since his light, cool voice carries little of Sinatra's sensuality and swagger. Resourcefully backed by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (at times cut down to nifty combos), Pizzarelli is at his best in hip readings of the insouciant Yes Sir, That's My Baby, the wistful If I Had You and even the trademark Ring a Ding Ding...