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"As I walk through this wicked world, / searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity, / I ask myself, 'Is all hope lost? /...

Now an institution in the Green Mountain State, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival serves up its 41st edition with another five-day soirée — its second since switching from a 10-day

There was something so comforting about how much everyone hated 2020. It's like when there's a villain so loathsome, so despised, that everyone agrees they're...

In 1960, Anne Nalbandian (March 3, 1933-March 30, 2021) had a cocker spaniel named Christopher (after playwright Christopher Marlowe), and Ed Bemis owned a whippet...

JACK Quartet Around these parts, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is known as the gateway to summer. Normally, the annual 10-day event reaches nearly every square inch of downtown, with scores of nightclubs, bars and restaurants hosting music under the BDJF banner, not to mention venues such as the Flynn, Flynn Space, Waterfront Park and Church Street Marketplace. The jazz fest took a pandemic-induced hiatus last year and was replaced by a fully...

Tony Markellis Tony Markellis, one of our community’s most talented, respected and beloved musicians, passed away in his sleep on April 29, at the all-too-early age of 68. Tony’s talent on the bass was eclipsed only by his heart, wry wit, soulfulness and generosity of spirit, which deeply touched everyone who was lucky enough to have him as a part of their lives. In addition to being a mainstay on the Burlington music scene for more than 45 yea...