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MAVIS STAPLES – is truly all those words of high praise that are so often thrown about too lightly: she is unique, a legend, a civil rights pioneer, a national treasure, a singer who says more with what she leaves out than others can put across with an entire aria. And she’s turning 85, and still touring.

So much to see, including, the "It's Only A Show" one-man show has been extended and Toledo Diamond play on Sunday evening at Harvelle’s

I TOLD YOU pickin’s would be slim around this time, so grab all you can. Next week will be better, but why wait, on something great (like what’s listed below)?

Composer-lyricist-bandleader-founder-vocalist-flutist Ian Anderson was also a master showman and his band was both nuanced and powerful

The times we are living in…. We can’t take anything for granted anymore; But doesn’t it get tiring to have to fight for everything, that shouldn’t need a fight. I think we should retire the phrase "no brainer." That concept has gone extinct.

RIP ROBBIE ROBERTSON of The Band – no space this week but I will write more next Thursday

THE HOT CLUB OF LOS ANGELES – from their website: "Hot Club’s brand of virtuoso, Django-style 1930s gypsy swing jazz

Upcoming events in Los Angeles include concerts, plays, and live shows covering a variety of genres and performances.

You wouldn’t expect one of your old Journalism professors to be known worldwide, but then how many others started writing murder mystery novels

FOR THE CURRENT: DEBUSSY, DJANGO AND MUSE What a great town to live in!