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The 15th annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival returns Feb. 16 to 18 with big bands, big acts, and tons of local talent too.

WHRO Public Media is dedicated to enhancing the lives of the citizens in the communities it serves by responding to their need to be engaged, educated, entertained and enlightened.

Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation continues to ensure jazz is used as a strategic tool for economic development in D.C.

Exclusive Interview by Karen Beishuizen Photos courtesy of Mike Keneally Mike Keneally is a is a guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer who played with many greats like Frank Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, XTC's Andy Partridge, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Neil Young. His new album "The Thing

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Find my way in life, to learn -- to learn my lessons and make my own mistakes. he loved being outdoors, especially in the colorado rockies. he loved taking his jeep up really crummy back roads and bouncing around for hours, and the rest of us found that a little less enjoyable. [ laughter ] i would get cursed. once i was with him in wyoming sitting by a glassy smooth wilderness lake, and along came two wild trumpeter swans flying low across the lake. so three their wing tips made -- so low that ...