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Vinyl stores around Tucson are gearing up for Record Store Day on April 20. Retailers like Wooden Tooth Records and Desert Island Records have special.
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BORDER LINES. Divisions of geography, politics, identity
and gender continue their rapid reshuffling as we barrel towards
the millennium. Today, novelist and poet Demetria Martinez hosts
Women, Identity and Borders, a showcase of satirical and
humorous short films by women offering a poignant look at where
we re headed. Included are The Orientation Express, a funny animated
piece by Frances Leeming, which uses cut-out images from
Life
magazine to explore conservative morality and pompous patriarchy
from the 50s to the 80s ; and Lourdes Portillo s courtroom
comedy Columbus on Trial, in which the explorer
With COVID cases continuing their three-month decline, vaccines flowing and artists with a year of material ready to perform, the coming months are shaping up to be great times to attend live music in Tucson. Of course, many local venues are not quite ready to host indoor concerts. Those with patios are utilizing their outdoor spaces, and even indoor-only venues are finding unique ways to get music to the masses or prep audiences for when the time is right. The Fox Theatre is collaborating with the Downtown Tucson Partnership to bring back live music, but this isn t a traditional indoor concert series, because the music may very well come to you. Troubadour Thursdays takes place throughout April, and serves as a downtown patio tour, where local musicians will move throughout downtown and perform to multiple restaurants and open areas. Each week features a different style of music, and all of the travelling troubadours are local.
Advertisement: The Memphis song is just like full-on extreme, excessive party mode, yet it s all in reference to recollecting life before the character was arrested and forced to do hard labor on a chain gang, Burns said. It s just great hearing the difference between those versions and it s great to see a bunch of locals get together and show their love and support for Al.
As two of Tucson s most internationally known musicians, Burns and Foul have crossed paths numerous times since the 1990s. The Calexico balladeer said he was instantly a fan of Foul s style and music when they first met years ago at the long-defunct Grill s fabled Red Room.