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Wednesday’s concert at Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on the UCSD campus will find Narucki performing with two frequent collaborators, coloratura soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest and pianist Donald Berman.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026 -
Tamami Honma is the guest pianist.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2026
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An hour later, for its first concert since the fires, parishioners sat in awe as Grammy Award winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers weaved her bow across her violin, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach echoing through the church.—
Camelia Heins,
Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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It will be played by flutist Mark Teplitsky, violinist Eric Gratz, cellist Julian Schwartz and harpsichordist Ian Pritchard.—
Deborah Martin,
San Antonio Express-News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Dead drummer Mickey Hart said at one point legendary concert promoter Bill Graham vented to him about the lack of catchy songs.—
Adam Levine,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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The band's other drummer, Mickey Hart, practically an original member since joining in 1967, is also alive at 82.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Waiting in the greenroom was Robert Alan York, a veteran organist who studied classical repertory and improvisation in Paris and also possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the American songbook.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Anna von Hausswolff, Iconoclasts Some of the hardest rock and roll of the year came from … a pipe organist?—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
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The Messthetics—the band formed around Fugazi’s rhythm section of Joe Lally and Brendan Canty—released their debut album in 2018 and a follow-up a year later, before uniting with jazz saxophonist Lewis.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
9 Jan. 2026
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The commemorative program will have guest performers, including renowned jazz saxophonist Juli Wood, vocalist Robin Pluer, vocalist Dorothy Jackson, and singer/pianist David Nunley.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The remaining band members include guitarist Patrick Sauber, lead vocalist Trisha Gagnon, five-string banjo player Nick Hornbuckle and fiddler Greg Spatz.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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In denying Bressington’s application, Judge William Alsup noted that the guitarist’s lawyers hedged on filing a defamation lawsuit.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2026
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It will be played by flutist Mark Teplitsky, violinist Eric Gratz, cellist Julian Schwartz and harpsichordist Ian Pritchard.—
Deborah Martin,
San Antonio Express-News,
8 Jan. 2026
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And guitarist, saxophonist and flutist Joe Harrison, a Canyon Crest Academy alum, toured this year as the bassist in Black Keys.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Dec. 2025
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On March 8, Bello’s teenage son Nigel, a trombonist, performs with his Nigel Bello Band.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Jan. 2026
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But the New Orleans trombonist didn’t love the results.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
6 Dec. 2025
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