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FAIRBANKS — Set the wayback machine to 1978 and Fairbanks’ Solstice Festival. On stage is Demon, a band of brothers — literally, Chris, David and Eric Resch — bombarding the audience with flash bombs, Gibson Flying V guitars, stacks of … Continue reading
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FAIRBANKS — A new kind of circus comes to town Thursday for one show only. The New Old Time Chautauqua arrives to “knock-your-socks-off” with a tantalizing vaudeville show filled with juggling, acrobatics, hula hoops, live music, magic and more. “It’s … Continue reading
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FAIRBANKS — Love is fleeting, or confounding, or confusing, and in “Elixir of Love,” Opera Fairbanks’ latest production, at the very least all of the above. “Elixir of Love” is the story of village peasant Nemorino’s love for the glamorous … Continue reading
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Peter Tosh Legalize It Legacy Edition and Equal Rights Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy) Peter Tosh finally gets the deluxe treatment already afforded works by former Wailers brethren Bob Marley. Often trapped in the long shadow of Marley’s stardom, Tosh was also … Continue reading
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Bobby Bobby (Partisan) Dense, multi-rhythmic, layered and captivating, Bobby is the unlikely sonic swirl of ’90s shoegazer acts like Cocteau Twins and Lush, with influences as diverse as Indonesian Gamelan, Indian classical and West African Yoruba drumming. Though seemingly disparate, … Continue reading
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FAIRBANKS — With a band name like Truckstop Darlin’, it’s hard for concert-goers to know exactly what to expect. Will it be guys or gals who take the stage? “The name is one of the hardest things,” said John Phelan, … Continue reading
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FAIRBANKS — The title of Steve Brown and The Bailers’ new album, “Things Change,” proves very apt. In its four-and-half-year existence, the band has continually redefined its sound, not by drastic leaps and bounds but in gradual increments. And those … Continue reading
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FAIRBANKS — Bluesman Gary Sloan got his start in Alaska in the 1970s playing with The Outlaws, Proof and Southside Blues Band, which featured current Mighty Untouchables guitarists Lindy and Larry Raines. Though he currently lives in Arkansas, Sloan regularly … Continue reading
