Sarah Blacker – Sarah Blacker’s music is a unique blend of acoustic rock, folk, and jazz with stand-out vocals and quirky yet catchy songwriting, that set her apart from other female singer/songwriters in her genre. She is a highly impressive guitar play

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As her longtime fans know, Natalie Merchant sightings are few and far between. I know she came through L.A. a few months after her ambitious double-disc opus Leave Your Sleep arrived in April 2010, but I haven’t seen her since a sparsely attended (but re

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Brad Paisley is amazed by where country music has taken him. He was sitting on a small stage in the middle of the big crowd at the Bradley Center Friday night when he shared his disbelief at the large-scale shows he gets to perform. Judging by the creati