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CD Shorts: Barnstar! slick, well-delivered, contemporary bluegrass

CD Shorts: Barnstar! slick, well-delivered, contemporary bluegrass

by James Heflin | Feb 4, 2015 | Arts, Music

Barnstar! Sit Down! Get Up! Get Out! (Signature Sounds) Sure, it’s a generalization, but many are the bluegrass bands that sound a whole lot like all the other bluegrass bands. Standing out in such a well-defined and longstanding genre is no easy task. Put with that...
The Arts: Music, shadows and gongs

The Arts: Music, shadows and gongs

by James Heflin | Feb 4, 2015 | Arts, Film, Music, Stage

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Making It Up: Solo actor Seth Lepore courts uncomfortable moments onstage

Making It Up: Solo actor Seth Lepore courts uncomfortable moments onstage

by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Stage

Photos by Jerrey Robers and James Heflin For a lot of people, it’s the stuff of anxiety dreams: a mic awaits on a stage. An expectant crowd is staring at you. You don’t have a script, even if you’ve done some homework — you just have to talk. That scenario is, says...
Where the Wild Things Will Be

Where the Wild Things Will Be

by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2015 | Arts

Building  a House of Song: Violinist Jason Kao Hwang brings his improv-based Sing House to town

Building a House of Song: Violinist Jason Kao Hwang brings his improv-based Sing House to town

by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music

The range of New Jersey violinist Jason Kao Hwang’s composing and playing is remarkable. At one end of the spectrum, there are completely composed pieces of “new,” or contemporary classical, music. At the other, you’ll find his improvised ’70s and ’80s work with...
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