Where: House of Blues
Date: 2007-09-20 20:00:00
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The Rentals synth driven pop songs are flavored with vocal harmonies and soaring violins. United in the joy of their art, Copeland won the attention of Central Florida's fertile music scene in 2000 with their ambient indie-rock anthems and passionate live performances. Goldenboy is a punk/pop band from Norway.
Where: Humphrey's
Date: 2007-09-11 20:00:00
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Foreigner is the quintessential arena-rock, power-ballad group of the late '70s and '80s with hits including 'Urgent,' 'Hot Blooded' and 'I Want to Know What Love Is.'
Where: Humphrey's by the Bay Concerts
Date: 2007-09-06 19:30:00
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From their single, 'My Girl,' in the '60s to their latest album, 'Ear Resistible,' The Temptations have produced hit after hit after hit.
Where: Embarcadero Marina Park
Date: 2007-08-22 20:00:00
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Pianist and vocalist Diana Krall was one of the most successful jazz artists of the '90s. She emerged from merely standards and ballads to penning her own material and crafting her own niche as a respected artist and talent both within the jazz genre and the music world as a whole. By the way, she's also married to Elvis Costello.
Where: The Casbah
Date: 2007-10-08 20:30:00
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Singer and pianist Nellie McKay stretches her cabaret style vocals to include rap, rock and everything in-between. Her quirky subject matter, combined with her torchy vocal delivery, has drawn comparisons by critics to an Eminem-inspired Doris Day to jazz vocalist Blossom Dearie to the legendary composers Cole Porter and Randy Newman. Her major label debut came in 2004 with 'Get Away From Me.' She follows it up in 2006 with 'Pretty Little Head.'
Where: The Casbah
Date: 2007-09-03 20:30:00
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Kevin Grasha of Alternative Press says Okkervil River is "a raggedly rocking avant-folk quartet...augmented by organ, mellotron, fiddle or the occasional blast of a horn section....Okkervil River make falling apart sound good." Damien Jurado is an urban folk singer and storyteller who used to front for Galaxie 500.