'I'm now very comfortable in my own skin' From Connect Savannah.com A storyteller, an entertainer, singer and songwriter, a guitarist, a recording artist, an authority on Celtic music, a radio personality, a tour guide. Although the duo's holiday tours have in the past included other musician acquaintances such as fellow singer/songwriter (and Kevin Barry's regular) Frank Emerson, as well as ancillary musicians like local multi-instrumentalist Skip Graham and a small horn section, this outing is about as intimate as it could be. I agreed last year to go out...

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“MTV Uplugged in New York” From Teen Ink That day, Cobain and his Seattle-based grunge band, Nirvana, performed live for MTV Unplugged at the Sony Studios in New York City, although I, unfortunately, hadn't even been born. The album was one of the first of its kind - the Unplugged series featuring acoustic, live sets with popular bands that typically played with amplification. The first album to be released after Cobain's death in April 1994, it features three covers by The Meat Puppets ('Plateau,' 'Lake of Fire,' and 'Oh, Me')...

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The Buffali to perform free concerts at UW-EC From Dunn County News The Buffali is a bombastic acoustic indie-pop duo featuring Clare Fehsenfeld on vocals and acoustic guitar and Menomonie native Andrew Yonda on vocals and acoustic bass guitar. Featuring quirky vocal interplay and catchy melodies, the irreverent girl/guy outfit romps through material about everything from heartbreak to alien abduction.

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KAC hosts Song Circle From Utica Observer Dispatch Noah and Andrew VanNorstrand will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Kirkland Art Center's KAC Coffeehouse Song Circle. CLINTON - The first of the Kirkland Art Center's KAC Coffeehouse Song Circles for the 2007-08 program year is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Scheduled performers include teenage bluegrass artists Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand and a guitar/cello acoustic duo from Ithaca, Tom Mank and Sera Jane Smolen.

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Press Pass: Devon Sproule and Paul Curreri From Falls Church News Press Paul Curreri's introduction into the life of Devon Sproule, however, may be completely unique. At the now-defunct Traxx in the couple's hometown of Charlottesville, Sproule was winding down her show with a final Johnny Cash song when a stranger bounded up to the front of the room, leapt on stage and drunkenly announced he was going to sing. While they perform individually, Sproule credits Curreri with influencing her signature vintage sound, attributing it to his extensive collection of...

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