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No Men In No Man’s Land, 9/1/17.

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A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, 7/30/17.

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Simple, 7/15/17.

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Simple, 8/6/17.

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Lawn Boy, 7/25/17.

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Chalk Dust Torture, 7/28/17.

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Derek Trucks Talks About Loss, Staying Power And Picking Up The Mentor Mantle

When the Tedeschi Trucks Band — the sprawling, Grammy-winning 12-member blues/rock/soul ensemble, led by the husband and wife team of Susan Tedeschi and Derek

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Hip-Hop Collective ClaS!ck Reveals Striking Differences On 'Contrast'

"Contrast," the third album by Hartford-area hip-hop collective ClaS!ck, released May 30, lives up to its title; the music is both world-weary and positive,

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Alt-Rocker Mark Mulcahy Discovers His Voice On New Album

With his band Miracle Legion having wrapped up its reunion tour, alt-rocker Mark Mulcahy will perform his new solo album "The Possum in the Driveway" at Lyric Hall in New Haven on June 22 at 8:30 p.m., with Paul Belbusti opening.

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Roxy Reba (2/20/93) decal on the window panel of Relix Magazine photographer Joshua Frances’ 2003 VW eurovan full camper.

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Miles Davis, He Loved Him Madly (1974).

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Sleep, Dopesmoker (1999/2003).

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John Coltrane, Interstellar Space (1967).

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Everybody's Band, The Alpaca Gnomes, Playing Meriden Daffodil Festival

The

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New Haven's No Line North Evolves With 'Dream Of Trees' Release

New Haven's No Line North — four educators, a communications specialist and a journeyman musician and writer — behaves as more of a collective of

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Julien Baker, 20, recorded "Sprained Ankle," her debut album, in just two days. On stage, she performs alone, with a Fender Telecaster and a bank of effects pedals, or with Matthew Gilliam, the drummer from Forrister, her previous band.