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This year’s edition of the annual celebration for the winners of our poll promises to be the best yet. Monday marks the fourth year of the Best of Buffalo Bash at the venerable Town Ballroom (one of the nominees for Best Live Music Venue).
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by Edward Batchelder
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If the musical category “dervish rock” ever takes off, it will owe a lot to Haale, an Iranian-American guitarist and singer who may be the only musician you’ll hear who sings in Persian.
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by Donny Kutzbach
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Ben Jelen has it all. The 28-year old Scottish-born American-raised wunderkind has seemingly unending musical chops—singing, writing, playing guitar, piano, and violin—and the kind of boyish good looks that you see in magazines.
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by Peter Koch
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Canadian “folk punk” quartet the Weakerthans specialize in what lead singer and lyricist John Samson calls “first-person fiction.” Heartfelt, intimate lyrics convey the stories of characters who are at once singular but familiar in their innate humanity.
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