Live music

Students in the Juneau Alaska Music Matters program perform earlier this month. Local youths in the tuition-free music program are scheduled to participate their first-ever Juneau Jazz Classics concert next week, appearing with the multi-genre string trio Simply Three at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Juneau Alaska Music Matters)

Less schooling, more students at fall fest

Jazz & Classics fall fest features fewer school visits, but more music including new student concert

 

Andy Koch enjoys a solo before leaping off the stage to join the dancing crowd while still playing his guitar. (Courtesy photo / Bereniz Blackwell)

Old friends reunite for packed house blues performance at Crystal Saloon

Blues night special.

 

Kristine Paulick and Bill Paulick rehearse in a music classroom in Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School ahead of an upcoming Juneau Community Bands Horns a Plenty concert set for Sunday at Thunder Mountain High School. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Pardon their French horns: Live music returns with Horns A-Plenty concert

Unless you were in New York City two years ago, you haven’t heard this played live before.

 

Dana Zigmund / Juneau Empire Grammy-award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey performed all six Bach suites as people filed in April 3 for a second COVID-19 vaccine dose at Centennial Hall.

Juneau Jazz & Classics announces Fall Festival line up

In-person events require a vaccination card

Dana Zigmund / Juneau Empire Grammy-award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey performed all six Bach suites as people filed in April 3 for a second COVID-19 vaccine dose at Centennial Hall.
Caitlin Warbelow a Broadway musician from Fairbanks will perform with Tony Award-nominated actress Jenn Colella and three other musicians Friday, Feb. 21, at Centennial Hall. (Courtesy Photo | From Lauren R. Shanley-DeBuse)
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Fiddler from Fairbanks brings Broadway buds to Juneau

Tony Award-nominated talent takes Centennial Hall stage.

Caitlin Warbelow a Broadway musician from Fairbanks will perform with Tony Award-nominated actress Jenn Colella and three other musicians Friday, Feb. 21, at Centennial Hall. (Courtesy Photo | From Lauren R. Shanley-DeBuse)
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Rapper’s delight planned for Friday night

Rapper’s delight planned for Friday night

It’s a rap.

Rapper’s delight planned for Friday night
High school teacher turned full-time musican comes back to Juneau
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High school teacher turned full-time musican comes back to Juneau

Hey, it’s me your Cousin Curtiss.

High school teacher turned full-time musican comes back to Juneau
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Not just fiddling around: Jazz & Classics closes with one of the best string players around
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Not just fiddling around: Jazz & Classics closes with one of the best string players around

He’s played with Yo-Yo Ma, Zac Brown, Ricky Skaggs and more.

Not just fiddling around: Jazz & Classics closes with one of the best string players around
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33rd annual festival is Bach in Juneau
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33rd annual festival is Bach in Juneau

Get ready for two weeks of live music.

33rd annual festival is Bach in Juneau
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New event hopes to turn the tides for ocean health

New event hopes to turn the tides for ocean health

The world wide web will play a big part.

New event hopes to turn the tides for ocean health
Jizzle Fizzle, Garbage Bear, Buffleheads: The stories of Folk Fest’s weird band names

Jizzle Fizzle, Garbage Bear, Buffleheads: The stories of Folk Fest’s weird band names

It’s not Snoop.

Jizzle Fizzle, Garbage Bear, Buffleheads: The stories of Folk Fest’s weird band names
Alaska Folk Festival draws singer-songwriter back home

Alaska Folk Festival draws singer-songwriter back home

Amazing Graceman.

Alaska Folk Festival draws singer-songwriter back home
Folk Fest: Meet the artist behind this year’s poster design

Folk Fest: Meet the artist behind this year’s poster design

Nature is instrumental for the design.

Folk Fest: Meet the artist behind this year’s poster design
2019 Alaska Folk Festival schedule

2019 Alaska Folk Festival schedule

Find out who will be playing in Centennial Hall.

2019 Alaska Folk Festival schedule
Sexto appeal: Guest artist Los Texmaniacs will bring southwestern flare, instruments to Folk Fest
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Sexto appeal: Guest artist Los Texmaniacs will bring southwestern flare, instruments to Folk Fest

Max Baca isn’t short on love for the bajo.

Sexto appeal: Guest artist Los Texmaniacs will bring southwestern flare, instruments to Folk Fest
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This Nashville singer-songwriter can’t stop coming to Alaska
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This Nashville singer-songwriter can’t stop coming to Alaska

Easton heads way west.

This Nashville singer-songwriter can’t stop coming to Alaska
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Showing off their pipes: Special organ concert features guest vocalist
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Showing off their pipes: Special organ concert features guest vocalist

Not everyone wore green, no one got pinched.

Showing off their pipes: Special organ concert features guest vocalist
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Getting motor-mouthed about Motown
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Getting motor-mouthed about Motown

Ryan Shaw didn’t grow up with a lot of the music he now loves.

Getting motor-mouthed about Motown
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Daniel Firmin plays a two-song set during the Mountainside Open Mic & Art Night at The Rookery on Oct. 31, 2018. (Michael Penn | Capital City Weekly File)

Popular song and art night is back for second season

Mountainside Open Mic is back for its second season.

Daniel Firmin plays a two-song set during the Mountainside Open Mic & Art Night at The Rookery on Oct. 31, 2018. (Michael Penn | Capital City Weekly File)
Grammy Award-nominated singer Ryan Shaw talks Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, about returning to sing in the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council’s “Motown for Our Town” and Gospel Celebrations this weekend. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Motown performer has Stevie Wonder’s seal of approval

Grammy-nominated singer to perform songs by music icons

Grammy Award-nominated singer Ryan Shaw talks Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, about returning to sing in the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council’s “Motown for Our Town” and Gospel Celebrations this weekend. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)