Sometimes, the best way to judge a performer's talent or a show's quality is not by listening to the music.
The Lou Donaldson Quartet is a pleasure to watch. The most talented artists all have a certain kind of stage presence. They smile. They joke with each other. They close their eyes. They sing along with their solos. In short, they look like there's nothing they'd rather be doing.
The Blues and Jazz Hit A2: Donaldson catches Festival crowd
The Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival was in full funk effect on Friday night as saxophonist Maceo Parker, the self-proclaimed "Pied Piper of Funky Music," spent two full hours dancing, blowing on his sax, and rhythmically entreating the frenzied crowd to shake everything they had.Pied Parker gets funky
Saturday's installment of the annual Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz festival took place amid the beautiful serenity known as Gallup Park. Unfortunately, the music meant to compliment the gorgeous surroundings was no match for mother nature's elegance. In other words, the show was flat out boring.Disappointments sour festival
In keeping with the wide range of art in its display cases, the Museum of Art decided to add a new exhibit devoted to a formerly under represented group. Two spaces within the Museum will be permanent galleries for African and African-American art.
African Art gallery opens
A recent cover of Time Magazine suggested that feminism might be dead by displaying four floating heads on a black cover, each head representing a certain era. Three of the heads were famous women of female empowerment. The fourth, representing the '90s, was Calista Flockhart, a.
'Ally' keeps the bad times good
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