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Local Licks: Matt de Nesnera

Local Licks: Matt de Nesnera(0)

Jul 11, 2008

You can sit in Bay Bridge traffic, burning fuel at four bucks a gallon, to chill on the beach. Or you can soak up the same warm, mellow groove in South Silver Spring with Matt de Nesnera.

Local Licks: Matt de Nesnera
Local Licks: The Hula Monsters

Local Licks: The Hula Monsters

Someday, my calendar will clear itself, and transporter technology will beam me to Hawaii. But until then, I’ll spend my summer staycation soaking up The Hula Monsters.

Mingus Big Band to headline jazz fest

Mingus Big Band to headline jazz fest

Jazz bassist Charles Mingus may have checked out of this existence in 1979, but his big band is on the books to perform at this year’s Silver Spring Jazz Festival.

Local Licks: Ten Feet Tall

Local Licks: Ten Feet Tall

When five dudes put their bad-ass attitudes to work, it can create a mighty big sound. It’s the sonic boom that drops when Ten Feet Tall lays down a track.


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