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Keen Anticipation
Monday, 7 March 2005 09:51 amI just looked at the lineup for The Open Ears Festival, which is a bi-yearly new music festival in our town. Classical, electronic, jazz, you name it. The last one was super- we saw Bang On A Can All Stars, Pamala Z, and DJ Spooky, plus another dozen performers of various types, over the festival week. This year, d. and I bought our full-pass tickets as soon as they were announced, but I hadn't really studied the lineup.
This year's festival includes Negativland, who do some really funny cultural criticism by resampling (they were almost sued out of existance by U2). The Bang On A Can All Stars are coming back, too. And as a bonus, the Canadian Chamber Ensemble is doing a piece based on Leonard Cohen, who I like quite a bit (and who I like even better when someone else sings him...)
This year's festival includes Negativland, who do some really funny cultural criticism by resampling (they were almost sued out of existance by U2). The Bang On A Can All Stars are coming back, too. And as a bonus, the Canadian Chamber Ensemble is doing a piece based on Leonard Cohen, who I like quite a bit (and who I like even better when someone else sings him...)
