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Blasts From the Past: Douglas finds inspiration in historical jazz. Spirit Moves Dave Douglas Greenleaf Music Since his first solo recordings in the mid-'90s, Dave Douglas has worked hard, it seems, to avoid downtime.

We take multiculturalism seriously here in the Bay Area, so it should be no surprise that some of the mostly gloriously diverse music of the past few decades came straight out of Berkeley.

Ornette Coleman emerged in R&B bands in Texas in the early 1950s, but he was an experimenter from the outset.

Each week, Steve Schrader hands out 'Stevies' to the best, the worst and the weirdest from the week that was in sports.

With his breakthrough American hit "Save Tonight," alternative singer/songwriter Eagle-Eye Cherry became the latest member of his family to stir the music world: his father was avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, and his sister was alternative rap pioneer Neneh Cherry.

Until an investigation is made into the remarkable success of the Lisbon-based Clean Feed Records, we will simply have to savor each and every release.

Band of the Day The Ampersand's Band of the Day is back, and with a theme. All this week, we'll be featuring some great new Canadian francophone acts.

Propagandhi want their fans to create an image that depicts them with Hockey Night In Canada "Coach's Corner" hosts Don Cherry and/or Ron MacLean as part of a new contest they've dubbed "Dear Coach's Corner" after one of the songs from the recently released Supporting Caste .

Saskatchewan investors are bucking the national trend by pumping more money in labour-sponsored venture capital corporations , while nationally labour funds appear to be on the decline.

May 15, 2009 07:58 AM - Don Cherry didn't get his wish to have Brad Pitt or George Clooney play him in a movie.

Don Cherry, right, poses in studio with Hockey Night in Canada host Ron MacLean.

Washington's Morrison deserved a penalty Hockey Night in Canada commentators Don Cherry and Mike Milbury made much of the slashing penalty taken by Shaone Morrison, a Washington defender, in the first period of the Pittsburgh-Washington game.

Don Cherry of Coach's Corner fame on Hockey Night in Canada and Mike Milbury of NBC will join host Deb Placey to talk about the Stanley Cup Playoffs Friday on NHL Live from 12-2 p.m. ET on NHL.com Also appearing on the show are Pittsburgh Penguin... Link http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=420996 You must login at the top of the page to comment.

Few record labels signify the American counterculture movement of the 1960s as much as ESP-Disk , founded by New York lawyer Bernard Stollman in 1964.

Thanks to blazing covers of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Art Star", PJ Harvey's "To Bring You My Love", and the White Stripes' "Aluminum", the Thing has won an international reputation as that crazy Scandinavian free-jazz trio that covers rough-edged rock songs - kind of like a more out-there Bad Plus.

$35-$75. If you're prone, as I am, to making actuarial judgments about performers before you, say, drive three hours to see a concert, let me help you along.

Saxophonist and bandleader TK Blue performs with his quartet - featuring Benito Gonzales on piano, Belden Bullock on bass, and McClenty Hunter on drums- at The Uptown Lounge at Minton's Playhouse on Saturday, April 25, 2009.

The family of a fallen Fredericton-area soldier says he possessed the heart of a fighter.

For your eyes only, unless the exhibit is accompanied by music from some of the great jazz musicians and singers featured, the Italian Government Tourist Board puts Sardinia on Display at the Times Center in New York from March 20th to March 23rd .

Early on, Ani DiFranco carved a place for herself with a string of popular rock radio releases pressed at her fiercely independent record label, Righteous Babe Records.