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Thursday, June 01, 2006
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    Sa-Ra Creative Partners (Ubiquity Records)

    Santa Monica Soul

    The next wave of American soul music is being created in an unexpected place, Santa Monica, California. Find out why the upscale L.A. enclave has become a breeding ground of soul. Plus, avant-garde-jazz vocalist and composer Theo Bleckmann has performed every kind of music from jazz to modern classical. He talks about his new album of show tunes, Las Vegas Rhapsody: The Night They Invented Champagne. Finally, choreographer Pascal Rioult explains why he set his latest improvisational dance piece to the music of Mozart.

Santa Monica Soul

Siddhartha Mitter, correspondent for the Boston Globe, talks about the revival of soul in sunny Los Angeles.

Theo Bleckmann

Avant-garde/jazz vocalist and composer Theo Bleckmann talks about his new album of Vegas-inspired show tunes.
» Theo Bleckmann at Joe's Pub
» Theo Bleckmann's Web site

Dancing to Mozart

Choreographer Pascal Rioult explains why he set his latest improvisational dance piece to Mozart.

The Swell Season in The Greene Space

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Joshua Bell in The Greene Space

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