Performing jazz for the old-timers

By Ella Ford/Arizona Sonora News Two jet black speakers tower over the heads of the crowd; the floor beneath them shines underneath the blinding lights above. A long black cable snakes along the floor and grazes the side of the black polyester of a pair of dress slacks. It reaches its apex at the end…

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Generation rave: the revival of electronic dance music

From the underground to the mainstream. Electronic dance music has revived itself from the grave to become a multibillion dollar industry. Electronic dance music, more commonly known as EDM, has been referred to some as the music of the millennial generation. According to a business report by International Music Summit, the global electronic music industry…

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Concert venues ripe with drugs

Lanre Akomolafe, a local Tucson entertainment filmer and photographer, sees it now more than ever. “I was at Mad Decent Block Party, a music festival in Phoenix, Arizona, last year and a man fell to the ground and started seizing right in front of me,” says Akomolafe. Akomolafe brought medical personnel to help. Later, Akomolafe…

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