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Album review | Amid difficult times, Reginald Cyntje’s Freedom’s Children insists on optimism

Editor’s note: This is the first of four album reviews that will be published over the next two weeks,...

September 27, 2011 2

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Album reviews | Debuts from Andréa Wood, Amy K. Bormet and the legendary Butch Warren

Two of D.C.’s rising vocal talents, Andréa Wood and Amy K. Bormet, have just released strong debut albums. Then...

May 12, 2011 1

Looking back, part 2 | D.C.’s top CDs of 2010

by Giovanni Russonello and Luke Stewart In 2010, D.C. undeniably experienced something of a jazz renaissance; even in today’s...

December 30, 2010 5

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