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Modlin announces 2010-2011 season

Modlin Center for the Arts officially announced it yesterday. The full and varied schedule begins in September and ends in March 2011. Jazz-wise, we can look forward to the SFJazz Collective — the San Francisco-based super group whose organization recently announced its plans to construct a $60 million center (H/T A Blog Supreme) — and […]

Luciana Souza Trio: Active imaginations

On stage at University of Richmond’s Modlin Center last night, Luciana Souza introduced her colleagues as “two of the most creative and soulful musicians I know.” As creative and soulful as guitarist Romero Lubambo and percussionist Cyro Baptista are, they’re made whole by Souza, the dynamic vocalist, improviser, lyricist (in Portuguese and English), and storyteller whose tone is sweet and presence is captivating.