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Another full and exciting weekend of standout performances at the Monterey Jazz Festival is in the books.
Opinion

Another full and exciting weekend of standout performances at the Monterey Jazz Festival is in the books.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 30, 2024

Pam Marino here, happy yet a little tired after two days and three nights at the Monterey Jazz Festival. It was another successful weekend for…

The 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival in photos.
Arts & Culture

The 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival in photos.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 30, 2024

The 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival was an ebullient, joyful weekend of music, programmed by new artistic director Darin Atwater. 

The Monterey Jazz Festival’s historic year brings heavyweight performances to the stage.
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The Monterey Jazz Festival’s historic year brings heavyweight performances to the stage.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Sep 29, 2024

Erik Chalhoub here, bopping to the beat these past few days. The Monterey Jazz Festival concludes its three-day run today, Sept. 29, and the h…

At 83 years old, Mavis Staples brings her legendary, irrepressible voice to Carmel’s Sunset Center.
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At 83 years old, Mavis Staples brings her legendary, irrepressible voice to Carmel’s Sunset Center.

  • Rey Mashayekhi
  • Feb 9, 2023

At 83, Mavis Staples still regularly graces stages across this country and the wider world – a living, breathing, crooning gift to those inves…

Top 10 Monterey County live music acts of 2015.
Music

Top 10 Monterey County live music acts of 2015.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Dec 24, 2015

We got it good in 2015. Which is why it pays to take a second to settle in and look back at all the excitement on stage, from big festivals to…

Legendary soul singer Mavis Staples recollects Dr. King march in Carmel debut.
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Legendary soul singer Mavis Staples recollects Dr. King march in Carmel debut.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Jan 19, 2015

"March for freedom's highway/ March each and every day," Mavis Staples belted out.

Mavis Staples brings one of the greatest R&B resumés of all time to Carmel.
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Mavis Staples brings one of the greatest R&B resumés of all time to Carmel.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Jan 15, 2015

Mavis Staples remains humbled by her 75th birthday celebration at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre on Nov. 19, 2014.

Introducing the 2015 Monterey County live music playbook.
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Introducing the 2015 Monterey County live music playbook.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Dec 18, 2014

In addition to the 58th Monterey Jazz Festival (Sept. 18-20), new multi-day events have established themselves as annual, Fairgrounds-based, n…

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