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Billie Holiday

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Howe Gelb on Rainer's "One Man Crusade" (1994), "The Inner Flame" (1997), and "The Farm" (2002)

    Editor's Note: A version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we spoke songwriter Howe Gelb, who has led the constantly mutating Giant Sand in Tucson and all around the world since 1985. Gelb is known for his ... More >>

  • Music

    February 9, 2012

    More on the Music of Tucson's Rainer

    Editor's Note: A version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we spoke songwriter Howe Gelb, who has led the constantly mutating Giant Sand in Tucson and all around the world since 1985. Gelb is known for his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    10 Favorite Shows of 2011: Melissa Fossum

    Melissa FossumM83 wasn't #1, but I like this picture a lot.​ I went to a lot of shows this year. Thanks to last.fm, I can conform that I went to at least 56 concerts, not counting the numerous times I swung by Yucca Tap Room or Crescent Ballroom just for fun. That's one show every six and a h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    WTF for the Holidays: Seven Wacky Holiday Records

    After Thanksgiving comes and goes, it seems like just about everyone gets into the holiday spirit. Even the creepy, strange and misguided among us (which describes most of the lovely Up on the Sun staff, now that we think about it). We're not sure what these artists were thinking when they relea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011

    Holiday Party

    After Thanksgiving comes and goes, it seems like just about everyone gets into the holiday spirit. Even the creepy, strange and misguided among us (which describes most of the lovely Up on the Sun staff, now that we think about it). We're not sure what these artists were thinking when they relea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Lara Plecas, What Are You Listening To?

    Lara Plecas​Lara Plecas The local artist has a show at Art Detour at her studio The Aviary from March 19 to 21. It is located at 1020 Grand Ave. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I pretty much only listen to NPR radio. I like their tak ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2010

    The Book of David

    Über popular author visits Scottsdale

  • Music

    April 22, 2010
  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Gilberto Gil and More Coming To Scottsdale

    ​Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater will be busy this spring as the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has released a schedule that includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil and more. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & ...

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    Matthew Reveles: A Glass of Whiskey and Some Sad-Bastard Music Are All He Needs

    ​Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater will be busy this spring as the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has released a schedule that includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil and more. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & ...

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Mad for Madeleine

    ​Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater will be busy this spring as the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has released a schedule that includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil and more. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & ...

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2009

    Welcome to the Asylum

    ​Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater will be busy this spring as the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has released a schedule that includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil and more. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & ...

  • Music

    March 5, 2009

    Asylum Street Spankers

    ​Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater will be busy this spring as the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has released a schedule that includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil and more. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & ...

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    Phoenix’s Best Records of 2008

    ​Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater will be busy this spring as the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has released a schedule that includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil and more. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & ...

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    Siren Songs

    ​Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater will be busy this spring as the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has released a schedule that includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil and more. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & ...

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2008

    Future Shock: Soulfly, Madeleine Peyroux, New Kids on the Block, and more

    ​Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater will be busy this spring as the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has released a schedule that includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil and more. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & ...

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2008

    Camera Obscura

    Performance photographer is the bomb

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

    Performance photographer is the bomb

  • Calendar

    January 31, 2008

    Jazz It Up

    Performance photographer is the bomb

  • Music

    November 15, 2007

    Michelle Shocked

    To Heaven U Ride
    (Mighty Sound)

  • Music

    November 1, 2007

    Diana Ross

    To Heaven U Ride
    (Mighty Sound)

  • Music

    September 20, 2007

    Over the Rhine

    To Heaven U Ride
    (Mighty Sound)

  • Music

    August 16, 2007

    Billie Holiday

    Remixed & Reimagined
    (Sony Legacy)

  • Music

    February 15, 2007

    Madeleine Peyroux

    Falling over in the forest

  • Music

    September 14, 2006

    X-Tina on Main Street

    Goodbye Yellow-Haired Mouse

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    Al Singer 1928-2005

    Remembering a man who put a lot of jazz in AZ

  • Music

    February 17, 2005

    Jolie Holland

    Channeling the backwoods warbler

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    Shivaree

    Who's Got Trouble?
    (Rounder)

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2004

    Gun in the Sun

    Papago's blast from the past

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2003

    Lady Luck

    BTT gets Holiday Blues

  • Culture

    December 4, 2003

    Day of the Dreads

    Good and bad hair days in Scottsdale

  • Music

    January 16, 2003

    Devendra Banhart

    Oh Me Oh My . . . The Way the Day Goes By the Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit (Young God)

  • Music

    December 5, 2002

    Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man

    Out of Season (Go Beat)

  • Music

    December 20, 2001

    Paperback Writers

    Latest music books struggle to demystify pop culture's greatest enigmas

  • Music

    November 8, 2001

    Standards and Practices

    A guided tour of the best releases across the musical spectrum

  • Culture

    April 5, 2001

    Lady Sings the Blahs

    Actress Toni Robinson is the only uplifting note in off-key The Jazz Club

  • Music

    March 15, 2001

    Rainer

    Live at the Performance Center (Glitterhouse Records, German import)

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 21, 2000

    Best Lesbian Bar

    Ain't Nobody's Bizness
    3031 East Indian School
    602-224-9977

  • Music

    April 20, 2000

    Joni Mitchell

    Both Sides Now
    (Reprise)

  • Dining

    November 4, 1999

    BYOB Hope

    Both Sides Now
    (Reprise)

  • Film

    February 4, 1999

    Rock of Aged

    Still Crazy's band on the rerun is worth a spin

  • Film

    September 3, 1998

    A Star Is Boring

    Why Do Fools Fall in Love offers up all the wrong reasons

  • Music

    April 3, 1997

    SXSW: C Minus

    Why Do Fools Fall in Love offers up all the wrong reasons

  • Music

    April 3, 1997

    Recordings

    Why Do Fools Fall in Love offers up all the wrong reasons

  • Music

    February 6, 1997

    Recordings

    Why Do Fools Fall in Love offers up all the wrong reasons

  • Music

    July 25, 1996

    Recordings

    Why Do Fools Fall in Love offers up all the wrong reasons

  • Music

    May 16, 1996

    Recordings

    Why Do Fools Fall in Love offers up all the wrong reasons

  • Culture

    January 12, 1995

    THE SORROW AND THE PRETTY

    Why Do Fools Fall in Love offers up all the wrong reasons

  • Music

    December 29, 1994

    DO LOOK BACK

    THE YEAR IN MUSIC: IT JUST DIDN'T GET MUCH BETTER (OR WORSE) THAN THIS

  • Culture

    February 2, 1994

    BLACK LIKE SHE

    THE YEAR IN MUSIC: IT JUST DIDN'T GET MUCH BETTER (OR WORSE) THAN THIS

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