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Jason Boucher

Ron Carter

Ron Carter in Portsmouth, NH By Jason Boucher   Legend in the house! Ron Carter and his quartet recently performed at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues

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Wilco
Jason Boucher

Wilco at NH Pavilion

For the second year in a row, I’ve seen Wilco perform on Jeff Tweedy’s birthday. He reminded the crowd after each song, too. This time, the venue was The Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, an outdoor amphitheater located near Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, New Hampshire. One of the final dates of their Cruel Country summer tour.

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Roger Waters - The Wall
BJams

Roger Waters – The Wall

The Wall itself stretched across the entire outfield and made the “Green Monster” look like its smaller younger brother. The acoustics, which are known to be difficult and “delay-ridden” at Fenway due to the unique design of the park, were amazing and our seats in the 13th row put us squarely in the belly of the beast.

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noga erez
Jason Landry

Noga Erez

Erez studied jazz piano and also wanted to sing jazz but as she explained on stage that night, and I paraphrase, there were so many other artists better than she was that she decided to change course—one that brought her more towards electronic music with a hip-hop twist.

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