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John Mayall plays Bearsville

John Mayall plays Bearsville

Sunday, June 4: For both his role as a kind of finishing school for British rock stars and for the impressive and massive body of work, Mayall is not only a face on the Rushmore of British blues; he has been for about 50 years.

Elías Krell performs at the Old Glenford Church

Elías Krell performs at the Old Glenford Church

Friday, May 26: On As Eli, the queer and trans Latinx songwriter (and accomplished academician) Elías Krell does in fact reflect in a variety of clever and direct, candid and literate ways on hot-button themes of identity and the experience of transformation. But it may take a listener a few spins to key in on such currents and undercurrents, so immediately striking is Krell’s songcraft.