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Coachella is known for bringing in some breakout vocalists, such as Florence Welch from Florence + the Machine, shown here at Coachella 2012. (File Photo)
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has a way of tapping into talent particularly powerful singers (See: Amy Winehouse, Florence + the Machine) just ahead of the mainstream curve.
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Aaron Lee and the Love Vigilantes are packing up and leaving Riverside to bring their rootsy Americana rock to Nashville. The band is playing two final shows in Riverside this weekend. (Adrian Rodriguez/Contributed Photo)
One of the things I absolutely love about my job is that I get to talk about music with people–whether they be fellow music fans or those creative masterminds who have found it to be their calling.
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Stevie Nicks performs with Sound City Players at the Hollywood Palladium (AP Photo)
Stevie Nicks, mistress of the flowing scarf and one of the top female rock vocalists of all-time, is coming to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio on Saturday, March 2.
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Fans cheer for Fitz and the Tantrums as they perform on the Coachella stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Photo by Rodrigo Pena.
Did you miss out on tickets for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival? Even though the general passes sold out quickly, a partnership with KROQ-FM and the festival has produced more passes on sale for the second weekend.
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Hellogoodbye is headlining a benefit at The Glass House this weekend. (Old Friends/Contributed Image)
The Glass House will be the site of a benefit show on Saturday, Feb. 23.
Hellogoodbye is headlining while Taken and Takota are both reuniting for the show, which is a fundraiser for the family of Christian Dasilva.
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Baauer, Coachella 2013 artist and the man behind the beats of the “Harlem Shake.” (Contributed Image)
Starting this week, Billboard is adding some new data to its chart calculations for the Billboard Hot 100 and Baauer, a 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival performer, is the first to reap the benefits.
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Randy Strohmeyer, of Finch. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Temecula’s recently re-formed Finch will be doing a live chat with fans at punk music website www.absolutepunk.net on Thursday, Feb. 21.
The chat will take place at 7 p.m. PST/10 p.m. EST.
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Nate Barcalow will perform with his new band, Reverend Crow, at Bratts in Temecula on Saturday, Feb. 23. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Bratts in Temecula has is celebrating local music on Saturday, Feb. 23.
The lineup this weekend includes The Infamous They, Reverend Crow, Lyrically Twisted, Illnoise, Project X, Last Anniversary and Yeggi Watts.
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Mumford & Sons performs at the 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. (2011/ File Photo)
Bonnaroo just announced its lineup, with Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and Mumford and Sons headlining the June festival in Tennessee.
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Uli Jon Roth plays M15 this weekend. (Contributed Image)
Celebrated guitarist Uli Jon Roth is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Scorpions with a show at M15 in Corona on Saturday, Feb. 23.
Roth, who became famous with his work with the band in the mid-‘70s, is performing an all Scorpions set.
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