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The Opera, a Laboratorio, and One Wild Nothing in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

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Valley Flower, Tony Kamel (album release)

at Continental Club

John Baumann, Keller Cox
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The Opera, a Laboratorio, and One Wild Nothing in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

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