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Mexican acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela return to rock roots
By Katherin Nelson
There’s no question that you’ve arrived in the music industry when you’ve been commissioned to play for the president alongside Beyoncé. Not many musicians can boast that they’ve entertained the hippest administration
Although today, Brazil’s proclivity for exporting hot beauty trends, Victoria’s Secret models and good music has made it commonplace for Americans to treat their tresses with formaldehyde and their nether regions with wax
With its tight-knit communities and popular neighborhood stomping grounds, it’s impossible to avoid running into people you know on any given day in any corner of Salt Lake City. The music scene is no exception.
“You must surrender the sickness of wanting to be creative to a higher power,” said Nashville songwriter Jason Deere at Soundcheck Series’ latest workshop Aug. 8 at Metcom Studios in Salt Lake City.
Desert Rocks’ expansion into an all-out “consciousness festival” includes the addition of workshops, speakers, films, visual artists and performance art to the four-day camping hootenanny. Here are City Weekly’s picks, which are included with a festival pass, for mind-expanding must-dos at the new location, Jenk Star Ranch in Green River.
Patricia Modesto is Utah’s 2012 Samba Queen, winning the title in March when she competed against Utah’s hottest samba dancers in Samba Fogo’s third annual Samba Queen competition.