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Universal Language

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This month marks the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, the only mythical creature of the 12 animals represented in the Chinese zodiac. Despite its reputation in Western literature as a brutal and ferocious creature, China’s legendary dragon is …

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Outside Tracks

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Long ago, the New Haven Colony had outposts down the coast, as far away as what we now call Philadelphia. Today, New Haven’s diaspora goes in all directions, including…

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Listening Tour

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A photo essay. To view all 16 images, check out the email edition

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High Five

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A brief history of doo-wop in New Haven:

“The Five Satins. Ooooooh!” …

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Sound Proof

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“I remember making a Ports of Spain album in a closet in your house,” Sam Carlson says to Patrick Dalton on the fourth floor of 770 Chapel Street. While some tenants at 770 Chapel still refer to them as “the …

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Hallowed Sounds

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Halloween spans the silly, the vile, the chilling, the unknown.

So does this list of suggestions for your holiday soundtrack. …

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Sway’s Way

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Guitarmaker Tim Sway fashioned his first bass guitar out of a water ski. …

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World Music

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Talking about the environmental crisis of our time is “a conversation that we can’t avoid,” says New Haven musician Ionne, pronounced ee-oh-NAY. “Eventually, we have to face the reality that the spaceship is breaking apart.” His new electronica album, For

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Vocal Locals

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These are the tales of two crooners. One hailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, and picked up a close pal in New Haven along the way to becoming one of the most famous singers of the 20th century. The other is …

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Music Theory

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The traditional vocabulary of music doesn’t always work for trumpeter, composer and New Havener Wadada Leo Smith. …

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