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Eagles tribute band to play at Hooker-Dunham

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 — Issue 384

BRATTLEBORO — Eagles tribute band 7 Bridges Road will perform an acoustic show featuring the music of The Eagles at the Hooker-Dunham Theater on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 8 p.m.

The band from western Massachusetts features some of New England's finest vocalists and musicians, and the show will also include songs from individual Eagles members' solo careers.

With four vocalists playing guitars and bass, the band says in a news release that the songs of the Eagles will be “live and well executed, capturing the intricate vocal arrangements and guitar work that marked the Eagles at their best.”

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Co-curators, artists will offer tour of ‘In Nature’s Grasp’

BRATTLEBORO-Inspired by the natural world, artists have long contemplated diverse themes such as history, science,

‘The importance of this music is to bring people from all walks of life together’

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Victoria Chertok

BRATTLEBORO-Samirah Evans of Brattleboro (samirahevans.com) will be a special guest soloist joining the Brattleboro Women's...

‘I love finding songs that speak to me and sharing them with others’

By
Victoria Chertok

BRATTLEBORO-The Commons met Brattleboro Women's Chorus Director Becky Graber at her home recently to talk...

Honoring, and crediting, a rich musical heritage

By
Victoria Chertok

BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Women's Chorus spring concert, "Better Days," will showcase powerful and poignant songs by...

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