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	<title>Bright Beat  ::  Project Management + Sustainability Consulting</title>
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	<description>Sustainability.  Music.  World.</description>
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		<title>Fela! The Inspiration&#8230; as told by a Queen.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Broadway In Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicole Chantal DeWeever]]></category>

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You&#8217;ve heard all about Fela! The Musical.  It&#8217;s an amazing broadway show that brings the godfather of Afrobeat and his music to life, inspiring audiences to rise up against intolerance and injustice.
An unexpected dimension to this story, quite artistically presented, is the way in which it portrays this POWERFUL ICON&#8230; so strongly influenced by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THIS WEEK&#8217;S GOOD GREEN NEWS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allstate Arena]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Rush]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green For A Reason]]></category>
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		<title>Quintessential Chicago Blues:  Buddy at Buddy&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddy Guy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddy Guy's Legends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Blues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Nunu Zomot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[photos courtesy of John &#8220;Nunu&#8221; Zomot

Last night wrapped up Buddy Guy&#8217;s annual January residency at his club, Buddy Guy&#8217;s Legends.  Sixteen shows in all, at which you could count on his on-stage guitar theatrics and nightly walk through the crowd &#8211; and upstairs or outside &#8211; to let his axe holler straight in yo face!

But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>con·cert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anders Osbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auditorium Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Band of Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darrell Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DJ Shadown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMB Caravan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empty Bottle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evanston SPACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Music Fest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jose Gonzalez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Junip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Denson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leo Nocentelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Dragon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madison Square Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Morning Jacket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Mississippi Allstars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outside Lands Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Park West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pitchfork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preservation Hall Jazz Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Marker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yukimi Nagano]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[noun \ˈkän(t)-sərt, ˈkän-ˌsərt\

1: agreement in design or plan : union formed by mutual communication of opinion and views


2: a public performance (as of music or dancing)

I love concerts&#8230; watching the live performance of good music by talented artists, feeling the vibration and rhythm, hearing the improvised and/or calculated creativity in sound, and sharing the unique experience with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dobet Gnahoré</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[African Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art In Tanzania]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ivory Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Town School of Folk Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Artistry Transcends Culture&#8230; and INSPIRES
Old Town School of Folk Music has consistently brought an impressive array of African artists to Chicago.  In doing so, they have helped to build an ever-growing and diverse fan base for performers from all parts of the continent.
On November 12th, Dobet Gnahore (pronounced DOE-bay NYA-or-ay) returned for her third appearance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SXSW ECO 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Steffen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cape Farewell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coexist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comedy Central]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Buckland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erik Assadourian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fast Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Bill Ritter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ironway Films]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelleigh Dulany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Cox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melanie Nutter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Clendaniel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SXSW Eco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worldwatch Institute]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The newest conference to hit the live music capital of the world gives us an informed look at major environmental threats, and the innovative solutions that could help overcome them.
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		<title>ALBERTA CROSS with Portugal. The Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do312]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stubb's BBQ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[9pm @ Metro, Saturday 10/15/11
Portugal.  The Man are impressing fans and critics alike, these days.  I remember seeing them at Lincoln Hall in early 2010.  A smattering of fans were there, digging it, but the drunk DePaul kids that stuck around for their late-night start were disconnected and distracting.  But a lot can happen in 20 months.  
They have been picked up by Atlantic Records.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9/22 LAST DAY of World Music Fest Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catch my interview with Creole Choir of Cuba LIVE at the Claudia Cassidy Theater in the Chicago Cultural Center, or on WNUR 89.3FM or www.wnur.org.  today/Thursday from 12:45 – 1:15!  Amazing FREE live performances will be going on there all night as well, from 6:30-11:30pm.  We are SO LUCKY to have exposure to all of this unique, transcendent music, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABIGAIL WASHBURN &#8211; Live radio performance &amp; interview</title>
		<link>http://www.brightbeat.com/abigail-washburn-live-radio-performance-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brightbeat.com/abigail-washburn-live-radio-performance-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catch my interview with Abigail Washburn LIVE on WNUR today from 12:05-12:55pm on 89.3FM or www.wnur.org.  And another great one on Thursday 12:45 – 1:15 pm with the Creole Choir of Cuba.

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		<title>OUTSIDE LANDS &#8211; August 12-14, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.brightbeat.com/outside-lands-august-12-14-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brightbeat.com/outside-lands-august-12-14-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Black Keys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Vibes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major Lazer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outside Lands 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outside Lands was an enormous, well-programmed, well-managed event in Golden Gate Park.  Although this was my first time attending, I am confident this is a festival with staying power.  Music was varied and vibrant.  SFers expect a green festival, and I think they got one.

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