This weekend was more infused with art and music than any other this year, and I’m hoping that this is the sign of a wonderful new trend.

Friday night: Heard the Chuck Boogie Trio at the Soul Sessions, Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown.  Very, very nice.

Saturday afternoon: Wandered into the Folk Music Center in Claremont (photo right) after a friend’s graduation ceremony, a fabulous place, that lets you try out all their musical wares.  And people do.  The place is a friendly happy cacophony.  It has history too –  the store now has official status as a museum.  It was started by Ben Harper‘s grandparents in 1958.  Harper grew up in the place and you can easily see how it must have contributed to developing the soul of a musician.

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