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Kudos to Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl for extolling the “human element of making music,” that you should learn your craft on an instrument or sing into a microphone, during last night's Grammy Awards. ... The most affecting performances came in stark, natural vocal showcases. Adele matched her six-Grammy sweep with a triumphant “Rolling in the Deep,” begun a cappella to waste no time in proving she has healed from her November throat surgery in Boston. And Jennifer Hudson sang an emotive “I Will Always Love You” to honor Whitney Houston… More>

Mission of Burma is recording a new album that should be out by summer -- something to look forward to if shows this past weekend at the Brighton Music Hall were any indicator. It’s been about 30 years since Burma played Allston dives like the Underground and Streets. But a decade into the band’s second (longer) life, the local avant-punk legends sounded as fresh as ever, loose and tight in all the right ways… More>

Among the weekend events honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was a cool outing at House of Blues. Everyone knows that Lansdowne Street venue as a busy nightspot where adults can catch hot concert acts. But this was a show for a different audience that goes by the light of day, because kids can get both entertainment and education at HOB… More>

Do you prefer music, baseball or football? Well, two out of three ain’t bad -- and you could catch the Patriots game on the TVs in the Paradise Rock Club’s front lounge Saturday. The back room will be rocking with one of the strongest lineups yet in the Hot Stove Cool Music series to benefit Epstein and his brother’s Foundation To Be Named Later… More>

Playing at Scullers Jazz Club might not have the cache of performing at the White House or beating Justin Bieber to win this year’s Grammy Award for Best New Artist. But that other stuff’s about celebrity. Esperanza Spalding’s rooted in jazz, regardless of how broad or glamorous the setting. Besides, fame lets you sell out six shows at Scullers, as the ex-Berklee student and professor did over the weekend… More>