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Concerts
Covington Farmers Market -- 609 N. Columbia St., on the side lawn of City Hall, Covington. Sugar and Spice performs, 9:30 a.m. Sat. Free. Call 985.892.1873.
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YES HE CAN CAN
During the New Orleans Songwriters Festival's culminating concert Dec. 6 at the House of Blues, Allen Toussaint sat alone at the piano and teased "Southern Nights" into a 10-minute, stream-of-consciousness narrative of childhood trips to the country.
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Lil Wayne was 2008's top seller
New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne's sixth official album, "Tha Carter III," was the best-selling album of 2008, according to year-end figures released by the Nielsen Co., which tracks music sales digitally at point-of-purchase.
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Nightclubs
Andrea's Capri Blu Lounge -- 3100 19th St., Metairie. 834.8583. MaryFlynn, 8 Sat.
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Homecoming dance
Two of New Orleans' flagship arts groups -- the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Orleans Ballet Association -- will celebrate the reopening of the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts a week from tonight, on Jan. 10, by filling its stage with superstars from the world of dance and music.
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Concerts
Deutsches Haus Concerts -- 200 S. Galvez St. Celtic balladeer Danny O'Flaherty performs, 7 tonight. Tickets are $15. Call 522.8014.
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TUNING UP FOR '09
A year is an eternity in contemporary music. Just ask Britney Spears. The pride of Kentwood kicked off 2008 with a couple of involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, only to end the year with a hit album and brisk ticket sales for her upcoming high-dollar, high-spectacle tour, which arrives in New Orleans on March 3.
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Nightclubs
Andrea's Capri Blu Lounge -- 3100 19th St., Metairie. 834.8583. MaryFlynn, 8 Sat.
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Critic's CD choices
Do you frighten your friends by swooning over obscure opera titles, contemporary composers and the sweet sound of instruments built before the founding of the United States? Then, maybe, like me, you've accumulated a little pile of gift cards that need to be redeemed. To help you, I kept notes on some of the discs that caught my ear as the year wound down. For more picks from 2008, check my blog at Nola.com, where I've posted CD roundups from March and June.
