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San Jose-based singer and songwriter Rich Ajlouny knows a thing or two about psychedelia. The multi-instrumentalist and high school English teacher cut his teeth on The Beatles and The Beach Boys--and once taught a class titled "Bach & Roll," which focused on the intersection of Johann, John, Paul, George and Ringo. Recording and performing solo and with his band, The Tractor Beams, Ajlouny crafts gauzy, baroque pop tunes, like "Everyone Sends Their Love," reminiscent of late-'60s Kinks, with its lilting bounce, spaced-out vocal textures and hop-skip-jump drum fills. He joins the Afro-Brazilian percussion and dance group, Fogo Na Roupa, and folk strummer Courtney Langlie at SJMA's ArtRage. (NV)
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