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If you don聮t know his music, maybe you聮ll remember his face. Chris Botti is something of a day-time TV fixture, a modern-day Ed McMahon, except definitely prettier (he聮s been one of People聮s 50 Most Beautiful People), and much handier with a trumpet.

The elderly get such short shrift in our youth-obsessed age, it聮s almost startling to see a 76-year-old musician play with tremendous joie de vivre.Such was the case Sunday night at the Royal Theatre.

Who: Loreena McKennitt Where: Royal Theatre When: Friday night and tonight at 8 Rating: 4 out of 5 There was cause for rejoicing among Celtic music fans last night.

She聮s a nutter, but she聮s a totally unique one. She聮s a star, but perhaps the unlikeliest kind to come from Canada in some time. Captivating? She聮s that, too.

He may be an old duffer, but George Carlin still has fire in his belly.The much admired American comic was in fine form Sunday night. Small, wiry -- wearing a long-sleeved black T-shirt and jeans -- Carlin skewered everything from Dr.

What: Lafayette String Quartet with bassist Gary KarrWhere: Alix Goolden HallWhen: Sunday nightRating: 4 out of 5

In Victoria, the world聮s greatest living bluesman didn聮t exactly let his guitar do the talking.Thursday night, B.B. King chatted and reminisced at least as much as he played the shiny black instrument he calls Lucille.