June 24 events, Acoustic Americana Music Calendar & News 2008

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HIGHLY RECOMMEDED: 8 pm tonight, LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER, New England fiddle wizard!
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"Tied to the Tracks"
ACOUSTIC AMERICANA
MUSIC CALENDAR & NEWS
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Events for June 24, 2008
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copyright (c) © 2008, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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WHY WE’RE ON BLOGSPOT.COM: after a long presence on MySpace, that site suddenly changed parameters to accept only short posts, now requiring a ponderous and VERY time-consuming process to list events in small increments. It’s far too time-consuming. So we began posting the calendar and news on Blogspot. We’ll see how it works, and if everyone adjusts and gives positive feedback, we’ll move, and soon.
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JUNE CALENDAR updates frequently. View all of June as a continuous read at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/, and see EACH DAY’s listings, as separate posts, there AND at www.myspace.com/laacoustic – for the time being.
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FUTURE EVENTS are posted into 2009. We update often to add a BUNCH of concerts, club gigs, workshops, and recurring events as announcements and dates arrive. It’s easy to find at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/. On our myspace site, reading into the future curiously requires that you use the “Older Entries” button that appears when you click “View All” – thus going “back” to the future… another myspace aberration.
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LATEST NEWS FEATURES posted JUNE 19 and news always posts separately. Previous news features posted June 13; those, and recent editions, are available at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/; earlier editions, old radio playlists from “Tied to the Tracks,” and more, remain available at www.myspace.com/laacoustic, by using the “View All” button, and if you don’t see what you want, then you’ll need to journey farther back by using the “older entries” button as many times as necessary to find what you want – a quirk of myspace to see into the future as well as into the past; and you can go all the back to when “acoustic” meant natives pounding on hollow logs with rocks.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 24
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Today’s anniversaries:
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NAPOLEON INVADED RUSSIA on this day in 1812. The French force was the largest army in history to that date, 500,000 strong, including troops from its empire throughout Europe. Napoleon’s army occupied a nearly deserted Moscow in late September, then partisans burned the city, depriving the invader of winter quarters. By late November, when the French realized the Russians would not surrender to them, and that they lacked the means to survive the winter, they retreated through a series of battles that claimed over 400,000 of their force. Alas the Germans learned nothing from history, repeating the blunder with the same result 128 years later.
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RUSSIANS CELEBRATE VICTORY with a monumental parade in Red Square in 1945, throwing 200 Nazi military banners at the base of Lenin’s mausoleum. The scene came a bit more than 130 years after it was first played-out on almost the same site, where victorious Russian troops dropped captured banners at the feet of Czar Alexander I, taken from Napoleon’s army.
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“BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI” was destroyed by British bomber planes on this day in 1945, as the war against Japan continued. The bridge was built by POWs under brutal conditions imposed by their Japanese captors. The gripping 1957 motion picture fictionalized the circumstances, but remains a classic story of human psychology and classic filmmaking, starring Alec Guinness and William Holden, directed by David Lean.
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PICASSO DEBUTS IN PARIS on this day in 1901, with an exhibition of 75 of his works. His life’s work would eventually number over 50,000 drawings, paintings, sculptures, engravings and ceramics over an 80 year career.
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SINGLE-WING FIGHTER PLANE went operational in 1915, as the German Fokker Eindecker entered WW I. It was revolutionary in an age of biplanes, even triplanes, and it was the first airplane engineered to allow its machine gun (later two guns) to fire through its propeller without shooting it to pieces. This was just 12 years after the Wright Brothers’ first flight. The Great War brought quantum leaps in aviation technology, at a cost in blood.
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ROCKET CAR CARRIES CAT on this day in 1928, reaching a speed of 157 mph. The car was the Opel RAK 3, and it ran on a German railroad track outside Hanover. On its second run, the rockets malfunctioned, crashing the car and killing the cat.
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BERLIN BLOCKADED BY SOVIETS on this day in 1948, creating a Cold war crisis. The division of conquered Germany among the WW II allies had resulted in zones of occupation for the country as a whole, and separately for the Nazi capital, which was wholly within the Soviet zone. The other allies consolidated their sectors, but their consolidated portions of Berlin were still isolated. When the Soviets blocked all rail and highway traffic, the western allies responded with a monumental US-led Berlin Air Lift, which supplied everything needed by the surrounded city’s populace. The airlift was a flying conveyor belt, keeping the city supplied and aligned with the West. Finally, on May 12, 1949, the Soviets ended the blockade.
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JFK AND JACKIE announced their engagement in 1953. He was then a Senator from Massachusetts and one of the most “eligible bachelors” in Washington, DC, she a New York socialite, skilled equestrian, and literary aficionado. During the two years they dated, she quipped to a friend that she “may actually marry a man who is allergic to horses.” She did.
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TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION REPEALED by the US Senate this day in 1970. After its passage in 1964, the president was given unlimited power to escalate the Vietnam War. The Senate’s vote to repeal the act was seven years too late for many who died in an ultimately pointless war.
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JACKIE GLEASON DIED on this day in 1987. He began in Vaudeville, briefly acted in movies, and became a TV star. “The Jackie Gleason Show” ran for most of the 1950s-‘60s, and included a segment called “The Honeymooners,” which spun-off into its own show, starring Gleason as Ralph Kramden, a NYC bus driver whose best friend, Art Carney’s character, worked in the sewer. Gleason remains on the all-time list of best comic actors.
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ROSWELL DEBUNKED, SAID U.S.A.F. on this day in 1997. It came 50 years after the “Roswell Incident,” long claimed by enthusiasts as the crash of a UFO in New Mexico. If anything, the government’s 231-page report fueled even more accusations of a cover-up. Today, Roswell’s economy benefits from an annual “UFO Festival” every July, and a year-round “extraterrestrial museum.”
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TODAY’S EVENTS:
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TUESDAY, JUNE 24
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Tue, Jun 24:
Annual 2008 “LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL” continues today, runs Jun 19 through Jun 29, showcasing more than 100 feature films, alongside star-studded premieres, outdoor screenings, live musical performances, and a Family Day. Info and sched at http://www.lafilmfest.com/.
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Tue, every week; in Loma Linda:
9-11:30 am “LOMA LINDA UKULELE STRUMMERS” welcomes all, every Tuesday at the Loma Linda Senior Center, 25541 Barton Rd (behind the Civic Center), Loma Linda. (Senior Center is at the far end of the parking lot.) Everyone welcome. They say, “Although we meet at the senior center, we are not exclusive: vacationing or off-track school children, their teachers, moms whose children are in school at that time, singles, whomever, will be welcomed with open arms. If you don’t have an instrument as yet, we can help you get an inexpensive one to start with. You will purchase the music book and receive new music thereafter with no added expense. Each member donates $1 every week. We have a birthday party each month, and every 3 months go out together for lunch, using the money from the treasury.” Info, http://www.lomalindaukestrummers.org/. Contact, Ginny Stone, 909 795 3841 or harryginny@hotmail.com.
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Tue, Jun 24:
Noon-2 pm SUGARWALL brings pop music to the “Pershing Square Lunchtime Concert Series” at Pershing Square, on W 5th St between S Olive St & S Hill St, L.A.; www.laparks.org/pershingsquare/concerts.htm. Ride the Red Line subway to the Pershing Square Station and avoid expensive downtown L.A. parking. Grab a take-out lunch across the street, and enjoy a FREE lunchtime concert downtown.
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Tue, every week:
4:30-6 pm SON JAROCHO CLASSES at East Side Café, 5469 Huntington Dr N, L.A.; 323-583-5113. Learn to play Jarana, a string Instrument from Veracruz; dance Zapateado; sing & compose Sones-songs; gain knowledge of Son Jarocho music; work sound & lights. Open to adults, children and teens. No cover, donations are accepted.
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Tue, every week:
6 pm Weekly BLUEGRASS JAM at Curley’s Café, 1999 E Willow (at Cherry), Signal Hill; 562-424-0018.
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Tue, every week:
6-8 pm ARANA MUSIC LESSONS at IMIX Bookstore, 5052 Eagle Rock Bl, Eagle Rock; 323-257-2512; http://www.imixbooks.com/. For beginners to experts music lessons focusing on the arana and Son Jarocho, presented by Caesar Castro, El Jarochelo.
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Tue, every week; in Menifee:
6-8:30 pm SANDII CASTLEBERRY & RON DAIGH, folk fest faves, at Giovanni's, Pizza, Pasta & More, 26900 Newport Rd #112, Menifee 92584; 951-672-8080. Sandii says, “This restaurant has great Italian food, with very reasonable prices, beer, wine, salad bar, and a very casual family atmosphere. We’ll be playing some bluegrass, and all the other musical styles we do.” Menifee is about 15 minutes north of Temecula, off the 215 Fwy, exit at Domenegoni Parkway, go W about 1 mile. It’s just Past Newport Rd on the right side, in the strip mall with Blockbusters Video. Info, http://www.sandiicastleberry.com/.
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Tue, every Tue:
6:30-11 pm SONGMAKERS “SOUP JAM,” country & bluegrass jam, at 3240 Industry Dr, Signal Hill 90755. Info, Don Rowan, 562-883-0573; http://songmakers.org/. Acoustic instruments only, floating mic for voice, soup, donuts, coffee & tap water served. Loc is 1 mile S of 405 Fwy, 1.2 mi S of Long Beach Airport. Lakewood Bl South exit from 405, immediate right onto Willow for 1 mi (W), left on Redondo for 3/4 mile (S), right onto Industry Dr for 0.2 mi (W), building is 1st entrance for last building on the left; a fair-sized industrial building with high ceilings.
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Tue, Jun 24:
7 pm THE WATSON TWINS at Amoeba Music, 6400 Sunset Bl, Hollywood; 323-245-6400. Celebrating the release date of their new album "Fire Songs" on Vanguard Records. "The Watson Twins live and breathe ochre-tinged folk-rock, each track sinking into the twilight - most often drowsily but with a thunderous undercurrent..." - Filter Magazine. Free.
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Tues, Jun 24; every 4th Tue:
7-8:30 pm “COMMUNITY FOLK MUSIC JAM” led by Bea Romano & Jim, it’s a traditional folk music jam at the Barbara J. Riley Center, 7810 Quill St, Downey 90242; 562-904-7226. Bring your acoustic instrument(s) and join in. Bea says, “It's a lovely facility. We hope you will enjoy playing / listening to music. Bring your acoustic instruments and join in the fun. There are plenty of armless chairs. Best of all, it's free!”
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Tue, every week:
7-10 pm OPEN MIC - Music, Comedy, Spoken Word, at Synergy Café Lounge, 4437 Sepulveda Bl (just S of Culver Bl), Culver City; http://www.synergycafelounge.com/; 310-482-3490. An eclectic open mic night. Bring your instruments, poetry, comedy, and anything else you'd like to share during your 8-10 minute set. Great atmosphere, excellent opportunity to see and meet other performers. No cover, food / drink purchase expected. Info, contact MC Jackie, jackielievense@yahoo.com.
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Tue, Jun 24; Tue, every week:
7 pm “MAIN STREET SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE” this week with ROBERT MORGAN FISHER and SUSAN TONEY at Café Bellissimo, 22458 Ventura Bl, Woodland Hills; 818-225-0026. It’s a nice format, always with two recording artists, each doing a half-hour set, followed by an open mic; http://www.garretswayne.com/.
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ROBERT MORGAN FISHER is described as a “neo-narrative folk artist” who modestly insists he's basically "a screenwriter-author who sings and writes songs in his spare time." But for those who know and love his award-winning music, nothing could be further from the truth. He’s performed on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” He’s had numbger-one songs on Neil Young’s “Living with War” site (out of thousands, each time). He had the runner-up song in VH-1’s Folk contest. And, for a growing legion of fans, he’s ALL about the music. Robert's collaboration with folk icon DARRYL PURPOSE on ther songs, Mr. Schwinn, Ring on My Hand, Oughta Be a Highway, Stories That We Tell, and others, put him among an esteemed few in neo-narrative American songwriting. His own CDs include his critically-acclaimed 1996 debut, FOLLOW A HUNCH, and BUILT MYSELF A GREENHOUSE. Cuts from both have been heard on radio, worldwide. Robert's material, says MSSS host GARRET SWAYNE, has “offbeat tales of guitars and guitar players (Six Steel Strings, A Life In Music), battered wives (Numbah One Boom Boom), even a Civil War photographer (Greenhouse). And just recently, Robert's touching song, We'll Buy a Flag, held the Number One spot on Neil Young's “Living With War” site. Garret continues, “Robert draws from his extensive experience as an author and storyteller to craft songs that skip the usual clichés but seek instead to transport the listener to another world with clarity and authenticity.” http://www.robertmorganfisher.com/.
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SUSAN TONEY is described as a “pop country crossover” with an eclectic mix of pop, country, rock, blues and alternative. Like Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Smokey Robinson and so many of the other tunesmiths whose work influenced and inspired her, Susan likes to let the song itself dictate where it wants to go. She writes with an emotional integrity that enables her songs to just universally "ring true" for people. Because of the highly visual and emotional content of her songs, she has attracted the attention of music supervisors and film directors who have placed a number of her songs as main, end titles, and tracks in major motion pictures and independent films. Susan is represented as a writer in Nashville, L.A. and New York by South Beach Music and Moviecues. She recently signed a deal with IODA/Alliance for worldwide digital distribution of her CD, Strange Child, produced by multi-platinum producer MICHAEL MANCINI, whose credits include The Tigers, Whitney Houston, Billy Joel, Lionel Richie, and Ray Charles. Tonight, Susan performs songs from that CD and some of her other favorites. www.myspace.com/susantoneyofficialmyspacepage.
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No cover, but venue expects a minimum $10 food / drink purchase. (Editor’s note: buy the food; a glass of house wine is $10.)
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Tue, Jun 24: last Tue, every month:
7-8:30 pm GILLI MOON plays her monthly residency and “SONGSALIVE! SHOWCASE” with STEPHEN GC and two others at Genghis Cohen, 740 N Fairfax Av, L.A. 90046; 323-653-0640. It’s a mostly-acoustic event with guest artists. Gill says, “It features 'moi' and spoken word artist J.Walker, plus a couple of cool cats from Songsalive! - and we all perform in the round on stage. It's really a wonderful night, and starts early, 7 pm stage time.” Venue is known for its Chinese food; call for dinner reserv. On-premises parking, $7 cover.
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Tue, Jun 24; every Tue, Jun 3-Aug 26:
7-9 pm FRANK CATALANO plays this week’s “WINE, JAZZ & MOONLIGHT” 5th annual summer series at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Enjoy free concerts by some of the country's top jazz performers on summer Tuesday evenings in the central courtyard of Hollywood and Highland Center. The event is FREE to the public and a wine tasting donation with wine provided by Wente Vineyards benefits Project Angel Food. Come early, and grab some dinner at one of the local restaurants.
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Tue, recurring:
7:30 pm Weekly OPEN MIC at Hallenbeck’s General Store, 5510 Cahuenga Bl, North Hollywood; 818-985-5916; http://www.hallenbecks.com/. Venue offers sandwiches, coffeehouse fare. No cover.
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Tue, Jun 24:
8 pm LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER brings her award-winning New England fiddle playing to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info http://www.coffeegallery.com/; reservations 626-398-7917. Lissa performs tonight with DAVE CORY on guitar and COREY DiMARIO on double bass. New England fiddler and folk singer LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER grew up in Maine as an active member of the contra dance community, where she cut her teeth as a musician at a very young age. She has continued to explore music throughout her life, leading to an exciting and continually blossoming solo career. While embracing a diverse pallet of musical influences, she still stays true to her New England roots. Her annual shows in Southern Cal are a favorite of FolkWorks magazine’s editors and writers. She gets feet tapping to lively jigs and reels, and voices singing-along on every sweet chorus of her folksongs.
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Venue impresario BOB STANE says...“And we like her. Many times back. A winner. Bring in your violin students to see how a pro does it.” Sing Out magazine calls her, a “World class fiddler... far from just offering one dance tune after another, simple settings allow the true beauty of the music to shine through."
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The traditional music of New England can be as warm and comforting as a winter fire or as potent and exhilarating as a summer thunderstorm. Fiddler and singer Lissa Schneckenburger is a master of both moods, a winsome, sweet-voiced singer who brings new life to old ballads. She’s a skillful, dynamic fiddler who captures the driving rhythm and carefree joy of dance tunes old and new, specializing in the sprightly New England dance tunes that combine influences from the British Isles and Quebec with homegrown twists that have been evolving since Colonial days. A 2001 graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music with a degree in contemporary improvisation, Lissa has performed around the US and internationally for a growing audience of enthusiastic listeners. She has recorded seven CDs, four solo and three with various groups. Make reservations, this will likely sell-out. $15.
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Tues; every 4th Tue:
8 pm SUZY WILLIAMS and HER SOLID SENDERS play live jazz and jump blues at Temple Bar, 1026 Wilshire Bl, Santa Monica 90401; http://www.templebarlive.com/; 310-393-6607. It’s their new 4th Tue residency, every month, for 2008. They play two sets, 8;30 & 9:30 pm. Jitterbug Janet gives free swing dance lessons at 8:15 & 9:15 pm. Suzy Williams has played Carnegie Hall with Stormin' Norman Zamcheck, performed with Moses Pendleton's Pilobolus dance troupe, and has worked with Van Dyke Parks, Buster Poindexter, Marc Shaiman, Nicholas Ray among many others. Bette Midler, Horace Silver, Roosevelt Sykes, Ann Magnuson, Eubie Blake and Hadda Brooks have praised her passionate singing and vibrant energy. The SENDERS are KAHLIL SABBAGH (band leader and vibes), BRAD KAY (piano), DAVE JONES (bass), NICK SCARMACK (drums), DANNY MOYNAHAN (sax), DAN HEFFERNAN (sax), DAVE WEINSTEIN (trombone) and COREY GEMME (trumpet). Celebrate being alive with Suzy and her swinging 8-piece band, evoking the rockin' dance music of Louis Jordan, and the recent release of “Suzy & The Jtones,” her new ten inch record / CD (http://www.jtonerecords.com/). The NY Times John Rockwell wrote, "Williams is an enormously amusing, endearing presence...with tough, belting authority." “All About Jazz” critic Rex Butters wrote in Venice Beachhead, "Suzy and Her Solid Senders teach old standards (Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Anita O'Day, Fats Waller) new tricks, but it's their originals that will bring you back for more." Read the Santa Monica Mirror article at www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=6706. Catch ‘em at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rADpTDcq98Y. Artists info, www.puddingbench.com/suzy.htm. $10 cover.
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Tue, Jun 24:
8 pm RICHARD MARCHETTA, ALLAN COMEAU, & JOHNNY SZYMD, at 14 Below, 1348 14th St (at Santa Monica Blv), Santa Monica; http://www.14below.com/; 310-451-5040. Solo acoustic sets, Richard doing jazz & blues tunes. Info, www.myspace.com/richardmarchetta. Full bar, no cover.
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Tue; repeats every 2nd and 4th Tue:
8 pm OPEN MIC at El Cid, 4212 Sunset Bl, Silver Lake 90029; http://www.elcidla.com/. Hosted by MICHAEL MCCARTHY the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, every month. A&R staff from “My Record Label” is on-site recruiting artists based on their original performances. Selected artists will receive an artist page on http://www.myrecordlabel.net/ along with a free 3-camera video shoot and professional audio mix of their performance. Sign ups at 7 pm; you can sign-up in advance at www.myspace.com/openmicatelcid .
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Tue, every week:
8 pm OPEN MIC at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank; http://www.vivacantina.com;/ 818-515-4444.
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Tue, Jun 24; rock-opera:
“THE WHO’S TOMMY” with ALICE RIPLEY & NONA HENDRYX runs Jun 18-29, at the Ricardo Montalban Theater, 1615 Vine St, Hollywood 90028. Somehow, the L.A. Times found it, even though it isn’t classical or jazz (usually the only music they acknowledge), and they have named it their “#1 L.A. Times Summer Theater Pick.” Sure, it’s largely an electric performance, but we’re sure you want to know about it. Info & tix, http://www.thewhostommy.com/.
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Tue, Jun 24:
8:30 pm DAVID REEVES CARPENTER at the Cowboy Palace Saloon, 21635 Devonshire St (Devonshire & Owensmouth), Chatsworth 91311; 818-341-0166; http://www.myspace.com/cowboypalacesaloon. Live music 7 nights a week, sometimes acoustic, sometimes electric. Preceded by free swing dance lessons with Ed, 7-8:30 pm. No cover.
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View all of June at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/, and chronological date listings, as separate posts, continue there AND at www.myspace.com/laacoustic. On myspace, use the “view all” and then, curiously enough, the “older” button to see into the future, all the way into 2009. The calendar will be moving soon, where we won’t need to post events in small increments, and we’ll let you know when and to where. Meantime, the most recent info, both events and news, lives on both the myspace and the blogspot pages.
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copyright (c) © 2008, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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Questions? Comments? Contact us at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com
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