October 2008 to May 2009 events, Acoustic Americana Music Calendar & News, Sep 10 2008

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“Tied to the Tracks”
ACOUSTIC AMERICANA
MUSIC CALENDAR & NEWS
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October, 2008 through May, 2009 events
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RECURRING EVENTS, including residencies, series, showcases, and open mics, are numerous in the Southern California acoustic music universe, but are not yet included; these are always added as dates approach. Watch for additional updates that always include MANY MORE acoustic and folk-Americana music events, as we learn of them.
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Entire contents 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 this works, and we welcome your feedback, at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com .
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FUTURE EVENTS are posted into mid-2009. We update often, and we add a BUNCH of concerts, festivals, club gigs, workshops, and recurring events as dates arrive.
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LATEST NEWS FEATURES always post separately. Current and recent editions are available at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com; older archived editions are available on the myspace page (www.myspace.com/laacoustic), by using the “View All” button and scrolling, and if you don’t see what you want, then journey farther back by using the “older entries” button and scrolling, as many times as necessary. You can go all the way back to when acoustic music was made by trees crashing to the floor of the primeval forests when the dinosaurs got too rambunctious.
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ANNIVERSARIES – things that happened in music, entertainment, and elsewhere in history – are on hiatus. Let us know if you miss them, and maybe that’ll prod us to start doing them again.
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COMMUNICATE WITH US about that, and anything else related to the Acoustic Music Calendar & News, at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com.
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THE LONG-LOOK-AHEAD CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
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OCTOBER 2008
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Updated September 10, 2008; recurring events not yet added.
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copyright (c) © 2008, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1
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Wed-Fri, Oct 1-3, in Mammoth:
“MAMMOTH LAKES PACK OUTFIT FALL HORSEDRIVE” with award-winning cowboy singer-songwriter DAVE STAMEY; info, 888-475-8747; www.mammothpack.com.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
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Thu-Sun, Oct 2-5; in Arizona:
“REX ALLEN DAYS” in Wilcox, AZ, is an event that includes western music, and it’s now being planned. Info when we have it, or check www.julieannream.com.
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Thu, Oct 2:
7-10 pm “POCKET GOLDBERG & FRIENDS SONGWRITER SHOWCASE” with guest artists LAUREN ADAMS and STEPHANIE BETTMAN & LUKE HALPIN (different artists each week), at Arnie's Café, 6864 Foothill Bl (at Marcus), Tujunga 91042; www.myspace.com/arniescafe; http://arniescafe.com; 818-951-9089. All of Mark’s guests tonight have performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” to the delight of listeners. No cover, donations to artists are welcome.
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Thu, Oct 2:
7:30 pm “McCABE’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY: A LIVING HISTORY OF MUSIC” at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. Show honors Santa Monica’s McCabe’s Guitar Shop in an all-star concert with JACKSON BROWNE, RICHARD THOMPSON, ODETTA, DAVID LINDLEY, JENNIFER WARNES, THE SAVOY-DOUCET CAJUN BAND, BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY, RICKY JAY and other special guests who have contributed to the iconic cultural institution. Santa Monica's McCabe's Guitar Shop has served three generations of musicians and music lovers through its retail store, music school and world-famous concerts, becoming a civic treasure and international icon of the acoustic music community. The legendary weekend concert series that has taken place on the shop’s intimate backroom stage over the last five decades has presented a breathtaking variety of roots music, songwriters, jazz singers, punk bands, bluegrass groups, Cajun orchestras, Gospel choirs, outsider poets, and, of course, amazing guitarists of every flavor and stripe. McCabe’s roster reads like a “who’s who” of music in the last half century, from Bill Monroe and Sun Ra to Jeff Buckley and Cat Power. Nancy Covey and Lincoln Meyerson – McCabe’s concert directors past and present – produced this extraordinary concert celebrating 50 years of musical history in the making, featuring many of the artists who have contributed to the continuing saga of music at McCabe’s. Indiv tix on sale July 23: $60, $46, $32 ($17 UCLA students).
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
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Fri-Sun, Oct 3-5; in San Francisco:
8th Annual “HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; info, www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com. This FREE three-day event has become a landmark of live music performance and the unofficial season closer of the nationwide festival season. Here’s the thoroughly amazing lineup; enjoy its plentiful “oh-wow” discoveries as you read it:
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Friday:
SHARON LITTLE, MC HAMMER, ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS featuring T BONE BURNETT, RUBY JANE, THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND.
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Saturday:
RICHARD THOMPSON, THE GOURDS, LOS CENZONTLES FEATURING SANTIAGO JIMENEZ, MARK OLSON & GARY LOURIS (from the JAYHAWKS), DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD, THE DEL MCCOURY BAND, NICK LOWE, LAURIE LEWIS & FRIENDS, JIMMIE DALE GILMORE, MARTY WILLSON-PIPER (of the CHURCH) & THE MOOD MAIDENS, MIKE FARRIS & THE ROSELAND RHYTHM REVUE, BAD LIVERS, ODETTA, ROBERT EARL KEEN, JOE PURDY, THE DESERT ROSE BAND, SAMANTHA ROBICHAUD, PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND, WACO BROTHERS, DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY WOMEN, JERRY JEFF WALKER, ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, SONS & BROTHERS, CARLENE CARTER, TIFT MERRITT, THREE GIRLS & THEIR BUDDY, THE ROAN MOUNTAIN HILLTOPPERS, GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT featuring MICKEY HART & ZAKIR HUSSAIN, JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET, GUY CLARK & VERLON THOMPSON, STEVE EARLE & THE BLUEGRASS DUKES, HOT RIZE, BAND JOE & THE WHYTE LAYDIE, CYNDI HARVELL.
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Sunday:
IRIS DEMENT, BILL KIRCHEN, GOGOL BORDELLO, IRON & WINE, BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY, RIDERS IN THE SKY, ALISON BROWN QUARTET with JOE CRAVEN, GREG BROWN, RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER, EMMYLOU HARRIS, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, KEVIN WELCH & KIERAN KANE & FATS KAPLIN, HAZEL DICKENS, THE OPERA DUKES, RED WINE, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, JON LANGFORD'S SKULL ORCHARD featuring SALLY TIMMS & THE BURLINGTON WELSH MALE CHORUS, ELVIS COSTELLO'S HIGH WHINES & SPIRITS, HEAVY TRASH, EARL SCRUGGS, RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS, THE WRONGLERS, HEIDI CLARE & ATAGALLOP, POOR MAN'S WHISKEY, PEGI YOUNG, JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, MOONALICE, THE WAYBACKS, BILL EVANS STRING SUMMIT with MEGAN LYNCH, BEN KWELLER, DARRELL SCOTT BAND, TEA LEAF GREEN, MAURA O'CONNELL.
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Fri-Sun, Oct 3-5; in Tennessee:
Annual “NATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL” at the International Storytelling Center, 116 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN; www.storytellingcenter.net; 800-952-8392. This is a fine, culturally rich event in a charmingly historic pioneer town that’s fun to visit anytime. There is much to see and do. Peruse their website.
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Fri, Oct 3:
7 pm “FESTIVAL DE LA GENTE COMMUNITY BENEFIT CONCERT” with QUINTO SOL, SANTOS DE LOS ANGELES, THE WISE GUYS, and a special guest to be announced, at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater, 2580 Cahuenga Bl East, Hollywood 90068; 323-GO1-FORD; www.FordTheatres.org; box dinner orders (in adv) 310-652-3797. They tell us, “The Nation’s Premiere ‘Día de los Muertos’ or ‘Day of the Dead’ celebration hosts a benefit concert to provide youth internships for Arte Calidad Cultural Institute, a not-for-profit arts academy.” This event will feature Hispanic artists and entertainers. All proceeds will benefit Art Calidad Cultural Institute Internships. Tix $150, $100, $75, $50.
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Fri, Oct 3; 1st Fri, every month:
8-10 pm monthly “FIRST FRIDAY” show with this month’s guest, RIC TAYLOR, hosted by SEVERIN BROWNE at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood; 818-766-9913; live simulcast at www.kulakswoodshed.com. The series features performing guests (one or more recording artists) and the “First Friday Band,” with SEVERIN BROWNE, MIKE BISCH, DAVID STONE, JEFF KOSSACK, AARON WOLFSON, ALEX DEL ZOPPO and GARY POPENOE. Ric Taylor and Severin Browne have each scored “Listener Favorites” on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” Severin tells us, “The always wonderful Ric Taylor will open the show for us at 8 pm. His lyrics are always a treat to ponder and his chocolates are to die for. James Coberly Smith and I did a couple shows with him up in Oregon last year, and he definitely kept us entertained. So come check him out. Then stay around for the First Friday Band at about 9 pm.” All artists donate their performances; venue is supported by donations, and asks $10 per attendee in lieu of a cover charge.
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Fri, Oct 3:
8 pm SOURDOUGH SLIM at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 North Lake Av, Altadena; info, www.coffeegallery.com;
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Fri, Oct 3; in Lancaster:
8 pm LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III and LEO KOTTKE perform a double-bill of acoustic guitar sets at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Each is a concert favorite, each is a cult figure, and tonight they show they are kindred spirits, as LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III and LEO KOTTKE come together for an engaging night of acoustic folk music, featuring individual solo guitar performances. Wainwright performs material from his four-decade recording career and his original songs from the soundtrack of the hit movie, “Knocked Up.” Guitar legend Kottke’s unique fingerpicking style and virtuosity on the six- and 12-string guitars make way for intelligent and meaningful lyrics, and he delivers all of that. Artists’ info, Wainwright, www.lwiii.com and Kottke, www.leokottke.com. Order tix promptly, this promises to be quite a show. $40 & $35.
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Fri, Oct 3:
8 pm SCRAPARTSMUSIC plays the “Caltech Public Events: series in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, parking at 332 S Michigan Av (south of Del Mar Bl), Pasadena; info & tix 626-395-4652 or 888-222-5832. Okay, it’s true, we ARE the place that regularly complains about “industrial noise masquerading as music” on pop radio airwaves and on whatever-that-is that’s broadcast on KCRW. But this qualifies as original, and it appears to be acoustic, so we’re including it for you. ScrapArtsMusic performs “eclectic world music” on instruments made from recycled industrial materials, with “intricate rhythms, athletic choreography, and an inventive reuse of materials.” Fashioned from industrial scrap and offbeat materials ranging from accordion parts to artillery shells, ScrapArtsMusic’s one-of-a-kind instruments “are as visually striking as their music is sonically riveting. The band presents a mix of music, movement, and spectacle, fueled by the kind of creativity that produced projects like STOMP [which we get] and BLUE MAN GROUP [which we don’t].” Tix $30, $25, $20; youth (high school age & younger) $10; “Senior rush” tix $10, beginning one-half hour before the performance (subject to availability, and presumably to the ability of seniors to “rush”…)
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
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Sat-Sun, Oct 4-5; in Moorpark:
“COWBOY WEEKEND” at the “HARVEST FESTIVAL” in Moorpark, with SOURDOUGH SLIM and others. Details when we get ‘em.
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Sat, Oct 4 (Fri-Sun, Oct 3-5); in San Francisco:
8th Annual “HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; info, www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com. This FREE three-day event has become a landmark of live music performance and the unofficial season closer of the nationwide festival season. Here’s the thoroughly amazing lineup (except for Friday’s headliners; see Fri listing); enjoy its plentiful “oh-wow” discoveries as you read it:
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Saturday:
RICHARD THOMPSON, THE GOURDS, LOS CENZONTLES FEATURING SANTIAGO JIMENEZ, MARK OLSON & GARY LOURIS (from the JAYHAWKS), DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD, THE DEL MCCOURY BAND, NICK LOWE, LAURIE LEWIS & FRIENDS, JIMMIE DALE GILMORE, MARTY WILLSON-PIPER (of the CHURCH) & THE MOOD MAIDENS, MIKE FARRIS & THE ROSELAND RHYTHM REVUE, BAD LIVERS, ODETTA, ROBERT EARL KEEN, JOE PURDY, THE DESERT ROSE BAND, SAMANTHA ROBICHAUD, PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND, WACO BROTHERS, DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY WOMEN, JERRY JEFF WALKER, ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, SONS & BROTHERS, CARLENE CARTER, TIFT MERRITT, THREE GIRLS & THEIR BUDDY, THE ROAN MOUNTAIN HILLTOPPERS, GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT featuring MICKEY HART & ZAKIR HUSSAIN, JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET, GUY CLARK & VERLON THOMPSON, STEVE EARLE & THE BLUEGRASS DUKES, HOT RIZE, BAND JOE & THE WHYTE LAYDIE, CYNDI HARVELL.
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Sunday:
IRIS DEMENT, BILL KIRCHEN, GOGOL BORDELLO, IRON & WINE, BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY, RIDERS IN THE SKY, ALISON BROWN QUARTET with JOE CRAVEN, GREG BROWN, RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER, EMMYLOU HARRIS, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, KEVIN WELCH & KIERAN KANE & FATS KAPLIN, HAZEL DICKENS, THE OPERA DUKES, RED WINE, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, JON LANGFORD'S SKULL ORCHARD featuring SALLY TIMMS & THE BURLINGTON WELSH MALE CHORUS, ELVIS COSTELLO'S HIGH WHINES & SPIRITS, HEAVY TRASH, EARL SCRUGGS, RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS, THE WRONGLERS, HEIDI CLARE & ATAGALLOP, POOR MAN'S WHISKEY, PEGI YOUNG, JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, MOONALICE, THE WAYBACKS, BILL EVANS STRING SUMMIT with MEGAN LYNCH, BEN KWELLER, DARRELL SCOTT BAND, TEA LEAF GREEN, MAURA O'CONNELL.
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Sat, Oct 4 (Fri-Sun, Oct 3-5); in Tennessee:
Annual “NATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL” at the International Storytelling Center, 116 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN; www.storytellingcenter.net; 800-952-8392. This is a fine, culturally rich event in a charmingly historic pioneer town that’s fun to visit anytime. There is much to see and do. Peruse their website.
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Sat, Oct 4; in Wyoming:
Annual “PINEDALE COWBOY POETRY ROUNDUP” in Pinedale, WY; info, www.pinedalecowboyroundup.com. JUNI FISHER tells us, “For several years, I’ve been working on getting up to Pinedale Wyoming, and sharing the stage with poets JESS SMITH, and my as-close-to-a brother-as-I’ll- ever-find pal ANDY NELSON, two of the best reasons to go to Wyoming! And a wonderful bonus: my former band mates from the early 1980’s, JERRY HALL and TRICK SHOT, will be there, too. It’s like a family reunion.” Cowgirl singer JUNI FISHER (www.junifisher.net) has performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” and she is touring her new album, “Gone For Colorado.” She holds more awards than we can count, but here are some: 2007 WMA Song of the Year Songwriter; 2006 WMA Female Vocalist of the Year; 2005 AWA Western Female Performer of the Year; 2005 WMA Crescendo Award.
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Sat, Oct 4; in Poway (San Diego):
10 am-4 pm 11th Annual “TRAIN SONG FESTIVAL” at Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Rd, Poway; 858-668-4576; SDFH@san.rr.com. Hear the sweet sounds of train songs and whistles. The sounds of the railroad, the pounding of the steel wheels on the steel rails and the blast of the steam whistle flood the mind with musical inspiration. The California Parks and Recreation Society gave an award to this event, co-sponsored by San Diego Folk Heritage and the City. It features live traditional music inspired by the history and culture surrounding railroads. Features a full line-up of live entertainment throughout the day, train-related vendors, Poway Station Model Railroad Club display, craft displays by Poway Arts & Crafts Guild artists, mock train robberies by the Apache Canyon Gang and the Shadow River Regulators, and a free children's craft area. Using their 1907 Baldwin steam locomotive, the Poway Midland Railroad offers train rides for a nominal fee on the park's half-mile track. There exists a special connection between trains and music. Children’s railroad and hobo costume contest, for prizes, at 12:45 pm in the park’s gazebo, all kids welcome to participate. Family event. Free.
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Sat, Oct 4; in Lancaster:
7 pm STRINGS & MARTIN of STRYNGS play the “Slater-Lunsford House Concert Series” in Lancaster. Reservations get directions, at waynesl@waynesl.com or 661-478-9039. $10 suggested donation.
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Sat, Oct 4:
8 pm BILL STAINES at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; 310-398-2583; www.boulevardmusic.com. (Website also has a neighborhood dining guide.) The New England folk legend and frequent performer on “Prairie Home Companion” is known for his contagious, brilliantly accessible ballads. With songs about trucks and mules, backroads and rodeos, his collection of gems is matched by the endless collection of anecdotes he adds to the performance. Voted Boston's best performer by the Boston Globe, he's recorded 22 albums of great songs. Tix on sale Sep 20. $15.
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Sat, Oct 4:
8 pm DAVID LaMOTTE plays the Concerts at the Bodie House series in Agoura Hills. Reserv gets directions, at bodiehouse@aol.com. Info, http://www.houseconcerts.us.
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David LaMotte has released 10 CDs and performed more than 2000 shows in 45 states and on four continents. The Boston Globe says he "pushes the envelope with challenging lyrics and unusual tunings, but he also pays homage to folk tradition." The Washington Times describes LaMotte's music as "guitar spanking open-tuning grooves as well as gentle folk-tinged pop," and folk music magazine Dirty Linen calls him a folk poet of elegant simplicity. His latest release, Change, hit #11 on the Folk-DJ chart and took four awards in the SAW Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, including Silver in Instrumental and Gold in Folk. David maintains a tireless tour schedule of about 200 road days each year, but he does much more than that. He s also the author of a successful children s book based on his award-winning children's song "S.S. Bathtub."
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Includes dessert / appetizer bar (food contributions appreciated). More, www.BodieHouse.com. All proceeds go to the musicians. $15.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5
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Sun, Oct 5:
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 2:30 pm THE SQUEEGEES play the “Summer Family Performances” series at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Bl, L.A. 90049; 310-440-4500; www.skirball.org. SAMANTHA TOBEY & ROMAN BLUEM are the kids-at-heart behind the Squegees' grassroots musical journey. Bubble along with the band's playful and earth-friendly lyrics. It's good clean fun. Included with Museum admission.
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Sun, Oct 5; every week:
5-9 pm “THE GRAND OLE ECHO” country & roots series runs weekly through the summer and fall at The Echo, 1822 Sunset Bl, Echo Park 90026; www.myspace.com/thegrandoleecho. Tonight’s lineup features “BANJO” FRED STARNER, 6:30-8:30 pm, on the outdoor patio stage. Fred has performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” he’s the “Grand Duke” of Hobo Minstrels (officially, voted by the National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa). He’s also well-known for his entertaining, self-described “political rant songs” (get ‘em while the current regime is still in Washington, to obtain maximum enjoyment). He’s performed for years with PETE SEEGER, and he told us about booking this one: “They haven't a clue about us folk singers, the booker asked me if I had enough material for two, half-hour, sets! Can you imagine a folksinger that couldn't close the bar, and still have 50 songs left over?” Artist info, www.hobobanjofred.com. All ages, no cover.
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Sun, Oct 5:
8 & 9:30 pm JANET KLEIN & HER PARLOR BOYS play two one-hour sets for dinner and dancing at Maxwell DeMille's Cicada Club, 617 S Olive St, L.A. 90014; dinner reserv 213-488-9488; info, www.ClubCicada.com. Valet parking, fine dining, full bar, all ages. Dress code enforced (fancy! and old fashioned preferred!) No cover charge, but dinner and drink minimums apply. (They return here Dec 14.)
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Sun, Oct 5:
8 pm “FOREVER FLAMENCO!” at The Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Av (Fountain at Normandie), L.A. 90029; 323-663-1525; www.FountainTheatre.com. Ongoing Flamenco series takes place on the first and third Sunday of every month. With only 80 seats in four rows, The Fountain Theatre is the perfect place to view Flamenco. Each show features a roster of world-class Flamenco dancers, singers and musicians drawn from the rich pool of Flamenco artists in Southern California, with additional guest artists brought from San Francisco, Albuquerque and Spain. Series continues Sundays, 8 pm, Oct 19, Nov 2 & 16, Dec 7 & 21. Secure, on-site parking is $5; tix $30.
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Sun, Oct 5:
CHRIS VALENTI at The Colony Theatre, in Burbank. He’s performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” in his satiric persona as the patron saint of the broken hearted. More at www.ChrisValentiMusic.com.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
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Mon, Oct 6:
8 pm “BACKSTAGE L.A., ONSTAGE” live music series debut, as the cable TV series launches its new “Segment Screening / Concert Series.” Location & details tba. If you'd like an invitation, e-mail producer Sandy Jacobsen at BackStageLA@hotmail.com.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
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Thu, Oct 9:
9:30-10:30 am “THE BIG READ” brings storyteller JIM COGAN to the Pasadena Central Library Auditorium, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91101. A children’s show sponsored by Pasadena Public Library, www.cityofpasadena.net/librarykids; info, Roger Kelly, 626-744-4389. Free.
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Thu, Oct 9:
7-10 pm “POCKET GOLDBERG & FRIENDS SONGWRITER SHOWCASE” with guest artists VERTIGO ROAD (aka KIM KOPP & DAWNIA DRESSER), and DAVID MORGAN (Ray Charles, Jim Messina & Delaney Bramlett), at Arnie's Café, 6864 Foothill Bl (at Marcus), Tujunga 91042; 818-951-9089; www.myspace.com/arniescafe; http://arniescafe.com. Series brings different artists each week, and DALE LaDUKE (Kaedmon, BeaTunes) tells us, it’s “a new little coffee house that is becoming quite a scene. KAEDMON hosts a night there every 1st & 3rd Monday of the month. JEANNIE WILLETS is hosting a night there once a month (I think) and this bass player-songwriter MARK GOLDBERG hosts a fantastic Americana Songwriter Showcase every Thursday night, many times with name songwriters. I try to go as often as possible, because it's always good.” No cover, donations to artists are welcome.
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Thu, Oct 9:
7:30 pm SUSAN EGAN plays the "Cabaret on Stage" series at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91355; www.canyonspac.com; 661-362-5304. Journey back to the cabaret-style night clubs of the '20s and '30s as the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center main stage is transformed for "An Evening with Susan Egan." You'll sit on the stage at your own candle-lit table, enjoy a drink or two, a delicous light fare, and then be moved by Egan's timeless and intimate voice. Susan Egan has excelled in the entertainment industry, making powerful istatements in theatre, film, television and music. She starred on Broadway in the lead as "Thoroughly Modern Millie," won critical acclaim as Broadway’s longest-running Sally Bowles in "Cabaret," and received Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations for Best Actress as the original "Belle" in Disney’s "Beauty and the Beast." She has more than 40 recording credits, including five solo CDs, and was named Best Vocalist of the Year by TalkinBroadway.com. Only 150 seats are available, given the table seating arrangement. Tix go on sale Jul 16; prices $126, $108, $90.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
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Fri-Sun, Oct 10-12; in Lone Pine:
Annual “LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL” in Lone Pine, with plenty of Western music, and DAVE STAMEY headlining. Info, www.lonepinefilmfestival.org. Events include "Concert at the Dow" series with Fri & Sat evening concerts at 7 pm at The Dow Villa.
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Fri, Oct 10:
6-10 pm Annual “ART NIGHT PASADENA” in many venues in and around Old Town Pasadena, including the Pasadena Public Library, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91103; www.pasadenapubliclibrary.net. It’s an evening of concerts, music, dance, and gallery exhibitions and events. The library’s part, “Celebrate Jack London: Myth & Maverick” is accessible to people with disabilities, and handicapped parking is available. All ages, all events around town are free.
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Fri, 2nd Fri, every month in 2008; in Seaside:
7-9 pm “KIKI WOW & FRIENDS” play an acoustic concert at Borders Books & Music, 2080 California St, Seaside 93955. For all of you have clamored to know “Whatever happened to Kiki Wow?” – just take a drive up the coast, and you can see and hear for yourself.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
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Sat-Mon, Oct 11-13; in Ventura:
Annual “SEASIDE SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GAMES” with music on three stages, at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, in Ventura. This is a very good event, with the top Celtic musicians, and there is also a separate-tix Saturday evening concert at a nearby hotel. Info, www.seaside-games.com.
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Sat, Oct 11; in Lone Pine:
Annual “LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL” in Lone Pine, with plenty of Western music, and DAVE STAMEY headlining. Info, www.lonepinefilmfestival.org. Events include "Concert at the Dow" series with Fri & Sat evening concerts at 7 pm at The Dow Villa.
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Sat, Oct 11; in Aspen, Colorado:
“JOHN DENVER TRIBUTE” concert with MACK BAILEY & RACHEL LEVY, others. Info, www.mackbailey.com and www.myspace.com/mackbaileyandrachellevy.
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Sat & Sun, Oct 11 & 12; in Denver:
“SWALLOW HILL FESTIVAL” in Denver, Colorado; www.swallowhillmusic.org; 303-777-1003. Includes STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN, HARRY TUFT and guests in a concert of ballads, others.
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Sat & Sun, Oct 11 & 12; in Palmdale:
9 am-6 pm Annual “PALMDALE FALL FESTIVAL” at Marie Kerr Park, 2723 Rancho Vista Bl (at 30th St West), Palmdale 93551; info, 661-267-5611 (M-F). Music includes MARIACHI DIVAS, ALTURAS, NUNS FOR FUN. Dubbed "California's Finest Family Festival" as the 2007 bronze winner of the International Festivals & Events Association “Grand Pinnacle Award” for best event. Two days of international entertainment, 148 crafts and fine arts vendors, a farmers market, impressive aerospace expo, the “Enchanted Fairy Garden,” “Living Garden,” and “Living Statues” shows, “Dragon's Lair,” pop-up entertainers and more. Free parking. Gen’l $8; kids, srs, active military $4; under age 5 free.
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Sat, Oct 11:
10 am “FAMILY STORYTIME” at the Pasadena Central Library Storyhour Room, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91101; www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/events. A storytime for preschoolers with stories, songs, fingerplays, flannelboard stories, and a short video. For ages 3-5 and their families. No registration required. Accessible to people with disabilities, and handicapped parking available. Free.
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Sat, Oct 11:
10:30-11:30 am “TUESDAY MUSICALE JUNIORS RECITAL” in the Pasadena Central Library Auditorium, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91101; www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/events. Accessible to people with disabilities, and handicapped parking available. Program & performer info, contact Barbara Shofler, 818-753-9521. All ages, free.
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Sat, Oct 11:
7:30 pm BARRY MCGUIRE’S “TRIPPIN’ THE ’60S” with JOHN YORK (The BYRDS) at the FBC Concert Hall Performances series on the campus of First Baptist Church, 505 N Grand Av, Glendora 91741; 626-914-5357. With former Byrds member John York, Barry sings songs of the decade from his first hits with the New Christy Minstrels, through his landmark anthem “Eve Of Destruction,” and his starring role on Broadway in musical “Hair.” Between songs, his stories about the music business, friends, and fame will have you laughing and singing along. Barry performed excerpts from his show live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” and delighted listeners. Truly memorable. Shows are in a comfortable 350-seat auditorium with main floor and balcony seating. Sponsors tell us, “Great sound and natural acoustics permit subtle textures to be heard.” Group pricing and adv tix available. $20.
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Sat, Oct 11; 2nd Sat every month:
7:30 pm monthly “GRASSROOTS ACOUSTICA” this month with a “Songs Of Joy & Peace Edition” featuring DEBORAH PEARL, LOIS BLAISCH, SEVERIN BROWNE, KAREN TOBIN, members of the NATIONAL InCHOIR, artists-in-residence TOM GRAMLICH & BYRON PFEFIER, and performing host MARK ISLAM, at the charity benefit series new home, The Talking Stick’s NEW location, 1411 Lincoln Bl, Venice 92091; www.thetalkingstick.net. Tonight is the series’ 16th installment with 100% of donations benefitting “WeSpark,” in observation of October being breast cancer awareness month. Severin tells us, “Since the four of us [tonight’s featured performers] are also proud members of the NATIONAL InCHOIR, there will also be some choir songs!” More on Grassroots Acoustica, at www.grassrootsacoustica.org. No cover, but it’s a fund-raiser for charity.
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Sat, Oct 11:
8 pm SARA GREY with KIERON MEANS at the CalTech Folk Music Society series on the Caltech campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; www.folkmusic.caltech.edu; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832). A feature story on Sara & Kieron ran in the Winter 2007 ish of “Sing Out!” magazine.
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SARA GREY delivers an unforgettable quality of voice that compels you to give her your undivided attention. Her voice is both powerful and sweet, with a distinctive and lovely tremolo. It is a voice well-suited to native American ballads and ballads of Ireland and Scotland.
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KIERON MEANS primarily sings traditional songs, and he also adds contemporary songs and guitar player of great merit. He has a great rapport with his audience and, especially for a young performer, exceptional professionalism. His voice is as smooth as silk, rich and mellow, and he sings to his audience, not in spite of them.
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Info & tix, Caltech Ticket Office, 626-395-4652 or 1-888-2CALTECH.
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Sat, Oct 11:
8 pm ELIZA JANE at Russ & Julie's House Concert series in Oak Park (Thousand Oaks area); www.myspace.com/russjuliehouseconcerts; www.houseconcerts.us. Reserv & directions at houseconcerts@jrp-graphics.com. Features coffee & dessert buffet, to which contributions are welcome. Doors at 7:30 pm. $15, and all proceeds go to the artist.
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(Upcoming at Russ & Julie’s: Nov 7 - Ellis Paul.)
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
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Sun, Oct 12:
Annual all-day “TASTE OF ENCINO / TASTE OF FOLK MUSIC” street fair, with the concurrent acoustic Americana music festival on multiple stages presented by the California Traditional Music Society, in the adjacent park at 16953 Ventura Bl, Encino 91316. Many artists, including SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND at 2 pm. Info, www.ctms-folkmusic.org. Free.
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Sun, Oct 12:
1:30-4:30 pm “TRIPLE CD RELEASE PARTY” as KELLY FITZGERALD, NICOLE GORDON, and YVONNE PEREA all celebrate the inaugural outing for their new albums at La Palapa Restaurant, 4020 Olympic Plaza, Belmont Shore (Long Beach); 800-958-7729; www.lapalapadelmar.com. Yep, three new CDs strike all at once, with KELLY FITZGERALD’s "That and Change," NICOLE GORDON’s "All My Change," and YVONNE PEREA’s “Everything Changes." Kelly observes, "Hard to believe we ALL have ‘Change’ in our titles, but true! So, call it ‘hangeapolooza’or the ‘Lilith Change Affair.’ LaPa has good food and drinks and big old comfy chairs, so we hope you'll make a day of it. Bring the family, hang out on the beach for a while, then come on into LaPa for a great afternoon of music and the inevitable change. There will be NO COVER! We haven't decided yet in what order we'll be playing, but we hope you'll come out for the entire afternoon. We think you will enjoy ALL three of us cool chicks! If you like one of us, you'll dig the other two!” No cover.
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Sun, Oct 12:
2:30-3:30 pm “TUESDAY MUSICALE CLUB SECOND SUNDAY CONCERT” in the Pasadena Central Library Auditorium, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91101; www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/events. The program features classical and contemporary music. Info, 626-576-0990; contact: Celeste French, 818-790-1739. Accessible to people with disabilities, and handicapped parking available. Program & performer info, contact Celeste French, 818-790-1739.All ages, free.
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Sun, Oct 12; in Fullerton:
3 & 7 pm JANET KLEIN AND HER PARLOR BOYS at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W Malvern Av (1 blk W of Euclid, 2 1/2 mi N of the 91 Fwy), Fullerton 92833; 714-738-3134; www.themuck.org. Show in the 250-seat amphitheatre. Miss Klein has developed a huge Southern Cal following with her hotsy-totsy delivery of syncopated scintillating songs of the ragtime era. $15 adv, $20 door.
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Sun, Oct 12:
5-9 pm “ZYDECO DANCE SERIES” with live music by MARK ST. MARY at the Gardena Elks Lodge, 1735 W 162nd St, Gardena 90247. Info, call Sydney, event producer, at 323-401-8859. $20.
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Sun, Oct 12; in Lancaster:
7 pm RANDY TRAVIS at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. After returning country music to its roots with his first album in 1986, Travis has carried the torch lit by the likes of Merle Haggard and George Jones, straight through to today. The heartfelt country and gospel vocals of this down-to-Earth, all-American artist, have earned him six Grammys. More at www.randytravis.com. Order tix promptly, this will sell-out.
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Wed, Oct 15; 1st & 3rd Wed, every month:
7-11 pm OPEN MIC, followed by “WESTSIDE SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND” at Santa Monica Bar & Grille, 3321 Pico Bl, Santa Monica. The Open Mic is 7-9 pm (6:45 pm sign-ups) and it’s hosted by ALLAN COMEAU. The pre-booked songwriters follow, 9-11 pm, hosted by JEFF KOSSACK & JOHN STOWERS. “They usually have a song circle with 4 or 5 songwriters,” says SEVERIN BROWNE and he continues, “For those of you who like a good open mic night, my friend Allan Comeau is hosting the open mic. The location for this wondrous event is not far from McCabe’s. For those of you on the West Side, this may become your regular Wednesday night outing! John and Jeff are talking about having the very best singer-songwriters that they know join them every two weeks. And the food is GOOD.”
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Wed, Oct 15; 1st & 3rd Wed, every month:
9-11 pm “WESTSIDE SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND” hosted by JEFF KOSSACK & JOHN STOWERS with pre-booked guests, tonight including SEVERIN BROWNE, at Santa Monica Bar & Grille, 3321 Pico Bl, Santa Monica. Usually a song circle with 4 or 5 accomplished songwriters. See 7 pm listing for more.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
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Thu-Sat, Oct 16-18; in Alberta, Canada:
“HE-HO-HA MUSIC WORKSHOP” in Edmonton Alberta, Canada, with Chris Stuart & Backcountry, and Eric Uglum teaching and performing.
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Thu, Oct 16:
7-10 pm “POCKET GOLDBERG & FRIENDS SONGWRITER SHOWCASE” with guest artists RAY DOYLE and ARCHIE FRANCIS, at Arnie's Café, 6864 Foothill Bl (at Marcus), Tujunga 91042; 818-951-9089; www.myspace.com/arniescafe; http://arniescafe.com. ARCHIE FRANCIS has won eleven Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards, and performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” Series brings different artists each week, and DALE LaDUKE (Kaedmon, BeaTunes) tells us, it’s “a new little coffee house that is becoming quite a scene. KAEDMON hosts a night there every 1st & 3rd Monday of the month. JEANNIE WILLETS is hosting a night there once a month (I think) and this bass player-songwriter MARK GOLDBERG hosts a fantastic Americana Songwriter Showcase every Thursday night, many times with name songwriters. I try to go as often as possible, because it's always good.” No cover, donations to artists are welcome.
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Thu, Oct 16; in Ojai:
7 pm SARA GREY & KIERON MEANS at the Ojai Concert Series, Ojai Valley Woman's Club, 441 E Ojai Av, Ojai; 805-649-5189; www.ojaiconcertseries.com. Sara Grey and Kieron Means are a singing duo on guitar & banjo. This mother and son sing native American ballads and songs of Ireland and Scotland. Sara's voice is powerful and sweet with a distinctive and lovely tremolo. She also plays a mean (claw hammer style) 5 string banjo. Kieron's voice is as smooth as silk, rich and mellow, and he is also a virtuoso finger style guitarist. Together they will captivate you with their excellent singing of old-timey ballads and a wonderful repertoire of contemporary folk songs from here and across the pond. Writing in Prittle Prattle, Molly Nudds says, "singing by turns restrained, triumphant, gentle, strong, fun and deeply emotional, but always with that beautiful rhythmic vitality ..." Doors at 6:30 for adv tix & will-call, 6:45 for tix buyers. Seating first come. Kids tix, under 14, are 1/2 price; on-site child care, by adv reserv is $5. Show tix, $15 adv, $18 door.
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Thu, Oct16:
8 pm KRIS SEARLE at the Whisky A-Go-Go, 8901 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood; 310-652-4202. Kris’ CD, “Slowly Diabolical,” was released last spring and is getting critical attention. "Searle's music touches the heart and stimulates the soul, and deserves industry support and placement in a myriad of shows and movies. Searle is ready for the big time now!" - Bob Leggett, Music Connection (Jun 14, 2008). Artist info, www.reverbnation.com/krissearle.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
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Fri-Sat, Oct 17-18; in Descanso:
Annual “VAQUERO DAYS” with DAVE STAMEY, RODGER MAXWELL, at Merrrigan Ranch in Descanso (that’s the town of Descanso, NOT Descanso Gardens). More info when we get it.
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Fri-Sun, Oct 17-19:
SOURDOUGH SLIM plays the “HARVEST FESTIVAL” in the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach.
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Fri, Oct 17:
GORDON LIGHTFOOT at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Dr, Cerritos; 562-916-8501; 800-300-4345; tix, 562-467-8818; www.cerritoscenter.com.
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Fri, Oct 17:
8 pm “SPOKEN TRUTH” with performing host TROYAL is a free variety show at the Coffee Gallery FRONT-STAGE, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena. We know you know all about the world-famous Coffee Gallery Backstage, with it’s world-class performers, but what about The Coffee Gallery Front-stage? They have a free stage in the front of the coffeehouse. Coffee Gallery Coffee Bar proprietor and professional comic JULIE SANDOVAL tells us, “The Front-stage is available for poetry, spoken word and acoustic music.” If you'd like to arrange your own Front-Stage Show, email Julie at bohemianjoe@gmail.com. “SPOKEN TRUTH” with Troyal is at 8 pm, one Friday each month; remaining 2008 dates: Nov 14, Dec 19. Admission is free, and you can contact them to sign-up to share your spoken truth or a song. Info, www.funkylittlecoffeehouse.com.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
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Sat & Sun, Oct 18 & 19; in Joshua Tree:
The 3rd Annual “JOSHUA TREE ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL” offers discounted early bird festival tix for $60 (limited number); info, www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com. The lineup, so far, includes the STAIRWELL SISTERS, NATHAN, TRAMPLED BY TURTLES, DEVIL MAKES THREE, BELLEVILLE OUTFIT, the STARLINGS, HILLSTOMP and the THRIFT STORE ALL STARS. More artists tba soon.
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Sat, Oct 18; in Descanso, CA:
Annual “VAQUERO DAYS” with DAVE STAMEY, RODGER MAXWELL, continue at Merrrigan Ranch in Descanso (that’s the town of Descanso, NOT Descanso Gardens). More info when we get it.
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Sat, Oct 18:
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 2:30 pm KAREN GOLDEN plays the “Summer Family Performances” series at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Bl, L.A. 90049; 310-440-4500; www.skirball.org. Celebrate the Jewish New Year with storyteller Karen Golden as she tells humorous tales about human nature and the natural world around us. Included with Museum admission.
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Sat, Oct 18:
7 pm “TERRY HOLDER & FRIENDS - PHOENIX FOLK ALLIANCE PARTY” at the Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Bl, in Venice. TERRY & JERRY HOLDER, from Alaska, have performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” Terry tells us, “We have a new CD coming out with good friends FREEBO, GAREY SHELTON, & BEN SMITH. You can hear samples at www.terryholder.com/PressKit.htm.” Venue has coffeehouse fare, good sandwiches. No cover.
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Sat, Oct 18:
7:30 pm SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND at the Claremont Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Av, Claremont 91711; reserv & info, www.folkmusiccenter.com; 909-624-2928. They’ve performed live, several times, on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” Susie & The Hilonesome Band come to the venerable venue for a show featuring the best of “Appalachia to Bluegrass - Americana fusion” with songs from the new album "Green Kentucky Blues" and their award-winning "Blue Eyed Darlin'" album, along with mountain standards from the Jean Ritchie collection, old favorites from Iris Dement, and their new version of the Dylan classic, "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (featured on Sirius Radio June 29). Artist info, www.susieglaze.com and www.myspace.com/susieglaze. Doors at 7. $12.
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Sat, Oct 18:
7:30 pm DEBRA COWAN plus DAVID MASSENGILL play the “THE LIVING TRADITION” Concert series at the Anaheim Community Center, 250 E Center St, Anaheim; www.thelivingtradition.org; reserv, 949-646-1964 or tinkersown@ca.rr.com.
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DEBRA COWAN grabs her audience and doesn't let go. Her ability to communicate the story within the song is rare. Her rich voice conjures images of stony grey Celtic castles, green and rolling English landscapes, and humorous American urban scenes. Just as the audience is left spellbound after Debra presents a woeful traditional ballad of love gone wrong, she immediately brings laughter with an outrageous comic song. Her love of songs from the British Isles has led her to search out the connections with their North American ancestors and her desire to be true to the song brought her to move to Edinburgh, Scotland. She plays many North American festivals, as well. She has been a featured performer at the Greater New Bedford Summerfest, Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival, Champlain Valley Folk Festival, Lancaster Maritime Festival (UK), Edinburgh Festival (UK) and the Chico World Music Festival. She was one of 18 artists selected as a Formal Showcase Artist at the 2002 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Annual Conference and is a past Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Showcase Artist. A musical scholar as well as a renowned performer, she was a panelist discussing Woody Guthrie's life and legacy along with Fred Hellerman, Oscar Brand, and journalist Dave Marsh. Artist info, www.fallingmountain.com/cowan.html.
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DAVID MASSENGILL accompanies himself mainly on the Appalachian dulcimer, which he slings over his shoulder like an electric guitar. The sound of the dulcimer has an intimate, detailed quality that complements the easy graciousness of Massengill's stage presence. He has achieved a virtuosity on the traditional instrument that enables him to wring from its few strings music of a complexity and richness far beyond anything it was ever meant to produce, drawing the listener in to his lyrical imagery and the close-up focus on human foibles and experience that is the substance of his best songs. In them, Jesus escapes from a mental hospital, history's greatest villains gather for a dinner party, a New York restaurant kitchen crew saves an illegal alien cook from the immigration man, a young woman and a bandit fall in love as he robs her … and these are just some of the vividly imagined scenes and characters with which he captivates audiences wherever he performs. Massengill's songs are rich with insight and poetic imagery, they're upbeat and engaging but full of subtle complexities; this Appalachian dulcimer player with the soft-edged vocal style and offhand stage presence is acknowledged to be one of America's finest songwriters. Artist info, www.davidmassengill.com.
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$14, $11 for Living Trad mbrs; children under age 18 free w/ paid adult.
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Sat, Oct 18:
GORDON LIGHTFOOT at The Canyon Club, 28912 Roadside Dr, Agoura Hills; 818-879-5016.
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Sat, Oct 18; in Encinitas (San Diego):
7:30 pm THE FOLK COLLECTION plays the San Diego Folk Heritage series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas; 858-566-4040; SDFH@san.rr.com. THE FOLK COLLECTION has performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” and delighted listeners. They are a Southern California-based three-part-vocal harmony string quartet, performing musical tributes to the songs made famous by The Kingston Trio, The Limeliters, Peter Paul & Mary, John Denver and the other great artists of the folk era. TONY UNGER, ED LABOWITZ and MIKE SIROTA, along with bass man BOB PACKHAM, grew up in the 1960's, when they fell in love with the story songs and 3-part harmonies of that acoustic era. Ed and Tony have been a duo on and off since their days at Hollywood High School. www.thefolkcollection.com/topframe.htm. Adv tix, www.ticketweb.com; $18 gen’l, $15 mbrs.
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Sat, Oct 18:
8 pm RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM plus the PINE LEAF BOYS in a fabulous double-bill at the Caltech music series, in Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; www.folkmusic.caltech.edu; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
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Singer RANI ARBO and her group serve up a foot-stomping musical celebration of American roots fused with splashes of pop and jazz. Rich four-part harmonies, drum, fiddle, guitar, and bass create a jubilant mix of traditional, original, and contemporary sounds. "A sparkling, high energy show marked by breathtaking musicianship." More at www.raniarbo.com.
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The PINE LEAF BOYS bring youthful exuberance to their inimitable brand of traditional Cajun and Creole music. They bring a variety and energy to standards, as well as songs by past masters, all delivered with gusto. Skillful multi-instrumentalists, they often switch instruments during their effervescent show. More at www.pineleafboys.com.
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Presented by Caltech Public Events, Folk Music Society as marketing partner; discounted tix available if you mention the Folk Music Society. Info & tix, Caltech Ticket Office, 626-395-4652 or 1-888-2CALTECH. Gen’l, $28, $23, $18; $10 youth.
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Sat, Oct 18:
8 pm SCOTT DETWEILER plays the Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park; www.madridtheatre.org; 818-347-9938. Info, www.detweilermusic.com.
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Sat, Oct 18; in Fallbrook:
DAVE STAMEY plays the “Americana Music Series” at Hilltop Center, 331 E Elder, Fallbrook (San Diego); 760-723-2563; JMW94@aol.com. Event info, 760-415-9026.
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Sat, Oct 18; in Seattle:
8 pm GEOFF HOLDSTOCK & MACLEOD play the monthly Northwest Seaport Maritime Concert, at the Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St, in Seattle’s new Lake Union Park; info, www.nwseaport.org/programs.html. Hosted by Phillip Morgan, all concerts start at 8 and last until after 10 pm. Coffee, tea, baked goods, and more, are available. Maritime music CDs for sale. Tix, $15 gen’l, $10 srs, youth, and mbrs of Northwest Seaport or the Center for Wooden Boats.
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Sat, Oct 18:
10 pm “CANS FOR COMEDY” charity benefit standup comic showcase at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reserv, 626-398-7917. Coffee Gallery Coffee Bar proprietor and professional comic JULIE SANDOVAL says, “In a world saturated with reality TV there's only one place a comedian can go to be him or her self. To the stage to feel the embrace of an audience.”
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CANS FOR COMEDY has a simple premise to help others. Bring in one-or-more canned food donations for admission to enjoy a comedy show. All food is donated to Friends-n-Deed Food Bank. All shows are held in The Coffee Gallery Backstage. All shows include pizza and soft drinks. Reserv strongly recommended. Comedians interested in performing, go to www.comedytrain.net.
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Shows are once-a-month, on Saturdays at 10 pm (after the music performance in the Backstage). Remaining show(s) in 2008: Nov 8. Info, www.funkylittlecoffeehouse.com.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
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Sun, Oct 19:
Annual all-day “UNDERWOOD FARMS HARVEST FESTIVAL” includes SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND playing twice (times tba), at Underwood Family Farms, 3370 Sunset Valley Rd, Moorpark 93021; 805-529-3690; www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com. Artist info, www.susieglaze.com and www.myspace.com/susieglaze.
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Sun, Oct 19:
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 2:30 pm ZAK MORGAN GUITAR DUO play the “Summer Family Performances” series at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Bl, L.A. 90049; 310-440-4500; www.skirball.org. Guitarists ZAK MORGAN and DON RAYMOND play together and encourage children to read and exercise their imaginations. Included with Museum admission.
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Sun, Oct 19; 3rd Sun, every month:
1-3 pm Monthly “WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION SOUTHERN CAL JAM SESSION” on the Heritage Court Stage in the Autry National Center (Autry Museum), 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park; www.museumoftheamericanwest.org; 818-971-5002. WMA California Chapter meeting follows. All performing musicians (whether or not they are Autry members or WMA members) get in free, and each may bring one guest. On WMA jam days at the Autry, all WMA members will be admitted free to the museum all day (show your WMA membership ID at the front desk and get access to the jam and to all the museum galleries for the whole day). Award-winning performing songwriter JOYCE WOODSON says, “You can have lunch there at the Golden Spur first, then stop by for some music.” Info at www.westernmusic.org. Museum gen’l adm $9 adults, $3 kids age 12 and under.
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Sun, Oct 19:
DAVE STAMEY plays an afternoon house concert in West Hills; info, big.hat@sbcglobal.net. Hosts Bob and Marie Mann tell us, “At this time we are sold out but are taking names for a waiting list in case we have some cancellations. This event will also feature singer MICHAEL TCHERKASSKEY and poet GARY ROBERTSON. Folks can still email us. Check out our new website at www.bighatonline.com.”
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Sun, Oct 19:
7 pm CLIFF WAGNER AND THE OLD #7 plus opening act TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT at the Grand Vision Event Center, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731; www.grandvision.org.
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CLIFF WAGNER & his band were final-round finalists on a network TV show to select America’s next great band, and he’s sat-in with other guests on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT has performed multiple times, live, on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.”
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About Cliff and his band, "Toes instantly go tapping, and heads nod to the infectious rhythms that conjure Southern scenes filled with moonshine, mosquitoes and misty mountains." - Daily Breeze. And it’s also been written that they deliver "An original sound that utilizes bluegrass, blues, and honky tonk combined with modern lyrics that preserve the "High Lonesome Sound" of traditional music brought into the 21st century." Artists info, www.oldnumber7.net and www.triplechickenfoot.com. Tix $15 adv, $17 door.
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Sun, Oct 19:
7 pm HOVHANNES SHAHBAZYAN at the Kodak Theatre, across from the Hollywood & Highland complex, Hollywood Bl, Hollywood; www.kodaktheatre.com. This young gousan tenor belongs to a new breed of classically trained chanteurs who are reinventing the pearls of Armenian traditional, folk and gousan music. He is a master of complex keyboard arrangements and often compared to the voice of his great teacher Rouben Matevosian. Tix range from $30-$100, at www.ticketmaster.com/venue/74167.
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Sun, Oct 19:
7:30 pm “TERRY HOLDER & FRIENDS” play Dark Thirty House Concert series in Lakeside. Reservations get directions, contact jimmyduke@cox.net. TERRY & JERRY HOLDER, from Alaska, have performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” Terry tells us, “We have a new CD coming out with good friends FREEBO, GAREY SHELTON, & BEN SMITH. You can hear samples at www.terryholder.com/PressKit.htm.” $15.
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Sun, Oct 19:
8 pm “FOREVER FLAMENCO!” at The Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Av (Fountain at Normandie), L.A. 90029; 323-663-1525; www.FountainTheatre.com. Ongoing Flamenco series takes place on the first and third Sunday of every month. With only 80 seats in four rows, The Fountain Theatre is the perfect place to view Flamenco. Each show features a roster of world-class Flamenco dancers, singers and musicians drawn from the rich pool of Flamenco artists in Southern California, with additional guest artists brought from San Francisco, Albuquerque and Spain. Series continues Sundays, 8 pm, Nov 2 & 16, Dec 7 & 21. Secure, on-site parking is $5; tix $30.
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Mon, Oct 20:
MARK O’CONNOR plays the first in a series of events as Artist in Residence for 2008-2009 at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music. Today, he performs an unaccompanied violin recital of original music, featuring 6 caprices, 3 improvisations, two re-tuned pieces, and tributes to a pair of his violin mentors, BENNY THOMASSON and STEPHANE GRAPPELLI. In the following days, O'Connor will hold classes at UCLA on American Classical Music, before his special guest spot at Carnegie Hall, Oct 29, performing with virtuosos CHRIS THILE on mandolin and EDGAR MEYER on double bass, where the trio will perform one of O'Connor’s rearranged violin caprices. On Nov 21, O'Connor performs with ROSANNE CASH at the Library of Congress for a special collaborative concert with a four-movement piano, violin, and cello trio named POETS AND PROPHETS, inspired by the life and music of one of O'Connor's boyhood heroes, JOHNNY CASH, as well as a joint performance with ROSANNE CASH later in the program. He begins the fall performing with the Baltimore Symphony in Sep. More info on his UCLA performances when we have it, or check www.markoconnor.com.
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Tue, Oct 21; third Tue, every month:
7:30 pm FUR DIXON & STEVE WERNER are this month’s performing artists at the monthly “BLUEGRASS AT THE BRAEMAR,” BASC (Bluegrass Assoc of Southern Cal) show at Braemar Country Club, 4001 Reseda Bl, Tarzana 91356. (Take 101 Fwy to Reseda Bl, exit S, go 2 1/2 miles up the hill to the entrance on the right.) Show is free; dinner is an optional pasta buffet, complete with soup, dinner salad (you can add chicken breast), rolls, butter, coffee, tea and dessert, $14 (tax and tip included). Buffet served beginning at 6:30 pm. Bar service available. Ample seating, safe, secure free parking. Info: contact Joy Felt, Bluegrass Association of Southern California, at 818-705-8870 or bascinfo@socalbluegrass.org.
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Tue, Oct 21:
7:30-9:30 pm “SAN GABRIEL VALLEY STORYTELLERS” at Hill Avenue Branch Library, 55 S Hill Ave, Pasadena 91106; monthly meetings include discussions of storytelling issues and resources, plus a story swap. Info, www.inlandstorytellers.org; contact Nick Smith, 626-298-6532; nick@inlandstorytellers.org. Accessible to people with disabilities, and handicapped parking available. Adults, free.
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Wed, Oct 22:
8 pm SUSIE GLAZE & THE TRAVELING BAND featuring SUSIE GLAZE, TOM CORBETT, & BOB APPLEBAUM play their debut concert at The Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av., Altadena 91001; Information, www.coffeegallery.com; reserv 626-398-7917. Check out the “Bluegrass / Folk Fusion” sound of "Contemporary Appalachia" as defined by this new band of seasoned all-stars. Artist info, Artist info, www.susieglaze.com and www.myspace.com/susieglaze. $15.
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Thu, Oct 23:
7-10 pm “POCKET GOLDBERG & FRIENDS SONGWRITER SHOWCASE” with this week’s guest artists ERNEST TROOST and NICOLE GORDON & MARTY AXELROD (Songs of Shiloh), at Arnie's Café, 6864 Foothill Bl (at Marcus), Tujunga 91042; www.myspace.com/arniescafe; 818-951-9089. Piedmont bluesman ERNEST TROOST has won music Emmys. NICOLE GORDON & MARTY AXELROD are both accomplished songwriters and performers who developed the thematic “Songs of Shiloh” album and show. All of tonight’s guests have performed live, several times, on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” Hosted by MARK “POCKET” GOLDBERG & “BROTHER” RANDY SACKS. Musician DALE LaDUKE (Kaedmon, BeaTunes, past guest on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks”) tells us, “This bass player-songwriter MARK GOLDBERG hosts a fantastic Americana Songwriter Showcase every Thursday night, many times with name songwriters. I try to go as often as possible, because it's always good.” No cover, tip jar donations to artists are welcome.
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Thu, Oct 23:
8 pm DAR WILLIAMS with SHAWN MULLINS at the El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Bl, L.A.; 323-936-4790; www.theelrey.com. This is an outstanding Americana double-bill. Doors at 8 pm, showtime not specified. Tix on sale Sep 6 at 10 am. $26.50.
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Fri-Sun, Oct 24-26; in Mesa, (Phoenix) Arizona:
5th Annual “FOLK ALLIANCE REGION WEST CONFERENCE” at the Marriott Mesa Hotel, Mesa, AZ; www.FAR-West.org. Many performances on stages and in hotel suites, officially-sanctioned by the conference and both sanctioned and unsanctioned “guerilla” showcase performances, together with annual awards, panels and workshops on acoustic performance, bookings, career promotion, jam sessions, and more. Many attend to promote their careers or find bookings, others attend simply to enjoy many wonderful performances in one place over three days. Organization’s web site has all info for attending, and registering at the host hotel; discount room rates expire Sep 30.
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A highlight is the Saturday night RED HOUSE RECORDS 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT with ROSALIE SORRELS and THE PINES, as well as a full schedule of panels and workshops on Friday and Saturday, and a full day on Sunday of Master Classes and Songwriting One on One's.
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Here’s the conference schedule, not yet on the FAR West website when posted here:
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> Thursday:
7:30-9:30 pm Pre-conference concert at Arizona State University
10 pm-midnight Tote Bag Stuffing Party & Jam, following concert
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8:30-11:45 am Registration
9-10 am Intro class
8:30-10:30 am Exhibit Hall setup
10:15-11:30 am Panels & Workshops
11:30 am-1:15 pm Exhibit Hall opens
1-4:30 pm Instrument Check open
11:45 am-1 pm Lunch (dine arounds)
1-4:30 pm Registration continues
1:15-2:30 pm Panels & Workshops
2:45-4 pm Panels & Workshops
2:30-4:15 pm Private Guerilla Showcases (available to artists at hosts’ option)
4:15-5:15 pm Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall (no competing activities)
5:15-6 pm Registration open
5:30-7 pm Red House Records concert with ROSALIE SORRELS and THE PINES
7-8 pm Registration open
7 pm-midnight Instrument Check open
7:30-10:30 pm Main Showcases
10:30 pm-1:30 am Suzanne Millsaps Memorial Coffeehouse
10:30 pm-2 am Private Guerilla Showcases
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> Saturday:
9-11:45 am Registration open
9-10:30 am Exhibit Hall opens
10 am-noon Instrument Check open
10:30-11:45 am Panels & Workshops
noon-2 pm Awards Luncheon
2:15-5 pm Registration open
2:15-4:30 pm Instrument Check open
2:15-5 pm Private Guerilla Showcases (available to artists at hosts’ option)
2:15-3:30 pm Panels & Workshops
3:30-6:30 pm Exhibit Hall open
3:45-5 pm Conversation with Special Presentation
4:30 pm-6:30 pm Dinner break
6:30 pm-midnight Instrument Check open
6:30-7:30 pm Registration open
6:45-10:15 pm Main Showcases
8-10 pm Contra Dance
10:30 pm-1:30 am Suzanne Millsaps Memorial Coffeehouse
10:30 pm-2 am Private Guerilla Showcases
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10-11 am Breakfast & Board Meeting
10 am-noon Exhibit Hall open
11 am-12:30 pm Master Classes & One on Ones
1:30-3 pm Master Classes & One on Ones
Noon-2 pm Exhibit Hall breakdown
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Fri, Oct 24:
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON plays a “Solo Acoustic Show” at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Dr, Cerritos; 562-916-8501; 800-300-4345; tix, 562-467-8818; www.cerritoscenter.com.
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Fri, Oct 24:
8 pm ELIZA GILKYSON at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403. Tix purchased online or by phone, add $4 svc chg, per order (not per ticket) to price shown. $20.
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Sat & Sun, Oct 25 & 26:
9th Annual “RAGFEST” Ragtime Weekend Music Festival in Southern California, location tba; info, 714-680-6684 or www.RagFest.com. Featuring, in alphabetical order, ALBANY NIGHTBOAT RAGTIMERS, PATRICK ARANDA, ANDREW BARRETT, THE BRADSHAWS, SHIRLEY CASE, BILL EDWARDS, MARK ALLEN JONES, HELIOTROPE RAGTIME ORCHESTRA, BRAD KAY, ERIC MARCHESE, ERIKA C. MILLER, BILL MITCHELL, BOB PINSKER, GALEN WILKES, IAN & REGINA WHITCOMB, THOSE SYNCOPATING SONGBIRDS, and “many surprise guest artists.” All-weekend pass $60 in adv; select event tix $20-$25.
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Sat & Sun, Oct 25-26; in Tucson, AZ:
Annual “TUCSON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” in Tucson, Arizona, with CHRIS STUART & BACKCOUNTRY, ERIC UGLUM, and others.
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Sat, Oct 25; 4th Sat every month:
5 pm Monthly JAM, POTLUCK, & CONTRA DANCE at “The Living Tradition” series at the Downtown Community Center, 250 E Center St, Anaheim; info, 949-646-1964; www.thelivingtradition.org. Dance caller TBD, band TBD. Monthly jam sessions allow musicians (instrumentalists and singers) to learn, practice, and enjoy traditional music in a relaxed atmosphere; held 4th Sat every month, before the contra dance. Jam participants play a wide array of instruments, from accordions to zithers, and a variety of traditional folk tunes, mostly from the Fiddlers’ Fake Book (by David Brody) and the Portland Collection (by Susan Songer). Open to all ages and levels of experience. Vocalists and song circles are also welcome. Slow jam encourages novices. Fast jam challenges old-timers.
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Jam, bring your instruments & join in, beginning at 5 pm; free.
Slow jam, 5-5:45 pm
Fast jam, 5:45-7 pm
Potluck, 6:30 pm
Contra dance introduction lesson, 7:30 pm
> CONTRA DANCE at 8-11 pm is $8 per person, $7 for Anaheim residents, $6 for Living Tradition mbrs; children under 18 are free with paid adult.
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Sat, Oct 25:
7 pm THE MIGHTY ECHOES plus VICTORIA VOX opening, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info www.coffeegallery.com; reserv 626-398-7917. Venue impresario Bob Stane says, “Grab this show.”
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VICTORIA VOX is a headliner in her own right who often headlines venues and ukulele festivals. Tonight, she graciously opens the show with, as Bob Stane says, “a full sack of magic charms.” She plays the uke, does witty trombone sounds, and sings, all of which she did to the delight of the radio audience on “Tied to the Tracks.” A full-time touring performer, the foxy Vox performs in French and English, playing 120 shows a year coast to coast and in the UK. The Pittsburgh Tribune names Victoria Vox as "one of the purest musicians touring the county today" celebrating that she provides inspiration to "the most skeptical, cynical, jaded ears, to view the world in a positive, romantic light." Vox's latest recording, “in between,” is a collection of “lightly produced” acoustic love songs.
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THE MIGHTY ECHOES are an award-winning a cappella quartet specializing in the “Doo-Wop” sound of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Their repertoire includes the classics of that era plus an eclectic mix of contemporary material. This is a “pure fun” act; not only are they thrilling to hear singing but are as funny as a comedy troupe. The Echoes are solid faves at the venue. The Mighty Echoes began singing at a storefront theatre in L.A.’s Silverlake District in 1986. They are CHARLIE DAVIS, a native New Yorker whose low bass is deep as an ocean trench; he was the voice of God on TV’s Power Rangers; Second tenor JOHN LATHAN, the newest Echo, has performed on Broadway and at the Apollo in Harlem. First tenor JON RUBIN, also the lead singer of the teen idol band, The Rubinoos, has thrilled audiences worldwide with his soaring tenor; Mellifluous baritone HARVEY SHIELD, who started as a drummer in Swinging ‘60s London, is also an accomplished songwriter as exemplified by his composition, “The Way I Feel Tonight,” an international hit for The Bay City Rollers. $18.
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Sat, Oct 25:
8 pm NATALIE MacMASTER at the Caltech music series, in Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus, on the Caltech campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; www.folkmusic.caltech.edu; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
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Canada’s MacMaster is the master of Cape Breton’s fiddle style of fiery jigs and reels, quieter waltzes, and new contemporary pieces. NATALIE MacMASTER, backed by a band any top musician would be proud of, continues to delight audiences around the globe with her boundless energy, amazing fiddling, and mesmerizing step dancing. More at www.nataliemacmaster.com.
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Presented by Caltech Public Events, Folk Music Society as marketing partner; discounted tix available if you mention the Folk Music Society. Info & tix, Caltech Ticket Office, 626-395-4652 or 1-888-2CALTECH. Gen’l, $32, $27, $22; $10 youth.
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Sun, Oct 26 (began Oct 25):
9th Annual “RAGFEST” Ragtime Weekend Music Festival in Southern California, loc tba; info, 714-680-6684 or www.RagFest.com. Featuring, in alphabetical order, ALBANY NIGHTBOAT RAGTIMERS, PATRICK ARANDA, ANDREW BARRETT, THE BRADSHAWS, SHIRLEY CASE, BILL EDWARDS, MARK ALLEN JONES, HELIOTROPE RAGTIME ORCHESTRA, BRAD KAY, ERIC MARCHESE, ERIKA C. MILLER, BILL MITCHELL, BOB PINSKER, GALEN WILKES, IAN & REGINA WHITCOMB, THOSE SYNCOPATING SONGBIRDS, and “many surprise guest artists.” All-weekend pass $60 in adv; select event tix $20-$25.
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Sun, Oct 26:
CAMERON CARPENTER, dubbed “The Maverick Organist” by The New York Times, showcases the historic Skinner pipe organ at “UCLA Live” in Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. Carpenter is known for his intensely personal, often flamboyant performances and repertoire spanning the organ and piano literature, featuring original compositions, film scores (especially from Japanese animé), and improvisations influenced by folk songs, jazz, disco and pop.
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Sun, Oct 26; in Palmdale:
6 pm ELIZA GILKYSON at the Larry Chimbole Cultural Center, 38350 Sierra Hwy (at Palmdale Bl, E of 14 Fwy), Palmdale. Eliza has just released a new CD, "Beautiful World." Concert sponsored by WORD AV, a local coalition of nonprofit agencies whose mission is to promote and expand literacy awareness in the Antelope Valley. Could be the start of a singer-songwriter series sponsored by WORD AV, if this one is successful. You can purchase and donate tix for low-income and at-risk clients of various WORD AV agencies. Adv tix $15, by mail, to Rod Williams, Palmdale Library Literacy Program, 700 E Palmdale Bl, Palmdale, CA 93550. Write check to "WORD AV." Info, 661-267-5682 or 661-947-4172.
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Sun, Oct 26; in Lancaster:
7 pm KRIS KRISTOFFERSON at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Guitar, harmonica and distinctive vocals prominently figure in this solo acoustic performance by influential Americana & country music songwriter, singer and movie star Kris Kristofferson. Best-known musically for hits including "Me and Bobby McGee," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and "Help Me Make It Through the Night," Kristofferson is an icon. www.kriskristofferson.com Order tix promptly, this will sell-out. $60 & $55.
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Sun, Oct 26; in Phoenix, Arizona:
7 pm KEN O'MALLEY plays a solo acoustic show, bringing traditional and original Irish music to the Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N Central Av, Phoenix, AZ; 602 258 0109; www.azirish.com. KEN O’MALLEY & THE TWILIGHT LORDS recently played for 2,000 people at a “Concert in the Park” in Santa Clarita, CA. Artist info, www.kenomalley.com.
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Mon-Fri, Oct 27-31; across Canada:
“2008 COWBOY TRAIN” with IAN TYSON, TOM RUSSELL and ELIZA GILKYSON. A journey across Canada from Vancouver to Winnipeg on board a private section of Via Rail's Canadian. Includes all Cowboy Train activities, all meals on board, sleeper accommodations (upper or lower semi-private berth accommodations: bench seat by day, roomy single bed by night), shower in each car, private dome car/lounge, concerts and workshops in Performance Car, kickoff and farewell concerts in Vancouver and Winnipeg, hotel room at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver and hotel TBA in Winnipeg. E-mail Roots on the Rails at trains@sover.net, or call 866-484-3669 (toll free in the US & Canada) or 802-258-1397. Info, www.rootsontherails.com. $2569.00 CN per person.
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Mon, Oct 27:
7:30-9:30 pm “COME CELEBRATE ARTS WITH US!” at the Pasadena Central Library Auditorium, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91101; www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/events.
This is a visual arts/photography event. Info, contact Mira Mataric, 626-578-0470, mira016@hotmail.com. Accessible to people with disabilities, and handicapped parking available. Adults, free.
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Mon, Oct 27:
8 pm HOT FRITTATAS ITALIAN TRIO plus VICTORIA VOX at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info www.coffeegallery.com; reserv 626-398-7917. The HOT FRITTATAS serve-up tasty arrangements of traditional Italian and Sicilian music. Based in the Bay Area, this lively trio of accordion, mandolin/fiddle and guitar has been together for eight years, releasing two CDs and performing regularly at wineries, festivals and Italian events throughout Northern California, Oregon and Nevada. Their original music has been used by several independent filmmakers, and on the ABC-TV series, “The Bachelor.” Recent performances include Portland’s “Festa Italiana,” Reno’s “Festa Italiana,” the “San Francisco Mandolin Festival,” “Cotati Accordion Festival,” Napa’s COPIA Center, and the nationally-syndicated radio show, “West Coast Live.” Expect tarantellas, tangos, polkas and espresso. Buon appetito!
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VICTORIA VOX is here, right in the middle of her once-a-year California tour, during which she is recording and playing three appearances at The Coffee Gallery Backstage. Venue impresario Bob Stane says, “Singing, musical charm, trombone imitations, fun, wit and ever-so-cute. She does it all. Victoria, along with THE HOT FRITTTATS, this is an enviable evening. Bring friends. This is as good as it gets.” VICTORIA VOX is a headliner in her own right who often headlines venues and ukulele festivals. Tonight, she graciously opens the show with, as venue impresario Bob Stane says, “a full sack of magic charms.” She plays the uke, does witty trombone sounds, and sings, all of which she did to the delight of the radio audience on “Tied to the Tracks.” A full-time touring performer, the foxy Vox performs in French and English, playing 120 shows a year coast to coast and in the UK. The Pittsburgh Tribune names Victoria Vox as "one of the purest musicians touring the county today" celebrating that she provides inspiration to "the most skeptical, cynical, jaded ears, to view the world in a positive, romantic light." Vox's latest recording, “in between,” is a collection of “lightly produced” acoustic love songs. $15.
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Tue, Oct 28:
8 pm STONEHONEY and VICTORIA VOX doing a rare double-headliner billing at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info www.coffeegallery.com; reserv 626-398-7917. This is a double headline bill with each act doing about an hour. As venue impresario Bob Stane says, “STONEHONEY & VICTORIA VOX. What a night!”
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STONEHONEY is, says Bob Stane, “something new and wonderful descends from Nirvana. The Buzz on this act is hot and electric.” Stonehoney began as a bunch of “songwriters in the round.” It’s that simple. Nothing contrived or planned, just a group of songwriters that enjoy playing and singing together. “We would meet up at Nick’s house in Beachwood Canyon and play songs around the circle,” says band member Shawn. “With four singers we just naturally started singing harmonies and this sound began to develop, reminiscent of the country rock sound of the ‘70s, that we all really loved.” In August of 2005, the band took their “Songs From A Hillside Living Room” live with a monthly show at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. Since then, they’ve repeatedly headlined at McCabe’s and elsewhere.
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STONEHONEY is SHAWN DAVIS, PHIL HURLEY, DAVID PHENICIE, NICK RANDOLPH, & SCOTTY LUND. They’ve generated several albums’ worth of new material and along the way, caught the attention of hit maker and record producer Ric Wake. Ric took the band into the studio to capture the magic of their live “living room” sound and they cut over 40 tracks. The first record is planned for release early next year.
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VICTORIA VOX is tonight’s co-headliner. A once-a-year treat for patrons of the arts at The Coffee Gallery Backstage, Baltimore-based Victoria returns to her favorite Southern California haunt to delight audiences with her musical skills and pixie-like stage persona. What a show she puts on with delightful ditties on the uke, while her vocal cords and lips imitate a trombone. She sings unique songs and standards. This is her only CGB show this year where she performs a full hour. Bob Stane adds, “She is so cute and cuddly you will want to adopt her.” VICTORIA is in the middle of her once-a-year California tour, during which she is recording and playing three appearances at the CGB. Bob Stane says, “Singing, musical charm, trombone imitations, fun, wit and ever-so-cute. She does it all.” VICTORIA VOX is a headliner in her own right who often headlines venues and ukulele festivals. She plays the uke, does witty trombone sounds, and sings, all of which she did to the delight of the radio audience on “Tied to the Tracks.” A full-time touring performer, the foxy Vox performs in French and English, playing 120 shows a year coast to coast and in the UK. The Pittsburgh Tribune names Victoria Vox as "one of the purest musicians touring the county today" celebrating that she provides inspiration to "the most skeptical, cynical, jaded ears, to view the world in a positive, romantic light." Vox's latest recording, “In Between,” is a collection of “lightly produced” acoustic love songs. $15.
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Tue, Oct 28 (Oct 28-31 & Nov 1-2); in Laughlin, Nevada:
RIDERS IN THE SKY play six nights at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino, Laughlin, NV.
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Wed, Oct 29:
10:30 am, noon, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm KEN WALDMAN, “Alaska’s Fiddling Poet,” political satirist, and prolific book author, performs for the Pasadena Library concert series, with one show each at four different library branches in Pasadena; 626-744-7076; www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/libraryevents.asp.
> 10:30 am at the San Rafael Branch, 1240 Nithsdale Rd, 91105; 626-744-7270;
> Noon at the Allendale Branch, 1130 S Marengo Av, 91106; 626-744-7260;
> 1:30 pm at the Hill Avenue Branch, 55 S Hill Av, 91106; 626-744-7264;
> 3:30 pm at the Lamanda Park Branch, 140 S Altadena Dr, 91107; 626-744-7266.
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Ken Waldman draws upon his 23 years in Alaska to produce poems, stories and fiddle tunes uniquely his own. His Alaskan travels have included visits to the Yukon and outer regions of Alaska, bringing music and poetry to small towns and Inuit villages. Check his web site for info on these shows and his “very cool new book,” published in August. As for his new double CD, Ken says, “It’s so new (and I'm so busy), it will take a few weeks to get it out on my site.” That site is www.kenwaldman.com.
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Wed, Oct 29 (Oct 28-31 & Nov 1-2); in Laughlin, Nevada:
RIDERS IN THE SKY play six nights at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino, Laughlin, NV.
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Thu, Oct 30:
7-10 pm “POCKET GOLDBERG & FRIENDS SONGWRITER SHOWCASE” with this week’s guest artists ED TREE (John Schneider, Lacy J. Dalton, Spencer Davis), and JOHN STOWERS, at Arnie's Café, 6864 Foothill Bl (at Marcus), Tujunga 91042; www.myspace.com/arniescafe; 818-951-9089. Hosted by MARK “POCKET” GOLDBERG & “BROTHER” RANDY SACKS. Musician DALE LaDUKE (Kaedmon, BeaTunes, past guest on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks”) tells us, “This bass player-songwriter MARK GOLDBERG hosts a fantastic Americana Songwriter Showcase every Thursday night, many times with name songwriters. I try to go as often as possible, because it's always good.” No cover, tip jar donations to artists are welcome.
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Thu, Oct 30:
“STAY AWAKE: THE OFFICIAL 20TH CENTURY ANNIVERSARY CONCERT” (West Coast premiere) at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. From record producer HAL WILLNER comes this celebration of Willner’s historic compilation of music from the vintage Disney Songbook by an eclectic range of artists from SUZANNE VEGA and LOS LOBOS to RINGO STARR and BONNIE RAITT. The soon-to-be-announced lineup will include many of the album’s original performers in this one-time-only event.
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Thu, Oct 30 (Oct 28-31 & Nov 1-2); in Laughlin, Nevada:
RIDERS IN THE SKY play six nights at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino, Laughlin, NV.
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Fri, Oct 31-Sun, Nov 2; in Arizona:
Annual “TOMBSTONE WESTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL” in Tombstone, AZ, with THE DUE WEST TRIO, GEORGE DICKEY, RODGER MAXWELL, MARVIN O’DELL, JOE BETHANCOURT, PATTY CLAYTON, BILL BARWICK; info, www.tombstonewesternmusicfestival.com.
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Fri, Oct 31 (Oct 28-31 & Nov 1-2); in Laughlin, Nevada:
RIDERS IN THE SKY play six nights at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino, Laughlin, NV.
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Sat, Nov 1:
Annual “INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE PERSON'S DAY” honoring creative people all around the world. This year was proclaimed as a tribute to and focus on the music of BILLY JOEL. Info, www.lvcreativehalloffame.org.
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Sat, Nov 1 (Oct 28-31 & Nov 1-2); in Laughlin, Nevada:
RIDERS IN THE SKY play six nights at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino, Laughlin, NV.
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Sun-Sun, Nov 2-9, 2008; in Canada:
“POLAR BEAR TRAIN” With FRED EAGLESMITH, GURF MORLIX, JON DEE GRAHAM and friends Winnipeg-Churchill, MB and return. Music, a 900 mile train ride, and lots of Polar Bear watching. Includes all Polar Bear Train activities, all meals on board when train is enroute, sleeper accommodations (upper or lower semi-private berth accommodations, shower in each car, private dome car/lounge, concerts and workshops in Performance Car, farewell concert in Winnipeg, hotel room in Winnipeg 11/8. E-mail Roots on the Rails at trains@sover.net, or call 866-484-3669 (toll free in the US & Canada) or 802-258-1397. Info, www.rootsontherails.com. $3459.00 CN per person.
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Sun, Nov 2:
8 pm “FOREVER FLAMENCO!” at The Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Av (Fountain at Normandie), L.A. 90029; 323-663-1525; www.FountainTheatre.com. Ongoing Flamenco series takes place on the first and third Sunday of every month. With only 80 seats in four rows, The Fountain Theatre is the perfect place to view Flamenco. Each show features a roster of world-class Flamenco dancers, singers and musicians drawn from the rich pool of Flamenco artists in Southern California, with additional guest artists brought from San Francisco, Albuquerque and Spain. Series continues Sundays, 8 pm, Nov 16, Dec 7 & 21. Secure, on-site parking is $5; tix $30.
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Sun, Nov 2 (Oct 28-31 & Nov 1-2); in Laughlin, Nevada:
RIDERS IN THE SKY conclude a six night run at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino, Laughlin, NV.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3
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Mon, Nov 3:
6:10-8:10 pm “2008 PIANO FESTIVAL” at the Pasadena Central Library Auditorium, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91101; www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/events. Info, contact Marilou Ladines or Cecilia Celis, 818-353-8457. Accessible to people with disabilities, and handicapped parking available. All ages. Free.
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Mon, Nov 3:
7 pm TRAVIS TRITT & MARTY STUART play the The Music Box Henry Fonda Theatre, 6126 Hollywood Bl between Argyle & Gower, Hollywood; 323-464-0808. Doors at 7 pm. Tix on sale 9/12 at 10 am. $42.
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Tue, Nov 4:
12:30-2:30 pm “TUESDAY MUSICALE RECITALS” in the Pasadena Central Library Auditorium, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91101; www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/events. Accessible to people with disabilities, and handicapped parking available. Program & performer info, contact Barbara Shofler, 818-753-9521. All ages, free.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
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Wed-Sun, Nov 5-9; in Death Valley Nat’l Park:
Annual “DEATH VALLEY 49ERS ENCAMPMENT” with DAVE STAMEY, KEN GRAYDON, many others performing.
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Wed, Nov 5:
7:30 pm CARRIE UNDERWOOD on her “Carnival Ride” tour, with LITTLE BIG TOWN, at NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live, downtown L.A. $ tbd; tix on Sale June 30 at 10 am. Info, www.goldenvoice.com.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
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Thu, Nov 6:
8 pm OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW at The Music Box, Henry Fonda Theater, 6126 Hollywood Bl between Argyle & Gower, Hollywood; 323-464-0808. Last time they played L.A., radio’s “Tied to the Tracks” did exclusive radio promotion, and their show sold-out. They’re wonderfully entertaining and wildly popular, so get tix early! Tix on sale Jun 2, at www.goldenvoice.com. $30.
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Thu, Nov 6:
8 pm TRIO GONZALO at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info www.coffeegallery.com; reserv 626-398-7917. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, . TRIO GONZALO is considered to have one of the best guitar players in America. Venue impresario Bob Stane says, “You will hear a mix of Gypsy Jazz and latin acoustic music with melodies you will not forget. Passionate, virtuoso guitar, incredible clarinet player Rob Hardt, and a pumping rhythm section.” After touring the world extensively with JOHN JORGENSON, Gonzalo is presenting their new CD, “Porteña Soledad” to incredible reviews all over the planet. $15.
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Thu, Nov 6:
LINDA RONSTADT, ten-time Grammy-winner, reunites with the world-famous MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS DE NATI CANO in “A Romantic Evening in Old Mexico,” at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. The show highlights songs from her best-selling albums “Canciones de Mi Padre” and “Más Canciones.” The dance troupe, Ballet Folklorico Paso del Norte, will also perform to the classic Mexican ranchera music.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
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Fri, Nov 7:
8 pm ANDY M. STEWART and GERRY O’BEIRNE at the CalTech Folk Music Society series on the Caltech campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; www.folkmusic.caltech.edu; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
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ANDY M. STEWART, Scottish singer and songwriter, ”is among the finest interpreters of Scottish Folk songs and a wonderful songwriter." - The Boston Globe.
Known for his wicked wit and sterling live performances, he is among the finest singers in the Scots/Irish traditional genre, with a voice that "conveys more emotion in one line than most singers do in a lifetime." - Beacon Herald. Lead singer & guitarist for SILLY WIZARD, with whom he recorded eight albums before the group’s 1988 breakup, Andy has since recorded four solo albums, namely, “By the Hush,” named “Folk Album of the Year” by Melody Maker Magazine; “Songs of Robert Burns;” “Man in the Moon;” and “Donegal Rain,” which was named Mojo's Folk Album of the Month. He has also recorded three albums with Manus Lunny. More at www.andymstewart.com.
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GERRY O’BEIRNE is a renowned singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, playing 6 and 12 string guitar, tiple, ukulele, slide guitar, and more. He grew up in Ireland and in Ghana (West Africa), and has since lived in England, California, and Mexico. Many of his songs have been embraced by the contemporary folk community. Maura O’Connell recorded “Half Moon Bay,” “Western Highway”, “Shades of Gloria,” and “The Isle of Malachy.” Mary Black recorded “The Holy Ground” as a title track and Andy Irvine recorded it with Patrick Street. Gerry is touring his new album, "The Bog Bodies and Other Stories: Music for Guitar." More at www.gerryobeirne.com.
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Info & tix, Caltech Ticket Office, 626-395-4652 or 1-888-2CALTECH.
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Fri, Nov 7:
8 pm ELLIS PAUL at Russ & Julie's House Concert series in Oak Park (Thousand Oaks area); www.myspace.com/russjuliehouseconcerts; www.houseconcerts.us. Reserv & directions at houseconcerts@jrp-graphics.com. Features coffee & dessert buffet, to which contributions are welcome. Doors at 7:30 pm. All proceeds go to the artist. Check for price of each concert.
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Fri, Nov 7; 1st Fri, every month:
8-10 pm monthly "FIRST FRIDAY" show with tonight’s guest BOB CHEEVERS, hosted by SEVERIN BROWNE at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood; 818-766-9913; live simulcast at www.kulakswoodshed.com. The series features performing guests (one or more recording artists) and the “First Friday Band,” with SEVERIN BROWNE, MIKE BISCH, DAVID STONE, JEFF KOSSACK, AARON WOLFSON, ALEX DEL ZOPPO and GARY POPENOE. Road warrior troubadour BOB CHEEVERS plays thew world, and as Severin says, he delivers “Downhome, country, stories up the wahoo!” All artists donate their performances; venue is supported by donations, and asks $10 per attendee in lieu of a cover charge.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
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Sat, Nov 8; in Texas:
“REDNECK FESTIVAL” with lots of music, a truck show with prizes for “Best Redneck Truck” & “Worst Redneck Truck,” a pool tournament with “8-Ball Break” (they spelled it “brake”) contest, a “Washer Pitching Tournament” (no, we don’t know if that’s nut-bolt-washer, or washing machines, and we’re not gonna ask), a horseshoe tournament, and an array of contests, including hot-dog-eating, lawn-mower-racing, watermelon-seed-spitting, together with the crowning of the “Redneck Royal Court,” prizes for “Best Dressed Redneck” (man & woman), a “Miss Redneck” contest (they said “contest,” not beauty pageant, so be warned), and probably more. Live music (scheduled bands) noon-midnight, plus indoor acoustic jams noon-9 pm. Regis & tix on sale for the "Redneck Coupon" price of $13. Specify if a band refers you, so they’ll get paid for their performance. Info, www.myspace.com/redneckfestival.
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Sat, Nov 8:
10 am- Noon “ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE HOMESTEAD” at the Homestead Museum, 15415 East Don Julian Rd, City of Industry; 91745; www.homesteadmuseum.org. The imaginations of children come to life as Museum storytellers share memorable tales with them and instruct them in making a craft. Ideal for children 8 and under. Details when available. Meantime the museum advises, “Parents: consider visiting your local library before or after the event to keep your young ones engaged with reading.”
Reserv recommended, and can be made starting July 25. Admission is free.
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Sat, Nov 8:
6:30-8:30 pm “COME CELEBRATE ARTS WITH US!” at the Pasadena Central Library Auditorium, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91101; www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/events. This is a visual arts/photography event. Info, contact Mira Mataric, 626-578-0470, mira016@hotmail.com. Accessible to people with disabilities, and handicapped parking available. All ages, free.
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Sat, Nov 8; in Poway (San Diego):
7 pm JOEL RAFAEL plays the San Diego Folk Heritage series at Templar's Hall, Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Rd, Poway; 858-566-4040; SDFH@san.rr.com. Joel’s CD tracks have been heard on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” He is an award-winning, internationally-recognized songwriter from San Diego County. Among his accomplishments are winning the Kerrville Folk Festival "New Folk Emerging Songwriter Award" in 1995. Artist info, www.joelrafael.com. Adv tix, www.ticketweb.com; $18 gen’l, $15 mbrs.
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Sat, Nov 8; 2nd Sat every month:
7:30 pm monthly “GRASSROOTS ACOUSTICA” this month with a “Greatest Hits Edition” featuring LARRY JOHN MCNALLY, HARRIET SCHOCK, artists-in-residence TOM GRAMLICH & BYRON PFEIFER, & performing host MARK ISLAM, at the charity benefit series new home, The Talking Stick’s NEW location, 1411 Lincoln Bl, Venice 92091; www.thetalkingstick.net. Tonight is the series’ 17th installment with 100% of donations benefitting “The Braille Institute.” More on Grassroots Acoustica, at www.grassrootsacoustica.org. No cover, but it’s a fund-raiser for charity.
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Sat, Nov 8; in Lancaster:
8 pm DEBBIE REYNOLDS at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. For a lengthy era, Debbie Reynolds was ceratinly America’s sweetheart. The veteran singer, dancer and star of more than 30 films performs an evening of music and comedy as she shares stories and performs the music of her lifetime. www.debbiereynolds.com. Tix $57 & $50.
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Sat, Nov 8:
10 pm “CANS FOR COMEDY” charity benefit standup comic showcase at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reserv, 626-398-7917. Coffee Gallery Coffee Bar proprietor and professional comic JULIE SANDOVAL says, “In a world saturated with reality TV there's only one place a comedian can go to be him or her self. To the stage to feel the embrace of an audience.”
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CANS FOR COMEDY has a simple premise to help others. Bring in one-or-more canned food donations for admission to enjoy a comedy show. All food is donated to Friends-n-Deed Food Bank. All shows are held in The Coffee Gallery Backstage. All shows include pizza and soft drinks. Reserv strongly recommended. Comedians interested in performing, go to www.comedytrain.net.
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Shows are once-a-month, on Saturdays at 10 pm (after the music performance in the Backstage). Info, www.funkylittlecoffeehouse.com.
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
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Sun, Nov 9:
Annual “SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HERITAGE FAIRE” with THE TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS, and others, at Rancho Los Alamitos, 6400 Bixby Hill Rd, Long Beach.
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Sun, Nov 9:
5-9 pm “ZYDECO DANCE SERIES” with live music by DEXTER ARDOIN at the Gardena Elks Lodge, 1735 W 162nd St, Gardena 90247. Info, call Sydney, event producer, at 323-401-8859. $20.
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Sun, Nov 9:
7:30 pm CARRIE UNDERWOOD on her “Carnival Ride” tour, with LITTLE BIG TOWN, at Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA. $ tbd; tix on Sale June 30 at 10 am. Info, www.goldenvoice.com.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
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Mon-Fri, Nov 10-14; across Canada:
“2008 SONG TRAIN” Toronto to Vancouver with TOM RUSSELL and THE FLATLANDERS - JOE ELY, BUTCH HANCOCK & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE. Ride across Canada on the rails that built a nation. Seventy avid music fans and amazing musicians make a non-stop rolling festival from Toronto to Vancouver. Three days and nights of music on board the last great long-distance streamline train still operating in North America - Via Rail's “Canadian.” Open mics and workshops every afternoon and on-board concerts every evening in our intimate Performance Car, where the scenery and music never stop. Includes all Song Train activities, all meals on board, sleeper accommodations (upper or lower semi-private berth accommodations: bench seat by day, roomy single bed by night), shower in each car, private dome car/lounge, concerts and workshops in Performance Car, kickoff concert in Toronto, hotel room at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto. E-mail Roots on the Rails at trains@sover.net or call 866-484-3669 (toll free in the US & Canada) or 802-258-1397. Info, www.rootsontherails.com. $2929.00 CN per person.
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Wed, Nov 12:
8 pm “TETON SONGWRITERS’ TOUR” at The Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reserv 626-398-7917; info, www.coffeegallery.com. More info when we have it.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
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Thu-Sun, Nov 13-16; in New York State:
“NORTHEAST REGIONAL FOLK ALLIANCE CONFERENCE” (NERFA) in Kerhonkson, NY.
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Thu, Nov 13; in Ojai:
7 pm DANA & SUE ROBINSON play the Ojai Concert Series, Ojai Valley Woman's Club, 441 E Ojai Av, Ojai; 805-649-5189; www.ojaiconcertseries.com. Publicity on this one says, "In a Dana and Susan Robinson concert you'll hear two rich, intimate voices, intricate and powerful guitar, mandolin, banjo and fiddle-playing. Dana writes songs and tells stories about America, the land and its people. They bring to their performances an understanding of America's musical heritage and convey its significance to our culture.
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Dirty Linen says, "Many songwriters have been heralded as modern day Woody Guthries or keepers of the American rural spirit, but that mantle might be better entrusted to musicians like Dana Robinson who embody both the heart and the soul of folk music." The Asheville Citizen-Times writes, "...rural America explored with elegant simplicity. Their music and cleanly poetic songwriting bring to mind the great folksingers of our times." Artists info, www.robinsongs.com. Doors at 6:30 for adv tix & will-call, 6:45 for tix buyers. Seating first come. Kids tix, under 14, are 1/2 price; on-site child care, by adv reserv is $5. Show tix, $15 adv, $18 door.
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Fri, 2nd Fri, every month in 2008; in Seaside:
7-9 pm “KIKI WOW & FRIENDS” play an acoustic concert at Borders Books & Music, 2080 California St, Seaside 93955. For all of you have clamored to know “Whatever happened to Kiki Wow?” – just take a drive up the coast, and you can see and hear for yourself.
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Fri, Nov 14:
8 pm “SPOKEN TRUTH” with performing host TROYAL is a free variety show on the Coffee Gallery FRONT-STAGE, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena. We know you know all about the world-famous Coffee Gallery Backstage, with it’s world-class performers, but what about The Coffee Gallery Front-stage? They have a free stage in the front of the coffeehouse. Coffee Gallery Coffee Bar proprietor and professional comic JULIE SANDOVAL tells us, “The Front-stage is available for poetry , spoken word and acoustic music.” If you'd like to arrange your own Front-Stage Show please email Julie at bohemianjoe@gmail.com. “SPOKEN TRUTH” with Troyal is at 8 pm, one Friday each month; remaining 2008 dates: Dec 19. Admission is free, and you can contact them to sign-up to share your spoken truth or a song. Info, www.funkylittlecoffeehouse.com.
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Sat, Nov 15:
7:30 pm WILLSON & McKEE plus a second act, tba, at the “THE LIVING TRADITION” Concert series at the Anaheim Community Center, 250 E Center St, Anaheim; www.thelivingtradition.org; reserv, 949-646-1964 or tinkersown@ca.rr.com.
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WILLSON & McKEE play “Rocky Mountain Celtic, what Celtic becomes when it settles comfortably in the West.” So what does that mean? Read about it, and them, at www.jigheads.com.
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$14, $11 for Living Trad mbrs; children under age 18 free w/ paid adult.
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Sat, Nov 15; in Encinitas (San Diego):
7:30 pm MEN OF WORTH plays the San Diego Folk Heritage series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas; 858-566-4040; SDFH@san.rr.com. This folk-music duo was formed by JAMES KEIGHER (Ireland) and DONNIE MacDONALD (Scotland) in 1986. Both exiles, it was through the Celtic music scene in Southern California that James and Donnie first met, and within a couple of years a partnership developed that was simultaneously serious and fun. Geographical changes now find James and Donnie living in Southern Oregon and Northern California respectively. Whilst remaining true to their Gaelic roots, Men of Worth have successfully evolved as marvelous entertainers. Artist info, www.menofworth.com. Adv tix, www.ticketweb.com; $18 gen’l, $15 mbrs.
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Sat, Nov 15; in Seattle:
8 pm TANIA OPLAND & MIKE FREEMAN plus WATCH THE SKY! play the monthly Northwest Seaport Maritime Concert, at the Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St, in Seattle’s new Lake Union Park; info, www.nwseaport.org/programs.html. Hosted by Phillip Morgan, all concerts start at 8 and last until after 10 pm. Coffee, tea, baked goods, and more, are available. Maritime music CDs for sale. Tix, $15 gen’l, $10 srs, youth, and mbrs of Northwest Seaport or the Center for Wooden Boats.
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Sun, Nov 16; 3rd Sun, every month:
1-3 pm Monthly “WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION SOUTHERN CAL JAM SESSION” on the Heritage Court Stage in the Autry National Center (Autry Museum), 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park; www.museumoftheamericanwest.org; 818-971-5002. Last WMA California Chapter meeting of the year follows. All performing musicians (whether or not they are Autry members or WMA members) get in free, and each may bring one guest. On WMA jam days at the Autry, all WMA members will be admitted free to the museum all day (show your WMA membership ID at the front desk and get access to the jam and to all the museum galleries for the whole day). Award-winning performing songwriter JOYCE WOODSON says, “You can have lunch there at the Golden Spur first, then stop by for some music.” Info at www.westernmusic.org. Museum gen’l adm $9 adults, $3 kids age 12 and under.
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Sun, Nov 16:
7 pm MARTIN SIMPSON at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403. Tix purchased online or by phone, add $4 svc chg, per order (not per ticket) to price shown. $22.50.
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Sun, Nov 16:
7 pm YUVAL RON “ON THE MUSIC OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPAIN” at the Grand Vision Event Center, 434 W. 6th St, San Pedro 90731; www.grandvision.org. YUVAL RON is a world-class musician with a music Oscar. In this show, he brings Muslim, Jewish and Christian harmony in the Golden Age of Spain, as a lecture / storytelling concert. Learn the fascinating journey of the Oud (Middle Eastern Lute) from Baghdad, Iraq to Andalusia, Spain and the amazing master musician who changed the music of Europe. A lecture and demonstration of the Jewish and Arabic music that originated in Andalusia, and the 600 years of Moorish Arab role in Spain, as well as the mutual influences between these traditions and the Christian music tradition of Spain. Artist info, www.yuvalronmusic.com. Tix $15 adv, $17 door.
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Sun, Nov 16:
8 pm “FOREVER FLAMENCO!” at The Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Av (Fountain at Normandie), L.A. 90029; 323-663-1525; www.FountainTheatre.com. Ongoing Flamenco series takes place on the first and third Sunday of every month. With only 80 seats in four rows, The Fountain Theatre is the perfect place to view Flamenco. Each show features a roster of world-class Flamenco dancers, singers and musicians drawn from the rich pool of Flamenco artists in Southern California, with additional guest artists brought from San Francisco, Albuquerque and Spain. Series continues Sundays, 8 pm, Dec 7 & 21. Secure, on-site parking is $5; tix $30.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
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Tue-Wed, Nov 18-19; in New Mexico:
Annual “WESTERN MUSIC SONGWRITERS COLLEGE” with JUNI FISHER and others teaching; in conjunction with the WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL in Albuquerque, Aug 20-23. Info at www.westernmusic.org or 661-297-5955. [NOTE: Festival dates have been changed from those previously announced.]
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Tue, Nov 18; third Tue, every month:
7:30 pm SIMON PURE are this month’s performing artists at the monthly “BLUEGRASS AT THE BRAEMAR,” BASC (Bluegrass Assoc of Southern Cal) show at Braemar Country Club, 4001 Reseda Bl, Tarzana 91356. (Take 101 Fwy to Reseda Bl, exit S, go 2 1/2 miles up the hill to the entrance on the right.) Show is free; dinner is an optional pasta buffet, complete with soup, dinner salad (you can add chicken breast), rolls, butter, coffee, tea and dessert, $14 (tax and tip included). Buffet served beginning at 6:30 pm. Bar service available. Ample seating, safe, secure free parking. Info: contact Joy Felt, Bluegrass Association of Southern California, at 818-705-8870 or bascinfo@socalbluegrass.org.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
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Thu-Sun, Nov 20-23; in New Mexico:
Annual “WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL” with performances by JUNI FISHER, SONS OF THE KONZA PRAIRIE, PATTY CLAYTON, RODGER MAXWELL, THE TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS, YAMPA VALLEY BOYS, STAMPEDE, BILL BARWICK, and others, in Albuquerque, with annual awards, panels, workshops, performances, and more. Info at www.westernmusic.org or 661-297-5955. LOTS of L.A. area "western" people attend this every year. [NOTE: dates have been changed from those previously announced.]
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Thu, Nov 20:
7 pm KRIS SEARLE at the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theatre, 6126 Hollywood Bl (betw Argyle & Gower), Hollywood; 323-464-0808. Kris’ CD, “Slowly Diabolical,” was released last spring and is getting critical attention. "Searle's music touches the heart and stimulates the soul, and deserves industry support and placement in a myriad of shows and movies. Searle is ready for the big time now!" - Bob Leggett, Music Connection (Jun 14, 2008). Artist info, www.reverbnation.com/krissearle.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
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Fri, Nov 21:
8 pm MACK BAILEY & RACHEL LEVY at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reserv, 626-398-7917. Artists’ info, www.mackbailey.com and www.myspace.com/mackbaileyandrachellevy.
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Fri, Nov 21; in Lancaster:
8 pm ERIC SLATER at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Eric Slater cut his teeth as lead guitarist with popular Antelope Valley bands OFF LIMITS, AURORA BECKONS, MOFLO, & BOMB SQUAD before releasing solo albums in 2005 and 2007. With THE ERIC SLATER BAND he performs a unique blend of rock styles with a Southern blues influence. www.myspace.com/ericslater. Also Sat, Nov 22, 8 pm. Tix $15.
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Sat, Nov 22; in Palm Desert:
3 pm RIDERS IN THE SKY at the McCallum theater for the Performing Arts, in Palm Desert.
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Sat, Nov 22; 4th Sat every month:
5 pm Monthly JAM, POTLUCK, & CONTRA DANCE at “The Living Tradition” series at the Downtown Community Center, 250 E Center St, Anaheim; info, 949-646-1964; www.thelivingtradition.org. Dance caller TBD, band TBD. Monthly jam sessions allow musicians (instrumentalists and singers) to learn, practice, and enjoy traditional music in a relaxed atmosphere; held 4th Sat every month, before the contra dance. Jam participants play a wide array of instruments, from accordions to zithers, and a variety of traditional folk tunes, mostly from the Fiddlers’ Fake Book (by David Brody) and the Portland Collection (by Susan Songer). Open to all ages and levels of experience. Vocalists and song circles are also welcome. Slow jam encourages novices. Fast jam challenges old-timers.
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Jam, bring your instruments & join in, beginning at 5 pm; free.
Slow jam, 5-5:45 pm
Fast jam, 5:45-7 pm
Potluck, 6:30 pm
Contra dance introduction lesson, 7:30 pm
> CONTRA DANCE at 8-11 pm is $8 per person, $7 for Anaheim residents, $6 for Living Tradition mbrs; children under 18 are free with paid adult.
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Sat, Nov 22:
7:30 pm GOLDEN STATE BRITISH BRASS BAND at the FBC Concert Hall Performances series on the campus of First Baptist Church, 505 N Grand Av, Glendora 91741; 626-914-5357. It’s a taste of England in the San Gabriel Valley. This 28-piece band of top L.A.-area musicians, under the direction of Jack Hollander, was founded in 1996. They perform and record music written and arranged in the traditional “British Brass Band” style. Producer Jerry Burgan says, “Save the airfare and have some fish ‘n chips before the show.” Shows are in a comfortable 350-seat auditorium with main floor and balcony seating. Sponsors tell us, “Great sound and natural acoustics permit subtle textures to be heard.” Group pricing and adv tix available. $15.
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Sat, Nov 22; in Lancaster:
8 pm ERIC SLATER at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Eric Slater cut his teeth as lead guitarist with popular Antelope Valley bands OFF LIMITS, AURORA BECKONS, MOFLO, & BOMB SQUAD before releasing solo albums in 2005 and 2007. With THE ERIC SLATER BAND he performs a unique blend of rock styles with a Southern blues influence. www.myspace.com/ericslater. Also Fri, Nov 21, 8 pm. Tix $15.
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Sat, Nov 29:
8 pm CELTIC THUNDER at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, downtown L.A. Tix $65 / $57.50 / $47.50/ $37.50; On sale at 10 am, Jun 23.
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Sat, Nov 29:
8 pm TOM RUSSELL at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403. Tix purchased online or by phone, add $4 svc chg, per order (not per ticket) to price shown. $25.
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Sat, Nov 29:
8 pm “I LOVE A PIANO” at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91355; www.canyonspac.com; 661-362-5304. "I Love a Piano" is the music of IRVING BERLIN in a new musical journey spanning seven decades of American history as seen through the perceptive and hopeful eyes of Berlin's music. Berlin was a legend, a man Jerome Kern described by saying, "Irving Berlin has no place in American music... He IS American Music!" Using 64 of Berlin’s enduring and popular favorites, the show explores the spirit of America from the Ragtime rhythms of the early 20th century through the swinging sophistication of the 1920s and '30s. From the sentimental songs that inspired a nation during two World Wars to the innocent optimism of timeless classics of the 1950s, including “White Christmas,” “God Bless America,” “Puttin’ On The Ritz” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” these songs do more than define the music of a generation. They define the music of a nation. Tix go on sale Jul 16; prices tba.
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Sun, Nov 30:
8 pm TOM RUSSELL plays the Concerts at The Bodie House series in Agoura Hills; reserv gets directions, at 818-621-8309 or BodieHouse@aol.com. Includes dessert / appetizer bar (food contributions appreciated). More, www.BodieHouse.com.
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Fri-Sun, Dec 5-7; in Monterey:
Annual “MONTEREY COWBOY POETRY & MUSIC FESTIVAL” with DAVE STAMEY, BAXTER BLACK, JUNI FISHER, PATTY CLAYTON, at the Monterey Conference Center, Monterey; www.montereycowboy.com; 800-722-9652.
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Fri, Dec 5; 1st Fri, every month:
8-10 pm monthly “FIRST FRIDAY” show with guests “SONGS OF SHILOH,” the thematic duo of MARTY AXELROD & NICOLE GORDON, hosted by SEVERIN BROWNE at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood; 818-766-9913; live simulcast at www.kulakswoodshed.com. The series features performing guests (one or more recording artists) and the “First Friday Band,” with SEVERIN BROWNE, MIKE BISCH, DAVID STONE, JEFF KOSSACK, AARON WOLFSON, ALEX DEL ZOPPO and GARY POPENOE. All artists donate their performances; venue is supported by donations, and asks $10 per attendee in lieu of a cover charge.
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Sat, Dec 6; in Poway (San Diego):
7 pm TRAILS & RAILS plays the San Diego Folk Heritage series at Templar's Hall, Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Rd, Poway; 858-566-4040; SDFH@san.rr.com. WALT RICHARDS & PAULA STRONG have enjoyed performing together for over twenty years in various groups, including Bow Willow and Mandolin Madness. Trails & Rails has appeared at many Western Music Events over the last couple of years, carrying on the grand tradition of Western music. In Nov, 2005, Trails & Rails won the Duo Harmony competition at the Western Music Association Music Festival and annual gathering in Albuquerque. Collecting and sharing cowboy and train songs, along with information about the history of the West, is just one of their many passions. Artist info, http://members.cox.net/trailsandrails. Adv tix, www.ticketweb.com; $18 gen’l, $15 mbrs.
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Sat, Dec 6; in Seattle:
8 pm THE CUTTERS & FRIENDS play the monthly Northwest Seaport Maritime Concert, at a special location, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1215 Thomas Street (5 blks S of Lake Union Park at the intersection of Thomas & Pontius), Seattle; map at www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Seattle&state=WA&address=1215+Thomas+Street&zipcode=98109. Hosted by Phillip Morgan, all concerts start at 8 and last until after 10 pm. Coffee, tea, baked goods, and more, are available. Maritime music CDs for sale. Info, www.nwseaport.org/programs.html. Tix, $15 gen’l, $10 srs, youth, and mbrs of Northwest Seaport or the Center for Wooden Boats.
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Sun, Dec 7; in Lancaster:
7 pm LOS LOBOS at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. The pride of East L.A., Los Lobos is one of America's most distinctive and original bands. Their Mexican heritage and diverse musical attitudes merge to become one graceful, gritty sound. Who better to warm a cold winter’s night with inner-city heat? www.loslobos.org. Tix $45 & $40.
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Sun, Dec 7:
8 pm “FOREVER FLAMENCO!” at The Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Av (Fountain at Normandie), L.A. 90029; 323-663-1525; www.FountainTheatre.com. Ongoing Flamenco series takes place on the first and third Sunday of every month. With only 80 seats in four rows, The Fountain Theatre is the perfect place to view Flamenco. Each show features a roster of world-class Flamenco dancers, singers and musicians drawn from the rich pool of Flamenco artists in Southern California, with additional guest artists brought from San Francisco, Albuquerque and Spain. Series continues Sundays, 8 pm, Dec 21. Secure, on-site parking is $5; tix $30.
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Mon, Dec 8; in Lancaster:
8 pm “WYNONA: A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC” at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Spreading festive cheer across the country, WYNONNA JUDD brings soulful renditions of traditional holiday classics like "White Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland," alongside her own country hits. www.wynonna.com Tix $77 & $70.
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Fri, Dec 12; in Visalia:
SONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN play their annual Fan Club Dinner in Visalia; info & tix, 928-757-9030.
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Fri, 2nd Fri, every month in 2008; in Seaside:
7-9 pm “KIKI WOW & FRIENDS” play an acoustic concert at Borders Books & Music, 2080 California St, Seaside 93955. For all of you have clamored to know “Whatever happened to Kiki Wow?” – just take a drive up the coast, and you can see and hear for yourself.
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Sat, Dec 13; in Visalia:
SONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN play their Christmas Concert at the Fox Theater, in Visalia.
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Sat, Dec 13; 2nd Sat every month:
7:30 pm monthly “GRASSROOTS ACOUSTICA” this month remembering NICOLETTE LARSON with the “2nd Annual Lotta Love Edition” (artists to be named; keep reading) at the charity benefit series new home, The Talking Stick (new location), 1411 Lincoln Bl, Venice 92091; www.thetalkingstick.net. Tonight is the series’ 18th installment with 100% of donations benefitting “The Nicolette Larson Pediatric Endowment at Mattel Children's Hospital/UCLA.” Tonight’s show is a chance for fans & friends remember NICOLETTE LARSON (1952-1997). Nicolette's daughter ELSIE MAY LARSON-KUNKEL will return after being a last-minute addition at last year’s tribute, joining what's certain to be a big lineup whose incomplete list includes LISA TURNER, PAUL ZOLLO, SEVERIN BROWNE, & KAREN TOBIN. More on Grassroots Acoustica at www.grassrootsacoustica.org. No cover, but it’s a fund-raiser for charity.
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Sun, Dec 14:
1-5 pm “A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS” at the Homestead Museum, 15415 East Don Julian Rd, City of Industry; 91745; www.homesteadmuseum.org. Experience over one hundred years of Southern Cal holiday traditions at this annual festival as you enjoy music, historic house tours featuring costumed characters at the Workman House, theatrical performances, special exhibits, demonstrations, beautiful decorations, crafts, food, shopping, and much more. Check back for more details as we get closer to the event. In the event of rain, the festival will be canceled. Free—but bring spending money for food and shopping.
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Sun, Dec 14:
“CHRISTMAS ON THE RANGE” with TOM HIATT & THE SUNDOWN RIDERS, JOYCE WOODSON, JOE HERRINGTON, LARRY WINES as emcee, in the Wells Fargo Theater, Autry National Center (Autry Museum), 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, L.A. 90027. Tix and info, 818-365-8709 or LindaleeGreen@earthlink.net. It’s the is the Western Music Association’s Annual Cowboy Christmas Concert, followed by the WMA California Chapter’s annual Christmas party and jam session at the nearby Viva Cantina in Burbank. Public invited. Tix info and show time tba.
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Sun, Dec 14; in Victorville:
“CURLY’S COWBOY CHRISTMAS” with BELINDA GAIL & CURLY MUSGRAVE in a benefit for the Happy Trails Foundation in Victorville.
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Sun, Dec 14:
8 & 9:30 pm JANET KLEIN & HER PARLOR BOYS play two one-hour sets for dinner and dancing at Maxwell DeMille's Cicada Club, 617 S Olive St, L.A. 90014; dinner reserv 213-488-9488; info, www.ClubCicada.com. Valet parking, fine dining, full bar, all ages. Dress code enforced (fancy! and old fashioned preferred!) No cover charge, but dinner and drink minimums apply.
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Tue, Dec 16; third Tue, every month:
7:30 pm SLIGO RAGS are this month’s performing artists at the monthly “BLUEGRASS AT THE BRAEMAR,” BASC (Bluegrass Assoc of Southern Cal) show at Braemar Country Club, 4001 Reseda Bl, Tarzana 91356. (Take 101 Fwy to Reseda Bl, exit S, go 2 1/2 miles up the hill to the entrance on the right.) Show is free; dinner is an optional pasta buffet, complete with soup, dinner salad (you can add chicken breast), rolls, butter, coffee, tea and dessert, $14 (tax and tip included). Buffet served beginning at 6:30 pm. Bar service available. Ample seating, safe, secure free parking. Info: contact Joy Felt, Bluegrass Association of Southern California, at 818-705-8870 or bascinfo@socalbluegrass.org.
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Fri, Dec 19:
7 pm SARAH BRIGHTMAN at The Theatre at Honda Center. Sarah Brightman is the biggest-selling soprano of all time. She recently captivated the world at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, and now she has begun her first North American tour in four years, including only two consecutive nights in Southern Cal. After the successful release of her highest chart-debuting album, “Symphony,” Sarah will release her first-ever Christmas album this holiday season. “A Winter Symphony” features season classics delivered with her vocals, including “Silent Night,” “In the Bleak Midwinter,” “Ave Maria” and others. During her career, Sarah has sold more than 26 million albums and over two million DVDs worldwide. She continues to defy genres and create groundbreaking music for audiences around the world. Doors at 7 pm. Tix $235, $110, $75, $40. On sale 9/13 at noon.
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Fri, Dec 19:
8 pm “SPOKEN TRUTH” with performing host TROYAL is a free variety show on the Coffee Gallery FRONT-STAGE, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena. We know you know all about the world-famous Coffee Gallery Backstage, with it’s world-class performers, but what about The Coffee Gallery Front-stage? They have a free stage in the front of the coffeehouse. Coffee Gallery Coffee Bar proprietor and professional comic JULIE SANDOVAL tells us, “The Front-stage is available for poetry, spoken word and acoustic music.” If you'd like to arrange your own Front-Stage Show please email Julie at bohemianjoe@gmail.com. “SPOKEN TRUTH” with Troyal is at 8 pm, one Friday each month. Admission is free, and you can contact them to sign-up to share your spoken truth or a song. Info, www.funkylittlecoffeehouse.com.
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Sat, Dec 20:
4-8 pm “EVENING HOLIDAY TOURS” at the Homestead Museum, 15415 East Don Julian Rd, City of Industry; 91745; www.homesteadmuseum.org. Special, one-evening-only tours for visitors to enjoy period decorations by moonlight. Tours focus on how the celebration of Christmas in Southern Cal changed from the 1840s through the 1920s. Following each tour, visitors can enjoy cider and sweet treats in the Homestead Museum Gallery. Tours depart every 20 minutes. Adv tix recommended, on sale Oct 31. $5 adults; $3 seniors, students, & children 2-12; children under age 2 are free.
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Sat, Dec 20:
7 pm SARAH BRIGHTMAN at The Forum in Inglewood. Sarah Brightman is the biggest-selling soprano of all time. She recently captivated the world at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, and now she has begun her first North American tour in four years, including only two consecutive nights in Southern Cal. After the successful release of her highest chart-debuting album, “Symphony,” Sarah will release her first-ever Christmas album this holiday season. “A Winter Symphony” features season classics delivered with her vocals, including “Silent Night,” “In the Bleak Midwinter,” “Ave Maria” and others. During her career, Sarah has sold more than 26 million albums and over two million DVDs worldwide. She continues to defy genres and create groundbreaking music for audiences around the world. Doors at 7 pm. Tix $235, $110, $75, $40. On sale 9/13 at noon.
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Sun, Dec 21; 3rd Sun, every month:
1-3 pm Monthly “WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION SOUTHERN CAL JAM SESSION” on the Heritage Court Stage in the Autry National Center (Autry Museum), 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park; www.museumoftheamericanwest.org; 818-971-5002. No WMA California Chapter meeting following, this month only. All performing musicians (whether or not they are Autry members or WMA members) get in free, and each may bring one guest. On WMA jam days at the Autry, all WMA members will be admitted free to the museum all day (show your WMA membership ID at the front desk and get access to the jam and to all the museum galleries for the whole day). Award-winning performing songwriter JOYCE WOODSON says, “You can have lunch there at the Golden Spur first, then stop by for some music.” Info at www.westernmusic.org. Museum gen’l adm $9 adults, $3 kids age 12 and under.
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Sun, Dec 21:
8 pm “FOREVER FLAMENCO!” at The Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Av (Fountain at Normandie), L.A. 90029; 323-663-1525; www.FountainTheatre.com. Ongoing Flamenco series takes place on the first and third Sunday of every month. With only 80 seats in four rows, The Fountain Theatre is the perfect place to view Flamenco. Each show features a roster of world-class Flamenco dancers, singers and musicians drawn from the rich pool of Flamenco artists in Southern California, with additional guest artists brought from San Francisco, Albuquerque and Spain. Secure, on-site parking is $5; tix $30.
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Mon, Dec 22; in Ojai:
7 pm Second Annual “IRISH CHRISTMAS SHOW” with Portland’s HANZ AKARI BAND and Irish step dancers at the Ojai Concert Series, Ojai Valley Woman's Club, 441 E Ojai Av, Ojai; 805-649-5189; www.ojaiconcertseries.com.
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Sat, Dec 27:
8 pm-midnight “ZYDECO DANCE SERIES’ Christmas & New Year's Eve Dance” with live music by ANDRE' THIERRY at the Gardena Elks Lodge, 1735 W 162nd St, Gardena 90247. Info, call Sydney, event producer, at 323-401-8859. $20.
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Sat, Jan 10, 2009; 2nd Sat every month:
7:30 pm monthly “GRASSROOTS ACOUSTICA” this month with the “2nd Annual Auld Lang Syne Edition: One Degree To Edward Tree” featuring WENDY CONRAD, LISA O'KANE, SPENCER DAVIS, EDWARD TREE, JOHN STOWERS, JANE BOLDUC, and more, at the charity benefit series new home, The Talking Stick’s NEW location, 1411 Lincoln Bl, Venice 92091; www.thetalkingstick.net. Tonight is the series’ 19th installment with 100% of donations benefitting “House Of Hope,” a safe, sober environment for women wanting to recover from alcoholism and drug addiction. More on Grassroots Acoustica at www.grassrootsacoustica.org. No cover, but it’s a fund-raiser for charity.
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Sat, Jan 10, 2009; in Encinitas (San Diego):
7:30 pm APRIL VERCH plays the San Diego Folk Heritage series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas; 858-566-4040; SDFH@san.rr.com. When you see twenty-seven year old April Verch perform, the first thing that strikes you is the pure energy that infuses her fiddle playing and stepdancing. When you listen to “Take Me Back,” her third disc for Rounder Records, heard on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” what draws you in are more subtle things - her confident, winsome singing, the finely detailed elegance of her fiddle phrasing and the depth of a repertoire that ranges through material from Americana mainstays Buddy and Julie Miller, to simple country songs and rollicking tunes from her native Ottawa Valley to sparkling original instrumentals. Artist info, www.aprilverch.com/bio.php. Adv tix, www.ticketweb.com; $22 gen’l, $19 mbrs.
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Sat, Jan 10, 2009:
8 pm PETER OSTROUSHKO at the CalTech Folk Music Society series on the Caltech campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; www.folkmusic.caltech.edu; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
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Known for his many musical contributions to radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” PETER OSTROUSHKO is a superbly accomplished multi-instrumentalist musician and recording artist. Curiously, if you begin reading his bio on his website, you’re struck with a sense of alarm that some untoward fate may have befallen him – the bio is decidedly “past tense.” Happily, the man and musician are quite well, and delighting audiences everywhere, as he will surely do tonight. Peter is touring his latest CD, “Peter Joins the Circus.” More at www.peterostroushko.com.
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Sun, Jan 11, 2009:
7 pm ART GARFUNKEL with SANTA CLARITA SYMPHONY at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91355; www.canyonspac.com; 661-362-5304.
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It's been 35 years since "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was recorded, and ART GARFUNKEL's image and signature vocals remain among the most instantly recognizable in popular music. Teaming up with lifetime friend Paul Simon in 1962, SIMON & GARFUNKEL won five Grammy awards together, two in 1968 and three in 1970. In 1972, "Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits" was released, remaining on the charts for 131 weeks in the US. The album has since sold 14 million copies, the largest-selling album of all time for a duo. In 1990, Paul and Art were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With 12 solo albums, countless musical achievements and awards, and a lifetime of touching the souls of listeners throughout the world, Art Garfunkel brings his storied voice and one-of-kind persona to the stage once again.
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Jan 14, 2009; in Ojai:
7 pm CROWFOOT at the Ojai Concert Series, Ojai Valley Woman's Club, 441 E Ojai Av, Ojai; 805-649-5189; www.ojaiconcertseries.com. CROWFOOT is from Canada and the East Coast, an Appalachian /Quebecois fusion trio sensation. Doors at 6:30 for adv tix & will-call, 6:45 for tix buyers. Seating first come. Kids tix, under 14, are 1/2 price; on-site child care, by adv reserv is $5. Show tix $, tba.
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Fri, Jan 16; in Lancaster:
8 pm OZARK JUBILEE at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Ozark Jubilee serves up an all-new variety show of country and western, bluegrass and gospel music with a huge helping of classic hillbilly humor. Starring the outrageous Doofus Doolittle (aka world-class fiddler RANDY NEWMAN), this performance is straight out of “The Grand Ole Opry.” It’s feel-good family fare that leaves audiences hungry for more. Tix $25 & $20.
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Sat, Jan 17, 2009:
8 pm BOB BROZMAN at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; 310-398-2583; www.boulevardmusic.com. (Website also has a neighborhood dining guide.) Tix on sale Aug 18 – months earlier than usual. $17.50.
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Sun-Sat, Jan 18-31, 2009; in Elko, NV:
25th Annual “COWBOY GATHERING” in Elko, Nevada. Expect an extra-special shebang for their big anniversary year.
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Sun, Jan 18, 2009:
7 pm PETER HIMMELMAN at the Grand Vision Event Center, 434 W. 6th St, San Pedro 90731; www.grandvision.org. PETER HIMMELMAN is a hilarious, openhearted, spontaneous, unpredictable and truly multi-faceted musician. He is a critically-lauded rock troubadour, a Grammy nominated creator of children’s music, and an Emmy nominated film and television composer. One of the finest, if not underappreciated, American songwriters of the last two decades. Artist info, http://peterhimmelman.com. Also an opening act, tba. Tix $15 adv, $17 door.
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Tue, Jan 20, 2009:
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION in Washington, D.C., when the nation finally gets a new Chief Executive; followed that evening by numerous celebratory balls.
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Tue, Jan 20, 2009; third Tue, every month:
7:30 pm THE BLADERUNNERS are this month’s performing artists at the monthly “BLUEGRASS AT THE BRAEMAR,” BASC (Bluegrass Assoc of Southern Cal) show at Braemar Country Club, 4001 Reseda Bl, Tarzana 91356. (Take 101 Fwy to Reseda Bl, exit S, go 2 1/2 miles up the hill to the entrance on the right.) Show is free; dinner is an optional pasta buffet, complete with soup, dinner salad (you can add chicken breast), rolls, butter, coffee, tea and dessert, $14 (tax and tip included). Buffet served beginning at 6:30 pm. Bar service available. Ample seating, safe, secure free parking. Info: contact Joy Felt, Bluegrass Association of Southern California, at 818-705-8870 or bascinfo@socalbluegrass.org.
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Jan 22, 2009:
“BLUE NOTE 70th ANNIVERSARY TOUR” brings an all-star lineup to UCLA Live!, Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. Led by Blue Note Records artist and pianist, BILL CHARLAP with PETER BERNSTEIN, RAVI COLTRANE, LEWIS NASH, NICHOLAS PAYTON, PETER WASHINGTON & STEVE WILSON. The all-star ensemble will explore classic tunes by Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter and many others.
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Sun, Jan 25, 2009:
7 pm THE HUNT FAMILY FIDDLERS at Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91355; www.canyonspac.com; 661-362-5304. The Hunt Family Fiddlers are an award-winning family of Irish step-dancers, fiddlers and singers who have been entertaining crowds across the country with their high-powered performances and other instrumental talents. In addition to fiddles, this extraordinary family of nine plays drums, accordion, keyboard and guitar, performing Celtic, bluegrass, inspirational and popular tunes, and offering a unique blend of diversity to every show. Tix go on sale Jul 16, 2008; prices tba.
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Fri, Jan 30; in Lancaster:
8 pm THE NEVILLE BROTHERS at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Groove to the hybrid mix of blues-soaked jazz, funk, soul, gospel and Southern street music created by “The First Family of Funk.” Brothers ART, CHARLES, AARON. & CYRIL NEVILLE proudly carry the torch of their native New Orleans' rich R&B legacy around the world and into downtown Lancaster. www.nevilles.com. Tix $56 & $49.
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Sat, Jan 31, 2009:
“ROYCE HALL ORGAN & FILM” brings organist TOM TRENNEY accompanying one of the great comedies of the silent film era, Harold Lloyd’s “Speedy” (1928), at “UCLA Live” in Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. Shot on location in Manhattan and featuring shots of the old Yankee Stadium and Coney Island's Luna Park, Lloyd’s last silent film is packed with brilliant sight gags and includes a cameo by baseball legend Babe Ruth. Co-presented with the UCLA Film & Television Archive. It’s a popular family event, so get tix early.
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Sat, Jan 31, 2009; in Encinitas (San Diego):
7:30 pm TERRI HENDRIX with LLOYD MAINES play the San Diego Folk Heritage series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas; 858-566-4040; SDFH@san.rr.com. When Terri Hendrix walked away from her opera scholarship in college, it was only because she found the classical music path too narrow for her free spirit. But there was just no shaking her love of music. Armed with the Mississippi-John-Hurt-style guitar chops she learned from her mentor, Marion Williamson, in exchange for milking goats on the philanthropist’s Wilory Farm, Hendrix began hauling her own P.A. in the back of her beat-up pick-up to gigs throughout the Texas Hill Country. From her native San Antonio to the live music hotbed of Austin and every small town honky-tonk and coffee shop in Texas, it wasn’t long before the fans started adding up and Hendrix had to recruit some of them to help her keep up with her mailing list. All this in the pre-email/Web site dark ages of the early ’90s.??By the time she got around to recording her debut album, 1996’s Two Dollar Shoes, Hendrix did what most artists still did at the time, and shopped around for a record label. She was turned down by three, none of which are still in business. She released the record independently, and never looked back. Now, nine self-released albums later, Hendrix is still thriving — and grateful she made the fateful decision more than a dozen years ago to not only follow her own path through her music career, but to ultimately “own her own universe.” Artist info, www.terrihendrix.com. Adv tix, www.ticketweb.com; $18 gen’l, $15 mbrs.
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Fri, Feb 6, 2009; in Ojai:
5:30 & 7:30 TOM CHAPIN, celebrated Grammy-winner, plays two completely different shows at the Ojai Concert Series, Ojai Valley Woman's Club, 441 E Ojai Av, Ojai; 805-649-5189; www.ojaiconcertseries.com. The brother of 80s folk legend HARRY CHAPIN, he is a renowned children’s musician who hosted TV’s “Make a Wish” children’s show with original songs and positive, self-esteem-building, go-learn-about-new-things messages. TOM CHAPIN plays two shows in Ojai: First, an early show at 5:30 pm, where he will play his 3-time Grammy-winning children's songs. Then, at 7:30, he performs an adult-themed show. On-site child care, by adv reserv is $5. Show tix $, tba.
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Sat, Feb 7, 2009:
EDWARD ALBEE, “THE POWER OF THE ARTS AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE,” at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. The three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner makes his Royce Hall debut in a fascinating discussion exploring charged topics such as government repression, censorship in the arts and cultural literacy.
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Sat, Feb 7, 2009:
“I HEAR AMERICA SINGING” with THE BROTHERS FOUR, MASON WILLIAMS, TOM CHAPIN, and JOSH WHITE JR, at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Dr, Cerritos; 562-916-8501; 800-300-4345; tix, 562-467-8818; www.cerritoscenter.com.
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Sat, Feb 7, 2009:
8 pm THE KINGSTON TRIO at the Caltech music series, in Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; www.folkmusic.caltech.edu; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
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Presented by Caltech Public Events, Folk Music Society as marketing partner; discounted tix available if you mention the Folk Music Society. Info & tix, Caltech Ticket Office, 626-395-4652 or 1-888-2CALTECH. Tix, $36, $31, $26; $10 youth.
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Sat, Feb 14, 2009:
7:30 pm “AN ENCHANTED EVENING - THE MUSIC OF BROADWAY,” featuring LEE LESSACK & JOANNE O’BRIEN, is the Valentine's Day offering for the "Cabaret on Stage" series at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91355; www.canyonspac.com; 661-362-5304. This extraordinarily talented team performs Broadway's favorite songs, from the enduring standards of Rodgers and Hammerstein to new classics by Andrew Lloyd Webber, all set in the intimate cabaret-style seating on the main stage. Enjoy a drink or two and delicous light fare at your candle-lit table, together with the voices of Lessack and O’Brien. Only 150 seats are available, given the table seating arrangement. Tix go on sale Jul 16; prices $126, $108, $90.
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Sat, Feb 15, 2009; in Lancaster:
7 pm “INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT” at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. This show promises “Four of the world’s finest acoustic guitarists – each completely different culturally and musically – unite to present music created in private pre-tour jam sessions. It is a not-to-be-missed experience that literally will not be found anywhere else.” More at www.internationalguitarnight.com Tix $27 & $22.
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Tue, Feb 17, 2009; third Tue, every month:
7:30 pm THE STAGEROBBERS are this month’s performing artists at the monthly “BLUEGRASS AT THE BRAEMAR,” BASC (Bluegrass Assoc of Southern Cal) show at Braemar Country Club, 4001 Reseda Bl, Tarzana 91356. (Take 101 Fwy to Reseda Bl, exit S, go 2 1/2 miles up the hill to the entrance on the right.) Show is free; dinner is an optional pasta buffet, complete with soup, dinner salad (you can add chicken breast), rolls, butter, coffee, tea and dessert, $14 (tax and tip included). Buffet served beginning at 6:30 pm. Bar service available. Ample seating, safe, secure free parking. Info: contact Joy Felt, Bluegrass Association of Southern California, at 818-705-8870 or bascinfo@socalbluegrass.org.
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Feb 20, 2009:
WERNER HERZOG, “REQUIEM FOR A DYING PLANET,” at “UCLA Live” in Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. In a UCLA Live exclusive event, the visionary director appears in a discussion moderated by the New York Public Library’s Paul Höldengraber, followed by the cine-concert “Requiem for a Dying Planet,” an assemblage featuring Herzog’s documentaries, “The Wild Blue Yonder” and “The White Diamonds” set to an original live score.
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Fri, Feb 20, 2009:
8 pm CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS at the Caltech music series, in Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; www.folkmusic.caltech.edu; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
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These young musicians revisit old-time string-band music from the Carolina foothills. With dazzling velocity and virtuosity, and stirring a cappella displays, the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo come together on stage for a unique glimpse into American heritage music. More at www.carolinachocolatedrops.com.
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Feb 22, 2009; in San Diego:
7:30 pm STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN play the San Diego Folk Heritage series, location tbd. The review of Steve and Cindy's latest album “Being There” in Sing Out magazine, says, "Steve and Cindy have hit on a combination that consistently produces high quality recordings and entertaining stage shows. Their voices and styles meld seamlessly with a gentleness and a maturity that is unmatched in the world of folk duos." Their web page includes a wealth of information about the duo, including sound files, a full one-hour concert video recorded at the Kennedy Center, an infamous jokes page, plus a wealth of links to other folk music resources. www.compassrosemusic.com.
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Feb 24, 2009; in Encinitas (San Diego):
7:30 pm WOODS TEA COMPANY play the San Diego Folk Heritage series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas; 858-566-4040; SDFH@san.rr.com. They are an acoustic group that performs fiery Celtic tunes, bluegrass, sea shanties, and American folk songs with ease and skill. During a performance they use as many as a dozen instruments. They are Howard Wooden on vocals, bass, guitar, bodhran; Mike Lussen on vocals, five string banjo, bodhran, bouzouki, guitar; Tom MacKenzie on vocals, hammered dulcimer, banjo, guitar, ukelele; and often, a fourth “guest” artist. Band info, www.woodstea.net. Adv tix, www.ticketweb.com; $18 gen’l, $15 mbrs.
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Sat, Feb 28, 2009:
8 pm LÚNASA at the CalTech Folk Music Society series on the Caltech campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; www.folkmusic.caltech.edu; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
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LÚNASA has been hailed as "Ireland's newest 'supergroup'...the hottest Irish acoustic band on the planet." Using melodic interweaving of wind and string instruments, pairing fiddle, whistle,and pipes in often breathtaking arrangements, the group's musical talents captivate audiences. More at www.lunasa.ie.
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Sat, Feb 28, 2009; in Lancaster:
8 pm PHOEBE SNOW at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Delta blues, Broadway show tunes and Dixieland jazz inspire an eclectic, career-defining concert by vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Phoebe Snow. Her signature earthy voice, and great songs like “Poetry Man,” earned her Platinum records, the cover of Rolling Stone, and legions of fans. More at www.phoebesnow.com. Tix $45 & $40.
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Sat & Sun, Mar 14 & 15, 2009:
DAN ZANES at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. The 2007 Grammy Award winner for “Best Musical Album for Children,” Dan brings his Brooklyn-based band and special guests to present a concert celebrating the sounds and colors of Los Angeles and its “indigenous” music, from hip-hop to classic Disney tunes, in a rollicking, all-ages dance party.
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Sat, Mar 14, 2009; in Lancaster:
8 pm DANÚ brings Irish folk music to the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Take a musical journey to Ireland with one of today’s leading traditional Irish folk ensembles. Hailing from historic County Waterford, and collectively named after a Celtic goddess, these seven performers will keep you in good humor with live music, song, dance and Irish humor. www.danu.net. Tix $32 & $27.
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Tue, Mar 17, 2009:
MOVING HEARTS, one of Ireland’s most influential bands, at “UCLA Live” in Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. The Irish folk-rock fusion group has reunited after nearly two decades and brings its inimitable musical blend of traditional Irish folk, rock, and jazz to Royce Hall for a rare and eagerly anticipated performance.
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Sat, Mar 21, 2009:
MONICA MANCINI, Two-time Grammy nominee, at “UCLA Live” in Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. She has appeared as a concert performer with major orchestras worldwide and recorded with artists from PLACIDO DOMINGO to QUINCY JONES. The daughter of famed film composer HENRY MANCINI and the singer GINNY MANCINI, Monica and her band come to Royce Hall with a program of American classics.
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Sat, Mar 21, 2009; in Lancaster:
8 pm LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. The stirring bass, alto and tenor harmonies of Ladysmith Black Mambazo carry the traditional a cappella music of South Africa to audiences around the globe. Hand-picked by Paul Simon to provide backing vocals for his Grammy-winning album “Graceland” in 1986, the group was catapulted into the spotlight of a resurging interest in world music. www.mambazo.com. Tix $42 & $37; youth $20.
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Fri-Sun, Mar 27-29, 2009:
Britain’s HOIPOLLOI, a children’s act, has its West Coast premiere at “UCLA Live” in Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. The bring “My Uncle Arly,” filled with music, clowning and Edward Lear’s best-loved characters in a gloriously giggly world where easels become birds, hats fly and where we meet the pobble who has no toes and the dong with the luminous nose. Presented in association with WebPlay, an international arts education charity.
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Fri, Mar 27, 2009; in Lancaster:
8 pm “BYE, BYE BIRDIE” at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Tix $40 & $35.
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Apr 3, 2009; in Ojai:
PAUL STOOKEY of PETER, PAUL & MARY plays two completely different shows at the Ojai Concert Series, Ojai Valley Woman's Club, 441 E Ojai Av, Ojai; 805-649-5189; www.ojaiconcertseries.com. Series presenters Shane & Kelli Butler tell us, “We are very fortunate to be hosting one of the icons of folk music from the ‘60s & ‘70s. He will be doing TWO shows on the same day, with a kids show - Puff the Magic Dragon was one of his early hits – first, and then a show for the grown-ups later in the evening.” On-site child care, by adv reserv is $5. Show tix $, tba.
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Apr 5, 2009:
“10th ANNIVERSARY OF ‘ORGANICA’” with award-winning German organist CHRISTOPH BULL and special guests showcasing the historic Skinner pipe organ at “UCLA Live” in Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. It’s a multimedia concert that demonstrates the creative expanse of the Royce Hall organ in a unique, original program.
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Apr 9, 2009:
LILA DOWNS in Royce Hall, UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A. UCLA ticket office: 310-825-2101 or www.uclalive.org. Following sold-out Royce Hall appearances in 2004 and 2007, Mexican American singer LILA DOWNS returns to UCLA Live to perform her electrifying, cross-cultural blend of Mexican roots music, in which blues and jazz cohabitate with rap and ranchera, and honky-tonk swings alongside romantic boleros.
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Sat, Apr 18, 2009; in Lancaster:
8 pm “NEIL BERG’S 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY” at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Fans of “Phantom of the Opera,” “Cabaret,” “Chicago,” “West Side Story,” and “Mama Mia!” will love this tuneful tribute to the Great White Way. Direct from Manhattan, the show features five dazzling vocalists who’ve performed in many of these hit Broadway musicals. Songs include “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Man of La Mancha” and “All That Jazz.” Tix $35 & $30.
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Wed, Apr 22, 2009:
7:30 pm RIDERS IN THE SKY at Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91355; www.canyonspac.com; 661-362-5304. Saddle up and ride with the one of the most popular cowboy-country bands this side of the Rio Grande: Riders in the Sky! Famously featured in TV and movies, including Pixar’s "Toy Story 2," Riders in the Sky gallop onto the stage with a sound as unique as the sunsets on a warm evening beneath the Western skies. These GRAMMY winners music and comedy yarns delight people of all ages. They're in town to play the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, where they'll do one or more one-hour sets. But this is where you'll see them do their complete concert show. Tix go on sale Jul 16, 2008; prices tba.
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Sat, May 9, 2009; in Lancaster:
8 pm “SAXOPHONE SYMPHONETTE” at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. Extraordinary musical surprises are in store as LEE MATALON, JEFF KASER, BOB MONACO, & DARRIN SMITH, accompanied by a swingin’ rhythm section, play from a diverse repertoire, from Johannes Bach to Charlie Parker. Tix $15.
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Fri, May 15, 2009:
THE GRASSCALS and the NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Dr, Cerritos; 562-916-8501; 800-300-4345; tix, 562-467-8818; www.cerritoscenter.com.
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Sat, May 16, 2009:
2 pm TOM RUSH with THE LOVELL SISTERS at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91355; www.canyonspac.com; 661-362-5304.
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Fri, May 29, 2009:
8 pm LOS LOBOS at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91355; www.canyonspac.com; 661-362-5304. Los Lobos broke into the mainstream music scene with their stirring rendition of the Richie Valens’ classic “La Bamba” for the big-screen movie of the same name. But they'd already been around a long time, delighting audiences since they began in 1973 as Los Lobos Del Este Los Angeles. It's been a decade or more since they achieved the status of a respected artistic entity, artists who search for and interpret themes and topics that are an interpretive pulse of our times. Using musical molds built on the blues, rockabilly, jazz, Latin and their own Mexican-American heritage, Los Lobos have never beat their fans over the head with politics or agendas. Instead, they subtly challenge them with conscience-raising songs and thought-provoking lyrics. As Rolling Stone put it, “With the exception of U2, no other band has stayed on top of its game as long as Los Lobos.” Tix go on sale Jul 16, 2008; prices $184.50, $144, $94.50.
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Sat & Sun, Jun 6 & 7, 2009:
“L.A. ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL” in conjunction with the 100th Anniversary of the Santa Monica Pier. Details when we have them.
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Sat, Jun 6, 2009; in Lancaster:
8 pm “THE MAGIC FLUTE” at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. From the virtuosic arias of the Queen of the Night to the folksong-like melodies of the bird catcher Papageno, the full range of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's miraculous talent is on display in this magical fairy-tale opera, sung in English. The perfect first opera for the uninitiated, it is a playful but profound look at man's search for love and his struggle to attain wisdom and virtue. Presented by the Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale. Also Sun, Jun 7, 7 pm. Tix $30; youth $15.
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Sun, Jun 7, 2009; in Lancaster:
7 pm “THE MAGIC FLUTE” at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. From the virtuosic arias of the Queen of the Night to the folksong-like melodies of the bird catcher Papageno, the full range of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's miraculous talent is on display in this magical fairy-tale opera, sung in English. The perfect first opera for the uninitiated, it is a playful but profound look at man's search for love and his struggle to attain wisdom and virtue. Presented by the Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale. Also Sat, Jun 6, 8 pm. Tix $30; youth $15.
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View more events at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com, as chronological date listings, and longer “looks ahead.” The Acoustic Americana Music Calendar updates often, and News Features post weekly.
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Current chronological date listings, to June, 2009, are available for
(1) Los Angeles-area acoustic Americana music events, and,
(2) festivals and other events of great note throughout the US and Canada (and sometimes beyond) in our presentation of “Best-Out-of-Town (Beyond L.A.) Events,” which also updates often. If you don’t see the dates you need in the first window, browse-around on the site. If you are exploring our Myspace page, use the “view all” button and scroll, then use the “older” button as many times as needed to explore the archives.
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