Acoustic Americana Music Guide, Aug 28-Sep 7 (Summer’s last concerts & festivals)

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UPDATED August 28 ~ including a second round of late additions! Plus, Summer’s last festivals, concerts, and events, AND BEYOND
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THIS WEEKEND is LOADED WITH MUSIC, outdoors and in. The temperature in Southern Cal has cooled down. What, you were thinking of staying home? That’s boring, and hey, does THAT sound like an inappropriate way to say goodbye to summer? Um-hmmm. So check the Guide, make those tough choices of where to go and who to see and hear, then get out and enjoy some rejuvenating LIVE MUSIC!
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ACOUSTIC AMERICANA
MUSIC GUIDE
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AUGUST 28 through SEPTEMBER 7 edition (+ events INTO THE FALL & beyond)
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NEWS FEATURES
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…in this edition:
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1) 21st INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC AWARDS NAMES HOSTS – JERRY DOUGLAS, SHARON & CHERYL WHITE TO OFFICIATE
2) “LAPTOP LYRICS” SINGALONG IS INNOVATIVE FUN, EVERY WEEK
3) SAN PEDRO’S GRAND ANNEX ANNOUNCES FALL SEASON
4) “TEXAS CROSSROADS COWBOY GATHERING” SEEKS PERFORMERS
5) KAREN HART GEARS-UP FOR HOLIDAY SEASON, HAS VIDEO UP NOW
6) BOB STANE’S TALE OF DESERT DELIRIUM – AND HE SOLICITS YOURS
7) OUR MUSICIAN’S “REAL-LIFE MOMENTS” OF THE WEEK… FROM SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION, AND FROM MARINA V
8) BRIGITTE DeMEYER SIGNS NASHVILLE PUBLISHING DEAL
9) WE’D LIKE YOU TO MEET… JERRY DOUGLAS
10) Editorial: WHY A SHOW BIZ CAREER CONFUSES HEROES & CELEBRITIES – AND MAKES YOU A TARGET FOR GOSSIP (Part 2)
11) FINAL DAYS FOR THE GUIDE’S CURRENT “THANK-YOU” GIFTS – CHANGE ARRIVES AUGUST 31
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1) 21st INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC AWARDS NAMES HOSTS – JERRY DOUGLAS, SHARON & CHERYL WHITE TO OFFICIATE
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The IBMAs are the biggest awards in bluegrass, and the music takes over all the live music venues for a week every year in Nashville. This year, award-winning artists JERRY DOUGLAS and CHERYL & SHARON WHITE of THE WHITES will co-host, as the 21st annual International Bluegrass Music Awards hit Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium on Thursday, September 30, at 7:30 pm.
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IBMA spokesperson Nancy Cardwell says, “JERRY DOUGLAS and THE WHITES make some of the best music in the world when they perform separately. But dating back to 1979 when Douglas moved to Nashville to join The Whites, they’ve had a special on-stage chemistry that is rarely matched by any acoustic ensemble. There’s just something uniquely exciting about the combination of those seamless White vocal harmonies laid on top of the instrumental foundation of Cheryl’s acoustic bass, Sharon’s rhythm guitar, and Buck’s tasty mandolin and piano licks, with those exquisite, otherworldly ‘Flux’ resophonic guitar riffs weaving in and out of the aural tapestry.”
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See this week’s feature on JERRY DOUGLAS in our ongoing series, “We’d Like You to Meet…” And yes, we’ll feature CHERYL & SHARON WHITE of THE WHITES in an upcoming edition.
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There’s more info on the IBMAs and “World of Bluegrass” events at www.ibma.org, or call 888-GET-IBMA. Tix for the September 30 IBMA Awards Show are on sale now at their website, and at the Ryman Auditorium box office in Nashville.
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2) “LAPTOP LYRICS” SINGALONG IS INNOVATIVE FUN, EVERY WEEK
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They built a new stage. They have a good sound system. They’ve mounted a screen on the wall so everyone can see the lyrics to sing along. You don’t even need a laptop for the weekly “Laptop Lyrics Singalong” on the Coffee Gallery’s FRONT stage, the free, no-cover venue in the coffeehouse that is also home to the world famous Coffee Gallery Backstage, up the hill in Altadena, a couple miles above Pasadena’s Old Town.
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Most nights, patrons of one of the two stages line up to get their drinks and treats from the barrista at the front counter, even as Bob Stane is taking tickets for the professional show in the Backstage show room. Meanwhile, small reconfigurations are afoot up front, where free shows take place. Some nights, it’s an acoustic open mic (with a live webcast every Sunday) and some nights, it.s standup comedy.
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On Wednesdays, it’s a singalong – an environmentally-friendly paperless event – where the lyrics are projected on the screen by DONNA BARNES-ROBERTS from a laptop computer. (Bring your own laptop, if you like; there’s free WiFi.)
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The music is led by GARRETT SWAYNE and DUANE THORIN, whose vocals and guitars make it possible for everyone else, whether or not they brought a string instrument, or know the melody line. The projector saves everyone who thinks they know the words, but doesn’t quite remember them. They’ve created what Duane calls, “a night for all song lovers, whether you sing or play or not.”
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Each week, they pick a theme a few days in advance, and spread the word, so everyone is ready with requests. On erecent evening, it was “Any R's attitudes you can think of. Renegade, Rowdy, Raucus, Reluctant, Repentant.”
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The advance publicity intoned, “Think of the possibilities! Make your own list. Just look at Revenge and Redemption songs.”
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To wit, they asked, “Are you ‘Already Gone’, can you say, ‘I Did it My Way,’ is it true ‘Nobody Loves You,’ do you say you want a ‘Revolution,’ should they ‘Take This Job and Shove It,’ did you shoot your baby, ‘Down by the River,’ will you be back one day to ‘Blue Bayou,’ did ‘Amazing Grace’ save you despite your bad ways, does ‘God Bless the Child’ that got her own despite such bad relatives, is there going to be ‘One Child Born’ to carry on when you drop out of the race, did you confess ‘ I Shot the Sheriff’ ‘cause he stole your pot, are you proud to have ‘Friends in Low Places,’ despite losing out in love to someone a bit more prosperous and reliable; are you going to regret your lost love for a ‘Long Long Time,’ was that ‘Positively Fourth Street’ where you told-off that so-called friend of yours, and really, did she ever find out how it feels to be on her own, ‘Like a Rolling Stone,’ and will she ever be ‘Under My Thumb,’ dammit!, and will I ‘R-e-s-p-e-c-t’ her if she was? And finally, did ‘Suzanne’ take you down by the river and touch your precious body with her mind, after she dropped you and had to ‘Send in the Clowns,’ or did ‘Bernadette’ give you and Leonard Cohen that hug? (half his stuff is redemption,’Hallelujah’).”
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So you get it. This is not simplistic fluff, but themes that are just complex enough to be fun, and fresh each week. Duane sent one message that “Next week, the theme will be ‘TIME’, and not the magazine, but that which is on my side. For now, ‘Turn Turn Turn.’”
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Drop by, any Wednesday night, They get started just after the Backstage show begins at 8 pm. The Coffee Gallery, both Front Stage and Backstage, are at 2029 N Lake Ave, Altadena 91001; Backstage show schedule at www.coffeegallery.com and reservations for Backstage shows, 626-794-2424. No reservations for the Front Stage, and nearly all events there are free. Venue serves non-alcoholic drinks and ahs tasty treats. Phone, to talk to a harried barrista, is 626-398-7917.
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LATE ADDITION – SPECIAL SATURDAY SHOW:
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The Front Stage is oresenting a FREE show on Saturday, August 28, at 7:30 pm, with DANIELLE HEBERT, multiple Juno Award winner from Canada.
It’s a Guide “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick. DANIELLE HEBERT (pronounced “Ehh-bear’) is quite a good “get” for Duane Thorin and his free music series in the Coffee Gallery’s up-front free stage. (No confusion, the Backstage shows continue, full strength, in the Backstage show room.)
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DANIELLE HEBERT is something of a phenomenon, as a musician and a traveler. Duane tells us, “She is a Renaissance woman artist singer, with biker tendencies and tenaciousness. You just HAVE to read her wonderful blog...and scroll back through her solo U.S. journey by bike, from the time she was last here, many weeks ago. It is like Route 66 with Martin Milner and no sound track, but chronicled by Lady Hemmingway. Awesome....she could stay on the road and PayPal for a career.” Her blog, with that tale in installments, is http://daniellehebert.wordpress.com
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More on Danielle and her music is on her website, www.daniellehebert.com. No cover.
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3) SAN PEDRO’S GRAND ANNEX ANNOUNCES FALL SEASON
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The Grand Vision Foundation, which operates the cavernous old and restored Warner Grand Theatre and the pleasantly modern Grand Annex two doors down, has announced it’s “LIVE! at the Grand Annex” Fall 2010 season. There are a couple of fine shows for Americana fans, and even more for those into world music.
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Taran Schindler, Grand Annex Director, says, “This fall, we look forward to bringing to San Pedro a short but rich series of Latin fusion, Americana folk, and the powerful drums of Japanese Taiko. The ‘Ritmos Latinos en VIVO’ series is the core of this season, with the sultry Brazilian songs of KATIA MORAES, the upbeat norteño from CONJUNTO LOS POCHOS, the sparkling Latin fusion from SALT PETAL, and the Afro-Cuban December finale with RICARDO LEMVO & MAKINA LOCA.” +
Taran says other season highlights include new folk-rock masters JEFFREY HALFORD & THE HEALERS on September 25, and ZiPANG TAIKO TRIO from Japan, with opening act TAIKO CENTER OF LOS ANGELES on September 26 for an early, 7:30 pm, show.
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Americana music fans will most want to attend a pair of shows, profiled below.
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JEFFREY HALFORD & THE HEALERS receive the inevitable comparisons to John Fogerty, Tom Waits and even Bob Dylan. San Francisco based Jeffrey Halford with his band, the Healers offer soulful blues-influenced and rootsy rock-n-roll. Getting his start on the streets and small clubs in the city by the bay, Halford’s songs create a uniquely American, and specifically California, landscape. He’s played with Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, Dave Alvin, and others, making a name for himself with his poetic lyrics, his raw and haunting slide guitar, and his band of top players. Buddy Siegal of the OC Weekly wrote, “I am here to place Jeffrey Halford . . . in the pantheon of great American singer-songwriters.” They perform at the venue at 8 pm, September 25.
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CONJUNTO LOS POCHOS play Saturday, October 16, for the “Ritmos Latinos” series. This band, led by accordion master OTOÑO LUJAN, received plenty of airplay and earned a “Listener Favorite” on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” With Otoño’s punchy accordion and seriously catchy music, Conjunto Los Pochos has brought the traditional conjunto and norteño sounds into L.A.'s music scene, from East L.A. to the Westside, throughout Southern California and across the US. They have performed regularly at the “Grassroots Music Festival” and the “Tejano Conjunto Festival,” both in San Antonio, Texas and they’ve shared stages with legendary musicians Poncho Sánchez, Los Dos Gilbertos, and the renowned Flaco Jimenez. Already in their 13th year of performing, Conjunto Los Pochos deliver a genuine expression of traditional northern Mexican music in both English and Spanish, and their fans are a roots-music audience that loves to dance. CDBaby writes, “Percussive accordion, driving beats and soulful vocals. For these songs about love and loss...grab a bottle of your favorite and put on your dancin' shoes... This is Conjunto music…”
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The Grand Annex is an intimate 100-seat music listening room in the heart of historic downtown San Pedro, featuring a wide range of artists and genres, from world sounds to American roots music. The venue is operated by Grand Vision Foundation, a 15-year-old non-profit dedicated to the preservation and continued use of the historic Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, and to the development of high quality arts entertainment in the Los Angeles Harbor Area. In 2008, Grand Vision Foundation launched the Grand Annex as a small space. Proceeds from concerts at the Grand Annex go toward ongoing restoration and repairs at the Warner Grand Theatre.
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The series offers wine tasting packages on show nights, and various other specials. A “Wine Tastings & Ticket Package” is available for $25 advance, $30 day of show. Tastings before all shows are at Off the Vine Wines, 491 W 6th St, San Pedro, from 6:30-7:30 pm; reservations, 310-833-4813, and you can pick up your concert tix at Off the Vine; more, www.offthevinewines.com.
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Doors at the Grand Annex open at 7:30 pm for the best seats, with concerts at 8 pm. Tix, unless listed otherwise, are $15 advance, $20 day of show.
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The Grand Annex is located at 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731. Their complete season schedule and more info is available at www.grandvision.org. If you have questions, contact Taran Schindler, Outreach Coordinator and Grand Annex Director, at 310-833-4813 or taran@grandvision.org.
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4) “TEXAS CROSSROADS COWBOY GATHERING” SEEKS PERFORMERS
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Dates for the third annual “Texas Crossroads Cowboy Gathering” have just been announced. The event, a winter festival, is set for February 3 through 6, in Van Horn, Texas. More at www.texascrossroadscowboypoetry.org
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Spokesman BOB KINFORD says the event “is designed to help entertainers get noticed to a wider audience through being hired by participating venues. The first 42 entertainers to sign-up are in the show. This event is live-streamed to the internet for maximum exposure. Adding to this, each 20-minute set is broken down into individual song video clips and posted on YouTube.”
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You must perform western, western swing, or related music, or cowboy poetry.
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You can see past year’s individual song videos from Texas Crossroads at www.youtube.com/user/CrossroadsGathering
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Bob adds that participating performers “can use [their videos from the festival] for their own publicity in any way they want.”
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Contact Bob Kinford at 432-284-1553 with questions or to sign-up as one of the first 42, for a guaranteed performance spot.
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5) KAREN HART GEARS-UP FOR HOLIDAY SEASON, HAS VIDEO UP NOW
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We see her slinging her guitar and enjoy her voice and songs at folk / new folk events, and L.A. Women in Music events, where she’s won honors.
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But KAREN HART has some serious credentials and accomplishments, including premieres of her orchestra and chamber music pieces in the L.A. Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
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Karen writes, “Most of you know me as a songwriter, but some of you may know that my roots come from a deep love of choral music. I am celebrating the 10th anniversary of my composition ‘JUDAH AND HIS MACCABEES: A KICKASS HANUKKAH GOSPEL STORY.’
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“I am excited to report that ‘Judah’ will be performed everywhere from San Francisco to Dallas, Texas, this holiday season… [in] high schools, colleges, and [by] community choirs.”
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But we don’t need to wait ‘til December. Karen “finally just posted” a video from the premiere in 2000, “with the incredible 100-voice ANGEL CITY CHORALE, directed by SUE FINK.”
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You can watch and hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6VMui_Zyl4
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Karen adds, “Please leave a comment if you would like.” More on Karen and her musical versatility at www.karenhartmusic.com
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6) BOB STANE’S TALE OF DESERT DELIRIUM – AND HE SOLICITS YOURS
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Bob Stane is quite a character. He is the current reigning honoree of Folk Alliance Region West’s annual “Ambassador Award” as the top non-musician in folk music. He was founder of the Ice House, and he operated it for many years during which it combined standup comedy with folk music (alas, the latter sadly lost after his departure.)
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These days, and for past decade-plus, Bob Stane is impresario of the world-famous Coffee Gallery Backstage – the venue named in FolkWorks every year, for the past few, as “L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue.”
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Bob wrote to say, “I try to tell you of things that happen, or have happened, in my long and eventful life. I have found that I often share like experiences with my readers. I try to make them amusing. This may be one of those times. You may be aware that I have been absent from my wicker chair at the door and for good reason. No vacations for me.
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”I have been in Yucca Valley (north of Palms Springs.... a ‘sort of’ retirement area), caring for my mother who stepped on her snippy, black poodle and broke a couple of ribs. Her ribs, not poodle ribs. Pity. Willy The Poodle shares the same sense of entitlement as do our cats. What a shame if he were to be made uncomfortable or to miss a meal.
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“So mom, who is 95 years of age, got an ambulance ride to the local hospital and treatment for a bit of pneumonia and various minor infections.
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“I drove up to the high desert in time to see my mom, in bed and calmly having a snack. We exchanged pleasantries and I went to our desert home, slept the night and returned to the medical facility. To visit.
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“Things had changed. An I.V. drip, with pain killers and antibiotics, had been added and docile mom had been morphed into a whirling dervish with issues. She had to be restrained. In her delirium she complained constantly, and tried to escape. There were tales of kidnapping, being held captive in the canyon above the hospital, harrowing rescues and a guy with a troupe of poisonous monkeys that he had trained to talk.
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“I was fascinated. There is nothing that will rivet my attention like racketeering simians. Especially poisonous ones who can fly. Why settle for a banana when you can have a hostage and a dreamscape of ambulance abductions. Is this just me? Of course not. Who doesn't like a good monkey crime story?
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“There is an explanation. While in the sway of narcotics and being constrained by several attendants The Animal Planet was aggressively playing away on the huge TV screen right in front of mom. No doubt it was featuring one of the endless, but interesting, of their colorful primate shows. With a host talking to, and about, his prehensile friends. A natural, and understandable, transfer of impressions and memory. Oh,Bob, a rational reason. How boring.
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“Mom is now home and the memories are fading. But not entirely. I, too, am back and you have to put up with me in writing and in person again.
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“So now it is your turn. There has to be a cornucopia of hospital narcotic dreams out there. Would you like to share yours? Or those of temporarily insane friends and family? If suitable, may I share them with others? You need not include names.
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“May we soon meet in another, altered dimension. Wear a name tag. I will be wearing orange.” – Bob Stane, The Coffee Gallery Backstage (“and other sorrows”).
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You may send your tale, in response to Bob’s solicitation, to him at bstane@earthlink.net
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7) OUR MUSICIAN’S “REAL-LIFE MOMENTS” OF THE WEEK… FROM SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION, AND FROM MARINA V
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SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION were just in Southern Cal, performing for Renee Bodie’s series at the Thousand Oaks Library, August 20, and at the Getty Center. Auigust 21 & 22. All three were “Show-of-the-Week” picks in the Guide.
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Sarah Lee & Johnny, who are among folk music’s young elite, wrote from their home to say, “Summer has been amazing up here on the Blueberry Farm. TAO SEEGER and his new wife LA MASON came by to show us how to make blueberry pie! I wouldn't be telling you this if it wasn't the best pie I've ever had! And it was the first time I got to use the pie dish that was given to me by GILLIAN WELCH at ‘Merle Fest’ almost 5 years ago.” Hmmm. It reminds us of the campaign trail with then-Senator Barack Obama, and his fixation with trying to find the best slice of pie in every campaign stop. Sounds like he needs to pay a Presidential visit to the Blueberry Farm. Meanwhile, they’re booking a Southeast and West Coast tour, and they say, “We are bringing some amazing musicians along with us in September and October. Details soon.”
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MARINA V shares a tale…
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This week’s other tale comes from performing songwriter, wonderful vocalist, classically trained pianist and sometime guitarist MARINA V. Americans can’t properly pronounce her last name, so she doesn’t use it. As you know if you’ve seen her perform or read about her in The Guide, Marina is a charming Russian emigree and fine and very entertaining musician.
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Marina recently checked-in to share a story:
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“Last night I was sitting in my car at a red light in Hollywood, answering an email on my Blackberry. Next thing I know, I hear laughing and the words "Wow, you're typing really fast on that thing." And that's when I noticed two motorcycle cops who pulled-up right next to me and had been watching me type. I still am not sure whether it's legal or not to text/email while stopped at a red light, so I just laughed (nervously) and at that very moment the light changed to green :)”
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Marina is on the road so much these days (often playing major venues), and it’s difficult to catch her in L.A. She plays a local show for her birthday on Saturday, October 2, “with cake and prizes,” at the Hotel Café, 1623 N Cahuenga Bl, Hollywood 90028; www.hotelcafe.com; 323-461-2040.
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There’s plenty more about this very busy artist, including her stories from the road, at www.MarinaV.com
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8) BRIGITTE DeMEYER SIGNS NASHVILLE PUBLISHING DEAL
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Brigitte wrote to tell us, “I'm pleased to announce I signed my first publishing agreement with Nashville's GREEN HILLS MUSIC GROUP two weeks ago.” The details are at www.musicrow.com/2010/08/brigitte-demeyer-signs-with-green-hills-music-group
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We’ve seen plenty of examples the past few years of Nashville embracing, or co-opting, Americana artists. When it’s the former, we celebrate. When it’s the latter, we’re never sure if we will continue to hear the artist perform material that’s consistent with what brought them to our attention, and to the notice of Americana music fans and other artists. It’s been inconsistent, hence, our concern about artists being co-opted, in some cases, drafted into what Nashville considers its mainstream of Red-State-Trailer-Park-Rock-Dysfunctional-Relationship Songs that pass for today’s “Country” music.
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BRIGITTE DeMEYER has always worked at the country-end of Americana. Not to say that means what Big Music has been calling Country Music. We’ve caught her at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena a couple of times when she’s toured to L.A.
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The Guide congratulates Brigitte on her new Nashville publishing deal. If the gigs she is currently playing are an indication, that’s a safe thing to do.
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Thursday, August 26, she played Nashville’s famous Bluebird Cafe, in a “Green Hills Music Group presents” show, an In-The-Round with WARREN WILKEN, STEVE WILLIAMS, BRIGITTE DeMEYER, & BONNIE BAKER. Info, www.bluebirdcafe.com
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On Saturday, August 28, she performs in New Orleans, for the annual “CUTTING EDGE MUSIC CONFERENCE,” at an 11 pm show at the Hard Rock Café. It’s billed as the “LA Acoustic show,” with BRIGITTE DeMEYER, CHRIS DONOHUE, & BRADY BLADE at the. Hard Rock Cafe 418 N Peters St, New Orleans, LA 70130; 504-529-5617. More on the conference at www.cuttingedgemusicbusiness.com
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On September 15 at 9 pm, Brigitte is back in Nashville, playing a set at The Basement. More at www.thebasementnashville.com
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For more on Brigitte and her music, check her website, www.brigittedemeyer.com
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9) WE’D LIKE YOU TO MEET… JERRY DOUGLAS
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As the world's most renowned Dobro player, JERRY DOUGLAS undoubtedly ranks among the top contemporary stylists in acoustic Americana, and beyond, through the entire spectrum of American music.
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He has earned 12 GRAMMY Awards, more than 20 IBMA awards, and he holds the distinction of being named "Musician of the Year" by The Country Music Association three times (2002, 2005, 2007) – and that’s the same honor bestowed on him by the Academy of Country Music 11 times, AND twice by the Americana Music Association (2002, 2003).
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He was named the 2008 “Artist in Residence” at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. In 2004, the National Endowment for The Arts presented Douglas with a “National Heritage Fellowship,” acknowledging his artistic excellence and contribution to the nation's traditional arts.
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As a child growing up in Warren, Ohio, Douglas listened to his father's bluegrass band. They were a collection of West Virginia coalfield refugees who'd come to work in the steel mills of the Midwest. When he was eight years old, Jerry's dad took him to a 1963 FLATT & SCRUGGS concert, where he heard the two musicians who put Dobro on the bluegrass map: BROTHER OSWALD KIRBY and UNCLE JOSH GRAVES. It only took the one concert to shift young Jerry’s attention from the guitar to the Dobro.
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By 1973, Douglas was playing with THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN, and two years later he joined J.D. CROWE AND THE NEW SOUTH, a group that included future stars RICKY SKAGGS and TONY RICE.
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In 1976, Douglas and Skaggs co-founded the now-legendary bluegrass combo BOONE CREEK. Douglas launched his solo career in 1979 with his LP “Fluxology,” and became a full-time member of THE WHITES for the next six years, through 1985.
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By the mid-‘80s, Jerry was Nashville's busiest session Dobro player, while continuing his solo recording career. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s he recorded critically acclaimed albums with STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, in a trio with RUSS BARENBERG and EDGAR MEYER, and he co-produced and performed on the multi-artist project “The Great Dobro Sessions,” winning the GRAMMY for “Best Bluegrass Album.”
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In 1998, Jerry decided to leave session work and ALISON KRAUSS asked him to fill-in on a tour with her band, UNION STATION. That led to a full-time spot with the group, touring extensively and playing on a series of platinum-selling albums. Between tours, and in recent years while Krauss was on the road with rocker ROBERT PLANT, Jerry has fronted his own band.
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Meanwhile, he’s spent some time behind the soundboard, producing artists that include ALISON KRAUSS, THE DEL McCOURY BAND, MAURA O’CONNELL, JESSE WINCHESTER, and THE NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND, among others. Plus, Jerry is the Music Co-Director of the popular BBC television series, “Transatlantic Sessions.”
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In addition to his groundbreaking work with so many bands, his musical brilliance has graced over 2,000 recordings. These include tracks by such distinguished artists as JAMES TAYLOR, PAUL SIMON, RAY CHARLES, LYLE LOVETT, GARTH BROOKS, CHARLIE HADEN, EARL SCRUGGS, PHISH, BILL FRISELL, THE CHIEFTAINS, and the eight million-plus selling soundtrack to “O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?”
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In recent months, Jerry’s collaborations with renowned artist ELVIS COSTELLO have taken him on tours across North America and Europe, and last month (July 13) saw the release of the Douglas-produced album “Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor” (released on E1 Music). It featurs an all-star cast of Dobro players including Douglas himself, ROB ICKES, MIKE AULDRIDGE, and others. Jerry’s latest gig is that of musical director and score composer of the new movie, “Get Low,” starring Academy Award-winner ROBERT DUVALL, Golden Globe winner BILL MURRAY, Academy Award winner SISSY SPACEK, and LUCAS BLACK, and the project includes a new soundtrack CD on the Rounder/Zanuck/SONY Pictures Classics label.
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Jerry has plenty of fans in the Western states. His set each year at the “Telluride Bluegrass Festival” with acoustic music luminaries like SAM BUSH, BELA FLECK, RUSS BARENBERG, EDGAR MEYER, and others from the NEW GRASS REVIVAL and beyond, performing as the “TELLURIDE ALL-STARS,” is always the stuff of live performance legend.
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On September 30, JERRY DOUGLAS joins CHERYL & SHARON WHITE, his band mates from THE WHITES, as co-hosts of the International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMAs) in (and broadcast from) Nashville. See the Feature Story in this edition about the upcoming IBMAs.
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10) Editorial: WHY A SHOW BIZ CAREER CONFUSES HEROES & CELEBRITIES – AND MAKES YOU A TARGET FOR GOSSIP
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Part Two
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Last week, we began by addressing seven key questions:
“Why can’t our society tell the difference between heroes and celebrities?”
“Have we have lowered the bar to induct idiots who behave irresponsibly and anoint them as celebrities?”
“Haven’t show-biz people always been pop culture ‘Heroes’?”
“Is it all based on fulfilling the expectations of the time?”
“When did scandal become desirable fodder for attaining celebrityhood?”
“What the hell happened, and how did we get here?”
“Does art imitate – and reflect – life, or does life imitate art – or, too often, merely seek escape from reality?”
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Examining those seven questions yielded some surprising answers, based on history and patterns of behavior of the entertainment industry and the media. The quick rise and dominance of broadcast media brought opportunities to make money through the creation of entertainment industry celebrities, and it all happened faster than society could adjust to it. Ultimately, it’s become a paradigm that’s all about money. Not art, not talent, not a willingness to work at a craft to become a bona fide artist and competent practitioner of one’s craft in the arts. (If you missed Part One, it’s available in the archive, News Feature #6, at: http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/08/acoustic-americana-music-guide-august_20.html)
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We left the discussion last week with the assertion, “Too often, it’s simply about making somebody a celebrity, because Big Music can, and because they can make money doing it, and because the [multiplicity of subsidiary, sometimes leech-like] industry that has grown and proliferated around celebrities can all make money from it – from paparazzi to publicists to tabloids to talk shows to so-called news media.”
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We asserted, sadly, that, “In today’s media world, being a celebrity isn’t much different than being a hero. Media manipulators know how to erase the distinction, and society doesn’t seem to care, anyway.”
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We’ll conclude this week, and tackle the central question, “Why should choosing a career in ‘show business’ give others a license to report on your private life and make allegations and speculations about your private behavior, whether true or untrue?”
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Our first question as we continue: “If we fail to cultivate scandal, doesn’t that make us boring prudes?”
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To be clear, we certainly aren’t advocates for the media being prudish – the way entertainment was in the strange days of the 1950s, when movie and TV standards required at least one foot to be visibly on the floor whenever two people were sharing a bed. For awhile, the code required that all scenes of married couples in their TV bedroom had to be shown sleeping separately, each in his or her own narrow twin bed (that is, a bed too small for two people to share) or, in the 1960s, when TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” was censored from showing “genie” Barbara Eden’s navel.
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That kind of depiction was as unnatural, in any era, as the supposed news coverage we see today – coverage that’s intentionally salacious and titillating and exploitive of bad, rudely outrageous, lascivious, irresponsible and even self-destructive behavior.
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A follow-up question: “Do we have anything other than a choice between the coarse and vulgar and destructively stupid – and exploiting them – or accepting the “Gee, Wally” world of ‘Leave It to Beaver?’”
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Media apologists would love to frame the dialog in those terms.
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Instead, we should ask, “Isn’t there a difference between heat and light, between wallowing in tawdry affairs and inflating them to Imax proportions – or finding some redemptive value, some meaning and perspective?”
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We’re not criticizing things like one that happened the first week of August – in this mid-tern election year – when the infamously anti-environment, anti-labor, socially conservative Club for Growth released a TV ad that needed, and got, critical TV coverage. That organization – the one with the suggestively upturned arrow logo that resembles the Greek symbol for the human male – is the one that advocates unbridled, unregulated capitalistic extremism. And they’re the ones who did a paid TV ad for a political candidate in Tennessee, wherein the “Hot Line” phone number in their ad turns-out to be one for a pay-per-minute sex line. That’s news. Because of their hubris? Sure, partly. Even if it has a salacious angle. Whenever somebody seeks to manipulate society while imposing a holier-than-thou stance, and they are shown to have feet of silicone-coated latex, it’s news. It may not be uplifting or inspiring, or aspire to the noble possibilities of art, but it is news.
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Does that mean it’s news when Mel Gibson is audio-recorded doing an abusive sexist rant against his wife? To the extent that the legal system does (or doesn’t) take steps to protect his wife from abuse, it seems that it is. Beyond that, is it arguable whether it’s still “news” to the extent that public opinion is entitled to be shaped by hearing Gibson’s own abusive words? Could and should that be what determines whether or not anyone wants to see his films? Those points can be argued.
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From the other side of the coin, should the media ignore Gibson’s rant, and risk an accusation that they covered-it-up to protect his career? Certainly not, if the question is manipulated to be posed in that way. But what if we simply ask, does he matter to anything that really matters?
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At what point does the pursuit of news become excessive, and degenerate into gossipy wallowing? So, why should Mel Gibson’s bad behavior dominate the news cycle at the expense of things that clearly matter to the nation, and the planet, and the future?
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The same can be asked about Tiger Woods and whether he was indeed attacked with a golf club by his then-wife, and why that question should displace news of the costs we’re bearing in Iraq or Afghanistan. Or whether – or why – the cheating husband of actress Sandra Bullock should get the celebrity treatment and be pursued by paparazzi.
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A key question: “Is it simply about distracting us from what really matters?”
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The oil volcano gushed uncontrollably off the beleaguered Louisiana coast, but L.A. TV missed no opportunity for live coverage of more dumb car chases between the endless “coverage” of Lindsay Lohan and their game of “would-she-or-wouldn’t she” go to jail after ditching rehab (again). Of course, the latter was a publicist’s dream for somebody.
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The US spends more on its military than all the defense budgets of the entire rest of the world, combined. But Paris Hilton just impersonated Marilyn Monroe to launch a new perfume.
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First, at some point, justifying the appetite for celebrity “news” – moreover, the pursuit of their private lives, real or imagined – becomes indistinguishable from the old adage that, if you try hard enough, you can justify anything – even murder. Just ask OJ Simpson, yet another celebrity with a co-dependent media addiction, at least while he was on the loose. (And perhaps, ultimately, he isn’t loose any more because of his media addiction, his sick need for celebrity, and media’s addiction to his every move and utterance.)
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TV news has its own sickening old adage: “If it bleeds, it leads,” meaning the unpleasant “it” becomes the lead story. Couple that with something a network morning news show producer once told me: “Three minutes is at the outside limit of a package. I wouldn’t give four minutes to the Second Coming of Christ.”
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Televised car chases seem to defy that time limit, though what could be more tailored for a media that shies from perspective and meaning and actively cultivates short attention spans? It’s simply over when they inevitably catch the moron at the end of his fifteen minutes of fame, if you want to call it fame. It is a type of celebrity that’s instantly attainable, by any damned fool, and one that’s really no more or less impermanent than most other forms of celebrity in our society. And it’s certainly not based on anything more or less substantial than many forms of celebrity in our world. Media itself wants a news cycle that provides fresh “stories of the week,” and that fade away in time to be neatly replaced by a fresh “breaking news” they will make equally disposable – as the cycle, like a news gym exercise bike, furiously pedals on, without getting anywhere.
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And that brings us to the second aspect: “Are we simply being manipulated by being distracted?”
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In the Old West, if you wanted to rob a bank at one end of town, you set a stick of dynamite with a fuse at the other end of town. Everybody ran to see what happened with the explosion, and nobody bothered you when you robbed the bank. Same with the magician who moves the hand that you watch.
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Well, “Is there some hidden hand at work, some actual or de facto conspiracy to distract us from vast submerged layers of spilled oil, in favor of Lindsay Lohan’s river of eye makeup and revolving door rehab?” Who knows. But what a comment on our times and our media that a focus on things that don’t matter would allow the question to be asked.
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Next question: “Is celebrity based on anything substantial?”
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Here at the Guide, we constantly fight to make people aware when the National Fiddle Champ, or National Flatpicking Guitar Champ, or National Fingerstyle Guitar Champ, or National Mandolin Champ – you get the idea – is in town for a live performance. Almost always, we feel soooo alone. Certainly, the Times doesn’t notice, nor does the LA Weekly. And L.A. has no local TV show that could invite any of these top musicians for a performance-interview to dazzle an audience who doesn’t know them, and create an epiphany of awareness that such music and musicians exist, and to help fill the seats at a performance venue.
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Yet, Paris Hilton gets the flashbulb treatment when she launches “her” new fragrance. You can be sure she did not “design” it, and – especially given her oft-demonstrated absence of intellectual curiosity or knowledge of practically any subject – knows absolutely nothing of the chemicals it contains, or how it was manufactured by the company who pays her merely to apply her name to their bottles of horse sweat and fake floral essences. They pay for her celebrity – her status as an iconic dumbbell of a celebrity – and apparently, so does a vast sector of our overly-consumptive consumer society, even in an economic depression. All because it bears the name of a celebrity dingbat.
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Does it matter that she made a sex tape that was widely distributed? It must, since her only other claim to fame was demonstrating the depths of her stupidity on a weekly TV series, alongside the equally appallingly dumb daughter of musician Lionel Richie.
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Of course, we could instead wallow in the celebrity attention given to the Bernie Madoff’s of the world.
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Ya gotta wonder what the old veterans of the Greatest Generation must think of a society that’s based so much on the pursuit of greed and the glorification of stupidity – a society that was enabled by their sacrifice, and whether any of them would do it again if they knew the outcome in advance.
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So, a question: “Why don’t we have heroes who deserve celebrity status for doing something notable, for making us think – people like, say, Stephen Hawking?”
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We’re too busy being mindlessly entertained by Leno’s dumb asses on his “Jay Walking” Q&A segments.
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It used to be that respect was earned, and celebrity was bestowed, and most people could tell the difference. Now, thanks to the media and to poor offerings and excuses for entertainment, most of us make lousy choices without thinking, and no one can tell the difference. Hence, we live in a world where little is held in esteem, or truly respected.
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There was once a cartoon strip character named Pogo. One of his word balloon statements became a famous observation for the early days of the environmental movement. It immediately resonated because it had, and still has, broad applicability. Pogo said, in a parody of earlier historic words, “We have met the enemy, and it is us.”
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So, to the central question: “Why should choosing a career in ‘show business’ give others a license to report on your private life and make allegations and speculations about your private behavior, whether true or untrue?”
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Ultimately, as long as there is a public hunger for scandal and stupidity, the marketplace will supply it – even if it must be invented. We live in a society where too many people feel ultimately unfulfilled, and small inside (the endless flow of Twiiter tweets about everyone’s mundane every-move notwithstanding). Essentially, too many people simply feel so small that they seek larger-than-life icons they can admire and then trash, they seem to need celebrities as temporary and ersatz heroes who can be alternately loved and loathed, but who are disposable, quickly replaceable with fresh celebrities who didn’t do anything heroic, either.
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A question for us: “As artists, do we challenge this, or merely get sucked into the vortex that feeds it?”
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It becomes the ultimate trashing of the artist when their own art assumes second place to another purpose of society’s lost souls wherein documenting or imagining and simply gossiping about debauchery on the part of celebrities somehow makes it okay to behave recklessly – or simply to feel better about oneself, because that means the unfulfilled individual isn’t as big a mess as that pathetically flawed celebrity they love to hate, or to pity and to obsessively read insipid Twitter tweets from and about, regarding every fart that “their” celebrity lets.
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Perhaps the Romans had the same kind of short-shelf-life-celebrity obsession with the gladiators in the Coliseum, some of whom, it seems, were moonlighting as male prostitutes. If so, then our world differs only in degree and extent, not in nature. Perhaps we aren’t far removed from lions eating people for the amusement of the masses. After all, when ISN’T it “Shark Week” on the Discovery Channel?
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Oh, sure, we’ll laugh at the mirror – provided it isn’t held up too long. The current TV commercial, “Does an ex-drill sergeant make a terrible therapist?” is hilarious, as long as it isn’t there long enough to make us uncomfortable.
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So, “What can artists do, and why should we?”
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That brings us to the mechanisms of the choices we can make. As artists, we can embrace or reject the formulaic “sell-out” of performing sh-thump-thud, revolving-door-rehab, pop-tart-du-jour, Britney-Lohan pabulum, with its characteristic vocal gymnastics incongruously applied to insipidly insubstantial lyrics. That’s the part that resonates easily, because we are artists who need to create, not to follow.
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Beyond what we do on stage, it’s more complicated. We can choose whether we will hire publicists who know how to woo the scandal sheets with tales (real or imagined) of what we do between our own sheets, or how to get attention with our visible behavior in the nightclubs. Of course, if you’re a folkie, even one with top music awards, you could run naked through Spago and get no attention, anyway.
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But don’t let that flippant observation be dismissive. The point transcends that. We can, as artists, work to derail and dismantle the system that addictively feeds on celebrities behaving badly. We can, ourselves, take action, and using our positions and the humor of our creativity, subtly or overtly advocate action to our fans.
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Don’t buy the magazines that wallow in the sewer. Write to their editors, and even more, to mainstream newspaper and magazine editors, and demand they cover artists’ art, and eschew the tales of trashy celebrity behavior.
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Write to the TV networks and the local stations to tell them you want to see performance-interview programs with artists who talk about their art and perform their music, shows like “Tavis Smiley” and “Charlie Rose” and CBS “Sunday Morning” and the lost A&E series, “Breakfast with the Arts,” which needs to return.
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Tell the editors and the networks and cable channels and the local TV and radio stations that you reject, and refuse to watch, trash like “ET” and “Inside Edition” with their flatulent content, their mindless thudding soundtracks and smarmy narration, shows that follow-around spoiled brat / substance-abusing celebrities, hoping for on-camera temper tantrums or goading them into rude behavior. The “celebrity piranha” industry should wither and die. And lead us not to temptation to EVER court their attention.
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We should ask ourselves, “Shouldn’t celebrity be based on a new ethic, one that requires that it be earned, through accomplishment or some act of worthwhile notoriety?”
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Art should enable us – all of us – both as performers and those who experience art as interactive observer-participants, to aspire to higher purposes, goals, aspirations, and achievements. Art should help us see things as they could be, or to experience new dimensions of things as they are, redefining the essence of reality and possibility.
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Our final question: “Isn’t THAT what media should be covering, and reporting, and exploring?”
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As artists, no one is better positioned as advocates than we are. We can move the agenda away from tripe and trash, away from claustrophobically overwrought dumb angst, away from jealous fits and violent words and acts, away from portrayals and depictions of money as the only prize that matters. We can do it all by simply drying-up the market for all that – or at least by creating and nurturing a market for things that are brighter and more hopeful, more caring and aware, kinder and more loving, more affirming of life, things that inherently possess possibility and creativity, meaning and thoughtful perspective, and hope.
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If we do that, there will be no interest in finding or inventing or cultivating crotch-novel scandal, and no market for it. Our own lives and our creative processes and our art will be brighter and reenergized and invigorated and empowered. And so will our world.
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11) FINAL DAYS FOR THE GUIDE’S CURRENT “THANK-YOU” GIFTS – CHANGE ARRIVES AUGUST 31
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Then email us with a subject of “Guide thank you” and tell us whether you want 3 CDs of your choice, or the live concert DVD plus 1 CD of your choice. The catalogue of our extensive offerings is at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/support-guide-and-get-some-great-dvds.html. Much of what’s listed there has already been claimed by other supporters, so list your second choices. (That’s why we must soon discontinue offering CDs.) We’ll email you back, and let you know. Please remember to title your email “Guide thank you.”
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We hope you’ll recognize that the Guide is unique: we aren’t just a calendar that lists events with names of artists you may not know. We tell you about those artists. Other sources offer only simple, “bare bones” notices of many of the events that are DETAILED in the Guide. Those other sources give you SOME of the “who, where, and when.” We give you that as the “starting point” – and then we give you MUCH more – and we bring you information on MORE events that the others list. MOST EVERYTHING IN THE GUIDE IS A VERITABLE FEATURE STORY ON EACH OF THE EVENTS. Along with letting you know “who, where, and when” the Guide gives you the all-important “WHAT” – what kind of music, what awards the artist or band has won, what the music media is saying about them, and often with useful info on the venue where they’re performing, and more.
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We hope you find that all of this is just so amazingly valuable that you’re willing to help us continue to do it, AND to move it all to a full-feature website with pictures, song clips, performance videos, and more! (Yes, we have that opportunity RIGHT NOW, if we can afford to take-on the responsibility to do it!)
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Our situation is ’purt near like your favorite NPR station: they depend, for most of their needs, on their individual supporters. We must depend on you, our readers, and the musicians whose gigs are listed in our pages. (We are simultaneously seeking commercial sponsors to assure that we can continue to publish and move the Guide to essentially “take-over” at www.acousticmusic.net, where the Guide is currently linked. There, we have been offered the opportunity to re-invent that site around the Guide, as a full-feature website with current reviews, photographs, music videos, and much more. But there’s no guarantee that we can get sufficient commercial sponsors to raise enough revenue to allow us to do that. We’re giving it a good go. Either way, just like a public radio or PBS station, we need financial support from YOU, our readers, and from the musicians whose gigs we list! Please help, so we can keep devoting the many hours required each week to do this!
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Please sustain our ability to get free tickets and goodies for you, and for the Guide to be able to continue bringing you all the news and dozens and dozens of feature stories each edition, detailing live acoustic music events, festivals, workshops, and more. And thanks again to those who have contributed to continue making the Guide possible!
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RECENT NEWS FEATURES (in the past 30 days):
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August 20 edition’s News Features are available at:
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The topics are:
1) Kenny Edwards, R.I.P.
2) 11th Annual “Americana Music Festival & Conference” Will Deliver Stellar Musicians
3) Folk-Americana Music On L.A. Radio – Addendum To Last Week’s Feature Story
4) Brad Colerick’s “Wine & Song” Series - Still Strong In New Venue
5) We’d Like You To Meet… Tony Joe White
6) Editorial: Why A Show Biz Career Confuses Heroes & Celebrities – And Makes You A Target For Gossip (Part 1)
7) The Guide Needs Your Help: “Thank-You” Gifts Change August 31
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August 12 edition’s News Features (events updated Aug 13 & Aug 16) are available at:
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The topics are:
1) A Call to Action: Musician Kenny Edwards Needs Your Help
2) Folk Icon Anne Feeney Faces Serious Health Challenge
3) You Bloom Songwriting Contest: Free Entry, Big Prizes
4) Ragin’ Cajun in TV Food Truck Race, Party this Sunday
5) Blue Ridge Pickin’ Parlor Calls it Quits
6) Folk-Americana Music on L.A. Radio Wins Awards –
But Faces Cancellation (Again) – You Can Help Save Two Shows
7) Americana / Canadiana & Non-Nashville Country: Big in Canada
8) Caltech Folk Society to Bring Eliza Gilkyson, Marley's Ghost,
Patrick Ball
9) We’d Like You to Meet… Tracy Newman
10) Support the Guide Now: Our “Thank-You” Gifts Change August 31
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The topics are:
1) “The New L.A. Folk Festival” Arrives this Saturday, August 7
2) Rickie Lee Jones, with Full Band & Horn Section, Free, August 5
3) N’Awlins, Cajun, Zydeco Music Is Back for One Last 2010 Festival
4) Hot Club of Cowtown to Play Free L.A. Show, August 12
5) Review: “Roots Roadhouse” – A Big Success
6) We’d Like You to Meet… Ali Marcus
7) Jason D. Williams CD, Produced by Todd Snider, Due in October
8) Listen to, or Drop-by, A Radio Show in Western Colorado…
9) Mavis Staples Performs Live on Radio’s “WNYC Soundcheck”
10) Dave Stamey, Hottest of Western Artists, to Play L.A.
11) If You Like The Guide, Please Support it!
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1) A Festival-Rich Weekend to Defy Mid-Summer Doldrums
1a) “Roots Roadhouse” is a Whole Lotta Music this Saturday
1b) “Big Bear Mountain Twilight Music Festival” is Saturday
1c) Festival + Artists’ Pick: “National Storytelling Network Conference” In L.A.
2) Bunchas o’ Events for Artists this Weekend
3) Autry Draws Massive Crowd for “National Day of the Cowboy & Cowgirl,” July 24
4) R.I.P., Ben Keith…
5) We’d Like You to Meet… [notes only; no one profiled this week]
6) The Guide Urgently Invites Your Support
7) “Thank You” CDs / DVDs from the Guide: the Times Are a-Changin’
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THE LATEST FULL EDITION of the Acoustic Americana Music Guide is always available at
www.acousticmusic.net or at
www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com or by links from the News-only edition at www.nodepression.com/profile/TiedtotheTracks
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2 pm matinee with THE GEORGE COLE QUINTET at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.
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4 pm LINDSAY TOMASIC, with DAVE PEARLMAN, LARRY TUTTLE, NOVI NOVOG, & LAUREN WOOD, play the “FULL MOON SATURDAYS” house concert series in Pasadena.
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5-9 pm “HOPERIDE 2010 BENEFIT CONCERT” with plenty of “new folk” music, including GREG CARLSSON, JUSTIN LANGE & PHIL WARD, TIM TEDROW & TERRY VREELAND, BETSY KAHN & THE KLEZ ENCOUNTERS BAND, ARTURO MONROY (Latin Jazz), and additional African music, to raise funds for HIV/AIDS orphans on Africa’s Ivory Coast (Cote d’ Ivoire), in a private residence garden in South Pasadena.
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7:30 pm DANIELLE HEBERT, multiple Juno Award winner, from Canada, does a FREE show on the Coffee Gallery FRONT stage in Altadena.
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7:30-10:30 pm ASHLEY MAHER & FRIENDS play her CD release show for new album, “Amina,” at the Talking Stick in Santa Monica.
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8 pm BOB MALONE at Alva’s Shoowroom, 1417 W 8th St, Weymouth Corners, San Pedro 90732; 800-403-3447; www.alvas.com.
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8 pm ADAM RAFFERTY, renowned fingerstyle guitarist, at The Fret House in Covina.
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8 pm THE GEORGE COLE QUINTET at the Hip Kitty Jazz / Fondue, 502 W First St (in the Packing House complex),
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Sat-Mon, Aug 28-30, in Trinity County (Northern Cal):
Annual “HAYFORK MULE DAYS” at the Trinity County Fairgrounds, brings live music, mule races, teamster divisions, saddle mule performances, log skidding, chariot racing, bull riding, horse show, destruction derby, quilt show and auction, and more.
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10 am-6 pm Annual “BODEGA SEAFOOD, ART, AND WINE FESTIVAL” at Watts Ranch, on Bodega Hwy, next to town of Bodega, CA; 707-824-8717. There’s live music on 3 stages and other “outstanding entertainment.” Event showcases “the best of California’s wineries [25] and breweries [12], artists and craftspeople” and a “delicious selection of seafood vendors.” The food sounds great – BBQ oysters, crab cakes, cedar plank salmon, Maine lobster rolls, albacore wrapped in bacon, seafood jambalaya, more. Music includes blues, Cajun, jazz, Latin. Runs Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun 10 am-5 pm.
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Annual “CUTTING EDGE MUSIC CONFERENCE” in New Orleans, includes a Sat, Aug 28 show, 11 pm, at the Hard Rock Café - New Orleans.. it’s the “LA Acoustic show,” with BRIGITTE DeMEYER, CHRIS DONOHUE, & BRADY BLADE play at the. Hard Rock Cafe 418 N Peters St, New Orleans, LA 70130; 504-529-5617. More on the conference at www.cuttingedgemusicbusiness.com
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Sat & Sun, Aug 28 & 29, in Minnesota:
Annual “MINNESOTA STATE FAIR” at Heritage Square, St. Paul, MN. Musical entertainment includes SOURDOUGH SLIM, both days, at 10:30 & 11:30 am, and 12:30 pm. Schedules for entire event, www.mnstatefair.org
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Check-out some Sourdough Slim performance videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kbdZUDWBM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HajY_r6RNy0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V9NTG6cUj0
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(4) Saturday’s LOCAL FESTIVALS:
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Sat, Aug 28; Thu-Sun, Aug 26-29, festival, in Hemet; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
Annual “HEMET ELKS BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE” with KEN MELLONS, THE BROMBIES, FAULTLINE, THE WIMBERLEY BAND, LONESOME OTIS, FINE LINE, SAWMILL ROAD, BLADERUNNERS, GRASSLANDS, WHISTLE STOP, and more, at the Golden Village Palms Resort, 3600 W Florida Av, Hemet; 951-305-4604 or 951-551-9963; www.goldenvillagepalms.com.
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Sat & Sun, Aug 28 & 29, festival, in OC:
10 am-10 pm 44th annual "SAWDUST SUMMER ART FESTIVAL' celebrates its closing weekend with lots of music, including the NATHAN McEUEN BAND, at the Sawdust Festival grounds, aka “Laguna Beach Sawdust Art Festival,” 935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach 92651; 949-494-3030; www.sawdustartfestival.org.
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Here's the music schedule:
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* 11 am-3 pm - Balloon Diva (Balloon Artistry)
* 12 noon-4:30 pm - The Classic Cats (Classic Rock) on the Main Entertainment Deck
* 11:30 am-4 pm - Rob Eller (Rock) at the Tavern Stage
* 11:30 an -4 pm - Brooke Ramel (Singer Songwriter) at the Grille Stage
* 5:30-9:45 pm - Missiles of October (Rock) on the Main Entertainment Deck
* 5-9:30 pm - Nathan McEuen (Acoustic Folk) at the Tavern Stage
* 5-9:30 pm - Will Brady (Blues) at the Grille Stage
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Sunday -
* 12 noon-4 pm - Balloon Diva (Balloon Artistry)
* 12 noon-4:30 pm - Joe Cuseo Blues Project (Blues) on the Main Entertainment Deck
* 11:30 am-4 pm - Ted Vautrinot (Acoustic Americana) at the Tavern Stage
* 11:30-4 pm - George Lawton (Folk Jazz) at the Grille Stage
* 5:30-9:45 pm - World Anthem (Reggae) on the Main Entertainment Deck
* 5:00-9:30 pm - Chris & Sue (Rock Blues) at the Tavern Stage
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Sat & Sun, Aug 28 & 29; festival:
10 am-10 pm “RED WHITE & BLUEZZ PASADENA JAZZ FEST” at the L.A. County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N Baldwin Av, Arcadia; festival info, 626-304-0333; www.pasadenajazzfest.com.
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Over 200 artists, including 23 top acts, on two stages, for two days. There are “4 watering holes,” international food, a “Kidzz Quarter,” the Cisco Home Jazz Bazaar, and Arboretum Tram Tours. Tix range from $50 / day general ($10 kids age 6-15, age 5 and under free), $80 gen’y weekend pass, to Preferred Seating tix for $80 / day, $125 weekend pass, to VIP seats and packages.
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Sat, Aug 28; Fri & Sat, Aug 27 & 28; festival:
10 am-7 pm “BEATLESFEST” on the on the Santa Monica Pier, W off Ocean Av (at Colorado), 2 blks S of Santa Monica Bl, Santa Monica; www.twilightdance.org; www.santamonicapier.org; 310-458-8901 or 310-396-0799.
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“BEATLESFEST,” a three-day tribute that began five years ago, opens as part of the summer lineup this year at Thursday night’s “Twilight Dance Series.” The band ABBEY ROAD opens that show with an acoustic set of the Beatles, followed by Los Angeles based LED ZEPAGAIN, taking a decidedly different road as part of the British Invasion.
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Throughout the day on Thursday, there will be Beatles karaoke, Beatles movies, memorabilia, the history of the Beatles, photo opportunities, food, the kids' zone at Pacific Park, celebrity appearances, radio personalities, raffles and much more.
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“BEATLESFEST” on Santa Monica Pier continues with a “TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES” on Friday and Saturday with live free entertainment throughout the day. On Saturday night, the award winning musical “Ticket to Ride,” featuring the band ABBEY ROAD, will perform at Barnum Hall at Santa Monica High. Tickets for that show are available at Ticket Master.
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(5a) Saturday’s TODAY-AND-TONIGHT-ONLY
“LOS ANGELES AREA ACOUSTIC MUSIC PERFORMANCES” and related events:
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Sat, Aug 28:
10 am “SING OUT LOUD” at the “BIG! WORLD! FUN!” family series at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Bl East, Hollywood 90068; 323-GO1-FORD; www.FordTheatres.org.
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Children admitted FREE to one-hour programs for families. Make crafts before the show.
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LeRoy Villanueva, one of four LA Opera artists in the company’s interactive “Sing Out Loud!” program, says “kids and parents who’ve experienced the show often come out saying, ‘This is opera?’” We are assured that the program “is anything but stuffy.” Says Villanueva, “It’s all about having fun.”
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The music itself is irresistible even if you know nothing about opera, or who composed it or what that aria title in Italian means. “Sing Out Loud!” includes such staples as the Toreador Song from Carmen — an ego-swelling boast from a triumphant bullfighter — and a foray into music theater — which can be thought of as American opera — with “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” from Oklahoma and “I Feel Pretty” from West Side Story.
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Excerpts from The Girl of the Golden West show opera as theatre, a story told through music. In fact the plot could be a Western movie: Local sheriff wants to marry female saloon owner, but she loves a bandit on the run. The two play poker. If she wins, the bandit goes free. If the sheriff wins, she’ll marry him.
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Kids and parents can make crafts during pre-show activities led by staff from the Autry National Center beginning at 9 am.
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“Sing Out Loud!” is the final event in the 2010 Big!World!Fun! Family Series presented by the Ford Theatre Foundation. The hour-long performances in the shaded outdoor Ford Amphitheatre are designed for the enjoyment of children ages 4 to 10, parents and grandparents. Booklists related to each series event, provided by the Los Angeles County Library, are available at www.FordTheatres.org; click on “Family” under “Events” on the homepage, then click on “More Info” for the event that interests you.
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Reserve/purchase tickets by calling the Ford box office or on the venue’s website. Parking is $1 per vehicle. Admission to all events is FREE for children and $5 for adults.
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Sat, Aug 28; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
2 pm matinee with THE GEORGE COLE QUINTET at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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Their music has influences ranging from European Gypsy music, Americana rhythms, and hits from the Great American songbook, all with a modern acoustic feel. Venue impresario BOB STANE says, “A wonderful afternoon value. Lush, lovely and fiery. Bring folks who need to hear real music. What a fun, uplifting matinee. Guitarist, vocalist, composer, band leader, arranger and gypsy guitar expert GEORGE COLE brings his Django style swing music to Coffee Gallery Backstage.”
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THE GEORGE COLE QUINTET brings the hot guitar and lush vocals of George Cole as its centerpiece, with a fusion of original songs, harmonious vocals, soaring violin and acoustic guitar. Throw-in some slow waltzes, and you've got a dynamic musical experience par excellence.
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Venue impresario Bob Stane adds, “This San Francisco-based band invites you to close your eyes and be transported by their swing rhythms and infectious grooves.”
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Joining George in the ensemble are vocalist MOLLY MAHONEY, rhythm guitarist JIMMY GRANT, with ALEN CILELI on violin, and KENAN O'BRIEN on upright bass.
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George played guitar on CHRIS ISAAK’s platinum-selling “Forever Blue” album, and was guitar instructor and mentor to Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirndt of Greenday. George has toured with many well-known artists, including Joe Walsh on his “Anthology” tour, and in 2009, with legendary jazz vocalist Keely Smith.
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GEORGE COLE is a bandleader, songwriter, and guitarist with a long and successful music career, performing on Grammy-nominated releases and winning a California Music Award for Best New Major Label Artist. He has toured with many artists including Joe Walsh of the Eagles and legendary jazz singer Keely Smith. He has recorded with producer Roy Thomas Baker, Chris Isaak, and Lee Seung Hwan. He was lead guitarist for the bands, Big Blue Hearts and Beatnik Beatch and was the guitar instructor and mentor to Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day for ten years.
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" George Cole has a sound that incorporates some of the finest elements of ’30s-era European and American music. Cole's excellent Django-style guitar work and his band's enticing instrumental and vocal harmonies make them a must-see for any fan of vintage jazz,” says Art Thompson of Guitar Player magazine. Tix, $15.
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Sat, Aug 28; an "EVENT-OF-THE-WEEK for ARTISTS:"
3-5 pm ADAM RAFFERTY, renowned fingerstyle guitarist, does a master class at The Fret House, 309 N Citrus Av, Covina 91723. Presented by The Association of Fingerstyle Guitarists and the Fret House.
The guitar master class will be followed by an evening concert at the venue at 8 pm.
It's only $20 for both the master class and the concert. That is, attend the master class and the concert is included. Attend the concert alone and the tix are still $20.
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Watch these Youtube videos to get an idea of what is in store for you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5uMEkKzOrs&feature=player_embedded
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr2AvrUwb0U&feature=related
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More at www.adamrafferty.com and www.afg.org
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Sat, Aug 28; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
4 pm LINDSAY TOMASIC, with DAVE PEARLMAN, LARRY TUTTLE, NOVI NOVOG, & LAUREN WOOD, play the “FULL MOON SATURDAYS” house concert series in Pasadena. Reservations get directions at fullmoonSats@yahoo.com. Doors open at 3:45 pm; music starts at 4:15 pm. Lindsay wrote the Oprah Show theme, and her talents are wide-ranging. She does plenty of roots music, and roots-flavored originals. Novi Novog is half the STRING PLANET duo, and she played her fiddle in Prince’s band. More at www.lindsaytomasic.com
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Non-alcoholic beverages provided, BYOB wine, beer, drink of choice. Suggested donation $15, kids free.
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Sat, Aug 28; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
5-9 pm “HOPERIDE 2010 BENEFIT CONCERT” with plenty of “new folk” music, including GREG CARLSSON, JUSTIN LANGE & PHIL WARD, TIM TEDROW & TERRY VREELAND, BETSY KAHN & THE KLEZ ENCOUNTERS BAND, ARTURO MONROY (Latin Jazz), and additional African music, to raise funds for HIV/AIDS orphans on Africa’s Ivory Coast (Cote d’ Ivoire), in a private residence garden in South Pasadena 91030. Reservations (before Aug 26, please) get directions, at gclmft@gmail.com or 626-399-1966.
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Experience the vocal and musical talent of great local musicians in a garden setting. Sponsored by American International Foundation for Africa's Healthcare (AMIFAH)
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HOPERIDE occurs Nov 24-Dec 1, 2010, when cyclists and volunteers will travel nearly 400 miles in 6 days through West Africa’s Côte d'Ivoire to raise money in support of the 425,000 orphans and vulnerable children impacted by HIV/AIDS. HOPE RIDE Côte d'Ivoire is the first such cycling benefit effort to raise funds for this much-needed work in Côte d'Ivoire, Africa, and is scheduled to be an ongoing annual event. Each cyclist is required to raise a minimum of $2,500 dollars to participate.
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Local motorcyclist/musician Greg Carlsson wants to make the ride in Africa, and this event raises money toward his required contribution to the organization. You can make a donation on Greg’s behalf at www.hoperide.net/homepagegreg.php.
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Sat, Aug 28:
5 pm AMANDA ABIZAID plays her Record Release Show for "This Life," at the Borders Bookstore in Hollywood. Amanda is accompanied today by MIKE MENNELL, STEWART JEAN & DAN NISSILA. No cover.
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Sat, Aug 28:
6–9 pm THE ANTLERS play the “SATURDAYS OFF THE 405” series at The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, L.A. 90049; 310-440-7300.
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With a "skyscraping blend of the ambient and the anthemic," the Antlers are said to “make music that is at once simple and immense— dream pop with an epic storyline.” The critically-acclaimed trio crafts its delicately powerful melodies with a fervent, artful earnestness with lyrical surges, sweeping strings, and starry, sonic layers of post-rock. Also performing is Dublab founder, L.A. stalwart, and host of “Celsius Drop” and KPFK's “Future Roots Radio,” DJ Frosty, mixing “genre-bending and progressive new music.”
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It’s outdoor music and evening views of the city, with drinks available, and the refreshing summer exhibitions, all in a casual and spontaneous atmosphere. A cash bar serves Getty-tinis and more, and the Garden Terrace Cafe offers sandwiches, salads, and other nibbles (both until 8:30 pm). No outside alcohol is allowed on site. Plus, free “Spotlight After Dark” tours in the galleries. Join in a provocative 20-minute exploration and discussion of art with a Getty Museum educator. Tours depart at 6 & 7 pm. It's free, no reservations required, and parking is FREE after 5 pm.
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Sat, Aug 28:
6:30 pm ERIC SCHWARTZ at POP Champagne & Dessert Bar in Pasadena. He tours so much it’s a rare opportunity to catch him on his home turf in L.A. Or you can go for his 9:30 pm set at Genghis Cohen on August 25. After tonight, he’s on the road again.
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Eric is hilarious, with a bitingly funny musical take on the times we live in, and the less-than-stellar characters in popular culture and politics. Nor mean, just funny, and he’s had over a hundred thousand hits EACH on his songs on YouTube. Venue is known for its Chinese food.
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Sat, Aug 28:
TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET plays the “GRAND PERFORMANCES” series at California Plaza Fountain Court, 350 S Grand Av, LA; 213-687-2159; www.grandperformances.org.
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Sat, Aug 28; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm DANIELLE HEBERT, multiple Juno Award winner, from Canada, does a FREE show on the Coffee Gallery FRONT stage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; venue phone 626-398-7917.
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DANIELLE HEBERT (pronounced “Ehh-bear’) is quite a good “get” for Duane Thorin and his free music series in the Coffee Gallery’s up-front free stage. (No confusion, the Backstage shows continue, full strength, in the Backstage show room.)
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DANIELLE HEBERT is something of a phenomenon, as a musician and a traveler. Duane tells us, “She is a Renaissance woman artist singer, with biker tendencies and tenaciousness. You just HAVE to read her wonderful blog...and scroll back through her solo U.S. journey by bike, from the time she was last here, many weeks ago. It is like Route 66 with Martin Milner and no sound track, but chronicled by Lady Hemmingway. Awesome....she could stay on the road and PayPal for a career.” Her blog, with that tale in installments, is http://daniellehebert.wordpress.com
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More on Danielle and her music is on her website, www.daniellehebert.com. No cover.
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Sat, Aug 28; every Sat, Jul 10-Sep 11, in Ventura:
7:30-9:30 pm “MUSIC UNDER THE STARS” brings a different band each week, for music in various genres, to Olivas Adobe, 4200 Olivas Park Dr, Ventura. Info, 805-658-4726. Tix, $18; optional dinner is $13.50.
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Sat, Aug 28; a "SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK" pick:
7:30-10:30 pm ASHLEY MAHER & FRIENDS play her CD release show for new album, “Amina,” at the Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Bl, Santa Monica 90291. Ashley does world music that Americana fans find very enjoyable. She’s had Top Ten hits on the BBC, performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” and done the FolkWorks concert series.
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She brings a full band tonight – lots of amazing multiinstrumentalists – and she offers a deal for you: it’s $20 for admission AND the new CD, or $15 for the live show only.
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ASHLEY MAHER with “extra-wonderful musicians,” including “Haiti's acoustic wonder,” JEAN-PAUL, and “Earthy / soulful Song Goddess” Kara Mack opening. Ashley says, “The evening promises to end with some firey Senegalese surprises. Please plan early, RSVP on Facebook, and pass this along to anyone who might enJOY this show!” More at www.ashleymaher.com and www.myspace.com/ashleymaher. Tix, $15 (or $20 for the show plus a CD).
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Sat, Aug 28; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm BOB MALONE at Alva’s Shoowroom, 1417 W 8th St, Weymouth Corners, San Pedro 90732; 800-403-3447; www.alvas.com.
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Los Angeles-based BOB MALONE plays a one-of-a-kind hybrid of blues, rock, soul and jazz, delivered with rubber-meets-the-road explosive piano virtuosity and soulful vocals. He headlines over 100 shows a year across the US, Europe, Australia and Asia, and has opened for and/or played with Rickie Lee Jones, The Neville Brothers, Rev. Al Green, Dr. John, Leon Russell, and many others.
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On TV, Bob has been a featured musician on “The Price Is Right,” and his music is heard on “Dr. Phil,” “The Rachel Ray Show,” “All My Children,” and more. Malone's six CDs, including his latest, “Ain't What You Know,” have earned Top-20 spots on the “Living Blues” and “Roots Music Report” radio charts. His music is played on over 300 NPR and A3 radio stations plus the Sirius Radio shows “Bluesville” and “The Village,” and has been heard on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” He is featured on syndicated radio – “Car Talk,” “Acoustic Café,” and “Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour.” Bob is a four-time recipient of the ASCAP Plus Award for independent musicians.
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"A new peak in what's been a rather mountainous career, Malone's latest shows off everything that makes him great and more...the kind of record you can listen to over and over, the way records used to be. .it doesn't get much better than this." Filter Magazine.
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"US blues pianist Bob Malone cakewalked all over the keys with rip-roaring pyrotechnics that were part skill and part showmanship, often eschewing the piano stool and jumping around like a rock star...[but] in soul-baring numbers, head-tossing antics were put aside for a far more engrossing melancholic sweetness . . . Bob Malone revealed a raw and splendidly large heart." - The West Australian.
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"Bob Malone doesn't just accompany himself on piano. He supports his singing with pulsating, roaring keyboard work that grabs you and shakes you until you cry for mercy." - Keyboard Magazine. More at www.bobmalone.com including his latest review in Filter Magazine.
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Alva’s Showroom, an intimate 60-seat small amphitheatre, is known for bringing to San Pedro some of the nation's finest musicians of all genres. With a top line sound system and two classic ivory-keyed grand pianos, Alva’s is a magnet for high quality performances.
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For more information about the show and Alvas Showroom, call 1-800-403-3447 or email wanda@alvas.com. There does not seem to be a set ticket price; suggested donation is $20.
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Sat, Aug 28; a "SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK" pick:
8 pm ADAM RAFFERTY, renowned fingerstyle guitarist, performs at The Fret House, 309 N Citrus Av, Covina 91723.
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Earlier today, from 3-5 pm, Adam teaches a master class here, presented by The Association of Fingerstyle Guitarists and the Fret House.
It's only $20 for both the master class and the concert. That is, attend the master class and the concert is included. Attend the concert alone and the tix are still $20.
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Watch these Youtube videos to get an idea of what is in store for you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5uMEkKzOrs&feature=player_embedded
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr2AvrUwb0U&feature=related
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More at www.adamrafferty.com and www.afg.org
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Sat, Aug 28; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE GEORGE COLE QUINTET at the Hip Kitty Jazz / Fondue, 502 W First St (in the Packing House complex), Claremont 91711; www.hipkittyjazz.com; 909-447-6700.
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We JUST saw their matinee TODAY at the Coffee Gallery Backstage – they are WONDERFUL, and well worth the drive tonight to see ‘em in Claremont!
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Their music has influences ranging from European Gypsy music, Americana rhythms, and hits from the Great American songbook, all with a modern acoustic feel. Venue impresario BOB STANE says, “A wonderful afternoon value. Lush, lovely and fiery. Bring folks who need to hear real music. What a fun, uplifting matinee. Guitarist, vocalist, composer, band leader, arranger and gypsy guitar expert GEORGE COLE brings his Django style swing music to Coffee Gallery Backstage.”
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THE GEORGE COLE QUINTET brings the hot guitar and lush vocals of George Cole as its centerpiece, with a fusion of original songs, harmonious vocals, soaring violin and acoustic guitar. Throw-in some slow waltzes, and you've got a dynamic musical experience par excellence.
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Venue impresario Bob Stane adds, “This San Francisco-based band invites you to close your eyes and be transported by their swing rhythms and infectious grooves.”
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Joining George in the ensemble are vocalist MOLLY MAHONEY, rhythm guitarist JIMMY GRANT, with ALEN CILELI on violin, and KENAN O'BRIEN on upright bass.
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George played guitar on CHRIS ISAAK’s platinum-selling “Forever Blue” album, and was guitar instructor and mentor to Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirndt of Greenday. George has toured with many well-known artists, including Joe Walsh on his “Anthology” tour, and in 2009, with legendary jazz vocalist Keely Smith.
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GEORGE COLE is a bandleader, songwriter, and guitarist with a long and successful music career, performing on Grammy-nominated releases and winning a California Music Award for Best New Major Label Artist. He has toured with many artists including Joe Walsh of the Eagles and legendary jazz singer Keely Smith. He has recorded with producer Roy Thomas Baker, Chris Isaak, and Lee Seung Hwan. He was lead guitarist for the bands, Big Blue Hearts and Beatnik Beatch and was the guitar instructor and mentor to Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day for ten years.
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" George Cole has a sound that incorporates some of the finest elements of ’30s-era European and American music. Cole's excellent Django-style guitar work and his band's enticing instrumental and vocal harmonies make them a must-see for any fan of vintage jazz,” says Art Thompson of Guitar Player magazine.
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Sat, Aug 28 (every 4th Sat):
8-11 pm monthly “CONTRA DANCE” with live music by the SCREAMING EARWIGS (Steve Lewis, Tom & Mike Sauber, & Laura Osborne filling in for Patrick Sauber), and Susan Michaels calling, at the Brentwood Youth Hut, 731 S Bundy Av (just south of San Vincente), West L.A. Dance from 8-11 pm; newcomers welcome; instruction at 7:30 pm.
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Sat, Aug 28:
8 pm VICKI HILL & HOUSE, plus THE CHEATIN' KIND, and GRANT LANGSTON, play the "Alt Country Nite" at Viva Cantina Mexican Restaurant, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506. (North of the 134, West of the 5 Fwy) Reservations/Info 818 845-2425.
The Cheatin' Kind at 9, Grant Langston at 10. Free, all ages, full bar. Free parking across the street at the bowling alley. Vicki tells us, "Edie Murphy sittin in, & cooking a little something up with Babs, should be fun!"
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Sat, Aug 28:
8 pm MATTHEW SWEET at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $22.50.
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Sat, Aug 28:
8 pm ROGER ESPINOZA at the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts Pasadena, in Memorial Park, 85 E Holly St, (really Raymond & Walnut), Pasadena 91103; 626-683-3230; www.levittpavilionpasadena.org.
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Espinoza brings “Rhumba guitar stylings and classical Latin rhythms.”
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Series runs all summer, several themed nights each week, and includes the “Patchwork of America Series,” a children’s series (7 pm, Wednesdays), and a world music series. Some bench seating with backs is available to sides of center stage. Bring your lawn chair or blanket, and a picnic, but no alcohol is allowed in the park. Ride the Gold Line light rail to Memorial Park Station, to avoid dealing with expensive Old Town Pasadena parking (or park north of the 210 Fwy and walk). Nice outdoor venue.
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The summer’s free music series at the Pasadena venue brings its season closer with Rhythmic Circus presenting “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now,” an “innovative” jazz / urban tap dance show on Aug 29. There are other shows in the Levitt series, waaay outside the Guide’s genres. Full calendar of the venue’s summer series at their website. Free show.
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Sat, Aug 28; extended indefinitely; live theatre; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
CANCELLED: SHOW HAS ENDED ITS EXTENDED RUN. 8 pm Fri & Sat (& 5 pm Sun) “JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY,” the critically-acclaimed world-premiere HENRY JAGLOM play has been extended at Edgemar Center for the Arts, on the Main Stage, 2437 Main St, Santa Monica 90405. Reservations req’d at 310-392-7327 or www.edgemarcenter.org (under events tab).
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Multiplatinum songwriter and cast member HARRIET SCHOCK tells us, “There’s a film being made of it, Henry Jaglom has already started shooting. Audiences love it and we’ve enjoyed performing it [well over 100] times. We’ve been extended again, but please don’t wait too long to see [this] wonderful, funny, moving, thoroughly enjoyable play.”
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Harriet Schock has worked with famous film director Henry Jaglom, writing the music for several of his feature film projects, and performing that music on-camera in his latest, “Irene in Time,” which stars Tanna Frederick, also the star if this play, making its world-premiere run.
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“JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY” stars TANNA FREDERICK, JULIE DAVIS, DAVID GARVER, JACK HELLER, DAVID PROVAL, DIANE SALINGER, & HARRIET SCHOCK. Directed by Gary Imhoff, produced by Alexandra Guarnieri.
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Here’s a bit of the critical rave:
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"A near-Chekhovian delight! Go !!! " - L.A. Weekly
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"Henry Jaglom's new play rocks! A brilliant comic cast!" - The Huffington Post
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"Tanna Frederick moves effortlessly through an array of emotions, she & David Garver exude a quiet magnetism. Jaglom's homage to theatre people will appeal to everyone." - Hollywood Reporter
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"Henry Jaglom is a master storyteller. 'Lust 45 Minutes from Broadway' should tickle New York theatergoers when it moves closer than 45 minutes away." - For ReviewPlays.com )in The Santa Monica Daily Press and The San Diego Jewish World)
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Runs Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 5 pm, in an extended run. Parking is available (fee charged) in an onsite structure, and metered parking is available in nearby Lot 11, across the street from Peet's Coffee. Tix, $25.
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8:30 pm PRESTON SMITH plays J Tapas Room, 204 E Main St, Ventura. More at www.prestonsmith.com. Preston says venue has “great food, full bar.” No cover.
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"Preston is a singing, guitar-and-harmonica playing virtuoso of blues and jazz, which makes him a great fit. His stuff is upbeat, intelligent and classy, he's known for his widespread appeal to a variety of audiences and some say his music knows no boundaries. While Smith's songwriting skills have received a big thumbs up from critics all over the map, his live gigs are legendary." - John Sollenberger, in the Pasadena Weekly.
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Preston is celebrated as, "An exceptional, gutsy singer, songwriter, and guitarist…a phenomenal artist, who appeals to all types of music lovers, Preston always "delivers!" Whether he's wailing on the harmonica, or singing through a megaphone, the audiences love him!" - University Reporter
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"Indeed, Preston is a man of melody. Talent oozes from him. As a vocalist, his delivery possesses a subtle growl charismatic of the great bluesmen of past decades. His snarlin' guitar sound blends with his screamin' harmonica work to produce a raw, soulful treat for any music lover. He has been known to break into a guitar solo using his tongue." - Santa Clarita Signal.
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"…originals that could easily sound good on the airwaves of your local triple A stations…" - Entertainment Today
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"Smith writes memorable songs. Tunes that you hum in the shower for weeks after seeing the band."
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Preston has performed on many live radio and cable TV shows on both the east and west coasts, and has performed live on club circuits in Los Angeles, New York and Nashville. His multifaceted talent has enabled him, both with his band and solo acoustic, to share stages with a diverse pantheon of performers ranging from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fine Young Cannibals, Fishbone, Social Distortion, Wall of Voodoo, Concrete Blonde, Savoy Brown, Charlie Sexton, The Mighty Lemon Drops, and The Bonedaddy’s – to rock, R&B, and blues legends, including James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Bonnie Raitt, The Robert Cray Band, k.d. Lang, John Mayhall, Albert Collins, Tower of Power, Joe Satriani, The Ventures, Dick Dale & the Deltones, Eric Burden & the Animals, Delbert McClinton, Paul Butterfield, Poco, Santana, Charlie Musselwhite, SaltN'Pepa, Robert Cray, Joe Louis Walker, Booker T. & the MGs, The Ink Spots, The Coasters, Savoy Brown, Spencer Davis, Al Kooper, Marshall Tucker Band, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Youngbloods, Donovan, Commander Cody, Asleep at the Wheel, N.R.B.Q., Buster Poindexter, Mink DeVille, The Tubes, The Busboys, David Lindley & El Rayo X, John Stewart, Al Stewart, The James Harmon Blues Band, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Billy Vera & The Beaters, The Palladins, The King Bee’s, and Jack Mack & the Heart Attack. (Does the man ever sleep?)
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Sat, Aug 28; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8:30 pm “JOHN WILLIAMS AND THE MUSIC OF THE MOVIES” for the “Weekend Spectaculars” series at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; 323-850-2000 or 213-480-3232; www.hollywoodbowl.com. With the LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor. Yep, Williams returns to conduct and showcase some of his own famously iconic film scores. Runs Aug 27 & 28.
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(5b) Saturday’s RECURRING
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HERE ARE 22 (yep, Twenty-two!) MORE EVENTS, HAPPENING TODAY & TONIGHT!
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/08/saturday-fourth-last-saturday-of-month.html
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Annual “HEMET ELKS BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE” with KEN MELLONS, THE BROMBIES, FAULTLINE, THE WIMBERLEY BAND, LONESOME OTIS, FINE LINE, SAWMILL ROAD, BLADERUNNERS, GRASSLANDS, WHISTLE STOP, and more, at the Golden Village Palms Resort in Hemet. (Runs Thu-Sun, Aug 26-29.)
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2 pm matinee with THE JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.
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5:30 pm “THE GRAND OLE ECHO” series brings OLD CALIFORNIO, ANNY CELSI & NELSON BRAGG, and PAPERPLANES, at the Echo in Echo Park.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/sundays-radio-web-radio-tv-acoustic.html
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Sun, Aug 29, in San Marcos (San Diego County):
9 am-5 pm Annual “JEWISH FOOD FESTIVAL & CRAFTS FAIRE” on Via Vera Cruz (between Grand Av & San Marcos Bl), San Marcos; www.sanmarcoschamber.com; 760-744-1270. This is the local “Grand Summer Festival,” with music on several stages, including blues and jazz stages, a specialty food garden, invitational Microbrewery Garden, over 300 vendors with arts & crafts, antiques, clothing, more, a children’s area, plus one of the largest antique car shows in San Diego County.
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Sun, Aug 29; Sat & Sun, Aug 28 & 29, in Bodega (Northern Cal):
10 am-5 pm Annual “BODEGA SEAFOOD, ART, AND WINE FESTIVAL” at Watts Ranch, on Bodega Hwy, next to town of Bodega, CA; 707-824-8717. There’s live music on 3 stages and other “outstanding entertainment.” Event showcases “the best of California’s wineries [25] and breweries [12], artists and craftspeople” and a “delicious selection of seafood vendors.” The food sounds great – BBQ oysters, crab cakes, cedar plank salmon, Maine lobster rolls, albacore wrapped in bacon, seafood jambalaya, more. Music includes blues, Cajun, jazz, Latin. Runs Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun 10 am-5 pm.
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Sun, Aug 29; Fri-Sun, Aug 27-29, in New Orleans:
Annual “CUTTING EDGE MUSIC CONFERENCE” in New Orleans, includes a Sat, Aug 28 show, 11 pm, at the Hard Rock Café - New Orleans.. it’s the “LA Acoustic show,” with BRIGITTE DeMEYER, CHRIS DONOHUE, & BRADY BLADE play at the. Hard Rock Cafe 418 N Peters St, New Orleans, LA 70130; 504-529-5617. More on the conference at www.cuttingedgemusicbusiness.com
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10 am-10 pm 44th annual "SAWDUST SUMMER ART FESTIVAL' celebrates its closing weekend with lots of music, including the NATHAN McEUEN BAND, at the Sawdust Festival grounds, aka “Laguna Beach Sawdust Art Festival,” 935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach 92651; 949-494-3030; www.sawdustartfestival.org.
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* 11 am-3 pm - Balloon Diva (Balloon Artistry)
* 12 noon-4:30 pm - The Classic Cats (Classic Rock) on the Main Entertainment Deck
* 11:30 am-4 pm - Rob Eller (Rock) at the Tavern Stage
* 11:30 an -4 pm - Brooke Ramel (Singer Songwriter) at the Grille Stage
* 5:30-9:45 pm - Missiles of October (Rock) on the Main Entertainment Deck
* 5-9:30 pm - Nathan McEuen (Acoustic Folk) at the Tavern Stage
* 5-9:30 pm - Will Brady (Blues) at the Grille Stage
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* 12 noon-4 pm - Balloon Diva (Balloon Artistry)
* 12 noon-4:30 pm - Joe Cuseo Blues Project (Blues) on the Main Entertainment Deck
* 11:30 am-4 pm - Ted Vautrinot (Acoustic Americana) at the Tavern Stage
* 11:30-4 pm - George Lawton (Folk Jazz) at the Grille Stage
* 5:30-9:45 pm - World Anthem (Reggae) on the Main Entertainment Deck
* 5:00-9:30 pm - Chris & Sue (Rock Blues) at the Tavern Stage
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Sun, Aug 29; Sat & Sun, Aug 28 & 29; festival:
10 am-10 pm “RED WHITE & BLUEZZ PASADENA JAZZ FEST” at the L.A. County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N Baldwin Av, Arcadia; festival info, 626-304-0333; www.pasadenajazzfest.com.
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Over 200 artists, including 23 top acts, on two stages, for two days. There are “4 watering holes,” international food, a “Kidzz Quarter,” the Cisco Home Jazz Bazaar, and Arboretum Tram Tours. Tix range from $50 / day general ($10 kids age 6-15, age 5 and under free), $80 gen’y weekend pass, to Preferred Seating tix for $80 / day, $125 weekend pass, to VIP seats and packages.
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Annual “HEMET ELKS BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE” with KEN MELLONS, THE BROMBIES, FAULTLINE, THE WIMBERLEY BAND, LONESOME OTIS, FINE LINE, SAWMILL ROAD, BLADERUNNERS, GRASSLANDS, WHISTLE STOP, and more, at the Golden Village Palms Resort, 3600 W Florida Av, Hemet; 951-305-4604 or 951-551-9963; www.goldenvillagepalms.com.
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Sun, Aug 29, in OC:
11 am-3 pm KRISTIN KORB plays a brunch gig at The Manhattan, 202 S Main St, Orange 92868. Kristin, that amazingly beautiful upright bass player / jazz vocalist, says, "There's a new venue trying the brunch thing. I hear that the food is amazing. I'm experimenting this weekend with a completely different band. Come out, try the food, and let me know what you think of the place."
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Kristin is joined by MICHAEL WOLFF on piano, RAY BRINKER on drums, and "a surprise" musician.
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Sun, Aug 29; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
2 pm matinee with JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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Wherever this act goes in the world, playing Django Rheinhardt festivals, they are always the featured performers. Everyone else gets lower billing. They always headline. Guitarist JOHN JORGENSON is a founding member of THE DESERT ROSE BAND, and THE HELLECASTERS, and a six-year member of ELTON JOHN's band.
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Artists ranging from BARBRA STREISAND to BONNIE RAITT to EARL SCRUGGS have sought out Jorgenson's guitar work, and he was recently chosen to portray Django Reinhardt in the film, "Head in the Clouds." In one performance, music lovers hear an eclectic musical blend of Gypsy jazz, Dixieland, swing, Latin, classical and more. Audiences are amazed again when John picks up the clarinet and plays it like a demon, and by his engaging singing style. Whether on his own accessible compositions or on classic standards, John and his band make music that is, equal parts, romantic and ecstatic, played with virtuosity and soul. Venue impresario Bob Stane says, “All around fabulous. Only make reservations if you are sure you will attend.” Tix, $30.
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Sun, Aug 29; extended indefinitely; live theatre; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
CANCELLED: SHOW HAS ENDED ITS EXTENDED RUN. 5 pm Sun (& 8 pm Fri & Sat) “JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY,” the critically-acclaimed world-premiere HENRY JAGLOM play has been extended at Edgemar Center for the Arts, on the Main Stage, 2437 Main St, Santa Monica 90405. Reservations req’d at 310-392-7327 or www.edgemarcenter.org (under events tab).
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Multiplatinum songwriter and cast member HARRIET SCHOCK tells us, “There’s a film being made of it, Henry Jaglom has already started shooting. Audiences love it and we’ve enjoyed performing it [well over 100] times. We’ve been extended again, but please don’t wait too long to see [this] wonderful, funny, moving, thoroughly enjoyable play.”
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Harriet Schock has worked with famous film director Henry Jaglom, writing the music for several of his feature film projects, and performing that music on-camera in his latest, “Irene in Time,” which stars Tanna Frederick, also the star if this play, making its world-premiere run.
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“JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY” stars TANNA FREDERICK, JULIE DAVIS, DAVID GARVER, JACK HELLER, DAVID PROVAL, DIANE SALINGER, & HARRIET SCHOCK. Directed by Gary Imhoff, produced by Alexandra Guarnieri.
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"A near-Chekhovian delight! Go !!! " - L.A. Weekly
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"Henry Jaglom's new play rocks! A brilliant comic cast!" - The Huffington Post
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"Tanna Frederick moves effortlessly through an array of emotions, she & David Garver exude a quiet magnetism. Jaglom's homage to theatre people will appeal to everyone." - Hollywood Reporter
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"Henry Jaglom is a master storyteller. 'Lust 45 Minutes from Broadway' should tickle New York theatergoers when it moves closer than 45 minutes away." - For ReviewPlays.com )in The Santa Monica Daily Press and The San Diego Jewish World)
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Runs Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 5 pm, in an extended run. Parking is available (fee charged) in an onsite structure, and metered parking is available in nearby Lot 11, across the street from Peet's Coffee. Tix, $25.
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Sun, Aug 29; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
5:30 pm “THE GRAND OLE ECHO” series brings OLD CALIFORNIO, ANNY CELSI & NELSON BRAGG, and PAPERPLANES, at the Echo, 1822 Sunset, Bl, Echo Park.
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6 pm MICKY DOLENZ, lead singer of THE MONKEES, plays this week’s free show at the “CONCERTS ON THE GREEN” series, sponsored by Valley Cultural Center at Lou Bredlow Pavilion, Warner Center Park, 5800 Topanga Canyon Bl, Woodland Hills; 818-704-1358; www.valleycultural.org. We expect a partly-acoustic, partly-electric show. Bring folding chairs or a blanket and get there early to find a good spot. Food and beverages available inexpensively in the park for these concerts. Free show.
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Sun, Aug 29; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm BiG WiDE GRiN at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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When this bi-coastal trio – from California and Virginia – gets together, it’s more than just a tour. It’s a celebration. They write and perform contemporary acoustic music with a feel that is both familiar and nostalgic. Think about the groups that made you fall in love with this type of music - Crosby Stills &Nash, The Mamas &The Papas, or Peter Paul & Mary. Think about of all those great harmonies, all those socially conscious lyrics, songs of protest, peace, love and togetherness. Think about Poco, Pure Prairie League, and Simon & Garfunkel. Their songs spoke to us as much with the interplay of guitars and voices as they did with their lyrics.
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Now, think BiG WiDE GRiN. Referred to as a “3 Peace Band” or as being “Soulfully Acoustic,” everything about this award-winning trio is BiG from their stage presence to their sound. They all contribute original material to their set lists, they all sing and they each play a variety of instruments - guitars, bass, strum stick, djembe – which they pass around during their concerts to keep things lively. Add to that the kind of harmonies that give a music lover goose bumps, a shiver down their spine, or – yep, you guessed it – a BiG WiDE GRiN. Tix, $15.
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HERE ARE 34 (wow, Thirty-four!) MORE EVENTS, HAPPENING TODAY & TONIGHT!
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/08/sunday-fifth-sunday-when-month-has-one.html
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CELTIC WOMAN brings their global “SONGS FROM THE HEART” tour to the Thousand Oaks Civic, Aug 30 & 31. (Their only L.A. area shows.)
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8 pm THE AMERICANA DUO at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.
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9 pm-midnight THE BURLINGTON FAMILY plus JEREMIAH (from JEREMIAH & THE RED EYES) bring their Americana roots music to the Cinema Bar in Culver City.
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Mon, Aug 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
CELTIC WOMAN brings their global “SONGS FROM THE HEART” tour to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Countrywide Performing Arts Center, 2100 E Thousand Oaks Bl, Thousand Oaks; 805-449-2787.
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The “Songs from the Heart” CD (on Manhattan Records) in th4e group’s fifth, and it debuted at #9 on the Billboard Top 200, and at #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart. The companion DVD release hit #1 on that Billboard chart. The PBS special of this tour debuted last November 28 and we’ve seen it, chopped into segments, through several grinding rounds of PBS pledge drives on KCET and KOCE – the only times either station airs concerts is during pledge drives, because the shows are popular cash cows.
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8 pm THE AMERICANA DUO of LARRY WILDER & NOLAN BRONSON at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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LARRY WILDER & NOLAN BRONSON bring to life the spirit of Americana music. From a poignant mountain ballad to the wail of a Delta blues slide guitar – from the sky high yodel of a cowboy to a rollicking sing-along ditty – The Americana Duo, says venue impresario Bob Stane, “will thrill every member of your family.”
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Boasting a repertoire of 400+ songs, they pull out the timeless songs of Appalachia, bluegrass, cowboy, to “urban folk,” and beyond. Their sparkling vocals are punctuated by fantastic instrumentals – tandem guitars, banjo, and Autoharp – delivered faithfully to each genre of music. This father and son team delivers an engaging, fast-moving cavalcade of Americana music, sharing in the great acoustic traditions of generations of our uniquely American people. BOB STANE adds, “The show finale features song requests and sing-a-longs of your favorite tunes. This is authentic down home fun, sure to leave everyone smiling and hummin' a tune.” Tix, $15.
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SOLD OUT: 8 pm “AN EVENING WITH MAVIS STAPLES” at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Sound Stage, 800 W Olympic Bl, L.A. 90015; 213-765-6803; www.grammymuseum.org. Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples, before an intimate audience of 200, engages in conversation about her history-making career and newest work, including the hotly anticipated and critically acclaimed new album, “You Are Not Alone.” After the interview, Staples takes questions from the audience and performs a few songs, both new and old.
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Bound by the spirit of social justice and activism, Mavis Staples blazes a rhythm & blues trail while never relinquishing her gospel roots. The Lifetime Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee was honored as one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of all time.
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With this event sold-out, you should know that, Friday, Nov 5 at 8 pm (another of the Guide’s “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” picks) MAVIS STAPLES and BILLY BRAGG perform together and individually at UCLA Live. See listing.
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9 pm-midnight THE BURLINGTON FAMILY plus JEREMIAH (from JEREMIAH & THE RED EYES) bring their Americana roots music to the Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230. The Burlington Family “is continuing its folk assault on the Westside” at the world's smallest honky-tonk and local home of Americana music. As they say, “It’s small, it’s old, it’s cool, and it’s free!”
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9 pm “FEATURED ARTIST / OPEN MIC” night, with BRYAN CHAN, slide blues guitarist, as the featured artist tonight at The Park Bar and Grill, 2007 W Burbank Bl, Burbank 91506..Bryan says, "This has been a great place for hanging out. Have a bit to eat and drink, hear some great musical artists. Plus sign up for the open mic that starts after my set and share what you do."
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/08/monday-fifth-monday-when-month-has-one.html
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7-9 pm 7th annual “WINE, JAZZ & MOONLIGHT SERIES” concludes tonight with OSCAR HERNANDEZ & THE LA-NY CONNECTION, in the Central Courtyard on level 2, in the Hollywood & Highland Complex, 6801 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood 90028; 323-817-0220.
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The summer-long “Hollywood & Highland Free Concert Series” presents a variety of jazz, from the genres that folkies like to the ones that only hardcore afficianadoes of “smooth jazz” find tolerable. Co-sponsored by Hollywood & Highland Center and KJAZZ 88.1 FM. These free concerts feature “some of the country’s top jazz performers.”
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Event is free, and there’s an optional wine tasting donation of $10 to “Project Angel Food” that gets you two glasses of wine and an assortment of gourmet cheeses, crackers and fruit to enjoy during the performance. Seating is limited, so show up early. There is something available called a “Hollywood & Highland Center Elephant Card” that gets you discounts at retailers and restaurants throughout the Center.
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CELTIC WOMAN brings their global “SONGS FROM THE HEART” tour to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Countrywide Performing Arts Center, 2100 E Thousand Oaks Bl, Thousand Oaks; 805-449-2787.
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The “Songs from the Heart” CD (on Manhattan Records) in th4e group’s fifth, and it debuted at #9 on the Billboard Top 200, and at #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart. The companion DVD release hit #1 on that Billboard chart. The PBS special of this tour debuted last November 28 and we’ve seen it, chopped into segments, through several grinding rounds of PBS pledge drives on KCET and KOCE – the only times either station airs concerts is during pledge drives, because the shows are popular cash cows.
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8 pm “JIM CURRY'S TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JOHN DENVER” at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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More than anything, this show makes you feel good.
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Jim and Anne Curry bring the hits of John Denver to venues large and small, nationwide. Increasingly, they perform Denver’s music with symphony orchestras, using the original scores. It’s the multi-platinum hits of the great John Denver in a fun-filled evening of singing and stories. Jim plays the guitar and sings John's songs in a crystal clear tenor. Anne, his wife and musical partner, plays guitar and mandolin and sings harmony. You'll be invited to sing along (you already know the words), share in the memories, learn new songs, and howl at the moon (literally!)
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The music of the late John Denver is like an old friend, outlasting trends and standing the test of time. Join acclaimed performer Jim Curry for this tribute to the music of one of the most beloved singer/songwriters ever to grace the stage.
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Tribute artist Jim Curry, who's singing voice was heard in the CBS-TV movie “Take Me Home: The John Denver Story,” has performed Denver's music in sold out shows throughout the country and has emerged as today's top performer of Denver's vast legacy of multi-platinum hits. Jim's uncanny ability to mirror John's voice and clean-cut look takes you back to the time when "Rocky Mountain High," "Sunshine," "Calypso," and "Annie's Song" topped the charts, and his popular music had the heartfelt message of caring for the earth and caring for each other. As Jim says, “Denver's message is worth repeating - ‘Be kind to the Earth and to each other.’” Tix, $18.
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8 pm THE CATS-A-RENO play for “TUESDAY BLUES DAY” at The Pig 'n’ Whistle, 6714 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood 90028; www.pignwhistle.com; 323-463-0000.
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HERE ARE 24 (Two dozen!) MORE EVENTS, HAPPENING TODAY & TONIGHT!
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/08/tuesday-fifth-tuesday-when-month-has.html
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The name of the month comes from the Latin Septem, meaning seven. September was the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 47 BC, when Julius Caesar revised the calendar. (Hey, he got his month – July is named for Julius Caesar.)
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Close the barbecue
Close the sun
Close the home run games we won.

Close the picnic
Close the pool.

Close the summer.

Open school.

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Or perhaps you’ll appreciate this fragment of lyrics from John Denver’s “Season Suite:”

It seems a shame to see September
Swallowed by the wind.
And more than that, it’s oh so sad
To see the summer end.
And though the changing colors are a lovely thing to see
If it were mine to make the change
I think I’d let it be.
But I don’t remember hearing
Anybody asking me.
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8 pm “THE DROP: RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES” at the Grammy Museum in L.A.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/wednesdays-radio-web-radio-tv-acoustic.html
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Wed, Sep 1; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “THE DROP: RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES” at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Sound Stage, 800 W Olympic Bl, L.A. 90015; 213-765-6803; www.grammymuseum.org. Latest in the museum’s “The Drop” series for significant CD releases. Hosted by SCOTT GOLDMAN, Vice President of The GRAMMY Foundation.
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RYAN BINGHAM won a music Oscar in 2010 for “Best Original Song” for “The Weary Kind,” from the award winning film “Crazy Heart.” Ryan and his long-time band THE DEAD HORSES are interviewed before an intimate audience of 200 about their new album, “Junky Star,” produced by the legendary songwriter and musician, T BONE BURNETT. Bingham and the band will talk about their career, their experience working with Burnett, and the journey of recording their third album live in a span of just three days. Junky Star will be released on Lost Highway Records on August 31. The musicians will take questions from the audience, perform a few of their new songs, and participate in a meet and greet after the event. Doors at 7:30 pm for the best seats. Tix can be purchased in-person at the Museum Box Office or by calling 213-765-6803. $10 ($8 for Museum mbrs).
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/wednesday-first-wednesday-every-month.html
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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Annual Fall edition of the “STRAWBERRY MUSIC FESTIVAL” with ARLO GUTHRIE, THE TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS, MOLLIE O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE, RITA HOSKING & COUSIN JACK, NELL ROBINSON, GENTICORUM, MARCUS JAMES AND THE WASSONRAI, KUSUN ENSEMBLE, PO' GIRL, RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES, RAILROAD EARTH, THE TUTTLES WITH A.J. LEE, LAURIE LEWIS AND THE RIGHT HANDS, DEL CASTILLO, CAROLYN WONDERLAND, MARTIN SEXTON, GIRLYMAN, LOS PINGUOS, ELIZA GILKYSON & NINA GERBER, TOMMY EMMANUEL, KEB' MO', and more, at Camp Mather, near Yosemite. Runs Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5.
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8 pm GONZALO BERGARA QUARTET at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/thursdays-radio-web-radio-tv-acoustic.html
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Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5, near Yosemite; festival; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
5 pm-10 pm annual Fall edition of the “STRAWBERRY MUSIC FESTIVAL” with ARLO GUTHRIE, THE TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS, MOLLIE O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE, RITA HOSKING & COUSIN JACK, NELL ROBINSON, GENTICORUM, MARCUS JAMES AND THE WASSONRAI, KUSUN ENSEMBLE, PO' GIRL, RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES, RAILROAD EARTH, THE TUTTLES WITH A.J. LEE, LAURIE LEWIS AND THE RIGHT HANDS, DEL CASTILLO, CAROLYN WONDERLAND, MARTIN SEXTON, GIRLYMAN, LOS PINGUOS, ELIZA GILKYSON & NINA GERBER, TOMMY EMMANUEL, KEB' MO', and more, at Camp Mather, near Yosemite. Info, www.strawberrymusic.com
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70 th annual “WELSH NATIONAL GYYANFA GANU” includes the “NORTH AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF WALES” and “GWYL GYMREIG GOTLED AMERICA,” at the Portland Doubletree Hotel; event info, www.wngga.org. Four days of concerts, workshops, seminars, and more.
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7:30 pm “BITCHES BREW – CELEBRATING THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF MILES DAVIS’ MASTERPIECE” at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Sound Stage, 800 W Olympic Bl, L.A. 90015; 213-765-6803; www.grammymuseum.org. It’s a commemoration of Miles Davis’ jazz-funk-rock album, “Bitches Brew,” ranked as one of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Bitches Brew is widely regarded as a Davis’ masterpiece that changed the course of music. Tonight brings a multi-media presentation to honor the genius of Miles Davis, demonstrating how he seamlessly fuses the classic with the contemporary, and why he continues to generate so much attention nearly two decades after his passing. Panelists include host Bubba Jackson (KKJZ) with special guests Henry Rollins, KCRW’s DJ Jeremy Sole, KPFK’s Maggie LePique, Erin Davis (son of Miles Davis, representing Miles Davis Properties, LLC), Vince Wilburn, Jr. (nephew of Miles Davis, representing Miles Davis Properties, LLC) and other special guests. Make reservations by email, at programs@grammymuseum.org.
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8 pm GONZALO BERGARA QUARTET at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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GONZALO BERGARA brings his ever-so-hot guitar and jazz ensemble. After touring the world extensively as a member of the JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET, the native Argentinian is tonight presenting selections from his new CD, “Portena Soledad.” The album has glowing reviews, globally. It is an editor’s Pick in Guitar Player Magazine, and Vintage Guitar Magazine called it “a masterpiece.” As when he plays with Jorgenson, expect hot gypsy jazz guitar, heavily influenced by that genre’s master, Django Reinhardt & the Hot Club de France. Gonzalo performed with LOS PINGUOS on July 22 at the Culver City Summer Concert Series to great acclaim (and a Guide “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick), and he doesn’t perform often in Southern Cal – when he does, he always seems to include the Coffee Gallery Backstage, where he always sounds wonderful.
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Venue impresario Bob Stane says, “Gonzalo is considered one of the best guitar players in America. 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.”
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Gonzalo began playing professionally at age 16 in Buenos Aires. By 17 he was already fronting his own blues trio on National Television. He arrived in America in the year 2000. Since then, he has performed and recorded with hundreds of artists including Tim Hausser from Manhattan Transfer, Sylvie Vartan, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, John Jorgenson, Howard Alden, and more. The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet is formed by Gonzalo Bergara on Lead Acoustic Guitar, Jeffrey Radaich on Rhythm Guitar, Rob Hardt on Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone, and David Tranchina on Upright Bass.
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Along with musical roots that trace directly to Django Reinhardt, there is all the traditional Jazz and a hint of his native Buenos Aires. The Coffee Gallery sent us this quote: "Gonzalo Bergara’s music exists in a way that very little music does. He has lavished such care on every phrase, built each arrangement with such lapidary precision and pared away anything extraneous, the music becomes sculpture. It has weight, density, gravity. This is serious. And deeply moving."
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Gonzalo has performed all over the world, including Croatia, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, Argentina, Brazil, England, Scotland and all across the US, and he’s headlined festivals that include The Montreal Jazz Fest, Playboy Jazz Fest, Sweet and Hot Jazz fest, Django Reinhardt Fest in Germany, Suev guitar fest in Italy, Merle Fest, Strawberry Fest, all the various Django Fests in the US – and lots more. Tix, $15.
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8:30 pm ROBIN ROBERTS does a FREE Comedy show on the Coffee Gallery FRONT stage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; venue phone 626-398-7917.
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THERE ARE 32 (wow, Thirty-two!) MORE EVENTS, TODAY & TONIGHT, at
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/thursday-first-thursday-every-month-in.html
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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Annual Fall edition of the “STRAWBERRY MUSIC FESTIVAL” with ARLO GUTHRIE, THE TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS, MOLLIE O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE, RITA HOSKING & COUSIN JACK, NELL ROBINSON, GENTICORUM, MARCUS JAMES AND THE WASSONRAI, KUSUN ENSEMBLE, PO' GIRL, RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES, RAILROAD EARTH, THE TUTTLES WITH A.J. LEE, LAURIE LEWIS AND THE RIGHT HANDS, DEL CASTILLO, CAROLYN WONDERLAND, MARTIN SEXTON, GIRLYMAN, LOS PINGUOS, ELIZA GILKYSON & NINA GERBER, TOMMY EMMANUEL, KEB' MO', and more, at Camp Mather, near Yosemite. Runs Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5.
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7:30 pm SARA HICKMAN plays the Acoustic Concert series at Neighborhood Church in Pasadena.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/fridays-radio-web-radio-tv-acoustic.html
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Fri, Sep 3; Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5, near Yosemite; festival; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
5 pm-10 pm annual Fall edition of the “STRAWBERRY MUSIC FESTIVAL” with ARLO GUTHRIE, THE TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS, MOLLIE O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE, RITA HOSKING & COUSIN JACK, NELL ROBINSON, GENTICORUM, MARCUS JAMES AND THE WASSONRAI, KUSUN ENSEMBLE, PO' GIRL, RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES, RAILROAD EARTH, THE TUTTLES WITH A.J. LEE, LAURIE LEWIS AND THE RIGHT HANDS, DEL CASTILLO, CAROLYN WONDERLAND, MARTIN SEXTON, GIRLYMAN, LOS PINGUOS, ELIZA GILKYSON & NINA GERBER, TOMMY EMMANUEL, KEB' MO', and more, at Camp Mather, near Yosemite. Info, www.strawberrymusic.com
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70 th annual “WELSH NATIONAL GYYANFA GANU” includes the “NORTH AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF WALES” and “GWYL GYMREIG GOTLED AMERICA,” at the Portland Doubletree Hotel; event info, www.wngga.org. Four days of concerts, workshops, seminars, and more.
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Annual ‘BUMBERSHOOT FESTIVAL” at Seattle Center, the former World’s Fair grounds, with many, many stages and genres of music. Unlike Northwest Folklife, held here over an extended Memorial Day weekend, Bumbershoot is NOT free.
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7:30 pm SARA HICKMAN plays the Acoustic Concert series at Neighborhood Church, 301 N Orange Grove Bl, Pasadena. As always with the series, the DAVE MORRISON BAND opens. More when we know it.
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8 pm JAMES INTVELD, with BOBBY BLUEHOUSE opening, at the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006; www.arcadiabluesclub.com; 626-447-9349. James Intveld at 10:30 pm, Bobby Bluehouse opens at 8 pm. For seats, make reservations; dinner reservations hold tables until 8:30 pm. More at http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3960171&s=93914888. Tix, $20.
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CANCELLED: SHOW HAS ENDED ITS EXTENDED RUN. 8 pm Fri & Sat (& 5 pm Sun) “JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY,” the critically-acclaimed world-premiere HENRY JAGLOM play has been extended at Edgemar Center for the Arts, on the Main Stage, 2437 Main St, Santa Monica 90405. Reservations req’d at 310-392-7327 or www.edgemarcenter.org (under events tab).
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Harriet Schock has worked with famous film director Henry Jaglom, writing the music for several of his feature film projects, and performing that music on-camera in his latest, “Irene in Time,” which stars Tanna Frederick, also the star if this play, making its world-premiere run.
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“JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY” stars TANNA FREDERICK, JULIE DAVIS, DAVID GARVER, JACK HELLER, DAVID PROVAL, DIANE SALINGER, & HARRIET SCHOCK. Directed by Gary Imhoff, produced by Alexandra Guarnieri.
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"A near-Chekhovian delight! Go !!! " - L.A. Weekly
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"Henry Jaglom's new play rocks! A brilliant comic cast!" - The Huffington Post
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"Tanna Frederick moves effortlessly through an array of emotions, she & David Garver exude a quiet magnetism. Jaglom's homage to theatre people will appeal to everyone." - Hollywood Reporter
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"Henry Jaglom is a master storyteller. 'Lust 45 Minutes from Broadway' should tickle New York theatergoers when it moves closer than 45 minutes away." - For ReviewPlays.com )in The Santa Monica Daily Press and The San Diego Jewish World)
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THERE ARE 31 (geez, thirty-one!) ADDITIONAL EVENTS, TODAY & TONIGHT, at
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/friday-first-friday-every-month-in-2010.html
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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Annual Fall edition of the “STRAWBERRY MUSIC FESTIVAL” with ARLO GUTHRIE, THE TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS, MOLLIE O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE, RITA HOSKING & COUSIN JACK, NELL ROBINSON, GENTICORUM, MARCUS JAMES AND THE WASSONRAI, KUSUN ENSEMBLE, PO' GIRL, RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES, RAILROAD EARTH, THE TUTTLES WITH A.J. LEE, LAURIE LEWIS AND THE RIGHT HANDS, DEL CASTILLO, CAROLYN WONDERLAND, MARTIN SEXTON, GIRLYMAN, LOS PINGUOS, ELIZA GILKYSON & NINA GERBER, TOMMY EMMANUEL, KEB' MO', and more, at Camp Mather, near Yosemite. Runs Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/saturdays-radio-web-radio-tv-acoustic.html
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Sat & Sun, Sep 4 & 5, in Sacramento:
Annual “GOLD RUSH DAYS” in Old Sacramento, with plenty of music, re-enactors, special events at the California State Railroad Museum, and more. SOURDOUGH SLIM performs. Info, www.discovergold.org
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Check-out some Sourdough Slim performance videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kbdZUDWBM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HajY_r6RNy0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V9NTG6cUj0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6aRDawFme4
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Sat, Sep 4; Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5, near Yosemite; festival; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
5 pm-10 pm annual Fall edition of the “STRAWBERRY MUSIC FESTIVAL” with ARLO GUTHRIE, THE TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS, MOLLIE O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE, RITA HOSKING & COUSIN JACK, NELL ROBINSON, GENTICORUM, MARCUS JAMES AND THE WASSONRAI, KUSUN ENSEMBLE, PO' GIRL, RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES, RAILROAD EARTH, THE TUTTLES WITH A.J. LEE, LAURIE LEWIS AND THE RIGHT HANDS, DEL CASTILLO, CAROLYN WONDERLAND, MARTIN SEXTON, GIRLYMAN, LOS PINGUOS, ELIZA GILKYSON & NINA GERBER, TOMMY EMMANUEL, KEB' MO', and more, at Camp Mather, near Yosemite. Info, www.strawberrymusic.com
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Sat & Sun, Sep 4 & 5, in Pleasanton, Northern Cal:
145th annual “PLEASANTON SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GATHERING & GAMES” takes over Pleasanton with a parade, lots of music, food, the games, and more. Yep, it really is the 145th time the event has been presented by the Caledonia Club of San Francisco. Complete info at www.TheScottishGames.com
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Sat, Sep 4; Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5, in Portland, Oregon:
70 th annual “WELSH NATIONAL GYYANFA GANU” includes the “NORTH AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF WALES” and “GWYL GYMREIG GOTLED AMERICA,” at the Portland Doubletree Hotel; event info, www.wngga.org. Four days of concerts, workshops, seminars, and more.
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Sat & Sun, Sep 4 & 5, in Washington State:
Annual “TUMBLEWEED MUSIC FESTIVAL” in Richland, WA, with HANK CRAMER, DAN MAHER, WATCH THE SKY, BOLD HORIZON, WATERBOUND, THE WHATEVERLY BROTHERS, JON PFAFF, THE GREAT SANGER & DIDELE, TOM RAWSON, CHRIS ROE, THE CUTTERS, SHANGHAIED ON THE WILLAMETTE, and many others. Info. www.3rfs.org/tmf.htm
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Sat, Sep 4; Fri-Mon, Sep 3-6, in Seattle:
Annual ‘BUMBERSHOOT FESTIVAL” at Seattle Center, the former World’s Fair grounds, with many, many stages and genres of music. Unlike Northwest Folklife, held here over an extended Memorial Day weekend, Bumbershoot is NOT free.
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First annual “HUDSON VALLEY GREEN FESTIVAL” in Staatsburg, NY. Artists include Mike + Ruthy. More at www.mikeandruthy.com and www.myspace.com/mikeandruthy
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Sat, Sep 4; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
5 & 8 pm ROY ZIMMERMAN, plus VICKI JUDITZ opening, for two shows this evening at the “Parlor Performances” series at Cornerstone Music Conservatory, above Fields Pianos, 12121 W Pico Bl (one door W of Bundy); free parking; reservations, Jeannine@FrankEntertainment.com or 310-476-6735.
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ROY ZIMMERMAN is a Guide favorite, and he’s performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” Roy is the best political-comedic songwriter on the circuit today. (Roy opens for “The Daily Show's” John Oliver Saturday, Aug 14, in the Berkshires).
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An evening with singing social satirist Roy Zimmerman is a memorable experience, given his "...lacerating wit and keen awareness of society's foibles [that] bring to mind a latter-day Tom Lehrer," says the Los Angeles Times.
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TOM LEHRER himself says, “If I were still performing, I’d be doing ROY ZIMMERMAN songs.”
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Zimmerman writes fiercely funny songs about ignorance, war and greed. In eleven albums over twenty years, he has brought the sting of satire to the struggle for peace and social justice. His songs are heard on NPR, PRI and Sirius Radio.
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His YouTube videos have earned OVER TWO MILLION VIEWS and tens of thousands of comments, and Roy adds, “many of them coherent!” He will perform some of his classics plus just-released gems from his new CD. Meantime, enjoy his originals “CREATION SCIENCE 101” at www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIwiPsgRrOs and “PSYCHEDELIC RELIC” at www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpLLv_zjuzg
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Special opening act VICKI JUDITZ, performing a selection from her hilarious eco-comedy, “Adventures of the Green Housewife.” The Los Angeles Times calls her "...a born storyteller... what sets her writing, and her performance, apart is her sense of humor, and an eye for the incongruous and ridiculous."
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“If you've never heard her perform…she's one of the storytellers that other storytellers pay to hear. She has a wonderful understated style and an amazing wit. I've heard her tell stories ranging from deadly serious to really silly, and she rivets the audience with both kinds of story. I want to go to the show myself, to hear her. Roy, too, of course.” – Nick Smith, co-producer, Caltech Folk Music Society series.
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Venue has limited seating (about 70, seats going fast) so reserve promptly. It’s upstairs – or elevator – to the 2nd floor. Tix, $25 ($20 w/ reservation by Aug 15).
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Sat, Sep 4, in Rosamond: 7 pm 1st annual “COWBOY POETRY AND MUSIC JAMBOREE” with the CROSS TOWN COWBOYS and others, tba, at the Rosamond Performing Arts Center in Rosamond, CA. $6 adults; children & srs, $5. That’s all we know about this one. .
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Sat, Sep 4, in Ventura:
7:30-9:30 pm PORTERHOUSE BOB plays the “MUSIC UNDER THE STARS” series at Adobe Olivas, 4200 Olivas Park Dr, Ventura 93003; info, 805-658-4726.
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Porterhouse Bob tells us, “The band is now 8 pieces. The 4 horns cover tuba, trombone, coronet, flugelhorn, trumpet, bari sax, tenor sax, clarinet and fiddle. We have been woodshedding with rehearsals in L.A. writing, arranging and practicing around 13 new and outrageous tunes. These new songs put the band in new territory and we are very excited to start performing them for you. We are looking forward to seeing our brief performance on the Gene Simmons Family Jewels TV show in spring and are preparing for 13 episodes on a new show that will feature the band in the ‘Bone Yard’ late night TV show setting with Porterhouse throwing out comments and such.”
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Sat, Sep 4; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JACK TEMPCHIN plus I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. play a double-bill at “Russ & Julie’s House Concert” series in Oak Park (Thousand Oaks / Agoura Hills area); reservations get directions at 818-707-2179 or houseconcerts@jrp-graphics.com. Series and show info, www.houseconcerts.us.
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Sat, Sep 4; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm (& 5 pm) ROY ZIMMERMAN, plus VICKI JUDITZ opening, for two shows this evening at the “Parlor Performances” series at Cornerstone Music Conservatory, above Fields Pianos, 12121 W Pico Bl (one door W of Bundy); free parking; reserv, Jeannine@FrankEntertainment.com or 310-476-6735.
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Sat, Sep 4:
8 pm QUINN HARRIS, with BOBBY BLUEHOUSE opening, at the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006; www.arcadiabluesclub.com; 626-447-9349. Quinn Harris at 10:30 pm, Bobby Bluehouse opens at 8 pm. For seats, make reservations; dinner reservations hold tables until 8:30 pm. More at http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3960172&s=93914888. Tix, $15.
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Sat, Sep 4; extended indefinitely; live theatre; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
CANCELLED: SHOW HAS ENDED ITS EXTENDED RUN. 8 pm Fri & Sat (& 5 pm Sun) “JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY,” the critically-acclaimed world-premiere HENRY JAGLOM play has been extended at Edgemar Center for the Arts, on the Main Stage, 2437 Main St, Santa Monica 90405. Reservations req’d at 310-392-7327 or www.edgemarcenter.org (under events tab). See the Guide’s Sep 3 listing for complete info.
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(5b) Saturday’s RECURRING
“LOS ANGELES AREA ACOUSTIC MUSIC PERFORMANCES” and related events.
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THERE ARE 29 (that’s twenty-nine!) ADDITIONAL EVENTS, TODAY & TONIGHT, at
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/saturday-first-saturday-every-month-in.html
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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(1) Sunday’s “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” picks:
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Annual Fall edition of the “STRAWBERRY MUSIC FESTIVAL” with ARLO GUTHRIE, THE TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS, MOLLIE O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE, RITA HOSKING & COUSIN JACK, NELL ROBINSON, GENTICORUM, MARCUS JAMES AND THE WASSONRAI, KUSUN ENSEMBLE, PO' GIRL, RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES, RAILROAD EARTH, THE TUTTLES WITH A.J. LEE, LAURIE LEWIS AND THE RIGHT HANDS, DEL CASTILLO, CAROLYN WONDERLAND, MARTIN SEXTON, GIRLYMAN, LOS PINGUOS, ELIZA GILKYSON & NINA GERBER, TOMMY EMMANUEL, KEB' MO', and more, at Camp Mather, near Yosemite. Runs Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5.
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(2) Sunday’s RADIO & TV SHOWS
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/sundays-radio-web-radio-tv-acoustic.html
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Sun, Sep 5; Sat & Sun, Sep 4 & 5, in Sacramento:
Annual “GOLD RUSH DAYS” in Old Sacramento, with plenty of music, re-enactors, special events at the California State Railroad Museum, and more. SOURDOUGH SLIM performs. Info, www.discovergold.org
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Check-out some Sourdough Slim performance videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kbdZUDWBM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HajY_r6RNy0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V9NTG6cUj0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6aRDawFme4
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Sun, Sep 5; Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5, near Yosemite; festival; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
5 pm-10 pm annual Fall edition of the “STRAWBERRY MUSIC FESTIVAL” with ARLO GUTHRIE, THE TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS, MOLLIE O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE, RITA HOSKING & COUSIN JACK, NELL ROBINSON, GENTICORUM, MARCUS JAMES AND THE WASSONRAI, KUSUN ENSEMBLE, PO' GIRL, RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES, RAILROAD EARTH, THE TUTTLES WITH A.J. LEE, LAURIE LEWIS AND THE RIGHT HANDS, DEL CASTILLO, CAROLYN WONDERLAND, MARTIN SEXTON, GIRLYMAN, LOS PINGUOS, ELIZA GILKYSON & NINA GERBER, TOMMY EMMANUEL, KEB' MO', and more, at Camp Mather, near Yosemite. Info, www.strawberrymusic.com
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Sun, Sep 5; Sat & Sun, Sep 4 & 5, in Pleasanton, Northern Cal:
145th annual “PLEASANTON SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GATHERING & GAMES” takes over Pleasanton with a parade, lots of music, food, the games, and more. Yep, it really is the 145th time the event has been presented by the Caledonia Club of San Francisco. Complete info at www.TheScottishGames.com
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Sun, Sep 5; Thu-Sun, Sep 2-5, in Portland, Oregon:
70 th annual “WELSH NATIONAL GYYANFA GANU” includes the “NORTH AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF WALES” and “GWYL GYMREIG GOTLED AMERICA,” at the Portland Doubletree Hotel; event info, www.wngga.org. Four days of concerts, workshops, seminars, and more.
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Sun, Sep 5; Sat & Sun, Sep 4 & 5, in Washington State:
Annual “TUMBLEWEED MUSIC FESTIVAL” in Richland, WA, with HANK CRAMER, DAN MAHER, WATCH THE SKY, BOLD HORIZON, WATERBOUND, THE WHATEVERLY BROTHERS, JON PFAFF, THE GREAT SANGER & DIDELE, TOM RAWSON, CHRIS ROE, THE CUTTERS, SHANGHAIED ON THE WILLAMETTE, and many others. Info. www.3rfs.org/tmf.htm
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Sun, Sep 5; Fri-Mon, Sep 3-6, in Seattle:
Annual ‘BUMBERSHOOT FESTIVAL” at Seattle Center, the former World’s Fair grounds, with many, many stages and genres of music. Unlike Northwest Folklife, held here over an extended Memorial Day weekend, Bumbershoot is NOT free.
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First annual “HUDSON VALLEY GREEN FESTIVAL” in Staatsburg, NY. Artists include Mike + Ruthy. More at www.mikeandruthy.com and www.myspace.com/mikeandruthy
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Sun, Sep 5; extended indefinitely; live theatre; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
CANCELLED: SHOW HAS ENDED ITS EXTENDED RUN. 5 pm Sun (& 8 pm Fri & Sat) “JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY,” the critically-acclaimed world-premiere HENRY JAGLOM play has been extended at Edgemar Center for the Arts, on the Main Stage, 2437 Main St, Santa Monica 90405. Reservations req’d at 310-392-7327 or www.edgemarcenter.org (under events tab). See the Guide’s Sep 3, 8 pm listing for complete info.
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Sun, Sep 5; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm “THE BIG PICTURE: THE FILMS OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX” at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; 323-850-2000 or 213-480-3232; www.hollywoodbowl.com. In the “Special Performances” series, with the HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA, DAVID NEWMAN, conductor.
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(5b) Sunday’s RECURRING
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THERE ARE 38 (yep, thirty-eight!) ADDITIONAL EVENTS, TODAY & TONIGHT, at
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/sunday-first-sunday-every-month-in-2010.html
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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It’s LABOR DAY ~ not simply a day-off to commemorate the end of summer and to refrain from your own labors, but one when we remember the long struggles of countless people who came before us to build the world we inherited.
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There were long and often bloody struggles as workers fought for simple safety provisions, the end of forced child labor, the establishment of the 16-, then the 12-, the 10-, and finally the eight-hour work day.
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It wasn’t long ago in human history that people were literally worked to death for the enrichment of a very few.
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And it isn’t a continuous, upward-sloping line of gains and improvements. Today, we fight to retain some part of the health care and retirement packages that were standard in the work place a generation ago.
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We see that, just 20 years ago, the richest 2% of the population of America owned 90% of the wealth, while today, 1% owns 98% of the wealth – despite the facts that we work longer hours, get fewer days off, take shorter (or no) vacations, owe more on mortgages (though home ownership rates decline, as more of us become renters, and many have lost their homes to foreclosure), and we drive older cars.
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A popular bumper sticker proclaims, “Thank the Unions for the Five-Day Work Week.” Clearly, in the face of a record number of Wall Street Billionaires and declining shares for everyone else, the struggle is not over. So enjoy your annual barbecue, and go hear some live music by a working musician. But remember, and stay motivated to protect the gains of generations of labor struggle, even as they erode all around us. Do it for yourself. Do it for your offspring. Do it for all of us.
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8 pm THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE play a “potluck dinner show” at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/mondays-radio-web-radio-tv-acoustic.html
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Mon, Sep 6; Fri-Mon, Sep 3-6, in Seattle:
Annual ‘BUMBERSHOOT FESTIVAL” at Seattle Center, the former World’s Fair grounds, with many, many stages and genres of music. Unlike Northwest Folklife, held here over an extended Memorial Day weekend, Bumbershoot is NOT free.
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Mon, Sep 6; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE play a “POTLUCK DINNER SHOW” at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”). With mandolin phenom EVAN MARSHALL opening then joining the band on fiddle… They are one of, if not "the" most historical Western band in the world. The original members of the Riders Of The Purple Sage starred in films and radio from post-WW II, and the current lineup does still. Today's Riders, under the leadership of Cody Bryant, put on a show rich with old and new music. Band members are among L.A.’s top musicians. Their instruments include five-string banjo, hot lead guitar, twin fiddles, steel guitar, upright bass, and drums and consummate vocals. While keeping alive the tradition of the original Riders' sound, they continue to write and perform new material that carries on and builds upon their signature style. Adding a strong swing influence (ala Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys), their performances appeal to listeners and dancers of all ages. Today’s Riders bring hot swing riffs with smooth harmonies that, at the end of the show, leave the audience wanting more. Their sound and show makes you feel that all is well in the West.
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Music journalist Larry Wines wrote of one performance that they were “ethereal and orchestral,” adding, “They exceeded musicianship. They exceeded their genre.”
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Venue impresario Bob Stane adds, “You owe it to yourself to see this most amazing and amusing exhibit. Forget what you think you like and don’t like. See The Riders Of The Purple Sage.” More at www.ridersofthepurplesage.com
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Foy Willing founded the original band in Hollywood, way back in 1943. With the blessings of Foy’s widow, Sharon Willing, today’s band performs as “Foy Willing’s Riders of the Purple Sage featuring Cody Bryant.”
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Tonight begins with time for the potluck dinner accompanied by a “Wild West Ragtime Piano Cocktail Hour” with “Fingers” Doug Livingston, starting at 7 pm.
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After that, it’s the band, with, as venue impresario Bob Stane says, “hard-swinging cowboy tunes, burning tempos, hot harmonies. Songs that tug at the heart. Songs written with their bare hands, mixed with well-crooned silver screen classics. All alive and kickin’.”
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Today’s Riders ride – and croon – on, with CODY BRYANT, “COWBOY MIKE” LEY, “RELAXIN’ JACKSON” (aka mandolin & fiddle wizard EVAN MARSHALL), DOUG “FINGERS” LIVINGSTON, and virtuosic cowboy drummer LANDON McCOY. Together, they perform on guitars, fiddles, bass, harmonica, penny whistle, steel guitar, accordion, the occasional sax and cornet, and drums. They kindle all the warm, glowing, romance of the west, while infusing it with new spirit and fire. Their songs are their originals, of the present, along with the well-tuned catalog of the western/western swing sound of the original Riders and others, born in Hollywood almost 70 years ago. Today’s Riders, like their predecessors, are musicians from studios, clubs, sound stages and concert halls who’ve come together to play in a style and with a sound that remains timeless. Or as band leader Cody Bryant says, “An American tradition. Reinvented under the influence of a lot of coffee.”
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Foy Willing co-starred in over two dozen westerns and released records on four major labels. He shared the silver screen with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gene Autry, and Monte Hale, and recorded with jazz saxophonist Plas Johnson and Louis Prima. Sinatra sang with them. The Andrew Sisters toured with them. Jerry Garcia named a band after the original group – the rock era’s “New Riders of the Purple Sage.” Best of all, the considerable history manifests wonderfully in the still ridin’ Riders, including their added verses to “Glendale Train.”
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Tix, $19.99, but it can be cheaper: This special “Pot Luck Night” gets you a $5 discount if you bring in a dish of food to share (enough for at least four people). That makes it “dinner and a show” for $15. You must bring a dish to qualify for the discount.
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THERE ARE 22 (Twenty-two!) ADDITIONAL EVENTS, TODAY & TONIGHT, at
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/monday-first-monday-every-month-in-2010.html
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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(1) Tuesday’s “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” picks:
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7 pm THE SWINGIN’ ARMANI BROTHERS play a “potluck dinner show” at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.
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8 pm PRESTON SMITH plays The Foundry on Melrose in Hollywood / L.A.
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(2) Tuesday’s RADIO & TV SHOWS
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(3) Tuesday’s “BEST OUT-OF-TOWN EVENTS”
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(5a) Tuesday’s TODAY-AND-TONIGHT-ONLY
“LOS ANGELES AREA ACOUSTIC MUSIC PERFORMANCES” and related events:
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Tue, Sep 7; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm THE SWINGIN’ ARMANI BROTHERS play a “POTLUCK DINNER SHOW” at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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“Improbable as it seems, this has become L.A.’s most romantic monthly musical evening. It’s a tasteful and tuneful mix of Italian folk music and the heyday of the Vegas Rat Pack, with plenty of campy humor.” – Larry Wines, editor, Acoustic Americana Music Guide.
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Venue impresario Bob Stane says, “It’s Italian Party Night with the Swingin’ Armani Brothers, featuring a drawing for an Armani mandolin signed by the band as well as other Italiana flavored items…tap your toe and sway to classic Neopolitan Italian folk music with a little Frank & Dino thrown in…violin, mandolin, guitar, bass and percussion by the Brothers who, very often, suspiciously in certain light, look remarkably like some members of the RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, but in pin stripes. Legend has it the Brothers stowed away on a freighter carrying olive oil from the old country to pursue their musical dreams in the Small Apple. See them before their green cards expire! The Coffee Gallery has cleverly stolen them away from a nearly endless tour of Italian restaurant lounges to perform for you. Bob Stane consumed gallons of lattes in his caffeinated and fevered pursuit of this unsung and largely cult act, so that you, his loyal music lovers, could enjoy them in the safe and relaxing confines of the Coffee Gallery. Jackson Armani [aka EVAN MARSHALL] will dazzle you with his mandolin virtuosity and his oh so romantic violin, and Codio [aka CODY BRYANT] will croon the night away. Relax, dance the tarantella with a ‘Stranger In The Night’ and sing along with your new found Italian friends to ‘That’s Amore.’ Come hungry!”
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Potluck dinner, with live romantic piano accompaniment, begins at 7 pm. The band takes the stage at 7:30.
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Tix, $19.99, but it can be cheaper: This special “Pot Luck Night” gets you a $5 discount if you bring in a dish of food to share (enough for at least four people). That makes it “dinner and a show” for $15. You must bring a dish to qualify for the discount.
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Tue, Sep 7:
7:30 pm DONATO POVEDA kicks off the “Latin Recording Academy Showcases” series at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Sound Stage, 800 W Olympic Bl, L.A. 90015; 213-765-6803; www.grammymuseum.org.
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Celebrated Cuban singer-songwriter DONATO POVEDA does a performance-interview in the intimate 200-seat venue, fielding questions about his music, varied influences, and international recording career, followed by an audience Q&A and his performance of several songs from his catalog. RSVP required to attend, by sending an email to programs@grammymuseum.org. Free, with reservation.
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Tue, Sep 7; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm PRESTON SMITH plays The Foundry on Melrose, 7465 Melrose Av, L.A. 90046; www.thefoundryonmelrose.com. More at www.prestonsmith.com. Preston says venue has “great food, fun.” No cover.
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"Preston is a singing, guitar-and-harmonica playing virtuoso of blues and jazz, which makes him a great fit. His stuff is upbeat, intelligent and classy, he's known for his widespread appeal to a variety of audiences and some say his music knows no boundaries. While Smith's songwriting skills have received a big thumbs up from critics all over the map, his live gigs are legendary." - John Sollenberger, in the Pasadena Weekly.
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Preston is celebrated as, "An exceptional, gutsy singer, songwriter, and guitarist…a phenomenal artist, who appeals to all types of music lovers, Preston always "delivers!" Whether he's wailing on the harmonica, or singing through a megaphone, the audiences love him!" - University Reporter
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"Indeed, Preston is a man of melody. Talent oozes from him. As a vocalist, his delivery possesses a subtle growl charismatic of the great bluesmen of past decades. His snarlin' guitar sound blends with his screamin' harmonica work to produce a raw, soulful treat for any music lover. He has been known to break into a guitar solo using his tongue." - Santa Clarita Signal.
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"…originals that could easily sound good on the airwaves of your local triple A stations…" - Entertainment Today
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"Smith writes memorable songs. Tunes that you hum in the shower for weeks after seeing the band."
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Preston has performed on many live radio and cable TV shows on both the east and west coasts, and has performed live on club circuits in Los Angeles, New York and Nashville. His multifaceted talent has enabled him, both with his band and solo acoustic, to share stages with a diverse pantheon of performers ranging from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fine Young Cannibals, Fishbone, Social Distortion, Wall of Voodoo, Concrete Blonde, Savoy Brown, Charlie Sexton, The Mighty Lemon Drops, and The Bonedaddy’s – to rock, R&B, and blues legends, including James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Bonnie Raitt, The Robert Cray Band, k.d. Lang, John Mayhall, Albert Collins, Tower of Power, Joe Satriani, The Ventures, Dick Dale & the Deltones, Eric Burden & the Animals, Delbert McClinton, Paul Butterfield, Poco, Santana, Charlie Musselwhite, SaltN'Pepa, Robert Cray, Joe Louis Walker, Booker T. & the MGs, The Ink Spots, The Coasters, Savoy Brown, Spencer Davis, Al Kooper, Marshall Tucker Band, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Youngbloods, Donovan, Commander Cody, Asleep at the Wheel, N.R.B.Q., Buster Poindexter, Mink DeVille, The Tubes, The Busboys, David Lindley & El Rayo X, John Stewart, Al Stewart, The James Harmon Blues Band, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Billy Vera & The Beaters, The Palladins, The King Bee’s, and Jack Mack & the Heart Attack. (Does the man ever sleep?)
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(5b) Tuesday’s RECURRING
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THERE ARE 27 (wow, Twenty-seven!) ADDITIONAL EVENTS, TODAY & TONIGHT,.at
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/tuesday-first-tuesday-every-month-in.html
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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Wed-Sun, Sep 8-11, in Nashville; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
11th annual “AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE” at the Nashville Convention Center, plus various performance venues, the Ryman Auditorium, and the Sheraton Nashville Downtown, 623 Union St, Nashville, TN 37219. Festival info, 615-386-6936; www.americanamusic.org.
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We are thrilled that we can bestow a humble “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick from the Guide to anything that’s happening in Nashville. this event is about real music, and an enormous showing of it.
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Scheduled to perform are SHELBY LYNNE, CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS, ROSEANNE CASH, ABIGAIL WASHBURN, CHERRYHOLMES, ELIZABETH COOK, STONE HONEY, 18 SOUTH, BLACK LILLIES, CADILLAC SKY, HAYES CARLL, PETER CASE, CHIP TAYLOR, TONY JOE WHITE, CHARLIE LOUVIN, RAUL MALO, CHUCK MEAD, TOMMY EMMANUEL, MARY GAUTHIER, KEVIN GORDON, RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, WANDA JACKSON, JOHN OATES, EXENE CERVENKA, CHAPMANS, SUSAN COWSILL, KEVIN GORDON, WILL KIMBROUGH, CORB LUND, PAUL BURCH & THE WPA BALL CLUB, RANDY KOHRS BAND, JON LANGFORD & SKULL ORCHARD, MICKY & THE MOTORCARS, OVER THE RHINE, DEX ROMWEBER DUO, STEELDRIVERS, SARA STORER, STONE RIVER BOYS, SWEETBACK SISTERS, PAUL THORN, TRISTEN, WILL KIMBROUGH, TODD SNIDER'S ROCK & ROLL REVUE featuring JASON D. WILLIAMS, DAN BAIRD & FRIENDS, & FRAZEY FORD. They'll be joined by buzz-worthy up and coming acts AMERICAN AQUARIUM, DEFIBULATORS, SHANNON WHITWORTH, FRONTIER RUCKUS, CADILLAC SKY, & SARAH JAROSZ. More artists tba.
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Artists selected to perform underscore Americana's formative place in the world's musical landscape. The the inaugural “Best Americana Album” Grammy, presented to LEVON HELM for his “Electric Dirt” album earlier this year, shows that the genre continues to grow deeper grassroots and gain industry recognition and respect.
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This is really two events in one. The 2010 Americana Music Festival is part of the 11th annual Americana Music Festival & Conference.
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The 2010 Americana Music Festival is part of the 11th annual Americana Music Festival & Conference.
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The 11th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference offers seminars, panels and networking opportunities at the Nashville Convention Center by day, and brings musical showcases each evening at premiere venues like the The Mercy Lounge, Cannery Ballroom, The Station Inn, The Basement, and 3rd & Lindsley. The Festival's capstone is the annual Americana Music Association Honors & Awards at the historic Ryman Auditorium. The ceremony toasts winners in six member-voted best-of-the-year categories and bestows Lifetime Achievement Awards on several honored guests.
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The event is intended to “cover the interests and needs of artists, managers, labels, radio stations, publishers, agents, promoters, retailers, performing rights organizations, legal and business affairs executives, tour-related services, merchandisers, new media and all related allied professionals.”
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JOHN MELLENCAMP, WANDA JACKSON, LUKE LEWIS, GREG LEISZ, & BRIAN AHERN will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the critically-acclaimed Americana Honors & Awards show, presented by the Gibson Foundation.
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The 2010 Americana Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are JOHN MELLENCAMP, whose songs have influentially combined the blue collar sweat of rock and roll and the humble grit of honky tonk; WANDA JACKSON, the undisputed “Queen of Rockabilly” and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, whose growling glamour reshaped the role of women in both rock and roll and country; LUKE LEWIS, Chairman of Universal Music Group Nashville, whose visionary commitment to the label’s Lost Highway imprint has created a home for numerous Americana greats; GREG LEISZ, the go-to lap and pedal steel, guitar, mandolin and bass virtuoso who has enriched recordings by Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell, Bill Frisell, Whiskeytown, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and more; and BRIAN AHERN, whose work as a producer includes seminal albums by Emmylou Harris, as well as output from Marty Robbins, George Jones, Anne Murray, Billy Joe Shaver, Rodney Crowell, Jesse Winchester and Ricky Skaggs.
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Mellencamp, Jackson, Lewis, Leisz, and Ahern will be honored in the Songwriting, Performance, Executive, Instrumentalist, and Producer/Engineer Lifetime Achievement categories, respectively.
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All honorees will be present to receive their awards at the 9th Annual AMA Honors and Awards Show (during the 11th Annual conference), on September 9 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville. The ceremony will feature performances by RODNEY CROWELL, ROSANNE CASH, PATTY GRIFFIN, SAM BUSH, THE AVETT BROTHERS, CORB LUND, WILL KIMBROUGH, SARAH JAROSZ, and more. JIM LAUDERDALE will again serve as master of ceremonies, while BUDDY MILLER will lead the all-star house band.
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Each year, the Americana Music Association honors distinguished members of the music community with six member-voted annual awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards. Presented by the Gibson Foundation, the Honors & Awards are attended by over 2000 artists, music loving fans, and entertainment industry executives in one of America's musical shrines, the historic Ryman Auditorium. The event has been broadcast internationally via Sirius/XM Radio, BBC2, WSM and Voice of America. The Honors & Awards have featured many amazing moments over the years, including Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash's last live performance together, as well as show-stopping appearances by John Fogerty, Lyle Lovett, Rosanne Cash, Solomon Burke, Old Crow Medicine Show, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, the Avett Brothers, Mavis Staples, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Guy Clark, Levon Helm, and many more.
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The Americana Music Association is a professional trade organization whose mission is to provide a forum for the advocacy of Americana music and to promote public awareness of the genre to support the creative and economic viability of professionals in this field. Dedicated to building and promoting the Americana genre and the individuals who participate in that industry, the Americana Music Association works closely with artists, labels, radio stations, retailers, print media, festivals, agents, publishers and more to help organize and build the infrastructure necessary for the Americana genre to achieve success both creatively and financially.
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Wed-Sat daytime conference hours are 9 am-5 pm; evening festival runs 8 pm-1 am nightly. Rooms at the host hotel are nearly sold out (at press time, Aug 18).
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Registered attendees have access to sanctioned events including daytime educational panels and forums, all sanctioned evening performances at local venues, and a ticket to the Americana Honors & Awards at the Historic Ryman Auditorium.
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Conference Registration (goes up Aug 20) is $350 for AMA members; $450 for non-members, and includes a ticket to the critically-acclaimed Americana Honors & Awards show. Individual Americana Honors & Awards Show tix are $55, or $50 with Music Festival wristband: The nighttime festival is open to the general public. Wristbands, good for admission to all venues during the four-day event, are the best bargain in music at $50 in advance, available now.
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Wed, Sep 8; music appreciation class begins:
1:30 - 3:30 pm ALAN CHAPMAN’S MUSIC APPRECIATION CLASS is a 10-session series in a private Brentwood home.
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Alan was a music professor at Occidental College for many years, is a regular pre-concert lecturer for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra and Opera, and a popular host on KUSC. He is a superb speaker and educator, lively and quick-witted, and possesses a formidable arsenal of musical knowledge.
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At press time, six spots are available. Class meets the 1st Wednesday of each month, except the first two classes this semester are Sep 8 & Oct 13, before returning to the 1st Wednesday. The cost for the 10 sessions is $250 per person. For a reservation, contact Jeannine@FrankEntertainment.com or 310-476-6735.
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Wed, Sep 8; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm DAVID GRAY & RAY LAMONTAGNE bring a “fusion of acoustic tunes and passionate, powerful ballads” to the Greek Theatre, 2700 N Vermont Ave in Griffith Park, L.A.; Greek Theatre hotline, 323-665-1927; tix, 213-480-3232; www.greektheatrela.com.
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Both DAVID GRAY & RAY LaMONTAGNE have fan followings across the globe, and plenty of people celebrate their hauntingly beautiful vocals and evocative songs. This co-headlining 16-city U.S. tour supports Gray’s latest album and will build interest for LaMontagne’s upcoming new CD, due later this year.
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DAVID GRAY’s 8th studio album, “Draw The Line” (on Downtown/Mercer Records) was released in the U.S. last Sep 22, to music media acclaim as his most captivating work to date. The album has been described as the “rich, warm, organic sound of David Gray being reborn and begins a new chapter in the storytelling for which he is known.” The album’s first single, "Fugitive," was #1 on AAA for 12 consecutive weeks, while the latest single, "Stella the Artist," is still climbing the chart at press time, and quickly approaching the Top 10. The CD has been called “a glorious, life-affirming collection, brimming with hooks and imagery.” USA Today proclaimed “Draw The Line” as “some of his most ambitious, affecting and densely musical work to date,” while Entertainment Weekly wrote, “Let me speak for all of us and say: Welcome back! Gray’s sincerity and robust voice have been missed, and his new music sounds well-produced and confident.”
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Gray began writing the album in 2007, and launched his world tour following its release last September, playing Europe and Australia before setting-out on North American tour dates last October. His first US tour sold-out. His current US tour was set to wrap in April, and he took it to Canada in May. But he’s back in the USA for this show.
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RAY LaMONTAGNE is an acclaimed singer-songwriter, currently at work on his fourth album to be released later this year. His last album, “Gossip in the Grain” (on RCA Records) debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts in its first week, and was the top-selling album on iTunes. LaMontagne has impressed music critics with a voice that Rolling Stone describes as "full of the warm yearning of a young Van Morrison." LaMontagne’s debut album, “Trouble,” made the UK Top 40, where the album peaked at #5. It sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. LaMontagne's sophomore release, “Till the Sun Turns Black,” made the US Top 40, peaking at #28 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 28,000 copies in its first week.
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During his last North American tour, Spin.com declared that Ray “illustrated a near flawless transition from a front porch in Maine to the front of the most prestigious stage in the world (Radio City Music Hall).”
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The Boston Herald wrote that Ray “delivered with the confidence and enthusiasm of an artist who knows he’s reached a creative highpoint.”
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Tix, $75 / $69.50 / $50 / $45, + “Convenience Charge” of $13.50 per order (unless you get ‘em from the box office).
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7:30 pm “REEL TO REEL: THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: UNTITLED DOCUMENTARY,” presented in conjunction with the Downtown L.A.Film Festival, at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Sound Stage, 800 W Olympic Bl, L.A. 90015; 213-765-6803; www.grammymuseum.org.
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The GRAMMY Museum presents a special screening of the Downtown Film Festival’s music documentary series. “The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Untitled Documentary,” chronicles the artistic collaboration between one of the biggest rock bands of all time and the directors of their various music videos. Includes Tony Kaye (American History X), Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton (Little Miss Sunshine) and Chris Rock (I Think I Love My Wife). From the birth of the song, to the concept of the music video and to the set, this film shows a never-before-seen slice of life of The Red Hot Chili Peppers' creative process. A panel discussion follows, featuring the film’s producer, Rocky Ziegler, and director, David Hausen.
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Doors at 7 pm. Advance tix at Downtown Film Fest's website, www.dffla.com. Day of event tix, if not sold out, can be purchased at the Museum’s box office.
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Thu, Sep 9:
8 pm SURFIN SAFARI at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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SURFIN SAFARI is, says venue impresario Bob Stane, “A faithful recreation of what it would have been like to see The Beach Boys live, in concert, in their prime. This five-member lineup is unrivaled in their sound, presentation, and professionalism. There are NO BACKING TRACKS or extra musicians playing off-stage! SURFIN' SAFARI is as close as you will ever get to seeing the original 5 member lineup of the Beach Boys. The incomparable beauty of their vocal harmonies, the crashing back beat of Dennis Wilson's drums, the soaring surf guitar of Carl Wilson, and the genius of Brian Wilson's music is all here. The uniband choreography, the Fender guitar line up, the famous custom striped shirts, right down to the black suede Beach Boy boots, it's all here. SURFIN' SAFARI provides you with a great show, a great time, and fun, fun, fun till our Daddy takes the T-Bird away!” Tixs: $18
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Fri & Sat, Sep 10 & 11, in Utah:
Annual “OLD CAPITAL ARTS FESTIVAL” in Fillmore, UT, brings music performances, including SOURDOUGH SLIM, both days.
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Check-out some Sourdough Slim performance videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kbdZUDWBM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HajY_r6RNy0
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Annual “ORIGINAL LOBSTER FESTIVAL” at Rainbow Lagoon Events Park, 400 E Shoreline Dr (between Shoreline Village Dr & Linden Av), Long Beach 90802. Runs Fri 5-11 pm; Sat Noon-11 pm; Sun, Noon-10 pm.
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You can get adult admission tix for $15, children free. BUT, the best way to go is to order advance tix that include a lobster feast. Those tix are $25 for a 1 ¼ lb lobster, $50 for a 2 ¼ lb lobster, with admission included. More, and advance tix, at www.originallobsterfestival.com
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Fri, Sep 10; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm SHERYL CROW plus special guest COLBIE CAILLAT at the Greek Theatre, 2700 N Vermont Ave in Griffith Park, L.A.; Greek Theatre hotline, 323-665-1927; tix, 213-480-3232; www.greektheatrela.com.
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SHERYL CROW is touring her new studio CD, “100 Miles From Memphis” (on A&M Records) due for release July 20. Along with it, she’s debuting a new live band to take the album’s “funky new sound” and her new vocal “soul stylings” on the road.
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Her 1993 debut album, “Tuesday Night Music Club,” has seven-times Platinum sales, was nominated for five Grammys and won three. Since then, she’s sold more than 35 million records worldwide and won six more Grammys from an additional 27 nominations. Crow has five studio albums, each charting in the Top 10, four of them Platinum-plus, including a quadruple-Platinum greatest hits collection and a Christmas album. In live shows, she has performed duets with musical luminaries including Sting, Kid Rock, Mick Jagger and others. Her most recent Grammy nomination was for her sixth album, 2008’s critically acclaimed “Detours.”
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Sheryl Crow is a cancer survivor and passionate supporter of a variety of environmental and health-related charities, including The NRDC, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and The World Food Program. She’s launched her own clothing line, Bootheel Trading Co. Recently, Crow has taken an interest in acting, playing a role in a three-episode run of “Cougar Town” and doing an appearance on her friend Jerry Seinfeld’s show, “The Marriage Ref.”
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In addition to her summer tour, Crow will join the Lilith Fair caravan for the traveling festival’s first outing in a decade.
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Fri, Sep 10; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm DAVID WILCOX plays the Thousand Oaks Library Music Series, at Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks 91362; 818-621-8309; info, www.BodieHouse.com.
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Fri, Sep 10, in Santa Barbara; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm PETER FELDMANN, TOM LEE, & DAVID WEST perform “AN AMERICANA MUSIC CONCERT” at the Presidio Chapel, 123 E Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara. Info & advance tix, www.BlueGrassWest.com
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FELDMANN, LEE, & WEST present material covering a wide span of country music history and styles, from the original Carter Family, the Delmore Brothers, to Jimmie Rodgers and the bluegrass music of Bill Monroe. The songs and tunes are performed in a variety of combinations, featuring bass, mandolins, banjos, and guitars, in an all-acoustic program. The repertoire ranges from early blues and ballads, old time fiddle tunes, country heart songs to bluegrass classics.
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PETER FELDMANN, recipient of the Topanga Banjo/Fiddle organizations 2008 Music Legend Award, is a longtime musical mainstay in Santa Barbara and Southern California. He is joined by guitarist / banjoist DAVID WEST and bassist TOM LEE. Besides actively performing bluegrass and old time music with a variety of groups, Peter is known as a bluegrass historian, collector, music consultant, teacher, and producer, both of live concerts and radio/tv programs throughout the area. Peter founded Santa Barbara's Old Time Fiddler's Convention (1972), UCSB's Old Time Music Front (1964), and The Bluebird Cafe (1971).
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Through these and other outlets, Peter was the first to bring many prominent folk, blues, and bluegrass artists, including Bill Monroe, Mance Lipscomb, The Stanley Brothers, The New Lost City Ramblers, Fred McDowell, Furry Lewis, Rose Maddox, the Balfa Brothers, and many others to the Santa Barbara area.
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DAVID WEST has produced over sixty albums as a staff producer for CMH records in Los Angeles, and many more as a freelance producer through his Play Ball! Musical Services and Studio "Z" based in Santa Barbara. As a session guitarist, (acoustic and electric), bassist (upright and electric), banjoist (5-string) and mandolinist, he has appeared on hundreds of albums, TV shows and commercials plus many film sound tracks. His early career was spent on the road as an accompanist touring the US and Europe and has, for the last fifteen years been primarily a studio musician. He still occasionally tours, backing up some of his favorite musicians, including Peter Lewis (Moby Grape), Chris Hillman (Byrds, Flying Burrito Bros., Manassas), and Nashville/California songwriter Kate Wallace, not to mention his old pal Peter Feldmann. A complete bio and additional discography is available at www.davidwest.com
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TOM LEE's music ranges far and wide, from traditional jazz to country, Hawaiian, and bluegrass standards. As a skilled bassist, Tom has toured with the Drifters, the Bluegrass Cardinals, and other musical groups. His vocal harmonies add richness to the group's duo and trio arrangements. He is director of the Song Tree Music Series, a popular concert forum in Goleta, bringing lots of great music to the area.
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Cosponsored by the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. Seating at the Chapel is limited. Advance tix, $15. (Trust for Historic Preservation members, $12.) Remaining tix, if any, available at door.
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Fri, Sep 10:
8 pm The DITTY BOPS return to McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
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Fri, Sep 10; extended indefinitely; live theatre; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
CANCELLED: SHOW HAS ENDED ITS EXTENDED RUN. 8 pm Fri & Sat (& 5 pm Sun) “JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY,” the critically-acclaimed world-premiere HENRY JAGLOM play has been extended at Edgemar Center for the Arts, on the Main Stage, 2437 Main St, Santa Monica 90405. Reservations req’d at 310-392-7327 or www.edgemarcenter.org (under events tab). See the Guide’s Sep 3, 8 pm listing for complete info.
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Sat & Sun, Sep 11 & 12; festival; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
1st annual “FALL EQUINOX FESTIVAL” - Folk Music, Dance, & Storytelling Festival, presented by the California Traditional Music Society (CTMS) in collaboration with FolkWorks, featuring NIGHTINGALE, JOHN WHELAN BAND, and FOGHORN DUO, at Rancho Cordillera del Norte, 9015 Wilbur Av, Northridge 91324.
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Saturday evening concert, plus master classes Saturday afternoon, Sep 11.
Full festival runs Sunday, Sep 12, 10 am-6 pm. + Principal concert acts:
NIGHTINGALE was formed in 1993 by JEREMIAH McLANE (accordion, piano; www.jeremiahmclane.com), KEITH MURPHY (voice, guitar, mandolin, piano, foot percussion; www.blackislemusic.com) and BECKY TRACY (fiddle). The nightingale bird is a poetic figure that appears in traditional songs from many places, including parts of Northern Europe, Canada and the United States. So the nightingale was an appropriate emblem for a band committed to drawing inspiration from a wide musical territory that includes Ireland, France, Scandinavia, Newfoundland and Quebec. + JOHN WHELAN BAND is led by a man known for his amazing button accordion virtuosity. He moved in 1980 from the Dunstable Irish community in London to the US and soon was performing with Riverdance fiddler Eileen Ivers in one of the most celebrated Irish duos of the decade. He has recorded both solo and band albums that have been favorites of the Celtic Music community, worldwide. He has appeared in films, including Ang Lee's “Ride with the Devil” (1999). Joining John is CHARLENE Adzima (fiddle and song; www.myspace.com/fhidileoir) and ZAC LEGER (guitar and bouzouki; www.myspace.com/zacleger ).
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FOGHORN DUO plays old time string band music deeply rooted in the American folk tradition. It's a pre-copyright, post-bluegrass style, but “the Foghorns” put their own stamp on it. STEPHEN "SAMMY" LIND's fiddle and CALEB KLAUDER's mandolin play tight, unison lead lines. It's a sound that could be coming to you from a big console radio in a 1930s living room, or an Appalachian front porch. Instead, it's being delivered by players from the thriving old time music scene of Portland, Oregon. “The Foghorns” are proof positive that folk music will remain vital as long as there are folks who want to play it. + Master Classes are offered, as follows: Arranging / Ensemble playing: Nightingale Fiddle: Charlene Adzima, Sammy Lind Mandolin: Caleb Klauder +
The Concert is Nightingale,& the John Whelan Band
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The Festival is a revival of the CTMS Summer Solstice (and previously Dulcimer) Festivals that were held many years at SOKA University, and before that, at Cal State Northridge (CSUN) and Greystone Mansion. The festival continues that legacy on two concert stages, plus a dance tent, teaching workshops, storytelling, children's activities and, of course, lots of jamming. Many details are still being confirmed. Here’s the current line-up.
+ Main concert stage: JOHN WHELAN BAND (Irish) FOGHORN DUO (Old-Time) SAUSAGE GRINDER (Jug Band) BIG IRISH BAND LOS POCHOS (Latin) ZADONU (West African) THE BLADERUNNERS (Bluegrass) BROTHER YUSEF (Blues) + Showcase stage: MEHANATONES (Trad Balkan Music) TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT (Old Time) SEVERIN BROWNE (Singer Songwriter) more TBA +
Workshops: Fiddle: TOM SAUBER, SAMMY LIND, KIRA OTT, DAVID BRAGGER Banjo: CALEB LAUDER, STEVE LEWIS, CHRIS BERRY Guitar: KELLY MARTIN, JOE WACK, ZAC LEGER Mandolin: PATRICK SAUBER, JIMMY MURPHY, ASHLEY BRODER Other: PATTI AMELOTTE (Hammered Dulcimer), CHRISTA BURCH (Bodhran), ROSS ALTMAN (Yiddish Songs), AEDAN MacDONNELL (Harp), PAT MacSWYNEY (Intro Balkan Music), MELANIE NOLLEY / LEEANNE GORNE (Intro Irish Music/Sessions), SEVERINE BROWNE (Songwriting), JESSICA CATRON (Shape Note Singing), ARIELLA FORNSTEIN (Improv. Vocals); plus, Storytelling, and more (TBA) + Dance tent: Cumbia (Los Pochos), International Folk Dancing (Sherry Cochran with Mehanatones), West African, Squares (Susan Michaels, caller with K. Boogie & The Brownbaggers), Contradance (Susan Michaels & Frannie Marr, callers with Nightingale)
+ Family Activities: Family Dance (with Susan Michaels), Crafts, Facepainting, Juggling, Storytelling and more TBA
+ Advance tickets: Early bird tickets (not including the concert or master classes, which will be available soon) are available at www.ctmsfolkmusic.org/equinox/default.html for $20 (admission only).
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Sat, Sep 11; festival:
Noon-8 pm “WEST LOS ANGELES JAZZ FESTIVAL” at Jackie Robinson Stadium, UCLA Baseball complex, on the campus in Westwood. Presented by Homeland Homeless as a benefit for disabled veterans; www.homelandhomeless.com. Contact events_homelandhomeless@yahoo.com.
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Festival features GERALD ALBRIGHT, HOWARD HEWETT, NAJEE, KIRK WHALUM, EUGE GROOVE, PETER WHITE, THE SAI WHATT BAND, KEIKO MATSUI, ALEX BUGNON, and others.
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Sat, Sep 11; Fri-Sun, Sep 10-12, festival:
Annual “ORIGINAL LOBSTER FESTIVAL” at Rainbow Lagoon Events Park, 400 E Shoreline Dr (between Shoreline Village Dr & Linden Av), Long Beach 90802. Runs Fri 5-11 pm; Sat Noon-11 pm; Sun, Noon-10 pm. (See Friday listing for complete info.)
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Sat & Sun, Sep 11 & 12, in Port Townsend, Washington:
Annual “PORT TOWNSEND WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL,” with THE CUTTERS, THE WHATEVERLY BROTHERS, TOM LEWIS, and others, plus shanty sings on Fri & Sat nights. Info, www.woodenboat.org/festival
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Sat, Sep 11; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7-10 pm 7 pm “GRASSROOTS ACOUSTICA” presents GRETCHEN PETERS & JUDE JOHNSTONE, both hit songwriters, busking to cure Alzheimer’s, in rare area appearances at this month’s charity-benefit showcase – with a full lineup of performers – at The Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Bl, Venice 92091; 310-450-6052; www.thetalkingstick.net.
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Here’s a bit of background on the series. Mark explains, “All of the performers, [make] good on their promise to busk their hearts out… new songs & everything… a Who's Hoot.” Past lineups have included Grammy winners / nominees and a Village Voice OBIE Award winner. Mark continues, “There's no shortage of acoustic eclecticism in Los Angeles.” More on Grassroots Acoustica, and lineup for tonight’s show, at www.grassrootsacoustica.org.
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The venue was named as co-winner for “Best Free (no cover) Acoustic Music Venue” in FolkWorks’ annual review in 2008, and this series had a lot to do with that recognition. No cover charge, but every show is a benefit for a nonprofit or charity.
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Sat, Sep 11; every Sat, Jul 10-Sep 11, in Ventura:
7:30-9:30 pm “MUSIC UNDER THE STARS” closes its season tonight at Olivas Adobe, 4200 Olivas Park Dr, Ventura. Info, 805-658-4726. Series brings a different band each week, for music in various genres. Tix, $18; optional dinner is $13.50.
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Sat, Sep 11; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm ELIZA GILKYSON, accompanied by guitar wiz NINA GERBER, plays the Caltech Folk Music Society series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (“Little Beckman”) on the campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832). More at Caltech Folk Music Series (www.folkmusic.caltech.edu) or Caltech Presents / Caltech Public Events series (www.events.caltech.edu). Eliza returns for her second time to the long-running series, and she’s a “good get” here, as this Southern Cal tour includes McCabe’s and a big series in San Diego.
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Eliza, who has performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” is, as Caltech Folk Society bookers Rex Mayreis and Nick Smith observe, “a very talented singer and songwriter, now living in Austin, Texas, that Mecca of fine musicians.” They add, “She has such a fine way with words, and her vocals are so compelling. She's a strong woman who can express the spectrum of feelings and her songs grow and deepen with each listening.”
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Joan Baez recorded a couple of Eliza's songs on a recent CD. Talented other music icons are doing her songs, live and recorded. You can hear Eliza sing "Borderline" on Youtube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QYuwwEw1Ac&feature=related. There’s more at Eliza's website, www.elizagilkyson.com.
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The splendid NINA GERBER is, happily, a late edition, since the event’s flyers were printed.
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The campus ticket office handles the Folk Music Society’s tickets, takesd credit cards, and is open Noon-5 pm, Mon-Fri; their number is 626-395-4652. Tickets went on sale in early August. This will likely sell-out. $18 adults, $5 Caltech students and children.
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Sat, Sep 11; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JESSE WINCHESTER at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $24.50.
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Sat, Sep 11; world music; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm KÁTIA MORAES performs for the “Ritmos Latinos” series at the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731; www.grandvision.org; 310-833-4813.
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Brazilian singer Kátia Moraes takes the stage with out-of-this-world energy, grace, and soul. She began her career in Rio de Janeiro, before moving to Los Angeles in 1990. Her powerful voice, dynamic lyrics and stage presence have taken her around the globe from the Sydney Australia Festival to The French Quarter Festival in New Orleans among many other events in the U.S. and abroad. Moraes’ enticing blend of Brazilian rhythms has been widely recognized by the International Brazilian Press, the New Times Newspaper Music Awards, and many more. “She comes on stage like an explosion, her body in constant motion, her voice powerful and dynamic.” ~ Los Angeles Times,
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A “Wine Tastings & Ticket Package” is available for $25 advance, $30 day of show. Tastings before all shows are at Off the Vine Wines, 491 W 6th St, San Pedro, from 6:30-7:30 pm; reservations, 310-833-4813, and you can pick up your concert tix at Off the Vine; more, www.offthevinewines.com.
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Sat, Sep 11; extended indefinitely; live theatre; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
CANCELLED: SHOW HAS ENDED ITS EXTENDED RUN. 8 pm Fri & Sat (& 5 pm Sun) “JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY,” the critically-acclaimed world-premiere HENRY JAGLOM play has been extended at Edgemar Center for the Arts, on the Main Stage, 2437 Main St, Santa Monica 90405. Reservations req’d at 310-392-7327 or www.edgemarcenter.org (under events tab). See the Guide’s Sep 3, 8 pm listing for complete info.
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Sun, Sep 12; Sat & Sun, Sep 11 & 12; festival; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
1st annual “FALL EQUINOX FESTIVAL” - Folk Music, Dance, & Storytelling Festival, presented by the California Traditional Music Society (CTMS) in collaboration with FolkWorks, featuring NIGHTINGALE, JOHN WHELAN BAND, and FOGHORN DUO, at Rancho Cordillera del Norte, 9015 Wilbur Av, Northridge 91324.
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Sun, Sep 12; Fri-Sun, Sep 10-12, festival:
Annual “ORIGINAL LOBSTER FESTIVAL” at Rainbow Lagoon Events Park, 400 E Shoreline Dr (between Shoreline Village Dr & Linden Av), Long Beach 90802. Runs Fri 5-11 pm; Sat Noon-11 pm; Sun, Noon-10 pm. (See Friday listing for complete info.)
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Sun, Sep 12:
11 am STORYTIME FUNLAND plays a “Matinee Kids' Show” at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $8 (kids under age 2 are free).
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Sun, Sep 12; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
3-5 pm THE MURPHY FAMILY, plus THE WIMBERLEY BLUEGRASS BAND and MURPHY'S FLAW, play the “FREE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES” co-sponsored by the Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest organization and the National Park Service, at Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy (2 blks from Troutdale Rd), in Santa Monica Mtns Nat’l Rec Area, near Agoura Hills; 818-382-4819. Set in an outdoor amphitheater under the shade of the giant old oaks. Park free in the lot just past the bridge and walk back over the bridge to the ranch entrance. Bring a picnic and a cushion or blanket for the earthen or wood bench seating. Fun and free.
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Today is a much-anticipated show, with the best of the 50th Annual Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest’s award-winning bands, plus “a few surprises” are promised. This will be a fine show. You’ll get the virtuosity you expect from mainstage festival acts, conveniently packaged in a two-hour, free show.
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In addition, TBFC presents free folk-singing programs at various public libraries. Info on the full range of the organization’s activities available at www.topangabanjofidle.org - go to “Free Concerts” for detailed info on the artists in the Strauss Ranch series.
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Sun, Sep 12; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm 7th annual “CELTIC ARTS CENTER CONCERT AT THE FORD” with THE FUREYS & DAVEY ARTHUR, KEN O’MALLEY, THE McCARTAN IRISH DANCERS, champion dancers MEGAN & ADAM KIRK, and THE LOS ANGELES POLICE EMERALD SOCIETY PIPES & DRUMS, at the Ford Amphitheatre (aka John Anson Ford Amphitheatre), 2580 Cahuenga Bl East, Hollywood 90068; 323-GO1-FORD; www.FordTheatres.org; box dinner orders 310-652-3797.
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It’s the US West Coast premiere of THE FUREYS & DAVEY ARTHUR with their award-winning guitar, banjo, mandolin, accordion and bouzouki playing and fine vocals.
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This annual tradition is a splendid night under the stars. This year’s lineup is brilliant, so the music will be splendid and memorable. You can bring your dinner and beverage of your choice (including your own wine).
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DISCOUNT TIX:
Tickets on the Ford website are face value plus $3.50 per ticket. You can get them for face value plus a handling fee of only 50 cents per ticket, at www.celticconcert.com (or email fureysattheford@gmail.com). Group rates available at that site; 10% discount for parties of 8 or more, 20% discount for parties of 16 or more. Tix available at the same discounted price at the Irish Import Shop, 742 N Vine (at Melrose), Hollywood, or Shamrock Imports, 12514 1/2 Magnolia Bl (near Whitsett), Valley Village.
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Sun, Sep 12; extended indefinitely; live theatre; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
CANCELLED: SHOW HAS ENDED ITS EXTENDED RUN. 5 pm Sun, (& 8 pm Fri & Sat) “JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY,” the critically-acclaimed world-premiere HENRY JAGLOM play has been extended at Edgemar Center for the Arts, on the Main Stage, 2437 Main St, Santa Monica 90405. Reservations req’d at 310-392-7327 or www.edgemarcenter.org (under events tab). See the Guide’s Sep 3, 8 pm listing for complete info.
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Thu, Sep 16; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm BLAME SALLY plays a Beverly Hills version of the Bodie House Concert Series, at the Beverly Hills Womens Club; info, www.BodieHouse.com.
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Thu, Sep 16:
8 pm monthly “NETTE RADIO SHOWCASE” with PATRICIA BAHIA, ATHENA MARIE, and Nette Radio host ANNETTE CONLON, at Genghis Cohen, 740 N Fairfax, Los Angeles 90046. Joining Annette are JEFF MARSHALL, JOHN DePATIE, & JEFF MADDOX, “doing new songs,” and she expects a special guest. Annette adds, “This may be the last show of the year, so I hope you can make it out!” $8 cover if you print and take this listing.
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Fri-Sun, Sep 17-19, in Bishop, CA:
19th annual “MILLPOND MUSIC FESTIVAL” at Millpond County Park, just north of Bishop. Always has lots of prominent folk-Americana artists who headline other festivals, and it offers a celebratory last hurrah for summer.
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Fri, Sep 17; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm ELIZA GILKYSON at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix,. $22.50.
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Fri, Sep 17, in Camarillo; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm SUSIE GLAZE AND THE HILONESOME BAND plus BYRON WALLS (New Christie Minstrels / Limeliters alum) play a double-bill for the big 21st anniversary show of the “CAMARILLO CAFÉ CONCERT SERIES” at Camarillo Community Center, 1605 E Burnley St (NE corner, Carmen & Burnley), Camarillo; info, 805-523-2682, email WhatsHappening@CamarilloCafe.com and website, www.CamarilloCafe.com. $10 at door (no presale). Sponsored by Pleasant Valley Recreation & Parks District. Emcee is Gary Lynch.
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SUSIE GLAZE, who got her start as a Broadway actress and singer, is an award-winning recording artist and powerhouse vocalist. She’s been described by Bluegrass Unlimited as "...an important voice on the California Bluegrass scene". A native Tennessean, Susie grew up in the shadow of the Grand Ole Opry, learning the craft of country and bluegrass. New York audiences saw Susie's Broadway debut in the original cast of Roger Miller's musical play "Big River." Since relocating to Southern California, Susie has consistently wowed audiences and has released four great CDs. Susie is accompanied by husband STEVE RANKIN on mandolin & guitar, the band’s performing songwriter ROB CARLSON on lead guitar, FRED SANDERS on upright bass, and Hollywood soundtrack fave MARK INDICTOR on fiddle. More at www.susieglaze.com, including reviews and videos.
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BYRON WALLS, an influential force in the folk music scene since the early '60s, is an alumnus of THE TRAVELLERS, BYRON AND HOWARD, THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS, SANDALWOOD, and THE LIMELITERS. He was a staff writer at Warner Brothers Music, and his songs have been recorded by EMMY LOU HARRIS, BURL IVES, GLEN YARBROUGH, THE LIMELITERS, ANDY WILLIAMS, ED AMES, ROY ROGERS, RONNIE MILSAP, RAY CONIFF SINGERS, THE KENDALLS, and DENNIS WEAVER.
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Byron has two self-produced CDs. When asked what he would have you know about him, Byron says, “Tell them I love to perform. Nothing brings me more pleasure than sharing my songs and stories with an audience. I was a singer and lover of good songs before I ever tried to write one. " Walls is funny, hip, defiant, world weary, sardonic and even hopeful, but mostly cool and witty." Says Dave Nathan, in his All Music Guide review. More at www.byronwalls.com
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Host GARY LYNCH adds, “And even though the Camarillo Café will finally ‘come of age’ [with our big 21st anniversary show] in September, it will always be an alcohol-free and tobacco-free venue!”
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Doors open for best seats, and open mic signups begin, at 7:30 pm
Open mic begins at 8 pm
Byron Walls performs at 8:40 pm
Break, with refreshments and snacks available, at 9:15 pm
Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band perform at 9:40 pm
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Sat & Sun, Sep 18 & 19, east of San Diego; festival:
Annual “JULIAN BANJO-FIDDLE CONTEST AND MUSIC FESTIVAL” celebrates its 40th year at Frank Lane Field, in the mountain community of Julian, east of San Diego. A variety of traditional music is featured both days. The Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, and Mandolin Contests are on Saturday only. There will be an Open Mic stage and lots of Jamming Opportunities all weekend. Organizers say, “if you are a player, start getting ready! Teachers - let your students know - encourage them to enter.” The Julian event is the one of the oldest festivals in California. Many of the finest stringed instrument artists of today participated in the Julian contest when they were just getting started - NICKEL CREEK, STUART DUNCAN, ALLISON BROWN, and JOHN MOORE among the many. Come to Julian in September to participate in a continuation of music history. More info, and the 2010 Entry Form are online at www.julianbanjofiddle.com
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Sat, Sep 18; festival, in Palmdale:
Noon-9 pm annual “GRACEFEST AV” returns for its 3rd year, with headliners BIG DADDY WEAVE, BARLOWGIRL, & AARON SHUST, all of whom have been Dove Award nominees or winners, plus a special performance by DOMINIC BALI, one of CHRISTIAN REGGAE’s artists. Gates open at 11:30 am and local artists begin performing at noon, including Central Christian’s Worship Band, Highlands Worship Band and AngelSong by Angela Hearn’s. Christian artists Bold Witness are openers. Venue is in Palmdale. Info & tix, www.gracefestav.com; 661-265-6069.
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GraceFest AV is a fundraiser for the Kids Charities of the Antelope Valley. Funds raised go to numerous local Christian school scholarship programs to provide further education. The Kids Charities of the AV was founded in 2000 by Ron Emard. Ron is the Managing Partner at Robertson Palmdale Honda in Palmdale and Dealer Principal at Antelope Valley Harley Davidson in Lancaster. Ron and his wife Yvette are known for their untiring devotion to kids in need and have been actively involved in the community since the mid 1980's. Year to date Kids Charities of the Antelope Valley has raised over $2.8 million for the kids from various local fundraising events.
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Carry-in food and coolers permitted. Blankets and beach chairs encouraged, beach umbrellas for shade are permitted until 5:30 pm. Sunscreen, hats/caps and light-colored clothing suggested. Alcoholic beverages, smoking and pets strictly prohibited. Numerous food and beverage vendors available.
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All seating is festival style on grass and there is no reserved seating other than a small area for sponsors. Ages 12 and under free; age 13-19, $5 with a student ID. Online tickets available at www.gracefestav.com. Advance tix also available at City of Palmdale Parks and Recreation (38260 10th St E, in Palmdale), and at local businesses and churches. Adult tix $15 advance, $20 gate.
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Sat, Sep 18:
9 am-4 pm “MONTROSE ART WALK” in the 2300 & 2400 blocks of Honolulu Av, Montrose. Billed as, “Musicians playing, great family outing. Watch artists work while strolling along the tree-lined Honolulu Avenue.” Info, call Montrose Chamber of Commerce, 818-249-7171. Runs May 8, Jul 10, Sep 18, Nov 13.
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Sat, Sep 18; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm ELIZABETH COOK at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $15.
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Sun, Sep 19; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm “¡VIVA MEXICO!” with OZOMATLI, LOS SUPER SEVEN, MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND, MARIACHI REYNA DE LOS ANGELES, & GRANDEZA MEXICANA FOLK BALLET COMPANY, is the only “mainstream” offering in “KCRW's World Festival” series at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; 323-850-2000 or 213-480-3232; www.hollywoodbowl.com. This will be a partly electric, partly-acoustic, partly traditional, partly world-beatish show, so be aware what you’ll encounter.
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Sun, Sep 19, in San Diego; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm ELIZA GILKYSON performs at the “Acoustic Music San Diego” series at 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego 92116; www.amsdconcerts.com; 619-303-8176. Tix are $(tba) with dinner and a premium seat, $(tba) concert only.
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Tue, Sep 21-Sun, Sep 26, in Prague in the Czech Republic:
“PLAY PRAGUE” MUSIC CONFERENCE AND CONCERT is a 6-day event, with seminars / workshops by Nashville award-winning music industry professionals, showcases by artists and bands, and talent competitions to perform in the closing concert which will be webcast live on Sep 25. More at www.playprague.com.
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Tue, Sep 21:
7 pm “An Evening with FURTHUR, featuring PHIL LESH & BOB WEIR” at the Greek Theatre, 2700 N Vermont Ave in Griffith Park, L.A.; Greek Theatre hotline, 323-665-1927; tix, 213-480-3232; www.greektheatrela.com.
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GRATEFUL DEAD members PHIL LESH & BOB WEIR continue their musical adventure with their new band FURTHUR. The venue’s promo says, “Fans can expect Lesh & Weir to push the musical envelope with jaw-dropping improvisations and loving renditions of Grateful Dead classics, with an all star band. New and old fans of the Grateful Dead alike will be entranced as Phil & Bob take the musical journey “furthur”, exploring some of the Grateful Dead’s most beloved songs in a tour that promises to keep the feet stomping and the bodies shaking.”
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FURTHUR includes keyboardist JEFF CHIMENTI (RatDog), drummer JOE RUSSO (Benevento - Russo Duo, Trey Anastasio), and guitarist JOHN KADLECIK (Dark Star Orchestra). More at www.furthur.net
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Tue, Sep 21; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
9:30 pm PRESTON SMITH plays The Fox and Hounds, 11100 Ventura Bl, Studio City; 818-763-7837. More at www.prestonsmith.com.
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"Preston is a singing, guitar-and-harmonica playing virtuoso of blues and jazz, which makes him a great fit. His stuff is upbeat, intelligent and classy, he's known for his widespread appeal to a variety of audiences and some say his music knows no boundaries. While Smith's songwriting skills have received a big thumbs up from critics all over the map, his live gigs are legendary." - John Sollenberger, in the Pasadena Weekly.
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Preston is celebrated as, "An exceptional, gutsy singer, songwriter, and guitarist…a phenomenal artist, who appeals to all types of music lovers, Preston always "delivers!" Whether he's wailing on the harmonica, or singing through a megaphone, the audiences love him!" - University Reporter
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"Indeed, Preston is a man of melody. Talent oozes from him. As a vocalist, his delivery possesses a subtle growl charismatic of the great bluesmen of past decades. His snarlin' guitar sound blends with his screamin' harmonica work to produce a raw, soulful treat for any music lover. He has been known to break into a guitar solo using his tongue." - Santa Clarita Signal.
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"…originals that could easily sound good on the airwaves of your local triple A stations…" - Entertainment Today
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"Smith writes memorable songs. Tunes that you hum in the shower for weeks after seeing the band."
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Preston has performed on many live radio and cable TV shows on both the east and west coasts, and has performed live on club circuits in Los Angeles, New York and Nashville. His multifaceted talent has enabled him, both with his band and solo acoustic, to share stages with a diverse pantheon of performers ranging from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fine Young Cannibals, Fishbone, Social Distortion, Wall of Voodoo, Concrete Blonde, Savoy Brown, Charlie Sexton, The Mighty Lemon Drops, and The Bonedaddy’s – to rock, R&B, and blues legends, including James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Bonnie Raitt, The Robert Cray Band, k.d. Lang, John Mayhall, Albert Collins, Tower of Power, Joe Satriani, The Ventures, Dick Dale & the Deltones, Eric Burden & the Animals, Delbert McClinton, Paul Butterfield, Poco, Santana, Charlie Musselwhite, SaltN'Pepa, Robert Cray, Joe Louis Walker, Booker T. & the MGs, The Ink Spots, The Coasters, Savoy Brown, Spencer Davis, Al Kooper, Marshall Tucker Band, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Youngbloods, Donovan, Commander Cody, Asleep at the Wheel, N.R.B.Q., Buster Poindexter, Mink DeVille, The Tubes, The Busboys, David Lindley & El Rayo X, John Stewart, Al Stewart, The James Harmon Blues Band, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Billy Vera & The Beaters, The Palladins, The King Bee’s, and Jack Mack & the Heart Attack. (Does the man ever sleep?)
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Fri-Sun, Sep 24-26, in Grass Valley:
Annual “DRAFT HORSE CLASSIC” at Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley, CA. SOURDOUGH SLIM is among the musical performers. Info, www.nevadacountyfair.com
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Check-out some Sourdough Slim performance videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kbdZUDWBM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HajY_r6RNy0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V9NTG6cUj0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6aRDawFme4
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Fri, Sep 24:
TONY BENNETT at the Gibson Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City 91608; 818-622-4440 (formerly Universal Amph.) Tix on sale Apr 4.
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Fri, Sep 24; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY” plus RYAN BINGHAM at the Greek Theatre, 2700 N Vermont Ave in Griffith Park, L.A.; Greek Theatre hotline, 323-665-1927; tix, 213-480-3232; www.greektheatrela.com.
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Legendary singer-songwriter WILLIE NELSON is touring his new album, “Country Music.”
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“COUNTRY MUSIC” was released in April on Rounder Records. The album was produced by Grammy and Oscar winner and fellow music legend T BONE BURNETT. It’s the first time the two music legends have worked together. Along with RYAN BINGHAM, T BONE BURNETT won a music Oscar in 2010 for “Best Original Song” for “The Weary Kind,” from the award winning film “Crazy Heart.”
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With a six-decade career and 200 plus albums, iconic Texan WILLIE NELSON is the creative genius behind the historic recordings of “Crazy”, “Red Headed Stranger,” “Stardust,” and many others. He has earned every conceivable award as a musician and amassed reputable credentials as an author, actor and activist.
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Who else could release three new albums in the same year? Willie’s 2009 new CDs included “Naked Willie,” “Willie and the Wheel,” and the critically-acclaimed “American Classic,” the latter hitting the stores last August.
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RYAN BINGHAM opens the show. Music Oscar winner for the film, “Crazy Heart,” and known for his long-time band THE DEAD HORSES, Ryan and the band’s new album “Junky Star” (released Aug 31 on Lost Highway Records) was also produced by legendary songwriter and musician T BONE BURNETT.
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Tix, $75 / $59.50 / $39.50, + “Convenience Charge” of $13.50 per order (unless you get ‘em from the box office).
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Sat, Sep 25, in Bear Valley (near Tehachapi); festival:
Annual “BEAR VALLEY BUCKAROO GATHERING” in Bear Valley, near Tehachapi, with many cowboy / western performers and cowboy poets, some award-winning. More when we know it.
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Sat, Sep 25, festival:
All-day “HARVEST FESTIVAL OF DULCIMERS” with workshops & concerts, at Culver-Palms United Methodist Church, 4464 Sepulveda Bl; Culver City.
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Featuring:
NEIL HELLMAN, mountain dulcimer legend
KENDRA WARD & BOB BENCE, hammered & fretted dulcimers and guitar
CARMEN AMREIN, all the way from Germany, playing her hackbrett (hammered dulcimer)
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Free noontime concert and storytelling hour; open jam, all instruments; workshops for guitar, ukulele, bodhran, tin-whistle, & harmonica. Vendors all day, and meals available on site.
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Twilight / Evening Concert with all four featured artists.
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Plus, on Sun, Sep 26, classes offered by the festival’s featured artists; locations and times tba. More at www.scdh.org.
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Sat, Sep 25; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm DALA, the splendid Canadian indie music duo, plays the Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu; www.arts.pepperdine.edu. Presented by Pepperdine University Center for the Arts. Advance tix, 310-506-4522.
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Darlings of the Canadian music scene, AMANDA WALTHER & SHEILA CARABINE of DALA (the duo's name was formed by combining the last two letters of each artist's name) have come a long way in a short time. The two best friends met in their high school music class, wrote their first song together in 2002, and since have performed at Toronto's legendary Massey Hall a total of seven times. Amanda's ethereal soprano voice blends seamlessly with Sheila's velvety alto, creating the lush harmonies that have become their trademark. The sheer joy with which they perform is infectious, turning first-time listeners into instant fans.
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"[They are] the angels of folk music. Ethereal, eloquent, and downright beautiful, the music they create is faultlessly performed..." - Exclaim!
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Dala has toured across Canada six times, opening for such artists as Jann Arden, Tom Cochrane, Matthew Good, Stuart McLean of the CBC's Vinyl Cafe, and, most recently, Chantal Kreviazuk. It has also performed at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Edmonton Folk Festival, California's Strawberry Festival, and Mariposa. In 2009 it was the only Canadian act invited to play at the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival.
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Dala is poised to bring its harmonies and fresh brand of acoustic pop to the world. Drawing upon influences like the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan, the pair writes songs that are both catchy and insightful.
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“Everyone Is Someone,” Dala's new album, was released in 2009 to critical acclaim. It earned the vocalists their fifth Canadian Folk Music Award nomination and was named "Album of the Year" by The Irish Post. The song "Horses," which speaks to the heartbreak and hope of a young man dealing with disability, was nominated by National Public Radio in the US as one of the Top 10 folk songs of 2009.
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The duo's PBS special, “Girls from the North Country,” was recently broadcast across North America and GREATLY impressed the editor of the Guide.
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Additionally, Dala won the 2010 Toronto Independent Music Award for Best Folk Artist.
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The admission price includes a dessert reception with the musicians following the performance. Tix, $25 gen’l, $10 for full-time Pepperdine students. More at www.dalagirls.com.
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Sat, Sep 25; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “BODIE HOUSE MUSIC 10th ANNIVERSARY SHOW” at the Thousand Oaks Library Music Series, at Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks 91362; 818-621-8309; info, www.BodieHouse.com. No, we don’t yet know who is playing, but we are assured it will be some wonderful artists.
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Sat, Sep 25; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JEFFREY HALFORD & THE HEALERS play The Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731; www.grandvision.org; 310-833-4813.
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This band receives the inevitable comparisons to John Fogerty, Tom Waits and even Bob Dylan. San Francisco based Jeffrey Halford with his band, the Healers, offer soulful blues-influenced and rootsy rock-n-roll. Getting his start on the streets and small clubs in the city by the bay, Halford’s songs create a uniquely American, and specifically California, landscape. He’s played with Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, Dave Alvin, and others, making a name for himself with his poetic lyrics, his raw and haunting slide guitar, and his band of top players. Buddy Siegal of the OC Weekly wrote, “I am here to place Jeffrey Halford . . . in the pantheon of great American singer-songwriters.”
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The Grand Annex is an intimate 100-seat music listening room in the heart of historic downtown San Pedro, featuring a wide range of artists and genres, from world sounds to American roots music. The venue is operated by Grand Vision Foundation, a 15-year-old non-profit dedicated to the preservation and continued use of the historic Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, and to the development of high quality arts entertainment in the Los Angeles Harbor Area. In 2008, Grand Vision Foundation launched the Grand Annex as a small space. Proceeds from concerts at the Grand Annex go toward ongoing restoration and repairs at the Warner Grand Theatre.
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The series offers wine tasting packages on show nights, and various other specials. A “Wine Tastings & Ticket Package” is available for $25 advance, $30 day of show. Tastings before all shows are at Off the Vine Wines, 491 W 6th St, San Pedro, from 6:30-7:30 pm; reservations, 310-833-4813, and you can pick up your concert tix at Off the Vine; more, www.offthevinewines.com.
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Doors at the Grand Annex open at 7:30 pm for the best seats, with concerts at 8 pm. Tix, unless listed otherwise, are $15 advance, $20 day of show.
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Their complete season and more info is available at www.grandvision.org. You can contact Taran Schindler, Outreach Coordinator and Grand Annex Director, at 310-833-4813 or taran@grandvision.org.
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Sun, Sep 26; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm SLAID CLEAVES at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
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Wed, Sep 29:
8 pm “AN EVENING WITH ALAN PARSONS” is a performance-interview at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Sound Stage, 800 W Olympic Bl, L.A. 90015; 213-765-6803; www.grammymuseum.org.
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The great audio engineer, musician, and record producer ALAN PARSONS (THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT) speaks about his work on many successful albums - including The Beatles' “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be,” as well as Pink Floyd's “Dark Side of the Moon,” in addition to his own Alan Parsons Project. Parsons will discuss his latest venture – an instructional DVD series entitled “The Art And Science Of Sound Recording” (www.artandscienceofsound.com) as well as his newest song, “All Our Yesterdays," written especially for the series and featuring some of Los Angeles’ finest musicians, including a rare performance by Alan himself on lead vocal. The evening concludes with an audience Q & A, a special live music performance, and an autograph signing. Doors at 7:30 pm for the best seats. Tix on sale Thu, Aug 26, at noon. Tix, $15, available in person at the GRAMMY Museum Box Office, online at Ticketmaster.com, or by calling 800-745-3000.
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Thu & Fri, Sep 30-Oct 1:
Annual “AUSTRALIAN MUSIC ASSOCIATION CONVENTION” in Melbourne, Australia.
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Thu, Sep 30:
8 pm JOHN CALE: “WHEN PAST & FUTURE COLLIDE - PARIS 1919 LIVE” at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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It may surprise you that this show is in the Guide. Please read-on, and you’ll discern why. The co-founder of the Velvet Underground, JOHN CALE is legendary for his avant-garde pop-music aesthetic – but there’s more. In this West Coast premiere, Cale performs his seminal 1973 album “Paris 1919” in its entirety with his band and members of the UCLA Philharmonia. Dubbed “a masterpiece” by Rolling Stone, the magazine calls the record “one of the most ambitious albums ever released under the name of pop.” With evocative melodies, sweeping orchestration and poetic lyricism, “Paris 1919” effortlessly blends rock, soul and classical music. The second set will feature Cale’s more modern side. The promo says, “whether that’s debuting new material or deconstructing a classic, it’s sure to be an unforgettable evening.” UCLA Live at Royce Hall, 340 Royce Drive, Westwood. Tix, $38-68 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Oct 2; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “VIVA MEXICO! 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION” with acclaimed Spanish-language singers ANGELES OCHOA and PERLA BATALLA joining NATI CANO and MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano featuring special guests Angeles Ochoa and Perla Batalla: Viva Mexico! 50th Anniversary Celebration — The 2009 Grammy Award-winning MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS DE NATI CANO commemorates its 50th anniversary and the Bicentennial of Mexico with this special program. Spanish-language songstresses ANGELES OCHOA and PERLA BATALLA will help tell the story of Mexican independence through mariachi favorites “Viva Mexico,” “Mexico Lindo,” “La Bamba,” “Ave Maria” and more. A Los Angeles treasure, Los Camperos have emerged as the driving force of a musical tradition treasured throughout the world. The group is known for its collaboration with LINDA RONDSTADT on her critically acclaimed Spanish-language album, “Canciones de mi Padre.” Tix, $43-78 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Oct 2:
HENRY GRIMES & FRIENDS at REDCAT, The Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theater, at the L.A. Music Center, 631 W 2nd St (at Hope St), inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, downtown Los Angeles 90012; www.redcat.org; 213-237-2800; Fall sched, www.redcat.org/sites/redcat.org/files/REDCAT_Fall10_Brochure.pdf.
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Legendary jazz bassist Henry Grimes makes first L.A. appearance since moving to New York in 2003.
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Sat, Oct 2:
8 pm KIMBERLY DAHME & JILL KNIGHT play a double-bill at “Russ & Julie’s House Concert” series in Oak Park (Thousand Oaks / Agoura Hills area); reservations get directions at 818-707-2179 or houseconcerts@jrp-graphics.com. Series and show info, www.houseconcerts.us.
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Sat, Oct 2:
8 pm HAYES CARLL at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $15.
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Sat, Oct 2:
MARINA V plays a show to celebrate her birthday, “with cake and prizes,” at the Hotel Café, 1623 N Cahuenga Bl, Hollywood 90028; www.hotelcafe.com; 323-461-2040.
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Marina is on the road so much these days (often playing major venues), and it’s difficult to catch her in L.A. Performing songwriter, wonderful vocalist, classically trained pianist and sometime guitarist MARINA V is a charming Russian emigree. Americans can’t properly pronounce her last name, so she doesn’t use it.
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Marina recently checked-in to share a story:
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“Last night I was sitting in my car at a red light in Hollywood, answering an email on my Blackberry. Next thing I know, I hear laughing and the words "Wow, you're typing really fast on that thing." And that's when I noticed two motorcycle cops who pulled-up right next to me and had been watching me type. I still am not sure whether it's legal or not to text/email while stopped at a red light, so I just laughed (nervously) and at that very moment the light changed to green :)”
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There’s plenty more about this very busy artist, including her stories from the road, at www.MarinaV.com
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Sun, Oct 3; festival; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
All day First ever “AMERICANA MUSIC FEST” sponsored by the Thousand Oaks Kiwanis Charitable Foundation at the beautiful Paramount Ranch near Agoura Hills, in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation area. Info. www.americanamusicfestkw.org
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Performers are all acoustic, chosen from submissions through the spring and summer.
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With three stages, an Instrument Petting Zoo to let kids get some hands-on feel, workshops, many with the goal of getting kids interested in learning to play and letting them know where to get lessons.This is the inaugural year for what’s already being called “a wonderful event, with multiple stages of scheduled acts, prestigious contests, and all-day jams under the oak tress and on the wooden boardwalks of the buildings in the movie-set old west town.” Yep, if any of that sounds familiar, it is indded the same site as the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest.
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Info, or to assist with the planning or presentation of the event, send an inquiry to info@AmericanaMusicFest.org.
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Sun, Oct 3:
ROBERT HENKE: “MOONLAKE LIVE” at REDCAT, The Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theater, at the L.A. Music Center, 631 W 2nd St (at Hope St), inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, downtown Los Angeles 90012; www.redcat.org; 213-237-2800; Fall sched, www.redcat.org/sites/redcat.org/files/REDCAT_Fall10_Brochure.pdf.
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The co-creator of the Ableton Live software gives a special Monolake Live performance.
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Fri-Sun, Oct 8-10, in Lone Pine, CA:
Annual “LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL” with many events at the museum and around town, interpretive tours of famous movie locations, and more, including a Friday evening concert (2 shows, 7 & 9 pm) with DON EDWARDS & SOURDOUGH SLIM in the Lone Pine High School Auditorium. Schedules, concert tix (it sells-out), info, www.lonepinefilmfestival.org
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Check-out some Sourdough Slim performance videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kbdZUDWBM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HajY_r6RNy0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V9NTG6cUj0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6aRDawFme4
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Sat & Sun, Oct 9 & 10, in Ventura; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
Annual “SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES” at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W Harbor Bl, Ventura. This is the premiere Scottish event on the California Central Coast, with multiple stages of music that ranges from the very traditional to piupe and drum corps to Celtic rock. The games themselves are a hoot! One recent year’s publicity proclaimed, “Large Men Throwing Things.” You can drive or ride Amtrak (directly to the Games) from L.A.
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Sat & Sun, Oct 9 & 10, in Kingston, New York:
Annual “O+ FESTIVAL” in Kingston, NY. Artists include Mike + Ruthy; more at www.mikeandruthy.com and www.myspace.com/mikeandruthy
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Sat, Oct 9; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
4 pm ”2nd ANNUAL WHISTLE STOP RANCH FALL COWBOY ROUNDUP” with DAVE STAMEY, GARY ROBERTSON, and MICHAEL TCHERKASSKY, at Whistle Stop Ranch in Acton, CA (off the 14 Fwy, between Santa Clarita and Palmdale.) Sponsored by OutWest Marketing in Old Town Newhall. Gates at 4 pm, show at 7 pm. Event includes “cowboy grub and great entertainment” at Mike & Paulette Tcherkassky's Whistle Stop Ranch. This year's gathering will feature the Western Music Association's “Entertainer of the Year” DAVE STAMEY, talented poet and storyteller, GARY ROBERTSON and "Saddle Serenader" MICHAEL TCHERKASSKY (you’ve seen him playing guitar and singing on horseback at the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival). $35 per person includes dinner and beverages. Order tix early, as last year sold-out. Updates, reservations, email list signup, at big.hat@sbcglobal.net
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Sat, Oct 9; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm MARLEY’S GHOST plays the CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (“Little Beckman”) on the campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832). More at Caltech Folk Music Series (www.folkmusic.caltech.edu) or Caltech Presents / Caltech Public Events series (www.events.caltech.edu).
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Series bookers Rex Mayreis and Nick Smithy gush, “We finally landed this incredible vocal and instrumental band… These five guys play guitar, mandolin, keyboards, pedal steel, bass, Dobro, drums, bouzouki, a bit of bagpipes and more! More importantly, you get five guys who can all sing lead, and they put together some of the finest harmonies we've ever had at Caltech, which is saying a lot! Their material is as eclectic as can be, including gospel, country & western, traditional folk, blues, and reggae. You just have to hear them to find out how they make this all work, but their music is stirring.”
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Your editor, after wanting to hear them for years, caught up with them at Northwest Folklife in Seattle a few years ago, and they met or exceeded all his expectations. More at www.marleysghostband.com.
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The campus ticket office handles the Folk Music Society’s tickets, takesd credit cards, and is open Noon-5 pm, Mon-Fri; their number is 626-395-4652. Tickets went on sale in early August. This will likely sell-out. Tickets are $15, $5 for children and Caltech students.
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Sat, Oct 9; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JIM KWESKIN at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. The man who pioneered the popular return of jug band music (back in the ‘60s) is still at it, with a diverse and highly musical repertoire. It’s great fun to see him perform. Tix, $20.
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Sun, Oct 10, in Goleta; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
10 am-5 pm The 39th annual “OLD TIME FIDDLERS CONVENTION AND FESTIVAL” at Ranco Patera & Stowe House, 304 N Los Carneros Rd, Goleta 93117. $20.
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Sun, Oct 10; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm TOM PRASADA-RAO & CARY COOPER with RADISLOV LORKOVIC play the Thousand Oaks Library Music Series, at Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks 91362; 818-621-8309; info, www.BodieHouse.com.
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Thu, Oct 14; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “THE YES MEN LIVE” at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Part activist-pranksters, part social-satirists, The Yes Men pull no punches in their shock-and-awe spoken word campaigns of rhetoric, bent on exposing hypocrisy in government officials and multinational corporations. They’ve taken on George W. Bush, Dow Chemical, Exxon Mobile, and others; we expect they’re primed to lambaste BP. Their acclaimed book, “The True Story of the End of the World Trade Organization,” chronicles their bogus WTO website and their subsequent appearances as imposter representatives from the organization. A recently released feature-length film, “The Yes Men Fix the World,” highlights even more of the duo’s confrontational antics. This UCLA Live engagement affords the audience an in-person glimpse inside the minds of these impassioned provocateurs. Tix, $28-43 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Fri & Sat, Oct 15 & 16, in Visalia, CA:
Annual “VISALIA FALL ROUNDUP” with music by SOURDOUGH SLIM and others, authentic western BBQ (durch oven biscuits, etc) by the Cowboy Cultural Committee, and more, at Richie's Barn, Visalia. Schedules, lineup, info, www.visaliacowboys.com
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Check-out some Sourdough Slim performance videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kbdZUDWBM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HajY_r6RNy0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V9NTG6cUj0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6aRDawFme4
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Fri, Oct 15; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm ERIC ANDERSEN, accompanied by VAN DYKE PARKS, at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $22.50.
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Sun, Oct 17:
3:30 pm JULLIARD STRING QUARTET plays the “SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN” 107th season (2010-2011), presented by the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; series info 626-793-4191; www.colemanchambermusic.org. Season subscription (6 concerts) $108-$234; single-event tix $24-45.
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Thu-Sun, Oct 21-24:
Annual “FOLK ALLIANCE REGION WEST (FAR-West) MUSIC CONFERENCE” this year in San Jose, CA; www.far-west.org
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Thu-Sat, Oct 21-23, in Live Oak, Florida:
Annual “MAGNOLIA FESTIVAL” in Live Oak, FL. Artists include Mike + Ruthy; more at www.mikeandruthy.com and www.myspace.com/mikeandruthy
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Thu, Oct 21; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm LAURIE ANDERSON: “DELUSION” at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Combining violin, electronic puppetry, music and visuals, the piece speaks the colorful, poetic and imagistic language that has become Anderson’s trademark.
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UCLA Live presents the Los Angeles premiere of eclectic genre-bending artist Laurie Anderson’s latest work, “Delusion.” Conceived as a series of short mystery plays, Delusion jump-cuts between the everyday and the mythic.
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Inspired by the breadth of Balzac, Ozu and Laurence Sterne, and employing a series of altered voices and imaginary guests, Anderson tells a complex story about longing, memory and identity. At the heart of “Delusion” is the pleasure of language and a terror that the world is made entirely of words. Tix, $33-58 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Fri, Oct 22:
CALIFORNIA E.A.R. UNIT: “CHAMP VITAL (LIFE FIELD)” at REDCAT, The Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theater, at the L.A. Music Center, 631 W 2nd St (at Hope St), inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, downtown L.A. 90012; www.redcat.org; 213-237-2800; Fall sched, www.redcat.org/sites/redcat.org/files/REDCAT_Fall10_Brochure.pdf.
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Los Angeles' fearless new music ensemble returns with works by David Rosenboom and E.A.R. Unit members.
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Fri, Oct 22; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm TAJ MAHAL plus special guest VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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In one astounding evening, two artists embody the global spirit of the blues in a magnificent co-bill of TAJ MAHAL and VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ. Opening the night is Touré, son of legendary Malian musician Ali Farka Touré and himself a famed blues guitarist who, with his band, extends traditional Western Saharan rhythms into hypnotic, stinging grooves.
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TAJ MAHAL, perhaps the 20th century’s most influential figure in blues and roots music, closes the night with KESTER SMITH on drums and BILL RICH on bass. Expect a thrilling on-stage collaboration with Taj and Vieux as two generations and two distinct global traditions of the blues collide. Tix, $33-58 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Oct 23; dance:
8 pm HELIOS DANCE THEATER: “BEAUTIFUL MONSTERS” at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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In a one-night-only, world-premiere performance, this haunting dance dreamscape reveals the furious abandon of a body transformed by magic, in a romance that defies human limitations. Brought to life by Los Angeles’ own HELIOS DANCE THEATER, this stunning piece features visual design by acclaimed animator and director CHRIS MILLER and an original score by praised composer PAUL CANTELON (The Diving Bell and The Butterfly). Choreographed by Helios artistic director LAURA GORENSTEIN MILLER, it is a dance born from confrontation of childhood nightmares, where becoming the monster may be the only escape. Tix, $28-63 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Thu-Sun, Oct 28-Nov 1, in Denmark; festival:
Annual “WOMEX - THE WORLD MUSIC EXPO,” in Copenhagen, Denmark. It began in Berlin and it’s traveling through Europe. The last edition saw over 2,700 delegates from more than 90 countries, a full conference and a showcase festival presenting 57 acts on 6 stages. More at www.womex.com.
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Sat, Oct 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “PHANTOM OF THE OPERA,” the 1925 silent film, with live original score performed by theater organ specialist STEVEN BALL, on the massive pipe organ at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Wow. Royce Hall’s fabulous Skinner Organ and a classic silent film. The oft-retold tale of “The Phantom of the Opera” in a not-to-be missed evening of silent movie magic and live music performed on Royce Hall’s historic Skinner organ. Eerie and astonishing, this 1925 classic silent film starring LON CHANEY endures as a seminal piece of theatrical horror, from the grand old days when horror wasn’t about grossing you out. Tix, $23-33 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Oct 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm RONNY COX & JACK WILLIAMS play the Thousand Oaks Library Music Series, at Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks 91362; 818-621-8309; info, www.BodieHouse.com.
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Tue, Nov 2:
WAYNE HORVITZ GRAVITAS QUARTET at REDCAT, The Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theater, at the L.A. Music Center, 631 W 2nd St (at Hope St), inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, downtown Los Angeles 90012; www.redcat.org; 213-237-2800; Fall sched, www.redcat.org/sites/redcat.org/files/REDCAT_Fall10_Brochure.pdf.
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Hailed as harbingers of modern music, the quartet explores texture, sonority, rhythm, and ensemble fluidity.
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Wed, Nov 3:
8 pm ORNETTE COLEMAN at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Free jazz pioneer, Pulitzer Prize winner and peerless saxophonist Ornette Coleman has played a major role in the evolution of American music for more than five decades. At the 2009 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Coleman became the 16th person to receive the prestigious Miles Davis Award, instituted to honor an international jazz musician for his or her complete body of work and influence. Coleman was instrumental in breaking down jazz conventions in the 1960s, becoming the father of free jazz and returning the medium to its daring, revolutionary roots. Joining him on stage are his son Denardo Coleman on drums, Tony Falanga on bass and other special guests. Tix, $43-83 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Thu-Sat, Nov 4-6, in Utah; festival:
Annual “HEBER CITY COWBOY POETRY GATHERING” in Heber City, Utah. Info at www.hebercitycowboypoetry.com.
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Fri-Sun, Nov 4-13, tour to Ireland:
Musician KEN O’MALLEY leads another of his IRELAND TOURS, returning to some old favorite places including Dublin and Westport, and some exciting new places, including Dingle, Killarney, Skibbereen, and Kinsale. For info, write to twlord@sbcglobal.net
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Thu, Nov 4:
8 pm MURRAY PERAHIA at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Known for his lyrical, evocative renditions of classical masterworks, Murray Perahia wields consummate skill rooted in traditional classical music interpretation. Dubbed a “poet of the piano” by The New York Times, the beloved performer returns to Royce Hall for a stunning program of works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms for solo piano. One of the most cherished pianists of our time, who has performed in all of the major international music centers and with every leading orchestra, he also serves as the Principal Guest Conductor of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with whom he has toured as conductor and pianist throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Tix, $43-88 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Fri-Sun, Nov 5-7, in San Francisco:
“AES SAN FRANCISCO,” the 129th annual AES Convention, in San Francisco, CA.
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Fri, Nov 5:
“SCREAM FESTIVAL: NOISEFOLD” at REDCAT, The Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theater, at the L.A. Music Center, 631 W 2nd St (at Hope St), inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, downtown Los Angeles 90012; www.redcat.org; 213-237-2800; Fall sched, www.redcat.org/sites/redcat.org/files/REDCAT_Fall10_Brochure.pdf.
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Fri, Nov 5; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm CHERYL WHEELER plus JILL SOBULE at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $26.
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Fri, Nov 5; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm MAVIS STAPLES and BILLY BRAGG at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Two artists, hailing from different sides of the Atlantic, both bound by the spirit of social justice and activism, come together for a special celebration of music. Mavis Staples blazes a rhythm & blues trail while never relinquishing her gospel roots. The Lifetime Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee was honored as one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of all time. Billy Bragg’s inspiration stems from the socially conscious folk tradition of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. He’s spent more than two decades making an indelible mark on the conscience of music with celebrated solo records and two Grammy-nominated albums with Wilco—Mermaid Avenue (1998) and Mermaid Avenue, Volume II (2000). Tix, $33-58 ($15 for UCLA students) (310).
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Sat, Nov 6; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm PATRICK BALL: “CELTIC HARP AND STORY” at the CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (“Little Beckman”) on the campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832). More at Caltech Folk Music Series (www.folkmusic.caltech.edu) or Caltech Presents / Caltech Public Events series (www.events.caltech.edu).
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PATRICK BALL, the great Celtic harpist and storyteller, is touring his brand-new show in which he brings-alive the rich heritage and culture of Ireland through dialog and music. More at www.patrickball.com.
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The campus ticket office handles the Folk Music Society’s tickets, takesd credit cards, and is open Noon-5 pm, Mon-Fri; their number is 626-395-4652. Tickets went on sale in early August. As the date gets close, this will likely sell-out. Tickets are $15, $5 for children and Caltech students.
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Sun, Nov 7, in OC; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
2:30 pm CELTIC THUNDER at The Grove of Anaheim, 2200 East Katella Av, Anaheim; 714-712-2700; www.thegroveofanaheim.com. You’ve seen them on PBS, during pledge drives (the only time PBS brings you music shows…)
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Sun, Nov 7:
3:30 pm CALDER QUARTET plays the “SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN” 107th season (2010-2011), presented by the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; series info 626-793-4191; www.colemanchambermusic.org. Season subscription (6 concerts) $108-$234; single-event tix $24-45.
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Mon, Nov 8; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm STEPHEN SONDHEIM in a rare speaking engagement in celebration of the American master’s 80th birthday, at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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The greatest Broadway composer and lyricist of his generation, Stephen Sondheim is the true heir to such Broadway masters as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, and Irving Berlin. After his first big break for “West Side Story,” Sondheim went on to revolutionize musical theater with intricate and emotionally complex works, including “A Little Night Music,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Sun in the Park with George,” and “Into the Woods.” Tix, $43-88 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Thu, Nov 11, in Tehachapi; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm MIKE + RUTHY, from THE MAMMALS, play their CD Release Tour for their new album, "Million To One," at Fiddlers Crossing, 206 East F St, Tehachapi; 661-823-9994 www.events.fiddlerscrossing.com.
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Mike and Ruthy are a musical couple whose love was forged in New York City amidst a swirl of rock, anti-folk, and Americana enthusiasm. They harmonized from the first night they met, bringing smiles to their friends' faces with original songs and layering raspy fiddle over pop-strummed guitar. It was 1999, and their band, Rhinegold, played to pre-trucker-hat hipsters in the East Village and then gathered to play more songs around the cluttered coffeetable at someone's apartment. Richard Buckner played low on the small bedside stereo as these young, nocturnal band-mates got some early morning sleep.
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It's true that Mike was originally recruited by his college to play hockey and Ruth had gone to school for acting, but now they began a new path together, crafting songs and recordings and touring the world. Ten years later, Mike and Ruthy are married and living upstate with their new son, William Puck. With 7 years of touring under their belts with folk band The Mammals, they have begun a new chapter, one that still incorporates the best sounds and textures that old-timey and rock music can offer.
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Mike and Ruthy love writing, recording and playing shows and music festivals as a duo or 4-piece band. The added joy and demands of parenthood have given them a new appreciation for the power of good music and the fine community of people they have connected with across the country and the world. Enjoying the beauty of the moment is their shared goal, and you can hear it in every song they sing.
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In addition to playing a great many famous folk venues, they were stars in summer 2010 on the festival circuit. A few festivals they played included: the sixth annual “Sugar Hill Festival” in Dalton, MA, Aug 22, where Mike + Ruthy performed with The Ladies Auxilary Ukulele Orchestra; then dashed off the same day to play the “Word x Word Festival” in Pittsfield, MA. Autumn brought the first annual “Hudson Valley Green Festival,” Sep 4 in Staatsburg, NY, and the October 10 “O+ Festival” in Kingston, NY, and the October 21-23 “Magnolia Festival” in Live Oak, FL.
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Thu, Nov 11, world music:
8 pm GAMELAN CUDAMANI at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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The exhilarating splendor of Çudamani returns to UCLA Live with its newest innovation, Bamboo to Bronze. The 26-member music and dance ensemble from Bali, Indonesia harnesses movement, music and spectacle to transport audiences into the vibrant world of the treasured gamelan art form. Bamboo to Bronze highlights Balinese contemporary reality by celebrating the intimate and poetic sounds of a small village as well as the virtuosic, dynamic and technically dazzling sound of the brilliant seven-toned gamelan Semarandana. The simple beauty of bamboo and the glorious sheen of bronze continue to coexist in the increasingly complex and sophisticated culture of Bali. Tix, $28-48 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Fri & Sat, Nov 12 & 13, in Florida:
Annual “MIAMI MUSIC FESTIVAL” in Miami, FL.
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Fri, Nov 12; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm MIKE + RUTHY (from THE MAMMALS) play their CD Release Tour for their new album, "Million To One," at the Center for Folk Music, in Encino Community Park, 16953 Ventura Bl, Encino 91316; HQ of the California Traditional Music Society; www.ctmsfolkmusic.org.
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Mike and Ruthy are a musical couple whose love was forged in New York City amidst a swirl of rock, anti-folk, and Americana enthusiasm. They harmonized from the first night they met, bringing smiles to their friends' faces with original songs and layering raspy fiddle over pop-strummed guitar. It was 1999, and their band, Rhinegold, played to pre-trucker-hat hipsters in the East Village and then gathered to play more songs around the cluttered coffeetable at someone's apartment. Richard Buckner played low on the small bedside stereo as these young, nocturnal band-mates got some early morning sleep.
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It's true that Mike was originally recruited by his college to play hockey and Ruth had gone to school for acting, but now they began a new path together, crafting songs and recordings and touring the world. Ten years later, Mike and Ruthy are married and living upstate with their new son, William Puck. With 7 years of touring under their belts with folk band The Mammals, they have begun a new chapter, one that still incorporates the best sounds and textures that old-timey and rock music can offer.
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Mike and Ruthy love writing, recording and playing shows and music festivals as a duo or 4-piece band. The added joy and demands of parenthood have given them a new appreciation for the power of good music and the fine community of people they have connected with across the country and the world. Enjoying the beauty of the moment is their shared goal, and you can hear it in every song they sing.
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In addition to playing a great many famous folk venues, they were stars in summer 2010 on the festival circuit. A few festivals they played included: the sixth annual “Sugar Hill Festival” in Dalton, MA, Aug 22, where Mike + Ruthy performed with The Ladies Auxilary Ukulele Orchestra; then dashed off the same day to play the “Word x Word Festival” in Pittsfield, MA. Autumn brought the first annual “Hudson Valley Green Festival,” Sep 4 in Staatsburg, NY, and the October 10 “O+ Festival” in Kingston, NY, and the October 21-23 “Magnolia Festival” in Live Oak, FL.
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More at www.mikeandruthy.com and www.myspace.com/mikeandruthy
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Sat, Nov 13:
9 am-4 pm “MONTROSE ART WALK” in the 2300 & 2400 blocks of Honolulu Av, Montrose. Billed as, “Musicians playing, great family outing. Watch artists work while strolling along the tree-lined Honolulu Avenue.” Info, call Montrose Chamber of Commerce, 818-249-7171. Runs May 8, Jul 10, Sep 18, Nov 13.
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Sat, Nov 13; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JUDE JOHNSTONE & MARK GOLDENBERG play the Thousand Oaks Library Music Series, at Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks 91362; 818-621-8309; info, www.BodieHouse.com.
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Sat, Nov 13, in San Diego; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm MIKE + RUTHY (from THE MAMMALS) play their CD Release Tour for their new album, "Million To One," at the San Diego Folk Heritage series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas; 858-566-4040; www.sdfolkheritage.org.
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Mike and Ruthy are a musical couple whose love was forged in New York City amidst a swirl of rock, anti-folk, and Americana enthusiasm. They harmonized from the first night they met, bringing smiles to their friends' faces with original songs and layering raspy fiddle over pop-strummed guitar. It was 1999, and their band, Rhinegold, played to pre-trucker-hat hipsters in the East Village and then gathered to play more songs around the cluttered coffeetable at someone's apartment. Richard Buckner played low on the small bedside stereo as these young, nocturnal band-mates got some early morning sleep.
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It's true that Mike was originally recruited by his college to play hockey and Ruth had gone to school for acting, but now they began a new path together, crafting songs and recordings and touring the world. Ten years later, Mike and Ruthy are married and living upstate with their new son, William Puck. With 7 years of touring under their belts with folk band The Mammals, they have begun a new chapter, one that still incorporates the best sounds and textures that old-timey and rock music can offer.
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Mike and Ruthy love writing, recording and playing shows and music festivals as a duo or 4-piece band. The added joy and demands of parenthood have given them a new appreciation for the power of good music and the fine community of people they have connected with across the country and the world. Enjoying the beauty of the moment is their shared goal, and you can hear it in every song they sing. More at www.mikeandruthy.com and www.myspace.com/mikeandruthy
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Sat-Sat, Nov 13-20, departing from New Orleans:
“PIRATES OF ZYDECO CRUISE 2010” is a chance to “Get your pirate on and get on a Pirate Cruise,” New Orleans to Key West / Bahamas, on the Carnival “Triumph.” Music featuring GENO DELAFOSE & FRENCH ROCKING BOOGIE BAND with special guest STEVE RILEY. Sponsors say, “We are sailing thehHigh seas with zydeco and Cajun music for our 13th year. [This time] following Captain Jean Lafitte ,famous Pirate of New Orleans (and the subject of the movie, “The Buccaneer”) from New Orleans across the Caribbean dancing under the stars all the way. There will be awesome music, dance lessons, classes for making your Pirate fun things, super shore excursions and the Pirate Costume Ball. Join us for this most unique Zydeco event. Call the Travel Machine to reserve your cabin. Book Early for the best prices me hearties! And a special Zydeco Cruise Boarding Party at the Rocking Bowl Friday before we sail!”
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$250 deposit holds your spot. Call 800-683-9882 or email Kermit@TravelMachine.net, exclusive agent for Zydeco Cruises.
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Sun, Nov 14, in Santa Barbara; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm MIKE + RUTHY (from THE MAMMALS) play their CD Release Tour for their new album, "Million To One," at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St, Santa Barbara 93101; 805-962-7776; www.sohosb.com.
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Mike and Ruthy are a musical couple whose love was forged in New York City amidst a swirl of rock, anti-folk, and Americana enthusiasm. They harmonized from the first night they met, bringing smiles to their friends' faces with original songs and layering raspy fiddle over pop-strummed guitar. It was 1999, and their band, Rhinegold, played to pre-trucker-hat hipsters in the East Village and then gathered to play more songs around the cluttered coffeetable at someone's apartment. Richard Buckner played low on the small bedside stereo as these young, nocturnal band-mates got some early morning sleep.
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It's true that Mike was originally recruited by his college to play hockey and Ruth had gone to school for acting, but now they began a new path together, crafting songs and recordings and touring the world. Ten years later, Mike and Ruthy are married and living upstate with their new son, William Puck. With 7 years of touring under their belts with folk band The Mammals, they have begun a new chapter, one that still incorporates the best sounds and textures that old-timey and rock music can offer.
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Mike and Ruthy love writing, recording and playing shows and music festivals as a duo or 4-piece band. The added joy and demands of parenthood have given them a new appreciation for the power of good music and the fine community of people they have connected with across the country and the world. Enjoying the beauty of the moment is their shared goal, and you can hear it in every song they sing.
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In addition to playing a great many famous folk venues, they were stars in summer 2010 on the festival circuit. A few festivals they played included: the sixth annual “Sugar Hill Festival” in Dalton, MA, Aug 22, where Mike + Ruthy performed with The Ladies Auxilary Ukulele Orchestra; then dashed off the same day to play the “Word x Word Festival” in Pittsfield, MA. Autumn brought the first annual “Hudson Valley Green Festival,” Sep 4 in Staatsburg, NY, and the October 10 “O+ Festival” in Kingston, NY, and the October 21-23 “Magnolia Festival” in Live Oak, FL.
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Thu, Nov 18; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
KATHERINE JENKINS performs at the Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Bl, L.A.; 213-380-5005. She’s done a spectacular special for PBS, and her version of Sarah McLaughlin’s “Angel” is the best we’ve heard – and seen, with a dancer - suspended from traveling slings - who takes her aloft then brings her back to earth, mid-song. Her voice, through all of it, is magnificent, as is her choice of songs.
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Fri, Nov 19; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm RICHARD BERMAN (from Amherst, Massachusetts) and STEVE MECKFESSEL play a double-bill at the “CAMARILLO CAFÉ CONCERT SERIES,” at Camarillo Community Center, 1605 E Burnley St (NE corner, Carmen & Burnley), Camarillo; info, 805-523-2682, email WhatsHappening@CamarilloCafe.com and website, www.CamarilloCafe.com. Sponsored by Pleasant Valley Recreation & Parks District. Produced by Gary & Kathy Lynch.
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Schedule:
7:30 pm - doors open - open mic signups begin
8 pm – open mic
8:40 pm – first headliner.
9:15 pm – break (refreshments and snacks available)
9:40 pm – second headliner.
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Fri, Nov 19; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “RICHARD THOMPSON’S CABARET OF SOULS” featuring HARRY SHEARER, JUDITH OWEN, PETE ZORN & special guests at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Direct from London's Royal Festival Hall, this show marks the West Coast premiere of Richard Thompson's stunning “Cabaret of Souls.” Featuring all-new songs and an original score composed by Thompson himself, “Cabaret of Souls” is a witty musical satire on human foibles, inviting the audience to cross over into darkness for an evening of entertainment staged in the Underworld. Featuring Richard Thompson with musical and theatrical cohorts Harry Shearer, Judith Owen, Pete Zorn, Debra Dobkin, David Piltch and the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, conducted by Peter Askim. Tix, $28-53 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Fri, Nov 19:
8 pm CURT SMITH of TEARS FOR FEARS at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
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Sat, Nov 20:
8 pm FREEBO & FRIENDS at “Russ & Julie’s House Concert” series in Oak Park (Thousand Oaks / Agoura Hills area); reservations get directions at 818-707-2179 or houseconcerts@jrp-graphics.com. Series and show info, www.houseconcerts.us.
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Sat, Nov 20:
8 pm MENAHEM PRESSLER and RICHARD STOLTZMAN with THE NEW YORK CHAMBER SOLOISTS ORCHESTRA at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Two of chamber music’s finest appear for an evening featuring Menahem Pressler performing Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453 and Richard Stoltzman performing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, K. 622. Together the duo will present Brahms’ Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120.
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MENAHEM PRESSLER, one of classical music’s most distinguished and honored pianists, was co-founder of the revered BEAUX ARTS TRIO.
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RICHARD STOLTZMAN, a two-time Grammy winner, is considered one of the world’s foremost clarinetists and is known for bringing the instrument to the forefront of modern classical music. Tix, $38-68 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Wed, Dec 1:
8 pm JOHN McLAUGHLIN & THE 4th DIMENSION at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Considered by many critics and fans to be one of the greatest guitar players of all time, JOHN McLAUGHLIN has famously performed with MILES DAVIS and also with his own historic bands, THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, SHAKTI, and THE GUITAR TRIO. Through a career spanning four decades, McLaughlin’s reputation and artistry as a virtuoso guitarist and adventurous improviser has remained constant. For the 4th DIMENSION, he has enlisted multi-instrumentalist GARY HUSBAND to play percussion and keyboards along with Jeff Beck drummer MARK MONDESIR. Plus, there’s ETIENNE MBAPPÉ, an extraordinary young bassist from Cameroon, to complete the rhythm section. Tix, $43-83 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sun, Dec 5:
7 pm “ALICE COLTRANE TRIBUTE” with a host of all-star musicians, to pay tribute to jazz legend Alice Coltrane at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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It’s appropriate this is at UCLA, the site of ALICE COLTRANE’s historic 1976 recording “Transfiguration.” Led by KYP MALONE (TV on the Radio, Rain Machine) and co-curated by famed record producer IAN BRENNAN, the night will feature inspirational and improvisatory music via mini sets and onstage collaborations from legendary saxophonist PHAROAH SANDERS, guitarist NELS CLINE (Wilco), acclaimed Dutch free-improvisation drummer HAN BENNINK, free jazz saxophonist DANIEL CARTER, and others. Lineup subject to change. Tix, $28-48 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Jan 22, 2011:
8 pm “WALLACE SHAWN: REAL WORLD, FAKE WORLD, DREAM WORLD” is a spoken word performance at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Writer and actor Wallace Shawn delivers a reading and interpretation from his most recent work, alongside an offering of excerpts from the works of writers and thinkers he admires. Known to stage and film audiences as an extraordinary character actor, Shawn is an Obie Award-winning playwright and best-selling author. His celebrated works include “The Designated Mourner,” and “The Fever,” along with the poignant film “My Dinner with Andre,” which Shawn co-wrote. His most recent work, “Essays,” released in 2009, is a highly personal, often self-deprecating collection of Shawn’s perspective on life, politics, morality and the power of art. Tix, $28-48 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sun, Jan 23, 2011:
3:30 pm CLAREMONT TRIO with NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA, viola, plays the “SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN” 107th season (2010-2011), presented by the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; series info 626-793-4191; www.colemanchambermusic.org. Season subscription (6 concerts) $108-$234; single-event tix $24-45.
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Fri-Sun, Jan 28-30, 2011:
“CEAIT FESTIVAL ~ ‘IANNIS XENAKIS: NOW & TOMORROW’” at REDCAT, The Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theater, at the L.A. Music Center, 631 W 2nd St (at Hope St), inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, downtown L.A. 90012; www.redcat.org; 213-237-2800; www.redcat.org/sites/redcat.org/files/REDCAT_Fall10_Brochure.pdf.
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Thu, Feb 10, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “THE ONION EDITORS” bring their satirical spoken word to UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Deadpan satire and journalistic skill collide in the phenomenon that is “The Onion.” Founded in 1988 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the “fake news” newspaper is the notable precursor to such biting, faux-news programs as "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report." Last year, “The Onion News Network,” an online send-up of 24-hour cable TV news, was named a Peabody Award winner and praised as “hilarious, trenchant and not infrequently hard to distinguish from the real thing.” In their UCLA Live debut, current Onion editor JOE RANDAZZO and fellow staffers present a multimedia discussion on the state of media, politics and pop culture, as they offer insight into how the paper’s culture-skewering stories and hilarious headlines are created. Tix, $28-48 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Feb 11, 2011:
8 pm DANIEL HOPE & JEFFREY KAHANE at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Britain's versatile violinist DANIEL HOPE, the youngest person ever to perform as part of the prestigious BEAUX ARTS TRIO, is joined on piano by JEFFREY KAHANE, music director of the LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. The duo appears for a stirring performance of Brahms’ Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, Regenlied, O. Messiaen’s Théme et Variations, Schulhoff’s Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 and Franck’s Sonata in A Major.
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DANIEL HOPE is one of the most sought-after violin soloists in music today and has been described by The New York Times as “...a violinist of probing intellect and commanding style.”
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JEFFREY KAHANE is a multitalented conductor and pianist who made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1983 and regularly appears as a soloist with leading orchestras around the world. Tix, $28-58 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Feb 19, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm MAYA ANGELOU at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Inspiring poet, feminist, author, actress, director and activist Maya Angelou is one of the most recognizable and beloved names in contemporary American literature and one of the most powerful voices in American culture. Her work is vigorous, elegant and wields the power to blur racial and socioeconomic lines. Angelou’s influential “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is a classic that transcends generations. Her prolific career includes a litany of best-selling works of poetry and prose, and this appearance is a rare chance to celebrate this extraordinary woman in her own notable presence.
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Angelou recited her original poetry at President Bill Clinton’s Inauguration in 1993. Not since John F. Kennedy took office in 1961 was a poet invited to take part. (Kennedy chose Carl Sandberg.) President Barack Obama revived the tradition again at his Inauguration in 2009 (the poet was Elizabeth Alexander, though most people remember that ARETHA FRANKLIN sang, and JOHN WILLIAMS conducted ITZHAK PERLMAN, YO-YO MA, GABRIELA MONTERO, & ANTHONY McGILL). Tix, $33-63 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sun, Feb 20, 2011:
3:30 pm BORODIN QUARTET plays the “SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN” 107th season (2010-2011), presented by the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; series info 626-793-4191; www.colemanchambermusic.org. Season subscription (6 concerts) $108-$234; single-event tix $24-45.
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Wed, Feb 23:
8 pm JOHN WATERS: “THIS FILTHY WORLD GOES HOLLYWOOD,” plus opening act ELVIS PERKINS, is an evening of music and one-man theatre at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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As a screenwriter, director, artist, actor, and all-around filth elder, John Waters has become a rotten renaissance man of unprecedented cultural influence. Not only was his movie “Hairspray” turned into a wildly successful Tony Award-winning musical, his recently published memoir, “Role Models,” has been called “alarmingly refined.”
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Waters’ one-man vaudeville act, “This Filthy World Goes Hollywood,” sends up show business, the art world, and his own lunatic career in a rapid-fire performance. Dynamic modern-rock recording artist ELVIS PERKINS opens the show with a solo set, and actor MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER hosts as the evening’s emcee. Tix, $28-48 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Mar 19, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
11 am & 2 pm DAN ZANES & FRIENDS make their annual return for two shows at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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UCLA Live favorite Dan Zanes and his band perform exuberant, handmade music for enthusiastic crowds of kids and kids at heart. Filled with irresistible grooves drawn from a wealth of musical traditions, Zanes, his Brooklyn-based band and his surprising and eccentric special guests, create a rollicking Woodstock for kids, including American traditional songs, dance classics, and smart, inventive originals. The audience is invited to sing along with gusto before things heat up and ultimately evolve into an all-ages dance party. Tix, $18-28 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sun, Mar 20, 2011:
3:30 pm SCHUMANN TRIO plays the “SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN” 107th season (2010-2011), presented by the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; series info 626-793-4191; www.colemanchambermusic.org. Season subscription (6 concerts) $108-$234; single-event tix $24-45.
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Sat, Apr 2, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
2 pm BILL FRISELL TRIO: “SELECTED WORKS OF BUSTER KEATON” at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Incomparable guitarist BILL FRISELL, along with his bandmates TONY SCHERR and KENNY WOLLESEN, create a live score to the Buster Keaton classics “Go West,” “The High Sign,” and “One Week.” Rediscover the timeless charm of Keaton’s magic, as re-imagined with live music, in an afternoon of film and music the whole family can enjoy. The trio plays another show here tonight at 8 pm, with a somewhat different focus; it, too is a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick. See listing. Tix, $18-28 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Apr 2, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm BILL FRISELL TRIO: “SELECTED WORKS OF BUSTER KEATON, JIM WOODRING AND BILL MORRISON” at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Geniuses collide as iconic guitarist BILL FRISELL and his bandmates TONY SCHERR and KENNY WOLLESEN play original compositions to a truly fantastic collection of visuals that includes classic slapstick comedy from a trio of Buster Keaton classics, the bold illustrations of Seattle animator JIM WOODRING and selections from avant-garde filmmaker BILL MORRISON’s “The Mesmerist.” Frisell’s trio sets this eclectic footage to music with a thrilling live score. The trio plays another show here at 11 am today, with a somewhat different focus, intended for families; it, too is a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick. See listing. Tix, $28-43 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Apr 8-10, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
“ARLO GUTHRIE - A WEEKEND OF GUTHRIE IN REDLANDS” is a festival, venue tba. Info, www.BodieHouse.com.
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Fri, Apr 8, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm ARLO GUTHRIE & FRIENDS at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Son of the illustrious WOODY GUTHRIE and current patriarch of folk music’s most notable family, Arlo Guthrie returns to UCLA Live for an evening of American music tinged with humor, warmth and his endearing and often meandering storytelling style. Guthrie shares timeless tales and unforgettable classic songs as he carries on the Guthrie family legacy. With his singular voice as both a singer-songwriter and social commentator, he has maintained a dedicated fan base that spans the globe. His artistic ventures leave lasting impressions of hope and inspiration, and his inimitable musical ingenuity leaps to new creative heights as he perseveres through the times. Tix, $33-58 ($15 for UCLA students) (310) 825-2101, www.uclalive.org.
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Sun, Apr 10, 2011:
3:30 pm REBEL plays the “SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN” 107th season (2010-2011), presented by the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; series info 626-793-4191; www.colemanchambermusic.org. Season subscription (6 concerts) $108-$234; single-event tix $24-45.
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Apr 14, 2011:
CANCELLED: Poet SEAMUS HEANEY’S spoken word engagement at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101. Event cancelled due to Visa issues. Full refunds or exchanges are available at the point of purchase to patrons who purchased tickets to this event during UCLA Live’s subscription-sales window.
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Apr 16, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JOHN FLYNN & JOHN WORT HANNAM play the Thousand Oaks Library Music Series, at Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks 91362; 818-621-8309; info, www.BodieHouse.com. Canadian singer-songwriter JOHN WORT HANNAM took L.A. by storm when he toured a number of local venue in October, 2009. At home in the Great White North, he’s won just about every acoustic music award there is.
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Sat, Apr 23, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
2 pm CHRISTOPH BULL performs a stirring BACH ORGAN RECITAL for UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Bull is a UCLA Live favorite. This is a delightful afternoon of classical music on Royce Hall’s glorious Skinner organ from acclaimed organist Christoph Bull, known for his energizing and often eclectic musical interpretation of organ repertoire. Bull will perform a thrilling and ethereal program of Bach on the UCLA campus treasure, which is known as one of the country’s great musical devices of its kind. Tix, $23/28/33 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Apr 23, 2011:
8 pm BILLY COLLINS and KAY RYAN, two former U.S. Poet Laureates in a spoken word event, at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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The two Poet Laureates share the stage for an evening of readings from their acclaimed work and Q&A with the audience.
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BILLY COLLINS, winner of the 2004 inaugural Mark Twain Prize for Humor in Poetry, served as America’s Poet Laureate from 2001-2003. Beloved for his ironic style, Collins is one of the top-selling modern poets and author of nine collections including “Questions about Angels”,” The Art of Drowning,” and “The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems.”
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KAY RYAN, California native and UCLA alumna, was U.S. Poet Laureate from 2008-2010 and is revered for her complex and rueful style. Her work includes “The Jam Jar Lifeboat & Other Novelties Exposed,” a delightful collection inspired by stories from “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!,” as well as “Flamingo Watching”, a finalist for both the Lamont Poetry Selection and the Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2004, Ryan was awarded The Ruth Lilly Prize—the Poetry Foundation’s highest honor.
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In conjunction with this event and April’s National Poetry Month, UCLA Live will launch a poetry-writing contest for the Los Angeles community, with winning submissions to be read onstage in Royce Hall. More details will be available closer to the event. Tix, $28-53.
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Thu, May 12, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND and THE DEL MCCOURY BAND in a stellar double-bill at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Two pillars of American music from two distinct lineages come together for an unforgettable evening to celebrate the glory of tradition and the power of newfound collaboration. Starting as a sideman for the legendary “father of bluegrass” Bill Monroe nearly 50 years ago, McCoury has broadened the audience for the genre. During that same period, the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band has defined the tradition of New Orleans jazz. Now, they have converged to record and perform an unforgettable mix of bluegrass and traditional jazz. Each band will play individual sets, followed by a soul-stirring joint finale. Tix, $38-63 ($15 for UCLA students).
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May 22, 2011; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
“L.A. ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL” returns after a year of hiatus. This year, it’s a one-day event at the Broad Stage Theatre at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica; 310-434-3200; www.thebroadstage.com; www.events.smc.edu. We do not know the lineup, but we feel comfortable recommending it as a “Show-of-the-Week” pick, given the talent that Renee Bodie booked the first year, and the fact that this is a MUCH more manageable venue where costs can be contained and ticket prices should be kept to reasonable limits. The festival is a benefit for the nonprofit California Acoustic Music Project.
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LA Acoustic Music Festival, www.laacousticmusicfestival.com
California Acoustic Music Project, www.californiaacousticmusicproject.org
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