Spotlight Events: Acoustic Americana Music Guide, September 23, 2011 edition

    
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               SPOTLIGHT EVENTS
     
                         from THE ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE
     
                                                                                          September 23, 2011 edition
     
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    Southern California – the region of our core coverage – continues to have THE MOST live acoustic music performances of anyplace in the world! (Not a brag, just a FACT.)
    
That's amply demonstrated in THIS SECTION of the Guide, our SPOTLIGHT EVENTS.
    
     
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PLUS, remember to check THIS WEEK’S NEWS FEATURES, September 23 edition, in its own section of the Guide!    
    
That's just a li'l ol' click away, at
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/09/news-features-acoustic-americana-music_23.html  
    
    
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        SPOTLIGHT EVENTS brings you the Guide's chronological, day-by-day listings and descriptions of live acoustic and Americana performances, festivals, workshops for artists, and more. We cover music indoors and out, across and around the vast L.A. region, from the north border of Santa Barbara County to the south border of Orange County, inland to the deserts, plus some key events in San Diego and beyond. And, we include FESTIVALS anywhere we think you're interested in finding them.
     
    
    
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Friday, September 23
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Fri, Sep 23; Wed-Sun, Sep 21-25, in Ventura County:
“SIMI VALLEY FAIR & MUSIC FESTIVAL” at Rancho Simi Park, 1765 Royal Av (at E minger), Simi Valley. Event info, www.simivalleydays.org or call 805-338-5582.
    Live music here is a hodge-podge, but SUNDAY is a “Country Music Festival” that includes THE SIDESHOW PREACHERS at 2 pm, VON COTTON at 3:35, LARRY BAGBY BAND OF BROTHERS at 5:10, and JUST DAVE BAND at 6:45 pm.
    Event looks like a big end-of-summer country fair that includes a car show, a parade on Sep 24, a 5 & 10 K run, and girls' softball tournament. The event benefits local nonprofits.
     
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Fri, Sep 23:
8 pm BOBBY LONG at McCabe's, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
     
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Fri, Sep 23; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
8 pm THE BRACKEN BAND brings Irish music to the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro; 310-833-4813; www.grandvision.org. With influences from The Chieftains to the Cranberries, THE BRACKEN BAND, featuring MARIAN TOMAS GRIFFIN, delivers high energy Irish jigs, reels and contemporary Irish tunes, too. Doors at 7:30 pm for the best seats.
    Tix, $15 adv, $20 door; $10 student tix.
     
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Fri, Sep 23; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
8 pm TOM CORBETT with BORDER RADIO at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations, 626-798-6236; info, www.coffeegallery.com. Tom is opening the evening and then playing with Border Radio. This'll be fun! Tix, $18.
     
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Fri, Sep 23, in Ventura:
8 pm ROD PIAZZA & THE MIGHTY FLYERS BLUES QUARTET at Yolies, 138 W Main, Ventura; 805-816-0663; tix, www.HiHatEntertainment.com. Tix, $18.     
     
     
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Saturday, September 24
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Sat, Sep 24, festival; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
9 am-8 pm 17th annual HARVEST FESTIVAL OF DULCIMERS at the Culver Palms United Methodist Church; 4464 Sepulveda Bl; Culver City; info, www.scdh.org.    
     
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Sat & Sun, Sep 24 & 25, festival; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
Annual “CASTAIC DAYS” includes a 7 pm Saturday set by Grammy nominees LISA HALEY & THE ZYDECATS; venue is Castaic Lake, 32132 Castaic Lake Dr, Castaic 91384; event info, 661-257-4050 or www.castaicdays.com    
    Lisa talks about and plays Cajun & zydeco music at www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbYuHlI2xxA.    
    Michael Lucas of the Los Angeles Times calls Lisa Hayley and the Zydekats’ music "a pop approach to Louisiana's sound...one-of-a-kind cornbread voice."
    We find her marvelous, a world-class talent with a splendid and powerfully joyous voice. With her band, just back from a world tour that included the South Pacific Music Festival on Borneo (no kidding!), they play authentic, high-energy Americana / Louisiana / Pop / Folk music that is fun to sing along. It's an infectious repertoire, ranging from contemporary Louisiana music to 120-year-old traditional Cajun and zydeco songs, and they blend education with rollicking entertainment, teaching all ages about the rich history of Louisiana/Americana migration.
    Lisa Haley & the Zydekats include the talents of Gigi Rabe “Accordion Diva”, Chuck Alvarez, Andy Anders, and fine drummer Maria Martinez. In addition to live performance and recordings, they have collaborated on major motion pictures, including "Where the Red Fern Grows," “The Muppet Movie,” “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” and "Man in the Moon."
     
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Sat, Sep 24, in Ventura County:
10 am-evening Annual “CAMARILLO ART & JAZZ FESTIVAL” is both a free daytime and ticketed mid-afternoon-to-evening event, free during the day in Old Town Camarillo (along Ventura Bl) and tickets required (beginning at 2 pm) at Pleasant Valley Outdoor Performance Center, 2222 E Ventura Bl, Camarillo. Info, www.camarilloartandjazz.com    
    Despite the “Jazz” title, this is eclectic enough to interest a broader audience. There's entertainment on three stages during the day – Dizdar Park Stage, Palm Street Stage, and Fir Street Stage. That includes a battle of the bands (Dizdar Park Stage). Evening show features jazz, plus BLUE MOON SWAMP BAND (CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL tribute band). Evening tix, $25, daytime free.
     
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Sat, Sep 24; Wed-Sun, Sep 21-25, in Ventura County:
“SIMI VALLEY FAIR & MUSIC FESTIVAL” at Rancho Simi Park, 1765 Royal Av (at Eminger), Simi Valley. Event info, www.simivalleydays.org or call 805-338-5582.
    Live music here is a hodge-podge, but SUNDAY is a “Country Music Festival” that includes THE SIDESHOW PREACHERS at 2 pm, VON COTTON at 3:35, LARRY BAGBY BAND OF BROTHERS at 5:10, and JUST DAVE BAND at 6:45 pm.
    Event looks like a big end-of-summer country fair that includes a car show, a parade on Sep 24, a 5 & 10 K run, and girls' softball tournament. The event benefits local nonprofits.
     
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Sat & Sun, Sep 24 & 25, festival, in Sacramento:
Annual “SEAFARER'S MARKETPLACE & PIRATE FESTIVAL” brings Cajun-zydeco music and dance, and seafaring and pirate music. Free admission with donations of canned food or cash. Live music, Pirate encampments, cannon fights, food and treasures from around the globe, and more. Characters welcome, so rummage through the costume trunk. Info, directions, etc at www.louisianasue.com or call 916-962-6415.
     
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Sat, Sep 24; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
3 pm KEN O'MALLEY brings a matinee of authentic and original Irish music to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reservations number (NEW, May 2011) is 626-798-6236. (“The venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”). Tix, $18.
     
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Sat, Sep 24; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
5 pm WOMEN ON THE MOVE Trio (JOAN ENGUITA, LINDA GELERIS & TRISH LESTER) plus folksinger-songwriter DAVE MORRISON play a house concert that includes a home-cooked dinner and a “bring-your-instruments” song circle in Sherman Oaks. Reservations get directions at 213-219-2449. $15 suggested donation includes dinner & beverages.
     
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Sat, Sep 24:
5-7 pm Monthly ACOUSTIC JAM sponsored by The Living Tradition at Anaheim Community Center, 250 E Center St, Anaheim. All acoustic instruments welcome. Info, 714-267-4567. Free.
     
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Sat, Sep 24; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
7 pm “FOLK ROOTS OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC” is “A Musi-Cational* House Concert in South Pasadena, benefiting the music student scholarship fund administered by music teacher TOM FAIR. Reservations get directions at dynamic_events@hotmail.com or 626-319-9289.
     The program “trace[s] the music of the American people from the British Isles through Southern slave songs to modern-time troubadours such as Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and [others].” It's intended for an audience of teens and adults. Entry by a minimum donation of $10 to the music student scholarship fund. TOM FAIR is the featured performer, with guest musicians and guest vocalists.
     
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Sat, Sep 24; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
7 pm JANET KLEIN & HER PARLOR BOYS at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reservations number (NEW, May 2011) is 626-798-6236. (“The venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”). It's hotsy-totsy, with the charming Ms. Klein and the delightful – and sometimes rather “naughty” - tunes of the nineteen-teens through the twenties. Tix, $20.
     
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Sat, Sep 24:
7 pm “A FAMILY EVENING OF IRISH MUSIC & DANCE” with KEN O'MALLEY other top local Irish musicians and lots of Irish dancers, at the Burbank Airport Marriott, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank. It's part of the “ST. AMBROSE FEIS” with “some of the finest competitive Irish dancers and Irish musicians.” The event is free(!) Info, www.clearyirish.com    
     
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Sat, Sep 24; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
7:30 -10 pm “POETRY GETS THE BLUES” with music by renowned bluesman BERNIE PEARL and poetry by his poet brother SHERMAN PEARL, at the Rumor Mill Cafe, 11739 W. Washington Bl, L.A. (next to Culver City). Bernie says, “We recite poems and play the blues, in a program of spoken word and music featuring several artists.” This is a popular and anticipated annual event. Free admission. Info, 310-397-5400.
     
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Sat, Sep 24; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
7:30 pm FRANCISCO GONZALEZ "Mexican Harp" at the Folk Music Center & Museum, 220 Yale Av, Claremont 91711; 909-624-2928; www.folkmusiccenter.com. info@folkmusiccenter.com
Tix, $12. Listen to samples at www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbAYg1ra6kE
     
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Sat, Sep 24, in Ventura County:
7:30 pm CHUMASH INTER-TRIBAL SINGERS present an evening cultural program, representing and sharing many local regional Native American Indian cultures, at Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa Site; take 101 Fwy to Lynn Road Exit in Newbury Park, S on Lynn Rd 5.25 miles to Via Goleta; park entrance is on the left. Event includes song and dance. Co-sponsored by the National Park Service. Info, 805-370-2301. Free.
     
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Sat, Sep 24; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick: (Late addition)
TONY BENNETT, STEVIE WONDER, & CARRIE UNDERWOOD do a benefit concert for “Drive to End Hunger” at Staples Center in downtown L.A.
     
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Sat, Sep 24; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
8 pm JENNIFER WARNES at McCabe's, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4497. Tix, $38.50.
     
     
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Sunday, September 25
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Yikes! We missed one! The ABBOT KINNEY FESTIVAL, subtitled “A Community in Concert,” is Sunday only, 10 am-6 pm, in Venice (the California one, not the Italian one). Music includes Cajun-zydeco Grammy nominees LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS (3:30 pm, Kidsquad Stage) and a hodge-podge of world music and alt rock all day. The event website omits a LOT of the music, but seems to include the armada of food trucks – www.abbotkinney.org.
   PARKING TIP: Park at Venice High (13000 Venice Blvd)- $5 donation to the school’s booster club is suggested & take free shuttle.

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Sun, Sep 25:
11 am RANDY KAPLAN – “COUNTRY BLUES & STORIES” at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 Topanga Canyon Bl, Topanga; 310-455-3723; www.theatricum.com.
     
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Sun, Sep 25; Sat & Sun, Sep 24 & 25, festival:
Annual “CASTAIC DAYS” includes lots of music, with a 7 pm Saturday set by Grammy nominees LISA HALEY & THE ZYDECATS; venue is Castaic Lake, 32132 Castaic Lake Dr, Castaic 91384; event info, 661-257-4050 or www.castaicdays.com    
     
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Sun, Sep 25, in Ventura:
1 pm “VENTURA HILLSIDES MUSIC FESTIVAL” is a benefit event for the Ventura Hillsides Conservancy, with BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, DAVID LINDLEY, FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, & CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, at Arroyo Verde Park, Ventura. Info and tix, www.venturahillsides.org.     
     
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Sun, Sep 25; Wed-Sun, Sep 21-25, in Simi Valley:
“SIMI VALLEY FAIR & MUSIC FESTIVAL” at Rancho Simi Park, 1765 Royal Av (at E minger), Simi Valley. Event info, www.simivalleydays.org or call 805-338-5582.
    Live music here is a hodge-podge, but SUNDAY is a “Country Music Festival” that includes THE SIDESHOW PREACHERS at 2 pm, VON COTTON at 3:35, LARRY BAGBY BAND OF BROTHERS at 5:10, and JUST DAVE BAND at 6:45 pm.
    Event looks like a big end-of-summer country fair that includes a car show, a parade on Sep 24, a 5 & 10 K run, and girls' softball tournament. The event benefits local nonprofits.
     
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Sun, Sep 25; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
3 pm NEREA, Canadian Folk Music Award Winner for “Young Performer of the Year,” does a matinee show at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reservations number (NEW, May 2011) is 626-798-6236. (“The venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
    Nerea is “Highly recommended,” says Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow, Scotland, and she is a “Virtuoso of the fiddle,” says Le Telegramme newspaper (France).
    Tix, $15.
     
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Sun, Sep 25:
5:30-9 pm The very last “GRAND OLE ECHO” for 2011, with SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, at the Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Bl, Echo Park 90026. Unlike the previous shows all season, this one is 18+ and requires tickets. Advance tix at www.attheecho.com/2011/09/25. Tix are $12 advance, $14 doors.
     
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Sun, Sep 25; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
7 pm Annual “BLUEGRASS CONCERT AT THE FORD” with MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER plus LOAFER'S GLORY, at the Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Bl East, Hollywood 90068; 323-GO1-FORD (323-461-3673); www.FordTheatres.org.
    MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER are a great bluegrass band from Back East, and as TOM SAUBER of the all-star LOAFER'S GLORY observes, “The Ford is a great place to see and hear music.“
    Box dinner orders available for some shows at 310-652-3797. [aka John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.] Come early and bring your picnic at tables & chair in the “leafy entryway” by the waterfalls (you can bring your own wine or other beverage, and grounds open 2 hours before show time for picnicking). Food & drink are available on-site, though they always run out of hot cocoa when it’s chilly.
     
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Sun, Sep 25; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
7 pm JIM LAUDERDALE plus PIETA BROWN at McCabe's, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
     
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Sun, Sep 25; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
7 pm SIMPLY PUT at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reservations number (NEW, May 2011) is 626-798-6236. (“The venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
    This is an Ovation Award-winning a cappela group that has played Staples Center and Disney Concert Hall in L.A., Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in NYC, and the Kennedy Center in D.C. Tix, $15.
     
     
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Tuesday, September 27
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Tue, Sep 27; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
7:30 pm EMMYLOU HARRIS & her RED DIRT BOYS plus PATTY GRIFFIN & BUDDY MILLER 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. The Guide gave you a shot at advance tickets in mid-August at a special url; public sale is now ongoing.
     
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Tue, Sep 27:
SOULAVIV - JEWISH GOSPEL AND SOUL, at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; 626-683-6883; www.bostoncourt.com.     
    SoulAviv's unique and original repertoire is infused with the sounds of Motown, gospel, Memphis soul, and a particular affinity with the great harmony groups of the '60s and '70s. Socially conscious lyrics mix with deep spirituality; combined with jubilant celebration, and a little California sunshine thrown in for fun.
     
     
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Wednesday, September 28
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Wed, Sep 28:
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA plus SARA & SEAN WATKINS (from NICKEL CREEK) do 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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Wed, Sep 28:
JESSICA RIVERA: “SONGS FROM MY SOUL,” at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; 626-683-6883; www.bostoncourt.com.     
    We've seen her perform. She's wonderful. The venue says, “With her uncommonly beautiful vocal luster and exceptional musical intelligence, the ravishing Los Angeles-based soprano has established herself as one of the premiere interpreters of 20th and 21st century music. Her deeply spiritual connection and religious convictions, along with an innate ability to communicate intense emotional expression in her voice, make her singing truly the extension of her soul.”
     
     
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Thursday, September 29
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Thu, Sep 29-Sat, Oct 1, festival:
OOH LA L.A.,” aka the 3rd Annual “FRENCH MUSIC FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES,” runs September 29 through October 1 at the El Rey Theater and features an eclectic lineup of NOUVELLE VAGUE, TINARIWEN, HINDI ZAHRA, HUGH COLTMAN, DJ CAM, BIRDY NAM NAM and others.
    Amoeba Hollywood will present a special in-store showcase with acclaimed Touareg band TINARIWEN, performing live in the store on September 29 at 6 pm (caution – this one is an electric show).
     
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Thu, Sep 29; a “Show-of-the-Week” pick:
8 pm “THE BYRDS & BEYOND” with former BYRDS JOHN YORK & BILLY DARNELL, and L.A. fave CHAD WATSON, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reservations number (NEW, May 2011) is 626-798-6236. (“The venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
    Tix, $20.
     
     
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Friday, September 30
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Fri-Sun, Sep 30-Oct 2, in Ojai:
“WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL” brings “music from all over the world” to Libbey Bowl and the Ojai Art Center, both in Ojai. Info, 805-646-8907.
     
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Fri, Sep 30:
B. B. KING plus SHAWN JONES at the Canyon Club, 28912 Roadside Dr, Agoura Hills; tix, www.canyonclub.net; 818-879-5016.
     
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Fri, Sep 30:
8 pm OLLABELLE at McCabe's, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
     
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Fri, Sep 30, in Ventura:
8 pm HOLLYWOOD BLUE FLAMES at Yolies, 138 W Main, Ventura; 805-816-0663; tix, www.HiHatEntertainment.com. Tix, $18.     
     
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Fri, Sep 30:
THE AROHI ENSEMBLE - “SOULS ASCENDING,” at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; 626-683-6883; www.bostoncourt.com.
    The Arohi Ensemble features Paul Livingstone on sitar, Pedro Eustache on world winds, Abhijit Banerjee on tabla, Peter Jacobson on cello, and Dave Lewis on drums, with guest vocalist from India, Mahesh Kale.
     
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Fri, Sep 30:
Bluesman / actor HUGH LAURIE performs with RASPIN STUWART at the Mint, 6010 W Pico Bl, Los Angeles 90035; www.TheMintLA.com; 323-954-9400. $15.
     
     
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COMING IN OCTOBER:
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“UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS HARVEST FESTIVAL” runs weekends, Oct 1-31 in Ventura County, and includes the annual “FOLK FESTIVAL”weekend Oct 8 & 9, and the Oct 22 & 23 “WESTERN HERITAGE” weekend, all at Underwood Family Farms, 3370 Sunset Valley Rd, Moorpark. More later, or check www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com, or call them at 805-529-3690.
     
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“MOORPARK COUNTRY DAYS” is Sat, Oct 1, 9 am-4 pm, and includes a street fair, parade, and live music. This year's theme is “Celebrate American History.” Info, 805-529-3690.
     
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“OXNARD MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL” is Sat, Oct 1, 10 am-6 pm, with live music and vendors at Plaza Park in downtown Oxnard. Info, 805-385-7434.
     
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“BILL TAPIA, LIVE AT THE WARNER GRAND THEATRE - THE 100th BIRTHDAY CONCERT” CD Release Party is Sat, Oct 1. Yep, the world's oldest professional musician, the only one living who played with JOHN PHILLIP SOUZA and with most of the Big Band legends, and who is STILL AT IT making music, is indeed releasing a new CD, recorded three years ago at his 100th Birthday concert. And, yep, he IS amazing! "If there was a Mount Rushmore for ukulele players, Bill Tapia would be on it." Reservations get directions at info@panioloproductions.com.    
     
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MARINA V plays Sat, Oct 1, at the Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood. She says, “My bday show with Russian chocolates! $5 suggested donation at the door goes to Cancer Research foundation.”
     
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CATHY BARTON & DAVE PARRA do a 3 pm matinee, then there's an evening show by SIMON LYNGE at 7 pm, both on Sun, Oct 2, both HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, both at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.
     
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BUTCH HANCOCK plays an 8 pm Monday night show, Oct 3, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.
     
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Annual “SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES” are Sat & Sun, Oct 8 & 9 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura.
    This is always one of the best fall music events in the Southern half of the Golden State, with Celtic music that includes both traditional music and dance and Celtic rock. There are pipe and drum corps competitions and performances and massed band pageantry – and “pipe” means bagpipes, for the uninitiated – with the best kilt-and-kit wearing groups for 400 miles.
    While there is enough music on multiple stages to make tough choices a certainty, plus the state's only Scottish fiddle championship, this is a convening of Highland games, as well. As their promo said a few years ago, that means “Large men throwing things,” and some powerful women letting loose with potentially lethal objects, as well.
    The Caber Toss involves throwing telephone poles end-over-end. One person throwing one pole. Amazing. And they do the Hammer Throw. Think of a scene from Thor. You'll either be intimidated or inspired by the sheer physical strength and control of these athletes. See this, and you'll be far less tolerant of TV's silly junk sports with floaties and Styrofoam bats. These sports and their athletes are serious, and they're fun to watch. And don't worry about the kids. There's nothing gladiatorial here and you watch from a safe place.
    Featured musicians are SLIGO RAGS, THE BROWNE SISTERS & GEORGE CAVANAUGH, ANITA & THE YANKS, CELTIC SPRING, and ERIC RIGLER & BAD HAGGIS, plenty of bagpipes and drums, dancing by the CLADDAGH DANCE COMPANY, plus more musicians to be announced.
    ERIC RIGLER did the haunting Irish flute and whistle for the soundtrack of “Titanic.” These days, his band, BAD HAGGIS, is one of the top Celtic rock outfits. (Festival food vendors have good haggis, in case you're wondering.)
     SLIGO RAGS has been named by the Guide's editor, writing the annual “Top Ten/Best of” for FolkWorks magazine, as one of the Top Ten acoustic bands in Southern California. Their musicality gets them booked every year as the only Celtic band at bluegrass festivals, too.
    Tragically absent this year is longtime headliner ALEX BEATON, who suffered a paralyzing accident (see News Feature # 1 at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/09/news-features-acoustic-americana-music.html).  
    In addition to the Saturday and Sunday festival that uses the entire Ventura County Fairgrounds complex, there's a Friday “Scottish Evening” event, October 7, and a Saturday night concert / country dance with PEAT-FIRE FLAME. These require separate tickets. A Celtic rock concert is included with festival admission on Saturday, 5 to 8 pm.
    A two-day festival pass is $19 advance, $22 gate (seniors $18 and $20, children $3/day, age 5 and under free). One-day tickets are $12 advance, $14 gate (seniors $10 and $12, children $3, age 5 and under free). The festival site is the Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W Harbor Bl, Ventura 93001. Amtrak stops at the festival's front gate.
    We'll bring you more in next week's Spotlight Events section. Meantime, check www.seaside-games.com or call 818-886-4968.
    NOTE: if you're attending the 40th annual OLD TIME FIDDLER'S CONVENTION & FESTIVAL (feature # 11) in Goleta on Sunday, October 9, it makes a great weekend to spend Saturday at the SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES.
     
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Annual “FOLK FESTIVAL”weekend, Oct 8 & 9, part of the month-long “UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS HARVEST FESTIVAL” runs weekends, Oct 1-31 in Ventura County; also includes the Oct 22 & 23 “WESTERN HERITAGE” weekend, all at Underwood Family Farms, 3370 Sunset Valley Rd, Moorpark. More later, or check www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com, or call them at 805-529-3690.
     
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TOM CORBETT, RICK SHEA and the fabulous AUDREY AULD-MEZERA, play Oct 8, 8 pm at The Fret House in Covina.
     
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40th Annual “OLD TIME FIDDLER'S CONVENTION & FESTIVAL” is Sunday, October 9, a one-day event, 10 am-5 pm, at Rancho La Patera & Stow House, 304 N. Los Carneros Road, in Goleta 93117.
    It's a landmark year for a fine event that's always under-promoted. This year, the lineup is appropriate for the convention / festival's four-decade anniversary, with LAURIE LEWIS & TOM ROZUM, HOT BUTTERED RUM, ERIC & SUZY THOMPSON, PETER FELDMANN & THE VERY LONESOME BOYS, MOLLY'S REVENGE, and the OLD TIME FIDDLERS.
    If you're going, make it a full weekend by spending Saturday at the SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES.
     
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OPERAWORKS brings “THE NEWEST RECITAL IN THE WORLD,” October 15 at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. The OperaWorks ensemble will invent a custom recital right in front of your eyes, with made-to-order music, at your request. It's entirely improvised, with arias, duets, trios, and scenes with improvised accompaniment, all performed without any prepared or printed music.
     
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“TRACKING FILM AND TELEVISION MUSIC: AN AFTERNOON WITH LEE HOLDRIDGE & JON BURLINGAME,” October 16 at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. World renowned author and lecturer JON BURLINGAME helps to see and hear this astonishing and precise world when he and Emmy and Grammy award winning composer LEE HOLDRIDGE (the late JOHN DENVER's orchestra leader and collaborator) discuss, from the composers perspective, music composed for the big and little screens. Live musical performances and selected clips from Mr. Holdridge’s extensive catalogue of his film and television scores are interspersed throughout this fascinating, behind the scenes look at the music behind the magic.
     
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“THE NEW SOUND OF SILENT FILM: CLASSIC SILENT FILM 'NOSFERATU' WITH LIVE SCORE BY BASSIST TOM PETERS,” October 21 at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. Peters provides a newly conceived, live musical score for the classic silent film “Nosferatu.” Director F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu” (1922) stands as one of the most important films to come out of pre-World War II Germany. After almost 90 years, it still delivers chills.
     
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Annual “WESTERN HERITAGE” weekend, Oct 22 & 23, part of the month-long “UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS HARVEST FESTIVAL” runs weekends, Oct 1-31 in Ventura County, at Underwood Family Farms, 3370 Sunset Valley Rd, Moorpark. More later, or check www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com, or call them at 805-529-3690.
     
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THE CALIFORNIA E.A.R. UNIT presents “Sonic Revolution,” October 22, at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. Don't panic. They are a chamber ensemble that performs music where the ink is still wet. The core of highly acclaimed players include Vicky Ray, Eric Clark and Amy Knoles who strive to reflect Southern California’s unique cultural diversity by acting as L.A.'s new music ambassadors to the world. The evening features works penned especially for the group by Macedonian composer Darija Andovska, Portuguese composer Miguel Azguime, Berlin's Michael Maierhof, New York's Lisa Coons, Rhode Island's Todd Winkler, as well as an offering from Alan Schockley, who is currently residing in Los Angeles.
     
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“THE WHITE HOUSE CONCERT WITH STEVE ERDODY & FRIENDS,” October 29, at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. This is a most interesting concept for a musical re-enactment from a happy time long ago when everything seemed bright and fresh and challenging and possible. On November 24, 1961, President Kennedy revolutionized arts performances at the White House by presenting the famous but reclusive 84-year-old cellist PABLO CASALS in a recital for 150 of the world’s most famous and influential classical composers, conductors and musicians. To commemorate the anniversary of the historic occasion, Music at the Court is presenting local cello virtuoso STEPHEN ERDODY with an all star ensemble of chamber musicians in a recital replicating the original program from 50 years ago.
     
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“SAMHAIN” Irish Song, Dance & Story, with optional traditional Samhain dinner, brings the story of Halloween and a celebration of the Celtic New Year, with SLUGGER O'TOOLE, BARRY LYNCH, ACS DANCERS, ADAM KIRK, CHRIS LOKEN, AEDAN MacDONNELL, STEVE PRIBYL, & LINEA SOLEDAD, sponsored by the Celtic Arts Center at the Burbank Moose Lodge, 1901 W Burbank Bl, Burbank 91506. Two shows, 3 pm or 7 pm, tix for either are $18; 5 pm dinner tix are $15; show + dinner, $30. Tix will sell-out early; info & advance tix, www.CelticArtsCenter.com/Samhain.    
     
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