Spotlight Events: Acoustic Americana Music Guide, September 30, 2011 edition

     
     
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               SPOTLIGHT EVENTS
     
                         from THE ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE
     
                                                                                          September 30, 2011 edition
     
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    Southern California – the region of our core coverage – has THE MOST live acoustic music performances of anyplace in the world! (Not a brag, just a FACT.)
    
That's amply demonstrated every week in THIS SECTION of the Guide,
our SPOTLIGHT EVENTS.
    
     
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PLUS, remember to check THIS WEEK’S NEWS FEATURES, September 30 edition, in its own section of the Guide!    
    
It's only a click away, at
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/09/news-features-acoustic-americana-music_30.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 30
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Fri-Sun, Sep 30-Oct 2, in San Francisco:
11 am-7 pm annual “HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” takes over the gigantic Golden Gate Park, on multiple stages, and headliners include THE SELDOM SCENE, CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, SOUTH MEMPHIS STRING BAND and many more. Stages are at the Speedway, Lindley & Marx Meadows, and other locations. (If you go, let us know!)
     
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Fri, Sep 30; 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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Fri, Sep 30:
“LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR” closes this Sunday at Fairplex in Pomona. The nation's largest county fair has numerous music performance spaces throughout the sprawling fairgrounds, with a variety of entertainment options included with admission on any given day.
     
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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, plus workshops. Info, 805-646-8907.
     
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Fri, Sep 30:
6 pm 2 FRETS LOWER brings a bluegrass performance to Strings Music, 142 N Glendora Av, Glendora 91741; 626-914 4100.
     
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Fri, Sep 30:
7 pm DOUG MACLEOD & DENNY CROY play Lucille’s BBQ, 7411 Carson St, Long Beach 90808; 562-938-7427.
     
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Fri, Sep 30, in San Diego:
7:30 pm ELIZA GILKYSON & JOHN GORKA play the AMSD Concert series at 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego 92116; 619-303-8176.
     
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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:
AROHI ENSEMBLE: “SOULS ASCENDING,” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. The group 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, in Ventura:
8 pm HOLLYWOOD BLUE FLAMES at Yolie's, 138 W Main, Ventura; 805-816-0663; tix, www.HiHatEntertainment.com. Tix, $18.     
     
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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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Fri, Sep 30:
9 pm SIMON LYNGE plays Genghis Cohen, 740 N Fairfax Av, Los Angeles 90046; 323-653-0640. See the feature story on Simon in the Guide's current News Features section.
     
     
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THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF OCTOBER
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Saturday, October 1
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Sat, Oct 1; Fri-Sun, Sep 30-Oct 2, in San Francisco; FESTIVAL:
11 am-7 pm annual “HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” takes over the gigantic Golden Gate Park, on multiple stages, and headliners include THE SELDOM SCENE, CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, SOUTH MEMPHIS STRING BAND and many more. Stages are at the Speedway, Lindley & Marx Meadows, and other locations. (If you go, let us know!)
     
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Sat & Sun, Oct 1 & 2, in Northern Cal; FESTIVAL:
Annual “KVMR CELTIC FESTIVAL” brings MOLLY'S REVENGE, OLD BLIND DOGS, WAKE THE DEAD, EMILY SMITH, COULTER/PHILLIPS TRIO, ANDREW & NOAH BAND, and more, to the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Rd, Grass Valley 95949; 530-265-9073.
     
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Sat, Oct 1; Sep 23-Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
10 am-midnight “HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music and lots more, at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. They proclaim the event as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California,” and they've expanded this year to include a larger festival grounds and an expanded six-acre corn maze.
    The festival opens at 10 am and runs daily and every evening. Sundays-Thursdays, it closes at 10 pm, Fridays & Saturdays, 'til midnight.
    This is a big-deal event, and they've been doing it for years, so they're good at it. In addition to the live music and that giant Corn Maze, activities include a Hay Ride, Giant Slide, Jumpers, Petting Zoo, a Train Ride, Carousel, Pony Rides, Bumper Boats, daytime Haunted House, Cow Train, Bungee, Rock Wall Climb, Gemstone Mining, and there's an “Afterdark FrightFair Screampark” with nighttime Factory of Nightmares Haunted House, Creatures of the Corn Haunted Trail, nighttime Corn Maze, and something they're calling the “Insane Reaction.”
    They offer all kinds of “activity ticket” combinations, but basic admission, which includes entry, the Corn Maze, the Hay Ride, and a couple of activity tickets, is only $5. Anyone who rides the Metro Orange Line gets in free, and the station is just across the street (must show a paper Metro ticket with that day's date).
    There's more info at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.
     
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Sat, Oct 1, in Covina; FESTIVAL:
1 pm annual “THUNDERFEST / BLUESAPALOOZA” with blues performances by LES JOHNSON, BARRY BIG B BRENNER, STAN WEST, and more, on the street stage and in the Fret House, 309 N Citrus Av, Covina 91723; 626-339-7020.
     
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Sat, Oct 1; Fri-Sat, Sep 29 through Oct 1; FESTIVAL:
“OOH LA L.A.,” aka the 3rd Annual “FRENCH MUSIC FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES,” runs 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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Sat, Oct 1; Fri-Sun, Sep 30-Oct 2; FESTIVAL:
The annual “WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL” in Ojai brings “music from all over the world” to Libbey Bowl and the Ojai Art Center, plus workshops. Info, 805-646-8907.
     
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Oct 1-31 in Ventura County,
“UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS HARVEST FESTIVAL” runs weekends with music, weekdays without, and includes the annual “FOLK FESTIVAL”weekend Oct 8 & 9, and the Oct 22 & 23 “WESTERN HERITAGE” weekend, all at Underwood Family Farms, in the countryside near Moorpark. More at www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com, or call them at 805-529-3690.
     
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Sat, Oct 1, in Ventura County; FESTIVAL:
“MOORPARK COUNTRY DAYS” is 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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Sat, Oct 1, in Ventura County; FESTIVAL:
“OXNARD MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL” is 10 am-6 pm, with live music and vendors at Plaza Park in downtown Oxnard. Info, 805-385-7434.
     
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Oct 1-16, various venues throughout L.A.; FESTIVAL:
Annual “WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC” (www.festivalofsacredmusic.org) includes a fine concert at UCLA's Royce Hall on Sat, Oct 15, at 7 pm, and it shouldn't be lost in the deluge of the festival's 16-day, 32-event, 832-artist fare that's filled with rather exotic world-music offerings that mostly do not appeal to folk-Americana fans. See the Oct 15 listing...    
     
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Oct 1-16, various venues throughout Pasadena; FESTIVAL:
Biennial “AxS FESTIVAL” (www.axsfestival.org) this time explores the themes of “Fire & Water” with two weeks of art, music, dance, theater, performance and “provocative conversation.” It's art and some very cool, very accessible science. Main music is Sun, Oct 2; see listing below.
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
“LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR” closes tomorrow at Fairplex in Pomona. The nation's largest county fair has numerous music performance spaces throughout the sprawling fairgrounds, with a variety of entertainment options included with admission on any given day.
     
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Sat, Oct 1, in Arcadia:
“SANTA ANITA FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL” has two stages of music starting at 11 am, but we're not sure what. It IS a beautiful place, there are 80+ food trucks in the infield for today's event, and it's always fun to watch the horses race. Take the 210 Fwy to the Baldwin offramp in Arcadia and go south to the signs for parking. Admission to the whole shebang today is $5.
     
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Sat, Oct 1, in the desert:
2 pm CATHY BARTON & DAVE PARA play the “Traditional Music at the Russells” house concert series in Lucerne Valley 92356; reservations get directions at 760-248-2118 or carolyn@lucernevalley.net    
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
5-9 pm “BILL TAPIA, LIVE AT THE WARNER GRAND THEATRE - THE 100th BIRTHDAY CONCERT” CD Release Party is in L.A. 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, is STILL AT IT making music. On top of that, he is indeed releasing a new CD, recorded three years ago at his highly memorable 100th Birthday Concert. And, yep, he IS amazing! "If there was a Mount Rushmore for ukulele players, Bill Tapia would be on it."
    Reservations are required, though the event is free and “Friends and folks of all ages are welcome. Food and drink items are appreciated.” It's at Paniolo Productions World Headquarters, 3552 Kelton Av, Los Angeles 90034; make reservations at 323-547-3482 or at info@panioloproductions.com.    
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA with SARA & SEAN WATKINS (from NICKEL CREEK) headline KidCare International's “Movin' Mountains” Benefit Concert, Dinner and Silent Auction at the Bridges Auditorium, Claremont; info & tix, www.kidcare.org; 909-624-6101. This ensemble – the Blind Boys, plus the Watkins siblings – was absolutely wonderful Tuesday night at the Grammy Museum.
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
10 pm MARINA V plays the Hard Rock Cafe at Hollywood & Highland (by Kodak Theatre) in Hollywood. She says, “My Birthday show with Russian chocolates! $5 suggested donation at the door goes to Noreen Fraser Cancer Research Foundation.” Doors at 9 pm, show at 10 pm sharp.
    Marina is a wonderful musician, pianist, guitarist, and songwriter who was schooled in Russia, and who writes and sings in English with great depth and clarity, as well as enough nuance to be fully engaging on stage.
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
WAH!: “SACRED SPIRITUAL CHANTING,” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. They're a music legend in the yoga world, known for creating Eastern-tinged, hip music for yoga and meditation centers. Concerts include Sanskrit chanting and storytelling and songs in English, where the “atmosphere is festive and jubilant.”
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
7:30 pm SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND, winners of the Just Plain Folks Award for Roots Album of the Year, play the Folk Music Center, 220 Yale Av, Claremont 91711; 909-624-2928.
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
8 pm RED HORSE, the Red House Records folk-Americana supergroup of JOHN GORKA, ELIZA GILKYSON, & LUCY KAPLANSKY, play the Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine University Malibu, 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu 90265; 310-506-4522.
     
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Sat, Oct 1, in Bakersfield:
8 pm LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS, Cajun-zydeco Grammy nominees, play the Bright House Amphitheater, 11200 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield. Info, www.lisahaley.com   
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
8 pm SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK plays the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at Cal State Long Beach, 6200 Atherton St, Long Beach 90815; 562-985-7000.
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
8 pm MATT The ELECTRICIAN plays the first of two different shows tonight (different acts) at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
     
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Sat, Oct 1:
10 pm JOLIE HOLLAND plays the second of two different shows tonight (different acts) at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
     
     
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Sunday, October 2
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Check Saturday's listings for FESTIVALS that continue today.
     
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Sun, Oct 2:
“LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR” closes today at Fairplex in Pomona. The nation's largest county fair has numerous music performance spaces throughout the sprawling fairgrounds, with a variety of entertainment options included with admission on any given day.
     
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Sun, Oct 2, jam:
2 pm twice-monthly “IRISH, OLD-TIME, BLUEGRASS SESSION” at Connolly's Kitchen, 1453 Foothill Bl, La Verne 91750; 909-593-6322. Runs first & third Sundays.
     
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Sun, Oct 2, FESTIVAL:
4 pm “WATER MUSIC / FIRE SONG” performed by PASADENA PRO MUSICA is part of the biennial, Oct 1-16, “AxS FESTIVAL” (www.axsfestival.org); today's performance is at Neighborhood Church, 301 N Orange Grove Bl, Pasadena.  
     
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Sun, Oct 2:
3 pm CATHY BARTON & DAVE PARRA play a matinee 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”).
    There are two different shows, different acts, at this venue today / tonight, and both are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED; see 7 pm listing, too.
    Bob Stane says, “A fave with the Caltech and JPL crowd. Good taste abounds. A special act. Third time here. Always sells out. Big bunch of fans in this area. Coming from the East. Then back again. Your only chance.”
    We'll add that they have been favorites with the California Traditional Music Society's Summer Solstice Festival goers since the days when that festival was at Cal State Northridge.
    CATHY BARTON AND DAVE PARA are a versatile duo from way out in Missouri performing a variety of traditional and original folk music with harmonious vocals and powerful mastery of five-string banjo, hammered dulcimer, guitar, autoharp and some found instruments just to keep your attention. Cathy and Dave are “delighted to return to The Coffee Gallery after having way too good of a time a year ago.”
    Their “acoustic arsenal of democracy” includes five-string banjo, guitar, hammered dulcimer, Autoharp and some found instruments just to keep the audience's attention. Their repertoire is comprised of traditional and contemporary American folk music, featuring tunes and songs they have collected from fiddlers and singers in their home region of Missouri and the Ozarks.
    While they may never get the childhood echoes of Peter, Paul and Mary out of their harmony vocals, Cathy and Dave can lay down a solid old-time sound. The late Roy Acuff once called Cathy his favorite banjo player. Here's a video from the 1980s that suggests why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC0ALk_w8g0    
    2009 was the year of "Gumbo Bottoms: A Big Muddy Musical" for which Cathy wrote the songs and both Dave and Cathy played in the pit band for the show's premier and tour dates. http://gumbobottomsmusical.com. She says, “Wish the show had a year-long run because it was a real treat to do. But a cruise along the coast of Maine helped make up for it.” Tix, $18.
     
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Sun, Oct 2; Sep 23-Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
5:30 pm BRYAN CHAN & BARRY CULLISON perform at the “HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. Organizers proclaim the event as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California.”
    Bryan and Barry will play separately and together from 5:30 to 7 pm, followed by the ZANE WOOD BAND at 8 pm.
    There's more info in our Oct 1 listing, and more at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.
     
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Sun, Oct 2:
7 pm The CHAPIN SISTERS, including the rare return of JEN CHAPIN, at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
     
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Sun, Oct 2:
7 pm SIMON LYNGE 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”).
    He has just completed a European tour with EMMYLOU HARRIS and played the prestigious Glastonbury Festival, the first Greenlander to do so.
    World-renowned talents have come to work with him on his recording. Renowned musicians joined him in studio including bass-player LEE SKLAR (James Taylor, Jackson Browne), guitarist SHANE FONTAYNE (Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon), drummer JAY BELLEROSE (Marc Cohen, Madeliene Peyroux), and bassist FREEBO (Bonnie Raitt, John Mayall, CSN). In rather prestigious circles the brilliance of Simon’s work on his debut album “The Future” is already being compared to the likes of Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Elliot Smith, Nick Drake and other uncommonly gifted artists.
    SIMON LYNGE has the smoothest singing voice you've ever heard. He combines fine musical sensibilities with an outlook and sense of spirituality that derives from his Norse / Inuit roots, having been raised in Greenland and Denmark.
    But don't let any of that fool you. He speaks English and writes songs in English with far more aplomb than several dozen successful songwriters who were born here.
    His debut album on London based Lo Max Records, is titled “The Future.”
    It was named “Album of the Week” earlier this year by MDR (radio and TV in Germany). It introduces Simon as a fully-formed contender for major success. It was recorded at Bright Orange Studios in Los Angeles with co-producers Matt Forger (Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney) and Jon Mattox (The Young Dubliners).
    “The Future” is a musical beauty worthy of the wide audience it is finding after entering the BBC UK charts at #22 one day after the June 7, 2010 release. It also hit #1 on the Amazon.com UK Rock charts and #14 on iTunes. German Rolling Stone just did a two page feature on his new CD. A year later, the new single “If You Go” has been added to BBC Radio 2, the largest radio station in the UK. Tix, $15.
     
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Sun, Oct 2,
“ALOHAFEST: An Evening with AMY HANAIALI'I and TINI GREY” at 8 pm at the Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Bl East, Hollywood 90068; 323-GO1-FORD (323-461-3673); www.FordTheatres.org; 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.
    Include the fresh pineapple when you pack your picnic dinner and wear a hibiscus in your hair. Aloha!    
     
     
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Monday, October 3
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Ongoing, through Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
“HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music and lots more, at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. Organizers proclaim it as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California.” There's lots to do there. See the Guide's full write-up in the Oct 1 listings. Opens daily at 10 am, closes at 10 pm, Fri & Sat at midnight. More at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.  
    
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Mon, Oct 3, in San Diego:
7:30 pm “ACOUSTIC STRAWBS” with, of course, THE STRAWBS, playing the AMSD Concert Series, 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego 92116; 619-303-8176.
    
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Mon, Oct 3:
8 pm BUTCH HANCOCK (from THE FLATLANDERS), the bigtime Austin-based Americana star, plays 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”).
    Rolling Stone magazine describes Butch Hancock as "a raspy-voiced West Texas mystic with an equal affinity for romantic border balladry and Zen paradox."
    World-traveling troubadour BUTCH HANCOCK hails from the same Lubbock, Texas, music scene that gave the world JOE ELY and JIMMIE DALE GILMORE, his equally eclectic colleagues in THE FLATLANDERS.
    In 2010, he picked up something he'd done back in 1990, and the story is fun. Hancock and more than two dozen musician friends staged a 1990 event worthy of the Guinness Book of World Records: calling it “No Two Alike,” they played six straight nights of live performances in Austin's famed Cactus Café, recording 140 of his original songs without repeating a single song. He released the staggering output later in the year as the “No Two Alike Tape of the Month club.”
    More remarkably, twenty years later, In 2010, Butch reprised the event. This time he titled it “No Two More Alike.” Fans from as far as Tokyo were there, representing a measure of the devotion Hancock’s singular compositions inspire.
    Butch is one of contemporary music's most entertaining raconteurs and his tunes evoke mystical visions of wind-swept dry-plains and his lyrics are profoundly imaginative, often displaying for his listeners the miracles that occur in the ordinary through creative irony and metaphors. This is a show that shouldn’t be missed.
    A world-traveling troubadour with a long string of recorded songs and albums, Butch has been called "one of the finest songwriters of our time" and is acknowledged by his peers and critics alike as one of the premiere singer-songwriters Texas has ever produced. His tunes evoke mystical visions of wind-swept dry-plains and his lyrics are profoundly imaginative, often displaying for his listeners the miracles that occur in the ordinary through creative irony and metaphors. His lyrical style has often been compared to that of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie and his record “Own and Own,” released in '91, contains his "If I Were a Bluebird," a song later covered by EMMYLOU HARRIS.    
    During his acclaimed career, Hancock has written and recorded several landmark albums, some of them sparse and simple, others as big as the West Texas sky. After moving to the progressive country hotbed of Austin in the mid '70s, he started his own Rainlight label and released the quintessential “West Texas Waltzes and Dust-Blown Tractor Tunes” in 1978.
    In the years that followed, he continued to release albums steeped with meaning and memory, a foundation that cemented his world-wide reputation as a master wordsmith.
    Get reservations for this one, for sure. He first played the venue a few months ago, so plenty of regulars know him and his music and there will be competition for the available tickets. Tix, $20.
     
     
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Tuesday, October 4
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Ongoing, through Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
“HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music and lots more, at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. Organizers proclaim it as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California.” There's lots to do there. See the Guide's full write-up in the Oct 1 listings. Opens daily at 10 am, closes at 10 pm, Fri & Sat at midnight. More at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.  
    
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Tue, Oct 4, in Santa Barbara:
8 pm BOB SCHNEIDER plays the SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State St, Santa Barbara 93101; 805-962 7776.
     
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Tue, Oct 4:
7 pm weekly “J.C. HYKE'S SONGWRITERS SERENADE” showcase at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant & Bar, 145 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006. Different recording artists take part in an invitational showcase.
     
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Tue, Oct 4:
7:30 pm “TURN THE PAGE,” DEBBIE BERRY's Musical Revue, with SONGS OF THE FRONTIER, with Special Guest RON CHRISTOPHER, at Viva Fresh Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank 91506; www.vivacantina.com;  818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444.
    Debbie says, “Come join us on a journey of little known facts, from the creation of our 'Colonial American Spirit' to adventures out in the 'Old West.' Learn how some of our most beloved songs were created, and through stories, songs and anecdotes, [how] we carved out a new nation from the voices and adventures of the people who lived it.”
    Co-sponsored by Viva and the Western Music Association, California Chapter.
    Venue has full menu and full bar. No cover; tips for the artists are “gratefully accepted.”
     
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Tue, Oct 4:
8 pm weekly “TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION” at Timmy Nolan's Tavern and Grill, 10111 Riverside Dr, Toluca Lake 91602; 818-985-3359.
     
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Tue, Oct 4:
8 pm weekly “BOURBON AND BLUEGRASS” at South Santa Monica Sports Bar and Grill, 3001 Wilshire Bl, Santa Monica, 90403; 310- 828-9988.
     
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Tue, Oct 4:
8 pm weekly “BLUEGRASS JAM” at Viva Fresh Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506; 818-515-4444.
     
     
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Wednesday, October 5
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Ongoing, through Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
“HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music and lots more, at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. Organizers proclaim it as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California.” There's lots to do there. See the Guide's full write-up in the Oct 1 listings. Opens daily at 10 am, closes at 10 pm, Fri & Sat at midnight. More at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.  
    
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Wed, Oct 5:
6:30 pm “BRENDAN'S IRISH MUSIC SESSION” at Brendan’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, 1755 E Daily Dr, Camarillo 93010; 888-811-5818. Runs first & third Wednesday, every month.
     
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Wed, Oct 5:
7 pm BOB SCHNEIDER plays Hotel Café, 1623 1/2 N Cahuenga Bl (betw Hollywood & Sunset), Hollywood 90038; 323-461-2040.
     
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Wed, Oct 5:
7 pm weekly OPEN MIC at the Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Bl, Venice 92091. Signups at 6:45 pm.
     
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Wed, Oct 5, in Ventura County:
7:30 pm Songmakers weekly “SIMI VALLEY HOOT at a private residence in Simi Valley; contact Songmakers for location, at www.songmakers.org    
     
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Wed, Oct 5:
8 pm “GUITAROLOGY” weekly showcase and open mic, at Bar Melody and Grill, 9132 S Sepulveda Bl, Los Angeles 90045; 310-670-1994.
     
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Wed, Oct 5:
8 pm weekly “IRISH MUSIC SESSION” at O'Brien's Irish Pub and Restaurant, 2226 Wilshire Bl, Santa Monica 90403; 310-829-5303.
     
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Wed, Oct 5:
9 pm weekly “ACOUSTIC CORDIALE” showcase, with different recording artists each week, playing acoustic, at Café Cordiale, 14015 Ventura Bl, Sherman Oaks 91423; 818-789-1985.
     
     
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Thursday, October 6
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Ongoing, through Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
“HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music and lots more, at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. Organizers proclaim it as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California.” There's lots to do there. See the Guide's full write-up in the Oct 1 listings. Opens daily at 10 am, closes at 10 pm, Fri & Sat at midnight. More at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.  
    
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Thu, Oct 6, in Santa Barbara:
6 pm PRESTON REED plays SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State St, Santa Barbara 93101; 805-962 7776. Stick around for ABIGAIL WASHBURN at 8 pm.
     
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Thu, Oct 6:
GLEN CAMPBELL, with INSTANT PEOPLE, brings his farewell tour to Club Nokia in L.A. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's, he's making the rounds one last time “before I start forgetting the lyrics.”
     
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Thu, Oct 6, in Santa Barbara:
8 pm ABIGAIL WASHBURN plays SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State St, Santa Barbara 93101; 805-962 7776. Come early for PRESTON REED at 6 pm.
     
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Thu, Oct 6:
8 pm SURFIN’ SAFARI plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236.
     
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Thu, Oct 6:
8 pm monthly “OLD TIME MUSIC JAM” emphasizes traditional Southern fiddle and banjo, at Lupita's Bar, 1642 W Temple St, Los Angeles 90026; 213-483-5571.
     
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Thu, Oct 6:
8:30 pm TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE play the El Rey, 5515 Wilshire Bl, L.A. 90036; 323-936-6400.
     
     
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Friday, October 7
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Ongoing, through Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
“HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music and lots more, at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. Organizers proclaim it as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California.” There's lots to do there. See the Guide's full write-up in the Oct 1 listings. Opens daily at 10 am, closes at 10 pm, Fri & Sat at midnight. More at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.  
    
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Fri, Oct 7, in Ventura:
5 pm Kickoff event for this weekend's “SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES” brings a ceilidh, whiskey tasting, and Celtic fashion show, at Seaside Park, 10 W Harbor Bl, Ventura 93001; 818-886-4968.
     
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Fri, Oct 7:
“CHANSONS D'AMOUR” with AMANDA McBROOM & LEE LESSACK is “an homage to the great French songbook from an American perspective,” at 8 pm at the Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Bl East, Hollywood 90068; 323-GO1-FORD (323-461-3673); www.FordTheatres.org; 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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Fri, Oct 7, in Ventura:
7:30 pm NATHAN McEUEN & MASON REED play Zoeys Café, 185 E Santa Clara, Ventura 93001; 805-652-1137.
     
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Fri, Oct 7, in OC:
7:30 pm MICHAEL CHAPDELAINE plays the first of two shows for Lord Of The Strings Concert Series, this one at Dana Point Community House, 24642 San Juan St, Dana Point 92629; 949-842-2227 or 949-244-6656.
     
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Fri, Oct 7:
8 pm MERLE HAGGARD and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON team-up to play the Greek Theatre in Griffith Park, 2700 N Vermont, L.A. 90027; 213-480-3232.
     
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Fri, Oct 7:
8 pm BROTHERS FOUR and the KINGSTON TRIO play a double-bill at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts – Lyric Theatre, 12700 Center Court Dr, Cerritos 90703; 562 916-8501 or 800- 300-4345.
     
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Fri, Oct 7:
8 pm PRESTON REED plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236.
     
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Fri, Oct 7, in Santa Barbara:
8 pm TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE play UCSB's Campbell Hall, on Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara; 805-893-3535.
     
     
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Saturday, October 8
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Sat & Sun, Oct 8 & 9, in Ventura; FESTIVAL:
Annual “SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES” at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura. This is a wonderful event. We ran a News Feature in the Sep 15 edition that's reprinted below.
    
“SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES” COMING OCTOBER 8 & 9 IN 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 feature # 1 in this edition).
    
    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.
    
    For more, check www.seaside-games.com or call 818-886-4968.
    
    Finally, 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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Sat & Sun, Oct 8 & 9, in Ventura County; FESTIVAL:
Annual “FOLK FESTIVAL” weekend, with performances by FUR DIXON & STEVE WERNER, I SEE HAWKS IN L.A., RANDALL LAMB, DAN JANISCH, TOM CORBETT & BILL KNOPF, THE CATTERWAILERS, HANS OTTSEN & ASHLEY BRODER, PHIL SALAZAR and THE KINFOLK, at Underwood Family Farms, 3370 Sunset Valley Rd., Moorpark, CA 93021.
     It's a key part of the month-long “UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS HARVEST FESTIVAL” runs weekends, Oct 1-31 in Ventura County; October 22 & 23 brings the “WESTERN HERITAGE” weekend, all at the farm complex, in the countryside near Moorpark. More at www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com, or call them at 805-529-3690.
     
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Ongoing, through Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
“HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music and lots more, at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. Organizers proclaim it as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California.” There's lots to do there. See the Guide's full write-up in the Oct 1 listings. Opens daily at 10 am, closes at 10 pm, Fri & Sat at midnight. More at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.  
    
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Sat, Oct 8:
1 pm HALAU O LILINOE A ME NA PUA ME KEALOHA performs as part of the ongoing the “WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC,” with this show at the Autry National Center, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, Los Angeles 90027; 323-667-2000.
     
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Sat, Oct 8, in OC:
7 pm MICHAEL CHAPDELAINE plays the second of two concerts for the Lord Of The Strings Concert Series, this one at Mission Viejo Civic Center, 100 Civic Center Dr, Mission Viejo; 949-842-2227 or 949-244-6656.
     
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Sat, Oct 8:
7 pm THE ALLEY CATS plus JULIE BRETT play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236.
     
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Sat, Oct 8, in Ojai:
7:30 pm TAMMURRIATAROCK plays the Ojai Concert Series at Dancing Oak Ranch, on Hwy 150, with a GPS address at 4585 Casitas Pass Rd, Ventura 93001; 805-649-5189.
     
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Sat, Oct 8, in Santa Barbara County:
7:30 pm CHUCUMITE plays the Song Tree Concert Series at Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 820 N. Fairview Av, Goleta 93117; 805-403-2639.
     
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Sat, Oct 8, in Temecula:
8 pm MERLE HAGGARD and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON play the Pechanga Resort & Casino, 45000 Pechanga Pkwy, Temecula 92592; 877-711-2946.
     
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Sat, Oct 8:
KEITH URBAN with JAKE OWEN brings the former's “Get Closer 2011 World Tour” to Staples Center, if you can withstand the fake / generic pop-country “Nashvul ack-scent” from the transplanted Aussie. Tix, 800-745-3000.
     
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Sat, Oct 8:
8 pm TOM CORBETT, RICK SHEA, & fabulous Aussie expatriate AUDREY AULD-MEZERA play The Fret House, 309 N Citrus Av, Covina; 626-339-7020; frethouse@earthlink.net; www.frethouse.com.    
     
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Sat, Oct 8:
8 pm SMALL POTATOES plus an opening set by DAVE MORRISON, at the Caltech Folk Music Society series in Beckman Institute Auditorium, on the campus in Pasadena 91106; 626-395-4652. Park in one of the two lots on Michigan Av, S off Del Mar.
     
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Sat, Oct 8:
8 pm ABIGAIL WASHBURN and OLENTANGY JOHN play McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
     
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Sat, Oct 8:
8 pm TRACY NEWMAN & THE REINFORCEMENTS, plus SHELBY, TIEG AND TARA, play Westwood Music, 1627 Westwood Bl, Los Angeles 90024; 310-478-4251.
     
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Sat, Oct 8:
8 pm NATHAN McEUEN and MASON REED play Genghis Cohen, 740 N Fairfax Av, Los Angeles 90046; 323-653-0640.
     
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Sat, Oct 8:
8 pm PRESTON REED plays Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583.
     
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Sat, Oct 8:
9 pm LaCHE CERCEL & THE ROMA SWING ENSEMBLE play the Dunarea Restaurant, 821 N Euclid Av, Ste C, Anaheim; 714-772-7233.
     
     
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Sunday, October 9
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Check Saturday's listings for two-day FESTIVALS that continue today...
     
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Sun, Oct 9, in Santa Barbara County; FESTIVAL:
40th annual “OLD TIME FIDDLER'S CONVENTION & FESTIVAL” is a one-day event, 10 am-5 pm, at Rancho La Patera & Stow House in Goleta. 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. We ran a News Feature in the Sep 15 edition, and it's reprinted below.
   
40th ANNUAL “OLD TIME FIDDLER'S CONVENTION & FESTIVAL” IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
    
    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.
    
    It's a one-day event, Sunday only, 10 am-5 pm, at Rancho La Patera & Stow House, 304 N. Los Carneros Road, in Goleta 93117. If you're going, why not make it a full weekend by spending Saturday at the SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES in Ventura?
     
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Sun, Oct 9, in OC; FESTIVAL:
10 am 4 pm “THE BIG SQUEEZE: ORANGE COUNTY ACCORDION FESTIVAL” with a lot happening this year, including a Cajun-Zydeco Stage with ANDRE THIERRY, LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS, & BONNE MUSIQUE ZYDECO, at the Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Dr, Costa Mesa 92626; 714-977-5360.
     
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Sun, Oct 9, in Santa Barbara:
3 pm RIDERS IN THE SKY, the only multiple Grammy-winning Western group, play UCSB's Campbell Hall, on the campus on Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara; 805-893-3535.
     
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Sun, Oct 9:
3 pm KEN O'MALLEY brings his solo show of authentic and original Irish music to Viva Fresh Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank; 818-845-2425. Ken's announcement says, “Support live Irish music at this all-ages venue that is becoming well known for featuring the best in live entertainment as well as excellent Mexican food. The $15 cover gets you 20% off your entire food purchase” if you mention or show a printout of this writeup or Ken's e-newsletter.
     
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Sun, Oct 9:
3 pm LaCHE CERCEL & THE ROMA SWING ENSEMBLE play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236.
     
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Sun, Oct 9:
4 pm the ongoing “WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC” today brings LESA TERRY to the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, 4718 W Washington Bl, Los Angeles 90016; 323-964-9768.
     
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Sun, Oct 9:
4:30 pm the ongoing “WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC” today brings the CHOIR OF ST. JAMES and ALAN MORRISON to St. James-in-the-City, 3903 Wilshire Bl, Los Angeles 90010; 213-388-3417.
     
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Sun, Oct 9:
5 pm DIKKI DU & HIS ZYDECO KREWE play the Cajun-zydeco dance at the Golden Sails Hotel, PCH Club, 6285 Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach 90803; 562-596-1631.
     
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Sun, Oct 9, in Temecula:
7 pm MERLE HAGGARD and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON play a second night at Pechanga Resort and Casino, 45000 Pechanga Pkwy, Temecula 92592; 877-711-2946.
     
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Sun, Oct 9:
7 pm JONATHAN McEUEN AND NATHAN McEUEN (musical sons of Nitty Gritty Dirt and founding member JOHN McEUEN) play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; 626-798-6236.
     
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Sun, Oct 9:
7 pm MEGAFAUN and DOUG PAISLEY play McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
     
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Sun, Oct 9:
2 pm monthly “SONGWRITER SANCTUM,” this time with blues from MARK "POCKET" GOLDBERG, country from J.C. HYKE, classically-flavored singer-songwriter music from KAREN HART, and folk-rock from NICOLE GORDON, at the Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St, Santa Monica 90405; 310-399-1631.
     
     
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Ongoing, through Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
“HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music and lots more, at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. Organizers proclaim it as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California.” There's lots to do there. See the Guide's full write-up in the Oct 1 listings. Opens daily at 10 am, closes at 10 pm, Fri & Sat at midnight. More at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.  
    
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Mon, Oct 10, in Ventura:
6 pm twice-monthly “VENTURA BLUEGRASS JAM” at Zoey's Cafe, 451 E Main St, Ventura 93001; www.zoeyscafe.com; 805-652-0091.
     
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Mon, Oct 10:
8 pm weekly “IRISH CéILí DANCE & IRISH MUSIC SESSION” at the Celtic Arts Center / Theatre Unlimited, 10943 Camarillo St, North Hollywood 91602; www.celticartscenter.com; 818-760-8322. Dance at 8, music jam seisun (session) at 9 pm.
     
     
     
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SOME MORE OF WHAT'S AHEAD, LATER IN OCTOBER...
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Ongoing, through Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
“HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music and lots more, at the Pierce College Farm Center, corner of Victory and Desoto in Woodland Hills. Organizers proclaim it as “the largest Harvest Festival in all of Southern California.” There's lots to do there. See the Guide's full write-up in the Oct 1 listings. Opens daily at 10 am, closes at 10 pm, Fri & Sat at midnight. More at www.halloweenharvestfestival.com – www.FrightFair.com – www.PierceFarmCenter.com – or call them at 818-999-6300.  
    
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Sat, Oct 15:
OPERAWORKS brings “THE NEWEST RECITAL IN THE WORLD,” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. 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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Sun, Oct 16:
11 am PETER ALSOP plays a Kids Matinee concert at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497;
    
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Sun, Oct 16:
3 pm TISHTONES & SYLVIA COTTON SINGERS perform as part of the “WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC,” with this show at Beth Shir Shalom, 1827 California Av, Santa Monica 90403; 310-453-3361.
    
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Sun, Oct 16:
7 pm KAYE RODDEN plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236.
    
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Sun, Oct 16:
SOLD OUT: 7 pm JENNY LEWIS at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
    
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Sun, Oct 16, in Lakeside:
7:30 pm TERRY HOLDER, the Alaska-based singer-songwriter, plays the Dark Thirty House Concert Series in Lakeside 92040; reservations get directions at 619-443-9622.
    
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Sun, Oct 16:
“TRACKING FILM AND TELEVISION MUSIC: AN AFTERNOON WITH LEE HOLDRIDGE & JON BURLINGAME,” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. 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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Sun, Oct 16, in San Marcos:
8 pm SARAH McQUAID plays the Frogstop House Concert series in San Marcos 92078.
     
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Tue, Oct 18:
8 pm SUSAN WERNER plays the Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine Univ., Malibu, 24255 P.C.H., Malibu 90265; 310-506-4522.
     
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Tue, Oct 18:
8 pm “WATER IS RISING: MUSIC AND DANCE AMID CLIMATE CHANGE” performed by artists from the Pacific atolls of Kiribati, Tokelau, & Tuvalu, at University Theatre, UC Riverside, 400 Humanities, Riverside 92521. With 36 artists from these Pacific atols presenting song and dance, it's safe to say, If you enjoy Hawaiian music, you'll love this. And it will bring you face-to-face with the reality of climate change and rising sea levels. This show may sell-out. Info, www.waterisrising.com
     
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Wed, Oct 19:
7:15 pm PAUL SIMON and THE SECRET SISTERS play the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City 91602; 818-622-4440.
     
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Wed, Oct 19:
8 pm TIM GRIMM and THE SWEET POTATOES play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236.
     
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Thu, Oct 20, in Riverside:
TOM RUSSELL plays All Saints' Episcopal Church, 3847 Terracina Dr, Riverside 92506. Info and reservations, FrConrad@gmail.com   
     
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Fri, Oct 21, in San Diego:
7:30 pm TOM RUSSELL plays the AMSD Concert Series, 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego 92116; 619-303-8176.
     
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Fri, Oct 21:
“THE NEW SOUND OF SILENT FILM: CLASSIC SILENT FILM 'NOSFERATU' WITH LIVE SCORE BY BASSIST TOM PETERS,” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. 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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Fri, Oct 21:
8 pm CATIE CURTIS and MELISSA FERRICK at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
     
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Sat & Sun, Oct 22 & 23:
Annual “WESTERN HERITAGE” weekend, 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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Sat, Oct 22:
CALIFORNIA E.A.R. UNIT presents “Sonic Revolution,” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. 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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Wed, Oct 26:
7:30 pm CELTIC THUNDER at the Greek Theatre, 2700 N Vermont, Griffith Park, L.A. 90027; 213-480-3232.
     
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Fri, Oct 28, in San Diego:
7:30 pm “MASTERS OF THE CELTIC HARP: WILLIAM JACKSON & GRÁINNE HAMBLY” play the AMSD Concert Series, 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego 92116; 619-303-8176.
     
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Fri, Oct 28:
8 pm JENNIFER WARNES at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
     
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Fri, Oct 28:
8 pm SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND plus FUR DIXON & STEVE WERNER at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236.
     
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Sat, Oct 29:
“THE WHITE HOUSE CONCERT WITH STEVE ERDODY & FRIENDS,” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. This is an interesting concept that relives a musical moment that was, by all accounts, magical. 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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Sun, Oct 30:
3 & 7 pm “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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BEYOND OCTOBER...
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Fri, Nov 4:
“OH COSMONAUT!” presented by the Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883.
     
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Sat, Nov 5:
VOX FEMINA presents “AND JUSTICE FOR ALL,” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. Expect an inspiring evening about love and equality, as the mighty voices of Vox Femina explore the issues of equality and immigration, and their passion for fairness, proving that all men and women are created equal. The highlight of the concert will be Mark Koval’s work “We the People,” the story of the fight for marriage equality in narration and song.
     
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Fri, Nov 11:
ILIANA ROSE BAND: “HOT NIGHTS IN HAVANA!” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. Romantic melodies, voluptuous poetry, and pulsing rhythms of Cuban Salsa abound. Hailed as a spirited and vibrant presence on and off stage, Iliana's voice is pure, warm, sensual and beautiful, captivating audiences in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
     
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Sat, Nov 12:
RICHARD PEARSON THOMAS: “SONGS FROM NEW YORK,” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. With “the heart and soul of the quintessential New York musician,” Thomas has received praise from the likes of Audra McDonald, Sanford Sylvan, Lauren Flanagan and Kurt Ollmann. Richard will perform an eclectic selection of his music with his brilliant TRILLIUM ENSEMBLE collaborators, California based soprano PATRICIA PRUNTY and New York based baritone BRUCE RAMEKER.
     
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Sat, Nov 19:
“ORPHEUS AND EURIDICE” at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena 91106; tix and info, including discount and bonus packages, are available at www.bostoncourt.com or 626-683-6883. This artful production explores what happens when Orpheus gives up his mythic lyre for a clarinet. Find out in an innovative staging of award-winning American composer RICKY IAN GORDON’s reimagining of the classic love story. Graceful and dramatic is the beloved Euridice as created by up-and-coming soprano superstar ALEXANDRA LOUTSION. World renowned pianist ALAN SMITH provides the vibrant keyboard landscape that supports the longing voice of masterful clarinetist JAMES SULLIVAN’s poignant Orpheus.
    
    
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