Spotlight Events: Acoustic Americana Music Guide, October 27, 2011 edition

     
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               SPOTLIGHT EVENTS
     
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THIS is our roundup of concerts, club gigs, workshops, and acoustic music-related events, in a dedicated weekly section of The Guide, and it's called SPOTLIGHT EVENTS.
    
Note – we'll be adding MORE to THIS edition at THIS url on Friday and later, since November is nearly upon us.
     
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The Guide's NEWS FEATURES, October 27 edition, is available in its own section, at    
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/10/news-features-acoustic-americana-music_28.html    
    
    
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                                        SPOTLIGHT EVENTS
    
                                                  October 27, 2011 edition       
    
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 FIRST, a few ongoing things END this weekend...
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Daily, through Oct 31, FESTIVAL:
10 am-midnight “HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL” has live music (they've been serious about keeping it booked) and lots more, 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,” 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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Daily, through Oct 31, in Ventura County, FESTIVAL:
“UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS HARVEST FESTIVAL” runs weekends with music, weekdays without, and closes with an unannounced CAJUN & BLUEGRASS WEEKEND Oct 29 & 30, plus a big corn maze, lots of activities for kids, food, and more, all at Underwood Family Farms, in the countryside near Moorpark. More at www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com, or call them at 805-529-3690.
    See the Guide's separate listing for Oct 29 for schedules and lineups for the weekend.
    Admission, any day, is $12 general, and children under age 2 are free.
     
     
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Thursday, October 27
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Thu, Oct 27:
8 pm MARLA FIBISH & JIMMY CROWLEY bring Celtic music in time for Samhain to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236.
play the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena. Jimmy is the bard of Cork and a brilliant song-writer. Marla is known for her uniquely vibrant and driving playing on mandolin; she's a San Francisco native and a long-time feature of the Bay Area Irish music scene. Tix, $18.
     
     
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Friday, October 28
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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.
    Caltech Folk co-producers Nick Smith and Rex Meyreis wrote good promo for these musicians, That's included in our Oct 29 listing for the concert in Pasadena.
     
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Fri, Oct 28:
SOLD OUT 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.
    This is an exceptionally strong double-bill of top Southern cal-based talent.
    Folkworks Magazine voted SUSIE & THE HILONESOME BAND # 3 in "Folkworks' Top Ten Live Acoustic Bands in Southern California for 2008," writing "Susie is justifiably endorsed by Appalachian music legend Jean Ritchie, and the band has a fine repertoire of beyond-bluegrass originals from its chief songwriter, Rob Carlson.
    “They can take you up in the hollars, or sound like a female-fronted Asleep at the Wheel," wrote Larry Wines in Folkworks.
    It's fine new bluegrass and Appalachia folk-roots fusion, an experience of gorgeous eclectic blends of mountain folk and new bluegrass-inspired originals, all with the remarkable voice of Susie Glaze.
    Winner of the Just Plain Folks 2006 Music Awards for Best Roots Album, and Folkworks Magazine's Pick for Best Bluegrass Album of 2005 for "Blue Eyed Darlin,'" Susie's Hilonesome Band is Steve Rankin on mandolin, Rob Carlson on guitar and dobro, Fred Sanders on bass and Mark Indictor on fiddle, showcasing the songwriting of lead guitarist Rob Carlson.
    Their show features work from their critically-acclaimed "Green Kentucky Blues" CD produced by Laurie Lewis, award-winning "Blue Eyed Darlin'" along with mountain standards from the Jean Ritchie collection and favorites from Gillian Welch and Steve Earl.     Marvin O'Dell of Classicheartland.com writes: "Susie Glaze does something with a song that only great singers can do...she grabs hold of a song's deepest emotion and purpose and wraps it tightly around your soul" and Bluegrass Unlimited calls her "an important voice on the California Bluegrass scene."
    "Susie Glaze has one of the most beautiful voices in bluegrass and folk music today. She performs a song straight from her heart and soul." – Roz Larman, KPFK's FolkScene.
    More at www.susieglaze.com    
    
    FUR DIXON AND STEVE WERNER have been musical partners now for eight years. They have combined their own unique songwriting visions of life, travel and the American West to create a landscape that is all their own. They have three albums together, including this year’s “Songs of the Open Road,” which celebrates the writing of Mary McCaslin, Jim Ringer, Doc and Merle Watson, Woody Guthrie Blaze Foley, Dan Janisch and Randall Lamb.
    Fur and Steve’s original songs are catchy, fun and sometimes heartbreaking. In concert, they pay homage to well-worn old time songs. Their singing takes you on a ride down back roads under blue skies, amidst tumbleweeds and campfires.
    “Fur and Steve are REAL treasures of modern Americana music. They write songs that are true classics of cowboy twang and feel-good road adventure.” – Susie Glaze, the Voice of Southern California Bluegrass.
    “Fur and Steve make fantastic country-soaked folk songs about big highways, big heartbreak, the lure of home and the love of friends. It’s impossible not to be charmed.” – Lonesome Music, UK.
    “Their rootsy folk and country duets are unbeatable, honest and true.” – Rootstime, Belgium.
    “You’re listening to a masterful duet work with absolutely grade A material. Dixon and Werner have worked together for eight years touring and recording. All these nights on stage together show in their sense of warmth and comfort singing these songs.” – Southland Serenade.
    More at www.furandsteve.com  and   www.reverbnation.com/furdixonandstevewerner    
    Tix, $20.
     
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Fri, Oct 28:
8 pm NATHAN McEUEN & MATT CARTSONIS at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. This'll be a fine show. Tix on sale Oct 14; $15.
     
     
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Saturday, October 29
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Sat & Sun, Oct 29 & 30, in Ventura County, FESTIVAL:
CAJUN & BLUEGRASS WEEKEND closes this year's month-long “UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS HARVEST FESTIVAL,” which runs weekends with music, weekdays without, including this fine musical closer, plus a big corn maze, lots of activities for kids, food, and more, 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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SCHEDULE: Oct 22 & 23 unannounced CAJUN & BLUEGRASS WEEKEND:
    Sat & Sun, Oct 29 & 30 (both days) there's good music. Sat, ACADIANA plays Cajun-zydeco from 10:30 am-2:30 pm, followed by the CATTERWAILERS with bluegrass from 3:30-5:30 pm. Sun, the CATTERWAILERS play 10:30 am-2:30 pm, and ROCKY NECK BLUEGRASS plays 3:30-5:30, to close-out this year's month-long festival.
    Admission, any day, is $12 general, and children under age 2 are free.
     
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Sat, Oct 29:
3 pm “NOW THAT SHE'S GONE” is “a play of life and insight,” at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236. ELLEN SNORTLAND is a playwright just returned from Scotland where she presented her play at The Edinborough Festival. She is bringing the full version, not the shorter version used in Europe, to The Coffee Gallery Backstage for two shows, Sat, Oct 29 at 3 pm (matinee) and Sun, Oct 30 at 7 pm. Her website has great visuals at http://tinyurl.com/coffeegallery The play is said to be “Funny, touching, insightful and all about Ellen and her mother.” Bob Stane says, “See why they took it to Scotland.” Very reasonable tickets are $10 (matinee) & $12 (evening).
     
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Sat, Oct 29:
8 pm DAN NAVARRO & LAWRENCE LEBO at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. This'll be a fine show, with LOWEN & NAVARRO vet Dan Navarro and Bluesy-Americana-Classic Jazzwoman Lawrence “Don't Call Her Larry” Lebo. Tix on sale Oct 15; $15.
     
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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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Sat, Oct 29:
8 pm WILLIAM JACKSON and GRÁINNE HAMBLY bring their "TWO SIDES OF CELTIC" show just in time for Samhain (the original Celtic Halloween) 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.
    WILLIAM JACKSON, a founding member of the Scottish group OSSIAN, has performed “a couple of outstanding shows” at the series before. This time, he is joined by GRÁINNE HAMBLY, who is from Ireland. The promo from Nick Smith and Rex Meyreis, co-producers of Caltech Folk, is so good that we're simply reprinting it for you, below.
    Their recent recording together, “Music from Ireland and Scotland, is a stunningly beautiful collection of mostly traditional tunes featuring the two of them on harp, along with tin whistle, concertina, and bouzouki. Along with the late, great singer, Tony Cuffe, William was a founding member of the much missed traditional Scottish group, Ossian, who we were lucky enough to have at Caltech back in 1988. Since then, his solo harp career has taken off, and he has become world renowned with touring and with recordings, such as “The Wellpark Suite.” He is equally adept in his interpretations of traditional tunes as he is as a composer. His Land of Light won the international competition in 1999 as the new song for Scotland, announced on the eve of that Parliament convening for the first time in 300 years.
    As impressive as William's two solo appearances at Caltech have been, we are delighted that he will be joined for this show by Gráinne (pronounced "GRAWN-yuh") Hambly, from County Mayo, Ireland. Gráinne has 3 solo recordings and two song book collections to her credit. Finton Vallely wrote that her CD, Between the Showers, is "an altogether beautiful harp album that takes on the full gamut of traditional dance music and airs as well as three Carolan pieces that include the unusual Madge Malone and two versions of Turlough MacDonough." The interplay of these two master musicians promises a truly memorable evening of music.
    Listen to them on Youtube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR8mXsQY-KY.     
    The web page for their CD is www.harpagency.com/artist1.htm    
    Their individual web sites are www.wjharp.com and www.grainne.harp.net.     
    Tickets for this show are $15 for adults and $5 for Caltech students and children, and they can be ordered by calling the Ticket Office at 626-395-4652, visiting the Ticket Office, or purchased for cash at the door (if it doesn't sell-out). The Ticket Office is open noon to 5 pm Monday through Friday.
     
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Sat, Oct 29:
SOLD OUT 8 pm JENNIFER WARNES at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
     
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Sat, Oct 29:
8 pm CLIFF WAGNER & THE OLD #7 bring bluegrass to the Folk Music Center & Museum, 220 Yale Av, Claremont 91711; 909-624-2928; www.folkmusiccenter.com.  Tix, $10.   
     
     
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Sunday, October 30
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Sun, Oct 30, FESTIVALS:
See yesterday's listings for a pair of festivals this weekend, and check-out “SAMHAIN” below...
     
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Sun, Oct 30:
3 & 7 pm “SAMHAIN” Irish Song, Dance & Story, with optional traditional Samhain dinner, brings the story of the original 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.    
    HALLOWEEN, aka HALLOWE’EN, or ALL HALLOWS EVE, or ALL SOULS EVE, or ALL SAINTS DAY has a more colorful history than you may know. So there’s much more to tell.
    It wasn’t always a day for dentists to drool, anticipating all the kid’s candy-fed cavities they’d soon be drilling.
    Halloween began as the Celtic “Samhain,” which actually means, "November." ADRIEN RAIN BURKE, from the Celtic Arts Center, explained it all to the Guide back in 2008, and it's so good we reprinted here.
    “'Samhain' (pronounced to rhyme with 'plowin') means 'November' in Gaelic, which was the first month of the year for the ancient Celts. So, October 31, which has come down to us as 'Halloween,' was the CELTIC NEW YEAR'S EVE and the beginning of the Dark Half of the year.
    “It was dangerous in those times, as the Celts believed in fairies and ghosts and 'things that go bump in the night' - and those bumpety things were for some reason especially prone to walk abroad during Celtic holidays - and they weren't very nice. In fact, to meet them usually ended in disaster for the hapless human. Jack O'Lanterns [carved from turnips in those pre-Columbian, pumpkin-less times – ed.] were lit and set in strategic places to scare away unwanted and unnatural visitors. Of course, one might be able to buy them off with treats.”
    When Christianity came to the British Isles and Ireland, The Church decided - as it often did - to keep the holiday and rename it to blend with the new faith. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. So Samhain became known as All Souls Eve, All Hallows Eve, and All Saints Day.
    Adrian adds, “And the scary fun went on. People love ghost stories by firelight, and probably always will, and kids love putting on a costume and going door-to-door for treats.But New Year’s Eve was moved to December 31 - the Roman New Year - because you have to draw the line somewhere.”
She concludes, “We at the Celtic Arts Center feel that the benefit of living in a multicultural society is the number of New Year's celebrations one can attend. So all are invited to ours.”
    We can't help but note that, nowadays, most of the month of October is given over to Samhain's descendant, Halloween – which is very odd, because Samhain still means November.
     
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Sun, Oct 30:
7 pm THE BATTLEFIELD BAND brings a suitably (and classically) Celtic evening performance for Samhain at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $24.50.
     
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Sun, Oct 30:
3 pm “NOW THAT SHE'S GONE” is “a play of life and insight,” at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236. ELLEN SNORTLAND is a playwright just returned from Scotland where she presented her play at The Edinborough Festival. She is bringing the full version, not the shorter version used in Europe, to The Coffee Gallery Backstage for two shows, Sat, Oct 29 at 3 pm (matinee) and Sun, Oct 30 at 7 pm. Her website has great visuals at http://tinyurl.com/coffeegallery The play is said to be “Funny, touching, insightful and all about Ellen and her mother.” Bob Stane says, “See why they took it to Scotland.” Very reasonable tickets are $10 (matinee) & $12 (evening).
     
     
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NOVEMBER 2011 (a first look)...
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Fri, Nov 4:
8 pm MARLEY'S GHOST, a wonderfully Celtic / Americana flavored outfit, performs at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. Tix on sale Oct 21; $17.50.
     
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Fri, Nov 4:
8 pm WILLY PORTER at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $22.50.
     
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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:
6 pm DIRK HAMILTON plus CINDY KALMENSON & THE LUCKY DUCKS play the “FOUR FRIENDS ACOUSTIC MUSIC SERIES” dinner-and-a-show at Four Friends Gallery, 1408 E Thousand Oaks Bl, Thousand Oaks 91362; info@fourfriendsgallery.com; 805-497-4022. 
    Dinner at 6, concert starts at 7 pm.
    Singer-songwriter DAVE MORRISON is performing host. There is a Song Circle at the end, so you are invited to bring your guitar, and a there's a piano for you to play.
    Full bar available. Dinner is included with $15 admission.
     
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Sat, Nov 5:
8 pm DREAM STREET at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. Tix on sale Oct 22; $17.50.
     
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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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Sat, Nov 5:
8 & 10 pm GRAHAM PARKER at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. 8 pm is sold out. Tix, $24.50.
     
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Sun, Nov 6:
10:30 am JUSTIN ROBERTS & THE NOT READY FOR NAPTIME PLAYERS play the Kids Concert at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $17.
     
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Sun, Nov 6
7 pm JOHN WESLEY HARDING & The KING CHARLES TRIO plus THE MINUS FIVE at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $22.50.
     
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Fri, Nov 11:
8 pm AL STEWART plays McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Still famous for his fine songs, “Time Passages” and “Year of the Cat,” he's here for two nights, the 11th and 12th. Tix, $24.50
     
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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:
8 pm THREE MUSCKETEERS (Three mUSCketeers) at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. Tix on sale Oct 29; $15.
     
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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 12:
8 pm AL STEWART plays McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Still famous for his fine songs, “Time Passages” and “Year of the Cat,” he's here for two nights, the 11th and 12th. Tix, $24.50
     
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Fri, Nov 18:
8 pm CALAVERAS plus CLAUDIA RUSSELL & THE FOLK UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA play a double-bill at the “CAMARILLO CAFÉ CONCERT SERIES,” at Camarillo Community Center, 1605 E Burnley St (NE corner, Carmen & Burnley), Camarillo.
    Artist info, www.CalaverasSongs.com and www.ClaudiaRussell.com   
    Open mic precedes the featured acts (signups start at 7:30). Info, 805-523-2682; email, WhatsHappening@CamarilloCafe.com; website, www.CamarilloCafe.com. Sponsored by Pleasant Valley Recreation & Parks District and produced by Gary & Kathy Lynch, this is always a good time, and tonight, it brings two acts well worth a drive from L.A.
     
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Fri, Nov 18:
8 pm “A FAMOUS BRITISH TRIBUTE BAND” at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. Even the venue won't tell you who yet, citing their “Don't strum, don't tell” policy.” Big reveal is Oct 22. Tix on sale Nov 4; $17.50.
     
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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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Sun, Nov 20:
8 pm monthly “VARIETY NIGHT” with featured artists CALI ROSE & CRAIG BRANDAU and the sign-up-in-advance OPEN MIC, at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. Open Mic signups limited to the first eight, and are taken beginning Nov 6 at 1 pm at the venue. Tix, $4.
    
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Nov 26, in Ojai:
“CELTIC WOODS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION” with local superstars CELTIC SPRING promises to be a “delightful and festive” edition of the Ojai Concert Series. Tix & info, www.ojaiconcertseries.com or call Shane Butler at 805-665-8852.
     
     
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DECEMBER 2011 (a bit of what's coming...)
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Fri, Dec 2:
8 pm ROB ICKES & JIM HURST at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. Tix on sale Nov 18; $17.50.
    
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Sat, Dec 3:
8 pm LOAFER'S GLORY at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. Tix on sale Nov 19; $20.
    
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Sat, Dec 10:
8 pm JANET KLEIN & HER PARLOR BOYS at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. Tix on sale Nov 26; $17.50.
    
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Sat, Dec 17:
8 pm THE WITCHER BROTHERS bring dynamite bluegrass to Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. More details in the near future. Tix on sale Dec 4; $15.
    
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Sun, Dec 18:
7 pm Annual “FREE HOLIDAY SHOW” at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583. An established tradition here, with entertainment provided by the teachers (recording stars / session players all) at the venue / music store. Cookies and baked confections are always anticipated at this event, too. More details in the near future. Free.
    
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Dec 31, in Ojai:
3rd Annual Celtic “NEW YEARS CELEBRATION” with “the international sensation” MOLLY’S REVENGE at the Ojai Concert Series. Tix & info, www.ojaiconcertseries.com or call Shane Butler at 805-665-8852.
    
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