The Friday Full Music Monty, with some weekend festival stuff, Nov 2, 2012

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When we last saw the editor, his feet were protruding from the computer screen. The rest of him had been sucked-in, in his never-ending quest to extract and prepare information so you’ll know what’s happening in the vast harmonic universe of acoustic and folk-americana music.
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He seems to have completed Friday’s edition. Here it is. Until we find some someone with enough horsepower to help us grab his feet and get the rest of him back, you’ll just have to wait to see what he has discovered for you to experience this weekend.
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Well, we do have some of it. He did already publish two special editions today, one for a FESTIVAL that happens on Sunday, the other for an all-star telethon for Hurricane Sandy relief. Those gems are available just below or in the sidebar at left, depending on which edition you are reading.
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For the moment, that’s all we know. With it revealed, here is the Full Monty for Friday…
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Friday, November 2
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Today’s sections:
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1) Friday night’s MUSIC ON TV
2) FESTIVALS and MUSIC CAMPS that start (or end) today
3) Friday’s CONCERTS, CLUB GIGS, SHOWCASES, OPEN MICS and other LIVE events
4) Friday FILM event
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1) Friday night’s MUSIC ON TV:
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Fri, Nov 2, on TV:
8-9 pm “HURRICANE SANDY: COMING TOGETHER” is all-star benefit concert for the Red Cross, with performances by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND, BILLY JOEL, JON BON JOVI, STING, and others, hosted by MATT LAUER and BRIAN WILLIAMS. This may be repeated, but no times or dates have been announced. We caught the live broadcast earlier on MSNBC.
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It’s on all broadcast NBC affiliates, nationwide, including KNBC channel 4 in L.A.
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Fri, Nov 2, on TV:
8-8:30 pm “SUN STUDIO SESSIONS” brings blues singer TEENY TUCKER in a 2010 episode, singing selections from her 2010 CD “Keep the Blues Alive.” On KLCS.
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Fri, Nov 2, on TV:
8-9 pm “MR. BLUE SKY: JEFF LYNN OF ELO” is a splendid 2012 music documentary on the life, craft and influence of genius composer-songwriter and mega-multi-instrumentalist JEFF LYNN, who first became famous for his key role in ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA ijn the ’70s. The film includes segments with PAUL McCARTNEY, RINGO STARR, TO PETTY, and JOE WALSH. On Palladia.
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Fri, Nov 2, on TV:
8:30-9 pm “BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND” brings a 2012 episode with DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER. On KLCS.
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Fri, Nov 2, on TV:
10-11 pm “LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN” re-airs a splendid 2012 episode with NORAH JONES that was the show’s season premiere. This one is really, really good. Repeats 4-5 am. On KLCS.
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Fri, Nov 2, on TV:
10:30 pm-midnight “ALL ACCESS: BACKSTAGE” brings a 2006 episode with SHERYL CROW, STING, SANTANA, and ROB THOMAS, but you will have to endure a segment with the godawful KID ROCK. On Palladia.
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Fri night / Sat AM, Nov 2 / 3, on TV:
2-2:30 am “SUN STUDIO SESSIONS” airs a recorded performance from the legendary studio in Memphis where Elvis started. On KLCS.
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Fri night / Sat AM, Nov 2 / 3, on TV:
2:30-3 am “BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND” airs a recorded performance from deep in the cavern / performance venue where the series originates, 300+ feet underground. On KLCS.
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Fri night / EARLY Sat AM, Nov 2 / 3, on TV:
4-5 am “LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN” re-airs a splendid 2012 episode with NORAH JONES that was the show’s season premiere. This one is really, really good. On KLCS.
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Fri night / EARLY Sat AM, Nov 2 / 3, on TV:
5:30-6 am “THE PIANO GUY” re-airs its 2011 season opener, teaching how to play FATS WALLER’S “Honeysuckle Rose” and HORACE SILVER’S “Song for My Father.” DAVID BENOIT and BOBBY FLOYD discuss their musical influences. On KLCS.
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2) FESTIVALS and MUSIC CAMPS that start (or end) today…
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Fri-Sun, Nov 2-4, FESTIVAL, in Simi Valley:
4 pm-midnight "FLEET WOODS FESTIVAL" is a "community music and arts festival" with the GET DOWN BOYS, DORIAN WOOD, MAD GREGS, ONE TRICK PONY, MANY DISTANT CITIES, MATT VAN WINKLE, KITCHEN HIP , TOMMY SANTEE KLAWS, FORT KING, GOLD PAINT, THE EAGER SEAVER, TALL TALES & THE SILVER LINING, BRANDON SCHOTT, YOKO KIKUCHI, WHITE DOVE, CB BRAND, THE OLD ROUND, GHIANT, BUNNIES & KITTIES, THE RECEPTIONISTS, HOMESICK ELEPHANT, ONE HIGH FIVE, and others, presented by Natural Stage Project at Stage Ranch Park, 1 Black Canyon Rd, Simi Valley 93063; info, Hikeswithoutmics@gmail.com.
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Continues Saturday & Sunday, beginning Sat at 9 am and going straight through the day and night ’til Sunday at 6 pm.
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Fri-Sun, Nov 2-4, MUSIC CAMP, in the San Bernardino Mtns:
Annual “MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS” folk music camp at Camp Bienville Pines, 41750 Jenks Lake Rd West, Angelus Oaks 92305.
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Fri, Nov 2; Thu, Oct 25-Nov 2:
6-9 pm “DAY OF THE DEAD – NOVENARIO” begins Oct 25, runs through Nov 2, at El Pueblo Historical Monument, 125 Paseo de la Plaza (across from Union Station), downtown Los Angeles; 213-485-8372 or www.calleolvera.com.
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As part of the annual “Day of the Dead” celebration (sort of a Latin American Halloween), this is a Pre-Colombian “Novenario” procession includes blessings each night beginning at 7 pm. There is often live music, too. Free.
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3) Friday’s CONCERTS, CLUB GIGS, SHOWCASES, OPEN MICS and other “Go-to-and-do” LIVE events:
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Fri, Nov 2, in L.A.:
5 pm monthly “OLD-TIME JAM” at the Fretted Frog Acoustic Guitar Store, 1200 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles 90026; 213-353-0734.
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Fri, Nov 2, near LAX:
6 pm RHUBARB MERINGUE PIE plays the “WESTCHESTER FIRST FRIDAYS” series in the 6200 block of W 87th St, Westchester 90045.
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Fri, Nov 2, in Ventura Co:
7 pm SONGMAKERS’ monthly “PENNY LANE SING CIRCLE” in Port Hueneme 93041. Info and location at www.songmakers.org.
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Fri, Nov 2, in UCLA, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm DAVID GRISMAN SEXTET plus DAVID LINDLEY play the new Center for the Art of Performance (CAP) Series in Royce Hall on the UCLA Campus in Westwood 90095. Tix, 310-825-2101 or 310-825-4401.
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Fri, Nov 2, in San Pedro, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm PADDY KEENAN, the Irish music legend, plays Alva’s Showroom, 1417 W 8th St, San Pedro 90732; 310-519-1314.
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Fri, Nov 2, in Altadena, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm HOUSTON JONES plus SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME STRING BAND make for a wonderful double-bill tonight at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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Fri, Nov 2, in Santa Barbara, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “FIFTY YEARS IN THE BLUEGRASS: A TRIBUTE TO PETER FELSDMANN” with performances by TOM BALL & KENNY SULTAN, GILLES APAP, JIM WIMMER, ALASTAIR GREENE, RICK CUNHA, DAVID JACKSON, TOM LEE, GAVID WEST, BLAINE SPROUSE, FRANCINE FELDMANN, THE GAP TOOTH MOUNTAIN RAMBLERS, and BYRON BERLINE, at the Lobero Theatre, 33 E Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara 93101; tix & info, 805-963-0761.
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Fri, Nov 2, in San Diego Co (Del Mar), a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE DESERT ROSE BAND acoustic quartet plays the Del Mar Powerhouse, 1658 Coast Bl, Del Mar 92014.
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Fri, Nov 2, in L.A.:
8 pm ALANIS MORISETTE plays Club Nokia in the L.A. Live complex next to Staples Center. Tix, $41.50-$66.
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Fri, Nov 2:
8 pm “FALL-TACULAR CELEBRATION” benefit show with THE LAUREN ADAMS BAND, with MARK “POCKET” GOLDBERG, NICK KIRGO,, PHIL PARLAPIANO, DAVE BEYER, & LAUREN ADAMS, plus special guests, at Mare'ka Organic Watering Hole, 12747 Ventura Bl, Studio City 91604.
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Tonight, the band is doing a benefit for the L.A. FOOD BANK. Bring dry shelf-stable or canned foods or personal care items. Also welcome: mislabeled products, useable promotional items, bulk damaged goods that are still good.
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This is a great band. A really great band, who always impresses the Guide’s writers and editor. The venue is known for serving tasty organic food. Tonight’s show requires only a one-drink minimum, no admission charge if you bring a donation for the L.A. Food Bank.
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Fri, Nov 2, in SFV (NoHo):
8 pm monthly “FIRST FRIDAY SHOW” with performing host SEVERIN BROWNE, one or more special guest recording artists, and the all-star FIRST FRIDAY BAND, at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood 91607; 818-766-9913. No cover, but all musicians donate their performances, and venue expects a donation in the neighborhood of $10 from each patron. You can probably watch live on the web at www.kulakswoodshed.com, but check early to see the status of that feed.
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Fri, Nov 2, in SGV (Monrovia):
8 pm weekly “MONROVIA STREET FAIR” includes several venues with acoustic music, some impromptu, some more formal, including the KATTYWOMPUS CONCERT and JAM with all comers – including dulcimer players – at Dollmakers Kattywompus, 412 S Myrtle Av, Monrovia 91016; 626-357-1091. Free.
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Fri, Nov 2, in Van Nuys:
CANCELLED: 9 pm KEN O’MALLEY will NOT play his weekly gig at Ireland’s 32, 13721 Burbank Bl, Van Nuys 91401; 818-785-4031. He’s in Indiana, to perform at Notre Dame, as much an Irish Mecca as America has…
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4) Friday & Saturday FILM Event
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“ORCHESTRA OF EXILES” opens in Los Angeles on Nov 2 at Laemmle's Music Hall and Claremont 5, with weekend shows at Town Center 5 and Playhouse 7. The film features ITZHAK PERLMAN, JOSHUA BELL, ZUBIN MEHTA, and PINCHAS ZUKERMAN. Check theatres for showtimes.
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Director Josh Aronson will be in town Friday and Saturday night for Q & As after the 7:20 pm showings at the Music Hall.
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Held over in New York and garnering consistently glowing, heartfelt responses from audiences, ORCHESTRA OF EXILES begins its Los Angeles run Nov 2. After a week of exuberant screenings in New York and a solid box office performance, Aronson says he is "proud to bring to light the little known and inspiring Holocaust era story of a Jew who saved 1000 Jews while sowing the seeds for the vast cultural life of Israel we know today."
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The film is a new 2012 release, made in the USA, and runs 85 minutes. It’s produced, written and directed by Josh Aronson, a First Run Features Release.
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ORCHESTRA OF EXILES is the meticulously crafted and researched tale of the man who saved Europe’s premiere Jewish musicians from obliteration by the Nazis during WWII. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these musicians to Palestine and formed the Palestine Symphony, that would eventually become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness and an entourage of celebrity allies including Arturo Toscanini and Albert Einstein, Huberman forever changed and preserved the landscape of musical history.
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In the early 1930s Hitler began forcing Jewish musicians out of orchestras across central Europe. But the Nazis unwittingly created a unique opportunity, as never before had so many top orchestra players been simultaneously jobless. After three years of extraordinary dedication to the project, Bronislaw Huberman fulfilled his dream of creating the Palestine Symphony Orchestra with Arturo Toscanini as its first conductor.
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ORCHESTRA OF EXILES, featuring commentary by musical greats including Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman and Joshua Bell, documents Huberman’s struggle to create the Palestine Symphony. Director Josh Aronson’s research for the film required the translation of thousands of letters, interviews and articles in libraries from Berlin to Tel Aviv, a process that would take years, and which revealed a complex story touching on themes of music, genocide, courage and intolerance. The result is a thrilling story with a diverse array of characters including Joseph Goebbels, renowned conductors Furtwangler and Toscanini, future head of state Chaim Weizmann and the families of victimized Jewish musicians who made up the ranks of orchestras across central Europe. Even Albert Einstein played a role, a man who, among other pursuits, was an amateur violinist who liked to read music with Huberman.
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Huberman and Toscanini knew that a world-class ensemble of Jewish exiles would be a powerful tool to fight the savage anti-Semitism spreading out from Germany, and would build the international prestige of the Jewish people. Huberman used all of his political capital and every contact at his disposal to arrange for musicians and their families to escape persecution and emigrate to Palestine. In all, he saved close to a thousand Jews -- along with the musical heritage of Europe.
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ORCHESTRA OF EXILES explores profound psychological questions: How did living through WWI and the Depression change Huberman from a self-absorbed eccentric genius into an altruistic statesman dedicated to egalitarian politics and humanism? How did Nazism and its cultural policies ignite Huberman and inspire him to bring music to Palestine, to save Jews and to fight anti-Semitism?
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ORCHESTRA OF EXILES is a timeless tale of a brilliant young man coming of age, and the suspenseful chronicle of how his efforts impacted cultural history.
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The release of ORCHESTRA OF EXILES could not come at a better time, as in October 2012, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra traveled to the United States to perform in New York, Palm Desert, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Presented by American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, benefits at Carnegie Hall in New York City (October 25) and at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (October 30) highlight the Israel Philharmonic's 28th tour of the United States.
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“The seeds of culture that Huberman planted, that he brought from Central Europe, we are reaping their rewards today.” - Zubin Mehta.
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