Last of the ANDREWS SISTERS left us today

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PATTY ANDREWS, youngest and last of the ANDREWS SISTERS, died today at her home in Northridge, California. She was 94.
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The ANDREWS SISTERS earned 19 Gold Records and sold about 100 million singles.
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When Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne -- the three Andrews Sisters -- performed, Patty was always the one in the middle. No musicians were more popular during World War II, especially with American GIs. The sisters performed on troop ships, in airplane hangars and on barely-secured battlefields for the troops, headlining USO shows worldwide throughout World War II.
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They were major stars on the home front, where defense plant workers -- "Rosie the Riveter" -- and everyone else bought their 78 rpm records and flocked to see them perform with famous big bands and small swing ensemble combos.
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"Patty always [sang] the lead, Maxene the high harmony and LaVerne the low harmony, inventing a unique blend that came from their hearts, since none of the girls could read music," according to the official biography released late today by her publicist, ALAN EICHLER.
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One of the sisters' biggest hits, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," became a World War II anthem and has been performed and recorded many times since. BETTE MIDLER had a hit with it in the 1970s. The Recording Industry of America Association (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts both place the song at #6 on their "Songs of the Century" lists covering all the music of the 20th century; the list was issued in 2001.
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Other major songs by the trio include "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon," "Don't Fence Me In," "Apple Blossom Time," "Rum and Coca Cola," and "I Can Dream, Can't I?"
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Sister LaVerne was seven years older than Patty. She died of cancer in 1967. Maxene, older than Patty by two years, died of a heart attack in 1995.
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Eichler's statement says, "They had begun to sing together at home, with LaVerne teaching her younger siblings the 'hot' songs of the day, like the BOSWELL SISTERS rendition of 'Dinah' and 'When I Take My Sugar to Tea.' "
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LARRY RICH, who operated a traveling show in vaudeville days, offered the sisters a spot after seeing them sing at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis. Patty Andrews, who had been born and raised in Minnesota, was just 10 years old at the time.
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"It was always important to the girls that they were the children of immigrant parents, and when their father's business was wiped out during the Depression, the sisters left school and went out on the road to sing, using their music to support their family as best they could," says the bio from Eichler.
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Eventually, they made it to New York City with JACK BELASCO'S ORCHESTRA and toured the Vaudeville circuit with TED MACK, famous for his radio work, including the original "Amateur Hour."
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In 1937, when the sisters were "literally at the end of the road" and "stranded in New York City," their recording career began in one of those famous by-the-skin-of-their-teeth show biz miracles.
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Eichler chronicles the story: "Through an arranger they had met on the road, VIC SCHOEN, they landed one show, for one night only at the Edison Hotel with THE BILLY SWANSON ORCHESTRA, where they sang exactly one verse of one song. As luck would have it, that part of the show was being broadcast on the radio, and the head of Decca Records, JACK KAPP, was getting into a taxi that had the radio tuned to that station. The next day, LOU LEVY, who would soon become their manager and later the husband of Maxene, was sent to the Edison Hotel with instructions to find 'those girls.' "
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They appeared in 16 motion pictures during the 1940s, including "Hollywood Canteen" and "Road to Rio" with BOB HOPE and BING CROSBY, "Hold That Ghost" with BUD ABBOTT & LOU COSTELLO, "Buck Privates," "In the Navy," and in a number of Hollywood musicals.
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In the 1950s, the sisters enjoyed a resurgence
when they were booked at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. That led to their first appearances on early television, and to more recording.
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Their music still has a cult following, thanks to several tribute acts who tour with plenty of 40s-era costume changes and near-perfect replication of those Andrews Sisters harmonies and vocal layerings. These include the LINDY SISTERS; SOS / aka the SISTERS OF SWING; and THE SWING DOLLS USO TOUR. All have performed in recent months in Southern California, in shows listed in the Acoustic Americana Music Guide.
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We don't know if Patty was in the audience at any of those performances. After all, she lived in the San Fernando Valley. We do hope she knew that the musical legacy that she and her sisters left us has plenty of younger fans today.
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New Awards for Women Musicians & Women Music Industry Pros Debut During NAMM Show

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With more than 250 music industry professionals in attendance, the first annual "Women’s International Music Network" (The WiMN) breakfast and "She Rocks" Awards debuted Friday, January 25th, in Anaheim, during the 2013 NAMM show. The event was held in partnership with music magazine publisher NewBay Media.
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The awards paid tribute to women who display leadership and stand out within the music industry.
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The emcee was LAURA B. WHITMORE, the music industry veteran who founded the Women’s International Music Network. Whitmore also produces the Women’s Music Summit and writes the "Guitar Girl’d" column in Guitar World magazine.
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“It was exhilarating to have so many talented and dedicated women join us for this ground breaking event," said Whitmore. She added, “I was truly moved by the support and enthusiasm so many shared for the launch of the Women’s International Music Network and She Rocks Awards. There is no doubt we will be back for the 2014 Winter NAMM show.”
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2013 honorees and awards included ~
* HOLLY KNIGHT, producer-songwriter-artist, received the “Mad Skills” award.
*  ORIANTHI, guitar prodigy, received the “Inspire” award.
*  TISH CIRAVOLO, president of Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, received the “Vision“ award.
*  MARY PEAVEY, president of Peavey Electronics, received the “Icon” award.
*   LAURA TAYLOR, senior vice president of operations for Guitar Center, received the “Champion” award.
*  CARLA DeSANTIS BLACK, founder of Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women (MEOW), received the “Endurance” award.
*  PAULINE FRANCE of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation’s corporate PR department, received the “Next Generation” award.
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HOLLY KNIGHT is one of the most successful songwriters on the musical landscape. Major artists who have recorded her songs, and the song titles, include:
*  Shawn Colvin - "Hold on to the Good Things."
*  Aaron Neville - "Try a Little Harder."
*  Dusty Springfield - "Time Waits for No One."
*  Pat Benatar - "Love Is a Battlefield," "Invincible," "Sometimes the Good Guys Finish First," "Girl."
*  Heart - "Never," "All Eyes," "There's the Girl," "Tall, Dark, Handsome Stranger," "I Love You."
*  Bon Jovi - "Stick to Your Guns."
*  Bonnie Tyler - "Hide Your Heart," "The Best," "Where Were Youqnd that impressive list, Holly Knight has written for everybody from Kiss to Meat Loaf to Cheap Trick to Ozzy Osbourne to Elvira to the "Thelma and Louise" soundtrack.
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ORIANTHI is Greek-Australian female guitar prodigy Orianthi Panagaris, deemed "seriously ass-whoopin'" by Carlos Santana. Orianthi burst on the scene in 2009.
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The WiMN breakfast and She Rocks Awards kicked-off with a performance by ALI HANDAL, international touring artist and author of "Guitar For Girls: A Beginner’s Guide to Playing Acoustic or Electric Guitar."  A vocal warm-up followed, lead by SUSAN CARR, professional vocal coach and developer of the app, "The Art of Screaming."
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The morning event concluded with an electrifying performance by guitarist ORIANTHI, accompanied by bassist NIK WEST and drummer BRITTANY MACCARELLO.
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The Women’s International Music Breakfast and the She Rocks Awards were supported in part by NewBay Media, publishers of many music magazines, including Guitar World, Guitar Player, Electronic Musician, Mix Magazine, Bass Player, Keyboard, and other industry publications, and by Daisy Rock Guitars, Peavey Electronics, Guitar Center, Dean Markley USA, PRS Guitars, MEOW, and On-Stage Stands.
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If the awarding organization sounds vaguely, but not quite, familiar, Southern Californians have LAWIM, the Los Angeles Women in Music, an organization that's been around doing good things for a long time. The Women’s International Music Network (The WiMN) is new.
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Founded in 2012, The WiMN -- like LAWIM -- connects women who work within all facets of the music industry. With www.theWiMN.com as its hub, the WiMN provides a global community for women in music with the goal of enriching their careers and musical experiences through networking and sharing.
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You can view and download images from the event at www.flickr.com/photos/thewimn/
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Find more about WiMN (but not binders full of women) at www.thewimn.com.
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NAMM Show delivered for global music & sound industry

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"When the business is music, it’s a fine line between good times and work." That remark by a NAMM official is an accurate summation of the experience of attending the world’s premier gathering for the music instrument and product industry, January 24-27 in Anaheim, California.
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Produced by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), the NAMM Show delivered four jam-packed days filled with new product debuts, networking, and educational opportunities set to a soundtrack of live music and conversation among friends old and new.
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*  Mayor STEVIE WONDER
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For the first time, a Mayor led the NAMM Show. NAMM president and CEO Joe Lamond proclaimed world-renowned musician and humanitarian STEVIE WONDER as "Mayor of the NAMM Show" with a lifetime, all-access badge to NAMM. Wonder has been a stalwart attendee for years, always drawing a crowd when he takes to a keyboard in an exhibitor booth.
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For Stevie "His Honor the Mayor" Wonder, it occasioned some heartfelt expression: "My goal is, before it's my time, I hope to be able to make music accessible to everybody, children and adults.” Wonder continued, "It's a whole new world of music and instrument discovery at the show every year.”
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As in past years, before it was his "town," Stevie Wonder walked through the NAMM show trying out new products and meeting with friends, one of hundreds of major artists who could be observed doing that.
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*  Live Music on a Big, New Stage
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This year brought the debut of the Anaheim Convention Center’s new outdoor venue, "The Anaheim Grand Plaza," with 100,000 square feet for NAMM's outdoor stage hosting a steady procession of live performances. (For other events, it becomes "outdoor meeting and event space" of whatever kind.)
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NAMM Show-goers -- and the general public -- enjoyed a series of live performances all day, every day throughout the four-day show in the plaza and surrounding hotels. The outdoor stage hosted concert sets by THE LIVING LEGENDS JAM with band members from FLEETWOOD MAC, the EAGLES, BLACK SABBATH, and more; horn-bristling TOWER OF POWER; CTA, aka CALIFORNIA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, with original members of CHICAGO (which, if you recall, started as Chicago Transit Authority).
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While the team from the Acoustic Americana Music Guide was catching the best acoustic concerts indoors, the Grand Plaza gave the energetic nighttime crowds plenty of authentic rock and roll under night skies.
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Enjoying the outdoor venue after trade show hours, Jerry Loos, owner of Jerry Loos Guitar Training in  Westerville, Ohio, said, "There’s great talent with TOWER OF POWER and a community feeling [on the Grand Plaza]. It’s great to wind down out here after the day, while enjoying some music with good friends and business partners."
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The outdoor stage was also active during daytime hours, though significantly less crowded then, as were publicly-accessible stages in hotel bars and lobbies.
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The new outdoor stage accommodated far larger crowds than ever fit in the lobby, where the main stage had always been. Relocating it allowed the "badges-only" area to expand, for the first time reaching to the convention center’s exterior walls. It effectively increased the show’s footprint.
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With that came the intelligent relocation of registration areas to the hotels. Inside the Convention Center, badged attendees quickly adapted to the larger show perimeter and enjoyed the fluidity of movement from galleries to lobbies, where escalators connect floors.
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It allowed NAMM to create an easier-to-navigate show with fewer ID checks, greatly alleviating the time-consuming bottlenecks of past years.
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Easier access was important. It isn't easy trying to see it all. Every aspect of the music instrument and products industry, including retailers, corporate buyers, artists, and sound and lighting professionals purveyed or surveyed nearly 5000 unique brands in the vast expanses of the Convention Center complex and the meeting and convention facilities of the surrounding hotels.
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Yamaha most notably chose a hotel and the extra space there to present their expanded exhibition and celebrate their 125th anniversary. They also hosted a concert by ELTON JOHN. With that star of an earlier era, many remarked on the changes represented by the company in a medium where everything is in motion and everyone is trying to get a handle on where it will go next.
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Joe Lamond, president and CEO of NAMM, said, “Our industry, like many others, is in the midst of rapid change. And I believe NAMM members who came to Anaheim to see the latest product innovations, attend NAMM University sessions, and network with friends and peers will be uniquely positioned to take advantage of the business opportunities in the year ahead.”
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With live performances literally everywhere -- in booths, on stages, and in hotels -- what was happening behind the scenes had a different driving motivation.
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*  Changed Emphasis for NAMM
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Based on member feedback from recent years, NAMM made a concerted effort this time around to increase buyer (blue) badges and decrease guest (yellow) badges.
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The goal? To create the most business-friendly event in years.
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The number of Buyer badges increased 4 percent over 2012, while non-industry guests decreased 16 percent. The latter can be explained by limiting guest badges. The former -- an actual increase in buyers -- was attributed to the desire of a variety of wholesale and bulk consumers to be there.
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They came from retail music stores and corporate buyers -- including some you may not expect, like houses of worship and mega-churches, live event venues of all kinds, touring professionals, casinos, and recording and sound studios. All were among the buyers shopping the NAMM Show.
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The diverse mix of industry professionals resulted in a business-focused, yet vibrant, show, with 93,908 total registrants.
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No shortage of attendees echoed the business-of-music theme.
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“We were approached by many potential new business partners, so it became an even broader type of business show,” said Tony Moscal, general manager of business development for Peavey. “We’re glad to see that NAMM's provided with a full representation of an industry business show in addition to traditional retailers. This has been one of the most exciting, rewarding shows that I’ve been involved with since my first NAMM Show in 1981.”
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Billy Cuthrell, owner of Progressive Music Center in North Carolina, said, "I attend for the latest, greatest and best our industry has to offer. This show was rich with industry trends, the latest in gear and top notch sessions at the Idea Center.” He added, “I consider my time at NAMM a major part of my business success throughout the year."
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While musicians and celebrities visited booths and explored new products and live music was ubiquitous, NAMM's official line remained, "the resounding sentiment on the show floor was that the industry was getting down to business."
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Roland's president, Kim Nunney, said, "Roland Corporation U.S. is very pleased with the 2013 NAMM Show, and activity on our new booth and location." Nunney added, "Traffic was steady throughout the show and dealers responded very positively to our new products, Content Checkpoints, and media stage. A great show, we're looking forward to a strong [business year in] 2013."
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*  New Presences, New Energy
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Enthusiasm ran high among NAMM Show first-timers, including two members of the team from the Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Apps and software, new technologies for acoustic guitars, electric and acoustic instruments made by "3-D printing," and performance accessories all drew crowds.
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“I’m freaking out,” said Mike Miltimore, founder of Riversong Guitars in British Columbia. Miltimore’s business card also bills him as "Passion Igniter," and with his incandescent grin it is easy to see why.
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Miltmore brought his patent-pending guitar design to the show for the first time, unsure if he would meet his goals of finding more international distribution.
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“At the show, we’ve seen big-time interest from countries I did not even know existed,” he said, adding, “I also wanted to connect with my current dealers, and NAMM is the place to do that.”
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Serenely regarding the brisk business at his booth and his smiling, upbeat crew, Miltimore seemed satisfied, saying, “This is beyond my wildest expectations.”
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New exhibitors accounted for 20 percent of the exhibiting companies this year. Another 118 companies returned to NAMM after a year or more off.
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"The increase is a subtle indicator that the music products industry is stealthily creeping back onto terra firma," concluded NAMM in a post-show statement. Not so subtle is the vibrant, positive feeling among new exhibitors, some of whom came to NAMM because they felt the time was right to expand their businesses and gather input from the music-making world.
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Buyers make a point to find new products at the show. “Coming to NAMM is my mental catalog for the rest of the year,” said Clark Baker, owner of Clark Baker Music in El Centro, CA. “I always walk every row and see everything I can because you never know. You could be out there, and Wow! That’s a new thing! I’m so glad I saw that.”
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The Acoustic Americana Music Guide will continue our current in-depth series on new innovations, music and sound products, software, hardware, and instruments that debuted at NAMM.
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Meantime, the NAMM site has a fine section on the proven benefits of making music, along with a whole lot more. Of course, if you're in the music industry, there's a page on their site that attempts to recruit you (which might fit nicely with your needs). Check it out at www.namm.org.
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Live from the NAMM Show: innovations abound, even on the event's final day

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Part 3 of the Guide's on-the-scene coverage of the music industry's biggest annual trade show, at the Anaheim Convention Center complex
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by Larry Wines & Nowell Siegel
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Sunday morning is always the fourth and final day of each year's enormous National Association of Music Manufacturers (NAMM) trade show. It includes presentation of a couple of music-media awards and always anticipated "Best of Show" picks by a panel of industry insiders of varied backgrounds.
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That affords us an opportunity to cite our own first batch of finds among the many new products and innovations. Of course, plenty that's here has excited us, and we'll bring you more from our ongoing explorations, even after the show has ended.
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The first of this morning's awards went to competitors in the school bands contest; all were featured Saturday night at Downtown Disney. NAMM will send the top winner of the national competition to an international contest rhis sumner in Frankfurt Germany.
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Next came NAMM's "Excellence for Music in Advertising Award." Nominees included the Old Spice "Muscle Music" ad, Target Stores "Music Teachers" (which won 3rd place), the United Health Care / AARP ad "Playing for Keeps" (2nd place winner, depicting aging Boomers getting together for a rock jam), ads by Volkswagen, Coca-Cola, Chase Freedom (bank credit card), and a positively stunning ad for Chevy that won, hands-down. We'll bring you more tomorrow on the winner, and where you can watch it online.
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Broadcast media, both radio and TV, are required to air a miniscule amount of material in the public interest. These "PSAs" are far less numerous than they used to be, but well-made ones do get aired. NAMM screened their new PSA, celebrating the importance and sheer joy of music education and learning to play at any age. It's titled "Just Play" and it deserves to be on TV.
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That brought the program to its morning live performance. The packed dining room was treated to a "BLUEGRASS BREAKFAST PERFORMANCE" by the ensemble of MARK JOHNSON and EMORY LESTER, with GREG from THE KRUGER BROTHERS. They inspired enthusiastic approval.
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Then came the NAMM panel's picks. We'll include a few in this edition.
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The panel's first category was "Best New Add-On or Accessory," and brought recommendations for the following:
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*  Music Nomad Equipment Care set. (More, soon.)
*  Remo Frame Drum Holder (works on bodhrans, tambourines, and more, and allows quick removal of the instrument forthe playing with both hands; $10.75 retail).
*  Pro Logic Russ Miller "All-N-1" practice pad (allows overlays, available individually, that permit one pad to function as a variety of percussive instruments)
*  Gibraltar Remote Cajon Pedal (we caught a performer using it on the first day of the show. It makes a two-hand instrument into a wood box version of a drum kit).
*  Ernie Ball Slimey-M-Steel electric guitar strings (defense-grade steel alloy).
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The Acoustic Americana Music Guide's team has several additions to that list. Here are a few:
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The Guide's resident luthier, Nowell Siegel, is enthusiastic about the potential of Crystal Frets. He aata, "Always on the watch for innovative stuff, here is something interesting. Crystal frets replace fretted instruments metal frets with Quartz crystal frets!"
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The Colorado-based company offers a lifetime guarantee that their stone frets will never wear out. Nowell notes, "The harder material provides better sustain. A holographic backing is placed underneath each quartz fret. A wide variety of colors is available, and can seem to be any color, reflecting rainbows or stunning effects, depending on the holographic pattern." Crystal Frets will not sell you the frets: they retrofit your guitar or other instrument. Prices start at $850.
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Nowell also likes HeyDna Guitar Stands. The company is a break-away from Fender. They make very portable, lightweight instrument stands and advanced wall hangars. The most interesting is a hanger that wraps around the instrument when the headstock contacts the top of the open bracket, causing curved clear plastic bands to reach from each side and encircle the full circumference of the neck. It's similar in function to a Hercules stand. Really nifty to watch as it works, and a consideration in earthquake country.
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Deering Banjos has a new "Banjo Mute" that clips on to the bridge to reduce the instrument's volume and tone. Nowell says "Not for everyone, but it may save your marriage."
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The "Best of Show" panel named picks in several areas. We'll cover all of them in coming days, and add more of our own.
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There's still a lot to see here at NAMM. The Guide is getting back to the multiple floors of exhibited products, innovations, and instruments -- and probably catching more live performances along the way. More, in the first of our wrap-up reports on the NAMM experience, coming your way Monday.
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News from NAMM, Jan 26, 2013: Acoustic Americana Music Guide

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This is the “NEWS & REVIEWS” edition, one of THREE editions in our new format…
• NEWS & REVIEWS, a new and comprehensive fresh edition (right here!)
• MUSIC-ON-TV, the Guide’s bigger-than-anybody-else’s calendar (at a separate click.*)
• LIVE EVENTS, concerts, club gigs, workshops for artists, and more (at a separate click.*)
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NAMM SHOW REACHES HALFWAY MARK, HEADS INTO STRONG WEEKEND
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by Larry Wines, Nowell Siegel, and Annette Siegel
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With the weekend here, the January 24-through-27 “NAMM SHOW” 2013 has taken-over the Anaheim Convention Center and all the surrounding hotels’ meeting and convention spaces. As the third day got underway, 96,000+ registrants have learned the layout and addresses of booths and exhibits, and most can now navigate like residents through friends’ neighborhoods. Indeed, NAMM feels like an instant city, the Mall of America converted to all-things music. People recognize each other and block migration along wide aisles to catch-up with old friends or side players from that gig in Philly.
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NAMM is the industry’s annual five-hundred-pound-gorilla event. It generates $91.5 million in economic impact, with1,500 exhibiting companies representing 5,000 brands. Four hundred ninety-two are from 90+ foreign nations. All collaborate for four solid days of live music and events that keep the fun in the business of music while debuting innovations and new products. Things range from the techogeeky to the merchants of the best wood for traditional instrument-making, It’s a kaleidoscope of sights and sounds and tactile exploration of touchy-feely with deep lacquer finishes and cold steel and plastic contraptions that generate sounds that are arguably musical. From the simple to the sublime, from the highest of high tech to the “I-should’ve-thought-of-that!” improvement, it’s all here.
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Plenty is at stake. Global sales of music and sound products produce $16.3 billion annually, and that’s up 3% in a year. US sales alone represented $6.63 billion of that total in 2011 (2012’s numbers come out in April).
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For three weeks, the Guide’s email has overflowed with dozens of invitations for interviews, product demonstrations, esoteric information, and news of performances during the show. They come from the biggest names in instruments, mics, mixers, lights, and everything else – and from some of the small names whose innovations just might make the biggest impact on how we will record, and the future of sound reinforcement when we perform live.
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The National Association of Music Manufacturers – NAMM – produces the event as the largest trade show in the music industry. But to call it just a “trade show” misses its additional aspects, including live performances by endorsed artists, impromptu jams by Gold and Platinum record artists, fun educational outreach programs for music educators, synergistic networking that produces exciting collaborations on the stage and in the studio, and countless discoveries that fuel creativity that lets you ride the crest of its wave for months.
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It’s difficult to impart a sense of just how big this thing is, and how it grows each year, regardless of how the economy slumps, coughs, surges or hiccups. This year, there are 289 new exhibitors representing 700 brands, all vying for attention with the established names.
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It easily requires the entire four days for a basic walk-through with time to carefully examine and demo a dozen or so instruments or devices each day. By 6 pm when the exhibit halls close, wandering attendees wonder where the time went when there’s still so much to see, and product experts need to nurse their throats to answer all the questions again the next day. In the world of NAMM, you’re confronted with a staggering number of product display booths, many organized into neighborhoods of keyboards here, drums there – and everywhere, the architecture of some of the display “booths” are works of art in themselves. Some have a second-storey suite of offices or soundproof practice rooms, or giant murals, or fake dormer windows on shake-shingle rooks and “brick” or clapboard sidings.
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Everywhere, live performances proliferate. Amidst the dazzle of instruments and products, there are celebrity musician appearances, artist signings and performances by endorsed artists hosted by NAMM members in boots or on stages. NAMM itself scheduled 10 stages with 150 live music acts, award shows, teen band competitions, hands-on music making, and more.
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As in past years, a number of live performances ARE ACCESSIBLE to the general public. Rain on Thursday and Friday limited the use of a big outdoor stage in the plaza between the Marriott and Hilton, in front of the Convention Center, but it’s hoppin’ today and Sunday. In addition, the public can catch shows in all the surrounding hotels and even at Downtown Disney, across the street and into the Disney maze.
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Saturday at 2 pm, western music great DON EDWARDS plays the plaza stage, accessible to everyone. This morning brought a thrilling performance by MARIACHI SOL DE MEXICO in the NAMM Foundation Lounge, packed with music educators. Last night, the KRUGER BROTHERS brought their splendid bluegrass-and-beyond to a hotel bar.
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Tonight, the hot tickets are for MURIEL ANDERSON’s annual “ALL-STAR GUITAR NIGHT” in the Marriott Ballroom, and a limited number of tickets are for sale to the public. Along with guitar great Muriel, the lineup includes ROBBEN FORD, TOOTS HIBBERT, STANLEY JORDAN, IAN ETHAN CASE (who entertained Saturday morning’s Breakfast Session on his double-neck acoustic six-and-twelve string guitar), TIERRA NEGRA, MASSIMO VARINI, PHIL X, JAMES HILL, BAKITI KUMALO, GIL PARIS, JUDE GOLD, and STU HAMM. It’s always divided into two parts, half acoustic, half electric.
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Last night's concert was another annual highlight. It brought a much-anticipated return of western music trio NEW WEST, with an opening set by the TORA BORA BOYS and the headliner, the JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET. "Wows," all around. The TORA BORA BOYS are a bluegrass band comprised of sales staff and execs from Saga Instruments and Shub Capo. Catch some videos of them at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ys5CehqUQE.
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Entry to the NAMM show itself does require a badge and matching i.d.; these are issued only to people with industry connections, and if you haven’t made arrangements, it’s too late. But, before the wind leaves your sails, the story does not end in Anaheim. Many of the artists who attend are performing all over Southern California in formal and impromptu venues during the coming week. If you are attending NAMM, it’s easier to get the scoop on all that from the inside.
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IF YOU DECIDE TO COME FOR THE FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, don’t even think of trying to park at the Convention Center. The lots will stay full, with badged attendees. You can park in on eof the hotel lots or Disney lots. Be prepared to pay $15 or more for that.
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And, of course, the main reason why things at NAMM reach far beyond the annual show and conference? Your local music store will soon have new things large and small to show you, including new signature models and other instruments, recording and performing audio hardware and software, and much more to tempt you. Whether or not you are attending, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate the NAMM show. The Acoustic Americana Music Guide will continue to bring you daily reports from NAMM. Watch for them!
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The Acoustic Americana Music Guide presents an ongoing series of reports from the music industry's biggest annual trade show. Here is the first of these.
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NAMM REPORT:
From The Luthier's Chest
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[Nowell is a professional luthier and correspondent for the Acoustic Americana Music Guide. You can reach him through his website, www.livingtreemusic.com. This is his report on "day one" at NAMM, Thursday, January 24, 2013.]
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Taking notes at the annual NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center complex is daunting. The sheer enormity of the event is more than can be encompassed in the short space of four very full days.
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A vast array of vendors are showing their latest greatest gadjets and innovations. And they're from all over the world. China, especially, presented many vendors that are now intertwined and almost indistinguishable in and from American business.
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Huge crowds of people milled about, gobbling up samples, and watching showcase demos. With multiple floors and entrances, you could start anywhere.
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Discovering Mari Strings was a special joy. Mr. Daniel Mari, at age 85, was in a small, unassuming booth with packaged strings behind him. We almost walked right by, but to the side were some "churangos," visually attractive 8-string instruments made in Bolivia. These instruments caught my eye. I'm glad they did. In addition to learning about them and the importer in Philadelphia, we learned that he strings them all with Daniel Mari Strings.
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Mr. Mari's family has been making strings in Italy since the 1600's. Moving to New York City in the 1940s, he was at his first NAMM show, in Chicago, the year he arrived in America, in 1946. He has attended and exhibited at every NAMM Show since.

Mr. Mari told us a brief colorful history of the business. Every name I mentioned was his relative or good friend. He had made strings for Jimi Hendrix, and was at Woodstock with Jimi.
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He made the strings for John Lennon's 6-Foot-Guitar. "Everybody knows everybody" in the string business," he said. "You have your customers, you don't take other people's customers,"he added.
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A brief discussion about Wal-Mart worked into the conversation, in that context of fair and unfair trade practices. Daniel Mari talks with pride of his employees, and notes, with emphasis, "New York City has kept Wal-Mart out. They are anti-union, that's a big factor. No one wants Wal-Mart to come there."
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Then, things got back to strings, his favorite topic. His company used to make gut strings for tennis rackets. Thay put him in a position to see technologic innovations from multiple perdpectives. He saw the early potential of the then-new nylon, and was one of the first to put nylon strings on guitars.
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You can still get gut strings, but only from his nephew, at La Bella Strings, a spin-off that's now independent.
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Joseph, who shares the Mari booth, showed several of his Bolivian "Churangos." These all hand-made instruments range from $300-700, quite reasonable for the quality.
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One especially interesting thing about them is the bodies are carved from ONE piece of wood, a wood called Naranjillo. The tops are Engelman spruce and the fingerboards are Bolivian rosewood. Really amazing craftsmanship here.
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With so much to see, we even ventured into the DJ equipment, stage truss manufacturers, and stage and lighting area. Laser beams criss-crossed, and patterned strobes pumped to the thump of dance beat in time.
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A few caught our interest. 3H systems had a large booth, fancy and high tech. Alpha sphere, an English Company, had a globe midipad device called "Alphashere" with touch pads all around, and as you press or tap they send midi to the program, Mac or Windows compatible, for $2,000.
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CMAL had a lookalike of the vintage Neuman U47 mic setup. It's purported to be made by the guy who repaired the original Neumans. He has developed a "solid state" tube design using the same Geifel capsule. This and other vendors are trying to capture a growing "Vintage" market. The actual vintage stuff is very hard to get nowadays and costs big bucks when you can find it.
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Harmon industries had a resort section with a theater-style entrance. Inside, you could see product offerings from the once independent subsidiaries, now part of the larger Harmon corporation. These include Harmon, JBL, Soundcraft, dbx, and more.
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Soundcraft had a digital mixer with LEDs around knobs displaying levels, kinda cool. The faders did not glide smoothly, but maybe I wasn't supposed to touch them (automation?) You could tell this thing was feature-packed and pricey.
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UAD Universal Audio has refined their Apollo interface. It has 4 mic preamps and line/digital inputs, firewire and Thunderbolt connectivity. The signal is handled in their unit, so little computer power is taken up. One advantage with the higher speeds >2ms, is that realtime compression and effects can be recorded. It sells for $2000.
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There's news from capo-land, from both leading competitors, Shubb and Kyser.
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Shubb Capos has a new design with a roller underneath the bottom bar. This makes for a very smooth action and improves on an already great product. I learned that they modelled the rubber to match human fingers. This, I was told, makes for better intonation and sound. They have come out with many different colors for personel preference. Anodized aluminum, Nickel Brass and steel will give different qualities to a guitar sound.
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Kyser also have introduced 4 more colors to an already impressive color list. Bright yellow, Emerald Green, Lavender, and Bright orange. All together, they offer 18 colors to fit whatever "look" you want, or match that artsy-colorful instrument.
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In case the "big store" (your local guitar shop) doesn't have it, you can order the products online from either capo maker.
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At Luna Guitars, makers of many beautiful designs, we chatted with their rep, Dennis. They exhibed Sseveral really unique designs if soundhole adornments. Luna offers an accessory that allows recording the guitar right into the computer, through an ordinary USB cable. Based in Tampa Florida, they do import from China to keep the costs down.
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Dusty Strings, a name beloved in Southern California from their many years of festival spobsirships, showed very reasonably-priced Hammer Dulcimers and Harps of several sizes.
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Based in Seattle, Washington, Dusty Strings  manufactures their entire line in a shop with 28 people, where making the instruments is a group effort.
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They are especially proud of their pick-up for harps. To properly amplify the harp is difficult, at best. They designed and sell their pickup that gives clarity to each string.
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Their Hammered Dulcimers range from $550 to $850 for the package. Harps begin at $650, tand custom pickups are $295 ( you can isntall or pay them to do it).
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We spent some enjoyable time with Richard of  Santa Cruz Guitars, anticipating Friday's performance at their booth by western music great Don Edwards. We admired the signature model unveiled by Don two years ago at NAMM. These are fine instruments.
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As a first-timer here, I learned that a full day at NAMM just isn't long enough. (The editor, a NAMM veteran, had said that four days are never enough!) More to come, after Friday's experiences in Anaheim.
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Poem from the Inauguration

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This is the complete free-verse composition that poet Richard Blanco recited at the 57th Presidential Inauguration, just after President Barack Obama was sworn-in for his second term:

'ONE TODAY'

One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores, peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies. One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story told by our silent gestures moving behind windows.

My face, your face, millions of faces in morning's mirrors, each one yawning to life, crescendoing into our day: pencil-yellow school buses, the rhythm of traffic lights, fruit stands: apples, limes, and oranges arrayed like rainbows begging our praise. Silver trucks heavy with oil or paper -- bricks or milk, teeming over highways alongside us, on our way to clean tables, read ledgers, or save lives -- to teach geometry, or ring up groceries as my mother did for twenty years, so I could write this poem.

All of us as vital as the one light we move through, the same light on blackboards with lessons for the day: equations to solve, history to question, or atoms imagined, the "I have a dream" we keep dreaming, or the impossible vocabulary of sorrow that won't explain the empty desks of twenty children marked absent today, and forever. Many prayers, but one light breathing color into stained glass windows, life into the faces of bronze statues, warmth onto the steps of our museums and park benches as mothers watch children slide into the day.

One ground. Our ground, rooting us to every stalk of corn, every head of wheat sown by sweat and hands, hands gleaning coal or planting windmills in deserts and hilltops that keep us warm, hands digging trenches, routing pipes and cables, hands as worn as my father's cutting sugarcane so my brother and I could have books and shoes.

The dust of farms and deserts, cities and plains mingled by one wind -- our breath. Breathe. Hear it through the day's gorgeous din of honking cabs, buses launching down avenues, the symphony of footsteps, guitars, and screeching subways, the unexpected song bird on your clothes line.

Hear: squeaky playground swings, trains whistling, or whispers across cafe tables, Hear: the doors we open for each other all day, saying: hello, shalom, buon giorno, howdy, namaste, or buenos días in the language my mother taught me -- in every language spoken into one wind carrying our lives without prejudice, as these words break from my lips.

One sky: since the Appalachians and Sierras claimed their majesty, and the Mississippi and Colorado worked their way to the sea. Thank the work of our hands: weaving steel into bridges, finishing one more report for the boss on time, stitching another wound or uniform, the first brush stroke on a portrait, or the last floor on the Freedom Tower jutting into a sky that yields to our resilience.

One sky, toward which we sometimes lift our eyes tired from work: some days guessing at the weather of our lives, some days giving thanks for a love that loves you back, sometimes praising a mother who knew how to give, or forgiving a father who couldn't give what you wanted.

We head home: through the gloss of rain or weight of snow, or the plum blush of dusk, but always -- home, always under one sky, our sky. And always one moon like a silent drum tapping on every rooftop and every window, of one country -- all of us --facing the stars hope -- a new constellation waiting for us to map it, waiting for us to name it --together

TWO new editions await you...

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It's Saturday, January 19, 2013, and here at the Acoustic Americana Music Guide, you'll find things fresh, hot, and ready for take-out:
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• Events: January 17: weekend edition & onward ~ Acoustic Americana Music Guide
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Two outta three ain't bad, since more is in the wings, right?
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MEANWHILE, when wethe published thisJan Thursday, the following thought was the question of the day: Hmmm. We COULD stay home tonight and invite Manti Te'o and his girlfriend over to watch Lance Armstrong confess to Oprah. Or we could go see real people make heartfelt, honest music. Decisions, decisions...
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Events: January 17: weekend edition & onward ~ Acoustic Americana Music Guide 2013

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LATE ADDITIONS: more live shows and a web show, Jan 19, 20, & 22...
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Sat, Jan 19, on broadcast & web radio:
6-8 am "ROOTS MUSIC & BEYOND," a fun show with an inscrutable "once-every-x-weeks" schedule, airs an edition they're calling "Scofflaws, Schemers, Scalawags, and Scoundrels."
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It airs on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 6-8 am Pacific time, with now-and-later web options.
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Co-host ART PODELL (of New Christy Minstrels fame) explains, "For you true believers who agree with us that 6 am is not a dignified hour for music lovers, the show will be be streaming live and archived at www.kpfk.org in their archive section for 14 days."
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He continues, "'Scofflaws, Schemers, Scalawags, and Scoundrels' -- What better subject for a lusty dose of roots music? Look for songs by the usual folk suspects plus savory contributions of poignancy by artists like Jim Croce, Linda Ronstadt, Big Bill Broonzy, and who knows who else? (actually,we do). The sordid tapestry of skulduggery will be spread before your ears. JIM MORAN, my co-host and erudite purveyor of detail, will make the experience all the more enjoyable, while I add my usual pithy contributions to help color the morning with coffee-induced wit."
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Sun, Jan 20, live show, in L.A.:
7:30 pm Monthly "SONGWRITERS SQUARE" brings a "MONSTER SONG RALLY" with no Frankenstein or Wolfman, but performances by ERIC SCHWARTZ, SUZY WILLIAMS, BILL BURNETT, and BILL BERRY, at the Lyric-Hyperion Theatre and Cafe, 2106 Hyperion Av, Los Angeles 90027; 323-540-0935.
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* Eric Schwartz is the ribald comic songwriter who has received raves from both Gloria Steinem and Hustler Magazine, and before either of them, the Acoustic Americana Music Guide.
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* Suzy Williams, the swinging chanteuse, is wacky and wonderful, and provides the night's feminine touch.
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* Bill Burnett is a well-respected writer about town, and some say, much-needed voice of reason.
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* Bill Berry says, "I'm just here to see what happens!" But we know he will perform, too.
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"This show rated PG-13: Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Adults Over 13," says Burnett.
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Tue, Jan 22, live show, in Silverlake:
9 pm-2 am THE BURLINGTON FAMILY headlines a night if roots-Americana with SMOOTH HAND SMITH, THE BORROWERS DEBT, and THE COUNTY FAIR, at the Silverlake Lounge, 2906 Sunset Bl (at Parkman), Silverlake 90026; 323-663-9636.
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Burlington Family tells us "continue the never ending quest to bring our brand of folk (it's for folks) to the not yet indoctrinated, because because spoon-fed music sucks and twang is cheaper than therapy."
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Thu, Jan 17, in Long Beach:
5 pm KEN O'MALLEY plays his weekly solo show of authentic and original Irish music for Happy Hour at The Auld Dubliner, 71 S Pine Av, Long Beach 90802; www.aulddubliner.com.
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Thu, Jan 17; in South Pasadena:
6-9 pm Weekly “BURGERS, BEERS, & BLUES” with BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER on guitar & vocals at the Firefly Bistro, 1009 El Centro St, South Pasadena; www.eatatfirefly.com; 626-441-2443. “Big B” Brenner performs “The Real Folk Blues” for dining pleasure, and each week, Chef Paul features a different hamburger creation in addition to the seasonal dinner menu. Venue features regional micro brews “at old time prices.” No cover.
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Thu, Jan 17, in SFV (Canoga Park):
6 pm “WEST VALLEY OLD-TIME JAM” at Jerry's Pizzeria, 22035 Sherman Way, Canoga Park 91303; 818-346-3033.
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Thu, Jan 17, near UCLA:
6 pm “THURSDAY NIGHT SOFA JAM” at Westwood Music, 1627 Westwood Bl, Los Angeles 90024; 310-478-4251.
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Thu, Jan 17, in San Luis Obispo:
6-9 pm Monthly “OLD TIME JAM” at Linnaea's on Garden Street in SLO. Third Thursday, every month.
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Thu, Jan 17, in OC (Fountain Valley):
6:15 pm Weekly “FOUNTAIN VALLEY BLUEGRASS JAM” at Orange County Archery, 18792 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley 92708.
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Thu, Jan 17, in Culver City:
7:30-11 pm DOOZY plays their every-Thursday residency at the Culver Hotel in Culver City; www.culverhotel.com. Band info, www.doozytunes.com. No cover.
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Thu, Jan 17, in SFV (NoHo):
8-10 pm “AN EVENING OF AMERICANA MUSIC” featuring DENNIS GURWELL & THE DISPUTED TRUTH, with DAVID "REDBOY" SCHILDT, and JOE "CITY" GARCIA at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood; 818-766-9913; info and live webcast at www.kulakswoodshed.com.
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DAVID SCHILDT is a Native American singer-songwriter from Montana whose life and experiences as a rodeo rider figure prominently in many of his songs.
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JOE GARCIA is a native of New Mexico with a wide range of songs that encompass his life in New Mexico and the California Desert.
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Kulak’s is a listening room with serve-yourself water, tea, and coffee; no food. Okay to bring a few nibbles of your own. The performances are videotaped, so you could end up in the video.
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Thu, Jan 17, in Altadena:
8 pm SALTY SUITES with special guest BONNY JEAN play 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 by the Guide’s editor, writing in FolkWorks, as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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Those winderkinds of rootsy acoustic music, THE SALTY SUITES, play and sing their originals and classics in one long set tonight. They are Chuck Hailes, Chelsea Williams and Scott Gates, returning to the scene of the crime to play hard, sing sweet and rock long at the house of Java...
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SCOTT GATES is a musical prodigy on the mandolin and he now plays guitar. Having performed all over the country and with artists as varied as John McEuen, Nathan McEuen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Martin, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and a virtual who's who of the bluegrass world, Scott is writing music on his own and bringing many of these tunes to the stage. Scott appeared last year on the Ellen Show with Steve Martin, recorded with Kenny Loggins on his soon-to-be-released family album, was featured on the Cable TV show “Justified” with band mate Chuck, and toured the US with Nathan McEuen.
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Partner in this venture, CHUCK HAILES is one of the top bass players in the country, schooled in classical and jazz bass playing and techniques. Chuck writes his own music and has teamed with Scott to create many new tunes. With his background in bluegrass music, and degree in the Upright Bass, Chuck also sings.
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CHELSEA WILLIAMS is the girl singing in the car and the shower in the national Chevy commercial. She has been writing and performing her own music since she was 13 years old. Chelsea took the stage on her own by the age of 17, performing at clubs and coffee shops. While some of her early songs are still hits with her fans, she has continued to develop as a writer penning nearly 100 original songs to date. Chelsea currently makes her living by playing on the street for tips and selling a home-made demo, having sold thousands of CDs, one-by-one, simply on her own on the street. Her magnetic presence draws them in and her songs set the hook.
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As if that much youth and beauty weren't enough, opening act BONNY JEAN is an accomplished singer-songwriter who has thrilled audiences all over California. Her voice has operatic power and her style is tender, yet elegant and refined for one so young. Turning 21 this year, Bonny already has a diverse musical background. She plays the flute, piccolo, numerous percussion instruments, guitar, double (upright) bass, baritone, and Sousaphone. She has played with Jonathon and Nathan McEuen, Scott Gates, Chelsea Williams, Evan Marshall and many others. Her own compositions have been described in print as “…thoughtful and compelling…”
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Thu, Jan 17, in Los Feliz:
8 pm MASON SOUTH plays their every-Thursday residency at Tam O’Shanter, 2980 Los Feliz Bl, Los Feliz; www.lawrysonline.com/tam-oshanter; 323-664-0228.
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Thu, Jan 17, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm LIVE MUSIC: COUNTRY / ALT COUNTRY / AMERICANA / HONKY TONK at the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166. Preceded by free line dance lesson with Marie at 7 pm. No cover.
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Thu, Jan 17, in SFV (Burbank):
8 pm “AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK” music on two separate stages at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank; 818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444; www.vivacantina.com. Okay to park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (free, nearly unlimited parking for Viva patrons). Two stages, one in the Front Room is always no cover, the other, the Riverside Rancho stage, may charge cover. Venue has full bar, serves good Mexican food, all ages.
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Thu, Jan 17, in L.A.:
8 pm Weekly “OPEN MIC” for musicians, comics & poets, at MUSE on 8th, 759 S La Brea Av (at 8th St, just S of Wilshire), in mid-city Los Angeles. More at their new website, www.MUSEon8th.com. Sign-ups at 7:30 pm.
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Thu, Jan 17, in L.A.:
9 pm VERMOUTH plays the Bootleg Theater-Bar, 2200 Beverly Bl, Los Angeles 90057; www.bootlegtheater.org.
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With intricate harmonies, atmospheric guitars, vibraphone, horns, upright bass and drums as "just the tip-of-the-iceberg when it comes to creating their sound," Los Angeles based-band Vermouth is a bit out of the ordinary.
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Live, Vermouth is a dynamic seven-piece band of multi-instrumentalists whose musicianship is what separates them from so many others. Equal parts exotica, surf, gamelan, sixties pin-up glamour, and b-movie soundtracks, Vermouth, the brainchild of Justine Kragen and Steve McDonald, employs a seasoned bartender’s worth of instrumentation. More at www.vermouthlounge.com.
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This is a CD pre-release show in advance of their debut album, "RetroFuture Pop Exotic" (CD release is Jan 22).
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Like their live performance, we 'spect it will contain music that's both melodic and offbeat. After all, who else can say they were "Influenced by Martin Denny, Henri Mancini and the B-52s"-?
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Thu, Jan 17, in Santa Monica:
9 pm “LIVE MUSIC NIGHT” at Sonny McLean's Irish Pub, 2615 Wilshire Bl, Santa Monica; 310-449-1811. They boast “40 taps of great beer and cider, a nice wine selection and now a full bar.” Live music every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and sometimes it’s traditional Irish music. But be careful when you go, because they do Karaoke (aka the death of vocal music) on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays starting about 9 pm. Check their website to see who and what they’re booking, at www.sonnymcleans.com.
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Thu, Jan 17, in OC (Costa Mesa):
9:30 pm Weekly “CELTIC CEILI” with MICHAEL KELLY of SLIGO RAGS, playing a wide range of Irish ballads and favorite pub songs in a solo performance, at the Harp Inn Irish Pub, 130 E 17th St, Costa Mesa 92627; 949-646-8855; www.harpinn.com. An invitation from Michael Kelly reads, "Interested in a bit of Celtic Christmas Craic on a Thursday night? Check out my Celtic Ceili this Thursday and every other Thursday at the Harp Inn in Costa Mesa!” More at www.fiddlin4you.com/calendar .
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Thu, Jan 17, in L.A.:
9:30-10:30 pm NOCONA, a Los Angeles-based band rooted in country punk, the blues, and "psych/Mexicali," plays two sets at The One-Eyed Gypsy, 901 E 1st St, downtown L.A. 90012; www.one-eyedgypsy.com.
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Check-out the band, with guitarist ADRIENNE COHEN-ISOM, and their music at
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Thu, Jan 17, in SFV (Van Nuys):
9:30 pm KEN O'MALLEY plays his weekly residency of authentic and original Irish music at Ireland's 32, 13721 Burbank Bl, Van Nuys 91401; 818-785-4031.
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Fri, Jan 18, in L.A.:
NO LONGER HAPPENING: 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, Jan 18, in Tehachapi:
6-8 pm “APPLE SHED LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC,” a Friday and Saturday night series at the Apple Shed, 333 E Tehachapi Bl, Tehachapi 93561; 661-823-8333.
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1st Friday - WILL JAMES - Celtic, Americana, gospel, & folk
1st Saturday - JO STONE - piano music
2nd Friday - THE GEEZERS - folk music
2nd Saturday - ART LARSON - clarinet
3rd Friday – “Country Music night” (was the late Cowboy / Western artist TONY VICE)
3rd Saturday - MOUNTAIN PASS - oldies
4th Friday - MAX VALENTINO - acoustic guitar
4th Saturday - PAT STRONG – country / ballads music
5th Saturday - CRAIG SHAW
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Fri, Jan 18, in Tehachapi:
Time tba “LIVE MUSIC AT LA BELLE AMORE,” a Friday and Saturday series at La Belle Amore Italian Bistro, 209 S Green St, Tehachapi; 661-822-7419. Recommended by locals who tell the Guide, “Great live music can be heard” at this Italian Bistro, located next to the Hitching Post Theater.
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Here’s the usual monthly schedule:
STEVE HEPNER & LAUREN ALEXANDER - 1st Friday
TERRY ASHER & FRIENDS - 1st Saturday
THE GEEZERS - folk music - 2nd & 5th Saturday
CRAIG SHAW - 2nd & 4th Friday
PETER CUTLER & DEBBY HAND as a folk duo - 3rd Friday
MARIA & CHARLY “folk & more” duo of CHARLY WALLMO & MARIA WEIR WERTH - 3rd Sat
DAVE OGDEN, Celtic fingerstyle guitar - 4th Saturday
GARY MAZOLLA - 5th Friday
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Fri, Jan 18, in Long Beach:
6:30-7:30 pm AJ GIBBS plays his weekly Cajun-Zydeco “MR. 1 MAN SHOW” at Shear Rhythm Dance, 4126 Viking Way, Suite #220, Long Beach. Info, 562-528-6626; always subject to change, because he tours with his band.
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Fri, Jan 18, in Redondo Beach:
7-10 pm ANDY & RENEE of the Dylan tribute band HARD RAIN play their weekly residency with originals and folk-rock classics at Delzano's By The Sea, 179 N Harbor Dr, Redondo Beach 90277; 310-374-7525.
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Fri, Jan 18, in Altadena:
8 pm MARY McCASLIN & RICK SHEA team-up once again to perform “THE SONGS OF JIM RINGER & MARY McCASLIN” 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 by the Guide’s editor, writing in FolkWorks, as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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MARY McCASLIN and the late JIM RINGER first met in the summer of 1972 at the legendary folk music camp/retreat called “Sweet’s Mill” in the Sierra foothills above Fresno, California. Both were pursuing solo careers and making recordings at the time, but soon began touring the country and performing together – each doing a set then closing their shows with a duet performance. Eventually they recorded the album, “The Bramble & the Rose,” which became a hallmark of folk duet recordings. This album, originally on vinyl, now re-released on CD, contains both traditional and contemporary material and remains very popular today. Mary re-acquaints and introduces younger listeners to selections from “The Bramble & the Rose” – this time with acclaimed L.A.-based singer-songwriter RICK SHEA, an authentic country–folk artist in much the same fashion as Ringer. Shea has toured as a multi-instrumentalist sideman for DAVE ALVIN’s band, THE GUILTY MEN, along with opening the shows and played on Alvin’s Grammy winning recording “Public Domain.” Influenced by country singers Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Lefty Frizzell, Shea’s recordings have received accolades from publications including the L.A. Weekly, Dirty Linen, and the Acoustic Americana Music Guide.
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Fri, Jan 18, in VC (Camarillo):
8 pm SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND (www.SusieGlaze.com) and DULCIE TAYLOR (www.DulcieTaylor.com) play a double-bill at the “CAMARILLO CAFÉ CONCERT SERIES,” at Camarillo Community Center, 1605 E Burnley St. (NE corner, Carmen & Burnley), Camarillo. Open mic precedes the featured acts (signups and stage time start at 7:30); info, 805-907-8318, email WhatsHappening@CamarilloCafe.com; website, www.CamarilloCafe.com. Sponsored by Pleasant Valley Recreation & Parks District. Hosted by Gary & Kathy Lynch
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Fri, Jan 18, in Arcadia:
8 pm-1 am JD HALL BAND plus the BOBBY BLUEHOUSE BAND opening, play the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006; www.arcadiabluesclub.com; 626-447-9349. Venue serves dinner, has full bar and nightly specials. Advance tix on their website; higher at the door.
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Fri, Jan 18 at 8 pm; and Sat & Sun, Jan 19 & 20, at 2 pm, in downtown L.A.
8 pm Dazzling violinist MIDORI presents a world premiere of “CONCERTO” by Peter Eötvös in this richly colorful all-Hungarian program led by the LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, in the Walt Disney Concert Hall at the L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org.
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After Friday's concert, you can get in the spirit of Farsang (Hungarian Carnival) by joining festivities that include traditional dancing, costumes and more.
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“Concerto” is, shall we say, a term of contention. The word’s origins include the contrasting elements of competition and combination. Peter Eötvös’ new concerto explores the more common form of the genre, a striving solo virtuoso with/against the orchestra. In Bartók’s famous concerto, however, the virtuosos emerge from within the orchestra to contend and unite in stunning musical games.
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Superstar violinist Midori gives the premiere of a new concerto with one of the most versatile of today’s charismatic young conductors leading a colorful all-Hungarian program.
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Fri, Jan 18, in SFV (Burbank):
8 pm “AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK” music on two separate stages at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank; 818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444; www.vivacantina.com. Okay to park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (free, nearly unlimited parking for Viva patrons). Two stages, one in the Front Room is always no cover, the other, the Riverside Rancho stage, may charge cover. Venue has full bar, serves good Mexican food, all ages.
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Fri, Jan 18, in SGV (Monrovia):
8 pm weekly “MONROVIA STREET FAIR” includes several venues with acoustic music, some impromptu, some more formal, including the acoustic KATTYWOMPUS CONCERT and JAM with all comers – featuring dulcimer players – at Dollmakers Kattywompus, 412 S Myrtle Av, Monrovia 91016; 626-357-1091. Free.
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Fri, Jan 18, in Ventura:
8:30 pm “POLYNESIAN REVUE” at Hong Kong Inn, 435 E Thompson Bl, Ventura; www.hongkonginn.com; 805-648-3161. Runs Friday & Saturday nights.
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Fri, Jan 18, in Van Nuys:
9 pm KEN O’MALLEY plays his weekly gig at Ireland’s 32, 13721 Burbank Bl, Van Nuys 91401; 818-785-4031.
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Fri, Jan 18, in SFV (Chatsworth):
9 pm An AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK BAND plays the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166. A real, live, fun honky-tonk scene with live music nightly. Preceded by free line dance lesson with Kathy at 7 pm. No cover.
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Fri, Jan 18, in Santa Monica:
9 pm “LIVE MUSIC” that is sometimes Irish / Celtic, at Sonny McLean's Irish Pub 2615 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 310 449-1811 Venue has 40 taps of beer and cider, nice wine selection, full bar. Live music every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. (Warning: they do karaoke, aka the death of vocal music, on other nights, specifically, on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.) Check their website for details, www.sonnymcleans.com.
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Sat, Jan 19, FESTIVAL, in L.A.:
11 am-5 pm 11th Annual "MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. GOSPEL FESTIVAL" on Crenshaw Bl, between 48th and Vernon Bl, Los Angeles 90008.
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You can also participate in the "National Day of Service" when you attend the festival: donate goods for families of battered women with children. Donate the items, or work to sort them. They "need volunteers like you to get busy, clean out your closet and/or garage and donate items."
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The Baldwin Hills / Leimert Park Team (formerly serving Organizing for America,Yvonne Farrow, event host / Neighborhood Team Leader), will be collecting household items for the Good Shepherd Shelter for battered women with children, as their team activity for the National Day of Service.
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Donations may include bedding (specifically blankets and comforters, twin and queen size),and other household items such as dishes,towels, small appliances, or clothing, toys, books, etc. Look for the booth marked "Baldwing Hills/Leimert Park Team - National Day of Service."
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Note: Preceding the Gospel Fest is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Kingdom Day Parade held from 10 am-1 pm down MLK Boulevard. The MLK Gospel Fest is 11-5. Arrive early to park as close to the event as possible.
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Sat, Jan 19, SEMINAR for ARTISTS, in Hollywood:
11am-1 pm Seminar, "TAKE A NEW APPROACH TO YOUR MUSICAL CREATIVITY" presented by creative power coach NARELLE A. SHEEHAN, sponsored by LAWIM (Los Angeles Women in Music), at SAE-LA Institute, Classroom A, 6565 Sunset Bl, Hollywood 90028.
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The presenter says, "Don't let 2013 start in the frustrating way 2012 ended.... take a new approach! Learn how to form and utilize YOUR creative team as a musical entrepreneur. As a creative person, you cannot fight it. But, that doesn't mean you can't earn money, be fulfilled with your talents, and remain creative."
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Narelle believes that ALL creative people should be paid their worth for their work, their input, and their creativity. This workshop is for ALL people in the music industry, not just performers. If you attended LAWIM's "BE PAID YOUR CREATIVE WORTH" workshop with Narelle in September, they encourage you to come back for more. Attendance there is not a prerequisite. A journal is recommended for this workshop.
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TWO lucky attendees will win a FREE one-hour Initial Creative Consultation/Evaluation, valued at $350, in a raffle (ticket included with paid reservation).
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Parking is $10 in the on-site garage or in area lots / street meters.
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Admission is $15 for LAWIM Members (current membership verified), $25 general public. $20 students (with valid student photo i.d. at the door).
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Reservations required by 5 pm Friday, Jan 18. Very limited seating. Walk-ups admitted only if space permits.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Culver City; WORKSHOP for ARTISTS:
4 pm “BANJO WORKSHOP” with BILL EVANS, one of the instrument’s great players, at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City. In addition to his many other credits, he is the author of the best-selling book, “Banjo for Dummies.” Bill does a concert here tonight at 8 pm, as well. Call the venue for info on either or both: 310-398-2583.
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Sat, Jan 19, in L.A.; world music:
11 am Free “WORLD CITY AT THE MUSIC CENTER” series presents the YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE in a concert of “mesmerizing music and dance of the Middle East” for the first World City of 2013. We do not cover much world music, AT ALL, but this is a solidly musical, first-rate, and fun-to-hear outfit. Info, www.musiccenter.org/events/worldcity/Yuval-Ron-Ensemble.
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The Yuval Ron Ensemble presents a concert of mesmerizing music and dance of the Middle East. The performers include Arabic, Jewish and Christian artists who come together to unite the sacred musical traditions of Judaism, Sufism (Islamic mystical tradition) and the Christian Armenian Church into a unique musical celebration. Composer, producer and educator Yuval Ron imparts the ancient and deep inter-cultural connection between these three traditions and the musical influences they share. This eclectic program includes songs of Sufi origin from Turkey, Jewish prayers from Morocco, Yemen and Israel and Armenian chants, accompanied by Middle Eastern stringed instruments, such as the pear-shaped oud and the kanoun, a zither with a harp-like sound. A colorful belly-dancer and whirling dervish make this inspiring program a feast for the senses.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Arcadia:
Noon “HOT DIXIELAND CONCERT” with THE AMBULANCE CHASERS, GINGER PAULEY, and THE HOOSIER DADDYS, at the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006; www.arcadiabluesclub.com; 626-447-9349. Venue serves dinner, has full bar and nightly specials. Tix on their website; higher at the door.
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Sat, Jan 19, book signing, in Altadena:
1-2 pm TYRONE FANCE holds a FREE celebration and book-signing for “OFF MY HEAD AND OVER THE FENCE" at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named by the Guide’s editor, writing in FolkWorks, as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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Playwright, comic and music benefit concert producer Ty Fance says, “Yes. It's done. My book of biographical and ‘memoiresque’ short stories is complete and available for purchase.”
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The book is a collection ten short stories about different times of his life. Funny, Funnier and Poignant. Info for this event, 626-354-1994.
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Sat & Sun, Jan 19 & 20, in Marina del Rey:
1-4 pm “FREE OUTDOOR WEEKEND CONCERT SERIES” features Blues, Jazz, Latin, or Pop at Fisherman’s Village in Marina del Rey (weather permitting). Info and schedules, www.visitmarinadelrey.com/schedule/ongoing-events.
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Sat & Sun, Jan 19 & 20, in downtown L.A.
2 pm Dazzling violinist MIDORI presents a world premiere of “CONCERTO” by Peter Eötvös in this richly colorful all-Hungarian program led by the LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, in the Walt Disney Concert Hall at the L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Bakersfield:
2-5 pm Weekly “BLUEGRASS JAM” at Dagney's Coffee Shop. “Come on down for some coffee, stir in some music, and you get a good time,” says host Jeff Russinsky; info, 661-364-1553 or 661-324-7504.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Tehachapi:
6-8 pm “APPLE SHED LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC,” a Friday and Saturday night series at the Apple Shed, 333 E Tehachapi Bl, Tehachapi 93561; 661-823-8333.
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They have a regular schedule of performers:
1st Friday - WILL JAMES - Celtic, Americana, gospel, & folk
1st Saturday - JO STONE - piano music
2nd Friday - THE GEEZERS - folk music
2nd Saturday - ART LARSON - clarinet
3rd Friday – “Country Music night” (was the late Cowboy / Western artist TONY VICE)
3rd Saturday - MOUNTAIN PASS - oldies
4th Friday - MAX VALENTINO - acoustic guitar
4th Saturday - PAT STRONG – country / ballads music
5th Saturday - CRAIG SHAW
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Check their website for the latest, www.appleshedonline.com .
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Sat, Jan 19, in Tehachapi:
Time tba “LIVE MUSIC AT LA BELLE AMORE,” a Friday and Saturday series at La Belle Amore Italian Bistro, 209 S Green St, Tehachapi; 661-822-7419. Recommended by locals who tell the Guide, “Great live music can be heard” at this Italian Bistro, located next to the Hitching Post Theater.
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Here’s the usual monthly schedule:
STEVE HEPNER & LAUREN ALEXANDER - 1st Friday
TERRY ASHER & FRIENDS - 1st Saturday
THE GEEZERS - folk music - 2nd & 5th Saturday
CRAIG SHAW - 2nd & 4th Friday
PETER CUTLER & DEBBY HAND as a folk duo - 3rd Friday
MARIA & CHARLY “folk & more” duo of CHARLY WALLMO & MARIA WEIR WERTH - 3rd Sat
DAVE OGDEN, Celtic fingerstyle guitar - 4th Saturday
GARY MAZOLLA - 5th Friday
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Sat, Jan 19, in Lakewood:
6:30 pm weekly “BLUEGRASS CONCERT” brings a different band each week to Me N Eds Pizza Parlor, 4115 Paramount Bl, Lakewood 90712; 562-421-8908. They have a lot of fun every Saturday night. Here's a video of a recent performance there by the band GRASSLANDS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMwi-VZ0rwc&feature=em-share_video_user ] Grasslands - "You Are What I Am." More on that band at www.grasslandsbluegrass.com.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Altadena:
7 pm MOOONSHINE plays 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 by the Guide’s editor, writing in FolkWorks, as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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MOOONSHINE is seven people, four songwriters, a bunch of instruments, and a ton of laughter and fun. They have had combined experience playing with known musicians, including the Righteous Brothers, Bill Medley, the Turtles, the Association, the Woodbys, Harriet Schock, and a host of others.
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The band just released their debut album, "Bring Some Friends." The common trait in all of the songwriters' songs (Stan DeWitt, Nathan Conn, Shar Higa, and Joe Lamanno) is a sense of humor and whimsy, even when the songs edge into the poignant. The four are joined by Anna Ford (violin), Claudia Fitzpatrick (cello) and Darrell Barrett (percussion.)
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Stan DeWitt and Joe Lamanno met in the early '90s and played together in a popular folk trio called the Woodbys. After that, the two continued working together on Stan's solo records, "Long Day's Journey" (which garnered a Top 10 DIY nod from Performing Songwriter magazine in 2002), "Reaching Back," "Bend," and "Musical Moonshine."
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Along the way, they were joined by Shar Higa (vocals), Anna Ford (violin), Claudia Fitzpatrick (cello), and Darrell Barrett (drums, percussion).
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With the addition of songwriter Nathan Conn in 2011, and the emergence of songwriting prowess from Shar and her songwriting partner Robyn Javier, it was clear that this was now a group effort, and Moonshine was christened. What began as a group of musicians who played together simply for the joy of it had become a musical group that played together for the joy of it.
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A successful Kickstarter campaign in May, 2012, enabled the group to record their debut album, "Bring Some Friends." The common trait with all five songwriters is their sense of humor and whimsy, even when the songs edge into the poignant.
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"Jackson City" finds a young man heading out to a mythical city where "all the girls are pretty and all the cars are fast."
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"Afterword" laments the closing of a bookstore and opines "Lord, give me a sign, won't you tell me that the bookstores in heaven never close."
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"You Wanted to Be" tells the story of a man who sets off for adventure only to come back home and find that what he wanted was there all along. Bob Stane adds, "So sit back and enjoy Moonshine, and by all means, bring some friends!" Tix, $15.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Palmdale:
7 pm “LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC” at Butler's Coffee, 40125 10th St West, Suite I, Palmdale 93551; 661-272-9530; www.butlerscoffee.com/music.html.
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Sat, Jan 19, in T.O.:
Time tba THE JIM KWESKIN JUG BAND with GEOFF MULDAUR at the Four Friends Gallery, 1408 Thousand Oaks Bl, Thousand Oaks; www.fourfriendsgallery.com.
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Presented by Bodie House Music and Regenerate Films. Gallery owner Larry Janns says, “A very long held and close to my heart dream will come true. I'd like to share my joy and excitement with you. In 1968, JIM KWESKIN and the Jug Band competed for my favors with the Beatles and Bob Dylan and, often as not, won. I am proud and giddy that my producing partner, Renee Bodie and I and have the honor of presenting JIM KWESKIN and GEOFF MULDAUR at my Four Friends Gallery. They are the two main forces of the JIM KWESKIN JUG BAND.”
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Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band were, 1968 mid-’70s, notoriously famous for their exquisite music. Janns continues, “To have these two heroes on my Four Friends Stage is simply thrilling for Renee and me. I SO hope you'll join us and wallow in this trough of the finest folk / jug / American Roots music and musicality, belly-wrenching humor and over the top wackiness. laughter. I have attached 3 links below - a song by Jim, one by Geoff, and a historic video of the original Jug Band. Also attached is the link to get advanced tickets through Bodie House Music, Renee's production company. Tickets will also be available at the door on a first come, first served basis until we sell out.”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kCnfwT7zlU Jim Kweskin - Sophie's Back In Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1A9FCPQUuY - Geoff Muldaur - Blind Lemon Jefferson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBGVX-T5JGw - Kweskin Jug Band - 1968
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Advance tickets at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e6vhdp5k4f169e4d.
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Sat, Jan 19, in OC (Anaheim):
7:30 pm MARY McCASLIN & RICK SHEA team-up once again to perform “THE SONGS OF JIM RINGER & MARY McCASLIN” at “THE LIVING TRADITION” concert series at Anaheim Downtown Community Center, 250 E Center St, Anaheim; 714-955-3807; concerts@thelivingtradition.org
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MARY McCASLIN and the late JIM RINGER first met in the summer of 1972 at the legendary folk music camp/retreat called “Sweet’s Mill” in the Sierra foothills above Fresno, California. Both were pursuing solo careers and making recordings at the time, but soon began touring the country and performing together – each doing a set then closing their shows with a duet performance. Eventually they recorded the album, “The Bramble & the Rose,” which became a hallmark of folk duet recordings. This album, originally on vinyl, now re-released on CD, contains both traditional and contemporary material and remains very popular today. Mary re-acquaints and introduces younger listeners to selections from “The Bramble & the Rose” – this time with acclaimed L.A.-based singer-songwriter RICK SHEA, an authentic country–folk artist in much the same fashion as Ringer. Shea has toured as a multi-instrumentalist sideman for DAVE ALVIN’s band, THE GUILTY MEN, along with opening the shows and played on Alvin’s Grammy winning recording “Public Domain.” Influenced by country singers Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Lefty Frizzell, Shea’s recordings have received accolades from publications including the L.A. Weekly, Dirty Linen, and the Acoustic Americana Music Guide.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Claremont:
7:30 pm “SONGMAKERS VARIETY EVENING” with JEAN PICKARD & DON TRUBY, HARMONISTAS, and MERLIN SNIDER, at the “GELENCSER HOUSE CONCERT” series in Claremont. Reservations get directions at 909-596-1266.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Newhall (Santa Clarita):
7:30 pm GRATEFUL DUDES BLUEGRASS residency, sometimes with very impressive guest players, at Vincenzo's Pizza, 24500 Lyons Av, Newhall 91350.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Culver City:
8 pm “THE BANJO IN AMERICA” is a show by one of the instrument’s great players, BILL EVANS, at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; Bill does a workshop earlier, at 4 pm; call the venue for info: 310-398-2583.
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In addition to his many other credits, Bill is the author of the best-selling book, “Banjo for Dummies.”
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Sat, Jan 19, in Pasadena:
8 pm SEVERIN BROWNE and JAMES HURLEY play a stellar double bill of performing-songwriter talent at the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SERIES” in Beckman Institute Auditorium (aka “Little Beckman”) 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832);.www.folkmusic.caltech.edu. Park free in either lot at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar.
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These two fine singer-songwriters have each toured nationally and globally and performed throughout their home turf of Southern California for some time. Each has built their own following of devoted fans, and series producers tell the Guide, “Our hope is to bring them some new ears, along with current fans. We're excited to be able to present them together in one show, and the rumor is that they will do a few songs together!”
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SEVERIN BROWNE comes from a musical family, including his father, CLYDE JACK BROWNE, a jazz composer and musician, and his very famous brother, JACKSON BROWNE. Severin's first big break was signing with Motown Records back in the 1970s, where he became a house songwriter (the label’s first white songwriter) and he recorded his first two albums there. Since leaving that environment, he has chosen a low-profile career by playing in smaller venues locally and putting out occasional recordings of original songs. He is a very popular teacher at “SummerSongs,” an annual mecca for budding songwriters who want to learn from the best. (It’s held in Cambria, along the Central California Coast.)
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Get a sample of Severin doing the title song from his latest CD, “Lucky Man,” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QnB0TEbZw.
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As series producers Rx and Nick observe, “Severin’s songwriting is always clever, and he manages to combine deep wisdom and brilliant insight, humorous and involving music, and often intricate and complex rhythms and chord changes. He is a very engaging, down-to-earth performer who you will enjoy spending time with.” That’s true live and on live radio, where the Guide’s editor has hosted him multiple times. More at www.severinbrowne.com.
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JAMES HURLEY “is truly in a class by himself, not so much thinking outside the box as refusing to admit its existence,” note Rex and Nick. James’ “clever lyrics and precise diction and delivery are so engaging that it’s possible to lose sight of his elaborate, sparkling guitar work until he gets to the solo and blows you away.” The Guide concurs, having hosted live performances with him on radio, as well.
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The Caltech guys have him nailed: “Award-winning and internationally touring performing songwriter JAMES HURLEY projects the charm, ease and friendly confidence of a seasoned performer in his natural element. His smooth, passionate voice and masterful, tasty guitar playing lead the listener through a colorful and diverse catalog of original material that reflects influences from swing-era jazz and blues, the rock and pop of the British invasion, the current ‘acoustic renaissance’ and the whimsical imagery of Saturday morning cartoons. This is a performer that follows his own muse and invites the listener to come along for a delightful ride.”
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He’s also the only artist we know who sings a jingle to get you to remember his website.
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Sample a bit o’ James Hurleys performing his song, “Whisper,” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLF8-FKERzc. More at www.jameshurleymusic.com.
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Tix are $15 for adults, $5 for Caltech students and children. This show will sell-out, so don’t delay. The Caltech Ticket Office is at 332 South Michigan Avenue and is generally open noon to 5 pm, Monday-Friday. Order by phone at 626-395-4652. (There is a single service charge for each phone order, regardless the number of tickets, so buy tickets for multiple shows. Any remaining tickets are available at the door on the night of the show.
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Sat, Jan 19, in OC (Newport Beach):
8-10:30 pm DULCIMANIA plays their six-times-a-year gig (3rd Saturday, every other month) at Alta Coffeehouse, 506 31st St, Newport Beach. Band is Norm Jacobson and Barbara Gershman, both on hammered dulcimer, & Brad Moore on everything else. Band says the coffee and food are great. Info, Norm Jacobson, dulcimaniaband@gmail.com.
More at www.scdh.org. No cover.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Arcadia:
8 pm-1 am BB CHUNG KING, plus THE BOOBY BLUEHOUSE BAND opening, at the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006; www.arcadiabluesclub.com; 626-447-9349. Venue serves dinner, has full bar and nightly specials. Tix on their website; higher at the door.
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Sat, Jan 19, in SFV (Burbank):
8 pm “AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK” music on two separate stages at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank; 818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444; www.vivacantina.com. Okay to park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (free, nearly unlimited parking for Viva patrons). Two stages, one in the Front Room is always no cover, the other, the Riverside Rancho stage, may charge cover. Venue has full bar, serves good Mexican food, all ages.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Los Feliz:
8-11 pm KEN O'MALLEY plays the Tam O'Shanter, 2980 Los Feliz Bl, Los Feliz / L.A. 90039; www.lawrysonline.com/tam-oshanter. Venue has full menu and full bar. Performance is in the pub area of this charming Scottish-themed restaurant, part of the Lawry's family that has been an L.A. area landmark since 1922. No cover, all ages.
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Sat, Jan 19, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm An AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK BAND plays the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166. A real, live, fun honky-tonk scene with live music nightly. Preceded by free dance lessons at 7 pm. No cover.
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Sat, Jan 19, in Ventura:
8:30 pm “POLYNESIAN REVUE” at Hong Kong Inn, 435 E Thompson Bl, Ventura; www.hongkonginn.com; 805-648-3161. Runs Friday & Saturday nights.
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2) Sunday’s FESTIVALS & MUSIC CAMPS
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Sun, Jan 20, in San Diego:
10 am Weekly “BLUEGRASS BRUNCH” at Urban Solace, 3823 30th St, San Diego 92104; 619-295-6464.
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Sun, Jan 20, in South Pasadena:
11 am-2 pm Weekly “SUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH” with BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER on guitar & vocals at the Firefly Bistro, 1009 El Centro St, South Pasadena; 626-441-2443. “Big B” Brenner performs “The Real Folk Blues.” Features seasonal Brunch menu, mimosas, sangria and Bloody Marys. BIG B sings a mellow compilation of acoustic blues. No cover.
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Sun, Jan 20, in Marina del Rey:
1-4 pm “FREE OUTDOOR WEEKEND CONCERT SERIES” features Blues, Jazz, Latin, or Pop at Fisherman’s Village in Marina del Rey (weather permitting). Info and schedules, www.visitmarinadelrey.com/schedule/ongoing-events.
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Sun, Jan 20, in downtown L.A.
2 pm Dazzling violinist MIDORI presents a world premiere of “CONCERTO” by Peter Eötvös in this richly colorful all-Hungarian program led by the LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, in the Walt Disney Concert Hall at the L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org.
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“Concerto” is, shall we say, a term of contention. The word’s origins include the contrasting elements of competition and combination. Peter Eötvös’ new concerto explores the more common form of the genre, a striving solo virtuoso with/against the orchestra. In Bartók’s famous concerto, however, the virtuosos emerge from within the orchestra to contend and unite in stunning musical games.
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Superstar violinist Midori gives the premiere of a new concerto with one of the most versatile of today’s charismatic young conductors leading a colorful all-Hungarian program.
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Sun, Jan 20, in OC (Costa Mesa):
3 pm "CAFE LUDWIG" brings music in a coffeehouse setting for rich, bright and highly expressive chamber works by the masters, showcasing PACIFIC SYMPHONY'S woodwind musicians in the intimate Samueli Theater (located next to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall), Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa; 714-556-2787; www.ocpac.org..
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"Woodwind Magic" is this aptly titled concert in the "Café Ludwig" chamber series. Charming piano sensation and host ORLI SHAHAM leads principal Symphony musicians in works ranging from the 18th to 20th centuries.
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The Acoustic Americana Music Guide loves to celebrate what we call "accessible classical" music. "Café Ludwig" is certainly that, an intimate hall where each instrument can be heard individually and an environment where patrons enjoy coffee, tea and desserts in a coffeehouse setting.
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Info and tix, www.PacificSymphony.org; 714-755-5799. Tix, $60 & $75.
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Sun, Jan 20, in Burbank:
5-9 pm Monthly "JONNY WHITESIDE'S MESSAROUND" at Viva Cantina, 900 W Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506; www.vivacantina.com.
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This month features brilliant British rocker-historian-author-broadcaster IAN WHITCOMB. In the Americana world, we know him as a ukulele player and singing encyclopedia of charming early twentieth century tunes. But Ian has quite a history. As Jonny relates, “From his late-1950s U.K. skiffle band start to 1965's wildly over-stimulated Top 10 U.S. hit ‘You Turn Me On’ to the 1972 publication of his seminal pop history ‘After the Ball,’ Whitcomb has charged, head-on, through the groaning buffet tables of American culture with an insatiable appetite. Whitcomb's own firsthand experiences --touring with the ROLLING STONES and THE KINKS, working with everyone from MAE WEST and SAM THE SHAM to, yes, BUGS BUNNY -- qualify in themselves as the adventure of lifetime and this appearance, a rare all-rock & roll set from this masterly entertainer, is certain to drastically dazzle your razzle.”
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Of course, it’s the MESSAROUND, and they’re celebrating JONNY WHITESIDE'S Birthday, so there are way too many people performing, including “turned on teen idols” (of another era) IAN WHITCOMB & JIMMY ANGEL, and PSYCH-PUNK GEEZERS BLOODY BRAINS, HOT GARAGE JUVEYS THE NEUMANS, WIG-FLIPPING WILD-O TROY WALKER, PLUS CODY BRYANT, PAUL MARSHALL, and surely even more.
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Jonny is quite a character. He’ll tell you about videos that show a "Baby Reptilian Alien Found in the Farms of Mexico." (It's at http://banoosh.com/2013/01/09/baby-reptilian-alien-found-in-the-farms-of-mexico-dna-tests-2/#.UO20Mr79oc8.facebook, if you're interested.)
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This monthly happening always features first-rate players, and plenty of ''em, backed by an all-star ensemble performing as the MESSAROUND BAND. We got word that PAUL MARSHALL (I SEE HAWKS IN L.A.) who plays with this house band, will also perform with CODY BRYANT (RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE) and with TROY WALKER at 5 pm. Paul is enthusiastic about his part here each month, saying, "It's always an adventure!"
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All ages, admission is FREE, free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
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Sun, Jan 20, in L.A.:
6 pm Weekly “KOFFEEHOUSE SUNDAY SESSION” featuring performing songwriters playing acoustic, preceded by a jam session (at 6 pm) at The Charleston, 2460 Wilshire Bl, Santa Monica; www.charlestonla.com; 310-828-2115.
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Sun, Jan 20, in Santa Monica:
7 pm “Outsider Folkie” MICHAEL HURLEY plays McCabes, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497.
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Sun, Jan 20, in Altadena:
7 pm ROCKYNECK BLUEGRASS BAND with special opening act, THE LEARNING CENTER, plays 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 by the Guide’s editor, writing in FolkWorks, as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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Starting with traditional bluegrass songs and delving into contemporary artist such as John Prine and Neil Young for their song choices, ROCKYNECK BLUEGRASS BAND engages the audience with musicianship and on-the-fly improvisation. Formed in 2009, they took 1st place at Topanga Banjo Fiddle contest in the band division and since then have made a name for themselves in the California bluegrass scene. In January 2012, they won a competition through CBA to earn a performance slot in the Grass Valley Fathers Day Festival in Northern California. You can see them performing on the national TV show “My Fair Wedding” in two separate episodes. This quartet brings three-part harmony singing, instrumental originals and classic fiddle tunes, and an exciting night of music and fun to the stage. The entire group is comprised of award-winning players, including Devitt Feeley, Craig Ferguson, Lydia Veilleux, Brian Netzly. More at www.Rockyneckbluegrass.com.
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THE LEARNING CENTER, the two-man act of JORDAN GOLDING and LEO LIEBESKIND, was just founded in September, 2012. These guys are two sophomores at Oberlin College in Ohio. Both are prolific songwriters, soulful singers, and gifted blues-rock guitarists.
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The duo usually plays with two acoustic guitars and sometimes harmonica. Golding and Liebeskind often split lead and backup vocals and lead and rhythm guitar during their performance. Golding has played numerous shows around his hometown of Louisville, as well as shows in Nashville, Atlanta, and Oberlin. He has recorded three albums of original material and has dabbled in genres ranging from folk to ska to metal. Liebeskind has played a great number of shows around his hometown area of New York, and in 2010,he joined Pete Seeger on stage at a benefit concert in Dobbs Ferry, NY. He has also recorded three albums of original material and is currently working with the Booga Basement production team on recording new music.
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Sun, Jan 20, world-music-meets-Americana, in L.A.:
7 pm VINICIUS CANTUÁRIA and BILL FRISELL in the Los Angeles premiere of “Lágrimas Mexicanas,” at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Bl, L.A. 90049; 310-440-4500; www.skirball.org.
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Brazilian singer-composer-guitarist Vinicius Cantuária and prolific master guitarist Bill Frisell make a rare appearance together to perform a collection of songs penned by Cantuária and brilliantly arranged by Frisell.
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The duo's poetic lyrics and moving Latin and Brazilian rhythms were inspired by Cantuária’s love of New York City’s diverse cultural landscape. Don’t miss this soulful and moving musical encounter between two iconic artists.
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“Frisell's Americana twang and echoing feedback mixed with twilit Bossa Nova is irresistible.”—Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times.
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Presented as part of the Skirball’s new concert series, “Journeys and Encounters,” presenting surprising collaborations between musicians of diverse genres. Tix, $35 general; $30 mbrs; $25 full-time students.
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Sun, Jan 20, in SFV (Chatsworth):
7 pm An AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK BAND plays the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166. A real, live, fun honky-tonk scene with live music nightly. Go early for their free weekly BBQ at 5 pm and free dance lessons at 6 pm. No cover.
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Sun, Jan 20, in SFV (Burbank):
8 pm “AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK” music on two separate stages at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank; 818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444; www.vivacantina.com. Okay to park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (free, nearly unlimited parking for Viva patrons). Two stages, one in the Front Room is always no cover, the other, the Riverside Rancho stage, may charge cover. Venue has full bar, serves good Mexican food, all ages.
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Sun, Jan 20, in Santa Monica:
11 pm Weekly “ACOUSTIC CORDIALE” showcase closes-out the weekend, at 14 Below, 1348 14th St, Santa Monica 90404; 310-451-5040.
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Mon, Jan 21, in SFV (Burbank):
7:30 pm THE BROMBIES play their weekly bluegrass residency at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506; 818-515-4444. Venue has good Mexican food, full bar. Park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl. No cover.
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Mon, Jan 21, in Culver City:
7:30 pm “NEW WESTSIDE BLUEGRASS JAM” at Industry Café & Jazz, 6039 Washington Bl, Culver City 90232.
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Mon, Jan 21, in Ventura:
7:30 pm “ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC” at Zoey’s Café, 185 E Santa Clara St, Ventura 93001, Ventura; info, www.zoeyscafe.com; 805-652-1137 or 805-652-0091.
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Mon, Jan 21, in SFV (NoHo):
7:30 pm Weekly “OPEN MIC” at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood 91607; 818-766-9913. Officially, it’s “no cover,” but venue expects a donation. If you can’t go, you may be able to watch online, at www.kulakswoodshed.com.
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Mon, Jan 21, in Altadena:
8 pm GRACE KELLY, phenomenal musician and winner of just about every jazz award and recognition there is, plays 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 by the Guide’s editor, writing in FolkWorks, as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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Bob Stane says, “Look up GRACE KELLY (singer) on Wikipedia and visit her web page. I am just going to drop this on you with little ‘selling.’ If you know progressive, hard core, jazz you will ‘get it’ and reserve now. This is her sophomore gig at The Coffee Gallery Backstage. A phenom of the highest order. Again...progressive jazz. Not for the faint hearted. Just those who demand the best. Tell your jazz friends.”
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“Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That is the hallmark of a first-class jazz musician.” ….Wynton Marsalis. Tix: $20
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Mon, Jan 21, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm weekly “TALENT CONTEST” with CHAD WATSON, who also performs, at the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166. This long-running contest for country / alt country / honky-tonk musicians has great prizes and has opened doors for many of its winners. Plus, the place and this event are always fun. Preceded by free two step dance lessons for beginners and intermediate levels with Ed at 7 pm. No cover.
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Mon, Jan 21, in SFV (NoHo):
8 pm weekly “IRISH CéILí DANCE & IRISH MUSIC SESSION” at the Celtic Arts Center’s shared location at Theatre Unlimited, 10943 Camarillo St, North Hollywood 91602; 818-760-8322; www.celticartscenter.com.
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Tuesday, January 22
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Tue, Jan 22, in Downey:
5:30-8:45 pm Monthly "DOWNEY COMMUNITY FOLK MUSIC JAM" led by Bea & Jim Romano at Barbara J. Riley Senior & Community Center, 7810 Quill Dr, Downey 90242. Bring your acoustic instruments (dulcimers encouraged) and your voice and join in, all levels welcome. Info, 562-861-7049 or www.celticana.net. More at www.scdh.org. Free event.
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Tue, Jan 22, in Ventura:
6-9:30 pm Twice-monthly “VENTURA BLUEGRASS JAM” at Zoey’s Café, 185 E Santa Clara St, Ventura. Hosts are GENE RUBIN, PHIL SALAZAR, and NINA WEISMAN. Jam co-host GENE RUBIN says, “Now in our eighth successful year, come and join us at Zoey’s Café. Great food and drink, lots of friends, tons of fun! We typically have between 30 and 50 bluegrass musicians of all skill levels. There is plenty of space for up to three jam circles. Texas swing and Gypsy Jazz also welcome. Our bluegrass jams are every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. We are looking forward to seeing you there!” More at http://home.earthlink.net/~generubinaudio. Info, contact Gene Rubin, generubinaudio@earthlink.net.
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Tue, Jan 22, in SGV (Arcadia):
7 pm Weekly “SONGWRITER SERENADE” with performing host JC HYKE and a lineup of recording artists / singer-songwriters, all playing acoustic, on the heated patio at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant & Bar, 145 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006.
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Tue, Jan 22, in Signal Hill:
7 pm Weekly “BLUEGRASS SOUP JAM” at Convert-A-Tape, 2420 Gundry Av, Signal Hill 90755.
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Tue, Jan 22 in Malibu:
8 pm MARC COHN, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, plus REBECCA PIDGEON, at the Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine University 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu.
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MARC COHN combines the precision of a brilliant tunesmith with the passion of a great soul-man. He is a natural storyteller, balancing the exuberant with the poignant, and he is able to distill universal truth out of his often romantic, drawn-from-life tales.
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Cohn's career took off in 1990 with the recording of his critically acclaimed, self-titled debut disc, which yielded such classics in their own right as "Walking in Memphis," "Silver Thunderbird," and "True Companion." He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992.
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Cohn's 2010 recording, "Listening Booth: 1970," represents a continuation of a creative resurgence brought on by one of the strangest and scariest events of his life. In 2005, while driving back to his hotel with his band and tour manager after a show in Denver, Cohn was shot in the head by a would-be carjacker. Although the bullet had to be removed from his left temple, it miraculously missed penetrating his skull by a centimeter, causing no physical damage and allowing him to be released from the hospital the next day.
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After working through a bout of post-traumatic stress syndrome, Cohn has been busier than ever. Ending a nearly 10-year absence from the studio, he released one of his most critically acclaimed records, "Join the Parade," in 2007 and followed it with well over 150 shows across the country.
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Listening Booth: 1970 brought Cohn back to where he began -- writing songs like "Walking in Memphis" that spoke so eloquently about the transformative, healing power of music. Like that hit single, “Listening Booth: 1970” is really the soundtrack to his life.
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He reflects, "It seemed like such a natural progression for me to do a record like this because, if you've been following my records from my first single, I have been paying tribute to musicians through my writing all along; from Al Green to Elvis to Levon Helm to Charlie Christian, it's really been a touchstone for me. Now I'm just repaying a debt of gratitude to the artists who've changed my life and taught me how to do what I do."
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In her latest album (her sixth), "Slingshot," Pidgeon moves easily between jazz, folk, country, and rock as she explores themes of love and yearning with unflinching honesty. Her current single, "I Loved No One," has received supportive airplay and critical acclaim.
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Limited tix, priced at $40, $30, or $20 for the public and $10 for full-time Pepperdine students, are available now at 310-506-4522. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster, with their outrageous handling charge, at 800-982-2787. More info at http://arts.pepperdine.edu/ or http://marccohn.net/
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Tue, Jan 22, in Hollywood:
8-10 pm “THE CARNY: EAST” plays Sabor Y Cultura, 5625 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood. Somethin’ different. One of two local shows by THE CARNY -- one “EAST,” one “WEST.” Info, www.theNeweryork.com/carnival or www.meetup.com/theNewerYork.
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Tue, Jan 22, in OC (Laguna Beach):
8-11 pm Weekly “SONGWRITER'S SHOWCASE” with performing host BETH FITCHET WOOD, and a lineup of performing songwriters and some recording artists “with many different musical talents” at the Marine Room, 214 Ocean Av, Laguna Beach.
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Western music award winner JOYCE WOODSON, who played there recently, says, “Some have a great deal of professional experience and some are working up to that. Beth plays a 45 minute set first, (because she can) and then there are 3 or 4 other acts who do short sets. It's a very intimate setting, and all experiment with their new stuff. The audience is of the highest quality and the performers love playing for them.” No cover.
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Tue, Jan 22, in SFV (Toluca Lake):
8 pm Weekly “TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION” at Timmy Nolan's Tavern & Grill, 10111 Riverside Dr, Toluca Lake 91602; 818-985-3359.
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Tue, Jan 22, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm An AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK BAND plays the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166. A real, live, fun honky-tonk scene with live music nightly. Preceded by free dance lessons at 7 pm. No cover.
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Tue, Jan 22, in SFV (Burbank):
8 pm “AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK” music on two separate stages at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank; 818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444; www.vivacantina.com. Okay to park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (free, nearly unlimited parking for Viva patrons). Two stages, one in the Front Room is always no cover, the other, the Riverside Rancho stage, may charge cover. Venue has full bar, serves good Mexican food, all ages.
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Tue, Jan 22, in Santa Monica:
9 pm KEN O’MALLEY brings his authentic and original Irish music to Finn McCool’s, 2702 Main St, Santa Monica 90405; 310-452-1734.
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Tue, Jan 22, in Santa Monica:
9 pm “LIVE MUSIC NIGHT” at Sonny McLean's Irish Pub, 2615 Wilshire Bl, Santa Monica; 310-449-1811. They boast “40 taps of great beer and cider, a nice wine selection and now a full bar.” Live music every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and sometimes it’s traditional Irish music. But be careful when you go, because they do Karaoke (aka the death of vocal music) on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays starting about 9 pm. Check their website to see who and what they’re booking, at www.sonnymcleans.com.
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Wed, Jan 23, INSTRUCTION SERIES for ARTISTS, in Culver City:
7 & 8 pm BERNIE PEARL conducts "How to Jam the Blues," in two different workshops at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; 310-398-2583; www.boulevardmusic.com.
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Wed, Jan 23, in Altadena:
3 pm WHEN PIGS FLY! play the Altadena Farmers Market, 600 Palm St, Altadena 91001. Info, www.facebook.com/AltadenaFarmersMarket. More at www.scdh.org.
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Wed, Jan 23, in Santa Barbara:
5:30 pm Weekly “GLENDESSARY JAM” of players of old-time music at Alice Keck Park (summers) and indoors (winter) on Glendessary Lane, in Santa Barbara.
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Wed, Jan 23, in Paso Robles:
6-8 pm Weekly “OPEN JAM” is mostly bluegrass, some folk, at Matts Music, 617 12th St, Paso Robles. Details, 805-237-0054, or www.mattsmusicinpaso.com.
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Wed, Jan 23, in the desert (Lancaster):
Time tba Twice-monthly “LANCASTER UKULELE CLUB” meets and jams at Nick's Pizzaria, 43755 15th St West (between Ave K & Ave J8), Lancaster. Happens 2nd & 4th Wednesday, every month. Info, John Birsner, 661-949-7717 or jbirsner@aol.com.
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Wed, Jan 23, in L.A.:
7-11 pm 18th Annual “LOS ANGELES ART SHOW OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE PARTY” has a theme of “Help bring art to kids and kids to art!” at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, L.A. 90049; 310-440-7300; parking is $10.
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Enjoy an evening of creativity and philanthropy at the kickoff evening for the 18th annual “Los Angeles Art Show,” an annual event celebrating historic, modern, and contemporary art. Proceeds from the premiere party support student visits to the Getty Museum through our Title I bus program, as well as The Art of Elysium, which offers creative arts programming for medically fragile youth. This event features art from 100 top galleries and food and drink from L.A.'s best restaurants, all for a great cause. Tickets start at $125.
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Wed, Jan 23, in South Pasadena:
7-9:30 pm Weekly "WINE & SONG CONCERT SERIES" brings performing host BRAD COLERICK and two guest recording artists to the Firefly Bistro, 1009 El Centro St, South Pasadena; 626-441-2443.
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Wed, Jan 23, in Lompoc:
7-9 pm Twice-monthly “WEDNESDAY EVENING BLUEGRASS JAM” at Southside Coffee Co, 105 S "H" St, Lompoc. Info, call Bill, 805-736-8241. It’s the 2nd and 4th Wednesday, every month.
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Wed, Jan 23, in Altadena:
8 pm “LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC,” probably a national headlining act, 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 by the Guide’s editor, writing in FolkWorks, as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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Wed, Jan 23, in SFV (Burbank):
8 pm “AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK” music on two separate stages at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank; 818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444; www.vivacantina.com. Okay to park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (free, nearly unlimited parking for Viva patrons). Two stages, one in the Front Room is always no cover, the other, the Riverside Rancho stage, may charge cover. Venue has full bar, serves good Mexican food, all ages.
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Wed, Jan 23, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm An AMERICANA / ALT-COUNTRY / HONKY-TONK BAND plays the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166. A real, live, fun honky-tonk scene with live music nightly. Preceded by free dance lessons at 7 pm. No cover.
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Wed, Jan 23, in L.A.:
8 pm Weekly “GUITAROLOGY” showcase at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S Sepulveda Bl, Los Angeles 90045; 310-670-1994.
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Wed, Jan 23, in SFV (Sherman Oaks):
9 pm Weekly “ACOUSTIC CORDIALE,” the long-running series booked by DONOVAN LYMAN at Café Cordiale, 14015 Ventura Bl, Sherman Oaks 91423; 818-789-1985.
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Thu-Sun, Jan 24-27, in OC (Anaheim):
THE 2013 “NAMM SHOW” at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim is the industry’s annual five-hundred-pound-gorilla event. It features four solid days of live music and events that keep the fun in the business of music while debuting innovations and new products, from the simple to the sublime, from the highest of high tech to the “I-should’ve-thought-of-that!” improvement.
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NAMM occupies ALL of the Anaheim Convention Center complex AND all the surrounding hotel convention and meeting facilities. It easily requires the entire four days for a basic walk-through with time to carefully examine and demo a dozen or so instruments or devices. Each day ends with attendees wondering where the time went when there’s still so much to see. There is a staggering number of product display booths -- the architecture of some are works of art in themselves.
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Plus, there are live performances. In addition to the dazzle of instruments and products, there are many celebrity guest appearances, artist signings and performances by endorsed artists hosted by NAMM members, and NAMM itself has scheduled 10 stages with 150 live music acts, award shows, teen band competitions, hands-on music making, and more.
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Entry to the show requires badges and matching i.d., and these are issued only to people with industry connections. But, before the wind leaves your sails, the story does not end there. Many of the artists who attend will be performing all over town in formal and impromptu venues. If you are attending NAMM, it’s easier to get the scoop on all that from the inside.
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BUT, if you are a music fan with no industry connection / no badge, you’ll still be able to find some free performances by endorsed artists in hotel lobbies, and tickets to some of the gala concerts in the hotels in the evenings. Moreover, there is a profusion of gigs in venues throughout Southern Cal by artists who are in town because of NAMM.
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And, of course, your local music store will soon have new things large and small to show you, including new signature models and other instruments and recording and performing audio hardware and software to tempt you. Whether or not you are attending, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate the NAMM show. The Acoustic Americana Music Guide will bring you daily reports from NAMM. Watch for them!
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Thu, Jan 24, in Redondo Beach:
7-9 pm ANDY & RENEE of the Dylan tribute band HARD RAIN play a "Fundraiser for Measure A: No New Power Plant," at On The Rocks, 239 N Harbor Dr. Redondo Beach 90277; 310-379-7438.
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Thu, Jan 24, in L.A.:
7:30 pm MONTREAL GUITAR TRIO and CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO play Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz, Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, 10361 Pico Bl, L.A. 90064; 310-286-0553; www.theatreraymondkabbaz.com.
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When the California Guitar Trio and the Montréal Guitare Trio join forces, it’s an experience that can only be called “a six-by-6 string phenomensemble," says the venue.
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In a pleasantly surprising way, CGT's steel-stringed guitars blend naturally with MG3's nylon-stringed guitars, as each trio's fret boards chase the others' original compositions, along with new arrangements of progressive rock, world, jazz and classical music. You can buy your tickets online.
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Thu, Jan 24, at USC:
7:30 pm "An Evening with TRIMPIN, Sound Artist," at Alfred Newman Recital Hall, on the USC campus in University Park, L.A.
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He is a specialist in interfacing computers with traditional acoustic instruments. He has developed innovative methods for playing trombones, cymbals and pianos with computers.
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Trimpin, an internationally acclaimed artist, kinetic sculptor, sound artist, musician, engineer, inventor, composer and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, is acclaimed as "one of the most stimulating forces in music today."
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An evening with Trimpin will explore his work and the world of sound art with a lecture, performance and excerpt from the film "Trimpin: The Sound of Invention." Trimpin has worked in theatre with Samuel Beckett, directed the San Quentin Drama Workshop and co-chaired the electronic music department of the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam.
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Event organized by Karen Koblitz (USC Fine Arts) and Veronika Krausas (USC Music). Co-sponsored by the USC Thornton School of Music, the USC Roski School of Fine Arts and Classical KUSC 91.5 FM.
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Admission is free and open to everyone. Book signing and reception follows. More info, www.usc.edu/visionsandvoices.
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Thu, Jan 24, in Altadena:
8 pm BIG WIDE ROOM, the splendid trio of MARK DAVIS, BRETT PERKINS & DAVID ZINK (formerly the EDITED trio) doing the California portion of their “Infinite Distance” tour for the release of their full-length CD, plays a house concert at the home of Edward & Sharon Beckett in Altadena 91001. Reservations get directions at 626-791-7953 or sharonbbi@hotmail.com.
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With the new CD, their annual California tour has something special to celebrate this time around, on a 9-day, 13-gig, 2,000-mile circuit of the Golden State. Miss ’em on one of their January gigs and you’ll have to wait to see ’em next in Europe. More, including the new “Infinite Distance” CD, is available at www.bigwideroom.com/music.html.
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Doors at 7:30 pm. Bring light fare to share in the potluck. $15 donation per person.
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Thu, Jan 24, in San Diego:
Time tba JAMES LEE STANLEY does a solo acoustic show at the Folkey Monkey, San Diego. Info, www.jamesleestanley.com.
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Thu, Jan 24, in Bakersfield:
Time tba JOHN McCUTCHEON plays Club Odyssey in Bakersfield; 661-831-3100. This show, another in Ojai, and one in Encinitas (San Diego) are as close as his current tour will get to L.A.
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Fri, Jan 25, Free FESTIVAL SEMINAR, at USC:
12:30-9:30 pm "MUSIC FESTIVALS: CREATING NEW COMMUNITIES FOR A NEW GENERATION" in Norris Cinema Theatre and Frank Sinatra Hall, on the USC campus in University Park, L.A.
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Each generation creates venues where music can be shared. Recent festivals such as Coachella, Outside Lands, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and South By Southwest have drawn hundreds of thousands to listen to cutting-edge bands.
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What do these communal spaces mean in the age of social media? What do these events say about youth culture today? Can music mobilize a culture?
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USC professor JOSH KUN will moderate a keynote panel exploring the music-festival phenomenon with DJ and KCRW music director JASON BENTLEY, Do LaB co-founder DEDE FLEMMING, Insomniac COO SIMON RUST LAMB, and music critic ANN POWERS.
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Screenings of the documentaries "Monterey Pop," "Wattstax," and "Electric Daisy Carnival Experience" will illuminate the power and impact of music festivals today and historically.
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Organized by the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, USC Libraries and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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Admission is free and open to everyone. Advance registration, more info and complete schedule of events are available at www.usc.edu/visionsandvoices.
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Fri, Jan 25, at NAMM, and LIVE on the web:
2 pm The “SUPPORT MUSIC COALITION” celebrates a decade of advocacy live, at and from the NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center and surrounding hotel facilities. The Coalition’s founding members will kick-off the next decade of NAMM efforts to keep music education strong, inside the NAMM Foundation Lounge at the Anaheim Hilton’s California Ballroom.
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Earlier in the day, NAMM attendees can join the “Recreational Music Making” session titled “Serving New Customers” in the NAMM Foundation Lounge from 8:30 to 10 am for breakfast and a discussion on how community and recreational music making can grow a customer base. NAMM Members and industry professionals share ways to increase participation in store activities, create new customers, connect with the local community and find the resources to make it happen.
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NAMM Show Registration is now open for qualified members of the music instrument, product and pro-light and sound industries. Exhibit spaceis still available for the 2013 event. Learn more about the 2013 NAMM Show at http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2013.
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Fri, Jan 25, in SGV (San Dimas):
7-9 pm DANIELLE HEBERT, the splendid bi-lingual French Canadian songstress-guitarist, with artful percussionist FORREST ROBINSON, plays San Dimas Coffee Klatch, 806 W Arrow Hwy, San Dimas.
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Fri, Jan 25, in Ojai:
Time tba JOHN McCUTCHEON plays Matilija Auditorium, Matilija Jr High School, 703 El Paseo Rd, Ojai. (“Performances to Grow On” venue; www.ptgo.org; 805-646-8907.). This show, another in Bakersfield, and one in Encinitas (San Diego) are as close as his current tour will get to L.A.
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Fri, Jan 25, on the Central Coast (San Luis Obispo):
7:30 pm HISTORY OF PAINTERS plus THE McCOY TYLER BAND at the intimate, 50-seat Steynberg Gallery in San Luis Obispo. Details at www.steynberggallery.com.
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HISTORY OF PAINTERS were mighty impressive when they played the 2012 “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL.”
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THE McCOY TYLER BAND is a folk group from Northern California; check them out at http://mccoytylerband.bandcamp.com.
The Painters, noting the small capacity, say, “Make sure to get there early for a lovely evening of music.” Tix, $8 at the door.
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Fri, Jan 25, in SFV (Northridge):
8 pm The CLAIRE LYNCH BAND brings their award-winning bluegrass to the Mission Theatre at Rancho Cordillera del Norte, 9015 Wilbur Av, Northridge 91324 . Sponsored by the “BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA” (BASC).
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“One of my favorite singers in all acoustic, country and bluegrass music, she is a jewel.” ~ Mary Chapin Carpenter.
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Tickets, $25, available at www.socalbluegrass.org, at all BASC events prior to this one, or by mail at BASC-mail order, c/o Ben Weinberg, 16799 Schoenborn St, North Hills, CA 91343.
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Fri, Jan 25, in Whittier:
8 pm MURIEL ANDERSON with TIERRA NEGRA, STANLEY JORDAN, and BETH & DANNY GOTTLIEB, at Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts at Whittier College, 6760 Painter Av, Whittier 90601.
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Muriel is a global legend on the guitar. She’s in town for her role at the annual NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center. Take advantage of a chance to see her perform with her hand-picked musical wizard guests.
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Fri, Jan 25, in Altadena:
8 pm “AN EVENING IN THE ROUND WITH THE LADIES OF CELT &COUNTRY” featuring ANITA MANSFIELD, KRIS COLT, DEANNA D'AMICO, and MAUREENA DANICUR is Irish & Celtic roots music by respected players with plenty of festival experience under their belts, for two sets with a short intermission, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena. Reservations (10 am-10 pm) 626-798-6236. Okay to bring your own wine for this show. Tix, $15.
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Fri & Sat, Jan 25 & 26, in Santa Monica:
8 pm AL STEWART plays two nights at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, either night, $24.50.
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Fri, Jan 25, in OC (Orange):
8 pm BIG WIDE ROOM, the splendid trio of MARK DAVIS, BRETT PERKINS & DAVID ZINK (formerly the EDITED trio) doing the California portion of their “Infinite Distance” tour for the release of their full-length CD, plays The Bitemarket, 162-B N Glassell St, Orange 92866. Reservations, matt@bitemark.com or 714-920-0119.
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With the new CD, their annual California tour has something special to celebrate this time around, on a 9-day, 13-gig, 2,000-mile circuit of the Golden State. Miss ’em on one of their January gigs and you’ll have to wait to see ’em next in Europe. More, including the new “Infinite Distance” CD, is available at www.bigwideroom.com/music.html.
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Doors open at 7:30 pm. Come early to try some tasty treats. $15 donation per person.
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Fri, Jan 25, in SFV (Studio City):
8 pm Monthly "AMERICANA MUSIC CIRCLE" moves to a new venue for 2013, with performances by BRAD COLERICK, a second act tba, and musical hosts, the LAUREN ADAMS BAND, at Mare'ka Organic Watering Hole, 12747 Ventura Bl, Studio City 91604. A fine and fun long-running series. Free admission.
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Sat, Jan 26, in Tujunga:
2 pm BIG WIDE ROOM, the splendid trio of MARK DAVIS, BRETT PERKINS & DAVID ZINK (formerly the EDITED trio) doing the California portion of their “Infinite Distance” tour for the release of their full-length CD, plays a house concert at the home of Todd & Jo Ann Banks in Tujunga 91042. Reservations get directions at 818-951-8268 or todd@toddbanks.com.
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With the new CD, their annual California tour has something special to celebrate this time around, on a 9-day, 13-gig, 2,000-mile circuit of the Golden State. Miss ’em on one of their January gigs and you’ll have to wait to see ’em next in Europe. More, including the new “Infinite Distance” CD, is available at www.bigwideroom.com/music.html.
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Doors at 1:30 pm. Bring an hors d'oeuvres or light dessert to share. $15 donation per person.
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Sat, Jan 26, in OC (Anaheim):
5-7 pm Monthly "THE LIVING TRADITION OPEN JAM" welcomes all acoustic instruments (no amplifiers) at the Anaheim Community Ctr, 250 E Center St, Anaheim. Sponsored by "The Living Tradition" organization / concert series presenter. First hour is a Slow Jam. Info on TLT events at www.thelivingtradition.org. More at www.scdh.org.
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Sat, Jan 26, in San Diego:
7:30 pm JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET brings their splendid gypsy swing to the “AMSD CONCERT SERIES” at 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego; 619-303-8176.
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Sat, Jan 26, in Anaheim:
7:30 pm MURIEL ANDERSON's "ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT®" at Anaheim Marriott Grand Ballroom, 700 West Convention Way, Anaheim 92802. It's in conjunction with the annual NAMM Show, and a limited number of tix are available to non-NAMM attendees. Check Muriel's website.
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Muriel is a global legend on the guitar. She’s in town for her role at the annual NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center. Take advantage of a chance to see her perform with her hand-picked musical wizard guests.
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Sat, Jan 26, in L.A.:
7:30 pm SUSAN JAMES & her band play her CD pre-release show for "Driving Towards the Sun" at Besant Lodge, 2560 N Beachwood Dr, Los Angeles 90068.
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$10 admission INCLUDES the new CD.
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With a California hybrid of psychedelic country-folk rock, SUSAN JAMES has shared stages with LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, SON VOLT, RICHARD THOMPSON, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, DANIEL LANOIS, and plenty of others.
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The evening includes lots of music, plus comedy by RICK OVERTON, Tarot Readings by GWENDOLYN P., Vintage Clothes for sale by CACTUS TREE VINTAGE, plus Magic Tricks.
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Susan talks about how special it is to play the historic Besant Lodge. She says it's a "unique place -- it's like a little California Mission. Built by Annie Besant as a theosophical church and later a silent film theater. Annie was a woman WAY ahead of her time." Susan attached Besant's wiki bio for you to read, and adds, "She'll be there in spirit, I'm sure!" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Besant
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Los Angeles-based Susan James and Band includes members Eric Heywood on pedal steel, Woody Aplanap on guitar, Jason Chesney on bass, Richard Gowen on drums, and Susan on guitar and mandolin. Acclaimed comedian Rick Overton opens with a comedy set. Vendors set-up indoors.
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Susan says, “I wanted to do something a little different than your average club gig to celebrate the new album, so I’ve created a special celebration with magic, tarot, comedy, music of course, and vintage clothing. The Besant Lodge is an amazing historic place just north of Franklin on Beachwood Dr. We’re looking forward to everyone having a great time. And yes, we’ll have drinks and some sort of food items available as well.”
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The story of the new album, "Driving Toward The Sun," has a more-interesting-than-usual connection in her last project. When Susan James released “Highways, Ghosts, Hearts & Home" in 2011, it earned the praise of famous rocker RYAN ADAMS, who tweeted about her “great songs” and killer band. That was noticed in other arenas. Now, on "Driving Toward the Sun," which officially comes out in February on Megaforce/Sony RED, James teams up with producer RYAN ULYATE, who works with TOM PETTY, and previously with GEORGE HARRISON and JEFF LYNNE, and other famous musicians.
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The new album also includes Don Heffington, Neal Casal, Jason Chesney, Walfredo Reyes Jr., Eric Heywood, Richard Gowen, John McDuffie, Joseph Karnes, and Brian Macleod.
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"People might want to think it's sort of a ‘country’ album, simply because some of the songs have pedal steel. I love the sound of a good pedal steel. On this album it’s used more as ‘color’ than a ‘country stamp’ on my songs,” she explains. “I naturally consider my music equal parts folk, rock, acoustic, singer-songwriter and yes, a little country, but with a specific California sound. And a little psychedelia thrown in for good measure.”
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RICK OVERTON is a socio-political comedy veteran with over 40 years under his belt (several of them above his belt at this point too). His insightful comedy hits your head, ricochets off your brain and lands in a belly laugh. A brief glimpse at IMDB or You Tube confirms that. Susan says, "Rick was a member of the 99% when we were still the 72%."
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Sat, Jan 26, in Downey:
Time tba (evening) WHEN PIGS FLY! play Mambo Grill, 11018 Downey Av, Downey 90241. Venue info, www.yelp.com/biz/mambo-grill-downey. Band info, www.WhenPigsFlyMusic.com. More at www.scdh.org.
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Sat, Jan 26, in Encinitas (San Diego):
Time tba JOHN McCUTCHEON plays the “SAN DIEGO FOLK HERITAGE” series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas; 780-746-8061; 858-566-4040; www.sdfolkheritage.org.. This show, another in Ojai, and one in Bakersfield are as close as his current tour will get to L.A.
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Sat, Jan 26, in Oak Park (Thousand Oaks / Agoura Hills area):
8 pm BIG WIDE ROOM, the splendid trio of MARK DAVIS, BRETT PERKINS & DAVID ZINK (formerly the EDITED trio) doing the California portion of their “Infinite Distance” tour for the release of their full-length CD, plays the prestigious “RUSS & JULIE'S HOUSE CONCERTS” series in Oak Park (in the Agoura Hills / Westlake Village area). Reservations get directions at 818-707-2179 or www.houseconcerts.us. (More info at that website, too.)
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With the new CD, their annual California tour has something special to celebrate this time around, on a 9-day, 13-gig, 2,000-mile circuit of the Golden State. Miss ’em on one of their January gigs and you’ll have to wait to see ’em next in Europe. More, including the new “Infinite Distance” CD, is available at www.bigwideroom.com/music.html.
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Doors at 7:30 pm. Bring something for the sumptuous coffee and dessert buffet. $20 donation per person.
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Sat, Jan 26, in Santa Monica:
8 pm AL STEWART plays the last of two nights at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. (Also here Jan 25.) Tix, either night, $24.50.
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Sat, Jan 26, at UCLA:
8 pm-midnight 12th Annual “1930s SWING NIGHTS LOS ANGELES” in Kerckhoff Hall’s Grand Salon at UCLA. FREE event, includes free dance lessons, hep cats and general public welcome. Info, www.my.calendars.net/HBallroomDance.
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Sat, Jan 26, in San Pedro:
8:30 pm LA CHARANGA CUBANA plays The Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731; www.grandvision.org; 310-833-4813. It’s “A Grand Night for all Salsa Fans” with one of the most popular L.A. bands delivering old style Cuban music. The Emmy-nominated ensemble, featuring vocals, violin, flute, congas, trumpet and timbales, brings their infectious rhythms and soulful melodies to open the Grand Annex’s winter season. Event features a dance floor & DJ. $20 adv / $25 day of show / $30 adv VIP seat.

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Sun, Jan 27, in Long Beach:
1 pm LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS play the “FRIENDS TO VETERANS EVENT” at the Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach 90802. Lisa says, “We are honored to perform for our returning South Bay Veterans! Please join us as we especially salute soldiers who recently served in Afghanistan.” FREE event.
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Sun, Jan 27, in SFV (Encino):
1-5 pm Monthly “BASC BLUEGRASS JAM IN THE PARK” in Encino Park, former home of the California Traditional Music Society, is now an all-outdoor event, sponsored by the Bluegrass Association of Southern California, at 16953 Ventura Bl, Encino 91316. 4th Sunday, every month.
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Sun, Jan 27, in Long Beach:
2 pm BIG WIDE ROOM, the splendid trio of MARK DAVIS, BRETT PERKINS & DAVID ZINK (formerly the EDITED trio) doing the California portion of their “Infinite Distance” tour for the release of their full-length CD, plays a concert hosted by Steve and Angie McCord at Belmont Shores Mobile Estates Club House, 6214 Emerald Cove Dr, Long Beach 90803. Reservations, Angiepopcorn2@gmail.com
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With the new CD, their annual California tour has something special to celebrate this time around, on a 9-day, 13-gig, 2,000-mile circuit of the Golden State. Miss ’em on one of their January gigs and you’ll have to wait to see ’em next in Europe. More, including the new “Infinite Distance” CD, is available at www.bigwideroom.com/music.html.
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Sun, Jan 27, in L.A.:
2 pm USC THORNTON SYMPHONY and USC THORNTON CONCERT CHOIR perform "Porgy and Bess" in Walt Disney Concert Hall at the Music Center complex, downtown Los Angeles. The excellent USC Thornton Symphony is under the direction of principal conductor CARL St. CLAIR, who is also music director of the Pacific Symphony. The concert features special guests ANGELA BROWN, soprano, and KEVIN DEAS, baritone. The USC Thornton Concert Choir is led by CRISTIAN GRASES.
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Sun Jan 27, in Santa Monica:
7 pm PEPPINO D'AGOSTINO plays McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $15.
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Monday, January 28
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Mon, Jan 28, in T.O.:
Time tba JACKSON BROWNE plays the Fred Kavli Theater, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E Thousand Oaks Bl, Thousand Oaks.
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Mon, Jan 28, in Pasadena:
8 pm MURIEL ANDERSON and TIERRA NEGRA present a guitar clinic at L.A. Music Academy, 370 South Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena. Non-students must make a reservation by phone, at 626-568-8850.
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Muriel is a global legend on the guitar. She’s in town for her role at the annual NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center. Take advantage of a chance to see her perform with her hand-picked musical wizard guests.
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Tuesday, January 29
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Tue, Jan 29, in Long Beach:
Time tba JACKSON BROWNE plays the Terrace Theater, Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E Ocean Bl, Long Beach.
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Tue, Jan 29, in Venice:
8-10 pm “THE CARNY: WEST” plays The Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Bl, Venice 90291. One of two local shows by THE CARNY -- one “EAST,” one “WEST.” Somethin’ different. Info, www.theNeweryork.com/carnival or www.meetup.com/theNewerYork...
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Tue, Jan 29, in Culver City:
9 pm JULIE CHRISTENSEN “and a BITCHEN BAND” play the Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-390-1328. No cover; bring $ for the artists’ tip jar.
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Wednesday, January 30
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Wed, Jan 30, in Desert Hot Springs:
7 pm, MURIEL ANDERSON with STANLEY JORDAN play the Community Room at Healing Waters Park, 18131 Langlois Rd (S of Dillon Rd, between Desert Hot Springs & Sky Valley), Desert Hot Springs. Info, 760-329-3169.
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Muriel is a global legend on the guitar. She’s in town for her role at the annual NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center. Take advantage of a chance to see her perform with her hand-picked musical wizard guest. $20 donation, per person.
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Thursday, January 31
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Thu, Jan 31, in San Diego:
7:30 pm MURIEL ANDERSON plays Dizzy's concert series. Dizzy’s is at 2nd Ave & J St, downtown San Diego; 858-270-7467; www.dizzyssandiego.com. All their events are in the San Diego Wine & Culinary Center, Harbor Club Towers ground floor.
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Muriel is a global legend on the guitar. She’s in town for her role at the annual NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center. Take advantage of a chance to see her perform her solo wizardry. Tix $18, $12 for students with i.d.
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Fri, Feb 1, in San Diego:
7:30 pm RAY WYLIE HUBBARD plays the “AMSD CONCERT SERIES” at 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego; 619-303-8176.
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Fri & Sat, Feb 1 & 2, in Santa Monica:
8 pm & 10 pm JORMA KAUKONEN plays two shows on each of two nights at McCabe's, 3101 W Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4403 or 310-828-4497. Tix, either night, $34.
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Fri, Feb 1, at UCLA:
8 pm VIEUX FARKA TOURE plays the Center for the Art of Performance (CAP) series in Royce Hall, on the UCLA campus in Westwood; 310-825-2101.
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Fri & Sat, Feb 1 & 2, in Santa Monica:
10 pm JORMA KAUKONEN plays two shows (8 & 10 pm) on each of two nights at McCabe's, 3101 W Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4403 or 310-828-4497. Tix, either night, $34.
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Feb 2 & 3, 2013, FESTIVAL, in Elko, NV,
a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
Annual “NATIONAL COWBOY POETRY FESTIVAL” with lots of top award-winning western music and, yep, cowboy poetry. Acts known so far include TOM RUSSELL, doing two concerts and a songwriting workshop, and “a hundred great cowboy acts” including RAMBLIN’ JACK ELLIOTT, and PAUL ZARZSYKSI. There are “tons of exhibits on the West” and much more at this depth-of-winter indoor festival. It’s important to book early, because lodgings fill-up for a hundred miles or more. Info at www.westernfolklife.org/National-Cowboy-Poetry-Gathering-General-Info/national-cowboy-poetry-gathering-home-page.html.
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Sat, Feb 2, in Borrego Springs:
7:30 pm MURIEL ANDERSON at Borrego Springs Art Center, 590 Palm Canyon Dr; 760-767-4275, tickets $20.
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Muriel is a global legend on the guitar. She’s in town for her role at the annual NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center. Take advantage of a chance to see her perform her solo wizardry.
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Sat, Feb 2, in Pasadena:
8 pm ATLANTIC STEPS brings Celtic music & dance to the "Caltech Presents" series in Beckman Auditorium ("Big Beckman") on the Caltech campus in Pasadena.
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This ensemble tells the story of Ireland’s oldest dance form, sean-nós, through the music, song and dance of the Connemara region.
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Tix, $26, $21, & $16; youth (high school age and younger) $10; Senior rush tix $15, on sale beginning one-half hour before the performance and subject to availability. Buy advance tix at the Caltech Ticket Office, 332 S Michigan Av, Pasadena.
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Free parking, night of performance, at 332 S Michigan Av, south off Del Mar Bl. More info, 626-395-4652; www.events.caltech.edu.
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Sat, Feb 2, in Santa Monica:
8 pm & 10 pm JORMA KAUKONEN plays two shows on each of two nights at McCabe's, 3101 W Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4403 or 310-828-4497. Tix, either night, $34.
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Sat, Feb 2, in Santa Monica:
10 pm JORMA KAUKONEN plays two shows on each of two nights at McCabe's, 3101 W Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4403 or 310-828-4497. Tix, either night, $34.
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Mon, Feb 4, in Bakersfield:
6-9 pm Monthly “BLUEGRASS JAM” at Rusty's Pizza, 5430 Olive Dr (in the Vons center), Bakersfield. First Monday, every month. “Come on down and bring a couple of songs,” says host Kelvin Gregory; info. kelvin@gregspetro.com or 661-392-7973 (h) / 661-428-7044 (c).
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Mon, Feb 4, in Culver City:
7:30 pm-’til dawn Monthly “NEW WESTSIDE BLUEGRASS JAM” at Industry Cafe & Jazz, 6039 Washington Bl, Culver City 90232. 1st Monday, every month. Info, Jeff Fleck, 310-390-4391 or jfleck47@ca.rr.com.
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Tue, Feb 5, at USC:
7 pm "An Evening with PATTI SMITH" is a "Visions and Voices Signature Event" in Bovard Auditorium, on the USC campus in University Park, L.A. Book signing and reception to follow. Admission is free and open to everyone. Reservations required. Join us for an unforgettable evening of music, poetry and conversation featuring the seminal American artist Patti Smith, moderated by USC Annenberg professor Josh Kun. Emerging in the cultural hotbed of mid-1970s New York City, Smith forged a reputation as one of the decade’s first visionary artists, merging poetry and rock in vital new ways. Her 1975 debut album, Horses, is routinely ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. As a fine artist, Smith has exhibited at galleries and museums around the world. In 2010, she won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for Just Kids, a best-selling memoir about her early days making art in New York with her friend Robert Mapplethorpe. In 2011, Smith was listed amongst TIME magazine‘s 100 most influential people in the world and Rolling Stone‘s 100 greatest artists. Make reservations online beginning Tuesday, January 8, at 9 am, at www.usc.edu/visionsandvoices.
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Thu, Feb 7, in Malibu, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS bring their "Sacred Steel" show to the Smothers Theatre, on the campus at Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu; 310-506-4522.
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The Campbell Brothers' awards and honors include Best U.S. Gospel Instrumentalists of the Year at the fourth annual Real Blues Awards in 1997, Best Gospel Album at the AFIM Indie Awards in 2002, and a National Heritage Fellowship presented to Chuck Campbell in 2004 by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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"The Campbell Brothers play music...with pedal steel guitar lines swooping skyward like a gospel shouter; two Campbell brothers trade off leads, carrying the songs to peak after peak."--Jon Pareles, The New York Times.
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They present a compelling, rich variety of material from the African American Holiness-Pentecostal repertoire with a new twist: the growling, wailing, shouting, singing, and swinging voice of the steel guitar -- their electrifying "Sacred Steel" show.
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The type of music performed by the Campbell Brothers has only recently emerged from the House of God Keith Dominion Church, where for over 60 years it has been an integral part of worship and a vital, if little-known, American tradition.
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As the music moves from sanctuary to concert hall, including the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and New York's Symphony Space, secular audiences are now able to appreciate a performance both devoted and rocking.
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Pedal steel guitarist Chuck Campbell and his lap-steel-playing brother Darick are two of the finest in this tradition. Rounding out the band, which has been playing together for nearly two decades, is a high-energy rhythm section featuring brother Phil Campbell on electric guitar, his son Carlton on drums, and bassist Malcolm Kirby. Classic, gutsy gospel vocals by Katie Jackson and/or Denise Brown bring the ensemble to a level of energy and expression that defies description.
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Tickets, priced at $35, $25, or $15 for the public and $10 for full-time Pepperdine students, are available now at 310-506-4522. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster (with the usual exorbitant fee) at 800-982-2787. More info at http://arts.pepperdine.edu/ or http://www.campbellbrothers.com.
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Sat, Feb 9, in SFV (Van Nuys):
7:30 pm RICHARD BERMAN plays the “NOBLE HOUSE CONCERT” series in Van Nuys. Reservations get directions at 818-780-5970.
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Sat, Feb 9, in Santa Barbara Co (Goleta):
7:30 pm FREEBO with JERRY DONAHUE play the “SONGTREE CONCERT” series at Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, 820 N Fairview Av, Goleta; 805-403-2639.
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Sat, Feb 9, in Pasadena:
8 pm JOANNA CAZDEN and DEBRA COWAN play the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY’s” 30th Anniversary Concert in Beckman Institute Auditorium (aka “Little Beckman”) on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. Park in either of two lots at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar.
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Sat, Feb 9,
8 pm FORTUNATE SON, “Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival,” plays an acoustic show at the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731; www.grandvision.org; 310-833-4813.
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All the grit and soul of CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL comes alive with FORTUNATE SON. In this “unplugged style” acoustic show, hear all the favorites from the swampy blues classic “Born on the Bayou” to the country infused “Bad Moon Rising” to rock anthems like “Proud Mary” and “Fortunate Son.” $20 adv / $25 day of show / $30 adv VIP seat.
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Sun, Feb 10, in San Pedro:
2-5:30 pm BERNIE PEARL plays his blues residency at CRAFTED, a new arts venue in the Port of Los Angeles, at 110 E 22nd St, San Pedro 90731; 310-732-1270; www.CRAFTEDportla.com; www.facebook.com/Craftedportla.
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His two gigs here – including one that opened the venue -- went so well that Bernie was offered a monthly residency, second Sunday of each month through April.
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Bernie says of this new venue, "It's a great place to hear some acoustic Blues and to see what dozens of crafters are working on. Food and beverages are available. Parking and admission are free. I perform in the lounge area, where there are tables and chairs, and the live music is piped throughout the building. Take a Sunday drive to the scenic Port of L.A. and hang out for a while. I bet you'll enjoy it." Bernie returns here Mar 10 and Apr 14.
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The Guide adds that you can go in the morning and tour the Battleship Iowa or the Victory ship, both anchored on display in San Pedro, then go for lunch and great live blues music with Bernie at CRAFTED.
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Tue, Feb 12, at UCLA:
8 pm “MARDI GRAS FROM NEW ORLEANS” with the ALLEN TOUSSAINT BAND plus THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND at the Center for the Art of Performance (CAP) series in Royce Hall, on the UCLA campus in Westwood; 310-825-2101.
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Thu, Feb 14, in Long Beach:
BONNIE RAITT and MAIA SHARP play the Terrace Theater - Long Beach Convention Center and Entertainment complex, 300 E Ocean Bl, Long Beach 90802.
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It’s BONNIE RAITT’s “Slipstream Tour 2013.”
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Tix, $35.50 to $70.50. But not so fast: $35.50 Ticket + $13.50 Fees = $49, with “ $70.50 Ticket is + $15.05 Fees = US $85.55. Ouch.
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Fri, Feb 15, in San Diego:
7:30 pm ELLIS PAUL plays the “AMSD CONCERT SERIES” at 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego; 619-303-8176.
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Fri, Feb 15, 2013, in Agoura Hills, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm OTTMAR LIEBERT, one of the planet’s greatest guitarists, plus LUNA NEGRA, at The Canyon Club, 28912 Roadside Dr, Agoura Hills; www.canyonclub.net; 818-879-5016.
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Fri, Feb 15, in Santa Monica:
8 pm JOHN GORKA plays McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
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Sat, Feb 16, in San Diego:
7:30 pm JOHN GORKA plays the “AMSD CONCERT SERIES” at 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego; 619-303-8176.
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Sat, Feb 16, in Santa Monica:
8 pm SHAWN MULLINS, plus special guest MAX GOMEZ, at McCabe's, 3101 W Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4403 or 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
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Sat, Feb 16, in Indio:
BONNIE RAITT plays the Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio. More later.
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Sun, Feb 17, in Santa Monica; pseudo-FESTIVAL:
2 pm-midnight Semi-annual "FOLKTACULAR" is an indoor mini-festival with LOTS of performers, hosted and produced by singer-songwriter ROBERT MORGAN FISHER, at Writer's Boot Camp in the Bergamont Arts Complex in Santa Monica.
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You can reserve early (recommended), via PayPal: $20 to robert@robertmorganfisher.com.
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If you don't PayPal, email Robert and he will tell you where to send your check.
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Sun, Feb 17, in downtown L.A.:
4 pm “LE SALON DE MUSIQUES” monthly CHAMBER CONCERT SERIES in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 5th Floor, L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org.
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“Le Salon's” series of eight concerts run every third Sunday through May 19, 2013.
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Sun, Feb 17, in Santa Monica:
7 pm ADRIAN LEGG at McCabe's, 3101 W Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4403 or 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
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Sun, Feb 17, in San Diego:
7:30 pm GUY DAVIS plays the “AMSD CONCERT SERIES” at 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego; 619-303-8176.
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Sun, Feb 17, in L.A.:
7:30 pm THE CHIEFTAINS, one of the all-time best and most influential Irish bands, plays Walt Disney Concert Hall, at the Music Center in downtown L.A.
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Sat, Feb 23, at UCLA:
8 pm ROBERT RANDOLPH PRESENTS THE SLIDE BROTHERS, the band of CALVIN COOKE, AUBREY GHENT, CHUCK CAMPBELL, & DARICK CAMPBELL, plus special guest OTIS TAYLOR, at the Center for the Art of Performance (CAP) series in Royce Hall, on the UCLA campus in Westwood; 310-825-2101.
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Sat, Feb 23, in Agoura Hills:
8 pm SMALL POTATOES, the marvelous folk duo from Chicago, plays “RUSS AND JULIE'S HOUSE CONCERT” series in Oak Park (in the Agoura Hills / Westlake Village area); 818-707-2179.
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Sat, Feb 23, in San Diego:
BONNIE RAITT plays the Copely Symphony Hall, San Diego. More later.
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Fri, Mar 1, in Claremont:
7:30 pm STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN play the “GELENCSER HOUSE CONCERT” Series in Claremont. Reservations get directions at 909-596-1266.
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Sat, Mar 2, in SFV (Van Nuys):
7:30 pm STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN play the “NOBLE HOUSE CONCERT” series in Van Nuys. Reservations get directions at 818-780-5970.
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Sun, Mar 3, in Malibu:
8 pm PETER YARROW of PETER, PAUL & MARY, plays Pepperdine University Center for the Arts, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu; 310-506-4522.
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Sat, Mar 9, in Santa Barbara Co (Goleta):
7:30 pm STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN play the “SONGTREE CONCERT SERIES” at Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, 820 N Fairview Av, Goleta; 805-403-2639.
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Sat, Mar 9, in Pasadena:
8 pm DAVID MALLETT plays the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY” series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (aka “Little Beckman”) on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. Park in either of two lots at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar.
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Sun, Mar 10, in San Pedro:
2-5:30 pm BERNIE PEARL plays his blues residency at CRAFTED, a new arts venue in the Port of Los Angeles, at 110 E 22nd St, San Pedro 90731; 310-732-1270; www.CRAFTEDportla.com; www.facebook.com/Craftedportla.
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His two gigs here – including one that opened the venue -- went so well that Bernie was offered a monthly residency, second Sunday of each month through April.
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Bernie says of this new venue, "It's a great place to hear some acoustic Blues and to see what dozens of crafters are working on. Food and beverages are available. Parking and admission are free. I perform in the lounge area, where there are tables and chairs, and the live music is piped throughout the building. Take a Sunday drive to the scenic Port of L.A. and hang out for a while. I bet you'll enjoy it." Bernie returns here once more, Apr 14.
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The Guide adds that you can go in the morning and tour the Battleship Iowa or the Victory ship, both anchored on display in San Pedro, then go for lunch and great live blues music with Bernie at CRAFTED.
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Sat, Mar 10, in Santa Monica:
7 pm BEAUSOLEIL avec MICHAEL DOUCET plays McCabe's, 3101 W Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4403 or 310-828-4497.
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Sat, Mar 16, in Agoura Hills:
8 pm TERRY HOLDER with JERRY HOLDER play “RUSS AND JULIE'S HOUSE CONCERT” series in Oak Park (in the Agoura Hills / Westlake Village area); 818-707-2179.
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Sat, Mar 16, in Culver City:
8-10 pm BERNIE PEARL & MIKE BARRY play a blues concert at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; www.boulevardmusic.com; 310-398-2583. Venue’s web site has a helpful local dining guide.
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Bernie says, "Our latest recording, 'Sittin' On the Right Side of the Blues,' recorded live at Boulevard Music in 2011, received great reviews and airplay, as well as a nomination for 'Best Traditional Blues Recording' by the Blues Blast Music Awards. This is home for us. Always a good turnout, and I always plan on presenting my best material as well something new to the discriminating and informed Boulevard audience." Bernie on guitar and vocals, his longtime sideman Mike on bass.
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Advance tix strongly recommended, at 310-398-2583. Doors at 7:30 pm; advance ticket holders enter first; seating on a first-come basis.
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Sun, Mar 17, in downtown L.A.:
4 pm “LE SALON DE MUSIQUES” monthly CHAMBER CONCERT SERIES in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 5th Floor, L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org.
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“Le Salon's” series of eight concerts run every third Sunday through May 19, 2013.
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Sat, Mar 23, in Pasadena:
8 pm JANIS IAN plays the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY” series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (aka “Little Beckman”) on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. Park in either of two lots at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar.
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Sat, Mar 30, in Lancaster, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm CRAICMORE at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster 93534; www.lpac.org; 661-723-5950. Tix $32 & $27.
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Sat, Apr 6, in Agoura Hills:
8 pm JOHN WORT HANNAM with SCOTT DUNCAN play “RUSS AND JULIE'S HOUSE CONCERT” series in Oak Park (in the Agoura Hills / Westlake Village area); 818-707-2179.
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Sat, Apr 13, in SFV (Van Nuys):
7:30 pm PAUL KAMM & ELEANOR MacDONALD play the “NOBLE HOUSE CONCERT” series in Van Nuys. Reservations get directions at 818-780-5970.
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Sun, Apr 14, in San Pedro:
2-5:30 pm BERNIE PEARL concludes his blues residency at CRAFTED, a new arts venue in the Port of Los Angeles, at 110 E 22nd St, San Pedro 90731; 310-732-1270; www.CRAFTEDportla.com; www.facebook.com/Craftedportla.
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His two gigs here – including one that opened the venue -- went so well that Bernie was offered a monthly residency, second Sunday of each month through April.
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Bernie says of this new venue, "It's a great place to hear some acoustic Blues and to see what dozens of crafters are working on. Food and beverages are available. Parking and admission are free. I perform in the lounge area, where there are tables and chairs, and the live music is piped throughout the building. Take a Sunday drive to the scenic Port of L.A. and hang out for a while. I bet you'll enjoy it."
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The Guide adds that you can go in the morning and tour the Battleship Iowa or the Victory ship, both anchored on display in San Pedro, then go for lunch and great live blues music with Bernie at CRAFTED.
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Sun, Apr 14, in Lancaster, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
3 & 7 pm (two shows) MICHAEL FLATLEY’S LORD OF THE DANCE at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster 93534; www.lpac.org; 661-723-5950. Tix $52 & $47.
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Thu, Apr 18, in Lancaster:
8 pm TWO CELLOS at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster 93534; www.lpac.org; 661-723-5950. Tix $29 & $19.
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Sun, Apr 21, in downtown L.A.:
4 pm “LE SALON DE MUSIQUES” monthly CHAMBER CONCERT SERIES in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 5th Floor, L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org.
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“Le Salon's” series of eight concerts run every third Sunday through May 19, 2013.
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Wed, Apr 24 through Sun, May 19, in Ventura:
“LONESOME TRAVELER” returns for a 2013 run at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura. It’s a musical event that takes audiences on a journey down the rivers and streams of American Folk Music -- from the hills of Appalachia to the nightclubs of San Francisco and New York; from the 1920s to the 1960s. Written and directed by Rubicon’s Artistic Director James O’Neil, with Musical Direction and Arrangements by Dan Wheetman
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"Tom Dooley," "Goodnight Irene," "Puff, the Magic Dragon," "Blowin' in the Wind," and "This Land is Your Land." These songs remind us of a time when music brought us together; when it changed us. Lonesome Traveler is a World Premier theatrical event that takes us from the backwoods of Appalachia to the nightclubs of New York and San Francisco; from the mid 1920s to the mid 1960s. Experience the music that made history and the history that made music. Rubicon Artistic Director James O'Neil directs a seven-person cast of singer/instrumentalists. More when we know it.
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Sat, Apr 27, in Lancaster, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster 93534; www.lpac.org; 661-723-5950. Tix $47 & $42.
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Sat, Apr 27, in SGV (Covina):
8 pm BERNIE PEARL & MIKE BARRY play a blues concert at the Fret House, 309 N Citrus Av, Covina 91723; 626-339-7020 / 800-BET-FRET; www.frethouse.com.
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Bernie on guitar and vocals, his longtime sideman Mike on bass. Bernie says, "Been a little while since we have been there, but the renowned Covina guitar shop provides a wonderful intimate space for players and audience, and we love playing there." Tix, $15.
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Sun, Apr 28, WORKSHOPS for ARTISTS, in SGV (Covina):
2 & 3:30 pm BERNIE PEARL conducts a "GUITAR CLINIC" followed by a "HOW TO JAM" workshop, at the Fret House, 309 N Citrus Av, Covina 91723; 626-339-7020 / 800-BET-FRET; www.frethouse.com.
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GUITAR CLINIC at 2 pm, "HOW TO JAM" workshop at 3:30 pm.
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Each session is $25, enrollment limited. Contact venue to the reserve your spot.
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Sat & Sun, May 4 & 5, in SGV (Sierra Madre):
51st Annual “SIERRA MADRE ART FAIR” with two stages of music, lots of it folk-Americana / acoustic renaissance, and many painters, sculptors, photographers, and others exhibiting and selling their work, plus an indoor plant sale, a good variety of food vendors, and much more, sponsored by the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library, in Memorial Park, on Sierra Madre Bl at Hermosa Av, Sierra Madre. Free, all day, both days.
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Sat, May 4, in Lancaster:
8 pm “BIG BAND BLOWOUT” at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster 93534; www.lpac.org; 661-723-5950. Tix $24 & $19.
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Sat, May 11, in Pasadena:
8 pm SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND play the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY” series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (aka “Little Beckman”) on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. Park in either of two lots at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar.
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Fri-Sun, May 17-19, in Nevada:
"HENDERSON CRAWFISH FESTIVAL" in Henderson, Nevada, between Las Vegas and Lake Mead. More when we know it.
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Sun, May 19, in downtown L.A.:
4 pm “LE SALON DE MUSIQUES” monthly CHAMBER CONCERT SERIES concludes today in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 5th Floor, L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org.
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Jun 1, in Lancaster:
8 pm JUICE NEWTON plays the 2013 season’s closing show at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster 93534; www.lpac.org; 661-723-5950. Tix $32 & $27.
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Sat, Jun 15, FESTIVAL, in Claremont:
10 am-10 pm “CLAREMONT FOLK FESTIVAL” returns after a three-year hiatus, at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens, Foothill & College, Claremont; 909-624-2928.
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Jul 27 & 28, FESTIVAL, in Long Beach:
Annual "LONG BEACH CRAWFISH FESTIVAL" brings Cajun & zydeco and blues, including top bands from Louisiana, to Rainbow Lagoon Events Park in Long Beach.
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Sat, Oct 5, in Pasadena:
8 pm CHRIS PROCTOR plays the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY” series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (aka “Little Beckman”) on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. Park in either of two lots at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar.
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