FEEEEEE-RYE-ING FEEE-RYE-DEEEE! -- June 28, 2013

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There's sooooo much happening that this edition covers ONLY Friday -- and some news of our NEXT TICKET GIVE-AWAY. And a bit about the festival scene.
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Truly some wunnerful things tonight, indoors where it's air conditioned and some outdoors in green parks with cool breezes. See how we look out for your comfort?
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We'll be along with the whole weekend when we assemble all the pieces. As long as we don't run out of Scotch tape and glue.
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It's a FEEEEEE-RYE-ING  FEEE-RYE-DEEEE!
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Friday, June 28, 2013
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Friday's sections:
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1)  FESTIVALS this Weekend
2)  TICKET GIVE-AWAY COMING
3)  CONCERTS, Club Gigs, Coffee Houses, and other notable live performances and events
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1) FESTIVALS this Weekend:
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Fri-Sun, Jun 28-30,
FESTIVAL,
in Northern Cal:
Annual "KATE WOLF MEMORIAL MUSIC FESTIVAL" at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville.
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This is one of the best of the annual festivals in all of folkdom.
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Performers include:

• John Prine
• Greg Brown
• Iris Dement
• Marianne Faithfull
• Taj Mahal
• Angelique Kidjo
• Irma Thomas
• Madeleine Peyroux
• Dave Alvin
• Paul Thorn Band
• Rebirth Brass Band
• Perla Batalla
and many more.
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Perla Batalla will perform with her very impressive band, comprised of Karen Hammack, Michael Velasquez, David Hurst Batteau, and Debra Dobkin.
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In June of 1996, the "Kate Wolf Retrospective Concert" was held to celebrate the music of the late Kate Wolf. Her friends, family, and a sold-out crowd had such a wonderful time that they decided to make it an annual event. The "Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival" started as a one day, one time event.
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Now in its 17th year, the festival has grown to a three day, three night, camping event at beautiful Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, 3 hours north of San Francisco. This marks the 12th year at Black Oak Ranch for the Festival.
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Tix are still available!
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Details at
www.katewolfmusicfestival.com
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Sat, Jun 29, in Hollywood:
6 pm Annual "MARIACHI USA FESTIVAL" with performances by MARIACHI VARGAS DE TECALITLAN, MARIACHI ESTRELLA DE JALISCO, and MARIACHI LOS REYES, at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood 90068;  323-850-2000 or 213-480-3232.
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2)  TICKET GIVE-AWAY COMING:
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Want to go see
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SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION celebrate their new album in a performance-interview at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles?
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The Guide is doing another hot ticket giveaway. We have THREE PAIRS of tickets, FREE, for our readers! Details in the coming week!
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Here's the info on the event:
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"The Drop: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion," is Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at 8 pm.
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Husband-wife duo Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion established their folky sound on their 2005 LP "Exploration" and expanded their sonic horizons on the 2011 album "Bright Examples." Their music combines Guthrie’s roots in folk and country -- she’s the granddaughter of folk music pioneer Woody Guthrie and daughter of Arlo -- with Irion’s love of punk and pop.
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On August 6, 2013, the couple will release their third studio album together, "Wassaic Way."
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To produce the project, Guthrie and Irion team up with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Patrick Sansone to record eleven all-new tracks, taking their music to a place that was unexpected.
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To help celebrate the upcoming release of "Wassaic Way," the Grammy Museum welcomes Sarah Lee and Johnny to The Clive Davis Theater.
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Hear Guthrie and Irion discuss how their music departs from a folk duo and enters a dynamic soundscape of loud guitars, lushness, pop and edge. Moderated by GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli, the duo will take audience questions and perform a selection of songs.
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DETAILS of the Guide's ticket give-away will be along in the next few days. Watch for it!
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3)  CONCERTS, Club Gigs, Coffee Houses, and other notable live performances and events:
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Fri, Jun 28, in Burbank:
1-3 pm WOODY JAMES 15-PIECE BIG BAND plays a matinee in the Rancho Room at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506; 818-845-2425. Park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl. Venue had good Mexican food & full bar. No cover.
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Fri & Sat, Jun 28 & 29, in Culver City:
7 pm-1 am  "MIND THE TODD" musical send-off for Man-About-Town/Music aficionado, TODD KIVI, with plenty of live music at The Cinema Bar, 3967 N SepulvedaBl, Culver City.
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Tonight's big lineup includes David Serby playing bass on four cool California country tunes with honky tonk king Terry Hanson, then David does his own short set with Ed Tree, Mark Pocket Goldberg, and Dale Daniel. And that's just two of the acts!
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Todd's retiring and moving to Austin, so Friday night and Saturday day/night there is a magical musical send-off.  Fri, 7 pm-1 am, host for the evening is Chris Morris; Sat, 2 pm-1 am, host for the afternoon is Bill Boyd, and host for the evening is Mark Wilde. Saturday includes a potluck from 2-6 pm
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Fri, Jun 28, in Ventura:
7 pm SONGMAKERS monthly "BELL ARTS SONG CIRCLE" at Bell Arts Factory, 432 N Ventura Av, Ventura 93001.
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Fri, Jun 28, in Pasadena:
8 pm  JIMMY LaFAVE, backed by RADOSLAV LORKOVIC, plays the FREE summer concert series at the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts, 85 E Holly St, Pasadena 91103; 626-683-3230.
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Jimmy is one of the few top-notch folk stars playing this series this year. Most if their offerings are rather world-music-y.
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Bring a beach chair or blanket and a picnic dinner; no alcohol allowed in the park. You can ride the Gold Line light rail to Memorial Park Station and you're right there.
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If yoy miss 'em tonight, the two play Four Friends Gallery in Thousand Oaks on Saturday.
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Fri, Jun 28, in SFV (Studio City):
8 pm  BIG WIDE ROOM, the trio of MARK DAVIS, BRETT PERKINS, and DAVID ZINK, plays a house concert in Studio City 91604. Reservations get directions from Gordon Prend at gordon.prend@sbcglobal.net
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BIG WIDE ROOM has one member living in Europe, and the other two are hundreds of miles apart in the US. So whenever you can catch 'em, it's a big wide deal. They have three public performances in Southern Cal this time around, including this one tonight.
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Big Wide Room is the exceptional alchemy of three distinctive musical talents—Mark Davis, Brett Perkins and David Zink. Here's some info on each:
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Mark Davis is long recognized as one of Southern California’s most passionate and lyrical artists. Mark’s first album, 'You Came Screaming," was self-released in 1995 to critical praise, and was named by Los Angeles Times music critic Mike Boehm as 1995’s "Album of the Year" and Orange County’s #1 "Album of the Decade."
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Brett Perkins' most recent accomplishments include winning both the "Great American Song Contest" (Pop Category) and the "Australian Song Contest" (International Category) in the same year with his song "Figure It Out," and a 2011 Christmas single now in annual rotation on Danish National Radio. Brett lives in Copenhagen. When not on tour with Big Wide Room, he leads the "Listening Room International Songwriter Retreats" throughout the year and actively presents songwriters from around the globe at his Listening Room Concerts series and the annual "Copenhagen Songwriters Festival."
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David Zink has opened for Vicki Peterson (The Bangles), Brian Howe (Bad Company), Simon Lynge (Lo-Max Records), and a host of established talents in Denmark and Sweden. David got his professional start as director of The New Christy Minstrels in 1986, playing to audiences all across the United States and British Columbia. “David Zink, alone on stage…is as powerful as a rock band.” —Skipper Wise, President/Founder, Blue Microphones.
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The trio's CD, "INFINITE DISTANCE," received an enthusiastic review in the Acoustic Americana Music Guide. It's available for listening and purchase at www.bigwideroom.com.  Three of its singles, 'Infinite Distance', 'Elemental' and 'I Can't Hate You Now' stream at www.reverbnation.com/bigwideroom
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Fri, Jun 28, in Santa Monica;
8 & 10 pm MARIA MULDAUR plays two shows tonight at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497; www.mccabes.com.
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8 pm is sold-out. The Guide's full write-up is with the 10 pm show listing.
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Fri, Jun 28, in Altadena:
8 pm  BLIND CORN LIQUOR PICKERS play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reservations (10 am-10 pm) 626-798-6236; info, www.coffeegallery.com/showsat.htm.
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The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, like the moonlight-brewed intoxicant for which they are named,play a variety of bluegrass whose origins are difficult to ascertain. As corn liquor flows through an old car radiator,old-time traditions mixwith modern methods in ways that can be unsettling, inspiring, euphoric or blindness-inducing. It's bluegrass that burns going down, warms your gut, and then hits your head like a thunderbolt of white lightning. Banjos, mandolins and fiddles mingle with drums and electric guitars and the soaring, emotive vocals of lead singer Beth Walker harness an Appalachian blues to make the stories in their songs really sing.
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The songs are highly original, revisionist takes on traditional American music themes. Genre send-ups, fiery political pieces, modern-day murder ballads, existential mood-pieces or moonshine-drenched party songs, you'll hear it all in a Blind Corn Liquor Picker performance that will in turn make you laugh, think, dance and (of course) drink.
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These folks are getting good media reviews:
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"Plenty of songs in the genre call the listener to imagine riding trains and buses or to think back to the old homestead, but nobody travels the lost highways or dreams of the log cabin on the hill the way the BCLP do, or with rhythms akin to theirs. It can get confusing,all right,but don't worry. It's the best kind of confusing -- all surprise and delight, with the kind of shock that engenders unexpected laughter." --  Jerome Clark, Rambles.NET
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"The songs are packed so tight you couldn't get a half a bar free to sip your beer in. It's music that sounds like it's been distilled and purified through three generations. Confident,effortless and irresistible, you would have to have a heart of coal and dancing shoes of lead not to fall in love with this stuff." -- Whisperin' & Hollerin'
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"These tunes are up-beat, energetic and rousingly high-spirited, the lyrics fresh, witty,  intelligent, and chock-full of good-natured mischief. If the Beatles were reincarnated as 21st Century punkabilly Kentuckians, they'd probably sound a whole lot like the Blind Corn Liquor Pickers." -- Ed McClanahan, novelist & Merry Prankster.
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Tix,  $18.
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Fri, Jun 28; Jun 27 - Aug 4, in NoHo:
8 pm "THE STARS OF BEATLEMANIA," direct from Broadway, at the El Portal Theatre, 5269 Lankershim Bl, North Hollywood 91601; tickets, 818-508-4200 or online at www.elportaltheatre.com
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What if the Beatles Reunited Today? The fantasy comes true in in a brand new musical review that features all your favorite Beatles music performed live in a new and unique way.
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Featuring the original cast members from the #1 national touring show in America celebrating the music of the Beatles.
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Runs Thurs-Fri at 8 pm; Saturdays at 3 & 8pm; Sundays at 3 & 7 pm.
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Fri, Jun 28, in Monrovia:
8 pm Weekly "MONROVIA FAMILY FESTIVAL" street fair includes lots of music, with trad string band  KATTYWOMPUS playing and jamming with all comers at Dollmakers Kattywompus, 412 S Myrtle Av, Monrovia 91016; 626-357-1091.
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Fri, Jun 28, in Burbank:
8:30 pm JOE FINKLE plays one stage, LUIS OLIART TRIO plays the other, in separate rooms at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506; 818-845-2425. Park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl. Venue had good Mexican food & full bar. No cover.
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Fri, Jun 28, in Santa Monica;
10 pm MARIA MULDAUR plays the second of two shows tonight (8 & 10 pm) at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497; www.mccabes.com.
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The legendary Maria Muldaur is known worldwide for her '74 mega-hit "Midnight at the Oasis." Beyond that, Maria has had a remarkable career, beginning with the Even Dozen Jug Band, with whom she recorded as far back as 1963. Shortly thereafter, she joined the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, touring and recording with them throughout the 1960s.
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Since then, she has recorded 39 solo albums covering all kinds of American roots music, including gospel, R&B, jazz, and big band, along with several award-winning children's albums.
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Finally, she had returned to her favorite idiom, the blues.
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Often joining forces with some of the top names in the business, Maria has recorded and produced an average of an album per year, garnering several Grammy and Blues Foundation nominations along the way.
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In 2009, she revisited her original jug band roots, teaming up with John Sebastian, David Grisman, and Dan Hicks for "Maria Muldaur & Her Garden Of Joy," which was nominated for "Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year" by the Blues Foundation, and earned Maria her 6th Grammy nomination as well.
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Her latest release is "Steady Love," a contemporary electric blues album recorded in New Orleans which reached #1 on the Living Blues Radio Charts, and earned Maria a Koko Taylor Award nomination for "Best Traditional Female Blues Artist."
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Lincoln Myerson, McCabe's booker, adds, "This woman can sing, is what we're sayin'. Late show just added, 'cause the first one sold out, so do not delay." Tix, $24.50.
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Saturday & Sunday,  June 29 & 30
and BEYOND -- a few highlights
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MORE EVENTS, including festivals, concerts, and more happening this weekend, and reaching waaaaay into the future, will be along soon.
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Entire contents copyright (c) 2013,
Lawrence Wines and Tied to the Tracks.
All rights reserved.
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