Thursday (would’ve been his name if Robinson Crusoe had found him a day later) – Music for July 25, 2013

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Here's the deets on a tasty tuneful Thursday. Today’s events received a preview yesterday, but there’s more happening AND details we didn’t include then (here now). So, in time for tonight, AND with this week's ongoing festivals and music camps...
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In this edition.
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1) Tix still available; url for the Guide’s Ticket Alert / Special Feature Story on RUN BOY RUN
2) Weekday Festivals & Music Camps
3) Thursday's LIVE MUSIC
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TICKET ALERT / SPECIAL FEATURE STORY: RUN BOY RUN
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Highly recommended; first published Monday:
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2013/07/ticket-alert-special-feature-and-monday.html
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WEEKDAY FESTIVALS &
MUSIC CAMPS
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Mon-Fri, Jul 22-26, in Hollywood:
10 & 11:15 am THE GET DOWN BOYS bring two sessions each day of roots-Americana to the "Summer Sounds: World Music for Kids" series at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood 90068; 323-850-2000 or 213-480-3232.
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This is the absolute best opportunity to give your kids an immersive experience in Folk-Americana music this summer.
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Daily, Jun 28-Sep 1,
FESTIVAL,
n Laguna Beach:
47th Annual "SAWDUST ART FESTIVAL" at the spacious, art-filled permanent festival grounds, 935 Laguna Cyn Rd, Laguna Beach 92651; 949-494-3030; www.sawdustartfestival.org
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There's music each day on several stages, including acoustic and often, Folk-Americana.
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Sawdust is operated by a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public and promoting the art created in Laguna Beach. Visitors are invited to shop along sawdust-covered paths through a handcrafted village of fine arts and superb craftsmanship.
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Full summer schedule, including who's-on-what-stage, at http://sawdustartfestival.org/entertainment-schedule
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Sun, Jul 21-Sat, Jul 27,
MUSIC CAMP,
near Tehachapi:
Annual "CAMP KIYA Family Traditional Music Camp" in Tehachapi Mountain Park, 17350 Water Canyon Rd, Tehachapi 93561; registration and all info, www.campkiya.com
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
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Thursday CONCERTS, Club Gigs, Outdoor / "in the Park" shows, Coffee Houses, and other notable live performances and events:
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Thu, Jul 25, in Norwalk:
4 pm "AZTEC STORIES," the FREE music and storytelling presentation by MICHAEL HERALDA, brings indigenous Native American instruments and cultural tales for kids of all ages, at Alondra Library, 11949 Alondra Bl, Norwalk 90650.
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Kids have the opportunity to make music while listening to some wonderful stories.
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Info, 562-868-7771; www.colapublib.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=40171
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Thu, Jul 25, in L.A.:
5:30-8:30 pm Weekly “KOFFEEHOUSE THURSDAY NIGHT SUMMER MUSIC SERIES” brings performances by JESS FURMAN, JULIET ROBERTS and Koffeehouse newcomer ANDREW ALLEN, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, 2025 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles 90067
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More at www.koffeehouse.com. Complete lineup each week is listed at www.facebook.com/events/260789477393307
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Koffeehouse showcases L.A. artists all summer long in the newly renovated main outdoor lobby lounge. Admission is FREE.
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Thu, Jul 25, in South Pasadena:
6 pm BARRY “BIG B” BRENNER brings his weekly acoustic blues residency to Firefly Bistro, 1009 El Centro St, South Pasadena 91030; 626-441-2443.
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Thu, Jul 25, near LAX:
6 pm Weekly “THURSDAY NIGHT SOFA JAM” at Westwood Music, 1627 Westwood Bl, Los Angeles 90024; 310-478-4251.
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Thu, Jul 25, in VC (Camarillo):
6:30 pm Monthly “CAMARILLO ROUND TABLE PIZZA SONG CIRCLE” in Camarillo 93010. Location & info, www.songmakers.org
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Thu, Jul 25, in Culver City:
7 pm BARBARA MORRISON, the great blues and jazz vocalist, plays the FREE "Culver City Summer Sunset Music Festival," the Thursday evening concert series in City Hall Courtyard, 9770 Culver Bl, Culver City 90232; 310-253-6643.
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Thu, Jul 23, in San Diego:
7-11 pm "BENEFIT FOR THE BLUES SUMMER CAMP" with a great lineup if performers, featuring Jimmy Woodard & the Swingin’ Kings, Michele Lundeen & Blues Streak, Bayou Brothers, Robin Henkel, The Fremonts, and Fuzzy Rankin & the Blues Counselors, at Tio Leo's in San Diego.
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It brings "some of the alumni young blues guitarists from previous years... on board with the bands playing their blues licks!"
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$5 at the door. All proceeds go to supplies for the young teen musicians at Blues Camp.
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Thu, Jul 25, in OC (Fullerton):
7:30 pm PETER BRANDON plays the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W Malven Av, Fullerton 92833; 714-738-6706.
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Thu, Jul 25, in Ventura:
7:30 pm MILKDRIVE brings “progressive bluegrass” from Austin to Zoeys Café, 185 E Santa Clara St, Ventura 93001; 805-652-1137. Venue has a limited but very tasty menu and full bar.
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Jazz-grass band MilkDrive features award-winning instrumentalists Brian Beken on fiddle and lead vocals, Noah Jeffries on guitar and harmony vocals, Dennis Ludiker on mandolin and harmony vocals, and Matt Mefford on double bass. But awards reveal nothing about the Austin-based string band’s exhilarating sound. Fueled by equal parts tradition and innovation, MilkDrive delivers a distinctive acoustic experience that crosses genres, geographies, and generations.
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The band’s much-anticipated sophomore studio album, “WAVES,” produced by Bil VornDick, was released in June 2012. It showcases the band’s sophisticated arrangements and fierce musicianship with a number of original compositions, and it notably features guests Noam Pikelny (of Punch Brothers) and Futureman (of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones).
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Dennis Ludiker, Brian Beken and Noah Jeffries met as youngsters competing in the prestigious “National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest” in Weiser, Idaho. Eventually they migrated to Austin, where they toured with an eclectic mix of bands and honed their songwriting chops before joining up with bass player extraordinaire Matt Mefford and forming MilkDrive.
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In June 2009, the band recorded and released a live album, “MilkDrive Live ’09,” which spotlights the band’s vigorous picking technique and charismatic writing style. Their debut studio album, “Road From Home,” released in April 2011, combines haunting ballads with their signature instrumentals – “achieving a rootsy feel with a sophisticated edge,” as reviewer Graham Robertson put it, adding that it’s “A fantastic canvas for solo work.”
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Andrew Dansby of the Houston Chronicle calls the MilkDrive repertoire “a virtuosic blast of bluegrassy string-band music.” With labels that range from jamgrass and nu-folk to redneck gypsy jazz, the band has built a following that’s as funky and friendly as they are. The group plays festivals from coast to coast every year, with stops in between at Colorado’s beloved “RockyGrass Festival” and at home at the “Austin City Limits Music Festival.”
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They play only three Southern Cal shows during their formidable national tour:
♪ Zoey’s tonight
♪ The Mint in L.A. on Friday
♪ The Pasadena Folk Music Society series at Caltech on Saturday.
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$10 cover at the concert hall door tonight.
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LATE ADDITION…
Thu, Jul 25, in OC (San Juan Capistrano):
7:50 pm THE BO DEANS, plus an opening set by the delightful KELLY FITZGERALD, at The Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano 92675.
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KELLY FITZGERALD is a top award-winning and very powerful singer-songwriter, She performs tonight with veterans Brian Pothier, Trent Stroh & Michelle Mangione. More at www.kellyfitzgerald.net
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Thu, Jul 25, in Hermosa Beach:
8 pm ANDY & RENEE and their band HARD RAIN play the 2nd of their CD RELEASE shows for their new album, "Kelp," at Live at the Lounge, 1018 Hermosa Av, Hermosa Beach 90254; get advance tix at 310-372-1193.
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Renee tells us, "The lovely and talented Jimmy Sax will be flying down from Grants Pass, Oregon to make a [musical] appearance."
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HARD RAIN was voted "The Best Band in the South Bay" for 2013. They are a "Dylan tribute band and beyond," with fine originals.
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Their shows sell-out, so make reservations.+Doors at 7 pm, show at 8. Tix, $20.
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Thu, Jul 25, in Sepulveda Pass:
8 pm THE BELLE BRIGADE plays the FREE summer courtyard concert series at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Bl, Los Angeles 90049; 310-440-4578. Fine free series, though most of it is VERY "world-music-ey." Good food available for purchase if you go early. Concert is free, parking is $10 (no local free park-and-walk option; you can ride the MTA bus, $1.50 each way).
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Tonight kicks-off the Skirball’s summer “Sunset Concerts” with L.A.-based The Belle Brigade, who play infectious folk-pop with breezy California melodies and driving drum rhythms. Led by brother-and-sister duo Barbara and Ethan Gruska, The Belle Brigade come from a long line of talented musicians, including film score composer John Williams. Barbara has also drummed with L.A. indie stars Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley) and Inara George (The Bird and the Bee).
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“The Belle Brigade’s music is the sound of a record nerd’s dream come to messy, muscular life.”—Los Angeles Times
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Thu, Jul 25, in Altadena:
8 pm JESSE TERRY & ALEX WONG play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations (10 am-10 pm) 626-798-6236.
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JESSE TERRY is a nationally-touring, award-winning singer-songwriter and road warrior. His music has been variously compared to Ryan Adams, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon and James Taylor. Jesse has toured relentlessly in support of his two full-length albums, including recent support slots for Darrell Scott (member of Robert Plant’s Band of Joy), Tony Lucca, Liz Longley and Rachel Platten. He has shared festival stages with Mat Kearney, Shawn Mullins, Dar Williams, David Wilcox and Lori McKenna.
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Jesse won Grand Prize in several international songwriting competitions, including the "John Lennon Songwriting Contest," the "CMT/NSAI Songwriting Competition," the "Ourstage.com" 2012 Finals and the "We Are Listening Singer/Songwriter Awards." The esteemed “New Music Seminar” recently selected Terry as one of the Top 100 Unsigned “Artists on the Verge”. Jesse’s song “Let The Blue Skies Go To Your Head” was included on a recent NMS compilation, released worldwide on June 19th by Tommy Boy Records.
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Jesse is a regular at some of the finest listening venues in the country, including The Bluebird Cafe (Nashville), Club Passim (Cambridge, MA), Rockwood Music Hall (NYC), Eddie's Attic (GA) and The Bitter End (NYC). He has performed in Bluebird Cafe rounds with Tony Arata, Craig Carothers, Steve Seskin, Billy Montana and many other songwriting luminaries. Jesse has also been a featured performer at many prestigious festivals, including The 30A Songwriters Festival, The Plymouth Folk Festival, Cape May Singer/Songwriter, The New Jersey Folk Festival and The Montauk Music Festival. More at www.jesseterrymusic.com
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ALEX WONG is an award winning Los Angeles-based artist / producer whose signature sonic style resonates in all he creates -- from cinematic pop soundscapes to his honest, direct songwriting. His solo debut, "A City on a Lake," brought him "featured artist" recognition on the iTunes front page and on NPR’s "Mountain Stage" (prestigious everywhere else, not heard -- like all NPR music shoes -- on L.A. radio). He has produced recordings with leading artists including Ari Hest (Downtown/Mercer Street), Elizabeth and the Catapult (Verve/Forecast), Melissa Ferrick (MPress Records), Vienna Teng (Rounder/Universal), Delta Rae (Sire/Warner Bros), and Grammy nominee Ximena Sariana (Warner Bros.) Alex has garnered critical acclaim for his artistic collaborations with recording artists Amber Rubarth ("The Paper Raincoat" -- and she has played this venue), Vienna Teng, and Paul Freeman. His songwriting / production has been heard in film and television projects such as "The Last Song” (Disney / Touchstone), “One Tree Hill,” and “The Lincoln Lawyer” (Lion’s Gate), and has won several "Independent Music Awards." Alex will be heading out on a tour of the U.S and Germany supporting Vienna Teng in the Fall. More at www.acityonalake.com
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Thu, Jul 25, in L.A.:
9 pm Weekly “L.A. HOOTENANNY” at Villains Tavern, a fun steampunk bar, 1356 Palmetto St, Los Angeles 90013; 213-613-0766.
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Thu, Jul 25, in L.A.:
10 pm DUSTBOWL REVIVAL plays The Satellite, 1717 Silverlake Bl, L.A. 90026; 323-661-4380.
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For more events
BEYOND THURSDAY,
see the July 19 edition
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More, including a full NEWS & REVIEWS edition, within the next few days.
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Lawrence Wines and Tied to the Tracks.
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