Tuesday's Child is a Musical Progeny, Indeed... Oct 8, 2013

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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TONIGHT'S BEST BETS (described in the listings that follow):
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MARK OLSON plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena, 8 pm.
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MARCI GELLER plays The Talking Stick in Venice, 7 pm.
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FOGHORN STRING BAND plus TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT play "The Bluegrass Situation" series at The Mint in L.A., 8 pm.
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RISING APPALACHIA at King King in Hollywood, 9:30 pm. 
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Next, two continuing TICKET ALERTS:
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Went on sale Mon, Oct 7, 10 am --
The EAGLES, with their full original lineup, play three shows, Jan 22, 24, & 25, for the grand reopening of the Forum in Inglewood. American Express is the sole means to purchase advance tix, through Ticketmaster.
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Went on sale Fri, Oct 4 --
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File under "you've gotta be kiddin' me: FIVE MONTHS in advance?"
LADY ANTEBELLUM with KIP MOORE and KACEY MUSGRAVES will perform:
√  Mar 15, 2014 at Citizens Business Bank Arena, and
√  Mar 18, 2014 at STAPLES Center.
Tix for both shows went on sale Oct 4 at 10 am.
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ALL THE SHOWS, sessions, etc., you can catch tonight...
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Tue, Oct 8, in Ventura:
5 pm  Monthly "BLUEGRASS JAM" at Zoey's Cafe, on Santa Clara in Ventura 93001; 805-652-0091; www.zoeyscafe.com
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Venue has good food, so support them and eat there.
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Tue, Oct 8, in Agoura Hills:
5 pm  SONGMAKERS monthly "AGOURA HILLS SONG CIRCLE & POTLUCK" in Agoura Hills 91301. Info and location at www.Songmakers.org
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Tue, Oct 8, in San Diego Co (La Mesa):
5:30 pm  Monthly "BLUEGRASS NIGHT" presented by the SAN DIEGO BLUEGRASS SOCIETY at Fuddruckers, 5500 Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa 91942.
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Tue, Oct 8, in Signal Hill:
6 pm  Weekly "BLUEGRASS SOUP JAM" at Convert-A-Tape, 2420 Gundry Av, Signal Hill 90755.
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Tue, Oct 8, in Venice:
7 pm  MARCI GELLER plays The Talking Stick, 1411-C Lincoln Bl, Venice 90291; 310-450-6052.
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Named an “Editor’s Choice” in 2010 as one of its favorite songwriters of the last decade by Independent Songwriter Magazine, Geller was selected earlier this year to showcase at both the annual Singer Songwriter Cape May conference and the NERFA 1-Day Capital Region Conference (NERFA stands for North East Regional Folk Alliance). She’s performed on “Live with Regis,” “Good Day NY” and “Fox Morning Show,” and her music can be heard in soundtracks on MTV, VH-1, PBS, ABC Family, A&E, Discovery channel, USA Network and others. Geller also toured for two years as the support act and back-up vocalist for Ritchie Blackmore’s band, Blackmore’s Night.
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Marci Geller believes that “we should all do things that terrify us as often as possible.” Luckily performing is not one of them.
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In recent years, Geller has been touring as a piano-based solo artist in the folk circuit. In a relatively short time she has racked up some prestigious credentials. After catching the ear of the well respected band “Buskin and Batteau,” she was invited to sit in during their shows in order to introduce her and her music to their audience. David Buskin is quoted as saying Geller is “one of the finest singer/songwriters we’ve come across.” She was honored with an opening performance for them at the famed Guthrie Center in June of 2013, which set off a sequence of events that she never could have predicted.
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She accepted a performance opportunity in South Florida that was slated for the day after July 4th, and given the holiday weekend, she was not anticipating stellar attendance. Several audience members that had recently seen her for the first time at the Guthrie Center took it upon themselves to write to several listservs that are populated by the folk community urging people to go to Geller’s Florida shows. The result was “record breaking attendance” and a series of standing room only shows that included the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. As her touring continued through Maryland, she was once again astonished at the packed houses, especially when one of the venues air-conditioning went out mid-show leaving a sweaty, but ever-enthusiastic audience who stayed until the last note. “With intelligent lyrics, captivating melodies and inspired vocal pairings with James Maddock and Vance Gilbert, Marci Geller’s latest release, Open Book, is a great listen from the first song to the last,” says Alan Marzelli, curator of the Words & Music concert series at the Ossining (NY) Public Library in the Budarz Theater. Noted singer-songwriter Lori Lieberman calls Open Book “a lovely collection of songs that reflect the artist’s inner strength and positivity. Songs/music/arrangements/vocals – just beautiful.”
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Her latest release, “Open Book,” is currently garnering airplay on radio stations across the country, having debuted at #33 on the Folk DJ Chart and toping at #10 on the Roots Music Report Folk Chart, and has been selected twice as one of “Rich’s Picks” by noted Chicago folk DJ Rich Warren. It also made the Top 100 Albums of 2012 coming in at #68. She has been named one of the finalists for the 2013 CT Folk Festival Songwriting Competition, and will be touring California Fall 2013. When asked how the challenge continues to effect her, Geller’s says with a twinkle in her eye, “The stress was palpable…and I heard they’re doing it again on August 25th. I can’t wait!”
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More at www.MarciGeller.com. Doors open 6:30 pm, show time 7 pm sharp.
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Tue, Oct 8, in Arcadia:
7-9:30 pm  Weekly "SONGWRITERS SERENADE" brings JULIE CHRISTENSEN, accompanied by JOHN McDUFFIE, as part of a full lineup of recording artists and performing host JC HYKE, playing all-acoustic, at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant & Bar, 145 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006. No cover / pass the hat.
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This series will go on hiatus for the winter. Tonight is one of 2013's final shows.
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Ongoing, Oct 4-Nov 2,
LIVE OUTDOOR THEATRE,
in Altadena:
7 pm  Annual "WICKED LIT" live performance season happens each year around Halloween, at the Mountain View Mausoleum & Cemetery in Altadena. Advance tix required (see below).
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The shows will all sell out. Get tix promptly. Wicked Lit 2013 runs Oct 4 - Nov 2.
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Here's the Line-up for 2013
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The New Catacomb" is adapted by Jonathan Josephson and directed by Douglas Clayton: "Two friends, and rivals, put their friendship to the ultimate test when one makes a life-altering discovery in the depths of a long-since forgotten Roman crypt."
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Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," adapted by Jonathan Josephson and directed by Jeff G. Rack, is "A lyrical reimagining of the beloved tale of the good-hearted schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his cemetery encounter with the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow."
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There's H.P. Lovecraft's "The Lurking Fear," adapted by Jeff G. Rack & Jonathan Josephson and directed by Paul Millet: "Something is killing our people, and hiding amongst our dead . We need to find it, kill it – or die trying."
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Beginning at 7 pm, "The Masque of the Red Death Experience," conceived and directed by Paul Millet, is inspired by the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Singers, dancers, improvisational actors, and a buffoon surround you in the macabre world of Wicked Lit. Designed as a gothic masquerade, "The Masque of the Red Death Experience" draws text and tone from the mind of Edgar Allan Poe and presents a theatrical framework for your immersive journey through the mausoleum and cemetery.
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The Cast includes some well-known L.A. theatre scenesters:
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Chairman Barnes ~ Jennifer Novak Chun ~ Stephen Devalos ~ Eric DeLoretta ~ Bianca Gisselle ~ Jaclyn Friedlander ~ Eric Harris ~  LizAnne Keigley ~ Eric Keitel ~ Ilona Kulinska ~ Richard Large ~ Carlos Larkin ~ Brandon Massey ~ Susannah Myrvold ~ Katie Pelensky ~ Brian David Pope ~ Michael Prichard ~ Teena Pugliese ~ David Reynolds ~ Shawn Savage ~  Tory N. Thompson ~ Jonah Zimmerberg-Helms.
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Tix & more info at
www.UnboundProductions.org
or call 323-332-2065.
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Tue, Oct 8, in SFV (Toluca Lake):
7 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, Oct 8, in L.A.:
8 pm  FOGHORN STRING BAND plus TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT play "The Bluegrass Situation" series at The Mint, 6010 W Pico Bl, Los Angeles 90035; 323-954-9630.
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Tue, Oct 8, in Altadena:
8 pm  MARK OLSON plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations (recommended for this show), 626-798-6236.
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MARK OLSON, once of The Jayhawks, continues to bring philosophical directness that has been a constant in a career that's spanned a quarter century. As a founding member and principal singer-songwriter of The Jayhawks, Olson spent a decade at the front of the alt-country movement, until leaving the band — and the familiar environs of Minneapolis — for the California desert. While The Jayhawks were experimenting with pop and rock influences and earning mainstream appeal, Olson wanted to strip back down to the essentials. He formed The Creekdippers with then-wife Victoria Williams and violinist Mike Russell, paring his brand of timeless folk down to a desert roots ramble.
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After a decade with The Creekdippers, Olson left the desert for the train cars of Europe, creating what would become his 2007 solo debut, "The Salvation Blues," a poetic rumination on redemption that earned him comparisons to the likes of Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan. During that journey, he reconnected with former Jayhawks partner Gary Louris, and in 2009, they released their first album together in fourteen years, "Ready For The Flood."
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The sun-soaked political reggae of Bob Marley certainly isn’t the most obvious parallel to make when discussing the music of folk troubadour Mark Olson, but while discussing the song “Kingsnake” from his upcoming solo album,Many Colored Kite, Olson makes a compelling argument: “I really like Bob Marley’s lyrical attitude — the way he forcefully delivers his lyrics means everything to him. Wit was all very mysterious to me, and I didn’t get it then. But as time’s gone by, I realize that he’s very direct."
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This philosophical directness has been a constant in a career that’s spanned a quarter century.
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Many Colored Kite is both a culmination of everything that came before it, and an exploration of uncharted waters. He translates that idea of Bob Marley’s lyrical directness into a beautiful simplicity of expression, creating “little moral stories,” as he calls them. Album opener “Little Bird Of Freedom,” which features folk-jazz chanteuse Jolie Holland,is an acknowledgement of both personal and universal struggle,which the title track, written at a park in Oslo, Norway, takes a step further. “To me, a ‘Many Colored Kite’ is the idea that instead of having a restrictive world, let’s have an inclusive one, where it’s good for people to have different ideas, different faiths, different languages.”
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A message of positivity weaves through "Many Colored Kite," offering up a nearly radiant version of Olson that not only hearkens back to his Creekdippers days,but also looks forward to the future of folk. There’s the sweetly melodic “No Time To Live Without Her,” inspired by the simple love songs of the ‘60s,featuring ethereal harmonies from influential British folksinger Vashti Bunyan. “Bluebell Song,” inspired by flowers dotted along miles of Texas highway,recounts the experience of sharing those slices of Americana with his two international bandmates,Norwegian singer and multi-instrumentalist Ingunn Ringvold and Italian violinist Michele Gazich.
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So you have the Laurel Canyon vibe of “Wind And Rain,” borne from a lonely drive through rural Nebraska and the urge to pull over and stage an impromptu performance on a small-town bandstand. This guy really brings it.
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Tix, $15.
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Tue, Oct 8, in Hollywood:
9:30 pm  RISING APPALACHIA at King King, 6555 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood 90028; 323-960-9234.
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Sisters Leah and Chloe ignite stages across the world with their lyrical prowess, soulful sounds, and banjo and fiddle-driven grooves. Joined by Imhotep on the New Orleans bass drum, Abram on contra bass, and Forrest on the beats, Rising Appalachia takes its place in a tradition that spans from Woody Guthrie through Gil-Scott Heron creating music that raises consciousness, says NPR, through “harmony, resistance, and poetry.”
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√  THIS COMING WEEKEND... Festivals & Music Conferences, fully described in the Oct 4 "Festivals" edition:
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♪  FAR-WEST FOLK ALLIANCE CONFERENCE, Oct 10-13, in OC (Irvine)
♪  LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL, Oct 11-13, in the Eastern Sierra
♪  SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES, Oct 12 & 13, in Ventura
♪  ART WEEKEND / TASTE OF SOUTH LAKE, Oct 12, in Pasadena
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More to come. The editor has returned from the High Sierra and begun excavating the thousands of emails that arrived in his absence, with notifications of hundreds of events. We gave him back his carbide lantern, shovel and pickaxe. Before he disappeared into the mine, he wished everyone a Happy Monday.
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