Live Music "only" -- excerpted from the Valentine's edition...

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Okay, okay, we hear you. You want a separate edition with ONLY the concerts for this weekend (and the rest of February)? You don't want to scroll through the whole news edition, fascinating as that is? Okay. You've got it, right here.

CONCERTS / TICKET ALERTS /
GOOD MUSICAL MISCELLANY...

Local performances. Happening THIS VALENTINE'S DAY WEEKEND, or before tge end of February. Note there are multiple dates / venues for some artists / bands included in some listings — though we list 'em again on the later dates, too. Just don't allow yourself to get all befuddled when you see all those dates. All is still chronological...

WEEKEND & THE REST OF FEBRUARY IN THE LIVE ACOUSTIC & AMERICANA MUSIC SCENE

* Saturday's concerts, Feb 13...

√  JUDY COLLINS is playing a bunch of venues, starting Sat, Feb 13, at 6:30 pm at The Cave at Big Bear Lake; on Valentine's Day Sun, Feb 14, she plays at 9 pm at the Rose in Pasadena; Fri, Feb 26, at 9 pm, she's at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills; Sat, Feb 27, at 8 pm, it's the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills; Sun, Feb 28, at 7 pm, she wraps-up her local dates at the Coach House in OC (San Juan Capistrano).

√  BUGAN & CHAN of the group WE FIVE play Sat, Feb 13, at 7 pm at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  THE HOT SARDINES play an OC stand that runs through Sat & Sun, Feb 13 & 14, at 7:30 pm, at the classy Segerstrom Center for the Arts in the Samueli Theatre, in Costa Mesa; PLUS two more: on Fri, Feb 19, they play at 7:30 pm in the Poway Center for the Performing Arts in the San Diego area (Poway); they wrap it up on Sat, Feb 20, at 8 pm in a "Caltech Public Events" series concert in Beckman Auditorium ("Big Beckman") at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

√  THE T SISTERS play a pair of weekend gigs, Sat, Feb 13, at 7:30 pm in Laura R. Charles Theater at Sweetwater High School in National City, San Diego Co.; and Sun, Feb 14, at 7 pm at a House Concert in San Clemente.

√  STEVE POSTELL'S NIGHT TRAIN MUSIC CLUB plays Sat, Feb 13, 8-10:30 pm, at the new Four Friends Gallery in Thousand Oaks. See the feature story in this edition.

√  DENNIS G & THE ZYDECO RIDERZ play for listening and Cajun-zydeco dancing on Sat, Feb 13, at 8 pm in the Grand Annex in downtown San Pedro.

√  THE REVELERS play Sat, Feb 13, 8 pm at Rusty’s Surf Ranch on the Santa Monica Pier, and  Sun, Feb 14, at 8 pm for the "Deep End Sessions" in inland VC (Santa Paula).

√  DALE FIELDER QUARTET brings the jazz that says "Valentine's Day date" for some folks. They play Sat, Feb 13, at 8 pm, at Alvas Showroom in San Pedro. Tix, $20, with a reservation at 310-519-1314. Unique thing here is, you can cater your own meal and beverage, as elaborately as you want, and the venue charges nothing extra. Complimentary hot coffee, tea, cocoa, and a filtered water fountain are provided. As for the music: it's Dale Fielder, baritone sax; Jane Getz, piano; Bill Markus, bass; Thomas White, drums, presenting "An evening of cutting-edge jazz originals and classic jazz standards."


* Sunday's concerts — Valentine's Day shows...

√  THE T SISTERS play Sun, Feb 14, at 7 pm at a House Concert in San Clemente.

√  ★★★ THE KRUGER BROTHERS, North Carolina-based Swiss-born bluegrass wizards, finally stick around to play past the NAMM Show, doing a Valentine's Day gig on Sun, Feb 14, at 7:30 pm on the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

√  THE HOT SARDINES play an OC stand that runs through Sun, Feb 14, at 7:30 pm, at the classy Segerstrom Center for the Arts in the Samueli Theatre, in Costa Mesa; PLUS two more: on Fri, Feb 19, they play at 7:30 pm in the Poway Center for the Performing Arts in the San Diego area (Poway); they wrap it up on Sat, Feb 20, at 8 pm in a "Caltech Public Events" series concert in Beckman Auditorium ("Big Beckman") at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

√  THE REVELERS play Sun, Feb 14, at 8 pm for the "Deep End Sessions" in inland VC (Santa Paula).

√  STEVE WYNN (he's played 2000 indie rock shows in more than 25 countries), with friends Robert Lloyd, Mike Mills, and Linda Pitmon, plays Sun, Feb 14, 8 pm, at McCabe's in Santa Monica.

√  JUDY COLLINS is playing a bunch of venues, continuing on Valentine's Day Sun, Feb 14, at 9 pm at the Rose in Pasadena; Fri, Feb 26, at 9 pm, she's at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills; Sat, Feb 27, at 8 pm, it's the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills; Sun, Feb 28, at 7 pm, she wraps-up her local dates at the Coach House in OC (San Juan Capistrano).


* Beyond this weekend... TICKET ALERTS...

Mon, Feb 15...

√  JIMMY ANGEL, with CODY BRYANT and JIMMY LEE HARRIS, ROCKIN' JOHNNY PALMER & DEVILISH DOUGLAS LIVINGSTON play Mon, Feb 15, at 8 pm, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena. Living legend and improbable octogenarian Jimmy Angel rocks, karate chops, dances,  croons, and belts his way into your heart with '50s and '60s classics and his own songs in that style, accompanied by veteran members of the RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE Cody, Jimmy, & Doug, plus Johnny Palmer.

Tue, Feb 16...

√  BRAD COLERICK (widely acclaimed performing songwriter), plus ESCAPING PAVEMENT (Detroit-based duo, Emily Burns & Aaron Markovitz), and BOB CHEEVERS (globetrotting acoustic bluesy musician) play Tue, Feb 16, at 7:30 pm at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.  A night of country, folk, Americana, and rock.

Thu, Feb 18...

√  SALTY SUITES (marvelous acoustic band with Scott Gates, Chelsea Williams, Chuck Hailes, & Elaine Gregston), plus guest artist HELEN HUMMEL (from the Green Mountains of Vermont), play Thu, Feb 18, 8 pm at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

Fri, Feb 19...

√  BEPPE GAMBETTA, a formidable guitar wizard, plays Fri, Feb 19, at 7 pm at Boulevard Music in Culver City, then on Sat, Feb 20, at 8 pm for the Pasadena Folk Music Society's series at  Caltech, in Beckman Institute Auditorium ("Little Beckman")  in Pasadena.

√  SIDEWINDER plus the BAJA BLUES BOYS play Fri, Feb 19, at 7:30 pm at Templars Hall in Old Poway Park (N of San Diego).

√  THE HOT SARDINES play two more local shows: on Fri, Feb 19, they're on at 7:30 pm in the Poway Center for the Performing Arts in the San Diego area (Poway); they wrap it up on Sat, Feb 20, at 8 pm in a "Caltech Public Events" series concert in Beckman Auditorium ("Big Beckman") at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

√  TIZER TRIO (2011 “Jazz Group of the Year” nominees, with a 3x Grammy-nominated member) play Fri, Feb 19, 8 pm at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  AL STEWART ("Time Passages," "Year of the Cat") plays Fri & Sat, Feb 19 & 20, 8 pm, at McCabe's in Santa Monica.

Sat, Feb 20...

√  JANET KLEIN & HER PARLOR BOYS masterfully play the charming music of the nineteen-teens, '20s, & early '30s, Sat, Feb 20, 7 pm at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  JIM KWESKIN, founding pioneer of the '60s jug band revival, plays Sat, Feb 20, at 8 pm at Russ & Julie’s House Concerts series in Oak Park, in the Agoura Hills / Westlake Village area, past T.O.

√  STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN play Sat, Feb 20, at 8 pm at the "Living Tradition" concert series in the Downtown Community Center in Anaheim; see the news feature in this edition on this fine duo.

√  NATHAN McEUEN & NATALIE GELMAN play Sat, Feb 20, at 8 pm at Boulevard Music in Culver City.

√  AL STEWART ("Time Passages," "Year of the Cat") plays Sat, Feb 20, 8 pm, at McCabe's in Santa Monica.

√  BEPPE GAMBETTA, a formidable guitar wizard, plays Sat, Feb 20, at 8 pm for the Pasadena Folk Music Society's series at  Caltech, in Beckman Institute Auditorium ("Little Beckman") in Pasadena. (Go early; two simultaneous shows on campus will make parking tough.)

√  THE HOT SARDINES play one final local show, Sat, Feb 20, at 8 pm in a "Caltech Public Events" series concert in Beckman Auditorium ("Big Beckman") at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.  (Go early; two simultaneous shows on campus will make parking tough.)

Sun, Feb 21...

√  HEIDI SWEDBERG & The Sukey Jump Band play the "Matinee Kids' Show" series on Sun, Feb 21, at 11 am, at McCabe's in Santa Monica.

√  KATHY CRAIG, with TOM CORBETT, BILL KNOPF, & MIKE MULLINS, plays a matinee on Sun, Feb 21, at 2:30 pm in the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo.

√  ERIC RIGLER & DIRK FREYMUTH, formidable music-makers, Eric of "Titanic" soundtrack fame, play a matinee on Sun, Feb 21, at 3 pm at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  DROPKICK MICKEYS play OC on Sun, Feb 21, 5 pm, at Macallans Public House in Brea.

√  DOWNHOME TIME (BC Cameron, Dennis C. “Tennessee” Brown, & Simeon Pillich, all accomplished makers of rootsy music for tv soundtracks) play Sun, Feb 21, 7 pm, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  STEVE POLTZ plays Sun, Feb 21, at 8 pm, at McCabe's in Santa Monica.

Mon, Feb 22...

√  DANI JOY & THE BOYS (touring acoustic pop / jazz group similar in style to Peggy Lee, Norah Jones, Suzanne Vega) plays Mon, Feb 22, 8 pm, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  BONNIE RAITT plus MAIA SHARP are SOLD OUT on Mon, Feb 22, at 8 pm in the SFV at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge.

Wed, Feb 24...

√  HOMEMADE JAM (Tom Fehrer aka Tom Fair, Samantha Elin, Rob Sandiford, & Steve Reid, doing all-acoustic jazzy blues, jug band tunes, hits of the '20s and '30s) plays Wed, Feb 24, 8 pm, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  AOIFE O'DONOVAN has a pair of dates: Wed, Feb 24, at 8:30 pm at the Largo at the Coronet series in West Hollywood; then Fri, Feb 26, at 8 pm in the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara.

Thu, Feb 25...

√ THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS play Thu, Feb 25, at 8 pm at the Troubadour in West Hollywood; and Fri, Feb 26, 9 pm at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, San Diego area.

√  ANI DiFRANCO plus RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES are SOLD OUT on Thu, Feb 25, at 8 pm at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, San Diego area.

√  TRACY NEWMAN & THE REINFORCEMENTS play Thu, Feb 25, at 8 pm, at the E Spot Lounge in Studio City.

Fri, Feb 26...

√  SALTY SUITES tunefully hit the South Bay on Fri, Feb 26, at 8 pm at the Grand Annex in downtown San Pedro.

√  DWIGHT TWILLEY, plus Jorgensen Tagg, plays Fri, Feb 26, at 8 pm, at McCabe's in Santa Monica.

√  MICHAEL McGINNIS (Original New Christy Minstrels) & FRIENDS (Stephen Geyer, David P. Jackson, plus a mystery guest or two) play Michael's annual B-day show, Fri, Feb 26, 8 pm, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  ASHLEY MAHER plus CATINA DeLUNA and FISH TO BIRDS bring a world music flavor to musically solid stuff on Fri, Feb 26, 8 pm, at the E Spot Lounge in Studio City.

√  AOIFE O'DONOVAN plays Fri, Feb 26, at 8 pm in the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara.

√  DAVID WILCOX arrives this month for three geographically distributed gigs; first is Fri, Feb 26, at 8 pm in the Laura R. Charles Theater at Sweetwater High School in National City (San Diego Co.); then, Sat, Feb 27, at 8 pm at McCabe’s in Santa Monica; and finally, Sun, Feb 28, at 8 pm at SOHo Restaurant & Music Club in Santa Barbara.

√  JUDY COLLINS continues to play a bunch of venues: Fri, Feb 26, at 9 pm, she's at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills; Sat, Feb 27, at 8 pm, it's the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills; Sun, Feb 28, at 7 pm, she wraps-up her local dates at the Coach House in OC (San Juan Capistrano).

√ THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS play Fri, Feb 26, 9 pm at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, San Diego area.

Sat, Feb 27...

√  TAYLOR MADE (James Taylor Tribute Band) plays Sat, Feb 27, 7 pm, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  JUDY COLLINS continues to play a bunch of venues: Sat, Feb 27, at 8 pm, it's the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.

√  JIM & MORNING NICHOLS play Sat, Feb 27, at 8 pm at Boulevard Music in Culver City.

√  DAVID WILCOX plays Sat, Feb 27, 8 pm, at McCabe's in Santa Monica.

Sun, Feb 28...

√  BEETHOVEN'S WIG plays the "Matinee Kids' Show" series on Sun, Feb 28, at 11 am, at McCabe's in Santa Monica.

√  AEDAN MacDONNELL plus the DROPKICK MICKEYS and LYONS ACADEMY IRISH DANCERS get you ready for St. Patrick's Day a 2-1/2 weeks early with a matinee on Sun, Feb 28, at 1 pm at the Dalmatian American Club in San Pedro.

√  MAURA KENNEDY (one-half of East Coast Americana/Folk duo The Kennedys) and B.D. LOVE (widely-published poet and lyricist), play a Sun matinee, Feb 28, 3 pm, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER play Sun, Feb 28, at 7 pm at Pickwick Gardens, inside the Pickwick Bowl, across from Cody's Viva Cantina, in Burbank.

√  BURNING HEART BLUEGRASS BAND, plus SUGAR IN THE GOURD, team-up (folk melodies, foot-stomping fiddle tunes, Appalachian murder ballads, hard-driving bluegrass) on Sun, Feb 28, at 7 pm, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

√  JUDY COLLINS wraps-up a bunch of local shows on Sun, Feb 28, at 7 pm, at the Coach House in OC (San Juan Capistrano).

√  THE WAINWRIGHT SISTERS play Sun, Feb 28, 8 pm, at McCabe’s in Santa Monica.

√  DAVID WILCOX finishes his SoCal tour on Sun, Feb 28, at 8 pm at SOHo Restaurant & Music Club in Santa Barbara.

Mon, Feb 29...

√  WENDOLEE THE MEXICANA (Wendolee Ayala, Latin American singing star, brings Mexico's most traditional mariachi songs with projected English subtitles) for a "Leap Day" show on Mon, Feb 29, at 8 pm, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.


* Certainly not all the possibilities, but that's all we can fit in this format and edition.


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