Acoustic Americana Music Guide, Jan 28 to 31 UPDATE

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Acoustic Americana Music Guide, Jan 28 to 31 UPDATE
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The GUIDE’s amazing VENUE DIRECTORY of well over FIVE HUNDRED acoustic-music friendly venues in the Los Angeles region, plus more throughout Southern California, has just been re-published with extensive updates, at

http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/01/venue-directory-updated-january-28-2011.html

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UPDATED EVENTS – we’ve added more events and “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” picks since the January 26 edition. So, here’s our late edition and

WEEKEND UPDATE…

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CATCH the archived radio show from Thursday, Jan 27, on the web:
"THE GLOBAL VILLAGE" brought "JUMPIN" JIM BELOFF and a review of the recent NAMM music convention, on KPFK, archived online for a few days at www.kpfk.org/programs/35-ukulele.html. Jim Beloff stopped by to catch up and talk about his amazing new book "The Daily Ukulele." More at www.fleamarketmusic.com/store/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=258.

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Our News Features this week (published Jan 26) begin to explore aspects of the enormous NAMM show and conference, the place where all the new products and instruments debut and many of the best artists perform. You’ll find part one of the Guide’s team coverage. Of course, there’s lots more happening out there, and plenty of other news here for you, as well.
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“QUICKIE ACCESS:” NEWS & FEATURES “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” PICKS…
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1) “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” PICKS – JANUARY 26th THROUGH 31st
2) NAMM DELIVERS AT 2011 ANNUAL SHOW AND CONFERENCE
3) BASC’s MONTHLY BLUEGRASS NIGHT MOVES TO NEW HOME
4) EDITED TRIO HAS A FEW SHOWS HERE BEFORE EUROPEAN TOUR
5) UKULELE STARS, INCLUDING GRAMMY WINNER, PLAY IMPROMPTU HUNTINGTON BEACH CONCERT DURING NAMM
6) BRYAN TOLENTINO & ASA YOUNG CONCERT DELIGHTS AT ISLAND BAZAAR
7) FOLK ALLEY IS FEATURING “BEST OF 2010” STREAM
8) REVIEW: TOM PAXTON AT McCABE’s, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011
9) “ARE THE BLUES AMERICANA?” (ARE YOU KIDDING!?)
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1) “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” PICKS – JANUARY 28th THROUGH 31st
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Friday, January 28th’s “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” picks
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* 8 pm PETER CASE (the Plimsouls) at McCabe’s, Santa Monica.
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* 8 pm “LEGENDARY ROCKERS PLAY THE BLUES WITH OLDIES ROOTS” in a special night at The Arcadia Blues Club, Arcadia.
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* 8 pm EDITED trio of BRETT PERKINS, MARK DAVIS & DAVID ZINK play a house concert in Burbank.
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* 8 pm PHOEBE BRIDGERS with her band, EINSTEIN'S DIRTY SECRET, at Troubadour, West Hollywood
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* 8 pm CHELSEA WILLIAMS joins the NATHAN McEUEN TRIO (with Scott Gates and Chuck Hailes) at Boulevard Music, Culver City.
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* 8 pm HUNGRYTOWN, from Vermont, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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Saturday, January 29th’s “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” picks
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* 2 pm SHAMALAMACORD the accordion and shamisen duo of MIKE PENNY & AARON “DUCKMANDU” SEEMAN, plays a matinee at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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* 7 pm O'AHU brings “The Flavor of Hawaii,” with the writer of a #1 Hawaiian song, for music plus hula dancers, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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* 7 pm I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. plus DAVE MORRISON opening, at the inaugural edition of the new “FOUR FRIENDS ACOUSTIC MUSIC SERIES” at Four Friends Gallery, Thousand Oaks.
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* 8 pm KATY MOFFATT plays the “Caltech Folk Music Society” series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (“Little Beckman”) on the campus in Pasadena.
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* 8 pm DOUG MacLEOD at the Fret House, Covina.
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* 8 pm THE HANDSOME FAMILY plus SEAN ROWE at McCabe’s, Santa Monica.
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* 8 pm “SONGWRITERS-IN-THE-ROUND” with JIM ST. OURS, MERLIN SNIDER & TOM CORBETT, at the “Noble House Concert” series in Sherman Oaks.
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* 8 pm EDITED trio, with members BRETT PERKINS, DAVID ZINK, & MARK DAVIS, plays a house concert in Glendale.
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* 9 pm CLIFF WAGNER AND THE OLD #7 plus BORDER RADIO at The Cinema Bar, Culver City.
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Saturday’s “EVENT-OF-THE-WEEK” for artists
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11 am-1 pm “SHORTCUTS TO SONGWRITING FOR FILM & TV” with author, songwriter, producer ROBIN FREDERICK, presented by Los Angeles Women In Music (LAWIM) at Musicians Institute, Hollywood.
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Sunday, January 30th’s “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” picks
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* 2 pm matinee with SOS, THE SISTERS OF SWING, bring music in the style of the ANDREWS SISTERS to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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* 2 pm THE LINDY SISTERS, another act in the style of the ANDREWS SISTERS, are strong contenders in “VALLEY'S GOT TALENT!” today at Haugh Performing Arts Center, Glendora.
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* 5 pm LEE DOMANN, folk singer-songwriter from New Mexico, plays a concert at Covina United Methodist Church, Covina.
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* 7 pm “THE LISTENING ROOM SERIES” returns to California for one night annually, this time featuring the EDITED TRIO with their CD release show, plus TIM TEDROW & TERRY VREELAND, GWENDOLYN, BRIGHT BLUE GORILLA, MARK DAVIS, SWEET TALK RADIO, AMALIE RIIS (from Denmark), DAVID ZINK, and series founder BRETT PERKINS, at The Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre.
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* 7 pm LI’L REV, National Blues Harmonica Champion, Wisconsin’s Best Folk Singer (WAMI), Traditional Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, and mega-multi-instrumentalist, plus ALEC SHANE BENJAMIN opening, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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* 7 pm ADRIAN LEGG, guitar great, at McCabe’s, Santa Monica.
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* 9 pm DAFNI plays the “AMERICANA NIGHT AT THE FEDORA” at The First and Hope Supper Club, downtown L.A.
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Monday, January 31st’s “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick
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* 8 pm “BLUES AT THE CROSSROADS: THE ROBERT JOHNSON CENTENNIAL CONCERT” with BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS, DAVID “HONEYBOY” EDWARDS, HUBERT SUMLIN, CEDRIC BURNSIDE, & LIGHTNIN’ MALCOLM, at UCSB Campbell Hall, on the campus in Santa Barbara.
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2) NAMM DELIVERS AT 2011 ANNUAL SHOW AND CONFERENCE
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There are trade shows, and there are music festivals. The two wouldn’t seem likely to have much in common, unless you are one of the music industry faithful who experienced the annual NAMM Show that filled and overflowed the entire Anaheim Convention Center complex and all the large halls in adjacent hotels.
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At the close of the show – which has been running 109 years and growing phenomenally along the way – NAMM reported 90,114 registered attendees. Despite the sluggish economy, that’s a three percent increase from last year and a new attendance record for NAMM. International registration experienced a two percent increase from last year, reaching 10,400. Another sign of economic recovery in the industry, the association reported 1,417 exhibitors at this year’s show, including 247 new exhibitors. NAMM has more than 9,000 member companies.
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NAMM – which likes to use its acronym exclusively, instead of calling itself by its full name, the National Association of Music Merchants – is a global organization of large and small suppliers and innovators from across the full spectrum of music and the global $17 billion music products industry. Of course, it’s all about drawing the most complete exposure possible to showcase new products and gear and instruments and innovative little whatnots and gewgaws and sophisticated electronics with capabilities unimagined even a decade ago. So, every kind of maker and supplier rubs elbows with every kind of music industry consumer, from giant merchandisers to mom and pop music stores to individual musicians and sound engineers.
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Instrument makers use the event to debut not only their “latest thing” new models, but their artist signature instruments, usually with the big star artist in attendance. (That’s a story in itself, and we’ll bring it to you next week.)
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NAMM is like the biggest shopping mall of small stores that anyone could imagine. Even the largest booths and pavilions are small by the standards of retail stores. But the combined floor space of all of them is like every small storefront in a city, set side by side with the walls removed. For anyone in music, who drives miles between music stores to find the right capo or set of strings, it’s an overwhelming idea that there are THAT many people and THAT many instrument makers and products of such vast variety.
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The show / conference runs four days. If you attend any of the fine choices of workshops or classes in “NAMM University,” that will be enough to seriously reduce your time on the floor (the many levels of floors). Indulge yourself in any few aspects and you won’t stand a chance to even walk down every aisle and rubberneck to glance at everything. Surely, it requires four days just to do that (if it can be done at all). The Guide team spent three days at NAMM, including one entire day “mowing the lawn:” walking up each odd-numbered aisle and down each even numbered one, pausing only to peruse something compelling, limiting the time spent in conversation with exhibitors, from one end of the giant convention hall to the other, until we had reached the opposite end – of that ONE floor.
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Sure, that much is common to any gigantic trade show. What makes NAMM unique – truly unique – in a field of artistic expression where everybody thinks everything they do is unique – is that NAMM’s exhibitors bring their endorsed artists. And they perform. Wow, do they perform.
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The Consumer Electronics Show doesn’t have the best fingerstyle guitar players or flatpickers or blues slide guitar or resonator players just jamming in booths that suddenly become sites of magical musical moments. Neither does the Detroit Auto Show. And only the best music festivals bring out so many great players.
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Deke Dickerson hosts his annual Guitar Fest during NAMM, because all the artists are in one place. Same thing for Muriel Anderson’s annual Guitar Greats concert. Of course, many, many instrument and microphone and equipment makers are sponsors of concerts, both for good will and for the practical value of demonstrating their gear.
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With so many artists in town for NAMM, local performance venues get a windfall for a week or so each year. Music fans who can’t get into the packed halls of industry-only official events are beneficiaries of performances by artists who wouldn’t otherwise be here.
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Companion stories in this edition by Guide correspondent Geo. McCalip take you to two concerts that happened away from the convention center, but were only possible because NAMM exhibitors brought the artists to town.
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NAMM as an organization is a daily force for people in music. In addition to being all about products, the organization maintains resources and initiatives that include support for music education and education reform legislation and funding, small business health insurance legislation, estate tax reform, import/export law advocacy and international protection of intellectual property rights, and e-commerce tax reform. So, we’ll have plenty to bring you in coming editions, following the annual event.
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Next week, we’ll tell you about two of the big concerts in the hotels surrounding NAMM, and we’ll examine innovative new products that were a hit with Guide correspondent Debbie Berry. And we’ll give you the inside scoop on one of the most anticipated signature guitars in years.
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3) BASC’s MONTHLY BLUEGRASS NIGHT MOVES TO NEW HOME
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It’ll soon be tacos, enchiladas and bluegrass. BASC – the Bluegrass Association of Southern California – is moving its long-running series. They’ve brought big stars and up-and-comers alike for the monthly “dinner-and-a-show” night, and it’s always been open to the public.
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Bluegrass Night is moving to Viva Cantina in Burbank. The past few years, the series had made its home at Braemar Country Club, where the food was expensive, and prices increased every year.
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Bluegrass Night has a new home, but the schedule won’t change. It’s the third Tuesday of every month.
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“With this new venue we will have more music – at least two full sets – greater variety of food and drink, and free admission,” wrote BASC spokesman Jeffrey Fleck.
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February 15th at 8 pm marks BASC’s first evening in its new venue. Jeffrey adds, “Join us at our Viva Cantina debut with two great bands on the bill.”
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Performing are SOMETIMES IN TUNE, billed as “The Sunny Side of Bluegrass” and THE GET DOWN BOYS, who claim to be the “Hottest new pickers in town.”
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Many will no doubt appreciate that the move enables free admission for the show, and the ability to order from the full restaurant menu and the full bar. More info, www.socalbluegrass.org or 818-221-4680. Viva Cantina, aka Viva Fresh, is located next to the L.A. Equestrian Center at 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank 91508, and their phone is 818-845-2425.
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4) EDITED TRIO HAS A FEW SOUTHERN CAL SHOWS BEFORE EUROPEAN TOUR
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This new CD hasn't even been released yet, and it's climbing the Folk Charts, based on less than two weeks of music downloads. It's the collaborative result from the EDITED trio of award-winning and acclaimed performing songwriters BRETT PERKINS, MARK DAVIS and DAVID ZINK.
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Even before the CD release show – a multi-act night with a fine lineup, January 30, at the lovely Sierra Madre Playhouse – the trio is making the rounds, and yes, their CD is for sale when you get to one of their gigs this week. But don’t dawdle – their CD release tour reaches from California this week to a departure Monday for Denmark, Germany and Sweden, a tour lasting through March 12.
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The Guide brought you a News Feature on Edited just two weeks ago. Now, in addition to the CD release concert this Sunday, January 30, the trio has added house concerts and an appearance at Brad Colerick’s “Wine and Song” series tonight (Wednesday) in South Pasadena. (Expect a set from EDITED and short individual sets from each member of the trio, plus songs from Brad.) Check the Guide’s daily event listings – and the quick access “Show-of-the-Week” Picks, here in the News Features, to find EDITED performing near you.
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5) UKULELE STARS, INCLUDING GRAMMY WINNER, PLAY IMPROMPTU HUNTINGTON BEACH CONCERT DURING NAMM
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By Geo. McCalip, Guide correspondent
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With rumors about “people from NAMM” coming, the crowd kept growing and little did they know what was coming. Soon, capacity was pushing the posted limit of 90.
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On any given Thursday evening, you can expect to find 50 to 60 people happily strumming their ukuleles at the weekly jam at Island Bazaar in Huntington Beach (http://ukuleleparadise.com). Tonight, the buzz had worked its magic. Already, January 13 was special.
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It began normally enough. The jam always has two sessions with an intermission. But halfway through the first session, jam leader TOM NOBLE announced to universal approval that there would be “special guests” during the break. But that hardly prepared anyone for whom they would see.
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Toward the end of the first session, about 20 more people arrived – including the entire staff of KoAloha Ukulele, its stable of endorsed artists, and uke gurus JIM BELOFF with his wife, LIZ.
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After a brief intermission, Tom took the stage to introduce Jim and Liz. They announced their new book, “The Daily Ukulele,” and performed three songs from it. (We have it, and it’s a winner.)
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Tom Noble, now more an emcee, returned to the stage and introduced ALAN “TU” OKAMI, the Vice President of KoAloha Ukulele The company is Hawaii-based, selling a high-end, highly-respected brand of instruments.
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Tom asked how many people in the jam group owned a KoAloha ukulele. Almost a third of the crowd raised their hands, to the delight of the evening’s guests.
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Musician/company VP Alan introduced the various members of the KoAloha “ohana.” or family (see www.koaloha.com/staff). He then brought up the winner (multiple-years) of the “Na Hoku Hanohano Award,” PALI KAAIHUE, to accompany him and delight the audience with a song. Then came introductions of the KoAloha sponsored artists who had come from the NAMM Conference with the KoAloha staff.
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First up to perform was five time Grammy winner DANIEL HO. He was joined by the renowned HERB OHTA, JR. on the second song. Herb remained on the stage to play more on his thin line tenor ukulele, and many of us noted that SHIRLEY ORLANDO, owner of Island Bazaar, was eyeing the beautiful little instrument.
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Then, the KoAloha VP introduced the charming VICTORIA VOX, the Baltimore-based global uke festival favorite, who sang four songs – accompanying herself on her KoAloha Pineapple concert ukulele, her sweet vocals, and her trademark horn section that isn’t there. (She creates that with her mouth as the only instrument.)
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Victoria invited Newfoundland, Canada’s uke great JAMES HILL to play a couple of songs with her. (His performance would open the official awards breakfast at NAMM on Sunday.) But here at Island Bazaar Friday night, James hadn’t brought his ukulele. Of course, he was offered the use of any instrument in the store. Proprietor Shirley pointed out that James didn’t choose a high-end multi-thousand-dollar uke like the one he owns and plays worldwide. Instead, he chose one of the least expensive ukuleles and still managed to sound great on it.
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After Victoria’s set, VP Alan came back and presented a “HERB OHTA, JR.” SIGNATURE thin line tenor ukulele to SHIRLEY ORLANDO, in recognition of her support of KoAloha. He presented a second one to ROSS DOMINGO as a community outreach gift.
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KoAloha's part in the special evening wasn't over. PALI KAAIHUE played and VP Alan sang while his younger brother, Paul, and the beautiful KAWENA MECHLER danced a hula.
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What could possibly top an unannounced, if hoped-for and suspected, program like that? The reaction of the KoAloha staff was priceless when almost 100 people strummed along on their own ukuleles through three songs to conclude the jam. About 30 of them were playing KoAloha instruments. How often do any of us get to see so many happy people using any product that we made and having a great time doing it? KoAloha may have greeted many thousands at its booth at the NAMM show, but their evening excursion to Island Bazaar was one that they, and the participants in that installment of the weekly jam, will long remember.
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EDITOR’S NOTE:
Thu, Jan 27, on broadcast & web radio:
11:15 am “THE GLOBAL VILLAGE” brings “JUMPIN” JIM BELOFF and a discussion / review of the recent NAMM music convention, on KPFK 90.7 FM (98.7 FM Santa Barbara) and online at www.kpfk.org. Jim Beloff will talk about his amazing new book "The Daily Ukulele." More at www.fleamarketmusic.com/store/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=258.
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Archive and podcast of the broadcast can probably be found after 12 noon Thursday at www.kpfk.org/programs/35-ukulele.html.
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6) BRYAN TOLENTINO & ASA YOUNG CONCERT DELIGHTS AT ISLAND BAZAAR
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By Geo. McCalip, Guide correspondent
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On Saturday, January 16th, the night after the surprise parade of ukulele stars from the NAMM show, Island Bazaar in Huntington Beach (http://ukuleleparadise.com) hosted ukulele player BRYAN TOLENTINO in concert.
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Bryan’s longtime friend and former band mate, ASA YOUNG, joined him on stage playing guitar for the evening. Bryan credited Asa with getting him interested in traditional Hawaiian music when they were in elementary school. By the time they got to high school they had formed a band, SIDE ORDER, with two other musicians.
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While Bryan continues to entertain professionally in Hawaii, Asa has moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he works in information technology. In spite of the separation caused by Asa’s move, the two friends performed the traditional Hawaiian tunes tightly, making it obvious their musical experience included many hours spent playing together.
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Toward the end of the second set, Bryan invited young ukulele virtuoso KALEI GAMIAO onto the stage. After a solo number by Kalei, Bryan and Asa returned to the stage and the three, playing together, delivered two more numbers and an encore.
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Two people in attendance received recognition from the stage, long time fixture in the Southern California ukulele community, “UNCLE” BOBBY TOMEI, and FRED KAKAMA, JR., business manager for and grandson of the founder of Kamaka Ukulele.
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The mix of Hawaiian music and reminiscences of growing up in Hawaii kept the appreciative audience entertained for the full evening.
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7) FOLK ALLEY IS FEATURING “BEST OF 2010” STREAM
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Of course, they’ll tell you they always offer “the Best of Folk on Folk Alley” at www.folkalley.com. Now and for a while to come, that’s a reasonable assertion, because Folk Alley’s special pre-produced streaming program does exactly that. In addition to things like a concert by the PUNCH BROTHERS, likewise available as an on-demand streaming show, Folk Alley is currently featuring its annual “Best of 2010.” It’s doing that, too, as music to hear, not simply a list to read.
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Sure, there are a variety of “Best of” picks – and lists – on their site, in addition to the auditory presentation. At the end of each year, after listening to hundreds of new CDs released during the previous 12 months – including music “that either broke new ground or that will have staying power for many years to come” as Folk Alley observes –they asked listeners to name their own picks for “Favorite Music of 2010,” by voting for top 10 picks in a listener poll.
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Along with the Listener Poll, Folk Alley’s hosts and staff present their individual lists of top folk picks. There are some in common, and “many surprises” that they say “reflect our own personal tastes.”
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It’s even better and more inclusive. They invited “other folk DJs from across the US and abroad” to share their Best of 2010 lists, bringing “a great response from twelve DJs and one esteemed writer.”
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In addition to listening to the “Best of,” other specials, and their usual 24/7 presentation of music programming, you can contact Linda Fahey, their Programming and Marketing Director, and let her know what you think. Her email address is Linda@FolkAlley.com
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8) REVIEW: TOM PAXTON AT McCABE’s, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011
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By Geo. McCalip, Guide correspondent
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At 73 years old, and with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2009), TOM PAXTON could choose to stay home and rest on his laurels. The audience at McCabe’s, for two nights last weekend, appreciated the fact that he chooses to do otherwise.
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Friday night, Tom played two full sets of 45-minutes, accompanied by favorite Southern Cal-based multi-instrumentalist FRED SOKOLOW on slide guitar, mandolin and banjo.
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A highlight came when, in addition to Sokolow, Paxton brought JOE FRAZIER of the CHAD MITCHELL TRIO to join them on “Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound” and “One Time Only.”
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With two exceptions, Tom had written every song performed Friday night, some decades ago and some recently. Fred Sokolow soloed his own original song, “It Only Takes Ten Years,” to open the second set. The second exception was an accidental collaboration. It’s a parody of “Last Thing on My Mind” using Tom’s tune with words written years ago by a fan:

Well I met this young girl at a folk club,
Like you do, like you do.
So I bought her a drink and we chatted,
Wouldn't you, wouldn't you.

And then after the show she invited me home,
And she said we were two of a kind,
Then she played me every record
That Tom Paxton ever made,
And you know that was the last thing on my mind.

Seeing Tom perform this brought to mind the words, “Surreally funny.”
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His new songs included “I’m Changing My Name to Fannie Mae,” a rewrite of his old “I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler.” And there was a very serious song, “He Couldn’t Lay Hands on a Gun,” addressing the recent shootings at Congresswoman Giffords’ event in Tucson.
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While Paxton is not touring or otherwise pushing a CD, he did have copies of his new book, “The Marvelous Toy,” beautifully illustrated by British artist STEVE COX. The song occasioning the book, like so many of his other songs, has become iconic, and been covered by many others through the decades. Tom shared the unlikely tale of writing the song while he was “bored almost to death” in the US Army’s typing school at Fort Dix.
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Other reminiscences included the story of his then roommate, NOEL PAUL STOKEY, spending hours working out the guitar parts for “Lemon Tree” with fellow PETER, PAUL & MARY member PETER YARROW.
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“I still hate that song,” said Tom, but he later admitted he got over it.
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I first saw Tom Paxton at McCabe’s in the mid ’70s, and he always draws me back. This concert marked the fifth or sixth time I have seen him perform at the venue.
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How well has he weathered the decades? The septuagenarian was very spry descending the staircase from the second floor to the McCabe’s stage – and going back up when leaving the stage at intermission and again at the end of the show. His voice was in fine form, even when compared to performances from the ’60s. (Thank you, YouTube for enabling us to enjoy those moments from “back when.”) Sure, he has fewer hairs on his head, and more of them are gray. Musically, he’s still got it.
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What stays with the audience after Friday night? Is it the experience of an iconic performer of iconic songs presented like an exhibit of things that have aged well? That falls far too short. Both Tom and his songs are timeless, and that remains as the strongest impression.
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9) “ARE THE BLUES AMERICANA?” (ARE YOU KIDDING!?)
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CHRIS HARKNESS did a piece Tuesday in “No Depression” on bluesman THE MIGHTY ORQ, scheduled to perform in the upcoming 2011 International Blues Challenge. (Our readers will remember Chris; he wrote a piece that appeared in the January 12 edition of the Guide; see last paragraph.) In the reader comments he received on bluesman Orq, one asks if the blues are Americana music. (WHAT?!) Your editor couldn’t stop himself, and answered with the following:
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Thanks, Chris, for the piece on the Mighty Orq. I am a bit stunned at the comment by Will James, asking, "Does Americana encompass the blues...?" Gads, yes. In fact, every time some snooty jazz fan tries to tell me that jazz is the only original form of American music, I stop 'em dead in their tracks by asking, "What about the blues?" We can trace the roots of bluegrass to both Celtic and Scandinavian roots, and applying the process to just about every other genre will lead you someplace else. But the blues are homegrown Americana, from Delta blues to Chicago blues to Memphis blues to St. Louis blues to Piedmont blues. They're as Americana as it gets. (And I enjoy watching the snooty jazz fan squirm when we take the discussion of jazz to Djangostyle Gypsy jazz and all the French and Eastern European and klezmer influences that freely flowed back and forth across the Atlantic.) But the blues: American and Americana. Sure, the loud-n-rowdy rockers have interpreted and taken things in their direction. But what's the essence of the blues? It's all still very much there. While my own preferences gravitate toward blues played on a National steel guitar – or good slide playing on any other guitar – and with great harmonica, I sure don't object when a banjo and accordion get in the act. And no, those instruments don't change it to Cajun or polka or East Texas music. And electric blues still exist without being rock, classic or nouveau. I don't wanna pick any fights here, but damn right the blues are Americana! - Larry Wines, Tied to the Tracks & the Acoustic Americana Music Guide.
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You can find discussions like that (including some started by the Guide’s editor) on the No Depression site, at www.nodepression.com – and you can read Chris’ piece on The Mighty Orq at www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/the-mighty-orq-scheduled-to
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Chris’ piece that appeared in the January 12 edition of the Guide, “New Bob Livingston CD Harkens Back to Cosmic Cowboy,” ran as that week’s News Feature #5, and can still be read at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/01/acoustic-americana-music-guide-jan-12.html.
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Events, club & coffee house gigs, big venue concerts, house concerts, acoustic music news, and LOTS more are in the complete edition.
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RECENT NEWS FEATURES (in the past 30 days):
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January 26 edition has the “Show-of-the-Week” picks and “Event-of-the-Week for Artists” picks for Wed & Thu, Jan 26 & 27, plus extensive event listings for those dates. All that is deleted in this edition. You can find them at
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/01/acoustic-americana-music-guide-jan-26.html
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January 21 edition’s News Features are available at
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/01/acoustic-americana-music-guide-jan-21.html
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The topics are…
1) “Show-of-the-Week” Picks – January 21st through 25th
2) Guitar Wizard Vicki Genfan Plays L.A. Tonight, after Dazzling at NAMM
3) Sundance Kicks-Off in Utah
4) Americana Stars Hit Glasgow, Scotland
5) Nashville Firm Seeking Songs for Martina McBride, Dierks Bentley, Hank Williams Jr.
6) Folk Alliance Announces Showcase Artists for 23rd Annual Conference
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1) “Show-of-the-Week” Picks – January 12th through 18th
2) Edited Trio Hits Folk Charts, Will Debut CD in Southern Cal
3) Americana Chart Announces Top 100 Albums of the Year
4) Topanga Banjo∙Fiddle Contest Seeks Graphic Artists to Design Festival Logo
5) New Bob Livingston CD Harkens Back to Cosmic Cowboy
6) “Crowd-Funding” Your Next CD or Other Arts Project
7) Our “Self-Promo-of-the-Week” Prize Goes to... Jim Jones
8) The Guide’s Observation Raises Heated Controversy
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The edition's opening section regarding the attempted assassination and murders in Tucson that day;
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1) “Show-of-the-Week” Picks – January 9th through 11th
2) Annual Elvis Birthday Bash is Tonight… (Amidst an Unusually Strong Sunday Offering of Great Shows)
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The topics are…
1) “Show of-the-Week Picks” – Dec 28th through 30th
2) New Year’s Eve Music Party Picks Are Abundant – EXPANDED Listings!
3) Mid-Day New Year’s Eve Party in L.A. Marks 2011 in Ireland
4) We’d Like You to Meet… SIMON LYNGE
5) Cornell Glee Club Presents “Folk Music of the Americas” January 16
6) Guide Readers Help “Kids in Need of Desks – K.I.N.D.”
7) R.I.P., Captain Beefheart – a.k.a. Don Van Vliet
8) Let Gandhi Shape your New Year’s Resolutions
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www.acousticmusic.net or at
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* 8 pm PETER CASE (the Plimsouls) at McCabe’s, Santa Monica.
* 8 pm “LEGENDARY ROCKERS PLAY THE BLUES WITH OLDIES ROOTS” in a special night at The Arcadia Blues Club, Arcadia.
* 8 pm EDITED trio of BRETT PERKINS, MARK DAVIS & DAVID ZINK play a house concert in Burbank.
* 8 pm PHOEBE BRIDGERS with her band, EINSTEIN'S DIRTY SECRET, at Troubadour, West Hollywood.
* 8 pm CHELSEA WILLIAMS joins the NATHAN McEUEN TRIO (with Scott Gates and Chuck Hailes) at Boulevard Music, Culver City.
* 8 pm HUNGRYTOWN, from Vermont, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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Annual “RAINY CAMP” folksinging weekend, sponsored by the Seattle Song Circle, an associated group of the Seattle Folklore Society. There are workshops during the day on Sat & Sun, and evening sing-alongs on Fri & Sat. Cost is $84 and includes two nights dormitory accommodations and food on Sat & Sun (Fri night is a potluck.) The location is near Carnation (about 45 minutes east of Seattle). Google it if you want to go.
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10 am-noon BRIAN TRAVIS solo acoustic at the Topanga Farmers Market, 120 N Topanga Canyon Bl, in the Pine Tree Circle Center, Topanga. Brian says, “Playing an acoustic set outdoors in the beautiful southern California weather we are having. Looking forward to getting back to Topanga. My rootsy acoustic vibe always comes off well in that community. Hope you can hang out with me in the sunshine and eat all the free organic produce samples you can consume!”
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Fri, Jan 28; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm PETER CASE (the Plimsouls) at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497.
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From his earliest days with the punk Nerves, to fronting the maximum rock'n'soul Plimsouls, and for more than 20 years as a solo artist, this local hero has been delivering his unequalled song-craft with humor, grit, and warmth. He's a legend in this town, and for a lot of good reasons, not the least of which are the songwriting workshops he's been teaching here at McCabe's for the last decade. Tonight, he'll be joined by X drummer D.J. BONEBRAKE in support of his latest Yep Roc release, “Wig!” Tix, $20.
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8 pm “LEGENDARY ROCKERS PLAY THE BLUES WITH OLDIES ROOTS” in a special night at The Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006; www.arcadiabluesclub.com; 626-447-9349.
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Some real-live legends of Rock 'N Roll will show their bluesy sides at the famous blues club in Arcadia, east of Pasadena. RON ELLINGTON SHY played with the Drifters, the Coasters, and Don & Dewey. PRESTON EPPS introduced bongos to rock music with his huge hit, the "Bongo Rock." ADOLPH JACOBS was the first lead guitarist for the Coasters. Their drummer, RONNIE CANO, played with Quinn Harris and the Legends. TABOR ELLINGTON SHY adds vocals and showmanship in the family tradition. Together the RON ELLINGTON SHY BAND brings a fresh blend of rhythm & blues with an Oldies mix that captivates crowds everywhere.
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"I played with all the big acts of the day, but I seldom got my name on the records" says Ron Shy, with more than a little regret. Ron's voice can be heard on such big hits as "Leavin' It All Up to You, Cherry Pie," and on the Gold Record of "I Remember Linda." He also played with the Platters, and performed at the Greek Theatre with Bobby Vee, Jerry Wallace, and Little Eva. Ron Shy also had live concerts and appearances at the Sahara Hotel, The Tropicana, Sahara, Frontier, and Mint hotels in Las Vegas. Ron played to a crowd of 52,000 roaring fans at the Super-Summer Exhibition in Canada.
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Preston Epps remembers his long association with Art Laboe, and how the famous disc jockey help promote the "Bongo Rock" to the top of the charts. "The whole idea of bongos came to me in a dream,....and my dreams came true all over the world" said Epps of his brush with greatness. Preston toured the world as a solo entertainer in concerts with such greats as Sammy Davis Jr, Ray Charles, and Little Richard. He was featured on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, and his records are still popular in Spain and other parts of Europe.
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When Adolph Jacobs sat down with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller at the Brill Building in New York to play some of his rifts on the guitar, he never knew those tunes would eventually turn into some of the Coasters' greatest hits. Decades later he still plays those songs, and has recently been inducted into the West Coast Blues and the Doo-Wopp Hall of Fames.
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The sounds of this combination of musicians is truly noteworthy. They are now rehearsing new tunes and original music for commercial use. Their live performances keep them sharp, and these shows are a rare opportunity to reach back in time to the roots of rock and hear and see the ones who really made the music.
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8 pm ROD PIAZZA & THE MIGHTY FLYERS with JACK THE MUSIC, and SIX30JAM, at The Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano; 949-496-8927.
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8 pm EDITED trio of BRETT PERKINS, MARK DAVIS & DAVID ZINK plays a house concert in Burbank, at the home of David and Analucia Prather. Reservations get directions, at brettperkins@hotmail.com.
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Mark Davis "Getting at large truths with songs full of human-scale detail and unsentimentalized beauty" – L.A. Times (which named his previous record one of the top ten CDs of the decade)
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Brett Perkins "Pop/folk songs that embrace the listener like a warm blanket on a cold winters day" - B.T. (DK)
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David Zink "There's a burning soulfulness about his music that's utterly compelling." - Pasadena Weekly (He has two new 2010 CDs)
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Hear tracks from the brand-new Edited trio CD 9which is already climbing the folk charts) at www.reverbnation.com/edited and hear Mark Davis’ new CD at www.reverbnation.com/markdavisandtheinklings
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8 pm PHOEBE BRIDGERS with her band, EINSTEIN'S DIRTY SECRET, at Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Bl, West Hollywood; www.troubadour.com; 310-276-6168. Doors at 7 pm. Talented young singer-songwriter Phoebe says, “There will be a bunch of great bands, including Hazel who open at 7:30 pm. It's an all ages show. Link for tickets, http://phoebebridgers.eventbrite.com
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8 pm CHELSEA WILLIAMS joins the NATHAN McEUEN TRIO (with Scott Gates and Chuck Hailes) 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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8 pm HUNGRYTOWN, from Vermont, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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When not performing, the HUNGRYTOWN duo is known as REBECCA HALL & KEN ANDERSON. Venue impresario Bob Stane says, “You will need to go a long way to find a more talented and likeable couple.”
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Bob continues, “Their music mixes the snow of their home in Vermont, the dew on the grass of a cool summer morning in the Appalachians, the hard-scrabble grittiness and pluck of common folk the world over together with the melancholy of lost loves, broken hearts, and shattered dreams, distilling it into an intoxicating, hauntingly seductive blend that you always want more of. Ken and Rebecca’s multi-instrumental artistry’s range and depth is impressive, running from a shy lover’s soft, gentle caress to a hardened, bitter fist-shaking against an evil fate, to a wry, ironic, self-mocking sense of humor. Their voices, each a thing of wonder in its own right, when combined, completely bowl you over and by turn, lift you to dizzy heights of joy and dash you to aching sadness. If you enjoy folk music with substance and style, your appetite for Hungrytown will never be satisfied.”
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Rebecca learned to sing in church as a child, and was an experienced interpreter of jazz and blues standards by the time she was in her 20s. Her discovery of roots music coincided with the reissue of the “Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music” in 1997, and inspired her to begin writing in earnest. She soon developed a reputation for simple, melodic and achingly beautiful songs, stirring modern themes into traditional song structures.
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Steve Bennet of Acoustic Magazine wrote, "Hall's original compositions hark back to the earliest traditions of acoustic Americana, tracing a sepia-tinged line from the Carter Family to the contemporary lo-fi classicism of Gillian Welch." Tix, $15.
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9:30 pm CHRIS VALENTI, very comedic singer-songwriter and filmmaker, plays Flappers in Burbank. Check his website for address. www.ChrisValentiMusic.com and www.funnyordie.com/chrisvalenti
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9 pm KARINA DENIKE with RALPH CARNEY sitting-in, at the Old Towne Pub, 66 North Fair Oaks Av, Pasadena 91103; show info, 626-577-6583. (They’re here Wednesday and Friday this week, and at Hotel Café Thursday.)
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9:30 pm-closing CLIFF WAGNER & THE OLD #7 hosts Robin Wagner's Birthday Party at The Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City. All are welcome, and the boys will be making plenty of music, Bluegrass + Americana. More at http://oldnumber7.net
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9:30 pm KEN O'MALLEY & THE TWILIGHT LORDS at Ireland's 32, 13721 Burbank Bl, Van Nuys; 818-785-4031; www.irelands32pub.com. Ken brings his marvelous baritone, fine guitar, and authentic and original Irish songs.
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9:30 pm-12:45 am ORQUESTA CHARANGOA at El Floridita Restaurant, 1253 N Vine St, Hollywood; 323-871-8612; www.elfloridita.com. More at www.charangoa.com and www.youtube.com/charangoa. $10 cover or free with dinner purchase.
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* 2 pm SHAMALAMACORD the accordion and shamisen duo of MIKE PENNY & AARON “DUCKMANDU” SEEMAN, plays a matinee at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
* 7 pm O'AHU brings “The Flavor of Hawaii,” with the writer of a #1 Hawaiian song, for music plus hula dancers, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
* 7 pm I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. plus DAVE MORRISON opening, at the inaugural edition of the new “Four Friends Acoustic Music Series” at Four Friends Gallery, Thousand Oaks.
* 8 pm KATY MOFFATT plays the “Caltech Folk Music Society” series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (“Little Beckman”) on the campus in Pasadena.
* 8 pm DOUG MacLEOD at the Fret House, Covina.
* 8 pm EDITED trio, with members BRETT PERKINS, DAVID ZINK, & MARK DAVIS, plays a house concert in Glendale.
* 8 pm THE HANDSOME FAMILY plus SEAN ROWE at McCabe’s, Santa Monica
* 8 pm “SONGWRITERS-IN-THE-ROUND” with JIM ST. OURS, MERLIN SNIDER & TOM CORBETT, at the “Noble House Concert” series in Sherman Oaks.
* 9 pm CLIFF WAGNER AND THE OLD #7 plus BORDER RADIO at The Cinema Bar, Culver City.

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11 am-1 pm “SHORTCUTS TO SONGWRITING FOR FILM & TV” with author, songwriter, producer ROBIN FREDERICK, presented by Los Angeles Women In Music (LAWIM) at Musicians Institute, Hollywood.
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6 pm “SIN CITY'S COSMIC AMERICAN ROADSHOW” with DEADMAN, MAXIM LUDWIG & THE SANTA FE SEVEN, UNCLE LUCIUS, RUBY JAMES, WAYLON PAYNE & TRAVIS HOWARD, KEITH GATTIS & BRYSON JONES at Pappy & Harriet's, 53688 Pioneertown Rd, Pioneertown. Organizers tell us, "For those of you who are making a weekend of it with us, we'll make our own church on Sunday with a good ol fashioned gospel revival brunch from 1-3 pm with all of our friends singing spirituals." book your hotel rooms now. $10.
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7 pm ZAPF DINGBATS play the “San Diego Folk Heritage” series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas (San Diego); 858-566-4040. From stilt walkers to rollickin’ vaudeville and klezmer music, this is high-energy fun.
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Annual “RAINY CAMP” folksinging weekend, sponsored by the Seattle Song Circle, an associated group of the Seattle Folklore Society. There are workshops during the day on Sat & Sun, and evening sing-alongs on Fri & Sat. Cost is $84 and includes two nights dormitory accommodations and food on Sat & Sun (Fri night is a potluck.) The location is near Carnation (about 45 minutes east of Seattle). Google it if you want to go.
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11 am-1 pm “SHORTCUTS TO SONGWRITING FOR FILM & TV” with author, songwriter, producer ROBIN FREDERICK, presented by Los Angeles Women In Music (LAWIM) at Musicians Institute, Room P-150, 1655 N McCadden Pl, Hollywood 90028.
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Over her twenty-five-year career in the music industry, Robin Frederick has written more than 500 songs for television, records, theater, and audio products. A former Director of A&R for Rhino Records and Executive Producer of over 60 albums, she currently oversees the screeners on TAXI's A&R Team. Robin is the author of Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting: 126 Proven Techniques for Writing Songs That Sell and Shortcuts to Songwriting for Film & TV. Both books are available at Amazon.com. More at www.robinfrederick.com. $15 LAWIM members, $25 general public (but note reservations are required).
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1-4 pm “SIMPLY SHARON'S ZYDECO BRUNCH” at Simply Sharon's, 27464 Jefferson Av, Temecula 92590; info, 951-308-0016.
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2 pm SHAMALAMACORD the accordion and shamisen duo of MIKE PENNY & AARON “DUCKMANDU” SEEMAN, plays a matinee at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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7 pm O'AHU brings “The Flavor of Hawaii,” with music plus hula dancers, to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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The three members of the band O'ahu together have more than 150 years of performing music, a diverse number of original, traditional and contemporary Hawaiian pieces, and oldies. All vocalists, their music highlights beautiful and unique styles of harmonies.
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The band "O'ahu" consists of Uncle Roddy Ali'i Kaulana Gregory, lead singer and accomplished musician performing since 1963, Robert Ihilani Agno, who wrote the #1 hit "Maui", and Kawika Dacoscos, an internationally touring and accomplished musician. All vocalists, their music highlights beautiful and unique styles of harmonies.
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7 pm I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. plus DAVE MORRISON opening, at the inaugural edition of the new “FOUR FRIENDS ACOUSTIC MUSIC SERIES” at Four Friends Gallery, 1408 E Thousand Oaks Bl, Thousand Oaks 91362; 805-497-4022; www.fourfriendsgallery.com
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Jonny Whiteside wrote in the LA WEEKLY, "These freewheeling lords of California psych country approach their music as if it were a portal, an unseen threshold that, once crossed, promises a wholly unpredictable experience. The Hawks' singular style operates on an epic scale, exploring weird panoramas of hallucinatory metaphor with a sound as much traditional hillbilly as it is acceleratedlysergic-rock spontaneity. Any flight taken with I See Hawks In L.A. assures a view to startling new perspectives. Up, up and away."
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DAVE MORRISON is a fine singer-songwriter whose songs were being recorded by many others for years before he got around to making his own records – on Trough, a respected Southern Cal label. His subject matter can take you many places, and all are enjoyable rides.
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Includes hors d'oeuvre and desserts and a no host bar. A song circle follows the performance, so bring your guitar; a piano is available.
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From the San Fernando Valley go N on the 101, exit and turn right on Rancho Rd, right on Thousand Oaks Bl and right a couple of hundred feet later at the white building that says "Four Friends...." Go to the back of the parking area, and the gallery is on the right. Tix, $15.
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Sat, Jan 29; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm KATY MOFFATT plays the “Caltech Folk Music Society” series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (“Little Beckman”) on the campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832). More on the Caltech Folk Music Series at www.folkmusic.caltech.edu - and check-out other music on campus at Caltech Presents / Caltech Public Events series at www.events.caltech.edu.
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KATY MOFFATT is a genuine folk star who plays too seldom in L.A. Though she lives in Southern Cal, she’s constantly on the festival and prestigious-venue circuit, performing all over the world. She’s been called both “America's Queen of the West” and praised as one of the originators of country rock. Katy got her start on the road as an opener for blues legend MUDDY WATERS, and she’s been the subject of a major feature story in the Wall Street Journal (how many musicians get ink there?) She continues to be a most formidable vocal powerhouse, plus a masterful guitarist and finger-picking phenom. With over 15 albums to her credit, Katy sings classic acoustic country rock songs of fractured love, plus country blues, western classics and originals, and heartfelt ballads. She’s performed live, multiple times, on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks” and debuted an album there. Her newest CD, "Cowboy Girl," on Western Jubilee / Shanachie, has received rave reviews.
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Sat, Jan 29; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm DOUG MacLEOD at the Fret House, 309 N Citrus, Covina; 626-339-7020. One of the great bluesmen, with his southern Louisiana speech and resume that includes learning from and playing with the legendary delta blues players of the previous generation. The venue says, “Doug MacLeod is one of the last remaining bluesmen who learned from the old masters, lived the music, survived the life and carries forward that valuable tradition. Within the blues world, MacLeod is known for his superb songwriting, guitar wizardry, warm soulful vocals, wit and unforgettable live performances. At the heart of this is his knack for storytelling, bringing characters-from the faceless to the legendary-to strikingly real life.” Doors at 7:30 for the best seats. Tix, $15.
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Sat, Jan 29; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE HANDSOME FAMILY plus SEAN ROWE at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497.
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McCabe’s booker Lincoln Myerson says, “We're thrilled to present The HANDSOME FAMILY and their special guest SEAN ROWE. Husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks' blend of murder ballads and alt-country has been beguiling audiences worldwide since their breakout 1998 release, ‘Through the Trees.’ Often described as Gothic Americana, the Handsome Family's musical canon has broadened with the release of their latest, ‘Honey Moon,’ establishing a theme rooted in the tradition of 19th-century romanticism.”
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The London Times says, “This is music that moves forward by turning the clock back - haunting, primal, and strangely heroic."
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8 pm KLEZMER JUICE plays the Folk Music Center & Museum, 220 Yale Av, Claremont 91711; 909-624-2928; www.folkmusiccenter.com. Tix are a bargain at $10.
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Sat, Jan 29; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “SONGWRITERS-IN-THE-ROUND” with JIM ST. OURS, MERLIN SNIDER & TOM CORBETT, at the Noble House Concert in Sherman Oaks. Reservations get directions at 818-780-5979 or barb@noblehouseconcerts.com
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8-10:30 pm THE FOSSILTONES at Alta Coffee & Restaurant, 506 31st St, Newport Beach 92663; 949-675-0233.
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Sat, Jan 29; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm EDITED trio, with members BRETT PERKINS, DAVID ZINK, & MARK DAVIS, plays a house concert in Glendale at the home of Bob, Wendy and Kira Hudson-Lazzarini. Reservations get directions at brettperkins@hotmail.com.
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Mark Davis "Getting at large truths with songs full of human-scale detail and unsentimentalized beauty" – L.A. Times (which named his previous record one of the top ten CDs of the decade)
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Brett Perkins "Pop/folk songs that embrace the listener like a warm blanket on a cold winters day" - B.T. (DK)
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David Zink "There's a burning soulfulness about his music that's utterly compelling." - Pasadena Weekly (He has two new 2010 CDs)
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Hear tracks from the brand-new Edited trio CD 9which is already climbing the folk charts) at www.reverbnation.com/edited and hear Mark Davis’ new CD at www.reverbnation.com/markdavisandtheinklings
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8 pm YANN TIERSEN, singer-songwriter from France, performs at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State Univ. L.A., 5151 State University Dr, L.A.; 323-343-6611.
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Sat, Jan 29:
8 pm IAN HUNTER at The El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Bl, Los Angeles 90036. Tix at www.ticketmaster.com/event/2C00456E0EAB340C. All ages, tix, $32.
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8 pm THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL at the Hip Kitty, 502 W 1st St, Claremont 91711. $5.
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Sat, Jan 29:
PADDY'S PIG brings Irish music to T. Boyle’s Tavern, 37 N Catalina Av, Pasadena. Call for set time. 626-578-0957; www.tboylestavern.com
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Sat, Jan 29; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
9 pm CLIFF WAGNER AND THE OLD #7 plus BORDER RADIO at The Cinema Bar, 3967 N Sepulveda Bl, Culver City.
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9 pm: KEN O'MALLEY & THE TWILIGHT LORDS at the Cock 'N Bull Pub, 2947 Lincoln Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-399-9696; www.cocknbullbritishpub.com. Ken brings his marvelous baritone, fine guitar, and authentic and original Irish songs.
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(5b) Saturday’s RECURRING
“LOS ANGELES AREA ACOUSTIC MUSIC PERFORMANCES” and related events.
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/01/saturday-recurring-fifth-saturday-when.html

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* 2 pm matinee with SOS, THE SISTERS OF SWING, bring music in the style of the ANDREWS SISTERS to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
* 2 pm THE LINDY SISTERS, another act in the style of the ANDREWS SISTERS, are strong contenders in “VALLEY'S GOT TALENT!” today at Haugh Performing Arts Center, Glendora.
* 5 pm LEE DOMANN, folk singer-songwriter from New Mexico, plays a concert at Covina United Methodist Church, Covina.
* 7 pm “THE LISTENING ROOM SERIES” returns to California for one night annually, this time featuring the EDITED TRIO with their CD release show, plus TIM TEDROW & TERRY VREELAND, GWENDOLYN, BRIGHT BLUE GORILLA, MARK DAVIS, SWEET TALK RADIO, AMALIE RIIS (from Denmark), DAVID ZINK, and series founder BRETT PERKINS, at The Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre.
* 7 pm LI’L REV, National Blues Harmonica Champion, Wisconsin’s Best Folk Singer (WAMI), Traditional Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, and mega-multi-instrumentalist, plus ALEC SHANE BENJAMIN opening, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
* 7 pm ADRIAN LEGG at McCabe’s, Santa Monica.
* 9 pm DAFNI plays the “AMERICANA NIGHT AT THE FEDORA” at The First and Hope Supper Club, downtown L.A.
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Sun, Jan 30; Fri-Sun, Jan 28-30, near Seattle:
Annual “RAINY CAMP” folksinging weekend, sponsored by the Seattle Song Circle, an associated group of the Seattle Folklore Society. There are workshops during the day on Sat & Sun, and evening sing-alongs on Fri & Sat. Cost is $84 and includes two nights dormitory accommodations and food on Sat & Sun (Fri night is a potluck.) The location is near Carnation (about 45 minutes east of Seattle). Google it if you want to go.
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Sun, Jan 30; last Sun, every month; near Seattle:
4-6:30 pm “RUNNING DOG SHANTY SING,” held the last Sunday of every month, at Running Dog Guitars / Sound Guitar Repair, 118 N 35th St, Suite 105, Fremont, WA. Hosted by Rick Davis & Cat Fox. Sea Chanties (shanties) are fun to sing and the choruses are always easy-to-learn sing-alongs. The hosts tell us, “The building is tall, grey cinderblock and green metal. Suite 105 is in the back, facing the alley between 36th and 35th. Parking available on the street. Over 21 years of age please. Potluck beverages and snacks.” Free.
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“CEAIT FESTIVAL ~ ‘IANNIS XENAKIS: NOW & TOMORROW’” at REDCAT, The Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theater, at the L.A. Music Center, 631 W 2nd St (at Hope St), inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, downtown L.A. 90012; www.redcat.org; 213-237-2800; www.redcat.org/sites/redcat.org/files/REDCAT_Fall10_Brochure.pdf.
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This is described as “Three scintillating concerts by the legendary pioneer of music and architecture and composers he inspired.”
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Sun, Jan 30:
9:30 am LEE DOMANN, folk singer-songwriter from New Mexico, plays the church service at Sage Grenada Park United Methodist, 1850 W Hillman Av, Alhambra 91803. He plays a concert tonight at 5 pm in Covina (see listing).
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Sun, Jan 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
2 pm matinee with SOS, THE SISTERS OF SWING, bring music in the style of the ANDREWS SISTERS to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reservations, 626-794-2424; info, www.coffeegallery.com.
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This is the second group to appear at the venue recently, doing Andrews Sisters classics. Late in 2010 was the Lindy Sisters, who are due back in February.
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SOS is a Los Angeles-based trio that delivers tight vocal harmony with, they tell us, “a golden blend.” The trio performs vocal gems from the 1940’s era and beyond. They stay true to the styles of the music they sing, and continue a tradition of tasteful interpretations, not seeking to impersonate the greats.
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“We’re SOS – hold the cheese!” Their 1940s selections bring Patty, Maxine, and LaVerne – THE ANDREWS SISTERS – roaringly to life. Belting out hits like “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” and “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” to beat the (big) band. Venue ompresario Bob Stane says, “Their vocal blend and right-on physical style sweeps audiences off their feet and straight back to the glory days of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman!”
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Bob adds, “These are the original arrangements folks, faithfully performed in true swing style incorporating ’40s attire, plenty of wiggling, and of course, seamed stockings!”
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SOS is Stephanie Krystad, Teresa Parente and Ember Vaughan. All are described as “smashing singers,” each of the three is a discerning musician and accomplished soloist. They each bring their own style to the mix adding lush ballads, jazz standards, blues and R&B. Tix, $15.
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Sun, Jan 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
2 pm THE LINDY SISTERS, in the style of the ANDREWS SISTERS, are strong contenders in “VALLEY'S GOT TALENT!” today at Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W Foothill Bl, Glendora 91741; info & tix, www.citruscollege.edu/foundation/talent
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The Lindy Sisters are a delight, in the style of the ANDREWS SISTERS with a bit of the MAGUIRE SISTERS in the mix. Their harmonies and stage presence are first-rate. They have been selected as finalists for “Valley's Got Talent!,” an evening modeled after some of television's most popular shows. Local singers, dancers, and musicians of all ages will perform, and the audience will give input on who they believe is the Valley's very best performer. The proceeds of the show will help support Citrus College students as they seek to accomplish their educational goals. Tix can be purchased at the show or online. $10.
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Sun, Jan 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
5 pm LEE DOMANN, folk singer-songwriter from New Mexico, plays a concert at Covina United Methodist Church, 437 W Bernardino Rd, Covina 91723. Internationally renowned for his song, “Howard Grey,” about the effects and reconciliation of abuse and ridicule suffered by a young man at the hands of peers. Lee has performed this song and told the story in company with real Howard Grey – in schools nationwide. He has received thousands of letters from children about it. But Lee doesn’t present a kids’ show. His originals are sometimes touching, sometimes charming, sometimes spiritual (but never that sappy “Christian music). A couple years ago, he toured a one-man folk opera called “Down to Monterey,” about a couple of young kids who came west to join the Flower Children during the Summer of Love. His songs, old and new, are first-rate.
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Sun, Jan 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm “THE LISTENING ROOM SERIES” returns, featuring the EDITED TRIO, TIM TEDROW & TERRY VREELAND, GWENDOLYN, BRIGHT BLUE GORILLA, MARK DAVIS, SWEET TALK RADIO, AMALIE RIIS, DAVID ZINK, and series founder BRETT PERKINS, at The Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 Sierra Madre Bl, Sierra Madre.
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Brett Perkins’ “Listening Room” series was born right here in the L.A. area, and while it’s made its now a monthly event in several European countries and Australia, it hasn’t happened here for the past few years. Hence, its one-night return is an extravaganza with a delightful line-up, and the return of Brett himself – with his English-language, European chart-topping songs.
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Brett is part of the globe-spanning EDITED trio. Their new CD hasn't even been released yet, and it's climbing the Folk Charts, based on the first few days of music downloads. It's the collaborative result from the Edited trio – Brett Perkins, Mark Davis and David Zink. Tonight’s CD release show is a multi-act night. Then, their CD release tour reaches from California to Denmark, Germany and Sweden, through March 12.
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International troubadour Brett Perkins, a native Southern Californian currently living in Copenhagen, recently had a Top Ten song in Finland, and he's all over the European charts.
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Brett returns every year for a concert – this time, with some of Southern California's best singer-songwriters and European musicians performing in English. Brett tours the world with his Listening Room Concerts and weeklong International Songwriter Retreats in idyllic global locales, and he is the founder / producer of the annual Copenhagen Songwriters Festival.
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The concert's big lineup brings Tim Tedrow & Terry Vreeland, Gwendolyn, Bright Blue Gorilla (musician-filmmakers who won the Mubai Film Festival), Sweet Talk Radio (L.A. based TV soundtrack faves Kathrin Shorr and Tim Burlingame), Amalie Riis (from Denmark), Mark Davis, David Zink, Brett Perkins and the Edited trio. Each will perform an individual three-song set, in addition to the set from the Edited trio.
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The new CD from the Edited trio, “Looking Back,” showcases alumni of the California Listening Room Concert Series – before it, and they, went global. When your members are scattered from Europe to extreme Northern California and L.A., and you start a rapid climb of the Reverb Nation Folk Chart before your CD's release and before you’ve even toured it, the music is something special.
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Edited is an ensemble of accomplished veterans, a contemporary / alternative folk trio of performing songwriters with fine songs and exquisite interwoven vocal harmonies. All three are California-born troubadours. They perform on acoustic guitars, harmonica, melodica and various percussion instruments. Collaborating and performing together since 2001, their debut CD, “Looking Back,” is long awaited.
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Mark Davis – The L.A. Times named his “You Came Screaming” CD as Orange County's “Album of the Decade,” citing his "Getting at large truths with songs full of human-scale detail and unsentimentalized beauty. ...his combination of intensity, intimacy, intelligence and rich musicality most closely recalls two other excellent singer-songwriters of '80s vintage: Peter Case and Peter Himmelman." It’s available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/davismark2. Mark is releasing his second album, "Because There’s Nothing Outside," recrded with his own band, The Inklings, and that's available at www.reverbnation.com/markdavisandtheinklings.
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David Zink – The Pasadena Weekly says, "There's a burning soulfulness about his music that's utterly compelling." Independent Songwriter Web Magazine calls him "…a songwriter with a keen sense for making songs work… slightly off-kilter, original, eccentric and wildly appealing... experimental…" Radio programmers compare David to Bruce Cockburn, Richard Thompson and Mark Cohn. His solo CDs are available at www.davidzinkmusic.com
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Brett Perkins – In addition to the foregoing, he has toured 33 countries around several solo releases. Real Roots Magazine (Belgium) celebrates Brett’s "Songs and vocals in the company of George Harrison, Elvis Costello and Neil Finn," while B.T. (Denmark) says he brings "Pop/folk songs that embrace the listener like a warm blanket on a cold winter’s day." His solo releases, including his English-language European chart-toppers, are available at www.brettperkins.com
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Edited's debut CD, “Looking Back,” wil be available, signed by the artists, at the concert. The final, mastered tracks are available now for listening and downloading at Reverb Nation at www.reverbnation.com/edited. Each entire song can be heard before buying a download, and the site has a mailing list.
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One final thing: are you wondering about that name, Edited? Yes, there is a story. The three were founding members of a larger ensemble called Everything Divine, which they jokingly called “E.D.” (in the days when Bob Dole was on TV for Viagra). The three found themselves performing more as a trio – an “edited” version. The trio lasted, while the bigger group went separate ways – to even more far-flung parts of the world. By then, their identity as Edited had stuck.
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Reservations are highly recommended, at www.sierramadreplayhouse.org or 626-355-4318. Tickets are $10, all ages. Free parking.
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Sun, Jan 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm LI’L REV, National Blues Harmonica Champion, Wisconsin’s Best Folk Singer (WAMI), Traditional Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, and mega-multi-instrumentalist, plus ALEC SHANE BENJAMIN opening, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reservations, 626-794-2424; info, www.coffeegallery.com.
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LI’L REV is a strong musical presence likened to “a cross between Theodore Bikel, Al Joslon and Woody Guthrie,” and he’s often called “the Jewish Pete Seeger.” Rev is well known for his engaging, high energy, heart-felt concerts, performing on guitar, mandolin, ukulele and harmonica. Rev moves seamlessly, mixing instruments and song, story, poetry, folklore and humor. In the best sense of the word, Rev is at heart, a modern day minstrel whose Vaudeville affections are obvious. Just look for the laughter and the tears and you'll know why Rev is regarded as one of the finest troubadours out on the American musical highway today.
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Voted Best Folk Singer in Wisconsin, 2004 (WAMI)
National Blues Harmonica Champion, 1996
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Plus, ALEC SHANE BENJAMIN, opening. Alec says, “The most important part of life is to connect with people on a personal level. I relate to others through the songs that I write. I want to tell them my story. The notes that I sing, and the varying tempos in my music are how I express my feelings. My release is through the lyrics that I write. I am never afraid to sing about exactly what is on my mind. With my acoustic guitar, and my voice, I engage the audience in a way that nobody else can. Although I am young, I am able to communicate very real emotions, and real ideas in a sophisticated way; my melodies tell complex stories to my audience. I don’t want to just sing songs. I want to captivate and entertain. I want you to remember my message, and my music. My voice is true, and I sing from the bottom of my heart. I give everything that I have on stage. When I share my music with you, you will not be disappointed.”
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Sun, Jan 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm ADRIAN LEGG at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497.
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Guitar magazine wrote, "Impossible to categorize as a player, ADRIAN LEGG incorporates virtually every genre on his guitar in a virtuosic instrumental style with effects. He brought electric approaches to acoustic playing, creating a modern cross-over amalgamation in the tradition of eclectic folk playing that goes back to the 1960s."
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Guitarist magazine named him “Acoustic Guitarist Of The Decade” for their 10th anniversary issue. He comes to McCabe's in support of his 13th CD release, “Inheritance.“ Tix, $17.50.
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7 pm IAN HUNTER at The Galaxy Theatre, 3503 S Harbor Bl, Santa Ana 92704. Doors 5 pm for dinner, show time 7 pm. Tix, $25.
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Sun, Jan 30; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
9 pm DAFNI plays the “AMERICANA NIGHT AT THE FEDORA” at The First and Hope Supper Club, 710 W First St, downtown L.A. KCSN's Mark Tortorici, host of "The All Night Juke Joint," is starting up this Sunday Americana Night at the beautiful Fedora Room.
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The delightful DAFNI performed live, multiple times, on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” earning a “Listener Favorite” track there. She writes clever, sometimes charming originals, and often delivers them with a 1930s flair.
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SOMOS MYSTERIOSOS, SYLVIA JUNCOSA, ELECTRIC CHILDREN, LIGHTNIN WOODCOCK in a probably electric Americana-ish show at The Redwood Bar and Grill, 316 W 2nd St, Downtown L.A.
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/01/sunday-fifth-sunday-when-month-has-one.html
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Mon, Jan 31, in Santa Barbara; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “BLUES AT THE CROSSROADS: THE ROBERT JOHNSON CENTENNIAL CONCERT” with BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS, DAVID “HONEYBOY” EDWARDS, HUBERT SUMLIN, CEDRIC BURNSIDE, & LIGHTNIN’ MALCOLM, at UCSB Campbell Hall, on the campus in Santa Barbara; 805-893-3535.
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(5b) Monday’s RECURRING
“LOS ANGELES AREA ACOUSTIC MUSIC PERFORMANCES” and related events.
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THERE ARE 19 (Nineteen!) ADDITIONAL EVENTS, TODAY & TONIGHT!
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Included are today & tonight’s weekly and monthly residencies, series, showcases, workshops, open mics and other acoustic music events that are scheduled in advance to happen today and tonight, from northern Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, from downtown L.A. to the valleys to the Inland Empire, from the desert to the sea.
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BEYOND THE CURRENT EDITION…
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Coming up in FEBRUARY and beyond, as the short days (and long nights!) of winter gradually get longer, as spring approaches, and waaay ahead into the heart of 2011…
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(6) EARLY ANNOUNCEMENTS / UPCOMING EVENTS / BUY TIX NOW
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UPCOMING SHOWS & EVENTS – GET TIX EARLY…
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February:
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Fri, Feb 4; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE BATTLEFIELD BAND brings their renowned Celtic music, complete with bagpipes, to McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4497; www.mccabes.com. Tix, $24.50.
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Fri, Feb 4, in San Diego; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm AL STEWART plays Anthology, 1337 India St, San Diego; 619-595-0300. He’s still famous for “Year of the Cat,” and “Time Passages,” and he continues to make new fans as keeps writing and touring.
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Sat, Feb 5:
7 pm THE FOLK COLLECTION plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reservations, 626-794-2424; info, www.coffeegallery.com
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Sat, Feb 5, in San Diego; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm ALASDAIR FRASER & NATALIE HAAS play the “San Diego Folk Heritage” series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas (San Diego); 858-566-4040.
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Sat, Feb 5; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm PIERRE BENSUSAN plays McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4497; www.mccabes.com. Tix, $22.50.
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Sun, Feb 6:
11 am SANDRA SANDIA plays the “Matinee Kids' Show” at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $8 (kids under age 2 are free).
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Sun, Feb 6; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
3 pm GARRISON KEILLOR, the creative force behind radio’s long-running “A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION,” brings his storytelling concert to the Cerritos Performing Arts Center’s Lyric Theatre, 12700 Center Court Dr, Cerritos; 562 916-8501 or 800-300-4345.
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Sun, Feb 6:
7 pm SAM BAKER & DON CONOSCENTI play the “Bodie House Concert Series at the Thousand Oaks Library,” at the Grant R. Brimhall T.O. Library, 1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks 91362; 818-621-8309.
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Sun, Feb 6:
8 pm RASPIN STUWART at Guitar Merchant, 7503 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, CA 91303; 818-884-5905; www.guitarmerchant.com. “The Wave” 94.7 FM is currently playing Raspin's new CD. That’s HUGE for anybody in the folk-Americana music world. Call the station’s request line at 800-520-9283 and ask for them to play Raspin, or go to http://947thewave.radio.com/contact-the-wave
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Tue, Feb 8, in the desert; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm GARRISON KEILLOR, the creative force behind radio’s long-running “A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION,” brings his storytelling concert to the McCallum Theatre, 73000 Fred Waring Dr, Palm Desert; 760-340-ARTS or 866-889-ARTS.
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Wed, Feb 9, in Santa Barbara; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm PIERRE BENSUSAN plays a “TRIBUTE TO PAT MILLIKEN” at SOHo Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State St, Santa Barbara; 805-962 7776.
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Thu, Feb 10, in San Diego; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JUDY COLLINS plays 4th and B, 345 B St, San Diego 92101; 619-231-4343.
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Feb 10, in Santa Ynez; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm SARAH MCLACHLAN plays the Samala Showroom at Chumash Casino, 3400 East Hwy 246, Santa Ynez 93460; www.chumashcasino.com/entertainment; 800-CHUMASH.
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Sarah McLachlan's atmospheric folk-pop has made her a major voice in the growing adult alternative pop format. She will perform her favorites, including "Possession," “Good Enough,” and "I Will Remember You." Tix, $75, $90, $105, $120, $135.
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Thu, Feb 10, in Santa Barbara:
8 pm STEVE POLTZ with MEGHAN LEHMAN play SOHo Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State St, Santa Barbara; 805-962 7776.
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Thu, Feb 10; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “THE ONION EDITORS” bring their satirical spoken word to UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Deadpan satire and journalistic skill collide in the phenomenon that is “The Onion.” Founded in 1988 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the “fake news” newspaper is the notable precursor to such biting, faux-news programs as "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report." Last year, “The Onion News Network,” an online send-up of 24-hour cable TV news, was named a Peabody Award winner and praised as “hilarious, trenchant and not infrequently hard to distinguish from the real thing.” In their UCLA Live debut, current Onion editor JOE RANDAZZO and fellow staffers present a multimedia discussion on the state of media, politics and pop culture, as they offer insight into how the paper’s culture-skewering stories and hilarious headlines are created. Tix, $28-48 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Feb 11:
8 pm DANIEL HOPE & JEFFREY KAHANE at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Britain's versatile violinist DANIEL HOPE, the youngest person ever to perform as part of the prestigious BEAUX ARTS TRIO, is joined on piano by JEFFREY KAHANE, music director of the LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. The duo appears for a stirring performance of Brahms’ Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, Regenlied, O. Messiaen’s Théme et Variations, Schulhoff’s Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 and Franck’s Sonata in A Major.
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DANIEL HOPE is one of the most sought-after violin soloists in music today and has been described by The New York Times as “...a violinist of probing intellect and commanding style.”
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JEFFREY KAHANE is a multitalented conductor and pianist who made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1983 and regularly appears as a soloist with leading orchestras around the world. Tix, $28-58 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Fri, Feb 11, world music:
8 pm FLAMENCO VIVO CARLOTA SANTANA (FIESTA FLAMENCA) performs at the “Caltech Public Events” series in Beckman Auditorium, 332 S Michigan Av, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652.
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Fri, Feb 11; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
9 pm LILY WILSON & THE DREAM BAND at Molly Malone’s, 575 S Fairfax Av, L.A. 90036; www.mollymalonesla.com; 323-935-1577.
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Sat, Feb 12; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm RICK SHEA with RITA HOSKING at the Fret House, 309 N Citrus, Covina; 626-339-7020,
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RITA HOSKING's songs have been praised for their sense of story and place, and her performances for capturing the audience. Honors include "Best Country Album" nomination by the 2010 Independent Music Awards, winner of the '08 Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the Sisters Folk Festival, finalist in the '09 Telluride Troubadour Contest, and others as well. She has played her songs for appreciative listeners at the Strawberry Music Festival, Kate Wolf Music Festival, and many more. "There’s a grit to her songs and sinewy toughness to her voice that weave their own spell," (Q Magazine.)
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RICK SHEA is a longtime roots-Americana Southern Cal favorite, a top-notch musician who has co-produced with DAVE ALVIN. Hi's songs embrace everything from norteño and border rock to traditional folk and country music, his voice is smooth and bittersweet and his guitar playing goes from subtle on the ballads to blazing through the rockers. His 5 critically acclaimed albums have been called “ marvelous…4 stars... LA Daily News, (“Sawbones”) to “stunningly good”... Dirty Linen (“Trouble and Me”) and he's worked with everyone from roots rock kingpin Dave Alvin to folk chanteuse Katy Moffatt to indie rock legends R.E.M.“Staunchly independent...represents the best of California music.” - LA Weekly.
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Rick’s latest CD, “Shelter Valley Blues,” made #2 on the FAR Chart, #3 on the EuroAmericana Chart, the “Top Ten of 2009” in FolkWorks, and earned a blurb in USA Today.
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FolkWorks Joel Okida, in naming “Shelter Valley Blues” to the Top Ten, says, “Long time Southern California singer-songwriter-musician who has a resume of arresting songs and a habit of abetting almost every other singer or band of country or honky-tonk notoriety that rolls into town. This is a captivating piece of work and fits in nicely with the excellent recordings that he has generated over the years. Don't know if he is underrated or overlooked, but if he is, it's your fault, not his.”
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Blll Lavery of Village Records wrote of “Shelter Valley Blues,” “Years from now writers will refer to this as “his career album.” In case I'm not around to do it, I'll just do it here. He's had a long and storied career and worked with music royalty in several genres. As is the case with in demand players they often don't get the proper respect for their own recordings. This one will change all of that for Shea. This self produced and recorded album feels like something The Band would have done early in their career.”
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Sat, Feb 12; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm NATHAN ROGERS plays Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.nathanrogers.ca. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $15.
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Sat, Feb 12; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm TIM TEDROW & TERRY VREELAND plus BRAD ANNAN at the “Gelencser House Concert” series in Claremont. Tim & Terry will likely be joined by the beautiful JOEY VREELAND and the REVEREND MARK. Reservations get directions at 909-596-1266 or singfolk@yahoo.com. Suggested donation $15.
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Sat, Feb 12, in San Diego:
7:30 pm DAVID MALDONADO plays the “AMSD” concert series, 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego; 619-303-8176.
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8 pm “COLEMAN ORCHESTRA CONCERTS” brings the COLBURN SCHOOL ORCHESTRA, SIR NEVILLE MARRINER, conductor, to Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S St John St, Pasadena 91105. Program is Ravel’s “Suite from Ma Mer l’Oye (Mother Goose);” Korngold’s “Violin Concerto;” Bartok’s “Concerto for Orchestra.” Info, 213-621-2200 or www.colburnschool.edu. Tix, $10, gen’l admission.
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Sat, Feb 12:
8 pm BROOKLYN RIDER with COLBURN SCHOOL OF MUSIC QUARTET plays the “Tango Rhythms” series at Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach. Part of this month’s “Laguna Beach Music Festival,” which is mostly world music – Google it if you’re interested in their schedule.
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Sun, Feb 13; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
3 pm KEN O’MALLEY presents a special show, focused on “THE WOMEN OF IRELAND,” at Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-794-2424; venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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From the quiet strength of his mother, who raised seven children and organized a household of nine members, to famous and infamous Irish women who left their mark on history, this show pays tribute to many of these women through Ken’s engaging stories and songs. It’s a true testament to the women of Ireland, steering paths through a male dominated society with their loyalty to family and their connection with the land, many, such as Grace O’Malley, becoming bold leaders of men. (Please note date change from previous announcement).
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The Coffee Gallery Backstage, as Ken says, “is a delightful and unique performance space that has been named by Folkworks magazine as the #1 venue for acoustic music in Southern California. Call their NEW reservation hotline 626-794-2424 (after 10 am).” Indeed, Ken's shows at this venue have sold out in the past, but, as venue impresario Bob Stane adds, “We have always been able to accommodate the waiting list.”
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Ken, who brings his marvelous baritone, fine guitar, and authentic and original Irish songs, concludes, “If you have never been to this beautiful all-ages ‘listening venue,’ you have missed something special!”
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Sun, Feb 13; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
5 pm MARK ST. MARY ZYDECO BAND plays the Cajun-Zydeco Dance Series at the Golden Sails Hotel, PCH Club, 6285 Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach; 562-596-1631 or 562-708-8946.
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Mon-Wed, Feb 14-16; an “EVENT-OF-THE-WEEK” FOR ARTISTS:
“NEW MUSIC SEMINAR” at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, Universal City, with nightly performances at The Music Box / Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood and the Roxy in West Hollywood.
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The New Music Seminar (NMS) is billed as “the innovative future of music conference,” and organizers have announced the final schedule and speaker lineup for the Los Angeles conference.
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Gilli Moon, president of the global Songsalive! organization and one of the mentors at a 5 pm session at the Seminar on Wed, Feb 16, says, "The New Music Seminar is not your normal run in the mill music conference that ties to spoon feed artists on how to ‘make it’ with music industry guests that sit up on panels like popcorn with no desire to interact. This is a real conference with real learning, and using step by step approaches on how to really succeed in THIS real climate of the music business. Of what I've learned from Dave Lory's approach (New Music Seminar's producer), he brings panelists on board who know how to educate and are willing to engage with the musicians and artists. It's intimate, exclusive and real."
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Event includes a Monday night, Feb 14, Opening Night Party, a red carpet event at The Music Box, Hollywood.
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The two-day, three-night conference includes a symphony of five "movements" (focused discussions), eighteen 18-minute Intensives (presentations) from key industry leaders, 25 mentoring sessions, nightly music showcases, High-Level Industry Summit Meetings. NMS creative workshops focus on Live Performances, Singer/Rappers Vocal Performances, Producing and Songwriting, with ongoing networking opportunities throughout.
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Gilli Moon adds, “New Music Seminar is the must-attend conference for the emerging new music industry. The Seminar will address both the artists' dilemma of breaking out from the ever-growing glut of music releases and the development of a new business model for a sustainable music business.”
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Tue, Feb 15; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm “SUSAN JAMES CD RELEASE PARTY” really IS a concert party, with a huge lineup and “a rolling review” with performances by SUSAN JAMES, OLD CALIFORNIO, TONY GILKYSON & KIP BOARDMAN, DOUBLE NAUGHT SPY CAR, I SEE HAWKS IN L.A., DJ BONEBRAKE, THE QUARTER AFTER, EVIE SANDS, ANNY CELSI & NELSON BRAGG, and others, at the Echo, 1822 Sunset Bl, Echo Park; 213-413-8200. www.attheecho.com.

Susan James new CD is “Highways Ghosts, Hearts and Home,” featuring 11 original songs by James. It’s the fourth full-length release from the Los Angeles based singer-songwriter.
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"Hey, well your set was so fantastic. And what a band. Guitar wizard, bass magician, Bonebrake drums… And your great songs." — Twitter tweet Susan James received from well-known Americana and rock artist RYAN ADAMS.
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A celebrated singer and accomplished guitarist, James was hand-selected for tours with BOB WEIR’S RATDOG and LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM and many others. James previously made a splash with her three acclaimed releases “Life Between Two Worlds,” “Shocking Pink Banana Seat” and the double-LP “Fantastic Voyage,” wherein she was backed by an eclectic group of guests, including ex-REPLACEMENTS bassist TOMMY STINSON and THE WONDERMINTS.
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“Highways, Ghosts, Hearts and Home” is self-produced, and James has once again surrounded herself with stellar musicians, including PAUL LACQUES, PAUL MARSHALL & SHAWN NOURSE (2/3 of the band, I SEE HAWKS IN L.A.) – the guys perform respectively, guitar, bass and drums on all tracks; GABE WITCHER (PUNCH BROTHERS) on fiddle; DANNY MCGOUGH (SHIVAREE, SOCIAL DISTORTION) on the Hammond B3; and more. It was recorded at Nourse by Northwest Studios in L.A. by Shawn Nourse (Dwight Yoakam, Rosie Flores) with additional recording at Fully’s Studio in Topanga by Fulton Dingley (Stereolab, Robert Wyatt, Kulah Shaker). Dingley mixed the CD, with additional mixing by Ryan Ulyate (Tom Petty). It was mastered by Joe Gastwirt Mastering (Beach Boys, Tom Petty, Crosby, Stills and Nash). After tonight’s release, US & European tour dates are planned for spring, 2011. More at www.susanjamesmusic.com
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We’ve seen promo that reads, “James has expanded her lyrical and musical reach through a psychedelic, country-folk lens, with her songs addressing life, love, hope, apparitions and eccentricities. The songs were written, sequenced and produced by her as more of a "concept" than just the sum of all parts. James’ ghostly voice, grasp of lyrics and complex arrangements blend flawlessly to take you on a kaleidoscopic journey throughout the record, and securing her a spot in the Americana spotlight.”
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There’s a great article on a band doing the project “DIY” (do-it-yourself, with a major record label) at www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1/6/125642/2671
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Show is presented by “The Grand Ole Echo” productions. Doors at 7 pm, and it’s a good idea to be early. $10 gets you in, AND a copy of the new CD; $5 admission without CD. Show is 18+,
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Fri, Feb 18:
8 pm DEL REY AND SUZY THOMPSON play Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; 310-398-2583.
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Fri, Feb 18:
9 pm ROD PIAZZA & THE MIGHTY FLYERS bring their blues to Cafe Boogaloo, 1238 Hermosa Av, Hermosa Beach; 310-318-2324.
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Sat, Feb 19, in OC; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN make their annual Southern Cal tour, tonight playing at St. Matt’s After Dark, 1111 Town and County, Orange; 714-792-3964.
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Sat, Feb 19:
7:30 pm BRIAN PETERS plays “The Living Tradition” series at Anaheim Downtown Community Center, 250 E Center St, Anaheim; 949-646-1964.
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Sat, Feb 19; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm MAYA ANGELOU at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Inspiring poet, feminist, author, actress, director and activist Maya Angelou is one of the most recognizable and beloved names in contemporary American literature and one of the most powerful voices in American culture. Her work is vigorous, elegant and wields the power to blur racial and socioeconomic lines. Angelou’s influential “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is a classic that transcends generations. Her prolific career includes a litany of best-selling works of poetry and prose, and this appearance is a rare chance to celebrate this extraordinary woman in her own notable presence.
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Angelou recited her original poetry at President Bill Clinton’s Inauguration in 1993. Not since John F. Kennedy took office in 1961 was a poet invited to take part. (Kennedy chose Carl Sandberg.) President Barack Obama revived the tradition again at his Inauguration in 2009 (the poet was Elizabeth Alexander, though most people remember that ARETHA FRANKLIN sang, and JOHN WILLIAMS conducted ITZHAK PERLMAN, YO-YO MA, GABRIELA MONTERO, & ANTHONY McGILL). Tix, $33-63 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Feb 19; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 & 10 pm DAVID LINDLEY at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Lindley is one of the world’s most respected rock guitarists who can play anything with strings, acoustic or electric or anywhere in between. He’s here 2/19 at 8 & 10 pm and 2/20 at 7 pm. Tix, $20.
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Sun, Feb 20; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
3 pm-midnight “FOLKTACULAR” the first of ROBERT MORGAN FISHER’s two twice-annual events in 2011, with a massive lineup, at Writer’s Boot Camp, Bergamont Station Arts Complex, 2525 Michigan Av, Bldg “i,” Santa Monica. Info, www.robertmorganfisher.com/news.html for all information, reservations, etc.
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Event is Sunday of Presidents’ Day Weekend (you can sleep late Monday), in “a luxurious auditorium with couches and everything. Price includes admission, beverages and Tito’s Tacos while they last. POTLUCK contributions strongly encouraged and appreciated.”
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Special Headliner Guest John York 10 pm
Robert Morgan Fisher (New Century Writer Award winner) 9 pm
Joyce Woodson 8 pm
Chad Watson & Pam Loe 7:30 pm
Lisa Turner 7 pm
Paul Zollo 6:30 pm
Alfred Johnson 6 pm
Bayard Johnson 5:30 pm
Jeff Gold 5 pm
Lorin Hart 4:30 pm
Dale LaDuke 4 pm
Terry Vreeland & Tim Tedrow 3:30 pm
Robert Morgan Fisher kicks off the show at 3 pm with a set of cover songs from his forthcoming CD “Couplings, Mash-ups & Forced Marriages.”
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Trough Records artists PAUL ZOLLO and TIM TEDROW & TERRY VREELAND will be among the fabulous singer-songwriters performing. Following JOHN YORK's set there will Encore Sets till midnight & beyond. Tix, $25 advance (see website) or $25 at the door.
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Sun, Feb 20:
3:30 pm BORODIN QUARTET plays the “SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN” 107th season (2010-2011), presented by the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; series info 626-793-4191; www.colemanchambermusic.org. Season subscription (6 concerts) $108-$234; single-event tix $24-45.
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Sun, Feb 20; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm DAVID LINDLEY at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Lindley is one of the world’s most respected rock guitarists who can play anything with strings, acoustic or electric or anywhere in between. He’s here 2/19 at 8 & 10 pm and 2/20 at 7 pm. Tix, $20.
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Tue, Feb 22, in Ojai; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7 pm SOLAS brings their “mind-blowing Irish folk music” to the Ojai Music Series at the Ojai Woman’s Club, 441 Ojai Av, Ojai; info (& tix through PayPal) at www.ojaiconcertseries.com or call 805-665-8852.
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Solas has been loudly proclaimed as the most popular, influential, and one of the most exciting Celtic band in the world. They can play undiluted traditional Irish music, and they are always varying the mix of fire tested tradition and contemporary sensibility with an ease and naturalness that is as astonishing as their overwhelming musicianship. An internationally acclaimed supergroup, they’ve not only captured the hearts and ears of Irish music fans, but fans all around the globe with their blend of Celtic traditional, folk and country melodies.
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The Solas sound today is anchored by founders Seamus Egan, who plays flute, banjo, mandolin, whistle, guitar and bodhran, and fiddler Winifred Horan. Mick McAuley from Kilkenny plays accordion and concertina; Eamon McElholm from Tyrone plays guitar and keyboards and Máiréad Phelan on vocals.
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The Irish Echo calls them, “most exciting band anywhere in the world.” The Philadelphia Inquirer adds, “mind-blowing Irish folk music, maybe the world’s best,” while the Washington Post acclaims them for the “world’s finest Celtic-folk ensembles.”
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Check out their live performance at
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For our out-of-town guests who want to stay the night in Ojai, Casa Ojai (www.ojaiinn.com) is offering a 15% discount off their winter rates. And concert producers will give hotel guests a 20% off on tickets for the show.
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Wed, Feb 23, in San Diego; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
6 pm STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN make their annual Southern Cal tour, tonight playing at Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Dr, San Diego; 858-538-8163; rbconcerts@earthlink.net
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Wed, Feb 23:
8 pm JOHN WATERS: “THIS FILTHY WORLD GOES HOLLYWOOD,” plus opening act ELVIS PERKINS, is an evening of music and one-man theatre at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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As a screenwriter, director, artist, actor, and all-around filth elder, John Waters has become a rotten renaissance man of unprecedented cultural influence. Not only was his movie “Hairspray” turned into a wildly successful Tony Award-winning musical, his recently published memoir, “Role Models,” has been called “alarmingly refined.”
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Waters’ one-man vaudeville act, “This Filthy World Goes Hollywood,” sends up show business, the art world, and his own lunatic career in a rapid-fire performance. Dynamic modern-rock recording artist ELVIS PERKINS opens the show with a solo set, and actor MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER hosts as the evening’s emcee. Tix, $28-48 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Fri, Feb 25; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm COUNTRY JOE McDONALD at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497. Tix, $22.50.
(See Feb 26, 8 pm listing for Country Joe’s “Woody Guthrie Tribute” at the Caltech Folk Music Society series for more info.)
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Sat, Feb 26, in San Diego; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN make their annual Southern Cal tour, tonight playing the “San Diego Folk Heritage” series at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas (San Diego); 858-566-4040.
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Sat, Feb 26; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “WOODY GUTHRIE TRIBUTE,” the new show by COUNTRY JOE McDONALD (Country Joe & the Fish) at the CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY series in Beckman Institute Auditorium (“Little Beckman”) on the campus, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; 626-395-4652, or toll-free 888-2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832). More on the Caltech Folk Music Series at www.folkmusic.caltech.edu - and check-out other music on campus at Caltech Presents / Caltech Public Events series at www.events.caltech.edu.
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COUNTRY JOE McDONALD has been touring his “TRIBUTE TO WOODY GUTHRIE” for the past few years to strong audience acclaim. In his highly-entertaining tribute, Country Joe deftly conveys the charm, talent, and social and political consciousness of the legendary folksinger from Oklahoma. It helps to know that McDonald’s father, Worden, shared Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl roots with Guthrie in the ‘20s & ‘30s. Country Joe opens the tribute with a moving performance of Woody’s best-known tune, “This Land is Your Land,” and takes the audience through a journey of 13 Woody Guthrie songs, all in a strong clear voice that doesn’t mimic Guthrie’s style, but conveys the emotion and energy that defines Guthrie. More at www.countryjoe.com.
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The campus ticket office handles the Folk Music Society’s advance tickets, takes credit cards, and is open Noon-5 pm, Mon-Fri; their number is 626-395-4652. As the date gets close, this will likely sell-out. Tickets are $20, $5 for children and Caltech students.
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Sun, Feb 27:
2 pm WOVEN IMAGE plays the Grace First Presbyterian Church concert series, at 3955 Studebaker Rd, Long Beach; 562-420-3393. (There may be a second show at 7:30 pm.)
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Sun, Feb 27, in N San Diego Co; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
4 pm STEVE GILLETTE & CINDY MANGSEN make their annual Southern Cal tour, today playing the “Ken and Phee House Concert Series” in Fallbrook (N San Diego Co); reservations get directions at 760-723-7255 or Phee21@mac.com
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Wed, Mar 2:
7 pm “CLASSICAL KALEIDOSCOPE CONCERT SERIES” continues its 6th season tonight with special guest LESLIE GILBERT-LURIE and other performing musicians (tba) in the Cay Mortenson Auditorium at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W Duarte Rd, Arcadia 91006; www.library.ci.arcadia.ca.us; 626-821-5567. Series has one remaining Wednesday night concert, April 20, at 7 pm. Info on this program and the series, 626-821-5569.
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Fri, Mar 4; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm NOEL PAUL STOOKEY (of Peter, Paul & Mary) plays McCabe's, 3101 W Pico Bl, Santa Monica; 310-828-4403 or 310-828-4497; www.mccabes.com
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Sat, Mar 12:
2:30 pm “SHAMROCK TALES” celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with stories and crafts of the Emerald Isle, in the Cay Mortenson Auditorium at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W Duarte Rd, Arcadia 91006; www.library.ci.arcadia.ca.us; 626-821-5567. Info on this program, 626-821-5566. All ages, free.
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Sat & Sun, Mar 12 & 13:
Annual “LOS ANGELES IRISH FAIR” at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds – Fairplex – in Pomona; www.fairplex.com. Many bands perform on multiple stages. KEN O'MALLEY & THE TWILIGHT LORDS perform both days. (Note that the event is a different weekend this year.)
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“IRISH CENTER’S ANNUAL ST PATRICK'S CELEBRATION” at the Hilton Hotel in Glendale. More info to come, or check www.irishcenter.org.
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Sat, Mar 12; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm MARSHALL CRENSHAW plays Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.marshallcrenshaw.com. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $20.
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Sat, Mar 19; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
11 am & 2 pm DAN ZANES & FRIENDS make their annual return for two shows at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Don’t dismiss this as a kids’ show. He has a CD that won a Grammy and got airplay on radio’s “Tied to the Trtacks.”
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UCLA Live series favorite Dan Zanes and his band perform exuberant, handmade music for enthusiastic crowds of kids and kids at heart. Filled with irresistible grooves drawn from a wealth of musical traditions, Zanes, his Brooklyn-based band and his surprising and eccentric special guests, create a rollicking Woodstock for kids, including American traditional songs, dance classics, and smart, inventive originals. The audience is invited to sing along with gusto before things heat up and ultimately evolve into an all-ages dance party. Tix, $18-28 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Mar 19:
GO HOME featuring BEN GOLDBERG, CHARLIE HUNTER, ELLERY ESKELIN, & SCOTT AMENDOLA at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497.
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Sun, Mar 20:
The “LARRY BROWN / JOHN SCHLOCKER MEMORIAL CONCERT” with a line-up yet to be finalized, at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497.
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Sun, Mar 20:
3:30 pm SCHUMANN TRIO plays the “SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN” 107th season (2010-2011), presented by the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; series info 626-793-4191; www.colemanchambermusic.org. Season subscription (6 concerts) $108-$234; single-event tix $24-45.
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Sat, Mar 23; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm SLIGO RAGS plays the Grace First Presbyterian Church concert series, at 3955 Studebaker Rd, Long Beach; 562-420-3393.
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Sat, Mar 26:
2:30-4 pm “TOLKIEN DAY” celebrates with live music, readings and more, in the Cay Mortenson Auditorium at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W Duarte Rd, Arcadia 91006; www.library.ci.arcadia.ca.us; 626-821-5567. Info on this program, 626-821-5566. The L.A.-based “Tolkein Society” presents this afternoon of dramatic readings, musical interludes and costumed characters from “The Hobbit,” “The Lord of the Rings,” and other works by J.R.R. Tolkien. All ages, free.
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Sat, Apr 2; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
2 pm BILL FRISELL TRIO: “SELECTED WORKS OF BUSTER KEATON” plays the first of two different shows today at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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The matinee is family-friendly, and the show tonight takes a different focus. Incomparable guitarist BILL FRISELL, along with his bandmates TONY SCHERR and KENNY WOLLESEN, create a live score to the Buster Keaton classics “Go West,” “The High Sign,” and “One Week.” Rediscover the timeless charm of Keaton’s magic, as re-imagined with live music, in an afternoon of film and music the whole family can enjoy. The trio plays another show here tonight at 8 pm, with an adult focus; it, too is a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick. See listing. Tix, $18-28 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Apr 2; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
3 & 8 pm “ALOHA CONCERT SERIES” brings Grammy winners GEORGE, MOSES & KEOKI KAHUMOKU at the Ruth Shannon Center for the Performing Arts, on the campus at Whittier College, 6760 Painter Av, Whittier; 562-907-4203; www.shannoncenter.org.
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The three Kahumokus bring a triple dose of great guitar. They’ve won Grammys among the three of them, run a renowned music camp for slack key guitar and ukulele, plus recorded for GEORGE WINSTON’s respected Dancing Cat label. George & Keoki have played the series before, but getting Moses here to perform on one of his rare trips to the Mainland is extra special.
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The annual series brings seven shows for its 2010-2011 season. Tix, including new “facilities surcharges,” $48.
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Sat, Apr 2; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm BILL FRISELL TRIO: “SELECTED WORKS OF BUSTER KEATON, JIM WOODRING AND BILL MORRISON” is the second of Frisell’s two different shows today at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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The show tonight takes a different focus, unlike today’s family-friendly matinee. Geniuses collide as iconic guitarist BILL FRISELL and his bandmates TONY SCHERR and KENNY WOLLESEN play original compositions to a truly fantastic collection of visuals that includes classic slapstick comedy from a trio of Buster Keaton classics, the bold illustrations of Seattle animator JIM WOODRING and selections from avant-garde filmmaker BILL MORRISON’s “The Mesmerist.” Frisell’s trio sets this eclectic footage to music with a thrilling live score. The trio plays a matinee here at 11 am today, with a different focus and cheaper tix, intended for families; it, too is a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick. See listing. Tix, $28-43 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Apr 2; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm RONNY COX and JACK WILLIAMS play Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.ronnycox.com & www.jackwilliamsmusic.com. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $20.
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Sat, Apr 2; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “ALOHA CONCERT SERIES” brings Grammy winners GEORGE, MOSES & KEOKI KAHUMOKU at the Ruth Shannon Center for the Performing Arts, on the campus at Whittier College, 6760 Painter Av, Whittier; www.shannoncenter.org; 562-907-4203. Shows at 3 & 8 pm. See 3 pm listing for details.
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Fri-Sun, Apr 8-10; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
“ARLO GUTHRIE - A WEEKEND OF GUTHRIE IN REDLANDS” is a festival, venue tba. Info, www.BodieHouse.com.
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Fri, Apr 8; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm ARLO GUTHRIE & FRIENDS at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Son of the illustrious WOODY GUTHRIE and current patriarch of folk music’s most notable family, Arlo Guthrie returns to UCLA Live for an evening of American music tinged with humor, warmth and his endearing and often meandering storytelling style. Guthrie shares timeless tales and unforgettable classic songs as he carries on the Guthrie family legacy. With his singular voice as both a singer-songwriter and social commentator, he has maintained a dedicated fan base that spans the globe. His artistic ventures leave lasting impressions of hope and inspiration, and his inimitable musical ingenuity leaps to new creative heights as he perseveres through the times. Tix, $33-58 ($15 for UCLA students) (310) 825-2101, www.uclalive.org.
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Sun, Apr 10:
3:30 pm REBEL plays the “SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN” 107th season (2010-2011), presented by the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 322 S Michigan Av, Pasadena; series info 626-793-4191; www.colemanchambermusic.org. Season subscription (6 concerts) $108-$234; single-event tix $24-45.
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Apr 14:
CANCELLED: Poet SEAMUS HEANEY’S spoken word engagement at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101. Event cancelled due to Visa issues. Full refunds or exchanges are available at the point of purchase to patrons who purchased tickets to this event during UCLA Live’s subscription-sales window.
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Apr 15, in Washington State:
7:30-10 pm RED HORSE - ELIZA GILKYSON, JOHN GORKA & LUCY KAPLANSKY – play the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St, SE, Olympia WA; 360-753-8586; www.washingtoncenter.org. More at www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Horse/100743976643456. Check out the #1 folk album of October 2010, “Red Horse,” at www.redhouserecords.com
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Apr 16; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JOHN FLYNN & JOHN WORT HANNAM play the “Bodie House Music Series at the Thousand Oaks Library,” at Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks 91362; 818-621-8309; info, www.BodieHouse.com. Canadian singer-songwriter JOHN WORT HANNAM took L.A. by storm when he toured a number of local venue in October, 2009. At home in the Great White North, he’s won just about every acoustic music award there is.
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Wed, Apr 20:
7 pm “CLASSICAL KALEIDOSCOPE CONCERT SERIES” concludes its 6th season tonight with special guests RAYNOR CARROLL & AFRICAN AMERICAN DRUMMING and other performing musicians (tba) in the Cay Mortenson Auditorium at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W Duarte Rd, Arcadia 91006; www.library.ci.arcadia.ca.us; 626-821-5567. Info on this program and the series, 626-821-5569.
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Sat, Apr 23; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
2 pm CHRISTOPH BULL performs a stirring BACH ORGAN RECITAL for UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Bull is a UCLA Live favorite. This is a delightful afternoon of classical music on Royce Hall’s glorious Skinner organ from acclaimed organist Christoph Bull, known for his energizing and often eclectic musical interpretation of organ repertoire. Bull will perform a thrilling and ethereal program of Bach on the UCLA campus treasure, which is known as one of the country’s great musical devices of its kind. Tix, $23/28/33 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sat, Apr 23:
8 pm BILLY COLLINS and KAY RYAN, two former U.S. Poet Laureates in a spoken word event, at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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The two Poet Laureates share the stage for an evening of readings from their acclaimed work and Q&A with the audience.
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BILLY COLLINS, winner of the 2004 inaugural Mark Twain Prize for Humor in Poetry, served as America’s Poet Laureate from 2001-2003. Beloved for his ironic style, Collins is one of the top-selling modern poets and author of nine collections including “Questions about Angels”,” The Art of Drowning,” and “The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems.”
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KAY RYAN, California native and UCLA alumna, was U.S. Poet Laureate from 2008-2010 and is revered for her complex and rueful style. Her work includes “The Jam Jar Lifeboat & Other Novelties Exposed,” a delightful collection inspired by stories from “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!,” as well as “Flamingo Watching”, a finalist for both the Lamont Poetry Selection and the Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2004, Ryan was awarded The Ruth Lilly Prize—the Poetry Foundation’s highest honor.
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In conjunction with this event and April’s National Poetry Month, UCLA Live will launch a poetry-writing contest for the Los Angeles community, with winning submissions to be read onstage in Royce Hall. More details will be available closer to the event. Tix, $28-53.
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Sat, May 7; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm CLAUDIA RUSSELL & THE FOLK UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA play Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.claudiarussell.com. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $15.
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Thu, May 12; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND and THE DEL MCCOURY BAND in a stellar double-bill at UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, on the UCLA campus at Royce Dr between Westwood Bl and Hilgard Av, West L.A.; www.uclalive.org; info 310-825-4401; UCLA ticket office 310-825-2101.
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Two pillars of American music from two distinct lineages come together for an unforgettable evening to celebrate the glory of tradition and the power of newfound collaboration. Starting as a sideman for the legendary “father of bluegrass” Bill Monroe nearly 50 years ago, McCoury has broadened the audience for the genre. During that same period, the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band has defined the tradition of New Orleans jazz. Now, they have converged to record and perform an unforgettable mix of bluegrass and traditional jazz. Each band will play individual sets, followed by a soul-stirring joint finale. Tix, $38-63 ($15 for UCLA students).
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Sun, May 15; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
51st annual “TOPANGA BANJO FIDDLE CONTEST & FOLK FESTIVAL” at Paramount Ranch near Agoura Hills, in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation area.
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The best one-day festival anywhere returns with contests for all kinds of acoustic instrument players that draw contestants from several western states, plus professional musicians performing scheduled sets on three stages, and a whole lotta jamming goin’ on beneath the oak trees and on the porches of the old west movie set town.
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Since 1961, this is Southern California's favorite old-time, bluegrass, folk song, folk dancing & crafts festival.
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Entertainment on three stages, plus The Dance Barn and Children's area, all set within the western movie sets and mountain locations. Bring your instruments and "sit in" with jamming musicians, or pre-register for any of the prestigious contests.
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Some highlights, including acts already booked:
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THE MAIN STAGE: Over 100 instrumental and singing contestants, plus performances by Richard Green and Peter Feldmann, Molly's Revenge, Whiskey Chimp and Sausage Grinder.
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DANCE BARN: Band Playoffs, Clogging, Square Dancing, Contra Dancing - with all live music by The Lone Hill Ramblers and Triple Chicken Foot.
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PAVILION STAGE: Beginning Instrument Competitions, Mike Mahaney's Cowboy Music & Poetry, Fur Dixon and Steve Werner, Stuart Mason & John Weed and The Dust Bowl Cavaliers.
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RAILROAD STAGE: Traditional Singing Playoffs, Fiddle Playoffs, Frank Fairfield, The McClellan Brothers, Susie Glaze & Hilonesome, and Ross Altman.
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EUCALYPTUS GROVE: new, expanded programs in the grove; there will be Organized Jams and Sing-alongs, beginning at 11 am, with The Hollow Trees, then Fur and Steve (aka Fur Dixon & Steve Werner), Sausage Grinder, and Scottish Fiddlers of L.A. Plus, the long-running Kids Program, ever-popular Arts & Crafts for young children, and youth-oriented traditional music.
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Advance tickets available online at a discount, and more info, at www.topangabanjofiddle.org.
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Tix at the gate cost more on the day of the event. Online ticket prices are lower this year than last, with tix this year at $10 for ages 18-64, and $8 for ages 10-17 or over age 65. No charge for children under 10. Tix at the gate, $15 and $10, respectively. Free parking and free shuttle bus to gate.
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Sat, May 21; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
3 & 8 pm “ALOHA CONCERT SERIES” brings THE BROTHERS CAZIMERO at the Ruth Shannon Center for the Performing Arts, on the campus at Whittier College, 6760 Painter Av, Whittier; 562-907-4203; www.shannoncenter.org.
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ROBERT & ROLAND, being brothers, naturally perform as THE BROTHERS CAZIMERO. The venue tells us, “No group has made more of a contribution to Hawaiian music then they have, and the season wouldn’t be complete without them. Every season they put on a different show and they never cease to amaze.”
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This closes the annual series of seven shows for the 2010-2011 season; contact them regarding discounts for buying tix to next season’s entire series. Tix, for today, including new “facilities surcharges,” $48.
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May 22; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
“L.A. ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL” returns after a year of hiatus, with ELLIS PAUL, ELIZA GILKYSON, JIMMY LaFAVE, SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION. This year, it’s a one-day event at the Broad Stage Theatre at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica; 310-434-3200; www.thebroadstage.com; www.events.smc.edu. Even before we knew the lineup, we were comfortable recommending it as a “Show-of-the-Week” pick, given the talent that Renee Bodie booked the first year, and the fact that this is a MUCH more manageable venue where costs can be contained and ticket prices should be kept to reasonable limits. The festival is a benefit for the nonprofit California Acoustic Music Project.
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LA Acoustic Music Festival, www.laacousticmusicfestival.com
California Acoustic Music Project, www.californiaacousticmusicproject.org
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Jun 5-10, in New Orleans:
Annual “NEW ORLEANS TRAD JAZZ CAMP” for all enthusiasts of traditional and New Orleans-style jazz. The first discount price-break deadline for registration is Oct 31, 2010.
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Jun 12-16:
22nd annual “NORTH AMERICAN JAMES JOYCE CONFERENCE” at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, and at Caltech in Pasadena. This event takes place in a different locale each year, and this year, Southern Cal fans of James Joyce have it right here at home. Info, www.joyceconference2011.com.
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Sat, Jun 18; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm CAROLINE AIKEN plays Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.carolineaiken.com. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $15.
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Sat, Jul 23; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm LAURENCE JUBER plays Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.laurencejuber.com. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $20.
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August:
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Sat, Aug 13; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “TRIPPIN' THE ’60S” with BARRY McGUIRE and JOHN YORK at Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.trippinthesixties.com & www.barrymcguire.com & www.johnyorkmusic.com. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $20.
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September:
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Sat & Sun, Sep 17 & 18, festival:
2011 “FALL EQUINOX FOLK MUSIC DANCE & STORYTELLING FESTIVAL,” presented by the California Traditional Music Society (CTMS) for this second year, is scheduled at the Rancho Cordillera del Norte in Northridge.
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Sat, Sep 17; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm BLAME SALLY plays Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.blamesally.com. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $20.
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October:
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Sat, Oct 29:
8 pm JENI & BILLY and NATHAN McEUEN play Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.jeniandbilly.com & www.nathanmceuen.com. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $15.
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November:
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Sat, Nov 19; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JAIME MICHAELS and SEVERIN BROWNE play Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.jaimemichaels.com & www.severinbrowne.com. All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $15.
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December:
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Sat, Dec 3; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE KOLES and JOHN BATDORF play Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park (Agoura Hills area); info, www.houseconcerts.us. Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179. More at www.arlenekolemusic.com & www.johnbatdorfmusic.com) All house concert “prices” are “suggested donation” amounts. $15.
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