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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Acoustic Americana Music Guide NEWS FEATURES, May 20 edition
Acoustic Americana Music Guide NEWS FEATURES, May 20 edition
FESTIVALS! FESTIVALS! Music Festival season is upon us – perhaps with a vengeance, if Saturday's scheduled apocalypse arrives. So, if it does, we're wasting our time letting you know about all the acoustic music events that happen from Sunday, onward. But we don't expect some emphatic fanatic to interrupt your plans, or ours...
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THIS WEEK’S NEWS FEATURES
1) WHAT A WEEKEND OF FESTIVALS!
2) SUNDAY'S “L.A. ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL” OFFERS FREE OUTDOOR
SHOW, TICKETED INDOOR SHOW
3) “HERITAGE MUSEUM MUSIC FESTIVAL,” SUNDAY IN OC
4) BOB DYLAN'S 70th BIRTHDAY, MAY 24th, TO BE MUSICALLY CELEBRATED
BY FOLK LEGEND ROSS ALTMAN & FRIENDS IN SANTA MONICA
5) 14TH ANNUAL “DOHENY BLUES FESTIVAL” IN DANA POINT, ALL WEEKEND
6) “SILVER LAKE JUBILEE MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL,” ALL WEEKEND IN L.A.
7) PADDY’S PIG CD RELEASE & APOCALYPSE SHOW, SATURDAY, MAY 21
8) “HOW TO WORK THE MEDIA” SEMINAR – ONE LAST TIME IN L.A., JUNE 7
9) “ROOTS ROADHOUSE” TO RETURN IN AUGUST
10) ARTIST “ASSET DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR,” JUNE 14
11) “MIDSUMMER NIGHTS COFFEE HOUSE & MUSIC FESTIVAL” DATE SET
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Our # 1 Story
WHAT A WEEKEND OF FESTIVALS!
It begins FRIDAY evening, May 20, with the twice-annual “PASADENA ART NIGHT,” when a variety of arts institutions and museums open their doors with free admission from 6-10 pm. Free shuttle buses connect many of Pasadena's museums, art institutions, and performance venues. The Gold Line light rail's Memorial Park Station is the best way to get there, and the train accommodates your bike, so you can use the free event map and make it a bicycle tour. Plenty of info at www.artnightpasadena.orgwww.artnightpasadena.org .
SATURDAY, you can choose between the 14th annual “DOHENY BLUES FESTIVAL” in Dana Point, or the 2nd annual “SILVER LAKE JUBILEE MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL” (formerly the SUNSET JUNCTION FESTIVAL) on Myra Avenue at Sunset Boulevard, in the Silver Lake District of Los Angeles. Both the Doheny and Silver Lake festivals run Saturday AND Sunday, May 21 & 22, and this edition has feature stories on both.
SUNDAY, the “L.A. ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL” returns after a year of hiatus, with music on a FREE outdoor stage, accessible to all, plus the main event indoors (which has only a few remaining tickets). The indoor show brings performances by folk-Americana stars ELLIS PAUL, ELIZA GILKYSON, JIMMY LaFAVE, and SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION. See the separate News Feature, below, for details on this indoor-and-outdoor festival at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
SUNDAY, down in Orange County, is the “HERITAGE MUSEUM MUSIC FESTIVAL” with STEPHANIE BETTMAN & LUKE HALPIN, the DENNIS ROGER REED BAND, and FOLDING MR. LINCOLN, at the Heritage Museum of Orange County in Santa Ana. See the separate News Feature, below, for more.
TUESDAY – this week, the weekend doesn't end Sunday night – catch a musical celebration evening for BOB DYLAN's birthday, with performances by “Folk Legend” honoree ROSS ALTMAN and friends. It's at the Talking Stick in Santa Monica, and we bring you a feature in this edition on that event, too. (There's a competing event at the same time to celebrate Bob Dylan's birthday at the GRAMMY Museum; that's in last week's edition.)
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Our # 2 Story
SUNDAY'S “L.A. ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL" OFFERS FREE OUTDOOR SHOW
AND TICKETED INDOOR SHOW
Returning after a year of hiatus, this is a big-deal one-day event, a benefit for the nonprofit California Acoustic Music Project, and co-presented this time by Bodie House Music and the Levitt Pavilions.
The outdoor – FREE – part runs 2 to 7 pm, and includes music, vendors with food, wine, beer, and more, all in the parking lot and around the outside of the theatre building, and stars JOEL RAFAEL and SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION. You'll find continuous live music, an instrument petting zoo, jamming tent, and more, thanks to presenting partner Levitt Pavilions.
The inside – ticketed – part of the music festival is on the Broad Stage. The indoor concert starts at 4 pm and runs 'til 8:30 pm, with ELLIS PAUL, ELIZA GILKYSON, JIMMY LaFAVE, and RIBBON OF HIGHWAY, ENDLESS SKYWAY. A few tickets remain at press time.
This year has a unifying theme: "In the Spirit of Woody Guthrie," and that's how the festival appears on the venue's website, so don't get confused.
The venue – the Broad Stage Theatre – is the centerpiece of the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center (address below).
Even before we knew the lineup, we were comfortable recommending it as a "Show-of-the-Week" pick, given the talent that producer RENEE BODIE booked the first year.
Plus, this is a MUCH more manageable venue where costs can be contained and ticket prices have been kept to more reasonable limits.
TICKETS are available at three levels: Premier $75; Level A $60; Levels B & C $47. All tickets include access to all main stage performances.
Here's the basic schedule:
Noon - Festival begins on the plaza, with live music until 7 pm, a jamming tent, a musical instrument petting zoo provided by McCabe's Guitar Shop, food & drink vendors and more. Vendors include Seafood for the Future, offering sustainable and organic food selections, and local favorite Sweet Rose Creamery.
2 pm - JOEL RAFAEL presents his historical retrospective's on Woody Guthrie time in Los Angeles - INDOORS & FREE in The Edye; admission limited to the first 120 people.
3 pm - SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION (FREE concert).
4 pm - JIMMY LaFAVE (indoors, requires ticket).
5 pm - ELLIS PAUL (indoors, requires ticket).
5:45 pm - ELIZA GILKYSON (indoors, requires ticket).
7 pm – RIBBON OF HIGHWAY, ENDLESS SKYWAY - “roof-raising Woody Guthrie tribute” closes the festival (indoors, requires ticket).
Info on the festival's beneficiary, the California Acoustic Music Project, is at www.californiaacousticmusicproject.org.
Complete info on the L.A. Acoustic Music Festival is available on their website at www.laacousticmusicfestival.com.
The venue is the Broad Stage Theatre, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica 90401. The few remaining tickets are available at www.thebroadstage.com/woodywww.thebroadstage.com/woody .
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Our # 3 Story
“HERITAGE MUSEUM MUSIC FESTIVAL,” SUNDAY IN OC
We don't much about this festival, but we do know the artists playing it are wonderful. If you go, you'll hear and enjoy STEPHANIE BETTMAN & LUKE HALPIN, the DENNIS ROGER REED BAND, and FOLDING MR. LINCOLN. It's at the Heritage Museum of Orange County, 3101 West Harvard St, Santa Ana 92704; 714-540-04040.
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BOB DYLAN'S 70th BIRTHDAY, MAY 24th, TO BE MUSICALLY CELEBRATED BY FOLK LEGEND ROSS ALTMAN & FRIENDS IN SANTA MONICA
“FOREVER YOUNG: BOB DYLAN’S FOLK YEARS 1961-1964” is “a 70th birthday party in absentia” hosted by ROSS ALTMAN from 7-10 pm at The Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica; 310-450-6052. Admission is $10.
Featured musicians include CAROLYN HESTER accompanied by daughters KARLA & AMY BLUME, plus Civil Rights veteran LEN CHANDLER, and ANDY HILL & RENEE SAFIER, PAUL ZOLLO, JEFF GOLD, JILL FENIMORE, DADDY BONE, JOHN KELLER, ANDY MANOFF and DENNIS DAVIS. Each will do Dylan songs, emphasizing his early ones.
Bob Dylan is America's greatest living songwriter, so this select group of Los Angeles-based performers marking his milestone birthday is not just fitting – it's an homage with meaning to listeners and musicians alike. The ensemble will take turns singing Dylan's groundbreaking early protest songs, his love songs and his poetic masterpieces that, as Altman explains, “expanded the vocabulary of what could be done in songwriting.”
Dylan's fellow Broadside recording artist LEN CHANDLER is a most notable participant, among several with Dylan connections. CAROLYN HESTER gave Dylan his first big break in New York City by inviting him to play harmonica on her early Columbia Records’ album.
That session marked Dylan's first appearance on a record and led to his own contract with the label. Chandler, the renowned topical songwriter and civil rights activist, joined Dylan as an artist in the pages of SIS CUNNINGHAM and GORDON FRIESEN's “Broadside Magazine,” where Dylan's iconic song, “Blowing In the Wind” was first published.
Los Angeles folk singer ROSS ALTMAN, recipient of the coveted “Legend” Award given once each year by the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival, will host and perform in the show. Ross will bring what he's calling “a small folk song army” of other veteran L.A. performers, including ANDY HILL & RENEE SAFIER (producers of Dylanfest); PAUL ZOLLO, whose bestselling book based on many interviews with Dylan reveals new insights into the man's craft and art; plus performances by musicians JEFF GOLD, JILL FENIMORE, DADDY BONE, JOHN KELLER, ANDY MANOFF and DENNIS DAVIS.
Beyond the obvious anniversary, Altman says there's more. “The purpose of the celebration is to highlight Dylan's breakthrough early folk period, which helped to launch the modern folk revival in Greenwich Village, New York. Out of this extraordinary renaissance of political and later personal songwriting, spearheaded by Dylan and others collectively known as 'Woody's Children' [referring to Woody Guthrie] the soundtrack of a decade of change in the 1960s was born. Dylan's own anthem, 'The Times, They Are a' Changing,' gave voice to a new generation dedicated to social change in both the civil rights and antiwar movements.”
These and many other Dylan songs will be sung in an extraordinary evening of music and recollections. Altman adds, “While Mr. Dylan will not be there, his spirit will certainly pervade the coffeehouse in both poetry and song.”
He concludes, “There will be a birthday cake for all to share, along with many chances to sing along for those so inclined. For those who have been inspired by Bob Dylan’s voice and songs for the better part of their adult lives, for whom his well known signature lines, such as 'Don’t follow leaders, watch the parking meters,' 'to live outside the law you must be honest,' and 'money doesn’t talk, it swears' are chapter headings in a moral dictionary, this evening will be a welcome opportunity to revel in the fellowship of like-minded fans and friends.”
In addition to whatever other celebrations are happening to mark his birthday in other cities, we reported last week on a competing event with a similar title here in L.A. That one is “FOREVER YOUNG: CELEBRATING BOB DYLAN'S 70th BIRTHDAY” at the GRAMMY Museum at 7:30 pm, on the same night of May 24 (it was last week's news feature #12). The Museum event is free, but requires tickets; there may still be a few seats available by calling 213-765-6800 or e-mail programs@grammymuseum.org.
Both Dylan events happening on the date of his birthday, the 24th, follow last weekend's annual DYLANFEST, which we featured in advance. That festival's producers, RENE SAFIER & ANDY HILL (who, as noted above, will perform at Ross Altman's event) again assembled some of L.A.'s best session players and touring folk-Americana artists for an entire day of Dylan originals, with no repeats. Clearly, Bob Dylan's influence endures, across multiple generations, as strong as ever.
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14TH ANNUAL “DOHENY BLUES FESTIVAL” IN DANA POINT, ALL WEEKEND
There's quite a lineup, reaching across the genres of the blues, and the hedliners include JOHN FOGERTY, MAVIS STAPLES, THE TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, TERRANCE SIMIEN & THE ZYDECO EXPRESS, DOUG MacLEOD, the original BLASTERS with DAVE & PHIL ALVIN, plus there's WALTER TROUT, and more. This is always a big deal on the Southern Cal blues calendar, and just part of the lineup hints at why.
Tickets and all the info are at www.OmegaEvents.comwww.OmegaEvents.com .
If you go, catch the “After Party” on Saturday night, with the BILLY WATSON TRIO on stage at the newly renovated OverVue Lounge, inside the Laguna Cliffs Marriott in Dana Point. The party is free and starts around 10 pm. It's directly across the festival grounds.
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“SILVER LAKE JUBILEE MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL,” ALL WEEKEND IN L.A.
This one is quite eclectic. The 2nd annual “Silver Lake Jubilee Music & Arts Festival” happens Saturday & Sunday, May 21 & 22, outdoors on Myra Avenue at Sunset Boulevard in the Silver Lake District of Los Angeles. Family-friendly daytime programming offers an interactive and educational experience with a children's village and eco grove, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with the mars rover, arts and crafts, and kid's music sessions.
There are 50+ bands, comedy and theatrical performances, literary readings and book signings, Eco and Children’s Villages, film screenings, gourmet food trucks, beer gardens, street art, and a variety of craft vendors.
Silver Lake Jubilee was created to showcase the unique artistic character of the community and features music, art, literature, theater, and educational activities for people of all ages. Proceeds support the Los Angeles Arts and Athletics Alliance (LAAAA) in its mission to promote the importance of a lifelong engagement with arts and athletics.
In addition, the event features a literary stage with readings by community and established authors, theater, art installations, and comedy curated by Iliza Shlesinger.
Expanding upon the success of last year's environmental initiatives, Silver Lake Jubilee is working with Sustain L.A. to implement a zero-waste program, including recycling and banning Styrofoam, single-use plastic bags, and plastic water bottles. In 2010, the event saved 30,000 single-use plastic bottles, contributing to an 80% landfill diversion rate.
Live music includes performances by Jenni Alpert, The Hollow Trees, Very Be Careful, Silver Lake Conservatory of Music, One Trick Pony, and a wild and wide range of others that include Geotic, Ceci Bastida, Ximena Sariñana, We Are The World, Crystal Antlers, The Little Ones, Rainbow Arabia, Lady Danville, Summer Darling, The Black Apples, Jail Weddings, Slang Chickens, Dante Vs. Zombies, Black Flamingo, Love Grenades, Twilight Sleep, The Finches, Races (formerly Black Jesus), Audacity, TRMRS, Restavrant, Killsonic, Tommy Santee Klaws, Las Cafeteras, SISU, Future Ghost, Marvelous Toy, boxViolet, Cobra Lilies, Pangea, Kazai Rex, Jeans Wilder, Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band, The Sweat Spot, and Public School ROCKZ (Marshall High, King Middle, Ivanhoe Elementary). As we said, quite eclectic.
This year’s proceeds will benefit programs including lacrosse, graffiti art, music, writing and publishing, healthy living, and sustainability. “We’re excited to support these great causes,” organizers say, “because that’s what Silver Lake is all about.”
Complete info at silverlakejubilee.com/homesilverlakejubilee.com/homesilverlakejubilee.com/homesilverlakejubilee.com/home .
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PADDY’S PIG CD RELEASE & APOCALYPSE SHOW, SATURDAY, MAY 21
Okay, so everybody seems to be having fun with the goofy preacher and his billboards proclaiming that the world will end on Saturday at 6 pm (time zone not specified). Southern Cal-based Irish band PADDY'S PIG is taking advantage of the planet's final moments to release their new CD, appropriately titled, “Do Your Worst,” with an 8 pm show at the Tam O’Shanter, 2980 Los Feliz Bl, In Los Feliz (Los Angeles) 90039; venue info, www.lawrysonline.comwww.lawrysonline.com .
The new CD has 18 tracks, including four new original songs, one of them the title track that they've been playing live for the past few months, three other new songs they say you haven’t heard yet, and “a slew” of traditional songs and instrumentals, including “Whiskey You’re The Devil”, “Mick McGuire,” and more, plus “a couple of choice cover tunes.”
They invite you to spend your final hours anticipating driverless cars and the zombie invasion by picking up “a couple of copies, a couple of pints, and the great Tam O’Shanter potato salad and slaw.”
Oh, and if any of us are still here past Saturday, PADDY'S PIG is playing the “CARLSBAD BEACH FEST” on June 4 at 1 pm, followed by a 9 pm set at O’Sullivan’s in Carlsbad.
More on the band – Missy, Mike, Damon, and Marty, aka Paddy’s Pig – at www.paddyspigla.comwww.paddyspigla.comwww.paddyspigla.comwww.paddyspigla.com .
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“HOW TO WORK THE MEDIA” SEMINAR – ONE LAST TIME IN L.A., JUNE 7
A coveted prize at the 51st annual Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival was a scholarship certificate – one of the ten – to attend one of Larry Wines' workshop / seminars.
To accommodate the winners of the festival's top prizes, one more local offering of the "media workshop / seminar” – and probably the last one for quite a while in the L.A. area – has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, June 7, at 7:30 pm.
Musicians, managers and producers who have won or been nominated for music's top awards, including the GRAMMY, EMMY, and ANNIE, have attended previous sessions and voiced acclaim for this workshop / seminar.
Larry teaches you how to save your time and your money – and save yourself from the emotional investment you make when you send your CD off for radio play or a review, then hear nothing – no reply, nothing. There are specific techniques that get results, and Larry knows and teaches them. Moreover, his techniques comprise a plan that you can put to work in your music career.
An award winning editor, journalist, and broadcaster, Larry knows the media from the inside. He's been on the “receiving end” of artists' materials and appeals for years. He knows what works and what doesn't, and WHY.
It often has little to do with how good your music is, or how much money you spent recording your new CD (or tracks for sale as downloads). He can teach you what's truly effective, how to get results, and how to do it without spending your way to the poorhouse.
This is likely to be the last offering in the L.A. Area for a while.
The workshop (it's really a very formidable seminar) runs three hours with a break halfway through. If that sounds like a lot of time, ask how much of an investment you're willing to make in your arts career. And ask anyone who attended the last time. They'll tell you that everyone stayed for more conversation after the session ended, and they stayed until the venue closed and they had to leave.
“This really pumps-up your enthusiasm, as well as adding immeasurably to your useful knowledge and skill sets,” says Duane Thorin, who produces and presents many workshops for artists.
Duane adds, “This is a real bargain for all you get. It's worth a whole lot more than it costs.”
What you get is formidable. You get the whole thing on a CD, at the conclusion of the evening. In addition to the entire, 161-slide PowerPoint™ presentation, the disc contains 22 supportive pdf documents, from full-size, full-color one-sheets and bios to multipage detailed explanations of techniques and key points to formulate your own plan.
The workshop / seminar is Tuesday evening, June 7, and starts promptly at 7:30 pm. It's at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Ave, Altadena 91001. Reservations are strongly recommended, since the session is limited to 30 people. And advance reservations get a discount. Make your reservation at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com.
Advance registration is $35, or $45 at the door if any spaces remain. You owe it to yourself, and the hopes and dreams you have for your music career, to experience this.
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“ROOTS ROADHOUSE” TO RETURN IN AUGUST
Just announced at press time was the anticipated assurance that late summer 2011 will bring a return of a fine folk-Americana / raucous-old-time / honkytonk-heaven fandango, as the 2nd year of “Roots Roadhouse.” Presumably, it's back at the Echoplex in Echo Park, and the exact date was not given. Producers tell us, “We'll be doing tiered tickets again, as the day gets closer, the tix will get more expensive, so get them early!”
Tickets are available now for just $10 with a password, at www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetailwww.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail .
Confirmed to perform, so far:
EILEN JEWELL, THE SADIES, OLD MAN MARKLEY, BIG SANDY & HIS FLYRITE BOYS, JACKSH*T, WHITE MORGAN, BRENNAN LEIGH, EASTSIDE HAYRIDE, OLENTANGY JOHN, and THE DRIFTWOOD SINGERS. They tell us that they'll add more bands. We'll keep you posted.
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ARTIST “ASSET DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR,” JUNE 14
The GRAMMY Museum has just announced that its Artist Archiving Division has launched a new Asset Discovery & Development Division to aid in the historical preservation of artifacts, and the museum will present an Asset Discovery & Development Seminar on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, from 10 am to noon in the museum's Clive Davis Theater.
The new division is “designed to archive and develop an artist’s legacy for historical preservation. Asset Discovery & Development is devoted to building artifact databases for a wide-range of musical artists.”
The June event is described as “ground-breaking and informative,” and it's free. The event features the museum's Executive Director Bob Santelli, together with External Affairs Director Tracy Strann, Archivist Bob Pfeifer, leading entertainment attorney Peter Paterno (King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner, LLP), and Jeff Anthony, Vice President of Iron Mountain Film & Sound Archives, plus Darren Julien, the President/CEO of Julien’s Auctions.
Working as a panel, the distinguished group will outline the process of archiving as well as educate attendees in how to effectively preserve and potentially monetize an artist’s collection. Following the presentation, guests will have the opportunity ask specific questions pertaining to their individual interests and speak one-on-one with each of the panelists.
“Most artists have a storage warehouse, a garage, or an attic full of potentially deteriorating memorabilia that reflects their life’s work,” says Executive Director Bob Santelli. “Asset discovery and development is critical to its preservation. Our mission is to not only preserve musical history, but assist in facilitating the artists’ legacy for future generations to discover and enjoy.”
The museum's new department has three components, including Asset Discovery, Asset Management, and Business Development.
The GRAMMY Museum is located within the L.A. Live complex at 800 W. Olympic Bl, Suite A245, (though you enter from the Figueroa side) in downtown Los Angeles 90015. The Museum, adjacent to STAPLES Center, is open seven days a week. The GRAMMY Museum celebrates the power of music from songwriting and producing to the interconnected histories of more than 160 music genres. Happily, there's a surprising amount of important folk-Americana material exhibited. At its core, the Museum explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music; the creative process; the art and technology of the recording process; and the history of the GRAMMY Awards, the premier recognition of recorded music accomplishment. There's plenty of info about the museum at www.grammymuseum.orgwww.grammymuseum.org .
To make reservations for the free seminar on June 14, contact Tracy Strann, Director, External Affairs, at 213-763-2108 or tstrann@grammymuseum.orgtstrann@grammymuseum.org .
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NOHO “MIDSUMMER NIGHTS COFFEE HOUSE & MUSIC FESTIVAL” DATE SET
Saturday, July 23, 2011, is the date for the 16th annual North Hollywood summer event. As always, it's a benefit for ARC – the center that assists retarded citizens. It will start at 5:45 pm and, if past years are an indication, likely reach way into the night. Some of Southern California's notable acoustic musicians and bands are booked to perform, including SIERRA HIGHWAY, WILLIE AMES, JOE CANDIDO, KATY KERR, and SIMPLY MARIE. For now, organizers want you to save the date; they promise more details to come.
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MORE STUFF >>>>>>> Resources, etcc
Our recently updated VENUE DIRECTORY
...with OVER 500 acoustic-music-friendly venues in Southern California, is available at
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/02/venue-directory-from-guide-updated.html
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RECENT EDITIONS of The Guide's NEWS FEATURES are still availablec
Just check our archive! Read the contents bar on the left side of the page at www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com and click the appropriate month.
The MOST RECENT past edition is archived at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/05/acoustic-americana-music-guide-previews.html
and the stories are:
1) 51st Annual TOPANGA BANJO FIDDLE CONTEST & FOLK FESTIVAL –
and The Guide Is A Sponsor
2) PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND, DEL McCOURY BAND Share a Stage
3) "6th EVER LOS ANGELES OLD TIME SOCIAL," Thu-Sat, May 12-14
4) 21st Annual "DYLANFEST," Saturday, May 14
5) BUTCH HANCOCK, Texas Legend, Plays L.A. May 19
6) Performance Review: SID HAUSMAN & WASHTUB JERRY
7) Performance Review: GERRY O'BIERNE & ROSIE SHIPLEY
8) Performance Review: SLIGO RAGS
9) KENNY ROGERS in a Revealing Interview, part two
10) Blues in L.A. with BERNIE PEARL, Three Weekends in May
11) "L.A. ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL" Returns May 22 at Different Venue
12) "FOREVER YOUNG: Celebrating BOB DYLAN's 70th Birthday" at the Grammy
Museum, May 24
13) MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVALS Are Nearly Upon Us –
We Profile Two of Them
14) PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY: "MAKE MUSIC PASADENA," June 18
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The LATEST EDITION of THE GUIDE, with the NEWS FEATURES, THE SCENE, SPOTLIGHTED EVENTS, & THE VENUE DIRECTORY – what it takes to bring you the world of current acoustic music happenings, including "heads up" notices to buy advance tickets for shows likely to sell-outc
Plus VENUES TO HEAR MUSIC OR CONTACT TO GET GIGS, and lots more
– is available 24/7 (& frequently updated!) at ~
www.acousticmusic.net or at
www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com
- or follow any of the links in the fifteen web sites and web groups that carry the Guide’s weekly News Features.
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