Acoustic Americana Music Guide THURSDAY EVENTS, March 29, 2012

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Acoustic Americana Music Guide THURSDAY EVENTS, March 29, 2012
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News of the coming weekend will be along tomorrow, but there’s a BUNCHA wonderful music TONIGHT!
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Thursday, March 29
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Thu, Mar 29:
5-8 pm KEN O’MALLEY plays an early set of authentic and original Irish music at Auld Dubliner in Long Beach; www.aulddubliner.com
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Thu, Mar 29:
6-9 pm BARRY “BIG B” BRENNER plays his weekly neo-blues residency at Firefly Bistro in South Pasadena; . www.eatatfirefly.com. No cover. Catch the weekly farmer’s market, stretching for several blocks just around the corner.
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Thu, Mar 29:
7:30 pm CHRIS PIERCE, BROTHER SAL, SHANE ALEXANDER, BRENDAN WILLING JAMES share an extensive bill at Witzend in Venice; www.witzend.tunestub.com/show.cfm?id=72265&cart. $10.
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Thu, Mar 29, a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE GOOD INTENTIONS from the UK, with RICK SHEA sitting in, plus a set by DAFNI, a marvelous singer-songwriter with 1930s-style originals, at at The Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reservations 626-798-6236 (call 10 am-10 pm).
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The Guide has celebrated DAFNI many times, and ran a glowing review when her latest CD was released. More on her in a moment.
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First, let’s look at THE GOOD INTENTIONS. From Liverpool, UK, they’re the winners of the British Country Music Association's Americana Act of the Year. Featured on their tour of California are Peter Davies (vocal, guitar) and Gabrielle Monk (vocal, accordion, percussion), joined on stage by L.A.'s very own Rick Shea (one of Dave Alvin's original Guilty Men) on mandolin.
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The Good Intentions are back in California following the release of their acclaimed second album: "Someone Else's Time" (Boronda Records).
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The album was mostly recorded in LA and was produced by Rick, with various local musicians also involved, so Peter and Gabrielle pretty much think of SoCal as their home from home.
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They have been described as "Liverpool's Carter Family", playing songs with a timeless country-folk feel but also a modern twist.
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"Someone Else's Time" - Americana Gazette Album of the Year - "compelling Americana" MIDWEST RECORD - "a remarkably assured and confident album" COUNTRY CHART.COM - "assured Anglo-Americana folk-country" LONESOME HIGHWAY.
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Now, back to DAFNI.
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“Petite singer, songwriter and guitarist Dafni creates music hearkening back to Tin Pan Alley, with elements of an Appalachian barn dance and the feel of a Parisian street corner blended in the mix. But her music is much more than that. She pulls in myriad influences ranging from Nina Simone, Frank Zappa, [Nick Cave and the Bad] Seeds, Ani DiFranco, Judy Garland, Led Zeppelin, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, the Beatles and many others. Some influences may be from times long-gone, but she blends them into tales of contemporary life and love designed to capture the listener’s heart.” - John Sollenberger, Pasadena Weekly.
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Remember the indomitable KIKI WOW? She just booked this double-act for her series on the Central Coast, and raved about the great night they brought her audience there.
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Tix, $15.
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Thu, Mar 29:
8 pm BILL CARTER “and guests,” plus McKENNA, at the Mint in L.A.; www.themintla.com. $10 adv/$12 dooor.
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Thu, Mar 29:
8 pm MASON SOUTH play their weekly residency at the Tam O’Shanter in Los Feliz; www.lawrysonline.com/tam-oshanter
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Thu, Mar 29:
9 pm “L.A. HOOTENANNY” at Villains Tavern in downtown L.A.; series info, www.facebook.com/lahootenanny?sk=wall; venue info, www.villainstavern.com
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Thu, Mar 29:
9 pm THE YOUNG RAPSCALLIONS plus BARLEY LEGAL at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach; www.saintrocke.com. Tix, $12.
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Thu, Mar 29:
9:30 pm-1:30 am THE GET DOWN BOYS play a full night at the Neat Bar in Glendale; www.theneatbar.com. No cover.
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