Acoustic Americana Music Guide, NEWS & SPOTLIGHT EVENTS, June 30, 2012

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MANY more events have been added to this edition since it first appeared on Friday. These additional events extend from June 30 into our August listings. The News Features here are the same ones in the Friday, June 29 edition, but Friday events are now past and have been dropped.
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The FOURTH OF JULY falls midweek this year, so some get long weekends and some don’t. Whatever time you have, we have a special perspective on the Fourth of July in this edition’s News Features, and “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” picks for the Fourth, and the weekdays and weekends before and after. There are some FESTIVALS out there, too, and while you’re in a “Fourth-like” mood, the BATTLESHIP IOWA opens to visitors on July 7…
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LOTS of concerts, club gigs, coffeehouse shows, showcases, open mics, and a few workshops in this edition!
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NEWS FEATURES, June 30, 2012
(first published June 29, 2012)
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In this edition
♪ 1) The Guide’s “Show-of-the-WEEK” Pick for the 4th of July…
♪ 2) Recorder Jam (the Instrument, Not the Device) at the L.A. Music Center …
♪ 3) Zoey’s Six-Year Anniversary Celebration, Two Days, This Weekend…
♪ 4) Independence Day and The Future of Voting: A Perspective…
♪ 5) Women Musicians You Must See…
♪ 6) Vote for a Blues Artist / CD, Get a Free Blues E-zine Subscription …
♪ 7) RANCHERS FOR PEACE Have an Important (Downloadable) Song…
♪ 8) JODY MULGREW, Acoustic and Electric and a Talent to Watch…
♪ 9) RUPERT MURDOCH – So, You Thought You Knew All About Him…
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Here are these features
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♪ 1) THE GUIDE’S “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” PICK FOR THE 4th OF JULY…
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This year, head for Orange County. Sure, there are closer events, like the annual three-night show at the Hollywood Bowl, and countless sanctioned fireworks displays in city parks, many with live music before things go bang in the night. There’s the giant show at Rose Bowl with good music inside and that horrid radio station deejay stage blasting everything to post-nuclear apocalypse outside. But musically, it doesn’t get any better than the big evening show in Irvine, and it’ll be a fine and memorable one.
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The Guide’s choice for Wednesday, July 4, is the 8 pm “JULY 4th SPECTACULAR: MUSIC OF THE EAGLES” plus an 80th birthday tribute to film composer JOHN WILLIAMS, all performed by the PACIFIC SYMPHONY at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 8808 Irvine Center Dr, Irvine 92618.
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The annual fireworks celebration by PACIFIC SYMPHONY and Music Director CARL St. CLAIR is a fine orchestral double-bill of some of the most recognizable music of our time. In addition to a cavalcade of EAGLES’ hits, including “Take it Easy” and “Hotel California,” and the traditional SOUZA and other patriotic favorites with a salute to the troops, there are WILLIAMS’ iconic film themes. Indeed, in a notable example of interactivity, an audience vote will choose between “E.T” or “Star Wars” to determine the closing piece of the first half.
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You can bring your own picnic dinner – your choice of food and beverage, including BYO choice of wine, etc. Gates open at 6 pm for picnickers. If you prefer, truly tasty food is available on-site from Bristol Farms (the same folks who cater the Long Beach Crawfish Festival). That option is available if you pre-order, as you check-out from online or call-in concert ticket purchase.
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Tix and info, including nice videos of the symphony performing EAGLES and JOHN WILLIAMS music (and an astonishing amount of additional performance videos), are available at http://m.pacificsymphonyorg/m/home.aspx; just don’t forget to get your tickets before you lose yourself watching all those videos(!) Or you can call the box office at 714-755-5799. It’s an all-ages evening. Tix range from $25 to $145.
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♪ 2) RECORDER JAM (THE INSTRUMENT, NOT THE DEVICE) AT THE MUSIC CENTER …
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The catch is, you must RSVP no later than Saturday, June 30, to participate (unless they extend it again). What a cool idea! It’s the “BYO RECORDER JAM” and it happens two Saturdays, July 7 & 21, from 10 am to noon, at the L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org.
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The Music Center just launched its new website (www.musiccenter.org) and happens to be concurrently offering an opportunity to “learn today's tunes and explore music-making in a relaxed fun environment.” Discover the musical possibilities of this simple yet versatile wind instrument. A Recorder is included, or B-Y-O (bring your own) recorder. No experience necessary, exclusively for amateur musicians 18 years and older. RSVP by June 30 to secure your spot! Fee is just $5. More information on that new site at www.musiccenter.org/activearts, or call 213-972-3660.
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♪ 3) ZOEY’S SIX-YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, TWO DAYS, THIS WEEKEND…
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Both days, it’s “Six years, six hours, six bucks,” for those fortunate enough to get tix in time. Saturday and Sunday, June 30 and July 1, is “ZOEY’S SIX-YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.”
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Zoey’s is the key folk-Americana music landmark in Ventura, the last stop for touring musicians before landing in L.A., and the first going north before diving into the active Central Coast circuit. Their food is great, they have a good bar, and a reputation for treating artists right. So, it makes us feel good that we can tell you about their celebration.
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While the entire event is exceptional, and a reflection of the club’s enduring success, Day Two is especially strong. Sunday, July 1, noon-6 pm, brings NATHAN McEUEN, B WILLING JAMES, JUSTINE BENNETT, PHIL SALAZAR, TOM CORBETT, CHELSEA WILLIAMS & BAND, JAMIE DRAKE, and others.
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Day one, Saturday, 6 pm-midnight, brings CHRIS PIERCE, SHANE ALEXANDER, BROTHER SAL, BRIAN WRIGHT, TIMMY CURRAN, ROGER KEIAHO, KING WASHINGTON, DAVE PALMER, EMY REYNOLDS & TONY FERRARI, JESSE SIENBENBERG, COLE CITRENBAUM, and others.
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Zoey’s Café is located in charming downtown Ventura, at 185 E Santa Clara St, Ventura 93001; advance tix & info, www.zoeyscafe.com; 805-652-1137 or 805-652-0091. Doors open Saturday at 5 pm for best seats, and at 11:30 am Sunday.
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♪ 4) INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THE FUTURE OF VOTING: A PERSPECTIVE…
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Take a moment, amidst all the barbecue gluttony and enjoying the day off, to consider why we HAVE the Fourth of July as a holiday, and beyond that, what the future holds for all of us.
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For all Indie musicians, the notion of “Independents’ Day” resonates. The struggle to make enough money to record and produce and promote a CD as an independent project, without support from a record label, speaks to us of a certain amount of struggle and the freedom to do it. Whatever lyrics we want to include, critical or praiseworthy of whatever interests we choose, we can do it. That may seem basic, but voicing one’s mind used to be deadly dangerous.
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A lot of independent-minded middle-class folks and struggling family farmers made themselves an impoverished, ragtag army, 337 years ago, to gain independence from a British Empire that saw them as “subjects” rather than citizens. They fought for eight years to change that.
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They first turned their rebellion over the Crown’s oppressive practices into a Declaration of Independence, that document written by Thomas Jefferson with contributions by John Adams, and edits that were painful for Jefferson, including removing the one that blamed slavery in the colonies on the British Crown. July 4, the date in 1776 they put on that famous declaration – is Independence Day. And, by modern extension, for many artists, Independents Day.
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And it’s Independence Day in an election year, and that’s worthy of our thoughts as artists.
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However you are registered – Democrat, Republican, Independent, Green, Libertarian, or whatever – one very special thing is worth considering: your rights to vote were bought and paid for at Valley Forge and at Yorktown in the long-ago fight for Independence.
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Your vote was earned again at Ft. McHenry and the British burning of the White House in 1814, and on the decks of the USS Constitution throughout the War of 1812, and at the Battle of New Orleans at the end of that war in 1815 (despite the Johnny Horton song that got the year wrong).
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You won the right to vote at Antietam and Gettysburg and a thousand places where Americans died, determining whether we would be one nation and whether some Americans could own other Americans; that was in the 1860s, in the Civil War.
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Your vote was earned again at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood in World War I, the “War to End All Wars” that wasn’t.
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Your vote became more precious at Pearl Harbor in 1941, at Bataan and Corregidor and on Guam and Wake Islands, on the decks of the USS Hornet when Jimmy Doolittle led the first air raid on Japan, on the flight decks of USS Yorktown and the USS Enterprise at Midway, on windswept Kasserine Pass in North Africa, on the blood-soaked beaches of Guadalcanal and Tarawa and Anzio and Normandy, in the flak-filled skies over Europe and Japan, in the cold of the Ardennes Forest and besieged Bastogne, crossing the Rhine, and on the deadly, dusty slopes of Mt. Suribachi, ashore and in the flaming seas around Okinawa, on the decks of USS Iowa and USS Missouri, where the war finally ended, and in how Americans paid to rebuild our former enemies into functioning democracies and trade partners and peaceful economic rivals after World War II.
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Your right to vote was earned again in the streets of Birmingham and Memphis and on the Pettis Bridge, in the face of nightsticks and fire hoses and tear gas and trained attack dogs, as America decided whether the same basic rights would apply to all of us. Stonewall in New York, and the end of Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell, and equality of marriage rights show us that equal rights and equal treatment under the law are still issues of America confronting its creed – our creed.
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And if the conflicts seem less clear and less purposeful when we consider frozen Chosin Reservoir in Korea, and Da Nang and the Mekong Delta in Southeast Asia, and Baghdad and elsewhere in the acrid, blowing sands of Iraq, and at Tora Bora and everywhere else in high, desolate Afghanistan? All of that only emphasizes that your vote is yours, and no one can dare have the gall to attempt to take it away through manipulation for partisan gains or to rewrite history or through imposition of a de facto poll tax.
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As we celebrate the Fourth with brilliant, booming fireworks, let’s think of today’s equivalent of the Revolutionary War’s Minutemen (and women): all the firefighters who dread the Fourth because some idiot may start a massive fire. And think of the veterans who don’t join us for the fireworks – those who never came home, and those who don’t join us because they bear invisible scars from bangs and booms and brilliant flashes and rockets’ red glare in a soul-searing deadly context.
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Too often, observations that Freedom Isn’t Free are used as admonitions to support whatever military campaign du jour is putting our troops at risk somewhere in the world. The observation is used to tell us that the troops are out there defending our freedom and way of life. Sometimes that’s been unquestionably true, sometimes it’s the worst kind of cynical manipulation.
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For some, patriotism is a knee-straightening, stand-at-attention-when-the-flag-passes, honor-their-comrades kind of solemn, personal expression. For some, it’s a knee-jerk reflex, a mere appearance of that, imagining sacrifice though they never served, and have no idea what the veterans experienced. Certainly, some mean it. Others do it for the sense of show. Some truly appreciate the sacrifices of our military or police or firefighters or others in service to the rest of us, and have some measure of gratitude for all who keep us safe, and even for those who gave the last full measure of devotion. And there is a much different group of others among us who see patriotism as a delusion, a murderous form of football fan-fanaticism, a plague that has beset humanity for generations and, along with religious righteousness, caused us to butcher our fellow humans and seek justification for it by waving flags and banners and pinning medals on one another.
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Sadly, history and human behavior keep providing justification for every one of these viewpoints.
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But it remains objective fact that Freedom Isn’t Free. It requires defending, with watchfulness.
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Add a wholly new set of democracy-killers to the age-old reasons why. There is a litany of brand-new concerns over corporatocracy, political manipulation of media (including the internet); there are Super-PACS that will each spend more in this election than either party spent in the last one; there are now anonymous mega-donors in American campaigns – unseen figures who can be anywhere in the world and of any nationality; there’s the unlimited funding for TV “fear-and-attack” ads made by psychological manipulators worthy of POW brainwashing operations; we hear the mantra that government practice extreme austerity while ending taxation on those most able to pay taxes to support our society; we live with the ongoing obscenity of no funding for arts, or for arts and music education; there’s the drone of demands to repeal all provisions for access to health care except by those who can afford it; and the fact is, we are paying our lawmakers to function as intransigent obstructionists who forget they represent the people, and not the corporations who give them money. Surely you can add to the list of urgent concerns and shameful behavior in politics. Clearly, Freedom Isn’t Free.
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Take whatever position you will on these and other divisive issues of our time. All of us, together, share the same nation, the same fate as a society. Time to remember, and be willing to fight, each in our way, for what it truly means to each of us to be Americans.
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For some, that means acting as independents, apart from any party line. For others, the best way to have their voices heard is by embracing a party to get strength in numbers. Either way you can voice your independence by becoming part of the dialog and refusing to go away.
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We were the first people to form a government of, by, and for the people. It took plenty of subsequent struggles for America to apply its creed to all its people – to all our people. To you and me. Along the way, it made us a spacefaring nation, even if that, too, has now been lost amid demands for budget cuts. It can be restored. When the final Mars probe lands next month, it can again fire our imaginations. We can restore ourselves as the explorers and discoverers our species was born to be. Socially, culturally, artistically, scientifically, environmentally, we can be more than we have ever been before. It’s all possible because it’s all still in our hands.
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America became, and at least for now still is, the place where every one of us has the right and responsibility to determine what we do. That applies to everything we do, individually in our lives and career choices and altruism and creativity, and collectively, through the government we elect.
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Today’s anti-government voices are regressive. They would have us believe we are better off only when the private sector can act as it wants, unfettered by regulation. They have short memories of the financial collapse that impacted us all. The private sector does what makes money for its owners – investors or rich owner-manipulators. The private sector sees opportunity only in the context of removing regulations and impediments and making profits. The fact that leaves wreckage – human, environmental, and broken former places of employment / former competitors they’ve treated like a vampire’s victims – is something they don’t want to discuss.
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Yet, government has again become a bad word. That’s the ultimate cynicism, because we are all the government, anytime we choose to force the people we elect to make it work for us. Government can be responsive to need when there’s no money to be made. It takes government to repair highways and crumbling bridges, to expand alternatives to the piratical practices of Big Oil, like funding alternative energy research and expanding, rather than reducing Amtrak. Government can provide opportunity to those who have desire and ability and willingness to work hard, but who lack economic power. It takes government to guarantee low interest rates for student loans. When these things happen, society and civilization and innovation all prosper.
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What kind of government we choose to have has everything to do with our future, our nation, and our shared world. It has everything to do with whether we care for our fragile, overexploited and deteriorating environment, how we treat our fellow species and how we respond to one another, wherever there is suffering and need. These are not abstract concepts. They are as real and as close as your vote.
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Lately, it all seems to be in danger. The danger now extends to your vote. itself. It must be secured. We must not abdicate in the face of rich interests who would dissuade us. The result of the vote you cast on Election Day, and the way you continue to communicate with your elected officials, is in your hands. It was placed there by all who worked and built and struggled and sacrificed to give us this nation and preserve it as a society of, by, and for the people.
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When voting is threatened, we must awaken to what that means. Voting is precious. It is worth everything. It is supposed to be free. Yet in some states, new voter i.d. laws will require people who have never had them to purchase government-issued documents. Among the poor who already face many challenges, that’s an expense they can ill afford. Voting isn’t supposed to cost you any money. It is supposed to be open and encouraged as a civic duty, one to be performed at no cost, by every American over the age of 18. Will it continue to be free and open, in the democracy that has the lowest voter participation rate in the world?
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As we celebrate the Fourth, let us be mindful how precious and fragile and endangered our national experiment in self-determination remains today. It’s never time for any of us to pass the torch. It’s never okay to assume the torch’s flame can’t be forcibly doused, or the light won’t go out simply from neglect when we’re too distracted to notice. Happy Independence Day.
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♪ 5) WOMEN MUSICIANS YOU MUST SEE…
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PLENTY of performances by TALENTED WOMEN ARTISTS happen this coming week. Truly worth noting for abundance and quality of shows! Look for these names as you peruse this edition:
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Phenomenal guitar wizard MURIEL ANDERSON plays several local venues; there are shows with VONDA SHEPARD; SARAH WATKINS; TRACY NEWMAN; VANESSA CARLTON; JUSTINE BENNETT; CHELSEA WILLIAMS; EMY REYNOLDS; LAWRENCE LEBO; LISA NEMZO; RENEE SAFIER; SHANA MORRISON; KATY BOYD; LYNNE FIDDMONT; SHELBY, TIEG and TARA (2 girls, 1 guy); and tough choices on July 7 with CAROLINE AIKEN playing the “Bodie House Concerts At The Thousand Oaks Library” series, and LISA LYNNE with “LEGENDS OF THE CELTIC HARP” at next Saturday’s “Caltech Folk Music Society” concert, and a marvelous Celtic show July 7 at the Ford Amphitheatre called “A Gaelic Gathering: Irish Music and Dance” starring MÁIRE CLERKIN, KIRA OTT and ALICE RYAN. Sunday the 8th brings two award-winners, JOYCE WOODSON & TERESA TUDURY, sharing a La Habra house concert. How sweet it is!
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♪ 5) VOTE FOR A BLUES ARTIST / CD, GET A FREE BLUES E-ZINE SUBSCRIPTION…
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However you vote, you get a free subscription. One of the nominees is a favorite of ours, so our feature has comments and info from and about him.
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L.A.-based bluesman BERNIE PEARL is accustomed to accolades and recognitions, but this one is special. His latest CD, "Sittin' on the Right Side of the Blues," has been nominated for Blues Blast Magazine's Music Awards in the "Best Traditional Album of 2012" category.
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Whether you choose to vote for him or any of the other nominees, voting will get you a FREE Blues Blast Magazine subscription. You are automatically signed-up as part of the voting process on their website.
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Nominee BERNIE PEARL says, “Twice in the past I was nominated by the Blues Foundation for recordings with HARMONICA FATS, but this is the first international recognition of my solo recordings. Thank you Blues Blast. And thank you, MIKE BARRY, for your musical and production support.”
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It now remains for the blues public at large to determine the winner by their vote.
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Bernie adds, “In my view, we're all winners already. Judging from the list of fine artists against whom I'm competing, I'd say that it's a long climb up a steep slope. But, I adhere to the adage that ‘the longest journey begins with but a single step.’ My first step is to ask you to view the YouTube videos I present [here]. The first three are live performances of tunes [that are] also on the CD, which is itself a live recording. If I only get people to see what I do, even if they don't vote for me, it would be another victory.”
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Bernie is a renowned musician who has performed with many legends, including the masters who are no longer with us. Bernie describes his own style, saying, “My playing and singing are all based on traditional models, techniques, and values. My focus is to play it right and add my own ideas and innovations to the tradition, keeping it fresh and interesting. I hope you'll agree.”
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Voting begins on Sunday, July 1, and runs for two months. Details on how and where to vote – and to get that free magazine subscription – are below.
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A note to Bernie from MARK THOMPSON, who reviewed the CD for the Crossroads Blues Society in Illinois, says,
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"You are the only solo act nominated - and the only one performing acoustically. That would indicate that your music really hit home with those people that decide who gets nominated. I would say that this speaks volumes about your music."
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Mark is past President of the Crossroads Blues Society, and a regular contributor to Blues Blast.
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Click on the urls (or the You Tube icons in some of the Guide’s editions, depending where they’re published) to view the live performances of three songs found on Bernie Pearl's "Sittin' on the Right Side of the Blues," plus one bonus video.
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They are:
1) “Shinin' Moon” ( by LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS); www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovuNnTdB_EU.
2) “I Believe I'll Carry my Hook” (by FRED MACDOWELL); www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6eGGg6U_Ok&feature=plcp.
3) “Can't Be Satisfied” (by MUDDY WATERS); www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARRKLVVqZBw.
And a piece with his band, not on the CD,
4) “Third Degree” (by EDDIE BOYD) with Electric Steel Guitar, at www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQdfVNm_hTg.
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Here are contest details, provided by Blues Blast Magazine.
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Nomination Process
In early May, a group of Blues music industry professionals including music critics, journalists, festival promoters, music venue managers, musicians and other Blues music industry professionals nominated the best of 2012 Blues music in eight categories.
The complete list of nominees is available at: http://thebluesblast.com/2012bbmanominees.htm
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How to Vote
Voting to determine the winners begins July 1, 2012 and continues until August 31st, 2012 on the website at www.TheBluesBlast.com. Voting is free and open to anyone who is a Blues Blast Magazine subscriber – and subscriptions are FREE, and you are automatically signed-up as part of the voting process on their website.
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The 2012 Blues Blast Music Awards are presented by Blues Blast Magazine, the fastest-growing FREE weekly internet Blues magazine with over 22,000 Blues fan subscribers located in all 50 states and in more than 80 countries.
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Public radio station WGLT - FM (www.wglt.org) has established a web page where you can play selected songs of the 2012 nominees. To hear samples from many artists with nominated CDs, go to http://wglt.org/music/blues/bluesblast.shtml.
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Presentation of the awards will take place in Chicago in late October, at Buddy Guy's club.
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♪ 6) RANCHERS FOR PEACE HAVE AN IMPORTANT (DOWNLOADABLE) SONG…
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Artist JODY MULGREW contacted us about them, and talked about this duo before he got around to telling us about his own new CD. The RANCHERS FOR PEACE seemed to have the same effect on those who caught their set at the “Live Oak Music Festival,” two weekends ago, and at Zoey’s in Ventura Thursday night.
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Jody says, “The kind of music they make is right up your alley. Beautifully arranged and crafted folk music that is both thoughtful and provocative in its message. In March, the RANCHERS FOR PEACE released a free download, “Walking Around Black” – a response to the TRAYVON MARTIN killing in Florida, that brought them to the attention of the editors of Sing Out! Magazine, who will feature the song in their next publication.”
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Here's a link to their new EP - You can listen and download – it's setup on a "name-your-own-price" basis: http://ranchersforpeace.bandcamp.com/album/tell-all-the-world.
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Of themselves, RANCHERS FOR PEACE will tell you, “By now you’ve caught on that the RANCHERS FOR PEACE are not actually involved in the livestock business. We manage no acreage other than whatever square footage of stage we happen to occupy at any given moment. Our kind of ranching is done in the same dimly lit, borderless region where songs come from – an intentional kind of space, where worldly concerns combine with empathy and, on a good day, become audible. In other words: while our ranch ain’t exactly a real place you can find on a map, or travel to and see for yourself, you can often hear it plain enough — now at many locations on the interwebs, or live-and-in-person on a stage near you.”
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They continue, “And sorry, but the ‘peace’ we’re ‘for’ isn’t exactly real either, in the sense that no such thing actually exists. But it is more than merely metaphorical: it’s a conceptual reference point, like north or east, toward which we can steer. How this works on our ranch is best described by a bumper-sticker we saw not long ago on the back of some veggie-oil van crossing our western pasture at twilight in a driving rain: ‘If you want peace, work for justice.’”
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“This reminds us that peace, like happiness, is not something that can be directly invoked,” they say, “but is instead a by-product that only arises in the presence of other favorable conditions. Our mission on this here ranch is to advocate for such conditions, and to join our noise with the long tradition of folksingers, bards, and troubadours who have done the same.”
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More info and downloads are on their brand-new website, at http://ranchersforpeace.com.
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♪ 7) JODY MULGREW, ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC AND A TALENT TO WATCH…
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We first caught a JODY MULGREW performance at Santa Clarita’s “Earth Day” in 2010. That was on the recommendation of MICHAEL FLEMING of NEW WEST, who had booked the event. Right away, we knew why Mike was excited about this guy.
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Jody wrote to tell us about RANCHERS FOR PEACE, and added an afterthought about his own new album. He told us right away, “my new Album is only part Acoustic and part Americana.”
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Yep. And it’s good. There's a download at http://tinyurl.com/84ujshk.
It’s also available at http://jodymulgrew.bandcamp.com/album/rocket-ship for "name-your-own-price."
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For us Folk-Americana music types, Jody recommends track 2, "I will not fall..." and track 5 "Lord Krishna."
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So, for starters, watch his new music video of "I Will Not Fall in Love With You Again" at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia0kl8tcj54 from the album “Rocket Ship” http://jodymulgrew.bandcamp.com/album/rocket-ship>
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There’s lots more, including where you can catch him performing, at http://jodymulgrew.com.
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♪ 8) SO, YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ALL ABOUT RUPERT MURDOCH…
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News Corp, the giant too-big-to-fail global media conglomerate that includes newspapers and FOX News, is being divided into two divisions. One will be “news,” the other, “entertainment.” All the pundits are waiting to see which way FOX News will go, for obvious reasons.
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But the roots of the Murdoch media empire reach way back. This is a tale of two Murdochs, but not Rupert and his son and heir apparent, James Murdoch. There’s a Murdoch prototype for lying journalism with profound damages, and it goes back 97 years.
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Revelations over the past two years of illegal cyber spying, email tampering, hacking and phone taps by Murdoch-owned companies reach all the way to spying on the British Royals, senior members of government, and cruel sabotage of law enforcement’s investigation of a missing girl who turned out to have been murdered. So, it isn’t a surprise that an Australian media figure named Murdoch would write something that a prominent Englishman would deem, “An irresponsible statement by an ignorant man.”
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What is surprising, and perhaps revealing, is the statement was not made about FOX News magnate and newspaper / radio / global TV mega-baron Rupert Murdoch or his son, James.
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The statement by a prominent Englishman was made about Rupert’s father, Keith Arthur Murdoch. It came from British General Sir Ian Hamilton, senior commander during the invasion and ensuing campaign at Gallipoli in 1915.
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Gallipoli. The word still resonates. It was one of history’s bloodiest and most pointless military disasters, with appalling suffering and loss of life.
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But the anatomy of disaster is rarely simple. Hamilton made the statement about Murdoch’s reckless lies because they made the tragedy of Gallipoli even worse, both then and now.
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This isn’t just a dusty, if deplorable, old tale of Keith Murdoch and his unethical and unlawful violations of trust and of truth that predated those of his son. Sixty-six years later, Keith’s son Rupert was a principal financial backer of the 1981 film, “Gallipoli,” which left the modern world with the cast-in-concrete view that history has of what happened there.
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The roles of two Murdoch’s – Rupert and his father – in guiding interpretations of Gallipoli, continue to reverberate to present times in Australian resentment of their English forebears.
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It’s also a story of finding revealing facts in unlikely places. The Guide’s editor has been reading American historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert K. Massie’s massive book, “Castles of Steel,” about battleship-centered naval warfare in World War I. And there, on page 496, are the two Murdoch’s. Note that Massie’s book appeared in 2003, before Rupert and his son got in trouble for spying and lying.
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Here’s what Massie wrote:
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“On September 2 [1915], an Australian journalist, Keith Arthur Murdoch, arrived at headquarters and gave Hamilton ‘an elaborate explanation of why his duty to Australia could be better done with a pen than with a rifle.’
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“[F]or a few hours,” Massie writes, “Murdoch was permitted to visit [troops that had landed and were caught-up in trench warfare at] Suvla and Anzac Beaches.”
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He continues, “then, in breach of a signed agreement pertaining to the behavior of all war correspondents, Murdoch wrote directly to Andrew Fisher, prime minister of Australia, who passed the letter along to [British Prime Minister] Asquith.
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“In his letter, Murdoch praised the physical health, spirit, and bravery of the Australian forces and then spoke with contempt of the British troops: ‘You would refuse to believe that these men were really British soldiers… The British physique is very much below that of the Turks [the mutual enemy they were facing]… They [the British] are merely a lot of child-like youths, without strength to endure or brains to improve their conditions.’”
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Massie states flatly, “This was opinion, but Murdoch’s worst accusation was flagrantly untrue.” He is referring to Murdoch’s writing, “‘The fact is that after the first day at Suvla an order had to be issued to [British] officers to shoot without mercy any [British] soldier who lagged behind or loitered in advance.’”
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Massie goes on to observe, “Some Australians have never forgiven Britain and the British army for the loss of young Anzac [Australian and New Zealand Army Corps] lives at Gallipoli.”
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He continues, “The 1981 film ‘Gallipoli’ also celebrated the manly beauty and heroism of the Australian soldiery…[one unit, on which the film centered] suffering 75 percent casualties at the reckless insistence of an Australian senior officer under orders to distract the Turks while the British landed at Suvla Beach.”
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In light of the ongoing scandals and smear and propaganda campaigns financed by Murdoch’s empire, this holds more than distant interest. Massie’s historical research offers revealing insight into Rupert Murdoch’s long track record of using his money to create and guide specific impressions he wishes us to have, in events both past and present. Moreover, given the recent revelations of James, the third-generation Murdoch, there is a multigenerational pattern of selecting some people for vilification and others for exoneration (the latter including family members) to suit the Murdoch view and ingrain it as history.
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If you’d like to read the book, here’s the info. Massie, Robert K. “Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.” New York: Random House, 2003.
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Now, let’s get right to the SPOTLIGHT EVENTS
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All chronological, by date and time of day. FESTIVALS list first each day, in their own section (when there are any); that’s followed by that day’s chronology of CONCERTS and everything else.
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Sat, Jun 30, on TV:
5-5:30 am “SUN STUDIO SESSIONS: JENNI ALPERT”is a 2010 episode with the Southern Cal phenom, who discusses her approach to songwriting and performs her songs “Heaven” and “Untied.” Broadcast on KLCS, the only public TV station that airs music performances when it’s not pledge Dr, and doesn’t chop-up any programming begging for money; check cable and satellite listings.
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Sat, Jun 30, on TV:
5:30-6 am “JAMMIN; AT HIPPIE JACKS” brings bluegrassers BAWN IN THE MASH in a new 2012 show. Broadcast on KLCS, the only public TV station that airs music performances when it’s not pledge Dr, and doesn’t chop-up any programming begging for money; check cable and satellite listings.
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Sat, Jun 30, on TV:
8-9 am “STORYTELLERS: JASON MRAZ” brings the singer-songwriter for an intimate set and tale-tellings session in a new 2012 show. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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world music & culture FESTIVAL.
in Inglewood:
8 pm-2 am 15th Annual “BELIZE CAYE FEST” at Hollywood Park Casino, 3833 W Century Bl, Inglewood. This musical event celebrates the customs and culture of the Belizean people, including Punta Rock, Brukdown, and Kungo music. Traditional Belizean arts and craft are on display. There’s Caribbean food and drinks and workshops for children. Sponsored by Belize Caye Fest Inc.; info 661-210-9132, www.belizecayefest.com. Runs Saturday, 8 pm-2 am; Sunday, 2 pm-10 pm. Tix are $30 Saturday, $15 Sunday; children under age 10 are free, both days.
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Sat & Sun, Jun 30 & Jul 1; world music & culture FESTIVAL:
4-9 pm Annual “OBON FESTIVAL” at San Fernando Valley Buddhist Temple, 12953 Brandford St, Pacoima. This is one of the largest Obon festivals in Southern California. The event includes taiko drum performances, Japanese Folk Dancing, ethnic foods, Japanese cultural displays, and games. Sponsored by San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple; info, www.sfvhbt.org; 818-899-4030. Free.
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Fri-Sun, Jun 29-Jul 1,
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a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
Annual “KATE WOLF MUSIC FESTIVAL” with TEXAS TORNADOS, LEFTOVER SALMON, THE GOOD LUCK THRIFT STORE OUTFIT, POOR MAN'S WHISKEY, THE BROTHERS COMATOSE, BLAME SALLY, MARCIA BALL, ALISA FINEMAN & KIMBALL HURD, RITA HOSKING, ACHILLES WHEEL, BRENDAN PHILLIPS & FAST RATTLER, BLUSHIN' ROULETTES, UNDER THE RADAR, K.D. LANG AND THE SISS BOOM BANG, BLUEHOUSE, THE GOOD LUCK THRIFT STORE OUTFIT, POOR MAN'S WHISKEY, THE BROTHERS COMATOSE, JIMMY LaFAVE, BLAME SALLY, RUTHIE FOSTER, JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, BROKEDOWN IN BAKERSFIELD, TIM & NICKI BLUHM, CACHE VALLEY DRIFTERS, TERESA TUDURY, RITA HOSKING, ACHILLES WHEEL, BRENDAN PHILLIPS & FAST RATTLER, MAMUSE, PAUL KAMM & ELEANORE MACDONALD, THE SAM CHASE, and more, at Black Oak Ranch, 50350 Hwy 101, Laytonville 95454.
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CONCERTS, CLUB GIGS, SHOWCASES, OPEN MICS, WORKSHOPS, & more…
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Sat, Jun 30, “EVENT-of-the-WEEK for ARTISTS:”
10 am-3 pm “GEAR UP L.A.” is Echo Park’s first MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SWAP-MEET, at Bedrock Studios in Echo Park; www.gearupla.com.
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Sat, Jun 30, on TV:
12:30-2 pm “JAN MULDER IN CONCERT” brings the Dutch pianist doing classical favorites and his own compositions in a concert recorded in 2010 in Michigan. Warning: it’s a pledge drive broadcast, so it’ll be chopped-up with beg-a-thoning. Broadcast on KCET; check cable & satellite listings.
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Sat, Jun 30, in Ventura:
6 pm-midnight “ZOEY’S SIX-YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION” day one, with CHRIS PIERCE, SHANE ALEXANDER, BROTHER SAL, BRIAN WRIGHT, TIMMY CURRAN, ROGER KEIAHO, KING WASHINGTON, DAVE PALMER, EMY REYNOLDS & TONY FERRARI, JESSE SIENBENBERG, COLE CITRENBAUM, and others, at Zoey’s Café, 185 E Santa Clara St, Ventura 93001, Ventura; advance tix & info, www.zoeyscafe.com; 805-652-1137 or 805-652-0091. Doors at 5 pm for best seats. Continues tomorrow at noon with a different line-up.
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Sat, Jun 30, in San Diego:
6 pm THEO & THE ZYDECO PATROL play Club Citrus at the Four Points Sheraton, 8110 Aero Dr, San Diego 92123. Info, www.springsparties.com.
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Sat, Jun 30, a “concert-and-a-movie” evening:
6 pm SYD STRAW plus KIP BOARDMAN perform, then a film screening of “POWWOW HIGHWAY” (1989), making for an interesting house concert in the “THE 50/50 SUMMER CLUB” house concert / movie series in West L.A. Reservations get directions from Alyssa Archambault at rsvp@panioloproductions.com. More info, www.facebook.com/events/331895000222559/.
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Sat, Jun 30:
6:30 pm weekly “BLUEGRASS CONCERT” at Me N Eds Pizza Parlor, 4115 Paramount Bl, Lakewood 90712; 562-421-8908.
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Sat, Jun 30; world music:
6:30 pm JOHN & HELEN BILEZIKJIAN bring Greek music to Olympus Greek Tavern, 6304 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood 91606; 818-766-4100.
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Sat, Jun 30, concert and film screening, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm “BENEFIT FOR CELTIC ARTS CENTER” with THE SWEET SET performing, plus screening of the film, “THE BOYS OF KINGSBRIDGE, FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL TO GROUND ZERO,” at The Croatian Cultural Center, 510 W 7th St, San Pedro 90731; 818-760-8322.
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Sat, Jun 30, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm TRACY NEWMAN plus SHELBY, TIEG AND TARA at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675; reservations, 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm, daily). Tracy is the only artist we know who has earned both an EMMY and a Peabody Award – she’s still working on a GRAMMY. Tix, $15.
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Sat, Jun 30:
7-11 pm LAWRENCE LEBO & DENNY CROY play Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ in Long Beach; www.lucillesbbq.com. No cover.
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Sat, Jun 30, on the Central Coast, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm MURIEL ANDERSON, the phenomenal guitar wizard and producer / performing-host of the “All-Star Guitar Night” series at the NAMM shows, plays solo tonight at a House Concert in Carmel Valley; reservations get directions at 858-449-1396 or email fpowell@san.rr.com.
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Sat, Jun 30, in Tehachapi:
7 pm LISA NEMZO plays Fiddler's Crossing, 206 East F St, Tehachapi 93561; 661-823-9994.
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Sat, Jun 30, in San Diego:
7 pm KEN O’MALLEY brings his authentic and original Irish music to the “San Diego Folk Heritage” series at Templars Hall in Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Rd, Poway. More at www.sdfolkheritage.org or email SDFH@san.rr.com.
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Sat, Jun 30, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm “CAL PHIL FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN – WORLD TOUR” at Santa Anita Park, 285 W Huntington Dr, Arcadia. The California Philharmonic kicks-off its annual “Festival on the Green” concert series where music, food, and a great location combine into a magical blend unparalleled in Southern California.
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Sat, Jun 30, in Lakeside:
7:30 pm SHANA MORRISON plays the “Dark Thirty House Concert” series in Lakeside 92040; reservations get directions at 619-443-9622.
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Sat, Jun 30:
7:30 pm weekly GRATEFUL DUDES BLUEGRASS residency at Vincenzo's Pizza, 24500 Lyons Av, Newhall 91350. They sometimes have VERY well-known guests sitting-in. No cover.
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Sat, Jun 30, on TV:
7:30-8 pm “UNPLUGGED: ADELE” in a 2011 acoustic performance of songs from her CD “21,” recorded in NYC. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Sat, Jun 30, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm RICK SHEA and TOM CORBETT plus JAMES HURLEY makes for an especially formidable night of top-rated rootsy singer-songwriters at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; www.boulevardmusic.com; 310-398-2583. Shea and Corbett have been everywhere and performed with everybody. Hurley is invited to play so many other places across North America that he’s seldom here. Go. Venue’s web site has a helpful local dining guide. Tix, $15, a real bargain.
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Sat, Jun 30, in Thousand Oaks, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm VONDA SHEPARD brings her splendid piano and vocals to the “BLUES, BOP & BOOKS SERIES” in a show presented by Kraftomat Media at Grant R. Bramhall / Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks 91362; info & advance tix, www.toaks.org/library/music_series.asp.
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Sat, Jun 30, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL plays the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731; 310-833-6362. This outfit mixes home-brewed roots music and vintage front-porch-style swing, with tastes of New Orleans, bluegrass, and jug-band blues. Tix $15 advance, $20 at door.
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Sat, Jun 30:
8 pm The MOUNTAIN GOATS plus DUSTIN WONG at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. They play two shows here: Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 7 pm.
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Sat, Jun 30:
8 pm-midnight NUTTY plays the Hip Kitty Jazz / Fondue, 502 W First St (in the Packing House complex), Claremont 91711; www.hipkittyjazz.com; 909-447-6700.
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Sat, Jun 30, not music, but cool:
8 pm “TONGUE & GROOVE: CHARLES BUKOWSKI” at California Plaza, Grand Performances’ Water Stage, 350 S Grand Av, L.A. 90071; 213-687-2272; www,grandperformances.org.
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In a city as diverse as Los Angeles, it is inevitable that different people will "see" different things in any performance. The series; “Music, Movement, and Meaning” (MMM) program includes an opportunity to talk with other audience members about what you’ve just experienced, within the framework of a facilitated discussion following select events. Everyone is welcome, so they ask that you plan to participate and share your reactions, insights, and opinions with your community.
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Sat, Jun 30:
8 pm “RHYTHMIC RELATIONS 2012: THE REMIX SHOW” presented by TAIKOPROJECT at the Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Bl East, Hollywood 90068; 323-GO1-FORD (323-461-3673); www.FordTheatres.org.
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Sat, Jun 30:
8 pm SONGMAKERS’ periodic “TAKE THE FIFTH HOOT” happens in Studio City 91604, anytime a month has a fifth Saturday (get it? …Fifth?) Location and info at www.songmakers.org.
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Sat, Jun 30, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
9 pm THE WATKINS FAMILY HOUR (part of NICKEL CREEK) plays Largo at the Coronet, 366 N La Cienega Bl, L.A. 90048; http://largo-la.com; 310-855-0350. Tix, $25.
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Sat, Jun 30:
10 pm KARLING & THE ATOMICS play The Pike Bar & Grill, 1836 E 4th St (at Hermosa, 1 block W of Cherry), Long Beach 90802; 562-437-4453; www.myspace.com/thepike; www.pikelongbeach.com.
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Sat, Jun 30:
10 pm WRECK N SOW plays The Press, 129 Harvard Av, Claremont; 909-625-4808; www.thepressrestaurant.com.
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Sat night / Sun AM, Jun 30 / Jul 1, on TV:
Midnight-1 am “AUSTIN CITY LIMITS” features RANDY NEWMAN in a performance from 2011. Broadcast on KOCE, aka “PBS SoCal,” as part of this week’s unheard-of series of broadcasts of music performance shows when it is not pledge drive; check cable & satellite listings.
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July is the month named for JULIUS CAESAR. Hmmm. Who says a politician can’t leave a lasting impression, if they’re bold enough? Caesar salad, Caesar dressing, Julienne fries, July. Then, there’s that “et tu, Brute” part… when boldness become hubris becomes my-way-or-the-highway becomes exit, stage right down… Hey, DC, anyone for a group read of Shakespeare?
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Sun, Jul 1, on TV:
6-6:30 am “THE PIANO GUY” brings video piano lessons. Broadcast on KLCS, the only public TV station that airs music performances when it’s not pledge Dr, and doesn’t chop-up any programming begging for money; check cable and satellite listings.
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world music & culture FESTIVAL.
in Inglewood:
8 pm-2 am 15th Annual “BELIZE CAYE FEST” at Hollywood Park Casino, 3833 W Century Bl, Inglewood. This musical event celebrates the customs and culture of the Belizean people, including Punta Rock, Brukdown, and Kungo music. Traditional Belizean arts and craft are on display. There’s Caribbean food and drinks and workshops for children. Sponsored by Belize Caye Fest Inc.; info 661-210-9132, www.belizecayefest.com. Runs Saturday, 8 pm-2 am; Sunday, 2 pm-10 pm. Tix are $30 Saturday, $15 Sunday; children under age 10 are free, both days.
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Sun, Jul 1; Sat & Sun, Jun 30 & Jul 1; world music & culture FESTIVAL:
4-9 pm Annual “OBON FESTIVAL” at San Fernando Valley Buddhist Temple, 12953 Brandford St, Pacoima. This is one of the largest Obon festivals in Southern California. The event includes taiko drum performances, Japanese Folk Dancing, ethnic foods, Japanese cultural displays, and games. Sponsored by San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple; info, www.sfvhbt.org; 818-899-4030. Free.
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Sun, Jul 1; Fri-Sun, Jun 29-Jul 1,
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a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
Annual “KATE WOLF MUSIC FESTIVAL” closes today with performances with performances by RICHARD THOMPSON, BLUEHOUSE, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, JIMMY LAFAVE, JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT CACHE VALLEY DRIFTERS, RUTH MOODY BAND, BLAME SALLY, ALISA FINEMAN & KIMBALL HURD, LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE, RITA HOSKINGLIFORNIA HONEYDROPS, BRENDAN PHILLIPS & FAST RATTLER, MAMUSE, PAUL KAMM & ELEANORE MACDONALD, & SHERRY AUSTIN, and more, at Black Oak Ranch, 50350 Hwy 101, Laytonville 95454.
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Sunday’s
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Sun, Jul 1, in San Diego:
10 am weekly “BLUEGRASS BRUNCH” at Urban Solace, 3823 30th St, San Diego 92104; 619-295-6464.
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Sun, Jul 1:
11 am-2 pm weekly “BLUES BRUNCH” with BARRY “BIG B” BRENNER at Firefly Bistro, 1009 El Centro St, South Pasadena; 626-441-2443; www.eatatfirefly.com. Artist info, www.bigbbrenner.com.
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Sun, Jul 1, in Ventura:
Noon-6 pm “ZOEY’S SIX-YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION” day two, with NATHAN McEUEN, B WILLING JAMES, JUSTINE BENNETT, PHIL SALAZAR, TOM CORBETT, CHELSEA WILLIAMS & BAND, JAMIE DRAKE, and others, at Zoey’s Café, 185 E Santa Clara St, Ventura 93001, Ventura; advance tix & info, www.zoeyscafe.com; 805-652-1137 or 805-652-0091.
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Sun, Jul 1, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
Noon MURIEL ANDERSON, the phenomenal guitar wizard and producer / performing-host of the “All-Star Guitar Night” series at the NAMM shows, plays solo tonight at Walter's Restaurant, 310 N Yale Av, Claremont 91711; 909-624-4914.
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Sun, Jul 1:
Noon Monthly “OLD-TIME MUSIC JAM” at the California Traditional Music Society Center for Folk Music, in the building in the park at 16953 Ventura Bl, Encino 91316; 818-817-7756.
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Sun, Jul 1, in OC:
2 pm SHANA MORRISON plays Muldoon's Irish Pub, 202 Newport Center Dr, Newport Beach 92660; 949-640-4110.
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Sun, Jul 1:
2 pm CALIFORNIA PHILHARMONIC launches its season with the USC TROJAN MARCHING BAND plus guest VANESSA CARLTON, along with the Phil, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org. (Music Center complex includes Ahmanson Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Disney Concert Hall outdoor amphitheatre, REDCAT.)
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Sun, Jul 1, in San Diego:
2-3 pm “STRING AMERICANA, WITH DULCIMERS” is the annual “USA Program” delivered by MARTHA WILD on fretted dulcimer and JOANNE KOPPANNY on banjo, at Balboa Park’s “International Cottages,” in Balboa Park, San Diego. Free.
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Sun, Jul 1:
2 pm monthly “KLEZMER JAM SESSION & YIDDISH DANCE” at the Talking Stick Coffee House, 1411 Lincoln Bl, Venice 92091.
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Sun, Jul 1, on TV:
2-3:30 pm “A CAPITOL FOURTH 2011,” the PBS broadcast from a year ago, features performances by STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS, JOSH GROBAN, & LITTLE RICHARD. Broadcast on KOCE, aka “PBS SoCal,” as part of this week’s unheard-of series of broadcasts of music performance shows when it is not pledge drive; check cable & satellite listings.
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Sun, Jul 1:
2:30-7 pm JOHNNY MASTRO & MAMA’S BOYS play their every-Sunday residency at Bliss 525, 525 E Broadway, Long Beach 90802; 562-495-7252; www.bliss525.com.
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Sun, Jul 1, on TV:
3:30-5:30 pm “SOULFUL SYMPHONY WITH DARIN ATWATER” brings a 2009 performance by the 85-member African-American Orchestra, doing a mix of originals and popular tunes. Warning: it’s a pledge drive broadcast, so it’ll be chopped-up with beg-a-thoning. Broadcast on KCET; check cable & satellite listings.
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Sun, Jul 1, not music, but cool:
3:30-4:30 pm “EASTERN SIERRA PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: AN EXPERT PANEL” at The G2 Gallery, 1503 Abbot Kinney Bl, Venice 90291; 310-452-2842; info@theg2gallery.com.
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The Eastern Sierra is a historically significant and iconic region in California's diverse landscape. In conjunction with the exhibit, “Art for Conservation,” The G2 Gallery presents a panel of representatives from the area's most active organizations dedicated to the preservation of the Eastern Sierra, including Karen Ferrell-Ingram of the Eastern Sierra Land Trust, Chris Langley of the Alabama Hills Stewardship Group, and Geoff McQuilkin of the Mono Lake Committee.
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A $5 donation at the door will directly support the Eastern Sierra Land Trust.
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Sun, Jul 1:
4-7 pm AUSTIN HANKS & THE KALIFORNIA KINGSNAKES play the Piano Bar, 6429 Selma Av, Hollywood 90028; www.pianobarhollywood.com; 323-466-2750.
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Sun, Jul 1:
4-7 pm “TRADITIONAL IRISH SESSION” at the Auld Dubliner, 71 Pine Av, Long Beach; 562-437-8300; www.aulddubliner.com.
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Sun, Jul 1, in the desert:
(time tbd) THE WATSON TWINS and JESSE SYKES play a FREE show sometime today or tonight at Pappy & Harriet's, 53688 Pioneertown Rd, Pioneertown; 760-365-5956; www.pappyandharriets.com. Phone to find out what’s happening.
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Sun, Jul 1:
5:30-9 pm “GRAND OLE ECHO,” L.A.’s weekly Americana / alt-country showcase of recording artists, brings JASON HEATH & THE GREEDY SOULS for their CD release show, plus CRAIG ELKINS, JAMES LOW WESTERN FRONT, and SUGAR IN THE GOURD on the back porch, in a full lineup playing on the indoor stage and the back porch, at the Echo, 1822 W Sunset Bl, Echo Park 90026; 213-413-8200. All ages, full bar, BBQ available, no cover.
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This fine weekly series reliably brings a full lineup of folk-Americana, western swing, honky-tonk, and/or alt-country recording artists. Schedules and series info, www.thegrandoleecho.com and www.thegrandoleecho.bandzoogle.com/fr_home.cfm.
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Sun, Jul 1, in T.O.:
6 pm “SONG CIRCLE” at Fun-do-mental Music, 1489 E Thousand Oaks Bl, Suite C , Thousand Oaks 91362; 805-778-1000.
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Sun, Jul 1, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm MURIEL ANDERSON, the phenomenal guitar wizard and producer / performing-host of the “All-Star Guitar Night” series at the NAMM shows, plays solo tonight at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”). Sponsored by Buffalo Head Productions.
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Sun, Jul 1, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm BEN HARPER, FITZ & THE TANTRUMS, and VIEUX FARKA TOURE, team-up to play the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; www.hollywoodbowl.com; 232-850-2000.
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Sun, Jul 1:
7 pm The MOUNTAIN GOATS plus DUSTIN WONG at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. They play two shows here: Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 7 pm. MORE TIX BECAME AVAILABLE THE MORNING OF JUNE 29. Tix, either show, $25.
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Sun, Jul 1:
8 pm “GEORGE GERSHWIN: FROM BROADWAY TO CATFISH ROW” at California Plaza, Grand Performances’ Water Stage, 350 S Grand Av, L.A. 90071; 213-687-2272; www,grandperformances.org.
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At the start of the 20th century, George and brother Ira Gershwin (Porgy and Bess) created a classical repertoire of songs with a unique and truly American flavor. Experience treasures from the Gershwin songbook ,with pianists Alan Chapman and Victoria Kirsch; sopranos Karen Benjamin and Shana Blake Hill; tenor Haqumai Waring Sharpe; and bass-baritone Cedric Berry.
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Sun, Jul 1:
8:30 pm SHAWN JONES plays Café Cordiale in Sherman Oaks, Café Cordiale, 14015 Ventura Bl, Sherman Oaks 91423; dinner reservations, 818-789-1985; info, www.cafecordiale.com/music.html; www.myspace.com/cordiale. No cover.
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Sun, Jul 1:
9:30 pm CAPTAIN JEFFREY & HIS MUSICAL CHUMBUCKETS play Harvelle’s Long Beach, 206 The Promenade North, Long Beach 90802; 310-395-1676; www.harvelles.com. $5 cover.
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Sun, Jul 1:
10 pm THE BASTARDS OF BELLEVILLE play the Liquid Kitty, 11780 W Pico Bl (btwn Barrington & Bundy), West LA; www.thekitty.com; 310-473-3707. No cover. Band info, www.bastardsofbelleville.com.
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Sun, Jul 1, on TV:
10-10:30 pm “TOM JONES: LIVE FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT MUSIC FESTIVAL” is a performance by the Welsh singer from the 2011 festival in England. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Sun, Jul 1, on TV:
10:30 pm-midnight ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS perform for TV in Memphis. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Sun, Jul 1:
11 pm weekly late-night “ACOUSTIC CORDIALE” at 14 Below, 1348 14th St, Santa Monica 90404; 310-451-5040.
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Sun night / Mon AM, Jul 1 / 2, on TV:
1:30-2 am “MUMFORD & SONS UNPLUGGED” in a 2011 acoustic set. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Sun night / Mon AM, Jul 1 / 2, on TV:
2-2:30 am “UNPLUGGED: THE CIVIL WARS” the pseudo-folk duo in a new 2012 intimate acoustic set. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Mon, Jul 2, on TV:
Noon-3:30 pm BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND play a July, 2000 concert at Madison Square Garden. A bit before the Boss began performing traditional roots Americana songs in concert, but a great show. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Mon, Jul 2, in Ventura Co:
6:30 pm SONGMAKERS’ monthly “SONG CIRCLE” at Atria Los Posas Senior Residence in Camarillo. Info and address at www.songmakers.org.
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Mon, Jul 2, in San Diego, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND play Humphrey's By the Bay, Shelter Island Dr, San Diego; 619-224-5377.
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Mon, Jul 2, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm BARRY MANILOW with the L.A. PHILHARMONIC, SARAH HICKS, Conductor, plays the annual, three-night “FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR” concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; 232-850-2000. Runs July 2 through 4. Tix range from $13 to $220.00.
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Mon, Jul 2, in Ventura:
7:30 pm monthly “ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC” at Zoey's Café, 451 E Main St, Ventura 93001; www.zoeyscafe.com; 805-652-0091.
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Mon, Jul 2:
7:30 pm bi-weekly “NEW WESTSIDE BLUEGRASS JAM” at Industry Café & Jazz, 6039 Washington Bl, Culver City 90232.
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Mon, Jul 2:
7:30 pm THE BROMBIES play their weekly bluegrass residency at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506; 818-515-4444. Venue has full bar, serves Mexican food. Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl (same owners). No cover.
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Mon, Jul 2:
7:30 pm weekly “OPEN MIC” at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood 91607; 818-766-9913. Sign-ups at 7 pm. Officially, it’s no cover, but venue expects a donation. Watch on the web if you can’t go, at www.kulakswoodshed.com.
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Mon, Jul 2:
8 pm weekly “IRISH CéILí DANCE & IRISH MUSIC SESSION” at the Celtic Arts Center’s shared location at Theatre Unlimited, 10943 Camarillo St, North Hollywood 91602; 818-760-8322; www.celticartscenter.com.
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Mon, Jul 2:
CANCELLED: 8 pm weekly “BLUE MONDAY JAM” with the BERNIE PEARL BLUES BAND no longer happens at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center, Leimert Park, 4305 Degnan Bl, Los Angeles 90008. Fun while it lasted!
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Mon, Jul 2, on TV:
11 pm-midnight “SARA BAREILLES AT THE FILLMORE” is a 2008 show by the singer-songwriter who can be Americana or more of a rocker. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Tue, Jul 3, on TV (in the morning):
7-8 am “INVITATION ONLY: JASON ALDEAN” is a 2011 performance-interview with songs including “Big Green Tractor,” “my Kinda Party” and “Dirt Road Anthem.” On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Tue, Jul 3, on TV (in the morning):
8-9 am “INVITATION ONLY: KENNY CHESNEY” is a 2010 performance with Chesney and an acoustic trio. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Tue, Jul 3, in San Diego; an “EVENT-of-the-WEEK for ARTISTS”:
5-7 pm “MANDOLIN WORKSHOP” with MIKE COMPTON at New Expression Music, 4434 30th St, San Diego; 619-280-9035. In addition, Mike plays a concert here tonight at 8 pm (see listing).
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Tue, Jul 3, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm LYLE LOVETT & HIS ACOUSTIC GROUP play the Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Bl, Los Angeles 90010; 213-388-1400.
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Tue, Jul 3:
7 pm weekly “JC HYKE'S SONGWRITERS SERENADE” brings a different line-up each week of recording artists playing acoustic sets, at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant & Bar, 145 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006. Venue is a restaurant, serves alcohol. All ages. No cover.
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Tue, Jul 3, in San Diego Co:
7 pm monthly “NORTH COUNTY BLUEGRASS AND FOLK CLUB” at Round Table Pizza, 1161 E Washington Av (at Ash), Escondido 92025.
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Tue, Jul 3:
7 pm weekly “BLUEGRASS SOUP JAM” at Convert-A-Tape, 2420 Gundry Av, Signal Hill 90755.
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Tue, Jul 3, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm BARRY MANILOW with the L.A. PHILHARMONIC, SARAH HICKS, Conductor, plays the annual, three-night “FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR” concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; 232-850-2000. Runs July 2 through 4. Tix range from $13 to $220.00.
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Tue, Jul 3, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm WHAT NOW? the band of MICHAEL FLEMING (of NEW WEST), STEVE & KATHY COON (of SCAMBOOTY), and TOM MORRISON, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”). Tix, $15.
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Tue, Jul 3, in San Diego, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm MIKE COMPTON, mandolin master, plays a concert at New Expression Music, 4434 30th St, San Diego; 619-280-9035. In addition, Mike does a Mandolin Workshop here today, 5-7 pm (see listing).
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Tue, Jul 3:
8 pm weekly “TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION” at Timmy Nolan's Tavern and Grill, 10111 Riverside Dr, Toluca Lake 91602; 818-985-3359.
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Tue, Jul 3, on TV, not music, but cool:
8-9 pm “LIBERTY OR DEATH” is a recreation and analysis of PATRICK HENRY’s famous speech at the Second Virginia Convention. A documentary from 2007. Broadcast on KLCS, the only public TV station that airs music performances when it’s not pledge Dr, and doesn’t chop-up any programming begging for money; check cable and satellite listings.
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Tue, Jul 3, landmark film, on TV:
9 pm-1 am “WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS OF PEACE & MUSIC” is the 1994 Director’s Cut of the Oscar-winning film about the 1969 music festival to end all music festivals. Runs 225 minutes. On Paladia, on cable and satellite. Re-airs 8 am-noon on Jul 4.
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Wednesday, July 4
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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY
(And for everyone in music these days, “Happy Independents Day!”
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Take a moment, amidst all the barbecue gluttony and enjoying the day off, to consider why we HAVE today as a holiday. This edition of the Guide’s News Features has a very special piece for you on “Independence Day and the Future of Voting.” Please go read it. We think it’s worth your time.
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Annual “WATERFRONT BLUES FEST” includes lots of Cajun & Zydeco music, along with plenty of da blues. The final schedule is due soon. We’re told that “A contribution of $120 gets you with a 5-day multiple entry pass into the festival, even if the fire marshal closes the gates due to overcrowding. Your pass contribution will be tax deductible, and supports zydeco music & bands, the dance floor & Cascade Zydeco booth. Because of the wonderful response last year, zydeco will be spread over three days this year, with Cajun music spread over two days.” Make your check out to "Oregon Food Bank," and send it Dick Brainard, 813 SW Alder St. #700, Portland, OR 97205.
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Wednesday’s
CONCERTS, CLUB GIGS, SHOWCASES, OPEN MICS, WORKSHOPS, & more…
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Wed, Jul 4:
5:45 pm “FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA IN WARNER CENTER PARK” with music by HORACE HEIDT, JR.’s BIG BAND, and a flyover by a USAF C-17, at Lou Bredlow Pavilion, Warner Center Park, 5800 Topanga Canyon Bl, Woodland Hills; home to Valley Cultural Center summer series and an L.A. County “Free Concerts in Public Sites” venue; partial info, www.valleycultural.org; 818-704-1358.
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This is a signature annual event in the west SFV, with 20+ food vendors, arts & crafts activities, and a children’s play zone. Flyover and opening ceremony at 5:45 pm, music at 6, fireworks at 9:08 pm. The US Army will have an interactive display on MaryLee St.
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Free admission, but parking in any of the three local lots can be pricey, ranging from $5 to $15. The park gets packed, so come early with your beach chairs or blanket, Public transit may be an option for you, at $1.50 each way on an MTA bus running on adjacent streets.
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Wed, Jul 4:
(Check with venue to see if this recurring event will happen tonight)
6:30 pm bi-weekly “OPEN MIC” at the Talking Stick Coffee House, 1411 Lincoln Bl, Venice 92091. Sign-ups at 6:45 pm.
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Wed, Jul 4; in Ventura Co:
(Check with venue to see if this recurring event will happen tonight)
6:30 pm weekly “IRISH MUSIC SESSION” at Brendan’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, 1755 E Daily Dr, Camarillo 93010; 888-811-5818.
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Wed, Jul 4, in San Diego:
(Check with venue to see if this recurring event will happen tonight)
7 pm “SAN DIEGO SONGWRITERS MEETUP” at New Expression Music, 4434 30th St, San Diego 92116; 619-280-9035.
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Wed, Jul 4, on TV:
7-8:30 pm “A CAPITOL FOURTH 2012” is musically much less interesting than last year, though it repeats twice (at 8:30 and at 10 pm) so it’ll be easy to catch. Broadcast on KOCE, aka “PBS SoCal;” check cable & satellite listings
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Wed, Jul 4, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm BARRY MANILOW with the L.A. PHILHARMONIC, SARAH HICKS, Conductor, plays the annual, three-night “FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR” concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; 232-850-2000. Runs July 2 through 4. Tix range from $13 to $220.00.
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Wed, Jul 4, in Simi:
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7:30 pm SONGMAKERS’ monthly “SIMI VALLEY HOOT” in Simi Valley. Info and location at
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Wed, Jul 4; the Guide’s “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick for the 4th:
8 pm “JULY 4th SPECTACULAR: MUSIC OF THE EAGLES” plus an 80th birthday tribute to film composer JOHN WILLIAMS, all performed by the PACIFIC SYMPHONY at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 8808 Irvine Center Dr, Irvine 92618.
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The annual fireworks celebration by PACIFIC SYMPHONY and Music Director CARL St. CLAIR is a fine orchestral double-bill of some of the most recognizable music of our time. In addition to a cavalcade of Eagles’ hits, including “Take it Easy” and “Hotel California,” and the traditional Souza and other patriotic favorites and a salute to the troops, there are Williams’ iconic themes; an audience vote will choose between “E.T” or “Star Wars” for the closing piece of the first half.
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You can bring your own picnic dinner (your choice of food and beverage, including byo wine, etc.), and gates open at 6 pm for picnickers. If you prefer, truly tasty food is available on-site from Bristol Farms (the same folks who cater the Long Beach Crawfish Festival), if you pre-order as you check-out from concert ticket purchase.
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Tix and info, including nice videos of the symphony performing EAGLES and JOHN WILLIAMS music (and an astonishing amount of additional performance videos), are available at http://m.pacificsymphonyorg/m/home.aspx; just don’t forget to get your tickets before you lose yourself watching all those videos(!) or you can call the box office at 714-755-5799.
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Wed, Jul 4:
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8 pm weekly “GUITAROLOGY” at Bar Melody & Grill, 9132 S Sepulveda Bl, Los Angeles 90045; 310-670-1994.
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Wed, Jul 4, on TV:
8:30-10 pm “A CAPITOL FOURTH 2012” is musically much less interesting than last year, though it airs three times (at 7, 8:30 and 10 pm) so it’ll be easy to catch. Broadcast on KOCE, aka “PBS SoCal;” check cable & satellite listings
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Wed, Jul 4, landmark film, on TV:
9 pm-1 am “WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS OF PEACE & MUSIC” is the 1994 Director’s Cut of the Oscar-winning film about the 1969 music festival to end all music festivals. Runs 225 minutes. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Wed, Jul 4, on TV:
10-11:30 pm “A CAPITOL FOURTH 2012” is musically much less interesting than last year, though it airs three times (at 7, 8:30 and 10 pm) so it’ll be easy to catch. Broadcast on KOCE, aka “PBS SoCal;” check cable & satellite listings
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Wed, Jul 4, on TV:
10:30-11 pm “UNPLUGGED: SILVERSUN PICKUPS” in a 2009 all-acoustic set. On Paladia, on cable and satellite.
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Thursday, July 5
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Thu, Jul 5:
6 pm weekly “THURSDAY NIGHT SOFA JAM” at Westwood Music, 1627 Westwood Bl, Los Angeles 90024; 310-478-4251.
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Thu, Jul 5, in OC:
6:15 pm weekly “FOUNTAIN VALLEY BLUEGRASS JAM” at Orange County Archery, 18792 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley 92708.
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Thu, Jul 5, world music:
7 pm RUMBANKETE brings their Latin Salsa to the “Levitt Pavilion L.A. Concerts in the Park” series at Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts - L.A., in MacArthur Park, 2230 W 6th St (at S Park View), downtown L.A.; 213-368-0520; www.levittla.org; concert series, 213-384-5701. Series runs mid-to-late-summer, several themed nights each week, and includes an “American Music Series,” a children’s series, and a world music series. Bring your lawn chair or blanket. Ride the Red Line subway to MacArthur Park Station, and walk, to avoid dealing with scarce (often distant) parking. Nice outdoor venue. Free show.
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Thu, Jul 5, in San Diego:
7 pm monthly “SAN DIEGO OLD TIME FIDDLERS JAM” at New Expression Music, 4434 30th St, San Diego 92116; 619-280-9035.
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Thu, Jul 5, in San Diego:
7:30 pm CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO plays the “AMSD Concert Series” at 4650 Mansfield St, San Diego 92116; 619-303-8176.
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Thu, Jul 5, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick, in Santa Barbara Co:
8 pm LYLE LOVETT & HIS ACOUSTIC GROUP play the Chumash Casino, 3400 E Hwy 246, Santa Ynez 93460; tix & info, 800-CHUMASH.
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Thu, Jul 5, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm WILL RYAN & THE CACTUS COUNTY COWBOYS, with special guest BETTY LUSSIER, a musician and honest-to-goodness pioneer aviatrix & spy(!), at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); 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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Aside from the fact that they often engage unique guests, as they do tonight, this is absolutely the best uncelebrated band in L.A., hands down and period. They’re exquisitely musical and a whole lotta fun, a fine mix of male and female talent on stage, with plenty of understated antics and shenanigans. WILL RYAN is “Hollywood’s Official Singing Cowboy,” and even before that, he held the same honor in Burbank.
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But don’t let any of the “cowboy” part scare you off. Sure, their repertoire of originals sounds a lot like the music from the best 1930s-era musicals, with such splendid numbers as “Rhythm Rides the Range.” But then they’ll serve-up a song like “Ding Dong Daddy of Abu Dhabi,” with it’s subtext of oil addiction and how the super-rich treat it all like a poker game, and the band’s depth and Ryan’s songwriting shine brightly.
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And what other ostensibly “western” band has an uber-talented young woman (CHLOE FEORANZANO) who plays clarinet, saxophone and mandolin, all in the same song? Plus, CACTUS KATIE CAVERA, an in-demand player in the big band jazz world.
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The band’s fiddler / violinist, BENNY BRYDERN, aka BENEDIKT BRYDERN, spends parts of his summers conducting symphony orchestras in Europe, sometimes leading them in his own compositions.
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Add to that their adjunct member, GRAMMY-winner IAN WHITCOMB, and you should begin to comprehend why you really need to see them.
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Tix, $18; $3 discount if you dress in red, white & blue for the day after the Fourth…
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Thu, Jul 5, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “ARIGATO CHARITY CONCERT: 3.11 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE + TSUNAMI RELIEF” by the CALIFORNIA PHILHARMONIC with FUZJKO HEMMING at Walt Disney Concert Hall, L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org. (Music Center complex includes Ahmanson Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Disney Concert Hall outdoor amphitheatre, REDCAT.)
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Thu, Jul 5:
8 pm RED BARAAT plays the FREE Summer Concert Series at Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts - Pasadena, Memorial Park, 85 E Holly St, (really Raymond & Walnut), Pasadena 91103; 626-683-3230; www.levittpavilionpasadena.org. Ride the Gold Line light rail to Memorial Park Station.
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Thu, Jul 5, NOTABLE world music:
8 pm YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE, plus RABBI HAGAI BATZI, ROMA MUSICIANS OF ISTANBUL, dancer MAYA G KARASSO, at Temple Emmanuel, 300 N Clark, Beverly Hills 90211. Sponsored by Mati Israeli Community Center.
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The YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE brings a selection of Israeli, Armenian, Greek and Turkish songs on acoustic and regionally indigenous instruments. People who are not at all into “world music” usually like them – a lot.
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Thu, Jul 5:
8 pm monthly “OLD TIME and TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN FIDDLE & BANJO MUSIC JAM” at 1642 Beer & Wine Bar, 1642 W Temple St, Los Angeles 90026; 213-483-5571.
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Thu, Jul 5:
9:30 pm KEN O’MALLEY brings his authentic and original Irish music to Ireland’s 32, 13721 Burbank Bl. Van Nuys 91401; 818-785-4031.
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Friday, July 6
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Fri, Jul 6:
5 pm monthly “OLD-TIME JAM” at the Fretted Frog Acoustic Guitar Store, 1200 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles 90026; 213-353-0734.
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Fri, Jul 6, in east San Diego Co, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
6 pm CAROLINE AIKEN, REBECCA TROON, & BRITTA LEE SHAIN play Wynola Pizza Express, 4355 Highway 78, Julian 92036; 760-765-1004.
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Fri, Jul 6, in Ventura Co:
7 pm SONGMAKERS’ monthly “PENNY LANE SING CIRCLE” in Port Hueneme 93041. Info and location at www.songmakers.org.
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Fri, Jul 6, an evening pseudo-festival and “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “SAN PEDRO SQUEEZE: AN ACCORDION FESTIVAL” is not in San Pedro, but in downtown L.A. at California Plaza, on Grand Performances’ Water Stage, 350 S Grand Av, L.A. 90071; 213-687-2272; www.grandperformances.org.
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Ah, the squeezebox. Much aligned, gtreatly appreciated around here. Tonight is a chance to “Get keyed in” to a world of accordion music. The versatile squeezebox, first valued for its ability to be heard above the din in crowded pubs and outdoor gatherings, can be used by a master to play any genre.
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So, what’s with the San Pedro connection? The evening celebrates accordion music from the many ethnic communities that call San Pedro home.
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Features JOEL GUZMAN’s traditional Mexican music fused blues, rock, country, and salsa; digital accordion champion CORY PESATURO; accordion diva GEE RABE; and more.
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Fri, Jul 6, a “FREE SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm SARA WATKINS (of NICKEL CREEK) plays one of the best shows in this season’s offerings at the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts - Pasadena, Memorial Park, 85 E Holly St, (really Raymond & Walnut), Pasadena 91103; 626-683-3230; www.levittpavilionpasadena.org. Ride the Gold Line light rail to Memorial Park Station.
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Fri, Jul 6. a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 & 10 pm ALBERT LEE plays two shows tonight at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. More tix became available the morning of Jun 29. The 8 pm show is sold-out; 10 pm still available. Tix, either show, $24.50.
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Fri, Jul 6:
8 pm monthly “SEVERIN BROWNE’S FIRST FRIDAY SHOW” with special guests and the all-star FIRST FRIDAY BAND, at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood 91607; 818-766-9913. Officially, it’s no cover, but all artists donate performances to the venue and venue expects a minimum $10 donation per person. If you can’t be there, watch it on the web at www.kulakswoodshed.com.
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Fri, Jul 6:
8 pm THE UNTOUCHABLES bring their youth-oriented jazz to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”). Tix, $15.
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Fri, Jul 6:
8 pm weekly “MONROVIA STREET FAIR” includes several venues with acoustic music, some impromptu, some more formal, including the KATTYWOMPUS CONCERT and JAM with all comers – including dulcimer players – at Dollmakers Kattywompus, 412 S Myrtle Av, Monrovia 91016; 626-357-1091. Free.
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Fri, Jul 6. a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
10 pm ALBERT LEE plays two shows tonight at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. More tix became available the morning of Jun 29. The 8 pm show is sold-out; 10 pm still available. Tix, either show, $24.50.
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Today is LOADED with Celtic and Irish music events! You know you’ll be wantin’ to have a look, darlin’.
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Sat, Jul 7, an historic “EVENT-of-the-WEEK” pick:
The BATTLESHIP IOWA holds her grand opening for visitors today at her new permanent display home in San Pedro, just north of Ports-of-Call. The gracefully-lined 887-foot-long grey lady dates to WWII and carried US Presidents to important meetings around the world. Plenty of info at www.pacificbattleship.org.
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Sat, Jul 7, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
10 am “A GAELIC GATHERING: IRISH MUSIC AND DANCE” includes some Southern Cal favorite folks and is part of the “Big! World! Fun!” Family Series at the Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Bl East, Hollywood 90068; 323-GO1-FORD (323-461-3673); www.FordTheatres.org.
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Stirring melodies, intricate footwork and the rhythmic step and Ceili (group) dances make Gaelic Gathering a feast of exuberant Irish tunes and dances. Fiddles and flutes accompany hard shoe jigs and hornpipes, soft shoe reels and slipjigs. Led by dancer/choreographer MÁIRE CLERKIN, this rousing event features fiddle player and dancer KIRA OTT (and musician, of the late great band CIUNAS), and champion stepdancer JONATHAN PRESLEY, with FRANK SIMPSON on flutes and whistles, PATRICK D’ARCY on ancient instruments such as uilleann pipes (elbow bagpipes) and bodhran (drum) and renowned vocalist / dancer / actress ALICE RYAN, who sings haunting songs and plays accordion. Together they guide the audience on an exploration of Ireland’s rich cultural heritage.
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Pre-show activities include making a Celtic Tree of Life using craft materials. These stately trees figure prominently in ancient Celtic Mythology.
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Sat, Jul 7:
10-11:30 am FREE “DRUM DOWNTOWN: A TASTE OF LATIN RHYTHMS,” presented by Active Arts® outdoors at L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org. Includes Ahmanson Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Disney Concert Hall outdoor amphitheatre, REDCAT.
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Go for a unique drumming experience. Perfect for percussionists of all skill levels, no experience necessary. Drums and other percussion instruments provided. Visit musiccenter.org/activearts or call (213) 972-3660.
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Sat, Jul 7:
4 pm GUITAR GODDESSES the ensemble of LISA JONHSON, LISA NEMZO, LINDSAY TOMASIC, & MICHELLE MAGIONE, play the “Full Moon Saturdays at Stonywood” house concert series somewhere in the L.A. area. Reservations get directions at fullmoonsaturdays@yahoo.com. Munchies and non-alcoholic beverages provided. Feel free to bring your own wine, beer, or drink of choice.
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We’ve heard each of them individually and in various ensembles and bands. This should be a treat. Info on the artists can be found at
www.facebook.com/LisaJohnsonMusic
www.lisanemzo.com
www.michellemangione.com
www.lindsaytomasic.com
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Sat, Jul 7, a “FREE SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm THOSE MANNING BHOYS plus THE IRISH PRIDE DANCERS are guaranteed to make you believe St. Patrick’s Day is in July, performing a FREE evening of Irish music and dance for the “16th Annual Altadena Sheriffs’ Summer Concert Series” in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park, 568 East Mt. Curve Av, Altadena 91001; series info, www.altadenasheriffs.blogspot.com; 626-798-6335. Some food available there, or come early with a picnic and grab good seats. FREE concert series.
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Sat, Jul 7:
7 pm TERESA TUDURY plus SHELBY, TIEG & TARA, at Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”). Tix, $18.
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Sat, Jul 7:
7 pm the CHARLES JOHNSON CHILDREN bring storytelling to the “San Diego Folk Heritage” series in Templars Hall in Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Rd, Poway 92064; 858-566-4040.
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Sat, Jul 7, in Big Bear, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm JIM CURRY performs his “Country Roads: John Denver Tribute Show” at Bear Creek Resort, 40210 Big Bear Bl, Big Bear Lake 92315.
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We really like and appreciate Jim’s performance, and we’re not big on too many tribute acts. Jim has won the support of many members of the late John Denver’s band, including his orchestra leader, and most of them have performed live with him in various parts of the world. He always gives his audience a fine show, bringing life back to a great many songs that are on the verge of being forgotten, but should endure, be remembered, and be performed for and by future generations.
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Sat, Jul 7:
8 pm CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $20.
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Sat, Jul 7, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “LEGENDS OF THE CELTIC HARP: PATRICK BALL, LISA LYNNE, & ARYEH FRANFURTER” play the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY” series at Beckman Institute Auditorium, 400 S Wilson Av, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. This is a wonderful show, absolutely a world-class combination of true masters of the instrument, and an auditory delight. Plus, the intimate venue with its sloped seating gives everyone good views of the talented fingers as these artists create beautiful and moving music.
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Advance tix are highly recommended, as this will likely sell-out. It's a WONDERFUL show. Park free in either of two lots at the end of Michigan Av, S off Del Mar.
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Sat, Jul 7, in Thousand Oaks, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm CAROLINE AIKEN, REBECCA TROON, & BRITTA LEE SHAIN play the “BODIE HOUSE CONCERTS AT THE THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY” series, at Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E Janss Road, Thousand Oaks91362; info and advance tix (recommended) at 818-706-8309.
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Sun, Jul 8:
12:30 pm monthly “BLUEGRASS JAM SESSION” free to play or listen, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).626-398-7917
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Sun, Jul 8:
2 pm monthly “SONGWRITER SANCTUM” showcase of recording artists, performing acoustically, at the Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St, Santa Monica 90405; 310-399-1631. Bring something for the potluck. No cover, donations for the artists are very appreciated. And be careful where you park: the city is parking-ticket-crazy.
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Sun, Jul 8:
3 pm CALIFORNIA PHILHARMONIC with the INNER CITY YOUTH ORCHESTRA at Walt Disney Concert Hall, L.A. Music Center, 135 N Grand Av, L.A. (downtown) 90012; 213-972-7211; www.musiccenter.org. (Music Center complex includes Ahmanson Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Disney Concert Hall outdoor amphitheatre, REDCAT.)
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Sun, Jul 8, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
4 pm JOYCE WOODSON & TERESA TUDURY share the bill at the “Fonda Friends House Concert” series in La Habra. Reservations get directions at jonitabd@gmail.com or 562-665-5088.
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Two award-winning singer-songwriters share their original songs in the privacy of a friend’s living room. A great way to spend a summer afternoon.
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TERESA TUDURY takes you on a musical journey of wild and powerful songs and stories from the depths of her incredibly rich and inspiring repertoire. From her San Francisco roots to the Greek Islands to New York and L.A., she brings her experiences to her wide-awake music, creating a loyal following and rave reviews wherever she performs. She has been likened to "Leonard Cohen meets Bessie Smith." More at www.teresatudury.net.
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JOYCE WOODSON Joyce recently won the “Best Song of the Year” award from the Western Music Association, but she easily transcends the “cowboy” genre. Her crystal clear voice and fine guitar-playing are as adept in the folk music world as they are wending her way through the West with powerful or touching original songs about the land. Ad to that her strength in storytelling, bringing characters to life as if they’re hunkered down at the campfire next to you. "Joyce has a voice that can either break a heart or mend one." – Pat S., Virginia. More at www.joycewoodson.com.
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5:30-9 pm “GRAND OLE ECHO,” L.A.’s weekly Americana / alt-country showcase of recording artists, reliably brings a full lineup of folk-Americana, western swing, honky-tonk, and/or alt-country recording artists playing on the indoor stage and the back porch, at the Echo, 1822 W Sunset Bl, Echo Park 90026; 213-413-8200. All ages, full bar, BBQ available, no cover.
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Sun, Jul 8, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm CAROLINE AIKEN, REBECCA TROON, & BRITTA LEE SHAIN team up in a fabulous triple-bill at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); venue phone 626-398-7917; info www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named in FolkWorks as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”). Tix, $15.
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Thu, Jul 12:
6 pm “LOUISIANA PARTY” charity event with musical performances by DAVID SOUSA and DEMPSEY PAPPION at Savoy Entertainment Center, 218 S La Brea Av, Inglewood 90301.
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Fri, Jul 13, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION” with GARRISON KEILLOR and musical guests, does its annual show for radio taping and next-day broadcast, returning this year to the larger facilities of the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; 232-850-2000.
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Fri, Jul 13, in Ventura Co, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm WHISKEY CHIMP, a Southern Cal favorite, plays a rare local show for the “FIRESIDE CONCERT SERIES” at Borchard Community Center, 190 Reino Rd, Newbury Park. Hosted By Bob Kroll, sponsored by Conejo Recreation & Park District.
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The members of this band are on tour with other bands much of the year – ’purt near constantly, including performing on national TV. So it's just plain difficult to get them together anymore. But, voila! – Bob Kroll did, for a special summer edition of this series (it usually runs fall-to-spring).
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WHISKEY CHIMP takes its audience on a genre-bending roller coaster of musical emotions. Starting from very traditional bluegrass, they may venture deep into punk rock roots or move into a rousing Mariachi ballad. Whiskey Chimp’s repertoire of refreshing original material and choice cover songs delightfully violate all the rules of engagement. Their simian stage antic and electrifying performances keep audiences entertained throughout the night. From their first song to their encore, it is very apparent these guys are having a blast.
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They are CHRIS CAIRNS on bluegrass banjo; TOBY EMERY on punk vocals and mandolin; BILL FLORES (a seemingly bottomless talent) on accordion / clarinet / Dobro / fiddle / guitar; STANLEY GONZALES on vocals and rock-n-roll ukulele; BRENT HARDING on vocals and slapping upright bass; MARK PARSON on Cajun-style fiddle and vocals; and CORY SCRIVNER on roots and folk-based vocals and guitar. Featuring tight four-part harmony and blazing instrumentals, “The Chimp,” as they are affectionately known by their fans, leave their audiences clamoring for more. Fasten your seat belts as you witness a mesmerizing musical experience.
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Fri, Jul 13, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm “UKULELE SHOW” with IAN WHITCOMB & FRED SOKOLOW at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $15.
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Fri, Jul 13, in OC:
8 pm BILLY VERA & THE BEATERS play The Coach House, Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano; 949-496-8930.
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Sat, Jul 14:
7 pm DOWNBEAT EXPRESS brings their Big Band sound featuring JENNIFER GATES to the “16th Annual Altadena Sheriffs’ Summer Concert Series” in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park, 568 East Mt. Curve Av, Altadena 91001; series info, 626-798-6335; www.altadenasheriffs.blogspot.com. FREE concert series.
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Sat, Jul 14, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm DARRYL PURPOSE with JULIE BEAVER accompanying on fiddle, plus TIM O'GARA opening, play the final scheduled edition of the “FOUR FRIENDS ACOUSTIC MUSIC SERIES” at Four Friends Gallery, 1408 Thousand Oaks Bl, Thousand Oaks.
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DARRYL PURPOSE came out of the Los Angeles scene to become a national touring singer-songwriter in the mid-1990’s – playing 150+ gigs a year, headlining venues from McCabe’s to the Kerrville Folk Festival and producing six critically-acclaimed CDs. He then took an extended sabbatical in the Rocky Mountains, returning to his other career as an internationally prominent blackjack player. (He is the in the Blackjack Hall of Fame.) He is now back making musical magic. His latest project is a new CD at Blue Rock in Austin, along with touring the country. He is on most of the major internet music sites, including Rhapsody, Pandora and iTunes. Learn more, and check out his music at www.darrylpurpose.com.
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Reservations or info, contact Alexia at 213-219-2449 or alexia@alexiasalvatierra.com.
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Sat, Jul 14, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JAMES LEE STANLEY plays “Russ and Julie’s House Concerts” series in Oak Park (Agoura Hills / Westlake Village area). Reservations get directions at rsvp@houseconcerts.us or 818-707-2179.
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JAMES LEE STANLEY has toured with everyone from ROBIN WILLIAMS to STEPHEN STILLS; STEVEN WRIGHT to BONNIE RAITT. One of his numerous solo CDs was hailed by FI Magazine as “The Best Recording of 1998,” and “One of the Top 100 CDs of All Time.” He plays guitar brilliantly and writes remarkable songs of depth and beauty, while retaining accessible melodies and musicality. His voice has been described as an instrument of beauty and finesse. Venue impresario BOB STANE adds, “And he's a funny guy. It's truly amazing. He should be President of the World. Really.”
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Hear James’ new solo CD at www.jamesleestanley.com/backstage.html. Or check out his acclaimed acoustic covers of DOORS songs, “All Wood and Doors,” at www.allwoodanddoors.com , and his acoustic versions of ROLLING STONES classics, All Wood and Stones,” www.allwoodandstones.com.
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Sat, Jul 14:
8 & 10 pm RAY WYLIE HUBBARD at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. The 8 pm show is sold-out; tix available for 10 pm if you hurry. Tix, $20.
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Sun, Jul 15, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND, plus RICK SHEA opening, at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. A truly fine double-bill. Tix, $15.
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Sun, Jul 15, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm DARRYL PURPOSE with JULIE BEAVER accompanying on fiddle, plus DAVE MORRISON opening, play Neighborhood Church, 301 N Orange Grove Bl, Pasadena.
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DARRYL PURPOSE came out of the Los Angeles scene to become a national touring singer-songwriter in the mid-1990’s – playing 150+ gigs a year, headlining venues from McCabe’s to the Kerrville Folk Festival and producing six critically-acclaimed CDs. He then took an extended sabbatical in the Rocky Mountains, returning to his other career as an internationally prominent blackjack player. (He is the in the Blackjack Hall of Fame.) He is now back making musical magic. His latest project is a new CD at Blue Rock in Austin, along with touring the country. He is on most of the major internet music sites, including Rhapsody, Pandora and iTunes. Learn more, and check out his music at www.darrylpurpose.com.
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Reservations or info, contact Alexia at 213-219-2449 or alexia@alexiasalvatierra.com.
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Sun, Jul 15, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm TOULOUSE ENGLEHARDT plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reservations recommended, call 626-798-6236 (seven days, 10 am-10 pm).
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Thu, Jul 19, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick, in Idyllwild:
7 pm LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS play the Idyllwild Community Center series, 26150 Hwy 243, Idyllwild 92549. Cajun-Zydeco GRAMMY Nominees, Lisa’s new video, “Chicken Fiddler,” has over 555,000 YouTube views! They’re always exciting, whether you dance or just listen, and they are among the few bands that mixes plenty of Cajun fiddle music with zydeco.
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Sat, Jul 21, FESTIVAL, in Northern Cal:
11 am-7 pm “ COWBOYS AND CORNBREAD,” featuring the “Hangtown Harmonica Championship,” presented by The El Dorado County Visitors Authority and the El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce, at Rainbow Orchards, 2569 Larsen Dr, Camino CA 95709. This regional event celebrates western living and old-fashioned fun. New this year are “The Hangtown Horseshoe Tournament,” and live music by the DAN MAY BAND. Back by popular demand are the Chili Cook Off, Cowboy Poetry, Kiddie Corral, Chuckwagon BBQ, and Margaritaville. Looks like a full day of fun, pardner.
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More info at www.cowboysandcornbread.com, or 800-642-1624, or e-mail tourism@eldoradocounty.org. Free admission, $7 parking fee.
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Sat, Jul 21, a “FREE SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm WRECK N SOW brings their good time Folk-Americana-based music to the “16th Annual Altadena Sheriffs’ Summer Concert Series” in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park, 568 East Mt. Curve Av, Altadena 91001; series info, www.altadenasheriffs.blogspot.com; 626-798-6335. FREE concert series.
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Sat, Jul 21, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm FUR DIXON & STEVE WERNER at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Everybody’s favorite “songs-of-the-open-road” folk duo. Tix, $15.
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Sun, Jul 22:
7 pm THE FAREWELL DRIFTERS at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $15.
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Sat, Jul 28:
8th Annual “NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY” in the U.S. and Canada, brings special recognitions from several US states and Canadian provinces and many events in both countries, including plenty of western and western swing music. We’ll keep you posted, or check the ever-growing and vast array of info at www.nationaldayofthecowboy.org
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Sat & Sun, Jul 28 & 29, FESTIVAL,
a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick,
in Long Beach:
19th annual “LONG BEACH CRAWFISH FESTIVAL” is all about live music, dancing, and exceptionally good food in large quantities, with performances by CEDRYL BALLOU & THE ZYDECO TRENDSETTERS, ANDRE THIERRY & ZYDECO MAGIC, BONNE MUSIQUE ZYDECO, ROYALE GARDEN DIXIELAND BAND, A.J. GIBBS “THE MYDECO DANCE KING,” WAYLON THIBODEAUX, LIL’ BRIAN & THE ZYDECO TRAVELERS, STEP RIDEAU & THE ZYDECO OUTLAWS, BENNIE & THE SWAMP GATORS, NEW ORLEANS BOOGIE BAND, plus the comedy & magic of KERRY ROSS, at Rainbow Lagoon Events Park, 400 Shoreline Village Dr, Long Beach 90802.
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This festival features different acts each day, so if you’re a fan of Louisiana music, it’s very worth attending both days.
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There’s a large international food court with many tasty offerings, in addition to the ticket option with the crawfish feast. Children’s Stage runs noon-6 pm both days, with storytelling, magicians, inflatable impressions, adjacent bounces, and more. This festival draws 15,000 people over two days. The “Louisiana to L.A. Second Line Dancers” and “New Orleans High Steppers” take part, and there are large wooden dance floors and lessons for all. More at www.longbeachcrawfishfestival.com.
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Tix, $13 advance, admission only (children under age 12 free, accompanied by adult); or (recommended) there’s a $25 advance option that includes admission and a big, rectangular Crawfish Feast platter, cooked on site and served by Bristol Farms; there’s a more gluttonous option that includes a bucket of crawfish and admission, and that one is $30 advance. (Substantially higher prices at the gate.) Parking at LB Convention Ctr, 300 Ocean Bl, is $10; or ride the Metro Blue Line to the end and catch the Long Beach shuttle bus or walk three blocks.
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Sat, Jul 28:
7 pm SUSIE HANSEN LATIN BAND brings her well-regarded “Hot Latin Jazz & Salsa” to the “16th Annual Altadena Sheriffs’ Summer Concert Series” in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park, 568 East Mt. Curve Av, Altadena 91001; series info, 626-798-6335; www.altadenasheriffs.blogspot.com. FREE concert series.
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Sat, Jul 28:
8 pm THE HANDSOME FAMILY at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $15.
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Sun, Jul 29:
7 pm DOUG PAISLEY plus MARIEE SIOUX at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $12.50.
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Fri, Jul 29:
7 pm TOULOUSE ENGELHARDT, phenomenal guitar-playing showman, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); 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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AUGUST EVENTS…
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Wed, Aug 1; a “SHOW-of-the-YEAR” pick:
7 pm “THE NEVILLE BROTHERS' FAREWELL TOUR,” as the famous brothers add the talents and formidable presence of TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE to bring a memory-book night of New Orleans’ best to the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; 232-850-2000. Don’t dawdle getting tix, as this’ll sell-out.
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Fri & Sat, Aug 3 & 4:
“HARD SUMMER” FESTIVAL isn’t likely to interest folk-Americana fans, but we thought you should be aware of what it is, on a 32-acre site at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Some funk, a lot of discotheque performed live, some as dj sets. We’ll pass.
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Sat, Aug 4:
7 pm UPSTREAM plays “Reggaelypso,” Soca & Steel Drum music at the “16th Annual Altadena Sheriffs’ Summer Concert Series” in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park, 568 East Mt. Curve Av, Altadena 91001; series info, www.altadenasheriffs.blogspot.com; 626-798-6335. FREE concert series.
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Tue, Aug 7; a “SHOW-of-the-YEAR” pick:
7:30 pm BUDDY GUY & JONNY LANG bring as-good-as-it-gets blues to the Greek Theater in L.A. Get tix early, it’ll sell-out.
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Sat, Aug 11:
7 pm SGT. PEPPER plays “The sounds of THE BEATLES and more” at the “16th Annual Altadena Sheriffs’ Summer Concert Series” in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park, 568 East Mt. Curve Av, Altadena 91001; series info, www.altadenasheriffs.blogspot.com; 626-798-6335. FREE concert series.
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Sat, Aug 11, through Sat, Aug 25 (see dates); a “SHOW-of-the-YEAR” pick:
NEIL DIAMOND reprises his “HOT AUGUST NIGHT” with a 40th Anniversary tour, including these shows at the Greek Theatre in L.A., where he played the original.
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Can you say, “Chance to relive a legendary concert with the music legend who performed it, who etched a very special night into music history?” That’s literally what this is. Any superlative you want to apply, after 40 years and millions of album sales of the show taped on the very same stage way back in 1972, well, the accolades and gushing enthusiasm and stage-lit memories are all warranted.
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Here’s the schedule and status at press time:
Sat, Aug 11 at 8 pm - sold out
Thu, Aug 16 at 8 pm - sold out
Sat, Aug 18 at 8 pm - ON SALE NOW
Thu, Aug 23 at 8 pm - ON SALE NOW
Sat, Aug 25 at 8 pm - just announced & ON SALE NOW
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Sat, Aug 11, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm TOM RUSSELL, one of new-folk’s best performing songwriters, returns to his Southern Cal roots to play the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY” series at Beckman Institute Auditorium, 400 S Wilson Av, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. Park free at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar. Get tix early, as this will sell-out.
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Sat, Aug 11:
8 pm THE FOLK COLLECTION brings all the classic songs of the ’50s-’60s Folk Revival era for an evening at “RUSS AND JULIE'S HOUSE CONCERT” Series in Oak Park (Agoura Hills / Westlake Village area). Reservations get directions at 818-707-2179.
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Sun, Aug 12:
7 pm KELLY HOGAN at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $15.
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Sun, Aug 12; a “SHOW-of-the-YEAR” pick:
8 pm Annual “BLUEGRASS AT THE FORD” concert, featuring THE LONESOME RIVER BAND and LONESOME OTIS, presented by the Bluegrass Association of Southern California (BASC), at one of the Guide’s most-favorite outdoor venues, the John Anson Ford Theater, 2580 Cahuenga Bl East, Hollywood. Pack a picnic dinner with the beverages of your choice (alcohol is allowed in) and enjoy a fine and fun night of bluegrass under the stars. Everybody who knows looks forward to this one.
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Fri-Sun, Aug 17-19, FESTIVAL,
in Vista,
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10th Annual “SUMMERGRASS SAN DIEGO BLUEGRASS MUSIC FESTIVAL” with BLUE HIGHWAY, LONESOME RIVER BAND, FLATT LONESOME, SWEET TIDINGS, TAIL DRAGGERS, VIRTUAL STRANGERS, LIGHTHOUSE, and more tba, at the 40-acre outdoor Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, 2040 N santa Fe Av, Vista 92083. There’s a kids’ camp, adult boot camp, raffles, music & craft vendors, jamming, dry camping, food, and more.
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Advance tix are discounted, so hop on it as soon as you know you are going. Tix & info, www.summergrass.net or 858-679-4854; camping questions, camping@summergrass.net or 619-940-4593.
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Fri, Aug 17, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick, in South OC:
5:30 pm LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS play the summer-long “SAWDUST FESTIVAL” on the main stage at the permanent festival grounds, 935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach 92651; wwwsawdustartfestival.org. Cajun-Zydeco GRAMMY Nominees, Lisa’s new video, “Chicken Fiddler,” has over 555,000 YouTube views! They’re always exciting, whether you dance or just listen, and they are among the few bands that mixes plenty of Cajun fiddle music with zydeco.
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Sat, Aug 18, a “FREE SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS bring their GRAMMY-nominated and highly danceable Cajun & Zydeco music to the “16th Annual Altadena Sheriffs’ Summer Concert Series” in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park, 568 East Mt. Curve Av, Altadena 91001; series info, www.altadenasheriffs.blogspot.com; 626-798-6335. Cajun-Zydeco GRAMMY Nominees, Lisa’s new video, “Chicken Fiddler,” has over 555,000 YouTube views! They’re always exciting, whether you dance or just listen, and they are among the few bands that mixes plenty of Cajun fiddle music with zydeco. FREE concert series.
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Sun, Aug 19, FESTIVAL, in Long Beach:
Noon-5 pm 2nd annual “ROSE PARK BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” in Rose Park, 800 Orizaba Av, Long Beach. Performers include GRASSLANDS, playing 3-4 pm.
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We’ll bring you more on the festival as we learn it, but here’s some info on GRASSLANDS: this is the band of TIM O’BRIEN on Dobro & vocals, GREG PADGETT on bass & vocals, JIM COOPER on guitar & vocals, RICK MIRSKY on banjo, & SHELAH SPIEGEL on fiddle & vocals. She’s a four-time Southern Cal Fiddle Champ; Tim has been a member of THE WITCHER BROTHERS and RANK STRANGERS; Rick taught banjo at the Blue Ridge Pickin’ Parlor; Greg had his own act at the Grand Ole Opry; all four have “been there, done that.” Check them out on You Tube at www.youtube.com/user/GrasslandBluegrass?ob=5#p/u/3/-p4wwc039Ok. More at www.grasslandsbluegrass.com.
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Thu, Aug 23, in San Diego, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS play Humphrey's By the Bay, Shelter Island Dr, San Diego; 619-224-5377.
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Fri, Aug 24:
7 pm ROY BOOK BINDER at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. Tix, $17.50.
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Sat, Aug 25:
7 pm Guitarist BRIAN HUGHES & his band bring contemporary Latin-Jazz to the “16th Annual Altadena Sheriffs’ Summer Concert Series” in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park, 568 East Mt. Curve Av, Altadena 91001; series info, www.altadenasheriffs.blogspot.com; 626-798-6335. FREE concert series.
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Sun, Aug 26:
7 pm GEOFF MULDAUR with JIM KWESKIN & SUZY THOMPSON is an all-star night at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497. This will sell-out early, so hop right on it. Tix, $22.50.
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Thu, Aug 30, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
ERIC BIBB plays the Skirball Cultural Center, just off the 405 atop Sepulveda Pass. More info wen we have it.
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Sat, Sep 1; a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS at the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood Bl at Argyle St, Hollywood. Get tix early, they’re on sale now, and it’ll sell-out.
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Tue, Sep 4, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
JOHN HIATT plays Sainte Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach; 310-372-0035.
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Wed, Sep 5, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm B. B. KING plus THE TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND for an end-of-the-summer all-star night at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Av, Hollywood; 232-850-2000. It’ll likely all be electric, and really, really good.
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Fri, Sep 7; a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm CROSBY, STILLS & NASH at the Greek Theater in L.A. Get tix early, it’ll sell-out.
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Fri, Sep 7, in OC, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JOHN HIATT plays The Coach House, Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano; 949-496-8930.
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Sat, Sep 8, FESTIVAL, in Northern Cal:
Annual “CRAWFISH & CATFISH FESTIVAL” with THE GUMBO BAND, Z.O.O.M., BLUES BOX, ZYDECO FLAMES, FUNKY GATORS, TEBO & FRIENDS, down-home Louisiana Blues, Beau Funk, and more, at Rio Ramaza Marina, 10000 Garden Hwy, Sacramento 95837. Lots of savory foods, including crawfish, catfish, shrimp, alligator, oysters, BBQ, tri-tip, gumbo, etouffee, po boys, more. Dance lessons, kids activities and shopping. Bring lawn chairs and dancing shoes. No outside food.
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Sat, Sep 8, a “FREE SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7 pm THE WALKING PHOENIXES perform “A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH & OTHER COUNTRY CLASSICS” with special guests THE RED MUTTS doing “Top Classic Rock,” at the “16th Annual Altadena Sheriffs’ Summer Concert Series” in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park, 568 East Mt. Curve Av, Altadena 91001; series info, 626-798-6335; www.altadenasheriffs.blogspot.com. FREE concert series.
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Sat, Sep 8, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick, in Ventura:
7:30 pm LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS play the summer-long “OLIVAS ABODE” concert series, 4200 Olivas Park Dr, Ventura 92002; www.cityofventura.net/mus. Cajun-Zydeco GRAMMY Nominees, Lisa’s new video, “Chicken Fiddler,” has over 555,000 YouTube views! They’re always exciting, whether you dance or just listen, and they are among the few bands that mixes plenty of Cajun fiddle music with zydeco.
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Fri-Sun, Sep 14-16, FESTIVAL,
in Northern Cal:
10th Annual ‘PLYMOUTH BLUEGRASSIN’ IN THE FOOTHILLS” at the Amador County Fairgrounds, 18621 Sherwood St, Plymouth 95669, in the California Gold Rush / Mother Lode country. Booked so far are JAMES KING BAND, TRAVERS CHANDLER & AVERY COUNTY, BLUEGRASS BROTHERS, MARK PHILLIPS & IIIrd GENERATION, GET DOWN BOYS, THOMAS PORTER & COPPER RIVER, NU-BLU, and 2011 Emerging Artists RED DOG ASH. Info & tix, www.landspromotions.com or contact roaddog@caltel.com or 209-785-4693.

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Thu, Sep 20, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick, in OC:
7:30 pm LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS play the summer-long “CONCERTS AT THE MUCK” series, at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W Malvern Av, Fullerton 92833; www.themuck.org/sep-20-muck-roots-lisa-haleyzydeco/. Cajun-Zydeco GRAMMY Nominees, Lisa’s new video, “Chicken Fiddler,” has over 555,000 YouTube views! They’re always exciting, whether you dance or just listen, and they are among the few bands that mixes plenty of Cajun fiddle music with zydeco.
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Sat, Sep 22; a “SHOW-of-the-YEAR” pick:
7:30 pm BONNIE RAITT plus MAVIS STAPLES in a dazzling “oh wow” of a show at the Greek Theater in Hollywood. Get your tix right away for this one (unless you’re seeing MERLE HAGGARD and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON tonight).
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Sat, Sep 22; a “SHOW-of-the-YEAR” pick:
MERLE HAGGARD and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON share a wonderful bill, two legendary performing songwriters, at the Valley Performing Arts Center, on the campus at Cal State Northridge. The Guide has often encouraged you to see each of these artists. A chance to see them performing together? Get your tix right away for this one (unless you’re seeing BONNIE RAITT and MAVIS STAPLES tonight).
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Sat, Sep 22, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm JANET ROBIN and ALI HANDAL, two fine artists and guitar wizards, share the night at “RUSS AND JULIE'S HOUSE CONCERT” Series in Oak Park (Agoura Hills / Westlake Village area). Reservations get directions at 818-707-2179.
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Tue, Sep 25, in San Diego, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm BONNIE RAITT plays Humphrey's By the Bay, Shelter Island Dr, San Diego; 619-224-5377.
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Fri-Sun, Oct 5-7, FESTIVAL, in Arkansas:
Annual “KING BISCUIT BLUES FESTIVAL” in Helena, Arkansas, is world renowned, and features a set by Southern Cal blues maestro BERNIE PEARL, accompanied by his bassist, MIKE BARRY.
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Sat, Oct 6, in Thousand Oaks, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
THE KINGSTON TRIO plays the Fred Kavli Theater for the Performing Arts, Thousand Oaks.
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Sat, Oct 13, FESTIVAL, in Mississippi:
Annual “BUKKA WHITE BLUES FESTIVAL” in Aberdeen, in Mississippi, features a set by Southern Cal blues maestro BERNIE PEARL, accompanied by his bassist, MIKE BARRY.
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Sat, Oct 13, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick, in San Diego:
7 pm LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS play the “SAN DIEGO BON TEMPS CAJUN DANCE” series, at War Memorial Hall, 3325 Zoo Dr, Balboa Park (San Diego) 92101. Cajun-Zydeco GRAMMY Nominees, Lisa’s new video, “Chicken Fiddler,” has over 555,000 YouTube views! They’re always exciting, whether you dance or just listen, and they are among the few bands that mixes plenty of Cajun fiddle music with zydeco.
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Sat, Oct 13:
8 pm JEZ LOWE plays the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY” series in Beckman Institute Auditorium, 400 S Wilson Av, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. Free parking at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar.
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Sat, Oct 13, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm ANGELO M. and THE SALTY SUITES play “RUSS AND JULIE'S HOUSE CONCERT” series in Oak Park (Agoura Hills / Westlake Village area). THE SALTY SUITES spent the summer playing festivals. They are a rapidly-rising quartet of stellar your players, from CHELSEA WILLIAMS, the beautiful and charming singer-songwriter-guitarist who sings on the nationwide TV commercial for Chevrolet, to mandolin wunderkind SCOTT GATES, to bassist CHUCK HAILES. Reservations get directions at 818-707-2179.
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Sat, Oct 27, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm CATHY BARTON & DAVE PARA play the “CALTECH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY” series in Beckman Institute Auditorium, 400 S Wilson Av, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. The Missouri-based, autoharp-playing traditional music duo has a huge following in Southern Cal, so get your tix early. Park free at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar.
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Sun, Nov 4, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
RAVI SHANKAR, master of the sitar and more, plays the Center Theater, Long Beach.
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Sat, Nov 17, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm LUNASA plays the Caltech Public Events Concert Series in Beckman Auditorium (“Big Beckman”), on the Caltech campus in Pasadena; 626-395-4652. Park free at the end of Michigan Av, south off Del Mar, if you arrive early enough to get a space.
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2013 ~ Way, way ahead, in the far-off future…
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Fri, Feb 8, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS play the Smothers Theatre, on the campus at Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu; 310-506-4522.
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