Here's the "Don't-Miss" Music on TV. Plus, what's at the Fair before it closes. And fresh TICKET ALERTS -- Sep 24 edition, 2015

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A full edition with all the bells 'n whistles (and strings 'n things) will be along Thursday. Today, we have news of some fine music on tv you need to know, plus the year's final musical spectacles at Fairplex in Pomona, and for various venues, words to the wise for tickets that'll soon sell-out.

Yes, we are taking time to enjoy the visit of Pope Francis. But whether or not you're all poped out, the music plays on on the other channels. So we have that here for you.

Meanwhile, if you're chomping at the bit for other news of the weekend, there IS a lot in our last edition about festivals coming this weekend.
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Here's how it's organized this go 'round:

√  MUSIC ON TV - the small screen scene
√  LIVE MUSIC ON WEB TV
√  FAIRPLEX FINALE - now through closing
√  TICKET ALERTS - all new

Let's get started...


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MUSIC ON TV - the small screen scene...
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Of course we ALWAYS encourage you to go out and revel in live performance. But if you can't, there are alternatives to the cops 'n robbers n' lawyers and Kartrashian emo "reality" shows that are unlike the reality of anybody we know.

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Tonight, Thursday, on tv...
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A Guide "SHOW-of-the-WEEK" pick...
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Thu, Sep 24, on Palladia:
4:30-6 pm "BIG EASY EXPRESS" (2012) is a camera verite-style music documentary chronicling a landmark of the acoustic renaissance: the concert tour, by train, aboard vintage cars from the greatest "name trains" of the Art Deco streamline era. Included are views of the landscape racing by, behind jamming musicians aboard vista domes from the "California Zephyr." The three bands?

√ MUMFORD & SONS
√ OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW
√ EDWARD SHARP & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS

They make music for sold-out crowds at impromptu venues in cities alongside the train and aboard the train between stops from Oakland to New Orleans. If you caught the show at Ports 'o Call in San Pedro, you'll love this film. If you weren't there, this is a must-see to learn about what you missed.

The only bad thing? Some moron at Palladia cut to a commercial halfway through the OLD CROW signature original, "Wagon Wheel," and let the film run during the soap and tampon ads.

This repeats twice on Palladia:
√  Wed, Sep 30, 8-9:30 pm.
√  Tue, Oct 6, 2-3:30 pm.

Well worth setting your recording device.

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Thu, Sep 24, on Palladia:
6-7 pm BEN FOLDS is the performing guest on a 2015 edition of "LIVE FROM DARYL'S HOUSE."

Repeats tonight, 9-10 pm.

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A Guide "SHOW-of-the-WEEK" pick...
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Thu, Sep 24, on PBS SoCal:
7-8:30 pm "JOHN DENVER: COUNTRY BOY" is the excellent 2013 music documentary that profiles the late singer-songwriter (1943-1997) with lots of interviews with those who worked with him. This usually gets trotted-out as a cash cow for PBS pledge drives, so it's exceedingly rare to see it without beg-a-thon interruptions.

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Thu, Sep 24, on PBS SoCal:
8:30-9 pm "VICTOR BORGE'S TIMELESS COMEDY" (2014) hosted by ITZHAK PERLMAN is a fine retrospective of the brilliant musician and comic and his most hilarious piano routines.

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Thu, Sep 24, on PBS SoCal:
9-10:30 pm "LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER" brings its 2015 season premiere, "NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC OPENING GALA WITH LANG LANG," the launch of the Phil's 2015-2016 season from David Geffen Hall. Selections include Grieg's "Piano Concerto" and Beethoven's "Symphony No. 7."

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Thu, Sep 24, on Palladia:
9-10 pm BEN FOLDS is the performing guest on a 2015 edition of "LIVE FROM DARYL'S HOUSE."

Also airs earlier tonight, 6-7 pm.

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Thu, Sep 24, on "PBS+"
9:30-11 pm "BROADWAY MUSICALS: A JEWISH LEGACY" is a 2013 episode of "GREAT PERFORMANCES" hosted by JOEL GREY.

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Thu, Sep 24, on "PBS+" 
11 pm-midnight "REJOICE WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN" is a 2014 episode of "GREAT PERFORMANCES" in which the famous violinist performs with the KLEZMER CONSERVATORY BAND and REJOICE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.

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Fri, Sep 25, on KLCS:
8-8:30 pm "SUN STUDIO SESSIONS" airs a 2015 edition with singer-songwriter BILLY WOODWARD, who appeared in the "Million Dollar Quartet" Broadway musical.

Repeats tonight, 3-3:30 am.

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Fri, Sep 25, on KLCS:
8:30-9 pm "BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND" brings back a 2014 episode with CHIP TAYLOR.

Repeats tonight, 3:30-4 am.

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Fri, Sep 25, on KLCS:
9-10 pm "AUSTIN CITY LIMITS" goes electric with a 2015 repeat of the FOO FIGHTERS.

Repeats tonight, 4-5 am.

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Fri, Sep 25, on KLCS:
10-11 pm "FRONT & CENTER" brings a 2015 episode with BOB DiPIETRO with BRANDY CLARK & SHANE McANALLY, plus CHARLIE WORSHAM. DiPIETRO is a Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and Brandy & Shane are the 2014 winners of the CMA Song of the Year.

This one does not repeat in the middle of the night.

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Late Fri / early Sat, Sep 25/26, on KLCS:
5-6 am FOR KING AND COUNTRY play songs from the duo's second album in this 2015 edition of "FRONT & CENTER."


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A Guide "SHOW-of-the-WEEK" pick...
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Wed, Sep 30, on Palladia:
8-9:30 pm  "BIG EASY EXPRESS" (2012) is a camera verite-style music documentary chronicling a landmark of the acoustic renaissance: the concert tour, by train, aboard vintage cars from the greatest "name trains" of the Art Deco streamline era. Included are views of the landscape racing by, behind jamming musicians aboard vista domes from the "California Zephyr." The three bands?

√ MUMFORD & SONS
√ OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW
√ EDWARD SHARP & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS

They make music for sold-out crowds at impromptu venues in cities alongside the train and aboard the train between stops from Oakland to New Orleans. If you caught the show at Ports 'o Call in San Pedro, you'll love this film. If you weren't there, this is a must-see to learn about what you missed.

The only bad thing? Some moron at Palladia cut to a commercial halfway through the OLD CROW signature original, "Wagon Wheel," and let the film run during the soap and tampon ads.

This repeats once more on Palladia:
√  Tue, Oct 6, 2-3:30 pm.

Well worth setting your recording device.


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MUSIC ON WEB TV...
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Here's the latest in the ongoing series of FREE web VIDEO shows, all from the Central Coast...

Almost nightly, FREE LIVE WEBCASTS, from the Central Coast: The “SONGWRITERS AT PLAY” showcase series is prolific, and brings full acoustic lineups. Shows start as early as 6:30 pm and as late as 8 pm; check their website. This series offers as many as six or seven live video webcasts each week – plus an occasional more-produced retrospective radio show that is an audio web simulcast.
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Performing host STEVE KEY uses any of several music halls operated by wineries or microbreweries, or various other nice venues – all somewhere between Paso Robles and Santa Barbara. Attending most of their shows in-person is usually no-cover. Quite remarkable.
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Shows stream FREE, live on the web, at:
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http://centralcoastlive.com/watch-our-live-streams-concerts-here
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These webcasts feature multiple cameras and truly superior sound. They even have provisions for you to watch it through your big flatscreen tv. Their site explains all that. But it is a little confusing because there’s no “click here to watch” button. Just learn the start time from their site, then be online at that time and the show starts when it starts.
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Tonight and beyond...
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♪ Sep 24, 27, & 28: SKYLER & THE BRIT (Sep 24 at Shell Cafe, Sep 27 at Sculpterra, Sep 28 at Bang the Drum); advance video at: https://youtu.be/QNbY48lXpII
♪ Sep 25: “LEONARD COHEN TRIBUTE” with a multiple-artist lineup.
♪ Oct 13: “JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE” at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, Santa Barbara.
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More on this prolific multi-venue Central Coast concert series and its upcoming live (and some archived) webcasts, at:
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www.songwritersatplay.com


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FAIRPLEX FINALE - now through closing...
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Thu-Sun, Sep 24-27, in Pomona:
7:30 pm THE L.A  COUNTY FAIR has music remaining in its final week / weekend at Fairplex in Pomona.

Unlike the OC & VC fairs, your admission to the L.A. County Fair does NOT enable you to attend the main stage concerts. You can waste half the day in line trying for one of the few free concert tickets (day of show) or you can buy an expensive concert ticket in advance and get your admission to the fair included at no extra cost on the concert day.

Also, this fair does not publicize the live music on its other stages, except for the 6 pm nightly "Grinding Gears Music Experience" ( http://lacountyfair.com/listen/grinding-gears/ ) and the "tribute bands" ( http://lacountyfair.com/listen/tribute-bands/ ). Apparently, you only know anything if you are on your favorite local band's mailing list, and they reveal if and when they are playing.

The fair's annual HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND COMPETITION has already concluded.

Tribute bands that require no extra tix?

STEPPING FEET plays four times Thursday, Sep 24, beginning at 6 pm.

And the final night's tribute band may especially interest you. It's DOG & BUTTERFLY, a HEART tribute, playing at 6, 7, 8:15, & 9:15 pm, on Sun, Sep 27.

Here are the remaining Main Stage concerts (extra tix required), all at 7:30 pm:

Thu, Sep 24: THE BEACH BOYS
Fri, Sep 25: WAR with TIERRA & MALO
Sat, Sep 26: JAKE OWEN & PARMALEE
Sun, Sep 27: CHICAGO & BOZ SKAGGS

Getting in...
√  Thursday - FREE fair admission with 5 new, packaged school supplies donation per person until 6 pm, Subway package.
√  Friday - FREE fair admission with 5 cans food donation per person until 6 pm.
√  Weekend - Season Pass, Ralphs, Cardenas & Costco deals apply.

More at:
http://lacountyfair.com/listen/concerts#inline16



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TICKET ALERTS - all new...
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Sep 20–Oct 31, in L.A.:
"THE SOUND OF MUSIC" live on stage at the Ahmanson Theatre at the L.A. Music Center.

Tony Award–winner Jack O'Brien directs this new production by Center Theatre Group, with its fresh re-telling the iconic tale of Maria and the Von Trapp family.

Thanks to the Guide's Getty360 connection, you can use promo code "MARIA" to receive a Family 4-pack ticket offer. (Code MARIA is valid for 9/20–10/2 performances only. Restrictions may apply.)

Learn more and get tickets at:

http://m.centertheatregroup.org/m2/app.html?v=150810

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TIX ALERT: Fri, Oct 9, in Hollywood:
8 pm ALICE WALLACE, a delightful artist, plays her CD RELEASE SHOW for her new album, "Memories, Music & Pride," with guests CALICO THE BAND and TED RUSSELL KAMP, at the Hotel Cafe, 1623 1/2 N Cahuenga Bl (1/2 blk S of Hollywood Bl), Hollywood.

Alice is one to go see. And she's excited, telling us about her Hotel Cafe gig, "This is one of the best-sounding rooms in Los Angeles, and I am thrilled that we get to release this beautiful new album to the world in such a wonderful setting. I hope everyone will be there. Our friends in CALICO the band will be joining us for a few songs, and we'll be playing the album from front to back. The whole band will be there, including Tom Bremer, Joshua Huppert, Jeremy Long (Yes! He's not touring with Sam Outlaw right now), and we'll have the fantastic Ted Russell Kamp on bass (if you know the L.A. country scene, then you know TRK). This is a night not to be missed. I hope you will join us for the celebration!"

Of course, Alice has tours booked after this album comes out, so catch her here with this fine lineup before she hits the road.

Some upcoming tour highlights (events you may want to attend, anyway) include:

√  Sep 27 - Adams Avenue Street Fair, San Diego, 3 pm Starbucks stage
√  Oct 16 - FAR-West Official Showcase, 9 pm,  Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA (tickets here)
√  Oct 23 - Borrego Days Desert Festival, 7 pm, Borrego Springs
√  Oct 24 - San Diego Co. CD Release Show - Wynola Pizza, 6 pm, Julian
√  Nov 10 - 22 - Full Band tour through New Mexico and Texas; more dates TBA.
√  December - West Coast tour all the way to Seattle; dates TBA.

Alice adds, "I'm already beginning to plan for next year, including a trip back to Florida in January, a possible trip to the UK in March, and definitely a big swing through the midwest in May/June. And after my first trip to Nashville last week, I can't WAIT to get back there. So I will definitely be doing a trip through the Southeast in the spring, as well. So if you have ideas of places for me to play, let me know! Now that this album is finished, it's time to spread it far and wide! THANK YOU again for all of your support. I can't wait to hear what you think of this new album. :) love - Alice."

Get your Oct 9 show ticket in advance (so Alice and her act will get paid and you will get in) at:

https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets/?s=events_view&id=4269

Tix: $10, plus $2.50 online fee.

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TIX ALERT: Sat, Oct 10, in L.A.:
7:30 pm JESSICA PRATT plays her "psychedelic folk" music for the "Saturday Nights at the Getty" series at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles. (Appr'x 12 miles NW of downtown Los Angeles.)

Jessica Pratt is a singer-songwriter whose singular voice and transfixing, intimate performances are rooted in a California psychedelic folk tradition. However, the acoustic dream-pop meditations on her album "On Your Own Love Again" go beyond straightforward folk sounds, with a distinctly British perspective that evokes the high-pitched eccentricities of Kate Bush, the delicate pop melodies of early Marianne Faithfull, and the lingering introspection of Nick Drake.

While living in San Francisco, Pratt worked in relative obscurity, making bedroom recordings. She was discovered and championed by Tim Presley, the mastermind behind the excellent psychedelic rock outfit White Fence, who famously put up his entire life savings to release Pratt's first record. Its follow up, On Your Own Love Again, was released by the storied independent label Drag City, making her labelmates with figures like Bill Callahan, Joanna Newsom, and Bonnie "Prince" Billy.

Pratt's songwriting contains an intoxicating warmth and manages to take conventional pop hooks, interpreted with craft and humor, and push them into weird, otherworldly places. As NPR wrote, "With little more than a weary sigh, Pratt flips the banal into the magical; she makes listeners wonder about the circumstances she describes. There's more. You can feel it in the pauses, the implications, the breath."

Appearing on the heels of a national tour with indie luminaries Beach House, Jessica Pratt will perform in the architecturally striking Harold M. Williams Auditorium, a space distinctly receptive to quietly compelling and nuanced performances.

Watch a video of Jessica performing, at:
http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/saturday_nights.html

Free; advance ticket required; available at above web url.

Note: Parking is $10 after 5 pm.

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TIX ALERT: Sat, Nov 7, in L.A.:
7:30 pm  LEE RANALDO, "rediscovering his love of acoustic folk music," plays the November offering in the "Saturday Nights at the Getty" series at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles. (Appr'x 12 miles NW of downtown Los Angeles.) Note: Parking is $10 after 5 pm.

Free, but free ticket is required, available beginning Tue, Oct 20, at:

http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/saturday_nights.html

For thirty years, Lee Ranaldo was the lead guitarist of Sonic Youth, one of the most influential and artistically sophisticated alternative rock bands of the recent era. Since the band's end in 2011, Ranaldo has been exploring new roles as a solo performer, leader of his new band The Dust, and beyond, to interdisciplinary collaborations in alternative venues like cathedrals and museums, often with his partner Leah Singer. Their recent live performances have been large-scale, multi-projection quadraphonic sound and cinema events. From performing on an electric guitar suspended from the ceiling and swinging over the audience, to rediscovering his love of acoustic folk music, Ranaldo's experimentalist spirit connects with music lovers across the spectrum, from classic rock to avant-garde.

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TIX ALERT: Tue-Sun, Dec 1-6:
"RIVERDANCE 20th Anniversary World Tour" at the Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood 90028.

Extraordinary discount ticket offer, thanks to our friends at the Pub Guide — use Code IRISH when ordering tickets at:

http://m.ticketmaster.com/venueartist/90160/778497?brand=pantagesca

No one under age 5 admitted. All patrons must have a ticket.

The international Irish dance phenomenon returns by popular demand with RIVERDANCE - The 20th Anniversary World Tour. The production, composed by Bill Whelan, produced by Moya Doherty, and directed by John McColgan, just completed a sold out, critically-acclaimed run across Europe and Asia, and arrives in North America in Fall 2015.

"RIVERDANCE - The 20th Anniversary World Tour" is an innovative and exciting blend of dance, music and song. Drawing on Irish traditions, the combined talents of the performers propel Irish dancing and music into the present day, capturing the imagination of audiences across all ages and cultures.

Runs:
Tue-Fri, Dec 1-4, 8 pm.
Sat, Dec 5, 2 pm & 8 pm.
Sun, Dec 6, 1 pm & 6:30 pm.

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