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This edition started out as a quick one, just because we don't want you to miss anything and do the Homer Simpson "d'oh!" after it's over.
But then we realized there were things happening in the coming week and next weekend that you needed to know. Plus, we had a WHOLE BUNCHA STUFF to share about ALL the October music festivals happening here, there, 'n everywhere, and it's likely been awhile since you checked 'em out in the Guide's "Encyclopedia Festvanica," since we published that waaaay back in April.
So FESTIVALS and some select CONCERTS happening after this weekend are in here, too.
QUICKIE for this weekend. DEEP DIVE for what comes after it.
Enjoy!
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Contents / in this Edition
1) TWO VIDEOS TO START YOUR WEEKEND
2) A TRIBUTE, ON THE RADIO
3) FESTIVALS THIS WEEKEND
4) CONCERTS 'N SUCH THIS WEEKEND -- SATURDAY STUFF...
5) CONCERTS 'N SUCH THIS WEEKEND -- SUNDAY STUFF
6) FESTIVALS, CONCERTS 'N SUCH -- AFTER THE WEEKEND... SOME GOOD 'UNS
7) LATER IN OCTOBER & INTO NOVEMBER
8) ALL THE OCTOBER FOLK-AMERICANA / ROOTS / ACOUSTIC FESTIVALS
Let's get started!
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# 1 events feature...
♪ TWO VIDEOS TO START YOUR WEEKEND
♪ Watch BILL EVANS Demo the Tony Trischka Silver Clipper Banjo
Bill wrote "Banjo for Dummies" and he's one of the stars of the instrument. Watch him sail with Deering's new "Tony Trischka Silver Clipper," at:
http://blog.deeringbanjos.com/tony-trischka-silver-clipper-banjo-review-by-peghead-nation
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♪ New Release / Catch the Vid...
LIZ BRASHER (pronounced Bray-zure), proclaimed as the "Fat Possum's [record label] next big thing/torch soul singer" arrives with a 7" vinyl November 3, and she hit the earwaves digitally on Friday.
The Guide is impressed by this going-places talent. Nice violin, viola, cello, piano accompaniment fronting a full orchestra. And a fun and relatable browse through the record store to set the vid's story. Have a visual listen at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JziNKsGyup4
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♪ A TRIBUTE, ON THE RADIO...
A "TRIBUTE TO THE LATE TOM PETTY" based on his many Top-40 records, plus reminiscences from lots of music luminaries who knew him, happens all weekend on KLOS, 95.5 FM, Los Angeles. Tom Petty was a wonderful songwriter who mixed alliteration with conjured images that touched the masses with their universality. His 1986 tour with BOB DYLAN remains one of the most-talked-about collaborations in rock history.
One can't help but think that we are losing greater talents than those that the corporate pop music machine foists on us as their replacements. Of course, those of us who buy tickets for concerts and festivals where folk-Americana artists are the dominant performers? We can claim not to be aware of, or influenced by, whatever Big Music does. But our entire culture erodes when pop music becomes so abominable that most of us declare it irrelevant. We can wait and hope for songwriters like Tom Petty to come along again, but we'll likely wait a looooong time.
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♪ FESTIVALS THIS WEEKEND
Some are one-day only, either Sat or Sun; some are both days; one cranks up for a month-long run, so check 'em carefully.
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Sat & Sun, Oct 7 & 8, MUSIC CAMPOUT:
SOUTHWEST BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION (SWBA) FALL CAMPOUT happens at Hesperia Lake Park, 7500 Arrowhead Lake Rd, Hesperia, CA 92345; info: https://www.southwestbluegrass.org/upcoming-events
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Sat & Sun, Oct 7 & 8, FREE FESTIVAL:
3-7 pm Annual "TICKET TO THE TWENTIES" at the Homestead Museum, 15415 E Don Julian Rd, City of Industry, CA 91745; 626-968-8492; www.homesteadmuseum.org/festivals
* This is a splendid 1920s festival, and always a Guide favorite. Here's the info from the Guide's "Encyclopedia Festivanica":
✔ TIX: It's free.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: The music of the 1920s-era is a pure delight, and this is probably the only place you can hear multiple bands perform it live, including vocalists who perfectly replicate the styles. Silent movies screen with live piano and organ accompaniment, just as they did when the great movie palaces were built. Special exhibitions and tours of the museum are free during the festival. Period dress is encouraged — and Prohibition is strictly enforced! There's a car, truck and tractor show of vehicles of the era. safely distanced from the stages, you can listen to hand-crank Victrolas playing the very thick records of the time. And you can even bring a picnic to enjoy in the museum’s picnic area or by the picturesque pond, and many do that in full a920s style. Bring spending money for food and shopping. Runs 3-7 pm both days; arrive a bit early to get parking, because the lots fill-up completely.
✔ NOTE: Free ONLINE MUSIC. Get a blast from the early days of recorded music with the Homestead's "Ticket to the Twenties" playlist. It features music from past festival artists and 1920s hits. Everything from festival artists Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys, Ian Whitcomb, and Dean Mora, to vintage originals by Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Eddie Cantor, and many more. You must be logged in to Spotify to listen (https://www.spotify.com/us/). Then click the festival's link.
✔ 2017 LINEUP; music on two stages, both days:
♪ Saturday lineup & events features:
• THE NIGHT BLOOMING JAZZMEN. Playing from 3:30-7 pm.
• DEAN MORA & HIS CALIFORNIA POPPIES. Playing from 3:30-7 pm.
• UKULELE HEROES with IAN WHITCOMB. 5 & 6 pm.
• 1920s TEAM TRIVIA CHALLENGE. 4:30 pm. (Sign-ups required)
• JOHNNY ACE PALMER, World Champion Magician. Shows at 3:15 & 5:15 pm.
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♪ Sunday lineup & events features:
• JANET KLEIN & HER PARLOR BOYS. Playing from 3:30-7 pm.
• THE CALIFORNIA FEETWARMERS. Playing from 3-7 pm.
• The Workman High School DANCING LOBOS. 3:30 & 5:30 pm.
• ART DECO SOCIETY OF L.A. VINTAGE FASHION SHOWS at 4:30 & 6 pm. Visitor costume contest after 4:30 pm show.
• "HOLLYWOOD TALES" with SHERRI SNYDER at 3 pm & KARIE BIBLE at 3:45 pm.
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Fri, Sat & Sun, Oct 6, 7 & 8, FREE FESTIVAL in Nor Cal:
Annual "HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS" is happening this weekend in Hellman Hollow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.
* The full article from the Guide's "Encyclopedia Festivanica" is in the last section of this edition, with all the October folk-Americana / roots music festivals.
* Late note: if you go, catch the 2:45 pm set Saturday, when Laurie Lewis sits in and sings with Bobby Osborne on the Banjo Stage.
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Oct 6-29:
1st-ever "RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES."
* The month-long program "celebrates the musical and cultural diversity of L.A., from conversations with creative pioneers to concerts and club nights that showcase the ever-evolving sounds of the city."
* A huge schedule of performances across many music genres is involved, under the guise of an "expanding array of experiences."
* ST. VINCENT is in the lineup, and there are some singer-songwriters, so parts of it may interest you.
* The "Do LA" site has a comprehensive guide to the event, and since it's primarily electric eclectic, the Guide isn't gonna do a "guide" to it. The"Do LA" peeps have their guide at: http://dola.com/p/guide-to-rbma
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Sun, Oct 8, FESTIVAL:
10 am-5 pm 46th Annual "SANTA BARBARA OLD TIME FIDDLERS CONVENTION" presented by Goleta Valley Historical Society at Rancho La Patera & Stow House Museum, 304 N Los Carneros Rd, Goleta, CA 93117; 805-681-7216; http://fiddlersfestival.org
* Old-time music contests and workshops, food and craft vendors, optional guided tours of the museum are included with admission.
* You can drive, or ride Amtrak's trains connecting San Diego and/or L.A. with san Luis Obispo. There's a shuttle from the Goleta Station, or you can walk up the hill to the festival.
* Professional stage sets by:
- KIRK SUTPHIN & TOM SAUBER
- SPENCER & RAINS
- CLARKE BUEHLING
- THE HI-O REVELERS
- ECHO MOUNTAIN STRING BAND
- and more
* The full article from the Guide's "Encyclopedia Festivanica" is in the last section of this edition, with all the October folk-Americana / roots music festivals.
* Tix: Adults $15; Students $5; Children under age 12 are free.
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Sun, Oct 8, FREE** FESTIVAL:
11 am-5 pm Annual "SKIRBALL HARVEST FESTIVAL" atop the hill overlooking the SFV at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90049; 310-440-4578; https://www.skirball.org/programs/festival/harvest-festival
Like most of the Skirball concerts, there is some great Americana music, though this intentionally appeals to "world music" afficianadoes.
* Performances by:
- THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL
- CUNYÁ
- S.H.I.N.E. MAWUSI
- MOSTLY KOSHER with dance leaders BRUCE BIERMAN and GILBERTO MELENDEZ
* The venue's publicity says, "Embrace the fall harvest season and celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at this daylong festival—curated and produced in partnership with Artisanal LA, a showcase of handmade edibles and home goods. With family and friends, explore the Skirball campus transformed into a socially conscious, bustling market, offering abundant produce, an assortment of locally sourced fare, home goods, craft beer, and more. Program partners include Food Forward, Homeboy Industries, and Imperfect Produce. Dance and sing along to performances with dance leaders Bruce Bierman and Gilberto Melendez, and the Dustbowl Revival. Then participate in a community art project with artist Becca Lofchie."
* Visitors of all ages can create and collage a one-of-a-kind, mix-matched garden.
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** FREE, but... "Festival tickets and limited one-hour tickets to Noah’s Ark will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability."
* If all the free tix are gone according to the above, you might get a separate shot at getting in... as part of Bank of America’s “Museums on Us” program, "visitors who show a Bank of America credit or debit card and photo ID at the admissions desk get ONE free Museum entry per person. Valid for walk-up sales only and may not be applied to tickets already purchased. Does not guarantee 'Noah’s Ark' exhibit admission."
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♪ CONCERTS 'N SUCH THIS WEEKEND -- SATURDAY STUFF...
Sat, Oct 7:
11 am JAZZY ASH & THE LEAPING LIZARDS play the Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401; 310-434-3200.
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Sat, Oct 7:
12:30-2:30 pm ON A LARK TRIO plays the "SHIPLEY VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY" Outside Shipley Nature Center Gates, in Huntington Beach Central Park, 17851 Goldenwest St, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
* The very traditional music trio is: Jill Cassidy on Irish whistle; Barbara Gershman on hammered dulcimer & accordion; Terry Gucwa on cello.
* Info - email bgershman@socal.rr.com
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Sat, Oct 7:
2 & 7 pm RAIATEA HELM plays the "Hawaiian Aloha music series" at the Ruth Shannon Center for the Performing Arts, on the campus at Whittier College, 6760 Painter Av, Whittier, CA 90601; 562-907-4203.
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Sat, Oct 7:
3 pm "OFF MY HEAD - A LASTING STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE," at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001; phone for reservations, 626-798-6236.
* Tix, $15.
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Sat, Oct 7:
3 pm KIRK SUTPHIN & FRIENDS plus SPENCER AND RAINS and DAVID BRAGGER & SUSAN PLATZ play the Pre-festival concert before the annual "OLD TIME FIDDLERS FESTIVAL" tonight at Rancho La Patera & Stow House Museum, 304 N Los Carneros Rd, Goleta, CA 93117; 805-681-7216; http://fiddlersfestival.org
* This concert and Sunday's festival are presented by Goleta Valley Historical Society.
* FESTIVAL info: http://fiddlersfestival.org
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Sat, Oct 7:
5-8 pm GRITS & GRADY bring their "Old Timey Bluegrass" to the Bear Claw Saloon, Crestline, CA 92407
* Featuring Diane Grady and Sandi Huckaby on Hammered Dulcimers.
* Contact info. 909-867-7105; www.facebook.com/gritsandgrady
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Sat, Oct 7:
Time tba "SACRED FOOLS SEASON 21 LAUNCH PARTY AND CELEBRATION," includes acoustic music; produced by the Sacred Fools Theatre Company at the Broadwater, 1076 Lillian Way, Hollywood, CA 90038.
* "Don your cocktail attire and join us for a Sacred Fools Progressive Party that will thrust our guests into different experiences - celebrating and introducing our exciting 21st season... as well as serving as a housewarming party for our newly-rechristened home, The Broadwater."
* Tix, $15, at: http://tickets.sacredfools.org
* Cocktail attire.
* Food Included.
* $5 Cocktails
* Annette Conlon performs at 9:30 pm.
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Sat, Oct 7:
6:30 pm "THE FIRST ANNUAL JOHN LENNON BIRTHDAY BASH," at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001; phone for reservations, 626-798-6236.
* We brought you word of this one as soon as it was announced. It's probably sold-out, but you can try.
* Tix, $25.
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Sat, Oct 7:
7 & 9:30 pm THE SAPPHIRE SISTERS play two shows at the Broad Stage, in the The Edye, at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401; 310-434-3200.
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Sat, Oct 7:
7:30pm TOM RUSH plays the Janet & Ray Scherr Forum Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91362; 805-449-2787.
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Sat, Oct 7:
7:30 pm GERRY O'CONNOR, Master Irish fiddler, plays "The Kingley Sessions" house concert series on Kingsley Av in Pomona, CA 91767.
* Reservations get directions by email: patti@pattiamelotte.com
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Sat, Oct 7:
7:30 pm THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL plays the AMSD Concert series in the Laura R. Charles Theater at Sweetwater High School, 2900 Highland Av, National City, CA 91950; 829-303-8176.
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Sat, Oct 7:
8 pm JOHN WHELAN & LOW LILY play “Crossing The Atlantic,” an exciting and authentic sea chantey and nautical music concert in the Pasadena Folk Music Society series, at California Institute of Technology in Beckman Institute Auditorium (aka "Little Beckman"), 400 S Wilson Av, Pasadena, CA 91106.
* Park free and ignore the "reserved" signs (nights only) in either lot at the S end of Michigan Av, S off Del Mar. Go early; this one may sell-out at the door.
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Sat, Oct 7:
8 pm AJ CROCE, the musical progeny of the late Jim Croce, plays the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731; 310-833-6362.
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Sat, Oct 7:
8 pm GRIFFIN HOUSE plays the famous concert hall behind McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, CA 90405; 310-828-4497; www.mccabes.com
* Ohio's Griffin House, whose vulnerable heartland Americana casts a spell, has released his most personal record yet in "So On and So Far," an album that explores the singer's choice of sobriety in the face of raising a young family, and the mistakes made that brought him to this point.
* House draws comparisons to Woody Guthrie and Jackson Browne. He has been touring extensively since 2007 after the release of his acclaimed "Flying Upside Down," recorded with Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench.
* Tix, $20.
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Sat, Oct 7:
8 pm JAMES INTVELD plays the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia CA.
* Tix in advance, online, saves substantially, at: http://arcadiabluesclub.eventbrite.com
* two stages, full bar, good menu (generaous portiuons, two can share), but bring earplugs, seriously.
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Sat, Oct 7:
8 pm ROGER McGUINN plays the Poway Center for Performing Arts (San Diego area), 15498 Espola Rd, Poway, CA 92064; 858-668-4797.
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Sat, Oct 7:
8 pm TOM MACLEAR plays the E-Spot Lounge at Vitello’s Upstairs, 4349 Tujunga Av, Studio City, CA 91604; 818-769-0905
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Sat, Oct 7, LIVE THEATRE:
8 pm "VINO VERITAS" Theatre 40, 241 S Moreno Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
* West Coast Premiere of a comedy by David MacGregor. The premise: Two couples are presented with a mystical wine that compels its imbibers to tell the truth. Uh-oh.
* Runs at 8 pm on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with a 2 pm matinee show on Sundays.
* Don't dawdle, it ends October 16.
* Tix: 310-364-0535 or https://theatre40.org
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Sat, Oct 7:
9 pm ARBOUR & OAK play the Hotel Cafe Second Stage, 1623 1/2 N Cahuenga Bl (1/2 block S of Hollywood Bl), Hollywood, CA 90028; 323-461-2040; www.hotelcafe.com
* Show info links and tix: https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets
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♪ CONCERTS 'N SUCH THIS WEEKEND -- SUNDAY STUFF
Sun, Oct 8:
10:30 am "Matinee Kids' Show" series brings ANDY MASON to the famous concert hall behind McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, CA 90405; 310-828-4497; www.mccabes.com
* Tix, $10; kids under age 2 get in free.
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Sun, Oct 8, LIVE THEATRE:
2 pm "VINO VERITAS" Theatre 40, 241 S Moreno Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
* West Coast Premiere of a comedy by David MacGregor. The premise: Two couples are presented with a mystical wine that compels its imbibers to tell the truth. Uh-oh.
* Runs at 8 pm on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with a 2 pm matinee show on Sundays.
* Don't dawdle, it ends October 16.
* Tix: 310-364-0535 or https://theatre40.org
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Sun, Oct 8:
3 & 6 pm LED ZEPAGAIN plays an acoustic version of Led Zep at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA; phone for reservations, 626-798-6236.
* this always sells-out,
* Tix, $25, either show.
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Sun, Oct 8:
4 pm Celtic band TROOPER THORN plays the Harp Inn Irish Pub, 130 E 17th St, Costa Mesa, CA 92627; www.harpinn.com
* "One of the very best traditional, rebel and pub bands in California. Always a great show at a grand venue!! Fine food, Irish libations and hospitality!! If you have not been to THE HARP for awhile, c'mon down!" - Irish Pub Guide.
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Sun, Oct 8:
4:30-7:30 pm THE ZYDECO MUDBUGS play for listening and dancing at the Golden Sails Hotel, 6285 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90803
* Tix, $10 at the door.
* Info: Dempsey, 562-396-1132; bontemppappion@aol.com; or David, 909-527-0926, davidsousa@verizon.net
* Kids welcome; families, singles welcome.
* Tasty food available at reasonable prices at the hotel restaurant which opens at 5 pm.
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Sun, Oct 8:
7 pm SHAWN COLVIN plays the "Lobero Live" series at the Lobero Theatre, 33 E Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805-963-0761.
* She also plays these other venues...
- On Tue, Oct 10, 7:30 pm, at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach (San Diego), CA 92075; phone there is 858-481-9022.
- On Wed, Oct 11, 8 pm, in the Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine Univ. Malibu, CA 90265; phone there is 310-506-4522.
- On Thu, Oct 12, 8:30 pm, at The Troubadour in WeHo CA 90069; that phone is 310-276-6168.
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Sun, Oct 8, MUSICAL THEATRE:
7 pm "THE FACE, Behind The Face, behind the face" is the solo musical by Anthony Gruppuso, about the struggles of a musical performer. It features glorious singing. At Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Bl West, Los Angeles CA 90068
* Runs Sundays only, at 7 pm.
* Ends October 29
* Tix: 323-851-7977 or http://theatrewest.org
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Sun, Oct 8:
7-10 pm "URBAN HOMESTEAD MONTHLY HOOTENANNY / MUSIC POTLUCK" at the Urban Homestead, 631 Cypress Av, Pasadena.
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Sun, Oct 8:
8 pm BÉLA FLECK & ABIGAIL WASHBURN play Campbell Hall at UC Santa Barbara, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106; 805-893-3535.
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Sun, Oct 8:
8 pm ANNA TIVEL plus FRANK FAIRFIELD & THE TEMPLE STREET QUARTET play the famous concert hall behind McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, CA 90405; 310-828-4497; www.mccabes.com
* A nationally-touring artist with a deep love of quiet stories, Portland Oregon's Anna Tivel is creating a name for herself in the songwriting world. She was a winner at the "Telluride Troubadour Contest" and the "Kerrville New Folk Contest," and has just released the stellar "Small Believer," her fourth effort.
* Tivel's wide-eyed celestial folk songs belong in a similar ballpark with her friends Anais Mitchell, Gregory Alan Isakov and Laura Veirs, where gentle picking plucks among occasionally unconventional sounds and a gorgeous voice tells stories of life in a world of natural wonders.
* Joining her this evening is the latest project from McCabe's favorite Frank Fairfield, the early American music purveyor who gained a national audience with his release on Jack White's Third Man label, and who has now enlisted members of The Americans (including McCabe's alum Zac Sokolow) for his Temple Street Quartet.
* Note that the previously scheduled performers Quiles & Cloud had to cancel.
* Tix, $16.
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FESTIVALS, CONCERTS 'N SUCH -- AFTER THE WEEKEND... SOME GOOD 'UNS
ON MONDAY...
Mon, Oct 9, FILM EVENT:
7:30 pm "BORN IN EAST L.A." (1987) celebrates the 30th Anniversary of its release as part of "PACIFIC STANDARD TIME: LA/LA AT THE ACADEMY," screening a 35mm print (85 minutes) followed by a panel, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, 8949 Wilshire Bl, Beverly Hills, CA, 90211.
* Panelists: actor-writer-director Cheech Marin and actors Paul Rodriguez and Kamala Lopez.
* Tix: https://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?presenter=AMPAS&event=PST10%2009&tck=true
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ON TUESDAY...
Tue, Oct 10, BENEFIT CONCERT:
8 pm JOAN BAEZ, STEVE EARLE, PATTY GRIFFIN, & ALYNDA SEGARRA play the "Lampedusa Concert for Refugees" at the Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90010; 213-388-1400.
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ON THURSDAY...
Thu, Oct 12 – FILM EVENT:
7 pm The "CONSCIENTIOUS PROJECTOR" series presents "GO PUBLIC: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN SCHOOL DISTRICT," at the Armory Center for the Arts, across the street from Memorial Park and the Levitt Pavilion, at 145 N Raymond Av, Pasadena.
* This long-running series presents documentary films that commercial corporate television isn't allowed to air, and that PBS can't air because their corporate underwriters won't let them.
* What's this film about? As public education persists as a significant and debated issue both locally and nationally, Conscientious Projector holds a reprise screening of Go Public by local filmmakers and public school advocates Dawn and James O’Keeffe.
* A few years ago, the O’Keeffes recruited 50 small film crews who followed Pasadena public school students, teachers, volunteers and administrators as they went about a typical day on the school district’s many campuses. The result is a cinema verité-style film that not only contradicts the conventional meme that public education is irrevocably broken, but also shows the vitality, dedication and teamwork that exists among stakeholders amidst the challenges of providing a learning experience for students in an economically and racially diverse urban area like Pasadena.
* The filmmakers join us for a community discussion following the film.
* FREE admission, and the facility is accessible to disabled persons.
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Oct 12-15:
L.A. THEATRE WORKS presents the taut WWII political thriller "WATCH ON THE RHINE," by by LILLIAN HELLMAN, at the James Bridges Theater on the UCLA campus, 235 Charles E Young Dr, Melnitz Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095. All the details and show times are in the # 13 news feature in our Sep 21 edition, at: https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2017/09/big-edition-music-news-features-on.html
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ON FRIDAY...
Fri, Oct 13, FREE FESTIVAL:
6-10 pm Twice-annual "ARTNIGHT PASADENA" is FREE at museums, galleries, and music venues large and small throughout Pasadena; there are FREE shuttle buses to get you between/among all the venues and live performances. One place you can start is Pasadena City Hall - Courtyard
City Hall Courtyard, 101 N Garfield Av, Pasadena, CA. Get a printed map at any of the venues or download one (url below), and use it and your mobile device in tandem.
* The shuttles allow you to park once and ride, with stops at each of the 21 venues; you can also get to/from Pasadena on the Gold Line light rail.
* Last spring 28,000 people experienced the excitement of ArtNight.
* there are food trucks outside most of the venues; often multiple trucks to choose from.
* Normally these museums charge admission fees; for example, the Norton Simon any other time is $12. But they're free on ArtNight.
* SELECTED VENUES (of the 21 participating):
- City Hall: "music from the Golden Age of American Song (1920s–1930s)" by the Holly Street Stompers.
- Parson's Nose Theatre presents "The Golden Age of Radio: The Lone Ranger/The Shadow/Flash Gordon. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear!"
- Armory Center for the Arts: presents a gallery of contemporary art exhibits and two stages of music.
- Pasadena City Library: Crown City Symphony; Theatre Americana; Rose Poets; Gloria Arjona, PhD; Reiyukai America.
- Pasadena Conservatory of Music: Live music throughpout the event; "Explore multiple venues on PCM’s campus while enjoying continuous classical, multicultural, and interactive performances."
- Pasadena Museum of History: guitar and violin duo Gypsy Jambo.
- Art Center College of Design: at the forefront of art and design education for over 80 years.
- Pasadena City Hall: a national landmark that's modeled after 1920s Spanish colonial revival architecture, with stages out front and in the courtyard.
- Light Bringer Project @ Day One: delivers a range of unique cultural arts programs and special events.
- Lineage Performing Art Center: Pasadena's comprehensive arts resource and community hub.
- MUSE/IQUE: with a flatbed truck as our stage, street grooves & symphonic sounds collide for a dance party, MUSE/IQUE style.
- Norton Simon Museum: view seven centuries of European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century, including works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Rembrandt, Fragonard and Lionel's favorite Rodin.
- Pasadena Conservatory of Music: live music all night at PCM! Come enjoy continuous classical, multicultural, and exciting interactive performances in multiple venues.
- Pasadena Museum of California Art: the only museum in southern California devoted exclusively to California art, architecture, and design.
- Pasadena Museum of History: excellent rotating exhibits in the main galleries, but also includes access to a 1906 mansion built by Eva and Adalbert Fenyes.
- Pacific Asia Museum: housed in an historic mansion, the museum is dedicated to the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
* Download the brochure with venue addresses and shuttle routes at: http://www.williamsongallery.net/artnight/2017/fall/ArtNight_Fall2017.pdf
* ALL THE DETAILS AND VENUES are at the official event website: http://www.artnightpasadena.org
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Fri, Oct 13:
7 pm "A NIGHT IN NASHVILLE" at the Hotel Cafe Second Stage, with JENN BOSTIC, SARAH DARLING & MICHAEL LOGEN, 1623 1/2 N Cahuenga Bl (1/2 block S of Hollywood Bl), Hollywood, CA 90028; 323-461-2040; www.hotelcafe.com
* Show info links and tix: https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets
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NEXT WEEKEND...
Fri & Sat, Oct 13 & 14, psedo-FESTIVAL:
Annual "HARP GUITAR HAPPENING" at the Museum of Making Music, 5790 Armada Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008; 760-438-5996.
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Sat & Sun, Oct 14 & 15, FESTIVAL:
9 am-5 pm Annual "SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES" in Seaside Park at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W Harbor Blvd, Ventura, CA 93001; www.seaside-games.com
* The Guide has already presented full-features on this year's event (as we do every year) and it's in the "Encyclopedia Festivanica" that we published back in April.
* Ride Amtrak – the staion is across the street.
* As always, a delightful music lineup on multiple stages (indoors and out), plus Scottish Heavy Athletics ("large men and lovely lassies throwing things"), a sanctioned US Nat'l Scottish Fiddle Championship preliminary competition, marching bagpipe and drum bands competitions, massed band performances, a harp circle, sheepdog demos, trad Irish dance demos, classic British car display, Children's Glen with games and storytelling, authentic food of Britain, Ireland, and Scotland, and more.
* Gates open both days at 10 am. You'll want to spend the entire day, to have any chance of taking-in everything this event offers.
* YES, we DO bring you even more in the Guide's full "Encyclopedia Festivanica" write-up, with all the other October & November festivals in the final section of this edition.
* Meantime, here's a quickie list of some of the music acts:
- BLACKWATERSIDE
- CELTIC SPRING
- THE ANGRY BRIANS
- SLIGO RAGS
- HIGHLAND WAY
- and there's a LOT more.
* For more deets, see our most recent already-published News Features:
- # 10 "Annual 'Seaside Highland Games' Happens October 14 & 15 in Ventura"
and,
- # 11 (festival extras...) "'Seaside Highland Games' Brings Special Scottish Evening Events"
in the Guide's Sep 27 2017 "Jumbo news features edition," at:
https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2017/09/octobers-tunefully-and-artfully-big.html
* Tix, lineups, schedules, more, at: www.seaside-games.com, or by phone, 818-886-4968.
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Sat, Oct 14, FESTIVAL:
"KALEIDOSCOPE ART & MUSIC FESTIVAL" in the Palmdale Amphitheater, 2723 Rancho Vista Bl, Palmdale, CA 93551; http://www.palmdaleamphitheater.com/event/530ff9673f861e445391a8f5bcbaf56b
* Features first-rate Cajun-zydeco from Grammy noms LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS; check out their "Chicken Fiddler" Video – almost 679,000 Youtube hits – at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=llHKUzjggg4
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Sun, Oct 15:
11 am "BEETHOVEN, BAGELS & BANTER" at the Broad Stage, centerpiece of the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, located at 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401; box office, 310-434-3200. A very description is our # 12 news feature in the Sep 21st edition, at: https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2017/09/big-edition-music-news-features-on.html
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Sun, Oct 15:
2 pm KEN O'MALLEY & THE NE'ER DUWELS play Muldoon's Irish Pub, 202 Newport Center Dr, Newport Beach, CA; 949-640-4110; www.muldoonspub.com
* You can still get your first-rate Irish music, even if you can't get to the festival this weekend.
* The "real deal" from Ireland, Ken O'Malley's rich, resonant voice and engaging stage presence have delighted audiences for over 30 years. Patrick D'Arcy, also from Dublin, one of the finest uilleann pipers in America and a former member of Flogging Molly.Bryan Dobbs is the "sound" of the Ne'er Duwels. Originally from New Mexico, Bryan adds the mysterious and the romantic that traverses the musical spectrum.
* Grammy award winning percussionist Forrest Robinson provides the heartbeat of the ensemble.
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♪ LATER IN OCTOBER & INTO NOVEMBER
Mon-Sat, Oct 16-21:
"IRELAND WEEK" arrives in America and L.A., with numerous events at L.A. Live's Regal Center, adjacent to Staples Center and a block from the Grammy Museum.
* "Arts & Culture" events include a "Music and band Showcase where music industry professionals from both sides of the water get to exchange connections and ideas but most of all, MUSIC."
* This is billed as a "blend of conference and cultural events encompassing some of the finest food, film, art and music Ireland has to offer."
* There's a participatory Irish Dance Event; email cnaglosangeles@gmail.com ASAP.
* Info and schedules at: www.irelandweek.com
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Tue-Fri, Oct 17-20, MUSIC CAMP:
Annual "CAMBRIA PICKIN’ IN THE PINES" acoustic music camp at Cambria Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Dr, Cambria, CA 93428; 800-966-6490.
* All acoustic instruments welcome.
* Offers autoharp enthusiasts a supportive venue for jamming, workshops, open mic, and concerts.
* $265 + hotel includes complete meals.
* Full info: http://cambriapickininthepines.com
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Fri-Sun, Oct 20-22, FESTIVAL:
61st annual "SILVERADO DAYS FESTIVAL" at William Peak Park, 7225 El Dorado Dr, Buena Park, CA 90602; www.silveradodays.com/cms/
* Features a 7:30 pm set of first-rate Cajun-zydeco from Grammy noms LISA HALEY AND THE ZYDEKATS; check out their "Chicken Fiddler" Video – almost 679,000 Youtube hits – at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=llHKUzjggg4
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Sat, Oct 21:
8 pm Monthly "CAMARILLO CAFÉ CONCERT SERIES" brings a superb billing of JAMES HURLEY plus LOIS BLAISCH AND FRIENDS, at Camarillo Community Center, 1605 E Burnley St, Camarillo, CA 93010; http://camarillocafe.com; 805-814-9366.
* The Guide is a big fan of both these artists, having had them perform (separately) multiple times on the old "Tied to the Tracks" broadcast radio show when it aired from los Angeles.
* JAMES HURLEY was described by the Guide's editor, writing in Folkworks Magazine, as “One of the Top Ten Live Acoustic Male Singer Songwriters in L.A.” James Hurley’s eloquent guitar, smooth voice and masterful writing combine in a jazzy, bluesy, pop-folk that has been called “Americana, on-the-rocks…with a twist”.
* Here is an excerpt of a review the series booker wrote after seeing JAMES HURLEY live for the very first time, eight years ago, long before the two became good friends: “What do you say to describe a force of nature or a mirage of an enigma? How do you relate something you've never experienced before?.... one of the most unique performers I've ever seen… his music almost defies description at times.... reminds one of a diverse palette of genres from Hoagy Carmichael to OingoBoingo to Delta blues and all points in between. He is both a reviewer's delight and a nightmare to try to describe. His songs range from the perfectly-over-the-top 'The Vampire Song'... about the vampires of [the music industry in] Southern California [to] 'Mushroom,' where the real house of horrors comes with a hefty mortgage! But just when you think you can pigeon-hole him as a hopelessly quirky escapee of the Dr. Demento Home for the Musically Insane, he hits you with a song like 'Mountain,' a driving blues riff that is a scathing indictment of the damage done in the name of 'progress' and the 'nuisance' of conscience. Or one like 'To Carry On,' an inspirationally uplifting ballad urging us to strive through adversity. This is no 'novelty' act, though he is loaded with personality and quirkiness. James is an amazing guitarist, both in a technical and creative sense, and his voice has so much personality that you might overlook how GOOD it is, pitch perfect over a wide range, with an emotional depth."
* More at www.jameshurleymusic.com (which he expresses in song, in his only self-ptomotional jingle.)
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* LOIS BLAISCH is that most rare of artists – one who knows commercial success while still retaining her artistry. She's a singer, guitarist, songwriter, performer and producer best known for writing the multi-platinum #1 Pop & AC hit "Could've Been” which was sung by Tiffany, and was later chosen by Carrie Underwood for her U.S. debut on TV's "American Idol."
* Lois’ songs have been nominated for three Grammy awards in the categories of Pop, Jazz & Children’s Music, and for “The Golden Reel Award” for the writing and singing on the theme to “Street Sharks” (a Disney TV series).
* She had a top 10 hit with jazz artist Earnestine Anderson (of Quincy Jones’ Quest records) and she’s a member of BMI’s “Million Airs” Club.
* Lois’ vocals and/or songs are featured on "Friends," "Splash," "Touched by an Angel," "Thick of the Night," "Top of The Pops," "Sailor Moon," Neil Young’s “Living with War," and “Oasis 4.”
* Her songs also appear on gold and platinum albums "Asia" and "Africa."
* She has produced and released two of her own CD’s, “Through Thick & Thin” and ”Valentine,” both released worldwide, and she is currently finishing her latest CD, "Rollercoaster."
* Neat factoids: Lois’ first professional gig was a tour of the Orient with “Bob Hope’s USO Shows” at age 18. After returning home, she performed at local nightclubs, colleges and amusement parks for a living while studying music at UCLA. Lois was invited to write music and sing for Walt Disney children's records, which resulted in song placements on three platinum Disney albums: "Mousersize", "Rainbow Bright," & Winnie the Pooh,“Take My Hand“. Lois started her studio singing career on the themes to TV shows "Stingray" and "Hunter' for Mike Post Productions and she sang lead on the feature film "Splash." Lois also sang many demos for hit songwriters Diane Warren and Steve Diamond, and on a variety of TV shows and radio commercials (Levi’s, Coke, Kaiser-Permanente, Oregon Lotto, Pepsi, Budweiser, Round Table Pizza, Van Camps, Sunny D. and Safeway).
* More at www.loisblaisch.com
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* Tix, $20 at the door. No advance ticket sales; arrive early for preferred seating.
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Sat, Oct 21, BENEFIT:
ANDY & RENEE will be part of the "SILVER SEAL GALA" for the "MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES." Venue is the Marriott Marina Del Rey. Details & tix: http://www.marinemammalcare.org/gala
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Sun, Oct 22 & 29:
3 & 7 pm 7th Annual "SAMHAIN, THE CELTIC HALLOWEEN," sponsored by the Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles, runs two Sundays at MacLeod Ale Brewing Co, 14741 Calvert St, Van Nuys 91411.
* It's the ORIGINAL Halloween, and it's a Gaelic Irish word, pronounced like the name for the pig, the "sow" ("s" in front of "ow" like an owie; so it's not what seems obvious at all. Not "sam"). Then add a quickly attached "in," to get sOW-in.
* This year promises new songs and stories, as well as beloved ones from past shows.
* You can enjoy a pint of freshly brewed ale as you listen to the stories, tap your feet to the music, and -- since it's the original roots of Halloween -- feel the breath of those long gone on the back of your neck.
* "If you like, bring a picnic lunch or dinner, show up early and hang out. Or try out the food truck."
* Last year people were turned away, hence, double the number of shows this year: two dates, two shows on each (four performances total).
* See the write-up in the Sep 27 Guide: the # 9 news feature, "7th Annual 'Samhain, The Celtic Halloween,' Runs Two Sundays, Oct 22 & 29," at: https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2017/09/octobers-tunefully-and-artfully-big.html
* Tix are $15, $18 & $22, at: https://celtic-rhythms.com/samhain-tickets
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Sat, Oct 28, FESTIVAL:
Annual "ST. RAYMOND’S HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL" at St. Raymond's, 12348 Paramount Blvd., Downey, CA 90242; 562-923-4509; www.saintraymond.org
* Special Halloween-themed festival with concerts, dancing, food & games.
* Features music all day, including trad folk by WHEN PIGS FLY! (playing at 3 pm) with Marianne Scanlon - hammered dulcimer, guitar, fretted dulcimer; Jim Romano - guitar, banjolele, fretted dulcimer, doumbek, bodhran; Bea Romano - hammered dulcimer, autoharp, tambourine.
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Sat, Oct 28, WORKSHOP & more:
11:30 am-2:30 pm ON A LARK plays Medieval Music for an event billed as "MEDIEVAL BRASS RUBBINGS & ENGLISH TEA," at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Medieval Arts Center / Tea Room, 525 E 7th St (at Atlantic Av), Long Beach, CA 90813.
* Featuring: Jill Cassidy on Irish whistle; Barbara Gershman on hammered dulcimer; Terry Gucwa on cello.* Event has its own page at: www.stlukeslb.org/brass-rubbing.html
* Info contact - bgershman@socal.rr.com
* Reservations to participate: brass.rubbing.lb@gmail.com
* Cost to take part: $16 youth, $26 adult.
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Sun, Oct 29:
3 & 7 pm 7th Annual "SAMHAIN, THE CELTIC HALLOWEEN," sponsored by the Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles, runs two Sundays at MacLeod Ale Brewing Co, 14741 Calvert St, Van Nuys 91411.
* It's the ORIGINAL Halloween, and it's a Gaelic Irish word, pronounced like the name for the pig, the "sow" ("s" in front of "ow" like an owie; so it's not what seems obvious at all. Not "sam"). Then add a quickly attached "in," to get sOW-in.
* This year promises new songs and stories, as well as beloved ones from past shows.
* You can enjoy a pint of freshly brewed ale as you listen to the stories, tap your feet to the music, and -- since it's the original roots of Halloween -- feel the breath of those long gone on the back of your neck.
* "If you like, bring a picnic lunch or dinner, show up early and hang out. Or try out the food truck."
* Last year people were turned away, hence, double the number of shows this year: two dates, Oct 22 & 29, two shows on each (four performances total).
* See the write-up in the Sep 27 Guide: the # 9 news feature, "7th Annual 'Samhain, The Celtic Halloween,' Runs Two Sundays, Oct 22 & 29," at: https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2017/09/octobers-tunefully-and-artfully-big.html
* Tix are $15, $18 & $22, at: https://celtic-rhythms.com/samhain-tickets
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Sat, Nov 4, BENEFIT:
ANDY & RENEE perform for the "OUTWARD BOUND" fundraiser (that's the great wilderness / outdoor leadership program). Details TBA, check at http://www.andyandrenee.com/
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Wed, Nov 6:
DONNA THE BUFFALO plays Saint Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Hwy, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254; box office / reception, 310-372-0035 (M-F opens at noon, Sat-Sun, opens at 4 pm); www.saintrocke.com.
* “Donna The Buffalo is from central New York state, not Louisiana, but this widely loved quintet has woven that joyful, hip-shaking zydeco pulse into the DNA of its sound, and leaders Jeb Puryear and Tara Nevins have wrapped that core vibe with hopeful, mellow lyrics.” -- Music City Roots, Craig Havighurst.
* Donna the Buffalo just passed the marker as their 25th year as a band and have proven to be a consistent purveyor of American music. What’s the recipe? To be sure, it’s infused with more spices than you’ll find at a Cajun cookout by way of a southern-fried, rockin’ country old-time jamboree. “For the dizzying array of styles and genres with which they work, Donna The Buffalo maintain a surprising level of consistency. The New York-based band has played around with folk, zydeco, and many other musical ideas over the course of their 25-year career, but they retain a sharp focus that has helped them create some truly lasting music,” writes Elmore Magazine.
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Sat, Nov 11, FESTIVAL:
9 am-8 pm SCDH 23rd annual "HARVEST FESTIVAL OF DULCIMERS" sponsored by Southern California Dulcimer Heritage, this year on VETERANS DAY, at Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, 2850 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (Freeway close off the 405 and across from Orange Coast College).
* Features WORKSHOPS, ALL-DAY JAMMING, MID-DAY CONCERT and EVENING CONCERTS, VENDORS, OPPORTUNITY DRAWINGS
* SCHEDULE, REGISTRATION, more at: www.scdh.org
* Extra events, "FOCUS WORKSHOPS," on Sunday, Nov 12:
1) "APPALACHIAN HERITAGE MUSIC" for "Hammered Dulcimer & Other Instruments," 10 am-2 pm - in a private home in Fullerton.
2) "PLAYING TOGETHER IN PARTS" for "Fretted Dulcimer & Other Instruments," 11 am-3 pm - in a private home in Downey.
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Sat & Sun, Nov 11 & 12, FESTIVAL:
Annual "VETERAN'S DAY / FESTIVAL / CONCERT" aboard the Battleship IOWA, docked as a museum at 250 S Harbor Bl , San Pedro, CA 90731; 877-446-9261.
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Both days, activities begin with an11 am opening ceremony for the BATTLESHIP IOWA 2nd ANNUAL VETERAN’S DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL, running all day.
* $11 general tour admission of the ship to all family & friends accompanying a Veteran.
* Enjoy "some of L.A.’s premiere bands."
* FREE sandwiches, chips & water for the first 800 Veterans and their families (both days).
* Special exhibitors include military branch booths, DJ, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sea Cadets, UCLA FOCUS, Sailor’s Bar, and "a place to come and honor the men and women who serve our great nation." Supported by Councilman Joe Buscaino, The Port of Los Angeles, and Black Knight Patrol.
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Sun, Nov 12:
2:30 pm RIVERBOAT DIXIE JAZZ BAND plays the Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St, El Segundo, CA 90245; 310-322-2592. All seats: $20 (cash or check only); reservations recommended, at 310-322-2592.
* "Come hear traditional New Orleans Dixieland jazz with lots of great tunes and songs composed between 1897 and the 1920s - the 'Jazz Age.'
* Early American jazz, humorous narrative, and audience participation make for an evening of exciting, upbeat, toe-tapping fun for the whole family."
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# 8 events feature...
♪ ALL THE OCTOBER & NOVEMBER FOLK-AMERICANA / ROOTS / ACOUSTIC FESTIVALS
... the ones that haven't happened yet, that is.
Here, there, 'n everywhere, from the Guide's "Encyclopedia Festivanica."
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Oct 5-7, 2017:
"PONDEROSA STOMP" Festival in New Orleans, LA; www.ponderosastomp.com
✔ TIX: $70-$130.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: "The Ponderosa Stomp Festival began as an annual blowout show put on by the members of the Mystic Knights of the Mau Mau, who made it their mission to rediscover and triumphantly return to the stage hundreds of the architects of American music. Over the years, it has grown and generated respect and developed a devoted and impassioned following among American music aficionados, fans, musicologists and contemporary music critics worldwide. The Festival has expanded to include a Music History Conference, Clandestine Celluloid Film Series, Hip Drop DJ Party, and record show, in addition to the two nights of legendary music performances at the Ponderosa Stomp Concert."
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Gary U.S. Bonds
♪ Linda Gail Lewis
♪ The Texas Honky Tonk Revue featuring Frankie Miller, Darrell McCall & James Hand
♪ Barbara Lynn
♪ Roy Head
♪ Lil’ Buck Sinegal & The Top Cats
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Oct 5-7, 2017:
"FALL SKUNK MUSIC FEST" at The SkunkFarm, 4063 Jordan Rd, Greer, SC; http://albinoskunk.com
✔ TIX: Online ticketing will be available when announced. Prices for the 2017 SPRING fest were: 3-day $130, 2-day $95, 1-day $40-$55; youth tix substantially less.
✔ CAMPING: Yes.
✔ THE SCENE: Albino Skunk Music Fest has two events a year — one in the spring (in April, see listing), and this one in the fall. Originally founded as a bluegrass music festival, SkunkFest now features all sorts of mostly acoustic music – including Americana, Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Alt. Country, Acoustic, Roots and Bluegrass. "SkunkFest is held on the grounds of Glynn and Susan Zeigler’s old farm place north of Greer. SkunkFest was initially private but is now open to the music-loving public. Local food vendors, Craft beers served up by The Community Tap, Handmade Crafts and Kiddieland with playground, activities, kid’s shows & drive-in movie are some of the attractions besides the phenomenal music. Primitive tent camping & RV Camping area (sorry no hook-ups) on site within easy walking distance to everything. No shuttles needed from camping areas or our parking lot. The festival got its name from the sightings of white skunks on the grounds. (Well, mostly white with a dark stripe – they’re not true albinos!) Each fall, we have a ‘theme’ for the fest, featuring original drawings of the Albino Skunk characters promoting all sorts of topical and not-so topical themes. It’s all part of the fun. We are proud of our natural setting and laid back atmosphere that takes you away from the stress and anxieties of modern living. Our goal is to provide a ‘family reunion’ atmosphere and introduce you to new talent that may very well become your next favorite band."
✔ 2017 LINEUP: (Fall Fest)
♪ Not announced as of press time (early April, 2017).
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Oct 5-8, 2017:
12th Annual "JOSHUA TREE FESTIVAL FALL" in Joshua Tree, CA; http://joshuatreemusicfestival.com/index.html
✔ TIX: available online (earlybird rates).
✔ CAMPING: Yes.
✔ NOTE: The Spring and fall editions are different as night and day. "The fall fest differs musically with artists of the more rootsicana-newgrassy-folkadelic realms."
✔ THE SCENE: "These independently produced music festivals [Spring and Fall] are held annually in the shadows of the infamous National Park. [They called it "infamous." The Guide certainly didn't!] They are two (of the very few) multi-day campout music festivals in Southern California featuring live music. Music lovers of all ages enjoy this phenomenal live music in an intimate setting and magical surroundings. The spring festival features an eclectic line up of performers; dance-world-electro-funk'n groove. The fall fest differs musically with artists of the more rootsicana-newgrassy-folkadelic realms. The two different musical stylings create distinct audiences at the festivals, but many folks do attend both. The town of Joshua Tree is located in the high desert of the magical Mojave, 50 minutes from Palm Springs, 2.5 hour drive from LA, 3 from San Diego, 3.5 from Vegas, and 5 from Phoenix, at the entrance to the world renowned national park."
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not yet announced (as of the end of March).
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Oct 5-8, 2017:
66th annual "REX ALLEN DAYS" at the Willcox Historic Theater, 134 N Railroad Av, Willcox, Az 85643, and other Willcox venues; 520-312-9332 or 520-216-0062; www.rexallendays.org
✔ TIX: Not yet announced
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: Voted 2016's "Best Southern Arizona Annual Event" by Arizona Foothills Magazine, it features music, a rodeo, a parade that features buffalo soldiers from Fort Huachuca, and the Annual Cowboy Hall of Fame Banquet. The festival raises money for local charities in town on on the Indian Reservation. Events include a Rodeo Queen Competition and appearances by Rex Allen Jr., and other Western movie and TV entertainers. There are re-enacted Old West gunfights, antique tractor pulls, Cowboy Poetry entertainers, a Rex Jr. Celebrity Panel Q & A, old Rex Allen movie showings, a gunshow, a car show, and a special Wine & Cheese Benefit for the Rex Allen Museum.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
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♪ The 2 shows on Saturday will feature the final public musical performances of Rex Allen Jr, before he retires.
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♪ The festival will include "many live entertainers during the Fair and Carnival at Keiller Park this year, starting Friday, Oct 6th!"
♪ Schedule and artists/bands are promised "soon" on their website.
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Oct 5-8, 2017:
29th annual "DURANGO COWBOY POETRY GATHERING" at 10 venues throughout town, hq at the Historic Strater Hotel & Theatre, 699 Main Av, Durango, CO ; www.durangocowboygathering.org
✔ TIX: Featured daytime performances (40 artists) are free. Each of the ten major events requires a separate ticket, priced from $10 to $40.
✔ CAMPING: No. But the surrounding Nat'l Forest has options.
✔ THE SCENE: The “heart” of the Gathering are the FREE "Daytime Sessions of Cowboy Poetry, Music, Storytelling and Folklore," 10:30 am to 4:30 pm, both days. That happens on three stages: in the Strater Hotel, General Palmer Hotel, and Rochester Hotel. These free stages feature a total of 40 invited performers, in four concurrent theme sessions every hour. In open sessions anyone can entertain. In addition to the western music and cowboy poetry/storytelling, there's a horse-drawn parade with prizes, chuck wagon cookout, trail rides, a trip on the steam-powered narrow-gauge railroad to Silverton, and events on a ranch and at/in ten venues in this historic old mining town. "The Gathering is an exciting, fun-filled event with evening performances and Saturday daytime sessions. Poets and musicians from throughout the country grace our intimate stage at the Diamond Circle Theatre, performing classic and contemporary poems and songs that will bring tears to your eyes and keep you in stitches. The Durango Cowboy Gathering, Inc. is a non-profit organization working to preserve and perpetuate the traditions of working ranch people in the American West. We celebrate the lifeways of rural people by creating the 'campfire' around which anyone with an interest can come to share in the appreciation of the culture and traditions unique to the West. Monies received support our annual Gathering and youth programs."
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
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(daytime featured performers, free shows:)
♪ Andy Hedges - Lubbock, Texas
♪ Victor Anderson - Estes Park, Colorado
♪ "Straw" Berry Cordell - Oklahoma
♪ Marleen Bussma - Dammeron Valley, Utah
♪ Marty Blocker - Cody, Nebraska
♪ Dominic Farrenkopf - Hamilton, Montana
♪ Doug Figgs - Lemitar, New Mexico
♪ Hanson Family - Veneta, Oregon
♪ Slim McWilliams - Lewis, Colorado
♪ Ken and Lynne Mikell - Verde Valley, Arizona
♪ Miss V – The Gypsy Cowbelle - Thermopolis, Wyoming
♪ Terry Nash - Loma, Colorado
♪ Sam Noble - Durango, Colorado
♪ Kay Kelley Nowell - Alpine, Texas
♪ Luke Reed - Santa Fe, New Mexico
♪ Jake Riley - Kearney, Nebraska
♪ Dennis Russell - Cimarron, New Mexico
♪ Lindy Simmons - Mancos, Colorado
♪ Del Smith - Ridgway, Colorado
♪ Tom Swearingen - Tualatin, Oregon
♪ Yampa Valley Boys - Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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(Thu evening:)
♪ Andy Nelson
♪ R.P. Smith
♪ Terry Henderson
♪ Gary McMahan
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(Fri & Sat evening, 1 show:)
♪ Gary McMahan
♪ RP Smith
♪ Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns
♪ Pat Meade
♪ Floyd Beard
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(Fri & Sat evening, other show:)
♪ Terry Henderson
♪ Andy Nelson
♪ Otto Rosfeld
♪ Yvonne Hollenbeck
♪ Trinity Seely
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Oct 6-8, 2017:
17th annual "HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS" in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA; www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com
✔ TIX: It's free.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: It's enormous, having become the biggest free music festival in America. It features over 100 musical artists on 7 stages. The SF Chronicle says, "This is the great gift of Warren Hellman, the one and only, to not only the City of San Francisco, but the world of music." SF Gate adds, "Things You Must Do in The Bay Area Before You Die: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass." It's "Three days of treating you ears" to "Totally free live music in the park." HSB for short is an annual free and non-commercial music festival held the first weekend of October in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Conceived and subsidized by San Francisco venture capitalist Warren Hellman, the festival has been held every year since the first event in 2001. The only downside? It's so enormous (and yeah, crowded) that it really isn't possible to migrate from stage to stage, like at other multi-stage festivals. Here's some history of this astonishing event: "The first festival, which was simply titled 'Strictly Bluegrass,' took place on Saturday, October 27, 2001, and had a small but impressive lineup. Hellman’s one major request was that Hazel Dickens play the festival, and again, he got his way. Hazel Dickens appeared on the Main Stage, as did Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, and Dale Ann Bradley and Coon Creek, while a handful of other bands took to the Small Stage. As word of the free concert got out, the crowds started flocking to GG Park each October. The concert expanded from one day to three, and the lineups grew to include other bluegrass and country favorites such as Gillian Welch, Steve Earle and Robert Earl Keen, and without an ounce of egotism or much fanfare, Hellman himself, playing banjo with his band, the Wronglers. The roster soon grew to include typically non-bluegrass/country acts like Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann, Neko Case, and Conor Oberst. It was the inclusion of such non-bluegrass acts that led Hellman to add the 'Hardly' to the title of the festival in 2004, and it’s been Hardly Strictly ever since."
✔ NOTE: Webcasts of past year's festivals are archived at their site.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not yet announced by press time (early April, 2017).
♪ Without doubt, you'll see some of the biggest names in Bluegrass and Americana music, as always at this festival.
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Oct 6-8, 2017:
3rd Annual "DIRTYBIRD CAMPOUT FESTIVAL" in Silverado, CA; http://dirtybirdcampout.com
✔ TIX: available online; earlybird flash sale is on JUNE 17 at 10 am.
✔ CAMPING: Yes.
✔ This one may be turning less folky and more techo; the lineup is not yet announced, so we can't say for sure. So we're reading the tea leaves.
✔ THE SCENE: "Between the summer camp-style games, the mouth-watering barbecue and the legendary music, there’s a lot to love about Dirtybird Campout! In this rare, insider interview our very own Counselor VonStroke sat down to share a preview on what we can expect in the 2017 edition of Dirtybird Campout. Including a few words on why this year will be the best one yet."
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not yet announced (as of the end of March).
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Oct 6-8, 2017:
28th annual "LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL" at the Lone Pine Museum of Film History and Lone Pine High School, Lone Pine, CA; 760-876-1152; www.lonepinefilmfestival.org
✔ TIX: Full festival passes will be available online in June. Day passes, available only at the box office, are $30 and permit access to all movies and panels for that specific day.
✔ CAMPING: No, but there are plenty of nearby options.
✔ THE SCENE: The event includes concerts from top Western music stars. TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz returns this year to host the Saturday evening keynote program featuring Scott Eyman, author of definitive biographies of John Ford and John Wayne. Eyman’s new book explores the 50-year friendship between Henry Fonda and James Stewart, along with a screening of their film, "The Cheyenne Social Club." True West Editor Bob Boze Bell; Paul Andre Hutton, author of "Apache Wars"; and John Lagellier, author of "Fighting for Uncle Sam: Buffalo Soldiers in the Frontier Army," will explore the "reel" versus "real" stories of the American Indian Wars through screenings and panel discussions. A further highlight this year will be a tribute to Robert Mitchum, in honor of his 100th birthday. Following a screening of his first starring role in "Nevada," Western producer/historian Rob Word will interview Mitchum’s daughter, Petrine. Additional topics, celebrities and panels will be posted on the festival website as they are finalized. Master of Ceremonies is award-winning cowboy poet Larry Maurice. Guest authors and panelists include Cheryl Rogers Barnett, Bob Boze Bell, Scott Eyman, Paul Andre Hutton, John Lagellier, Wyatt McCrea, Petrine Day Mitchum, William Wellman, and Rob Word.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Music lineup not announced by press time (late April, 2017).
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Oct 6-8, 2017:
45th annual "NATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL" at the International Storytelling Center, 116 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659; http://store.storytellingcenter.net
✔ TIX: 3-day adult $165, sr $150, child (age 6-17) $145; Sat & Sun tix $140/$130/$120; single-day tix range from $110-$55 adult, $105-$50 sr, $100-$45 child, based on which day. Extra events cost extra. The Yarnspinner Party is $100; Midnight Cabaret Friday is $20; Ghost Story Fri or Sat are each $10. Pre-Festival Concerts are $20 each.
✔ CAMPING: Nearby; the site has a list of state and other campgrounds, with contact info.
✔ THE SCENE: The Festival, acclaimed as one of the Top 100 Events in North America, has, as it's grown, sparked a renaissance of storytelling across the country. The organizers say, "after years of scientific research in 17 different fields, analysts conclude that storytelling is our most powerful tool for effective communication." In addition to the festival's main stage, there's "Swappin' Ground" tradition in Storytelling Park; the "Yarnspinners' Party"; "Ghost Stories" with frightening tales beneath the nighttime sky; the "Story Slam!"; the "Exchange Place" of "Diverse American storytelling"; the "Midnight Cabaret" with its "Rollicking, grown-up fun"; a Wine and Beer Garden, and the festival's "Marketplace." Special events are presented during the Festival weekend and before, with "pre-festival concerts" on Wednesday & Thursday evening. If you go, catch all you can. A bit o' historY: "Over 40 years ago, a high school journalism teacher and a carload of students heard Grand Ole Opry regular Jerry Clower spin a tale over the radio about coon hunting in Mississippi. And the teacher, Jimmy Neil Smith, had a sudden inspiration: Why not have a storytelling festival right here in northeast Tennessee? On a warm October weekend in 1973 in historic Jonesborough, the first National Storytelling Festival was held. Hay bales and wagons were the stages, and audience and tellers together didn’t number more than 60. It was tiny, but something happened that weekend that forever changed our culture, this traditional art form, and the little Tennessee town... As news of the Festival and of the movement aired on national television and in magazines as diverse as Los Angeles Times Magazine, Reader’s Digest, People, and Smithsonian, the story of how a happenstance hearing of a folktale on a car radio ignited a national movement. Did the story get told again and again because people like stories about innocent beginnings, or because they like to marvel at what can happen with the serendipitous timing of a good story and a carload of receptive listeners, or simply because it’s a colorful tale? No matter the reason, it’s a classic example of how a simple story breathes life into information people want to share with each other. As millions of story lovers all over the world already know, there is no substitute for the power, simplicity, and basic truth of the well-told story."
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
Carmen Deedy
Corinne Stavish
♪ Sheila Kay Adams; 7th generation ballad singer
♪ Willy Claflin; musician & storyteller
♪ Claudia Schmidt - New Voice; powerful vocalist
Vicki Juditz
Ben Haggarty - International Teller
Anne Shimojima - New Voice
Oba William King - New Voice
Josh Goforth - New Voice
Bil Lepp
Megan Wells
Donald Davis
Geraldine Buckley
Lyn Ford
♪ David Holt; Four-time Grammy award winning musician
Jim May; Emmy award-winning storyteller
Gene Tagaban
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Oct 7 & 8, 2017:
"TICKET TO THE TWENTIES" at the Homestead Museum, 15415 E Don Julian Rd, City of Industry, CA 91745; 626-968-8492; www.homesteadmuseum.org/festivals
✔ TIX: It's free.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: The music of the 1920s-era is a pure delight, and this is probably the only place you can hear multiple bands perform it live, including vocalists who perfectly replicate the styles. Silent movies screen with live piano and organ accompaniment, just as they did when the great movie palaces were built. Special exhibitions and tours of the museum are free during the festival. Period dress is encouraged — and Prohibition is strictly enforced! There's a car, truck and tractor show of vehicles of the era. safely distanced from the stages, you can listen to hand-crank Victrolas playing the very thick records of the time. And you can even bring a picnic to enjoy in the museum’s picnic area or by the picturesque pond, and many do that in full a920s style. Bring spending money for food and shopping. Runs 3-7 pm both days; arrive a bit early to get parking, because the lots fill-up completely.
✔ NOTE: Free ONLINE MUSIC. Get a blast from the early days of recorded music with the Homestead's "Ticket to the Twenties" playlist. It features music from past festival artists and 1920s hits. Everything from festival artists Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys, Ian Whitcomb, and Dean Mora, to vintage originals by Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Eddie Cantor, and many more. You must be logged in to Spotify to listen (https://www.spotify.com/us/). Then click the festival's link.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not announced by press time (early April, 2017).
♪ Music will happen on two stages.
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Oct 7 & 8, 2017:
39th annual "FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL" at the Sharlot Hall Museum, 415 W Gurley St, two blocks W of the Courthouse Plaza, Prescott, AZ ; 602-445-3122; https://sharlot.org/az-history-adventures/yearly-festivals
✔ TIX: dailt admission, $10 adults, $8 museum members, free for age 17 and under.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ NOTE: PERFORMER APPLICATIONS are being accepted online (late Apr, 2017).
✔ THE SCENE: It's the longest-running folk music event in Arizona, with 200-plus musicians and more than 90 groups performing on four stages throughout the Museum's four-acre campus. "This premier event includes educational and informative workshops on musical history, musical styles and iconic musicians. There are plenty of opportunities to jam on our beautiful grounds - the porch on the historic Territorial Governor's Mansion has proven to be a popular venue year after year. If you are a musician, be sure to bring your instrument - all levels are welcome." Throughout the two-day event, workshops on a wide range of musical subjects are conducted by the performers and group members.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not announced by press time (late Apr, 2017); see above note.
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Oct 12-15, 2017:
28th annual "LINCOLN COUNTY COWBOY SYMPOSIUM" at Ruidoso Downs Race Track, 26225 U S Hwy 70, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346; 575-378-4140; www.cowboysymposium.org
✔ TIX: "a variety of ticket packages available this year. Call 575-378-4140." Daily Admission $20; Sunday admission $5. Thu or Fri night concerts are $75 each. The sat dance is $50. Other individual event tix vary from $15-$25.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: There are three music stages all day and one main stage at night, all with dance floors and open spaces. Lincoln County was where Billy the Kid rode, but there's no mention of that in the promo. This one calls itself, "The nation's finest cowboy festival with old west storytellers, noted historians, poets, musicians, chuckwagon cook-offs, western artists and craftsmen, cowboy competitions, horse demonstrations, western swing dancing, kids rodeo and educational activities." In 1996, the symposium was selected as the "Best Cowboy Cultural Event" by the National Cowboy Symposium Association. In addition, the LCCS has been named one of North America's top 100 events by the American Bus Association. This year includes the "Albertson's Market LCCS World Championship Chuckwagon Cook-off Competition. "To reserve a plate, mark your calendars for June 1st when tickets go on sale." The 2017 Western Expo will feature over 100 booths from all over the country.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
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(daytime:)
♪ The Time Jumpers
♪ Moe Bandy
♪ Jody Nix
♪ Dave Alexander Band
♪ Janie Fricke
♪ Coby carter
♪ Tommy Allsup
♪ Billy Mata
♪ Tawnya Reynolds
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(Thu eve concert:)
♪ Asleep at the Wheel
♪ Red Steagall
♪ Dave Alexander Band
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(Fri eve concert:)
♪ Bri Bagwell
♪ Tracy Byrd
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(Sat eve concert:)
♪ Floyd Domino Trio
♪ Mickey Gilley
♪ Jody Nix
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Oct 12-15, 2017:
"FESTIVALS ACADIENS ET CREOLES" is FREE in Girard Park, Lafayette, Louisiana; www.festivalsacadiens.com
✔ TIX: It's free.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ NOTE 1: KRVS, "Radio Acadie," broadcasts live from the festival grounds. Interviews, as well as live music, will hit the airwaves throughout festival weekend. Listen to that, and CATCH CAJUN MUSIC ANYTIME on their live stream, at: http://krvs.org
✔ NOTE 2: Dick Brainard has a special hotel rate for Cajun-Zydeco dancers and aficionados at the Ramada Inn in Lafayette during this festival. He tells us, "Our rate will again be $65 + tax/night. This rate will apply from Wed., Oct 11 through Mon, Oct 16." Email Dick for the needed booking code at dickbrainard@gmail.com. Then call the hotel to reserve, at 337-233-6815 and ask for Carla.
✔ THE SCENE: If you want REAL, TRADITIONAL, CAJUN MUSIC, this is the one. Several parallel and affiliated festivals that include folk craft celebrations. The music fest, " Festival de Musique," has six stages and happens "beneath the spreading oaks of Girard Park in Lafayette, LA... 'Festival de Musique Acadienne' now attracts Louisiana's best Cajun and Zydeco bands and draws thousands of people from across the country and around the world. 'Festival de Musique Acadienne,' celebrating 36 years of entertainment, originated as the 'Tribute to Cajun Music Festival,' an event that was designed to attract and educate the younger generation to the traditional values of the Cajun culture... Celebrate the rhythm of Cajun and Creole life... Dance to a traditional waltz. Two-step to the upbeat rhythms of accordions, fiddles and ti fers (triangles). Step back in time as traditional crafters demonstrate their artistry. Festivals Acadiens et Créoles pays tribute to the Cajun and Creole cultures with a combination of FREE festivals. Held the second weekend in October!"
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not yet announced at press time (early April, 2017).
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Oct 13-15, 2017:
4th annual "BOB WILLS FIDDLE FESTIVAL & CONTEST" at multiple venues in Greenville, TX; https://www.twinfiddleproductions.com
✔ TIX: Watch their website.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: Western swing is the Official State Music of Texas. Aphorisms like, "If you're gonna play in Texas, you've gotta have a fiddle in the band" are alive and well (and taken seriously in the Lone Star State). This festival is all about celebreation the rich legacy of that heritage and making sure it continues in the hands of accomplished and talented young players alike.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not announced by press time (late-April, 2017).
♪ This event books Grammy noms and winners and other top acts.
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Oct 14 & 15, 2017:
"SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES" in Seaside Park at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W Harbor Bl, Ventura CA; www.seaside-games.com
✔ TIX: Discount tix through Oct 1 are $18 single-day, $28 two days; Seniors & military $15 single-day, $23 two days. At the gate, $20 single-day, $30 two days; seniors & military $17 one-day, $25 two days; children age 6-12, $5 two day tix. Free for children age 5 & under.
✔ NOTE 1: the festival kicks-off Fri, Oct 13, with a concert and Scottish evening at the Four Points (separate ticket).
✔ NOTE 2: To enter the games (Scottish Heavy Athletics, etc., men's and women's), contact Rick LaVallee at caberdroper@gmail.com
✔ CAMPING: Yes, for RVs only.
✔ THE SCENE: It's a large, well-run, respected and respectable Scottish/Celtic festival with plenty of music and trad highland games that include Scottish Heavy Athletics — or, as the festival promo always put it, "Large men throwing stuff." There's also Whisky Tasting. With its Massed Pipebands, parades and competition, the sanctioned Scottish Fiddling Competition, sheepdog herding demonstrations, Scottish Entertainers, Clan Tents, Children's Glen, British and Scottish Food, Highland Dancing, Battle Re-enactments, and classic British car show, the Festival atmosphere will transport you to the Scotland of yesterday and of today and will lay before you the music, dance, games, food and drink of that great culture.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
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(music stages:)
♪ Not yet announced at press time (early April, 2017).
♪ Expect a solid mix of nationally-touring trad Celtic, Scottish, Irish, and Celtic rock.
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(Scottish Country dancing in McBride Hall:)
This one is booked:
♪ Traditional dance demos on Saturday.
On Sunday, it's primarily a music stage, with:
♪ Rigel (local scottish folk and dance music group)
♪ Three for Joy (upbeat young Scottish music/country dance)
♪ The annual open Celtic Jam Session
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♪ Plus, contestants perform in the sanctioned Scottish Fiddling Competition
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Oct 20-22, 2017:
"LOGANDALE FALL FESTIVAL" in the Clark Co. Fairgrounds, Logandale, NV; http://logandalefallfestival.com
✔ TIX: not yet available. Site shows 2016 prices of $10 one-day, $30 three-day.
✔ CAMPING: may be limited to dry RV camping; in 2016, camping included ONE 3-day pass.
✔ THE SCENE: Temps have cooled-down by late October. This fest began many years ago as a purely bluegrass festival. Now it has many added aspects. "With a Bluegrass Festival–BBQ Cookoff–Craft & Stuff Show–Kids Zone–Small Animal Fair–Rock and Gem Show... this is an annual festival in Nevada's Moapa Valley, in the town of Logandale." That's off I-15, NE of Las Vegas, on the way to the interstate's dramatically scenic trip through the Virgin River Canyon (which is a must-do drive).
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not yet announced: their site still shows the 2016 bands, which were:
Cassidy Shewmake Project
Chris Cerna and the Bluegrass Republic
Desperado Bluegrass Band
Frequent Flyers
Get Down Boys
Grasslands
James Reams and the Barnstormers
Johnny Campbell and the Bluegrass Drifters
One Button Suit
Out of the Desert
Pittman Wash All Star Strings
Stillhouse Road
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Stuck in Reverse
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Oct 26-29, 2017:
7th annual "HANGTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL" at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Dr, Placerville, CA 95667; http://hangtownfestival.com
✔ TIX: $40 – $170.50. "A very limited number of 'Blind Faith' [pre-lineup announcement] 4-Day Passes" with deep adv.discounts went on sale Apr 13, at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hangtown-music-festival-2017-tickets-33469566374?aff=bucket
✔ CAMPING: Yes.
✔ THE SCENE: Along with a record of fine lineups, it's family-friendly with extensive kids activities. A hallmark of this one is: "For those who like to enjoy music into the wee hours, our Late Night shows offer unique musical pairings for fans of all tastes. All artists performing in Late Night shows also perform on the daytime stages." The Guide's 2016 advance coverage concluded, "This one warrants a road trip."
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not yet announced by press time (mid-April, 2017).
♪ The 2016 lineup featured The Infamous Stringdusters, Railroad Earth, The Brothers Comatose, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Whiskey Shivers, and the great Joe Craven in a huge lineup.
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Oct 27-29, 2017:
27th annual "RED STEAGALL COWBOY GATHERING AND WESTERN SWING FESTIVAL" at the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District, Ft. Worth, TX; http://redsteagallcowboygathering.com
✔ TIX: Not yet available. In 2016, 3-day tix without the Saturday Night Rodeo were $75, $90 with the rodeo; Child's Rodeo tix (ages 3-12) $15; daily all-access tix were $35-$40, with children age 12 and under free (excluding the rodeo). Tix box office: www.stockyardsrodeo.com ✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: This was "voted ‘Best Gathering and Best Family Event’ by the readers of American Cowboy Magazine." There's a 5-day wagon train journey/trail ride from an appreciable distance away and you can buy tix to participate. There are plenty of real trappings of the Old West. Organizers say, "Come enjoy these great events during the weekend: Wagon Train and Trail Ride from Jacksboro, Exciting Ranch Rodeo Action, Chuck Wagon Camp and Competition, Trappings Show, Cowboy Poetry and Cowboy Music, Ranch Cutting Horse Assn. Rodeo Finals, Youth Poetry Contest, Youth Fiddle Contest, Youth Chuck Wagon Cook-off, Texas Trail of Fame, Cowboy Church, Cowboy Gospel Concert, Western Swing Dances and NEW Texas Lone Star Open Live Bid Calling Contest."
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not yet published at press time (mid-April, 2017).
♪ Last year featured top acts, including Don Edwards, Jean Prescott, R.W. Hampton, Kristyn Harris, and Red Steagall & The Boys in the Bunkhouse.
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Sat, Oct 28, 2017: (prospective)
"GRAND AVE ARTS: ALL ACCESS, MUSIC CENTER ON TOUR" in ten venues throughout downtown Los Angeles; http://grandavearts.tumblr.com/ (still shows 2016 info at press time).
✔ TIX: It's free.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: From The Guide's 2016 write-up: "Using some iconic L.A. locations and venues, this brings a cavalcade of artists and rich variety of activities. There are kid-friendly performances to light up the family stage on The Music Center Plaza, and a vast offering of music in a bunch of venues nearby, atop Bunker Hill, inside the Music Center and beyond, ten venues, with informal activities all the way down the cascading Grand Park to across from City Hall Plaza, all a very big FREE deal." The 2016 event included Folk-Americana / roots artist Moira Smiley leading two sessions of "The Big Sing" for packed houses inside the Music Center for all who signed-up. Venues / major host institutions:
• Center Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N Grand Av.
• The Music Center including Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Music Center Plaza and the Walt Disney Concert Hall, 135 N Grand Av.
• Grand Park, 200 N Grand Av.
• REDCAT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex: 631 W 2nd St.
• L.A. Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N Grand Av.
• L.A. Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Av.
• Los Angeles Master Chorale at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Av.
• MOCA, 250 S Grand Av.
• Colburn School of Music, 200 S Grand Av.
• Los Angeles Central Library: 630 W 5th St at Grand Av.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not announced by press time (early April, 2017).
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Oct 28-29, 2017: (Projected dates)
"SOUTH LOUISIANA BLACKPOT FESTIVAL AND COOKOFF" in Vermilionville, Louisiana; http://blackpotfestival.com
✔ TIX: will be online.
✔ CAMPING: Yes. Tix will be online.
✔ THE SCENE: "Walking distance from the Lafayette Regional Airport and several hotels, with considerable improvements over the old venue: bigger better dance floor, bigger chapel, more camping area!" Earlier promo: "The South Louisiana Black Pot Festival & Cookoff is one of the most unique festivals in Louisiana. Held annually at Lafayette’s Acadian Village, the festival celebrates its 5th year this October with two days of great music, dancing, food, camping & jamming. The festival is a cooperative of south Louisiana musicians, artists and Southern culture enthusiasts, creating an unprecedented gathering of south Louisiana’s hottest roots bands, as well as a number of groups from all over the country. Live performances range from Cajun & Zydeco, to Creole, Swing, Hot Jazz, Blues, Bluegrass, Americana, Irish & Old-Time. Plus, an old-fashioned black pot cook-off, accordion contest, 'called' square dancing, and ample camping space for tents & RV’s."
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not yet announced at press time (early April, 2017).
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Nov 3-4, 2017:
"THE WESTERN SLOPE COWBOY GATHERING" "featuring Cowboy Poetry and Western Music," at the Museum of the West, 462 Ute Av (at 5th), and the Whitman Educational Center, 248 S Fourth St (at Ute), Grand Junction, Colorado; www.westernslopecowboygathering.com
✔ TIX: Info not announced by press time (mid-Apr, 2017).
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: Presented by the Museums of Western Colorado, the largest multi-disciplinary museum complex between Salt Lake City and Denver. But — other than getting their lineup announced early — there just isn't much online about this festival for this or past years.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Kristyn Harris
♪ Al Albrethsen
♪ Floyd Beard
♪ Valerie Beard
♪ Jerry "Brooksie" Brooks
♪ Nona Kelley Carver
♪ Great Western Heritage
♪ Annie Hughes
♪ Randy Huston
♪ Susie Knight
♪ Slim McWilliams
♪ Peggy Malone
♪ Terry Nash
♪ Dennis Russell
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Nov 8-12, 2017:
"WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE & AWARDS" at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town, 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104; www.westernmusic.org
✔ TIX: will be available online.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ THE SCENE: Western Music is the folk music of the Western life style and vista. Like most other genres of Folk-Americana, the Grammys have no awards for any of its many rich facets — traditional or contemporary cowboy / ranch music, western swing, male and female vocalists, best band, best songwriter, best performance, etc. So, this event takes the place of those missing Grammys, and this is the music's annual global celebration. Some Western Music originates from roots in English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh ballads, as well as musical influences from the European countries of immigrants who "went west" and some carries jazz and blues origins. The WMA, with chapters worldwide, does for Western Music what the Grammy organization does for pop music. It celebrates and honors artists and their accomplishments and promotes and preserves history, culture, heritage of all genres of Western music, from cowboy ballads to original songwriting to western swing bands. The annual event offers numerous workshops and live performances, and always features plenty of jams. In addition to the prestigious awards determined by member votes, the event features Harmony, Yodeling & Poetry Contests. Wear your hat and they'll greet you with a big howdy.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
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(Wed, "Swing Dance Spectacular" features:)
♪ Syd Masters & The Swing Riders
♪ The Swing Sisters
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♪ Lineups for the many other events and concerts were not announced at press time (early April, 2017).
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Nov 11 & 12, 2017:
23rd annual "HARVEST FESTIVAL OF DULCIMERS" at Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, 2850 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626; www.scdh.org
✔ TIX: will be available online.
✔ CAMPING: No.
✔ NOTE: Presented by the nonprofit Southern California Dulcimer Heritage (SCDH).
✔ THE SCENE: Each of the days is different. Saturday is filled with workshops, all-day jamming, mid-day and evening concerts, vendors, displays of beautiful handmade instruments, and opportunity drawings from 9 am-8 pm, with the evening concert at 8 pm; all at the main site in Costa Mesa. Sunday moves from Costa Mesa to two intensive workshops presented by the festival's headliner artists; one is "Hammered Dulcimer & Other Instruments" 10 am-2 pm in Fullerton, the other is "Fretted Dulcimer & Other Instruments" 11 am-3 pm in Downey. (This is the same festival that was held for many years in Culver City.)
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Heidi Muller, fretted dulcimer (OR)
♪ Bob Webb, multi-instrumentalist (OR)
♪ Ruth & Steve Smith, she on hammered dulcimer, he a multi-instrumentalist (NC)
♪ Plus local artists and teachers perform, lead a youth ensemble concert, and more.
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Sat, Nov 25, 2017: (Projected dates)
"AL BERARD MUSIC FEST" in Henderson, Louisiana; www.alberard.com
✔ TIX: check their site.
✔ CAMPING: check their site.
✔ 2017 LINEUP:
♪ Not yet announced at press time (early April, 2017).
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That's all for this time!
OH, BY THE WAY... we also published a massive music news edition on Sep. 21, and it's got stuff that's still plenty fresh, And it's still available in the archive, at:
https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2017/09/big-edition-music-news-features-on.html
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AND, we did a "Jumbo News Features" edition on Sep 27, and that's available at:
https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2017/09/octobers-tunefully-and-artfully-big.html
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Plus, the Guide did a special edition, before other sources had all the info we presented. It's:
"Las Vegas Music Festival: the Latest, and the Worst, Mass-Shooting in U.S. History. October 2 2017 special edition." It's at:
https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2017/10/las-vegas-music-festival-latest-and.html
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The Guide will return with many more inclusive and inquisitive
and informative and pretty durn complete coverage
of all kindsa things, continuing forward and onward
in our next MUSIC NEWS edition,
coming your way soon.
Meantime, check in and let us know what you think about THIS one.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
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ARCHIVE / RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Reliving the Past with The Guide...
The Guide has PLENTY o' music history archived, back to when Lassie was a little bitty puppy dog, Napoleon was a private, and banjos only had four strings. Where, o where, could all that possibly be, you say?
Wellsir, the entire history and past content of the Guide, at least since we moved the archival editions to Blogspot years 'n years ago, is searchable at the basic url:
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com
Seriously: Escape the unpleasantries of the current moment by crankin' the tunes as your soundtrack, then go get lost in acoustica esoterica with memories of past performances, albums, festivals, concerts and events. Our past selves also await whenever you're bored with the pop pablum that infests mainstream media.
After all, we published THE 2017 "ENCYCLOPEDIA FESTIVANICA" for you, at:
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2017/04/2017-music-festival-guide-current.html
So maybe we oughta call the Guide's archive the "Encyclopedia Nostalgica."
No? Well, since we came up with it, we'll use it on sumpin'.
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See you next time!
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THIS IS HERE FOR YOU, THE ACOUSTIC MUSIC-MAKER AND FAN, SO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK...
As always, we invite you to join us and to let us know what YOU are listening to, and what artists or bands just sent you swooning and need to be shared with others.
Doing our part depends on you doing your part. That way, you'll know that a whole lot more is always coming soon — including fresh MUSIC NEWS, PREVIEWS & REVIEWS, and more additions to our massive guide to the MUSIC FESTIVALS of 2017.
Meantime, we are ALWAYS big advocates of supporting LIVE PERFORMANCE. With everything happening in the big, wide world, and through these festival-packed, waning-of-summer weekends? Go get tuneful!
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LEGALESE, CONTACTING US, 'N SUCH...
Boilerplate? Where's the main pressure gauge? And the firebox?
What "boilerplate"? Who came up with that goofy term for the basic essential informational stuff...
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♪ The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS — and views of interest to artists everywhere — more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.
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The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The porch'll be here anytime you come back from the road.
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