Thursday, December 30, 2021

UPDATED: New Year's Weekend Options, & beyond; Jan 2, w/ orig. Dec 30 edition 2021/22

Up top: One on Monday, Jan 3; + more


Tonight at Zebulon Cafe (8 PM)
Catch the American musician Van Dyke Parks Monday night for "Cymbalom" at Zebulon Cafe.  See the legend with special guests Inara George, Leland Sklar and Grant Geissman. The show starts at 8 PM. Click above to secure your tickets now. 
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Elvis - Through the Years

January 8 is Elvis Presley’s birthday and up in the nearby High Desert, the Lancaster Performing Arts Center (LPAC) is throwing a birthday party fit for the King. Join a celebration of the music and legacy of Elvis, featuring his hits “Blue Suede Shoes,” “All Shook Up,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Don’t Be Cruel” and many more.

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   New Year, new offerings at Bob Stane's famous
COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE
in Altadena...


01/06/22 - HELEN HUDSON

Bob Stane says: + Everyone loves Helen. Maybe it is a theme of a movie. I’ll be there. A return ...
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01/07/22 - SWAN MONTGOMERY & ROBERT PLANTNATION

Swan Montgomery (of Led Zepagain) & Robert PlantNation come together for an unforgettable night of ...
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01/13/22 - THE BAKER’S DOZEN

A whirlwind tour of America with The Coffee Gallery Backstage as the anchor venue on The West ...
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01/14/22 - THE SALTY SUITES

The Salty Suites played their very first show together in a high security prison for the ...
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01/15/22 - THE ANGRY BRIANS

matinee Irish extravaganza. With their own style of Celtic Fusion, these vagabond scholars of ...
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01/15/22 - LOVE DOLLY

"Hi everyone! My name is Kim Eberhardt. I am the writer and featured performer in the Love Dolly Show ...
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01/16/22 - SIERRA HIGHWAY

A tight California based Acoustic Americana band serving up contemporary, original and traditional music ...
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01/20/22 - ROADHOUSE SERIES

A Tribute to Richie Furay: Pioneer of Americana Music. In the history of rock n roll music and ...
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01/21/22 - PUREBREAD

A TRIBUTE TO DAVID GATES & BREAD. If you love the smooth sounds of the 70's, then you don't wan't ...
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UPDATES, Sunday, Jan 2, 2022...

Things TODAY / TONIGHT & into January!

☆  On TV...

"JUST CALL OUT MY NAME," the concert / music documentary of JAMES TAYLOR & CAROLE KING.

This promises to be a delight. West Coast peeps can watch it at 6 pm PST or at 9 pm PST. (It airs twice, to get the 9 pm slot Eastern and Pacific; adjust for where you are.)
   On CNN.


Photo: King and Taylor rehearse at the Troubadour Tavern for a performance in 2007 in West Hollywood, California. (Ric Francis/AP; from CNN)


Rolling Stone writes:

"Directed by Frank Marshall and commissioned by CNN Films and HBO Max, the documentary showcases previously unseen performance footage from their 1970 Troubadour concert debut, the pair reprising that show for the West Hollywood venue’s own 50th anniversary in 2007, and several full song performances from their 2010 reunion tour.

"The documentary’s new interview with King and Taylor, coupled with their performances, highlight the camaraderie and chemistry radiating from their enduring music and lifelong friendship. They reflect on their collaborative relationship and share several stories about their songs, including 'You’ve Got a Friend.' In the film, King explains the song 'purely came through me.' Taylor first heard King play the then new song at soundcheck before their debut Troubadour show together, and they share how he came to cover it. Band members of the Section — Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, and Lee Sklar — who backed the duo through all three concert eras are also interviewed, along with insight from musician/producer Peter Asher."
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☆  "All-Request Song Fest" by Emma's Revolution, streaming live 


Sunday Jan 2nd 1pm PT/4pm ET:

All-Request SongFest
Zoom & Facebook Live

"Join us to sing your favorites for our All-Request SongFest! Send us an email before Sunday or post in the Zoom chat or Facebook comments, that day, and we'll sing all the songs we can fit into the hour. Celebrate the end of the old year and the beginning of the new!

"Scroll here to see all the songs we've sung
and let us know which ones you'd like to hear!

"You're welcome to join in to spend some time with us.
Singing or playing an instrument is not required.

"Lyrics with chords are available at this link, if you'd like to sing or play along. Register for the Zoom event, watch via simultaneous livestream on our Facebook page or watch the post-session video on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel."

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☆  On the web, live from Austin, Texas...

Pic shows Chris & Christine performing on the Austin City Limits set. That's NOT where they are tonight, though. Read on...

Happy New Year

Sunday Night At the MoonHouse 8 PM CT (STREAMING)

Monday Night at Donn's Depot 8:30 PM CT (LIVE)


"As we turn our faces into the wind to face another year we wish you all a safe and prosperous new year. We're coming out of an odd Covid Christmas where all our plans got changed at the last minute, as many of you likely experienced as well.

"We missed caroling with the grandkids, sledding in Colorado, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar and so many other traditions. This dang virus has got to go!

"In the meantime, we'll keep our masks handy and perform for you safely from our home studio. Tonight, 8 pm: Sunday Night at the MoonHouse. Tomorrow I will be at Donn's Depot once again.

"We hope to see y'all soon."
~ Chris and Christine
"Please stay safe, and if you're staying home, tune in to one of our livestreams." You can also 

catch them later....all shows are archived at albertandgage.com

SUNDAY
Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 8 PM CT
LIVE STREAM
Sunday Night at the MoonHouse


MONDAY
Monday, January 3, 2022 8:30 - 12 CT
Monday Night AT Donn's Depot
1600 W. 5th, Austin, Texas

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Sundays streaming at



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☆  Streaming live music: tonight, Greenwich Village Folk Fest, Florida Folk Fest

Musician Rod McDonald starts the New Year with a busy schedule!

—Sunday evening 1/2 (7-10 pm EST) is the monthly Greenwich Village Folk Festival, "and this month I am one of the performers in the show." It’s a tribute to Christine Lavin, whose 70th birthday is Sunday. Also appearing are Scott Ainslie, Dan & Claudia Zanes, David Roth, Art Podell, Sister Kate Taylor, Mike Agranoff, Greg Greenway, Daniel Cainer, and Christine herself. Watch at www.facebook.com/GVFF2022,  www.greenwichvillagefolkfestival.org or youtube.

—Wednesday 1/5 7 pm is The Osher/FAU LLS program in Boca Raton presents The Songs Of Ray Charles & Stevie Wonder with Rod & The Humdingers. This concert is both with a live audience and streamed to your location, to register email olliboca@fau.edu or call 561-297-3185 

—Sunday 1/9 8 pm-9:30 Rod live on www.facebook.com/rodmacd

Wednesday 1/12 3 pm “Music Americana: The New Golden Age, a new eight-week lecture course, begins at Osher/FAU Lifelong Learning in Boca Raton. To register email olliboca@fau.edu or call 561-297-3185. This course is also available via streaming. 
---1/18 2:30 pm The New Golden Age, eight-week lecture course begins at Osher/FAU Lifelong Learning in Jupiter. To register email ollijupiter@fau.edu or call 561-799-8547. This course is live only.  

—Sunday 1/23 8 pm-9:30 Rod plays live on www.facebook.com/rodmacd

Sunday 1/30 noon-7 pm The South Florida Folk Festival at 4201 SW 65th Way, Davie, FL. Rods scheduled to perform in the late afternoon. Heres the info. 
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☆  Streaming live theatre... (today through Jan 14th)...

Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard to bring this production to life. Break a leg!

The Perfect Year
Presented By P3 Theatre Company

Streaming available from
Jan 1st 2022, 12:05 AM until Jan 14th 2022, 7:00 PM


BUY TICKETS

Visit here for more information.

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☆  Garrison Keillor observes the whole New Year's thing...

I’ve known some luminous people in my time, and what distinguished them was their enduring enthusiasm and hopes and aspirations, and I recommend the same to you. When I was your age, I learned the arts of sarcasm and ridicule, and as a young writer aimed for a dark neurotic brilliance (“Devastating … compelling” — NY Times, “Rips the covers off the myth of exceptionalism” — Vanity Fair), but as an old man I look around and see splendor and bravery and genius and kindness and that, my dears, is the real story.

Sitting in a café on Columbus Avenue in New York a couple weeks ago, I watched an ancient man inching his way along the sidewalk, long white hair and beard, blinded by the sun, confused, tattered, about to step into the bike lane and be run down, when two young women and a young man came to his rescue, took his hand, got his address, called an Uber to come get him, put some money in his hand, and off he went. This is the real story, a man of my generation rescued by the young. Writers can revel in despair but other people are intent on solving problems, and that’s where you should put your money.

I know something about misery, having just spent four days in Florida, a state where nobody wears a mask and so I had visions of dying of COVID amid the junk food outlets and collapsible condos, but I did not die and came back north and now I have hope for 2022. The developer ex-president will find himself being questioned under oath this year, the dark cloud of perjury over his head, and his anti-science cult followers will be playing a bad hand in the November elections. Solar energy will take great strides forward. Baseball will return. My friend Harry Reid who grew up dirt-poor and fought his father to protect his mother and hitchhiked forty miles to go to high school and who wound up marshaling the Affordable Care Act through the U.S. Senate had a luminous faith in this country. I talked to him a couple months before he died last week and he was full of life and quoting Mark Twain — the line about the man who lives fully does not fear death and also, “I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” Harry was the only politician I knew who kept a picture of a humorist on his office wall. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

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This week’s ["A Prairie Home Companion" - ed.] feature show takes us back to January 1, 2000 (remember Y2K). Our guests: Leo Kottke, Ann Reed, Butch Thompson and Maria Jette. Join us via our Facebook community gathering at 5PM on Saturday or listen HERE.I

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In THE BACK ROOM this weekend

THE CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD (serialized - 5th installment Chapters 14-16)

The NEWS from Lake Wobegon January 3rd, 1981 audio

When you subscribe you have access to The Back Room archive including the earlier chapters of THE CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD

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Here's the full edition from Dec 30, INCLUDING POST-NYE THINGS YOU CAN DO!

Here's a quick look at some news and QUALITY LIVE MUSIC EXPERIENCES that await your presence.

This is NOT comprehensive. We have more, we know bits 'n pieces of more we need to research, and frankly, we haven't researched much yet. But if we do all that now, you won't know about some of what's in here until after it's over. And nobody wants to sing Auld Lang Syne for stuff they never got to do.

So, here ya go!

Check back later for more options!

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First, a perspective from Denmark-based, transplanted American musician and music retreat guru Brett Perkins, to add to the mix of mixed thoughts...

I know most all of us are concerned about the latest pandemic developments and I encourage everyone to stay vigilant in protecting their safety and the safety of those around them.

For me, this does not mean cancelling concerts or retreats that can be and are managed in a safe manner - evidenced by the July 2021 Idyllwild Retreat which involved eighteen participants without any cases occurring.  

I believe this to be a time for each of us to draw on our inner resources of Love over fear, determination over discouragement, and optimism over pessimistic projections and I invite you to join me in keeping hope and culture alive and thriving.

We have more from Brett, including a fun music video. Keep reading...

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2022 marks the 25th anniversary Masters of the American West® Art Exhibition and Sale at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles.

The Art Sale Weekend will take place at the museum on Friday and Saturday, February 25 and 26. Tickets for this exciting weekend of artist talks, events, and the art sale itself are now available by clicking the button below.

Jim Rea, Autry Trustee, Artist Liaison, and Co-Chair, Masters of the American West Committee, tells us, "Leading up to the exhibition, I will be sharing some behind-the-scenes moments with the artists and several sneak peeks into what they are creating for the show—so be sure to follow my account at @RoadToTheAutryMasters. Stay tuned to the Autry’s social media and emails otherwise, and visit TheAutry.org/Masters for up-to-the-minute updates on the exhibition and Art Sale Weekend events."
The exhibition opens to members on February 12, to the general public on February 13, and during the Art Sale Weekend events on February 25-26.


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NEW YEAR'S ANTHEM + MINI FILM for you...

"We'll land on the shore"

"Meeting Is Over" sings eloquently of our cycles of farewells and reunions, and felt like a perfect song to bid farewell to 2021 and bravely welcome the new year in.

This release is a trans-Atlantic collaboration between Moira Smiley  (voice, banjo, percussion, production), Piers Faccini (voice, fretless guitar, guembri) and Seamus Egan (nylon string guitar)

Moira tells us, "The little film we made to go with it is an homage to two films that've become synonymous with marking the New Year for me:  Babette's Feast and Roma."

And she tells everyone, "Thank you again for your ears and hearts, and I wish you every good thing as we begin anew." ~ xoMoira

WATCH
LISTEN
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Moira: "Thank you to Folk Radio UK for premiering the official video yesterday!"

...click here to read the personal story behind this collaboration

Photo of Moira Smiley by Alexandra DeFurio. Photo of Piers Faccini by Julien Mignot.

Join NOON Friday, Dec. 30th for quick Zoom loveliness...

The wonderful 'Daily Antidote of Song' is 45 minutes (daily at 12 pm ET) of pure community song heaven, bliss, joy & sweetness.  Moira will share a song + a clip of the 'Meeting Is Over' video this Friday @12pm ET! All free!


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Three from Paste magazine...


The 10 Best Country & Americana Albums of 2021

The 10 Best Country & Americana Albums of 2021

Featuring Allison Russell, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Valerie June and more

And...



Gaby Moreno's Acoustic Festival VIII

Paste Studio Premiere: Gaby Moreno & Friends at Casa de la Ruina

Earlier this month, Paste filmed Gaby Moreno's Acoustic Festival VIII in Antigua, Guatemala. You can watch the whole concert here

And...

No Album Left Behind: <i>Way Down in the Rust Bucket</i> Is an Essential Look at Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Fearless Peak

No Album Left Behind: Way Down in the Rust Bucket Is an Essential Look at Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Fearless Peak

This long-lost document may be Neil Young and Crazy Horse's most important live offering of all.

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Register Now for Believe in Music! 


CALIFORNIA-BASED NAMM WEB EVENT WELCOMES EVERYONE, WORLDWIDE

Registration for Believe in Music, the online global celebration of music, is open now. 

Anyone from anywhere in the world is welcome to attend Believe in Music as registration is free, easy to complete, and due to the online nature of the event, you can be a part of the celebration from the comfort of your own home – no travel required.

Learn more about your favorite music industry brands, see live music and artist interviews, take part in career-building education, and connect with industry professionals and music enthusiasts from around the world.
January 20
Believe TV global livestream

January 21
Live and on-demand education sessions

January 22–23
Select content available to watch on-
demand
 
Learn More
Register Now

Featured Content







See more upcoming content at namm.org/attendbelieve 

Register Now

Editor's note: the NAMM Show, held every January at the Anaheim Convention Center, Is the world's largest music industry event. The 2020 Show was one of the last major events before COVID struck. The 2021 show, like everything else that had to be planned during 2020, was of course cancelled. The 2022 Show has been delayed until Autumn. The NAMM Show must turn-away lots of musicians and music fans because it is a packed house of music-industry-only attendees. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO GET A TASTE OF NAMM, so REGISTER! It's FREE!


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NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

PERFORMER APPLICATIONS CLOSE DEC 31st


If you are interested in performing at the 2022 Northwest Folklife Festival, you need to complete the performer application by December 31st.

NWFL tells us:

"We will be reviewing applications through January, but please fill out an application as soon as possible. In recognition of the vacillations of COVID protocols, we are going to try and remain as flexible as possible to accommodate folx during this process."

Access Performer Applications HERE

Please see text below for full COVID-19 regulations and requirements to perform at the 2022 Festival

Photo By Christopher Nelson

They add:

"We want to inform you about an important update to our COVID policy. We are now requiring proof of vaccination for all participants of the 2022 Northwest Folklife festival, including staff, volunteers, artists, and vendors. 


"Specific requirements for audience members will be communicated using the most current state, county, city, and/or Seattle Center campus guidelines available, closer to the festival. This decision is guided by our commitment to the health of our community. We will request proof of vaccination from selected artists after first confirmations go out in mid-March.

"Unfortunately, we are not able to accept negative covid tests in lieu of vaccination for any artists or vendors who will be onsite at the Northwest Folklife Festival. All Northwest Folklife staff, contractors and volunteers are subject to Executive Order 2021-08and we have received guidance from Seattle Center and the City that festival performers, vendors, and volunteers fall under the umbrella of “contractors and volunteers.”

"If the situation changes before the festival in regards to the Executive Order, Northwest Folklife will be keeping the mandatory vaccination requirement for all onsite staff, contractors, and volunteers. 


"If you have any questions about the festival, application, or vaccination requirements, feel free to email programming@nwfolklife.org or leave us a voicemail at (206) 684-4189."

UPDATE: VENDOR & MERCHANT APPLICATIONS

For information on vendor applications please visit our vendor page (link below) or reach out to us at merchants@nwfolklife.org

Vendor Application & Information Page





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And now... Mo' Brett!

We promised you more from this very special artist. Enjoy, and start planning your live listening forays, artistic sojourns & endeavors for 2022 !

Brett Perkins tells us, "[This is] MY CHOSEN THEME SONG FOR 2022:"
'Everything's Turning' Around' 
"Lotsa places I feel like goin'. Lotsa folks that I feel like knowin'. Lotsa a rows that could sure use hoe'n. Everything's turnin' around//Got some dreams that I feel like chancin'. Got the need for some new romancin'. Come on world now let's go dancin'. Everything's turnin' around.//On a highway goin' my way. It's a fine day for giving myself my own high five hey!//Got a life that I feel like livin'.Got a mind that I sure feel glib in. Got the sense every sin's forgiven. Everything's turnin’ around." www.brettperkins.com





BRETT'S UPCOMING CA TOUR DATES

January 15th Sculpterra Winery, Paso Robles, CA
January 22nd Palm Loft Gallery, Carpinteria, CA
January 23rd Puffers of Pismo, Pismo Beach, CA
January 29th Idyllwild Songwriters Festival, CA


ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!




2022 RETREATS

IDYLLWILD/CA

January 24-29
March 14-19
July 11-16
September 19-24


TUSCANY

April 10-16


COPENHAGEN

August 22-26 


INISHEER/IRELAND 
 
October 24-30
 


All retreats end with a songwriters festival on location, opened with a set of selected songs from the week.


(Single or multiple day participation possible on the Idyllwild & Copenhagen Songwriting Retreats: $100. a day).

Recommended covid protocols followed on all retreats 

= Proof of vaccination or antibodies required =  

Join us in the Listening Circle of songs!



=REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW FOR ALL RETREATS=



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More, SOON, to help you launch your 2022. 

So remember to CHECK THIS SPACE!

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... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation if you sat close to it, instead of inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g

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... and "the pandemic" meant 1918

... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze

... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)

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The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at a quality venue, or the latter version of hittin' the road for the festival circuit or a concert tour.

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