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Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Starts June 22 -- 9 Days, 300 Concerts, 1000+ Artists, 18 Venues! Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Steve Martin, Esperanza Spalding, Daryl Hall, Keb’ Mo’ & Zappa Plays Zappa To Headline
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
Rochester NY: The 11th edition of the nine-day Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) presented by M&T Bank opens in less than three weeks on June 22! The festival runs through June 30 and will present more than 1000 artists performing at 18 venues and outdoor stages, in 300 concerts, including almost 70 free concerts. Last year’s festival drew more than 182,000. With one of the nation’s most extensive international lineups, artists will travel from 14 countries including Canada, Sweden, ...
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Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers: 2012 Tour Dates
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JamBase
STEVE MARTIN AND THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS ANNOUNCE 2012 TOUR DATES Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers have announced tour dates in support of their #1 bluegrass album, Rare Bird Alert (Rounder Records), which recently received a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album. Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers will make stops at several venues and festivals including a performance at the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, CA, as well as multiple nights with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in ...
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Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers: New Album and U.S. Tour
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JamBase
THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS JOIN STEVE MARTIN ON HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM RARE BIRD ALERT The Steep Canyon Rangers (SCR), have joined iconic comedian, Steve Martin on his sophomore album entitled Rare Bird Alert to be released today, March 15, 2011. Bringing bluegrass music to new audiences, SCR continue their meteoric rise as passionate ambassadors for the bluegrass music they love. With Martin, SCR played for more people than any other bluegrass band in 2010. This year will be even bigger, ...
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Steve Martin | California | Review | Pics
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JamBase
Words & Images by: L. Paul Mann Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers :: 10.08.10 :: Granada Theatre :: Santa Barbara, CA The big question on everyone's mind when Steve Martin made his much anticipated appearance in Santa Barbara was whether he would be funny or serious about his musical performance. The answer turned out to be a bit of both. The sold out show took place in the newly renovated Granada Theatre . It took nearly a decade ...
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Steve Martin: 2010 Banjo Tour
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JamBase
LESS YUCKS, MORE PLUCKS FROM LEGENDARY COMEDIAN
Steve Martin :: Hardly Strictly '09 :: by Dave Vann Following his successful tour last year in support of his Grammy award-winning album The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, Steve Martin, once again joined by the award-winning Steep Canyon Rangers, will embark on a 2010 music tour beginning on April 19th in Detroit, which includes stops at Jazz Fest and Bonnaroo, and is expected to continue into October.
“I am very ...
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Grammy Winner Steve Martin Takes His Banjo on Tour
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All About Jazz
With no introduction or celebrity fanfare, Steve Martin steps onstage with the Steep Canyon Rangers bluegrass band, a banjo strapped to his chest. He's not there to tell jokes, though he manages to squeeze in a few. He's there to play music -- songs from his Grammy-winning bluegrass album, “The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo." Martin tells the crowd he met the band at a party in North Carolina, “but when we're in California, I tell people we ...
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Playing Banjo Eased Oscar Stress for Steve Martin
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All About Jazz
Steve Martin says playing the banjo helped prepare him for his Oscar-hosting gig. The 64-year-old actor-writer-musician says performing live with the Steep Canyon Rangers made him feel comfortable on the Kodak Theatre stage at the Oscars. Martin says he wasn't sure why he wasn't nervous before co-hosting the March 7 Oscars with Alec Baldwin, but a friend suggested maybe it was because he'd been in front of audiences around the country with his banjo. Martin said in a recent interview ...
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Banjo Brothers Steve Martin and Ed Helms Get a Little Punchy
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Michael Ricci
Steve Martin, sporting a jaunty fedora and a suit, spotted Ed Helms across the room.
“I thought I'd find you here," the comic said of “The Office" star.
Birds of a feather and all that. But it wasn't their common pedigree as celebrated funnymen that brought the two to the California Market Center on Saturday evening -- it was their affinity for the banjo and their friendship with Grammy-nominated mandolinist Chris Thile and his new bluegrass-inflected band, the Punch Brothers. ...
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Steve Martin's 'Crow' Wins Kudos
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Michael Ricci
He's won an Emmy and a Grammy, and now Steve Martin is nominated for the International Bluegrass Music Assn. Awards.
The writer-comedian picked up six nominations Thursday in connection with his first music record, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo.
Martin was nominated as best banjo player and the album, which is No. 1 on Billboard's bluegrass chart, was nominated as best instrumental recorded performance of the year.
The Dan Tyminski Band led all nominees with nine. Tyminski, ...
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