Performance / Tour News

Tom Petty and Steve Winwood | 07.23 | MN

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2008

Words by: Joe Lang | Images by: Christopher Monson

Tom Petty and Steve Winwood :: 07.23.08 :: Target Center :: Minneapolis, MN

Tom Petty :: 07.23.08 :: Minneapolis, MN The pairing of '60s British psychedelic blues pioneer Steve Winwood and the American-as-apple-pie straight ahead Cadillac rock of Tom Petty is one of the stranger super star double bills in recent history. Petty's past engagements that matched the Heartbreakers with rockers like Bob Dylan, The ...

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McCartney's Air Traffic Control Aide Billy Joel's Shea Concert

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2008

Air Traffic Control, Police Escort Aided Paul McCartney's Arrival at Billy Joel's Shea Concert

Following Paul McCartney's return to Shea Stadium for a guest performance at Billy Joel's final concert at the New York Mets' home, the Beatle talked about his last-minute arrival for the show. When Joel took the stage to begin the concert, McCartney was in an airplane from London bound for New York. “Billy had asked me if I could join him a while back when he ...

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Christopher Bell Gig by Gig on the Erie Canal

Source: Michael Ricci
July 28, 2008

The Erie Canal, I decided, would be perfect. I could do the Mississippi, but the Erie Canal seemed like a better idea. This is my home state. --Christopher Bell--Canoeing Ukuleleist.

BROCKPORT, N.Y. -- On a rain-soaked evening last week, a small group of people darted through the streets of this Erie Canal town to a large bookstore that anchors Main Street. They sat on plastic folding chairs set up in the basement between Anthologies and Literature, waiting for ...

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A Defiant Rock Edge: Lina Koutrakos at the Metropolitan Room.

Source: Michael Ricci
July 28, 2008

Teardrops on Her Pillow? Not for This Torch Singer

The singer Lina Koutrakos deconstructs the oldest cabaret clich in the book in “Torch," her sagacious new show at the Metropolitan Room. If that loaded title conjures images of a lovelorn diva masochistically wallowing in mistreatment and rejection, Ms. Koutrakos is anything but a self-pitying crybaby. As she sang “The Man That Got Away" on Friday evening, she didn't beckon you to follow her down a yellow-brick road to a tear-soaked ...

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Camaroonian Afro-Pop Sensation Kaissa Performs Free Concert July 30

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2008

On Wednesday, July 30, Kaissa performs a free outdoor concert at Waterside Plaza. Enjoy beautiful waterfront views, plenty of seating, onsite parking and dining. Featured with Paul Simon in BAM Under African Skies residency, Kaissa's voice is an electric mix of character and clarity, strength and fragility, total control and unbridled joy. She has worked with luminary artists such as: Manu Dibango, Papa Wemba, Salif Keita, Jean-Michel Jarre, Cesaria Evora, Sekouba Bambino, Martha Wash and Diana Ross. Kaissa's poignant lyrics ...

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The Piers Lawrence Quartet Live at Minton's

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2008

The PIERS LAWRENCE QUARTET returns to legendary Minton's Playhouse Saturday, August 2nd @ 10pm, 11:30pm & 1am, $10.00-Door 208 West 118th Street between St. Nicholas Ave and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (7th Ave) NYC 212-864-8346 for reservations We Love playing MINTONS because it's down the block from Chuk Fowler's elementary school. The folks are always very warm and the vibe is strong! See You There! Piers Lawrence-Guitar, Chuk Fowler-Piano, Jim Hankins-Bass, Sir Earl Grice-Drums ...

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The Joris Teepe Quartet @ B.B. King's

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2008

Bassist Joris Teepe is a resident of NYC, but was born and raised in The Netherlands. Last year he was invited to bring his quartet from New York to the Netherlands to perform with the “North Netherlands Sympony Orchestra" of which he was commisioned to compose music. Due to the succes of these concerts, Joris was invited in April to be the guest soloist for the Radio Big Band in Bucharest Romania to perform a program of his music. Upon ...

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Randy Newman Debuts Songs from New Album for Vip Crowd in L.A.

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2008

At L.A.'s 280-capacity Largo Newman Crooned New Songs

Randy Newman performed the entirety of his excellent Harps and Angels (due in stores August 5th) for a VIP-packed crowd that included Mandy Moore, Jason Schwartzman and ex- That Dog frontwoman Anna Waronker, whose dad Lenny co-produced Harps with Mitchell Froom. “It never hurts to start with a religious tune," Newman said by way of introduction after opening the show with the album's title track, in which an unbeliever takes a memorable ...

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