Performance / Tour News

Blues/Roots Guitarist & Vocalist Tommy Castro to Perform in Sellersville

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 24, 2011

"Tommy Castro can do no wrong...soulful, heartfelt vocals, and exquisite, stellar guitar work. A seamless blend of blues, gospel-flavored R&B, soul and roadhouse rock." —Blues Revue Blues/roots guitarist and vocalist Tommy Castro will perform at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Castro will be performing songs from his Alligator Records debut, Hard Believer. Castro won four 2010 Blues Music Awards—more than any other artist—including, for the second time in his career, the coveted B.B. King Entertainer ...

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Glam Goes Rustic: Juliet Kelly Celebrates Jazz Divas With Rural Tour

Source: Juliet Kelly
July 24, 2011

Following a successful UK tour at the beginning of the year, jazz singer and songwriter, Juliet Kelly, hits the road once again, this time taking her acclaimed “Celebrating the Divas of Jazz" project to rural venues in Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland. Juliet's tribute to the jazz singers that have inspired and influenced her, has delighted audiences around the UK and attracted sell out audiences. The London-based vocalist who has taken the jazz scene by storm with her distinctive velvety voice, ...

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Madeleine Peyroux Tickets on Sale Today for Her October 7th Concert at Berklee Performance Center in Boston

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
July 23, 2011

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Internationall Jazz Trio Playing at Seaward Inn in Rockport, Mass. on Sunday, July 24

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
July 23, 2011

An exciting trio of young jazz musicians from Norway, Brazil and the Unites States are performing at the Seaward Inn B&B in Rockport Massachusetts on Sunday, July 24, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. The performers include Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Felix Peikli, a 20 year old jazz clarinetist from Norway; Italo Cunha, an ...

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Beat Kaestli and Friends @ Miles Cafe NYC, Weds. July 27th

Source: Beat Kaestli
July 22, 2011

Come join this After-Bday Splash at Miles Cafe, NYC on Wednesday, July 27th from 8:30-10PM, featuring the vocal stylings of acclaimed singer Beat Kaestli, including brand new songs from his upcoming French tribute, Brazilian favorites and songs from his CDs “Invitation" and “Far From Home." He's joined by guitarist Guilherme Monteiro and Ricky Rodriguez on bass and the performance will feature vocal duets and imporv with some of NYC most outstanding vocalists, Magos Herrera, Elisabeth Lohninger and Melissa Stylianou! Line ...

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Dar Williams and Joan Osborne: September Tour Dates

Source: JamBase
July 22, 2011

TWO-WEEK CO-HEADLINING TOUR STARTS SEPTEMBER 15 IN EUGENE, OR Dar Williams and Joan Osborne, two of the most acclaimed female recording artists of the last two decades, will join forces for a two-week co-headlining tour this fall. Although they both played the inaugural Lilith Fair tour in 1997 and have worked with some of the same musicians over the years, this will mark the first time that Williams and Osborne have actually performed together. The tour kicks off September 15 ...

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Paul McCartney Adds North American Dates

Source: JamBase
July 22, 2011

ON THE RUN TOUR CONTINUES WITH DETROIT, MONTREAL, CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI DATES Having just made July 15 and 16 New York City's music event of the summer with two sold out shows at Yankee Stadium that kept approximately 90,000 fans singing along for nearly three hours each night, Paul McCartney's On The Run Tour continues this week with six more North American dates. Paul McCartney On The Run Tour Dates

July 24 Detroit MI Comerica Park July 26 Montreal QE ...

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Jazz This Week: Rebirth Brass Band, Ronnie Burrage, Willie Akins, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 22, 2011

Like most of the rest of the midsection of the USA, St. Louis is mired in some truly nasty summer weather this week, but there are several jazz and creative music performances coming up in the next few days that should be worth braving the inferno-like conditions. Here's what's happening: Tonight, guitarist Brian Vaccaro will lead a trio in a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University, and saxophonist Tim Cunningham plays a free outdoor concert ...

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