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Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson

Source: JamBase
January 22, 2011

ALBUM RELEASE MARCH 1, 2011 TO BE SUPPORTED BY NATIONAL TOUR: “BLUES AT THE CROSSROADS: THE ROBERT JOHNSON CENTENNIAL CONCERTS" How do you throw a 100th birthday bash for the most influential bluesman that ever lived? If you're Big Head Todd and The Monsters, you gather some of the greatest living blues musicians and record 100 Years of Robert Johnson (March 1, 2011—Ryko/Big Records), a stirring new tribute album featuring 10 potent interpretations of some of the most vital and ...

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Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Band | NYE | Review

Source: JamBase
January 22, 2011

By Scott Horowitz Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi :: 12.31.10 :: Florida Theatre :: Jacksonville, Florida Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi put their solo acts on hold in 2010 to write and make music together with a fresh new band. In April they began playing new songs, trying to find their identity. Ten months later they have evolved into a cohesive unit, putting out sets of music that flow as majestically as the nearby St. Johns River into the Atlantic ...

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Robyn Hitchcock and Joe Boyd: Music/Spoken Word Tour

Source: JamBase
January 22, 2011

“LIVE & DIRECT FROM 1967" FEATURES SONGS AND STORIES FROM BOYD'S CAREER, INCLUDING SUCH ARTISTS AS PINK FLOYD, NICK DRAKE, BOB DYLAN AND JIMI HENDRIX Psychedelic troubadour Robyn Hitchcock has announced plans to team up with legendary producer Joe Boyd for an unprecedented series of live performances. “Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd—Live & Direct From 1967" is a very special evening of songs and stories, melding Hitchcock's musical performances of songs produced by Boyd with Boyd's own reminiscences of his ...

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Jazz Bridge Presents Orrin Evans!

Source: Suzanne Cloud
January 22, 2011

Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on February 3, 2011 will be pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Mike Boone, and drummer Anwar Marshall. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914 Heralded by jazz critic Ben Ratliff of the New York Times as a musician to watch in 2010, pianist Orrin Evans has been recognized nationally as one of America's best jazz pianists, composers/arrangers,and bandleaders.The Pew ...

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Nick Teehan & the Jessica Stuart Few Play Toronto's Supermarket February 3

Source: Tenfour Communications
January 21, 2011

Download now: Nick Teehan's “Sidewalk Friend" & The Jessica Stuart Few's “(Don't Live Just For The) Weekend" TORONTO, ON—Two Toronto treasures, orchestral indie pop singer-songwriter Nick Teehan and jazz-pop innovators The Jessica Stuart Few play Toronto's Supermarket, 268 Augusta Ave, Thursday February 3 to celebrate the official launch of the title track video from The Jessica Stuart Few's widely acclaimed CD Kid Dream. Check out the making of the Kid Dream video here! Often likened to the fun, quirky genius ...

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Dueling Pistosl (Pat and Phil at the Black Dog)

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
January 21, 2011

Recently the Twin Cities lost one of its favorite venues for avant-garde music when the Turf Club and its jazz-friendly Clown Lounge changed management.... and music preferences. Still, for a mid-size urban area, some great little spaces remain. The Black Dog Café in St. Paul's Lowertown has long been a haven for improvisers, with its Fantastic Fridays series (often featuring the Fantastic Merlins) and other efforts to make music experimenting as commonplace as weekly salsa and swing dancing. Performing curator ...

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Organ Improvisations | Poems

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
January 21, 2011

On January 28, Ars Nova Workshop welcomes Amina Claudine Myers to Philadelphia for a solo pipe organ performance at St. Mark’s Church. Called “a virtuoso pianist and organist” by musician and scholar George Lewis, Myers is a first wave member of the AACM who has worked with Archie Shepp, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, and Lester Bowie. To learn more about the unique 1937 Aeolian-Skinner organ Myers will be playing for this special occasion, ANW spoke with local expert Matthew ...

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How To: Bring Your Audience to You - If You Absolutely Can't Tour to See Them

Source: HypeBot
January 21, 2011

Due to the decline in the sales of record music, many artists are packing up their gear and hitting the road. It's where the money is—sort of - if you can afford it. But many artists can't. Either it's not economically feasible or due to reasons of geography, they can't tour where their audience is. Fans are either an ocean or a world away. It all depends. Yair Yona is an acoustic guitarist based out of Israel. His music is heavily ...

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