Performance / Tour News

Pianist/Vocalist Marcia Ball to Perform in New Hope

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 25, 2010

Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter Marcia Ball, touring in support of her Grammy-nominated CD, Peace, Love & BBQ, will perform in New Hope on Thursday, August 12, 2010. Ball's groove-laden New Orleans R&B, heart-wrenching ballads and driving Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite of music fans all over the world. Her music mixes equal parts simmering soul fervor and rollicking Crescent City piano. Over the course of her career, Ball's infectious, intelligent and deeply emotional songs have won her ...

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Raul Malo in Philly July 31 Previewing Forthcoming CD

Source: conqueroo
July 25, 2010

Raul Malo to Perform Saturday, July 31 at the Sellersville Theater to Preview Upcoming CD Self-produced in his home studio, Sinners & Saints is the most intimate, honest and complex album Raul Malo has made in an already distinguished career. One hears in it a lifetime's journey, from the singer-songwriter's youth in Cuban neighborhoods of Miami through his years as one of the most intriguing talents in the Americana scene. The album is set for September 28, 2010 release on ...

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Jazz Vocalist/Bandleader Jerry Costanzo at the 2010 Newburgh Jazz Series on August 5th, 2010

Source: AAJ Staff
July 25, 2010

New York, NY--Jerry Costanzo will be performing with the Andy Farber Octet live at the Newburgh Jazz Series in Newburgh, New York on Thursday, August 5th at 6:30PM. On the heels of his most recent successful CD release, Destination Moon, Jerry Costanzo is back in the studio putting the finishing touches on his upcoming CD release, to be announced. This performance will feature Jerry singing to a brass, reeds & rhythm ensemble that performs Andy Farber's arrangements as well as ...

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Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS Presents Jazz at the Fort

Source: Michael Ricci
July 25, 2010

Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS present music outdoors in Roxbury's historic and enchanting Fort Hill neighborhood with Ron Reid & the Sunsteel Sextet and opener the Jazz Robertson Quintet. The annual Jazz at the Fort concert is free and will be held on Sunday, August 1, at 5:00 p.m., at Highland Park on Fort Avenue, Roxbury. Rain date is August 8. Folding chairs, blankets, and picnics are encouraged. Highland Park is known for its willow trees, rolling lawn, puddingstone ...

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Lorraine Feather: On the Road (Less Traveled)

Source: Jazz (Jazzers Jazzing) by Carl L. Hager
July 25, 2010

Lorraine Feather's live performances are legendary. Her skills as a lyricist, well known to fans of her recordings of Fats Waller and Duke Ellington material and recent work like her new CD Ages (Jazzed Media, 2010), bloom wildly under the stage lights. Where some performers like to glance sideways with short anecdotes between songs, Feather prefers to be a real raconteur and plunge in headlong, punctuating her insightful musical commentary with tales that are an organic part of her performance. ...

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Direct from Cuba - Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro - Legendary Cuban Son Septet Embarks on 2nd U.S. Tour, September 2010

Source: Daria L Sanchez
July 24, 2010

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: CUBA'S LEGENDARY SEPTETO NACIONAL TO EMBARK ON SECOND U.S. TOUR IN SEPTEMBER 2010. TOUR PROMOTES SEPTEMBER ALBUM RELEASE OF SIN RUMBA, NO HAY SON FROM HARMONIA MUNDI / WORLD VILLAGE RECORDS New York, NY--Septeto Nacional, the famed Cuban son group founded by music pioneer Ignacio Piñeiro, will return for their second U.S. tour from September 1--September 20, 2010. The Septeto Nacional U.S. Tour 2010 promotes the group's new album Sin Rumba No Hay Son, coming soon ...

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TourIntel Offers Concert Histories and Statistics

Source: HypeBot
July 24, 2010

The live music industry is having a difficult summer, and when times are tough accurate information about what shows are being booked becomes powerful.  Online industry trade CelebrityAccess extends its reach as the source for that information with the  launch of TourIntel, a new live entertainment business intelligence service. 

A Decade Of Data Presented Graphically:

TourIntel offers a decade of box office reports on thousands of artists and venues. Information is analyzed to provide insight into attendance, grosses, ticket prices, ...

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The Music of Wayne Shorter - Saturday at Tula's

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
July 23, 2010

MUSIC OF WAYNE SHORTER FOR BRASS with Tom Varner, Thomas Marriott and Dave Marriott

TULA'S JAZZ CLUB 2214 2nd Ave, Seattle 7:30pm $15

from Tom Varner: Tom Varner, Thomas Marriott, David Marriott: The Wayne'ing Brass (New Looks at the Music of Wayne Shorter, with a brass trio--trumpet, horn, trombone, with piano, bass, and drums). With Bill Anschell, piano, Phil Sparks, bass, and Matt Jorgensen, drums.

I have always loved the soulful, intelligent, and searching music of ...

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