Performance / Tour News

Summer 2010 Promises Live Chicago Jazz

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
March 31, 2010

Summertime in Chicago this year holds much promise for some great jazz and a variety of world music. Here from an article entitled “Summer lineup: Jazz, world music at Millennium Park" by Arts Critic Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune is the list of jazz and other world music performers scheduled for the Millineum Park venue as follows...March 30, 2010 - “Millennium Park will be alive this summer with jazz and world music. All concerts are free and ...

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Peter Martin/Jeremy Davenport Concert This Friday at the Sheldon to be Webcast Live on the Global Loop

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 31, 2010

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Yo la Tengo | 03.22 and 03.23 | Tel Aviv

Source: JamBase
March 31, 2010

Words by: Kevin Schwartzbach | Images by: Goni Riskin

Yo La Tengo :: 03.22 & 03.23 :: Barby :: Tel Aviv, Israel

Ira Kaplan :: March, 2010 :: Tel Aviv, Israel You never know quite what to expect from Yo La Tengo. With an extraordinarily diverse repertoire ranging from long-winded psychedelic jams to poppy heartfelt love ballads and everything in between, it's impossible to predict the character of any given live show. Hell, with this Hoboken-based trio it can ...

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Edward Sharpe and Magnetic Zeros Announce Headlining U.S. Tour

Source: JamBase
March 31, 2010

PSYCHEDELIC FOLK COLLECTIVE WILL PLAY COACHELLA, SASQUATCH, BONNAROO TELLURIDE BLUGRASS AND OTHER FESTIVALS THIS SUMMER

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros :: 08.06 by Krolick Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, known for their joyous, euphoria-inducing live show, will hit the road for a two-month run of headlining tour dates. The tour kicks of April 15 in Solana Beach, CA and ends June 22 in Tempe, AZ. Presale tickets will be available at: www.edwardsharpe.tickets.musictoday.com. Dawes will be opening ...

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Pianist Monika Herzig Schedules Two St. Louis Performances in May

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 31, 2010

The German-born jazz pianist Monika Herzig, who teaches music a couple of states over at the University of Indiana, is coming to the St. Louis area for two performances in May.Herzig, who played here most recently at last year's St. Louis Art Fair, will back singer Jeff Hall for a gig at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 20 at Lone Wolf Coffee Company, 15480 Clayton Road in Ballwin. Hall is a protege of the well-known Kansas City jazz vocalist ...

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Yonder Mountain String Band: Summer Tour and Lincoln Center

Source: JamBase
March 31, 2010

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR

Yonder Mountain String Band has announced the first leg of their summer tour.

Yonder Mountain String Band Summer Tour Dates Pre-Sale Tuesday at Noon Local

05.28 Chicothe, IL Summercamp 05.29 Cumberland, MD Delfest 06.02 Glen Allen, VA Innsbrook Pavilion w/ moe. 06.03 Norfolk, VA The NorVa 06.04 Jim Thorpe, PA Penn's Peak 06.05 Woodstock, NY Mountain Jam 06.07 Mansfield, ...

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Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore at McCabe's

Source: Michael Ricci
March 31, 2010

This weekend was all about triumphant rap, parking-lot emo and deep South minimalism. But in the tiny back room of McCabe's on Friday night, Daniel Martin Moore and Ben Sollee made a much quieter, but maybe more insistent, statement of modern musical identity. The easygoing singer-songwriters, both Kentucky natives, collaborated on February's “Dear Companion," one of the loveliest and most articulate Americana records in recent months. Its success is built largely on the duo's close harmonies and adventurous string work, ...

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Paul McCartney to Play Hollywood Bowl March 30 & 31

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2010

If you thought you heard chatter about Sir Fab's return to Southern California this morning on KLOS and elsewhere, your ears didn't deceive: Paul McCartney is embarking on a new jaunt -- strangely dubbed the Up and Coming Tour 2010.

That will kick off March 28 at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz., then head to the Hollywood Bowl for two shows, March 30-31. It will be Macca's first SoCal show since his triumphant and elegiac performance at Coachella last ...

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