Performance / Tour News

Michael Tomlinson in Concert at Laguna Playhouse

Source: Michael Ricci
January 11, 2010

Come enjoy an evening of unforgettable music by Michael Tomlinson in a rare “one night only" concert at the Laguna Playhouse, benefiting Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Concert begins at 7:30 PM in Laguna Beach, CA. Tickets are $25 each (plus tax and service fee.) There will be a 20 minute intermission with a drink bar and snacks available for purchase. All ticket sales from the evening's event go towards the cost of food and medication for recovering seal and sea ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour - January 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
January 11, 2010

AHLEUCHATISTAS February 16 - WMUC - 3rd Rail Radio - College Park, MD (with Mind vs Target) February 17 - The Stone - NYC, NY (with Mind vs Target) February 18 - Golden West Cafe - Baltimore, MD (with Mind vs Target) February 19 - The Marvelous - Philadelphia, PA (with Mind vs Target) March 31 - Sinister Noise - Rome, Italy April 1 - Jarmusch Clube - Caserta, Italy April 2 - Black House Blues - Avellino, Italy April ...

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Rickie Lee Jones Adds Dates

Source: JamBase
January 11, 2010

RICKIE LEE JONES ADDS FEBRUARY TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF BALM IN GILEAD

Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones has added additional tour dates in February in support of her recently released album Balm in Gilead. The tour includes stops in Chicago, Seattle and Portland, and the set will feature songs from the new album as well as fan favorites from Jones' memorable past albums. The New Yorker called Balm in Gilead Jones' “strongest record of the second ...

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Bela Fleck: Africa Project Tour

Source: JamBase
January 11, 2010

BELA FLECK TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THROW DOWN YOUR HEART: THE AFRICA SESSIONS PART 2

Bela Fleck Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck is honored to continue exploring the instrument's roots in 2010 with the help of Bassekouye Kouyate, Anania Ngolia and John Kitime during the 33-city tour, Africa Project: Collaborations with Amazing African Musicians. All three musicians are featured on the 2010 Grammy-nominated album and award-winning documentary, Throw Down Your Heart.

The tour was conceived after the musicians ...

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Winter Jazzfest

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 11, 2010

If you are puzzling over the course jazz is taking in the second decade of the new century, this would be a good weekend to be in New York at the Winter Jazzfest. The event is packed with young artists making waves that excite fans their ages and younger, and frustrate many older listeners who have rigid convictions about what constitutes jazz. There is a wide range of musicians and styles, but the prevailing direction is forward, not back. It ...

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Loudon Wainwright III Tour

Source: JamBase
January 11, 2010

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF HIGH WIDE AND HANDSOME: THE CHARLIE POOLE PROJECT

Loudon Wainwright III Fresh from his Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy nomination for High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story Sound Records), Loudon Wainwright III will tour throughout 2010 to support the highly acclaimed two-CD package.

On the lavishly packaged set, Wainwright performs the beguiling ballads, blues and novelty songs of country pioneer Poole, as well as nine new ...

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Disco Biscuits: Winter/Spring Tour

Source: JamBase
January 11, 2010

DISCO BISCUITS ANNOUNCE WINTER/SPRING TOUR DATES

The Disco Biscuits Fresh off a spectacular five-night run of shows in New York's Times Square, including a legendary New Year's Eve blowout, The Disco Biscuits will be hitting the road throughout February, March and April.

The tour will take the band up and down the East Coast for three months, following four sold-out dates in Boulder, CO's Fox Theatre at the end of January.

2009 was a banner year for The Disco Biscuits, ...

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Jazz and Blues Vespers Series Resumes Sunday, January 17 with Mardra and Reggie Thomas

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 11, 2010

After a break for the holidays, the St. Louis Jazz and Blues Vespers Series will resume its second season with a concert by singer Mardra Thomas (pictured) and pianist Reggie Thomas at 6 p.m. on Sunday, January 17 at the Second Baptist Church, 9030 Clayton Rd. (at McKnight).The concert is free and open to the public, and free parking is available on the lighted lot adjacent to the church. During the intermission, Second Baptist Church pastor Dr. Stephen ...

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