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This Sunday: Bernie Jacobs Quartet on Jazz NW, 88.5 KPLU

This Sunday: Bernie Jacobs Quartet on Jazz NW, 88.5 KPLU

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene

Andre Thomas, Chuck Kistler, Bernie Jacobs, Eric Verlinde at The Seattle Art Museum Bernie Jacobs is a versatile musician who plays flute, saxes and sings in a wide range of settings. We recorded the Bernie Jacobs Quartet in the July Art of Jazz concert at The Seattle Art Museum. Highlights from this concert including standards, jazz and blues will air on Jazz Northwest, Sunday July 26 at 1 pm on 88-5, KPLU and www.kplu.org. The group includes Bernie ...

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Son Volt/Cowboy Junkies | 07.17 | Saratoga

Son Volt/Cowboy Junkies | 07.17 | Saratoga

Source: JamBase

Words by: Dennis Cook | Images by: Susan J. Weiand

Son Volt/Cowboy Junkies :: 07.17.09 :: Villa Montalvo Garden Theatre :: Saratoga, CA

Son Volt :: 07.17.09 :: Saratoga, CA There's something so undeniably real about Son Volt. Dressed like workingmen and plying their trade with seriousness and purpose, speaking truth to power and calling out for love in songs that resonates on a foundational level with Woody ...

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Kaki King Art Project

Kaki King Art Project

Source: JamBase

Kaki King Presents The Exhibition

Kaki King Guitarist extraordinaire Kaki King is proud to announce The Exhibition, an art project that involves 16 artists and random King fans taking an actual guitar and creating original visual pieces inspired by one of her songs. The project culminates on August 7 at Littlefield Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.

Sprung from the idea of using paint to visually represent the wide range of movement of King's virtuosic guitar playing, The Exhibition has now grown ...

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Gov't Mule Island Exodus: 1/15-1/19 Negril, Jamaica

Gov't Mule Island Exodus: 1/15-1/19 Negril, Jamaica

Source: JamBase

Gov't Mule Island Exodus: January 15-19 Negril, Jamaica

Gov't Mule Gov't Mule has announced The First Annual GOV'T MULE ISLAND EXODUS, taking place at The Grand Lido Negril Resort in Negril, Jamaica, January 15 through the 19 (4 nights).

Grand Lido Negril is a SUPER-INCLUSIVE resort, meaning that all meals and beverages (including top shelf liquor), as well as non-motorized water sports, scuba diving, airport to resort ground transportation & all gratuities are included.

This event will feature three full-length ...

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Tim Ries & the Rolling Stones Project at Regatta Bar (Boston) on July 31st

Tim Ries & the Rolling Stones Project at Regatta Bar (Boston) on July 31st

Source: All About Jazz

Tim Ries & The Rolling Stones Project July 31st, 7:30pm, Two sets Regatta Bar at the Charles Hotel One Bennett Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Boston, MA 617-395-7757 Featuring: Jay Azzolina - Guitar, Andy Eulau - Bass, Bernard Fowler - Vocals, Magos Herrera - Vocals, Alex Kautz - Drums, Ron Oswanski - Organ, Piano, & Accordion. August 1st, 8PM Start Stepping Stone Waterside Theatre 38 Stepping Stone ...

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"Monk" the Play Extented thru August in Silver Spring (MD)

"Monk" the Play Extented thru August in Silver Spring (MD)

Source: Michael Ricci



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Cuneiform Artists on Tour: August 2009

Cuneiform Artists on Tour: August 2009

Source: Michael Ricci

BEAT CIRCUS (two shows to celebrate the release of “Boy from Black Mountain" - the full tour will be in February!) September 11 - Middle East Downstairs - 472-480 Massachusetts Ave. - Cambridge MA (with O'Death, Larkin Grimm) September 12 - Knitting Factory - 361 Metropolitan Avenue - Brooklyn NY (with Mucca Pazz) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC (special tour to promote “Dawn of the Cycads", so founding member Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) is performing with the group ...

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