Performance / Tour News

Summer Reigns as URB ALT Festival 2009 Announces June Dates

Source: 4961 Polemics
May 6, 2009

New York, NY -- The fourth annual URB ALT Festival brings exciting multi- cultural music/film/visual artists to Harlem, Downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn. The popular summer festival runs from June 20-27. During the week URB ALT Festival 2009 will present live music performances, a feature film premiere, an art exhibition, a fashion show and album release parties that feature the best of underground and nationally recognized alternative artists. Artists to be announced shortly. ABOUT URB ALT URB ALT is Underground Railroad ...

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Neil Alexander and Nail Performs Live at Beanrunner Cafe

Source: PublicEye
May 6, 2009

NEIL ALEXANDER & NAIL at the BEAN RUNNER CAFE Saturday May 16th @ 7:00PM Free and open to the public

A BLEND OF RED HOT JAZZ, BURNING FUNK GROOVES AND SOARING SOUNDSCAPES

Peekskill, NY-- NAIL returns to Peekskill NY at the brand new Bean Runner Cafe, playing their unique blend of jazz, jam, rock, funk and ambient music Saturday May 16th at 7:00p.m. This show will feature Neil Alexander on Keyboard, with Thierry Arpino (Jean luc Ponty, Bill Evans) on ...

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Kate Schutt Northeast Tour Dates

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2009

We are pleased to announce that ArtistShare guitarist Kate Schutt will be touring the Northeast. Join her at the Living Room in New York on May 28th as she supports her newest release, “Telephone Game”. Kate will also be performing at: May 29, 7:30 pm Acton, MA Acton Jazz Cafe May 30, 10 pm Cambridge, MA The Lily Pad May 31, 9 pm Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Kate’s ...

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Eric Clapton Joins Joe Bonamassa Onstage in London

Source: Billboard Magazine
May 6, 2009

Joe Bonamassa, the American DIY guitar whiz who has been voted “Best Blues Guitarist" by Guitar Player magazine three years in a row, was still buzzing the day after playing with Eric Clapton at London's Royal Albert Hall. “It was the thrill of a lifetime for me," Bonamassa told Billboard.com from the studio where he was watching footage of the concert, which was filmed for a DVD release in the fall. “I find that the higher you go up the ...

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Pollstar: Kurt Elling Returning to Jazz at the Bistro in December

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 6, 2009

The online tour information service Pollstar has added a listing that shows singer Kurt Elling (pictured) returning to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, December 2 through Saturday, December 5 at Jazz at the Bistro.Elling, acknowledged by critics and fans one of the top male vocalists in jazz, is no stranger to St. Louis audiences or the Bistro, having played the club most recently back in November, 2007.While the prospect of a return engagement therefore seems quite ...

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Ronnie Laws, the Cunninghams Coming to the Sheldon This Summer

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 6, 2009

The Sheldon Concert Hall has added a couple of jazz shows to its summer schedule:* Saxophonist Ronnie Laws (pictured at left) and singer Dee Brown will perform at the Sheldon on Wednesday, June 17 in a concert commemorating the 25th anniversary of the National Black MBA Association - St. Louis Chapter. Laws, a native of Houston, TX and the brother of flute player Hubert Laws, is perhaps known for his hit song “Always There" and has been performing ...

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Steve Howe Doing Double-Duty with Yes, Asia

Source: Billboard Magazine
May 6, 2009

Steve Howe expects to be making some new music with both Yes and Asia after the two bands complete a joint U.S. tour this summer. Though the guitarist insists specific plans are “hypothetical" at the moment, he tells Billboard.com that Asia is “hot on the trail of another record" after a “pleasant" experience making “Phoenix" -- the original quartet's first set of new material 26 years -- and tends to be “more prepared and jumps at things more quickly." Yes, ...

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Pete Seeger BDay Concert | 05.03.09 | NYC

Source: JamBase
May 5, 2009

By: Ryan Dembinsky

Pete Seeger 90th Birthday Concert :: 05.03.09 :: Madison Square Garden :: New York, NY

Pete Seeger by Bruce Mondschain courtesy Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Let's put this in perspective: On May 3, 1919, the Model T Ford was still the king of the road, the allied powers had just hashed out the early stages of the Treaty of Versailles, ...

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