Performance / Tour News

Cuneiform Artists on Tour: April 2009

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2009

AHLEUCHATISTAS May 15 - Bo Bo Gallery - Asheville, NC (with Orange Tulip Conspiracy) June 12 - Lemp Arts Center - 3301 Lemp Ave - St. Louis MO 63118 (314) 771.1096 (with Upsilon Acrux and Yowie) June 13 - Booby's - 406 South Illinois Ave - Carbondale, IL 62901 (618) 549-3366 (with Upsilon Acrux and New Ledge Band) June 14 - New French Bar - Asheville, NC (with Upsilon Acrux) BEAT CIRCUS April 16 - Johnny Brenda's - 1201 Frankford ...

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Shows at Chalkers Pub & Bistro (Toronto) April 2-8, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2009

Shows April 2-8, 2009 in the cozy lounge at Chalkers Pub & Bistro, 247 Marlee Ave., North York, Toronto. Thursday, April 2, 9:30 p.m., (on the showcase stage in the big room): Son Ache Latin Jazz; Friday, April 3, 6-9 p.m., Saturday April 4, 6-9 p.m. and Sunday, April 5, 7-10 p.m.: Sheila Cooper Quartet singer/alto saxophonist from New York City; Monday, April 6, 7-10 p.m.: Reg Scwager-Don Thompson Nonet; Tuesday, April 7, 8 p.m. midnight: Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association ...

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Ropeadope Hometown Tour

Source: JamBase
April 1, 2009

ROPEADOPE RECORDS SHOWCASE IN EARLY APRIL

Japhy Ryder Ropeadope Digital is presenting a 3-day review showcasing three bands new to the label. The “Hometown Throwdown Tour" features Otis Grove, Bodega and Japhy Ryder and is making stops in Philadelphia, Boston and Burlington.

Japhy Ryder is a tight-knit quintet of musicians living, working, and performing raw, driving, instrumental rock in Burlington, Vermont. Boston's Otis Grove began as a collective experiment in crossing the traditional jazz sound with funk and hip-hop rhythms. ...

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Dave Samuels, Ron Oswanski, Marko Marcinko - Live Concert - April 20th

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2009

Untitled Document

Keystone College Jazz Series Presents:

Dave Samuels - Vibraphone / Ron Oswanski - Organ / Marko Marcinko - Drums

Where: LaPlume, PA - Evans Hall - 7pm

When: Monday April 20th

Information: 570-945-8000

La Plume - The Keystone College Concerts and Lectures Series, in association with the Pennsylvania Jazz Alliance, will feature a lineup of nationally recognized musicians during an evening of "Jazz and Java" Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m. in Evans Hall, Hibbard Campus ...

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Bernadette Peters Resplendent with the Pittsburgh Pops

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2009

Silver, gold, and, yes, a gorgeous helping of brass.

We're not just talking about the bugle beads on Bernadette Peters' skin-tight, flesh colored gown but of the precious metals glinting off her voice last night during a spectacular 90- minute concert with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Pops at Heinz Hall. At 61, she is still in full command vocally, physically and emotionally, connecting with her rapt audience via song and patter in a program that ranged over the classic Broadway ...

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Santana Putting Roots in Vegas

Source: Michael Ricci
April 1, 2009

The guitarist and his band will play about three shows a week through 2010.

What's the one thing Las Vegas needs more of? Light, according to Carlos Santana, who figures he's just the guy to bring it during a Sin City residency he'll begin May 27 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Santana, the man and the band, will play about three shows a week through 2010 at the Hard Rock's expanded and refurbished concert theater, the Joint, which ...

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Allman Brothers Band Wrap Beacon Theatre

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2009

The Allman Brothers Bands return to New Yorks Beacon Theatre came to a triumphant end over the weekend, riding the success of 15 shows, over 100 songs played, and a guest list that rivals that of The Last Waltz.

The Brothers moved into the recently restored venue March 9th and the critically acclaimed run is already being called the bands best in their 20-year history of playing the historic landmark.

Over the course of the month, Rolling Stone was there ...

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A Frizzy, Fizzy Welcome to the Untamed 60s

Source: Michael Ricci
April 1, 2009

Hair, the unsprayed, hirsute tribal love-rock musical, with Will Swenson, center, is back on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theater after a summertime revival in Central Park.

Youll be happy to hear that the kids are all right. Quite a bit more than all right. Having moved indoors to Broadway from the Delacorte Theater in Central Park where last summer they lighted up the night skies, howled at the moon and had ticket seekers lining up at dawn the young ...

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