Performance / Tour News

Tom Morello at the Grammy Museum

Source: Michael Ricci
April 1, 2009

Tom Morello at the Grammy Museum: Political activism, music biz lessons and what about another Rage album?

Prior to Tuesday evening, when Tom Morello was last seen on stage in Los Angeles, he was spearheading a benefit for various homeless advocacy groups at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood, performing with the likes of Wayne Krame and Slash. The one-on-one setting Tuesday night at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles was a bit more grown-up than a rock 'n' roll ...

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Daryl Sherman Chasing the Monday Blues with a Signature Jazz Sound

Source: Michael Ricci
April 1, 2009

That shopworn description songbird applies to the jazz singer and pianist Daryl Sherman.

Not only because she has a sweet, little-girl lilt embodied in her voice, but also because her musical spirit belongs to an era when jazz singing was an expression of pure enjoyment; Freudian subtexts had yet to tunnel into the core of popular music.

But Ms. Sherman, who is appearing on Monday evenings indefinitely at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel, isnt all sweetness and light. ...

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Samantha Crain in Brooklyn, a Voice of Shadows and Fog

Source: Michael Ricci
April 1, 2009

None of the jokes were landing for Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers on Sunday night at Southpaw, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Between songs, Ms. Crain or one of her bandmates would make a false start or two and giggle, only to be met by an indifferent audience.

Samantha Crain and her band, the Midnight Shivers, will release a full-length album, Songs in the Night, in April. The night before, Ms. Crain said, we played in a ...

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Bernard Purdie Signature Shuffle Enjoys a New Life

Source: Michael Ricci
March 31, 2009

For bowlers the ultimate test is the 7-10 split. For card sharks its the hot shot cut. For drummers its the funky little miracle of syncopation known as the Purdie Shuffle.

Youve heard Bernard Purdie better known as Pretty Purdie perform his creation on Steely Dans Home at Last, from the 1977 album Aja. And youve heard variations on songs by Led Zeppelin (Fool in the Rain), Toto (Rosanna) and Death Cab for Cutie (Grapevine Fires).

Created with six bass, ...

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Shaynee Rainbolt Sings Russ Garcia - The Four Trombones Ride Again in NYC

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
March 31, 2009

CHARMED LIFE: SHAYNEE RAINBOLT SINGS RUSSELL GARCIA

Shaynee Rainbolt and her Four Trombone Band

Barry Levitt (piano) Tom Hubbard (bass) Ray Marchica (drums) and the FOUR TROMBONES: John Allred, Nate Mayland, Isrea Buttler & George Flynn

SATURDAY APRIL 4TH 5PM THURSDAY MAY 7TH 9:45PM Cover $20 (MENTION ALL ABOUT JAZZ WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR RESERVATION AND GET 1/2 OFF!) 2 Drink Min.

Metropolitan Room 34 West ...

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Too Many Wyatt Earps Walking Tombstone's Streets

Source: Michael Ricci
March 31, 2009

Doc Holliday backs up the Earp brothers during a reenactment of the historic gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz. The town is now battling a showdown between reenactors fighting for tourist dollars.

In this Arizona town where the O.K. Corral gunfight is alive and well, a showdown has ensued between local reenactors and a stranger who rode into town with thespians ready to role-play.

Tombstone, Ariz. -- Marshal Larry Talvy's phone rang. There was trouble in town. A ...

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Jazz Musings in the 90210

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2009

Jazz Music Los Angeles

Jenny Scheinman The Little Room at Largo 366 La Cienega Ave, Los Angeles On the heels of a pair of acclaimed releases in 2008, the beguiling jazz violinist performs backed by Nels Cline and the suspiciously pseudonymous fellow guitarist Moe Hawk. Apr 01, 2009 09:00PM

Bill Frisell's Disfarmer Project Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles The ever-restless jazz guitarist ...

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Luther Dickinson, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Jimbo Mathus Tour as South Memphis String Band

Source: conqueroo
March 31, 2009

Dickinson from the North Mississippi Allstars, Grammy winner Hart and former Squirrel Nut Zipper Mathus came together as friends and musical confreres, fans of the Mississippi blues and string band tradition.

The South Memphis String Band, a trio composed of Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Alvin “Youngblood” Hart (Grammy-winning bluesman) and Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers), launches its first tour on April 23, 2009 in Dallas, Texas, targeting the East and South. The three friends, bound by Memphis and North ...

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