Performance / Tour News

Jazz, Poetry to Fill Hackley Public Library - Tuesday 3 February

Source: All About Jazz
February 2, 2009

The first time the jazz-and-poetry ensemble Creative Tradition was scheduled to play Hackley Public Library, there was a snowstorm so severe it postponed the performance for two and a half weeks. This time the Detroit-based ensemble visits, a different kind of deluge is in store. Look for a storm of memories, organized around the seminal African-American literary figure Paul Laurence Dunbar. The ensemble's Paul Laurence Dunbar Project, a celebration of Black History Month, will feature the spoken word performance of ...

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Mushroom Plays Townsend's Lifehouse

Source: JamBase
February 1, 2009

THE WHO, FACES, PETE TOWNSEND AND RONNIE LANE LOVINGLY WORKED OVER IN RARE UPCOMING SHOWS

Mushroom Long running Oakland, California psych-rock-jazz pilgrims Mushroom are scheduled to play Pete Townshend's rock opera Lifehouse featuring songs from The Who's Who's Next. Currently, there are only two performances taking place in the Bay Area:

Saturday, February 21 Make-Out Room 3225 22nd street, San Francisco, 94110 (early show begins at 8 pm !)

Friday, March 6 ...

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A Musical Tribute to Jazz Legend Sarah "Sassy" Vaughan Featuring Carrie Jackson Quintet

Source: Daniel Kassell - Authentic Marketing
February 1, 2009

THE PRIORY RESTAURANT & JAZZ CLUB Proudly Presents a Musical Tribute To Jazz Legend Sarah “Sassy" Vaughan 3/27/1924 - 4/3/1990 Featuring Carrie Jackson & Jazzin' All Star Ensemble Norman Simmons, pn, Lisle Atkinson, bs, James Stewart, sax, Gordon Lane, drms Friday, March 27, 2009 7:00 pm-11:00 pm No Cover Charge- Minimum First come First, First served basis Food or Beverage purchase required Priory Restaurant & Jazz ...

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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings | 01.28 | S.F.

Source: JamBase
February 1, 2009

By: Jim Welte

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings :: 01.28.09 :: The Warfield :: San Francisco, CA

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings by Tobias Schneider Much like the man who just took the White House, Sharon Jones can work a crowd. The pint-sized soul dynamo came to The Warfield with the world's tightest living funk band, The Dap-Kings, and like a true orator-in-chief, she had a packed house hanging on her every word. With ...

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Umphrey's McGee | 01.22 - 01.24 | CO

Source: JamBase
February 1, 2009

Words by: Brendon Fisher | Images by: Tobin Voggesser

Umphrey's McGee :: 01.22 - 01.24 :: Colorado

Umphrey's McGee :: 01.24 :: Denver, CO A band has arrived when a cottage industry of forged hand stamps and counterfeit wristbands can support a pack of enterprising wookies on tour. That was the scene that greeted Umphrey's McGee as they took the stage at the Aggie Theatre for the first of what would turn out to ...

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Lotus Winter 2009 Tour

Source: JamBase
February 1, 2009

LOTUS ANNOUNCES WINTER 2009 TOUR

Lotus Lotus hits the road this winter for a run of shows in the country's southeastern states. The tour comes on the heels of a huge year for Lotus, one that offered widespread exposure for their new album Hammerstrike and massive growth for the band.

The band's 2008 successes, including a coveted cover story in Pollstar Magazine and sold out shows from coast to coast, haven't distracted these humble musicians with Mennonite roots. As their ...

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Metallica Lions of Metal Thrashing with Purpose Still

Source: Michael Ricci
January 31, 2009

James Hetfield serenaded the crowd during a comparatively reflective moment at the Metallica concert on Thursday night at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. Metallica closed its main set at as if it were a Raffi show, or a Promise Keepers meeting.

You make Metallica feel great! Thank you, friends! Youve come here to release some energy tonight. You are the fifth member of Metallica! James Hetfield

Platitudes have not typically been among the strengths of this preternaturally ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour - February, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2009

BEAT CIRCUS April 18 - Orion Sound Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave. - Baltimore, MD 21230 (with Fern Knight)

DAVID BORDEN/MOTHER MALLARD [40th anniversary celebration] March 26 - Barnes Hall - Cornell University - Ithaca, NY March 28 - Johnson Museum - Cornell University - Ithaca, NY

CHEER-ACCIDENT February 7 - Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI February 8 - The Frequency - Madison, WI February 13 - The ...

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