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Catskill Chill Fest Schedule

Source: JamBase
August 25, 2010

NO SCHEDULE OVERLAP BETWEEN TWO STAGES; SOULIVE & KELLER WILLIAMS HEADLINING Promoters have released the music schedule for the for the inaugural Catskill Chill Music Festival, on September 10 & 11, 2010 at Camp Minglewood, in Hancock NY. There is no scheduling overlap between the two stages. Click here to check it out. Headlining the event will be Soulive on Friday night, with an opening set from The Easy Star All-Stars. Late night duties will be handled by Future Rock ...

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R.A.L.A.K. 2010: Bunny Wailer, Stephen and Damian Marley

Source: JamBase
August 25, 2010

SEPTEMBER 11 AND 12 IN BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA The Rastafari spirit will be alive and well September 11 and 12 at the Lake Eden Event Grounds in Black Mountain, N.C. R.A.L.A.K. (Rastafari Ancient Living Arts & Kulture) 2010 is a two-day gathering that focuses on ancient Rastafari traditions within music, arts and crafts; all celebrated on the Ethiopian New Year. Bringing together the never forgotten energy that Bob Marley created years ago, this year's event is headlined by Reggae ...

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Tanglewood Jazz Festival Features Kurt Elling, John Pizzarelli, Bob James on September 4-5

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
August 24, 2010

This year's Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lenox Massachusetts features jazz vocalist of the year Kurt Elling, guitar master John Pizzarelli, pianist Bob James and many more great jazz artists. The concerts take place on September 4-5 over Labor Day Weekend at Seiji Ozawa Hall on the hallowed grounds of Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a popular venue for a wide variety internationally renowned classical, jazz and popular music. Tickets range from $18 to $77 and ...

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Hopscotch Music Fest: Speakers, Panels, and Lineup

Source: JamBase
August 24, 2010

SEPTEMBER 9-11 IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA The Hopscotch Music Festival will be held Thursday, September 9 through Saturday, September 11 at ten music venues in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Click here to check out the complete lineup and click here for the music schedule. In addition to the amazing line-up of performers, Hopscotch Music Festival is also hosting a speakers series at the Raleigh City Museum during the festival. The Thursday panel is titled North Carolina's Musical Heritage: Past, ...

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10th Annual Sonic Circuits Festival in Washington, D.C. - September 18th - 25th

Source: Michael Ricci
August 23, 2010

Sonic Circuits is a Washington DC area promoter for experimental music. Sonic Circuits seeks to expose audiences to cutting edge contemporary music that defies genres, and offer artists new platforms to present their music and opportunities to network and collaborate with artists from around the world. For their 10th festival, they will present artists from the improvisational, jazz/free-jazz, electronics, soundscape, laptop and avant-garde worlds. Among many artists appearing will be: Magma (France) Fennesz (Austria) Univers Zero (Belgium) Richard Pinhas/Merzbow (France/Japan) ...

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Tradition and Future of Newport Folk & Jazz Festivals

Source: Michael Ricci
August 22, 2010

Following the celebration of 51 years of folk and 56 years of jazz in the first two weeks of August, the famed folk and jazz festival season ended in a total triumph. Embracing the youth while paying homage to tradition, the Newport Folk Festival (July 30-August 1) and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6-8) showed the same spirit that was historically there in the 50s and 60s during the heyday of Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and ...

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Sedona Jazz on the Rocks returns after one-year hiatus

Source: Patricia Myers
August 22, 2010

By Patricia Myers Sedona, AZ—- It's being termed the “re-jazzination" of the Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival, the outdoor event returning after a year's hiatus related to financial issues. The daylong program on Saturday, Oct. 2, is aimed at increasing attendance by moving beyond the modern and contemporary jazz formats of the past 28 years to feature more blues and rhythm-and-blues bands. The lineup will feature jazz-Motown vocalist Dennis Rowland, guitarist Craig Chaquico, blues vocalist Maysa, Cuban pianist Alfredo ...

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"Helsinki Fest Meets Minnesota Madness"

Source: AAJ Staff
August 21, 2010

from This Is Finland Minnesota trio The Bad Plus, who play the Helsinki Festival's Huvila Tent on August 22, have a reputation for playing jazzy covers of tunes by Pink Floyd, ABBA and Nirvana. But now those covers are on the back burner as they cook up more original tunes. Over the past decade, The Bad Plus has enraged jazz purists and delighted rock fans with their witty mix of avant-pop. Unlike a traditional piano jazz trio, where the bass ...

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