8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Matt Haimovitz & Uccello
3 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Matt Haimovitz & Uccello
event::about MATT HAIMOVITZ is Professor of Cello at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal where he founded his all-cello ensemble Uccello which has performed with him from Jazz at Lincoln Centre to Seattle's Tractor Tavern as well as on two previous recordings for Oxingale, the label Haimovitz founded with composer Luna Pearl Woolf. Haimovitz is acclaimed for his visionary approach, groundbreaking collaborations and innovative recording projects. From his debut at the age of 13, as soloist with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic and his first recording for Deutsche Grammophon, Haimovitz has gone on to perform on the world's most esteemed stages. In 2000, he made waves with his Bach 'Listening-Room' Tour, for which Haimovitz took Bach's beloved cello suites out of the concert hall and into clubs across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Haimovitz was the first classical artist to play at New York's infamous CBGB club, in a performance filmed by ABC News' 'Nightline.' On March 22, he will premiere a new cello concerto by Denys Bouliane with the Montreal Symphony and Kent Nagano.
event::tags 18+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
The Fabulous Ginn Sisters
18 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists The Fabulous Ginn Sisters
event::about The Fabulous Ginn Sisters have made a career of breaking hearts in clubs across North America. Their already constant touring schedule recently ballooned to include touring as part of the Fred Eaglesmith Band. Backing up the iconic Indie artist led to a collaboration with Eaglesmith’s band in their opening sets. Eaglesmith was struck by the new band’s rough, rawboned sound and invited them to record the new Fabulous Ginn Sisters CD in his Port Dover, Ontario studio. The result is a smoky, drunken stumble through a broken-heart junkyard. ‘You Can’t Take a Bad Girl Home’ is set for release in 2010. Having notched out a place for themselves with their amazing singing, the new CD is a marked dodge towards rock and roll. The songs are bleak yet poppy, the singing is subtle and nuanced, and the music is a garage mix of reverb and mystery hum. The Fabulous Ginn Sisters (then ‘The Ginn Sisters’) first made their mark on the Americana scene with their 2006 release “Blood Oranges” which received stellar reviews from regional, national and international media. It was played on Americana, AAA, Folk, Country, Eclectic, and even Bluegrass radio. It reached #2 on the RootsMusic Report, #3 on the FAR Chart and #24 on the Americana Chart. It was the #1 independently released CD on the Americana Chart for 2006. It was in top rotation on a number of national radio, TV-radio and Internet stations, including XM Radio's X Country. They have played in some of the best listening rooms in the country like The Ark, Mountain Stage, The Little Bear, The Bitter End, The Cactus Cafe, Eddies Attic, CSPS, the Focal Point, Swallow Hill, and the Bluebird Café and festivals including Big State, Kerrville, and Flat Rock. They are primarily interested in playing at festivals, music clubs, theatres and listening rooms. “I love the (Ginn) Sisters. This is straight stuff, no girly business here. Everyone should own this CD.” Jon Dee Graham As Eaglesmith says of the disc, "This is a pop/rock CD, propagated in South Texas, cultivated on the road… the songs spill over into a side of town where reality is kick-started and sadness is a lurking stranger that won't go away. It is both raw and beautiful."
event::tags 18+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Paleo
17 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Paleo
event::about For Paleo, art doesn’t imitate life, it is life. Self-contained, he has been traveling the country for the last 6 years. The time has been spent studying the endless facets of a world both in and outside of himself, all the while chronicling his journey through song. Booking his own shows, he has been playing roughly 150 dates a year while living out of his car and staying with people kind enough to share a couch, a bed, and some breakfast. Homeless and at home, he seems to have found a refuge within his songs as a prolific lyricist and writer. He recorded a song every day for 365 days as a discipline in songwriting he called “The Song Diary”. If you want to know Paleo, you have only to listen to his body of work, which at this point is staggering. Paleo’s songs focus on what most people take for granted in their day to day and year to year, revealing not just a series of dots, but a portrait. On his newest record, “A View Of The Sky”, the music mines a depth of greater purpose beyond the traditional. Song after song transports the listener through melodic landscapes unique, immediate, emotive, playful, and filled with longing. There is nothing contrived in the structures of his songs, and the phrasing is a deep rooted reference to the great writers who have come before him. But deconstructing Paleo seems futile, because he has already moved on. His music is an echo that grows, builds to a crest, dies, and begins again, evolving always, whether someone is there to bear witness or not.
event::tags 18+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Transmissor
3 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Transmissor
event::about A Brazilian Folk Rock band, formed in 2007. Performed in the most important independent Brazilian Festivals and venues throughout the country. Transmissor has one record, "Sociedade do crivo mútuo", released in 2009 by the indie label Ultra Music. Transmissor is finishing up the recording of their second album, "Nacional", and it should be out in stores in April of 2011.
event::tags 18+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Star & Micey
8 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Star & Micey
event::about ***Opened for Big Star with Mike Mills, Brendan Benson and Sondre Lerche at The Levitt Shell on May 15, 2010 and recently started backing local indie icon, Jack Oblivian.*** BIO: If your best friends were in a band, wouldn’t you go see them every chance you got? And if they ended up writing all of your new favorite songs, you’d tell all of your other friends about them, right? So every time your best friends play a show, all of your other best friends are there enjoying it with you. A new family like community is formed, and each show is a reunion that you actually want to attend. This is what it’s like to be a fan of Star & Micey. Joshua Cosby and Geoff Smith have been playing music together since their elementary years growing up in Memphis, TN. Much later Josh and Geoff met Nick Redmond at a local pub and began an appreciation and admiration for each other’s songs. The three troubadours began making music together as Star & Micey, a name they derived from an inspiring homeless couple. Nick introduced the band to his co-workers at the world famous Ardent Studios and they – just like anyone who comes across the band – quickly fell in love and signed Star & Micey to their independent label, Ardent Music. In October of 2009, Star & Micey’s self-titled debut album was released and the band toured the Mid-South, Midwest, and Gulf Coast. Out of necessity, Josh, Geoff and Nick began performing as a three-piece, playing melody instruments with their hands and percussion with their feet. After winning over audiences everywhere they played, the trio returned to Memphis and augmented their lineup. They enlisted multi-talented singer/songwriters Jeremy Stanfill and Adam Woodard to play drums and accordion respectively, while adding the incredible Memphis Symphony Orchestra violinist, Jessie Munson.
event::tags 18+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
The Lost Brothers
5 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists The Lost Brothers
event::about Some say the lost brothers sound like a ragged everly brothers. Others say they sound like the lost brothers. It is said that the lost brothers formed two years ago in the summer heat of liverpool. It is also said that the lost brothers wrote a book of songs that autumn, and in the dead of winter they recorded the songs in an attic in Portland, Oregon. We know that the lost brothers released these songs on their debut album (trails of the lonely) to a heap of praise from the likes of NME, Word magazine, Hot Press, and their fans (losties). Through the following year, the lost brothers have been spotted in person, performing at Glastonbury, Electric Picnic, Texas (SXSW), New York, Portland, Toronto, Paris, and a hop, skip and jump across the land of the UK and the their beloved Ireland. In their journeys they have toured and played along with many, including Richard Hawley, M Ward, Jolie Holland, The Handsome Family, The Swell Season,Micah P Hinson, Richmond Fontaine, among others. It is whispered that the lost brothers are currently hiding in sheffield, recording a number of songs under watchful eyes and a new album will be upon us soon..
event::tags 18+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Jack Wilson
6 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Jack Wilson
event::about Jack was born in Austin. He grew up two minutes away from Townes Van Zandt's Clarksville trailer home. Jack met Jerry Jeff Walker when he was 12, and told him that he hated country music. He met Willie Nelson when he was 16 and asked to borrow a pick. Jack has an abiding love of menthol cigarettes and Irish whisky. Went to college, got busted, went to Seattle, started a band. Lived in basements, drank a mountain of PBR, just like everyone else. Jack can't stand that fucking beer. Met amazing musicians, at home in Austin and in Seattle alike. Kept writing substantially less shitty songs. Jack Wilson's first record, America's National Entertainment, was fine, but unnoticed. The new self-titled record was on 90.3 Seattle Radio KEXP's Top 10 Americana chart for ten weeks of May, June and July 2010. "Jack Wilson has the kind of heartfelt, wizened voice that lots of country-folk men have: It's a warm, pull-up-a-barstool-and-I'll-tell-you-a-story-of-heartbreak-my-friend kind of a voice. Lots of musicians coast on that kind of voice, writing songs about how their true love has hair like shafts of wheat but not anymore because she is dead or some silly shit like that. But Wilson ventures out into the fringes of country to push at expectations in a tremendously satisfying way. He out-and-out croons, for instance, on "Out of Bed," stretching his voice in a way that, say, Bonnie "Prince" Billy would never dare to risk." Paul Constant, THE STRANGER, Seattle
event::tags 18+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Buxton
16 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Valerie June
4 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Valerie June
event::about Valerie June Imagine the voice of feminine smoky silk, the face of an angel, with a Medusan tangle of locks as thick and strong as her family ties and her musical roots in the flatlands of West Tennessee…then you’ve manifested Valerie June, a true original - emerging star from the legendary and still vibrant Memphis music scene. A ‘self-taught’ guitar player, composer and troubadour of heartbreak ballads, folk songs, spirituals, soul-stirring blues and what she calls “Organic Moonshine Roots Music”. Valerie is poised to reach a wide audience as one of the stars of the ballyhooed new MTV web series “$5 Cover” which is written and directed by Craig Brewer, creator of the Oscar-winning movie: Hustle & Flow. Valerie’s alluringly haunting voice of distinction appeals to fans similar to those of Linda Thompson, Michelle Shocked, Jeff Tweedy, Sinead O’Connor, Jessie Mae Hemphill along with the music world’s most famous Bobs; Dylan and Marley. She pursued song-writing and performing at the age of 19, while a member of the husband-and-wife team, Bella Sun. Her relatively early marriage wasn’t a surprise, the oldest girl in a strict Christian family of five children, she was domestic as well as ambitious — she pretty much raised her siblings and, as Valerie says: “Granddad always feared for my hips because I always had a baby on ’em.” The marriage may have died but, where there’s death, there’s birth and Valerie’s talented life unfolded to nourish the souls of others. Shedding her possessions, she left the South and traveled up & down the West Coast as a sort of “gypsy nightingale”. Valerie's journey thus far, has led her to record her most recent collection of songs, Valerie June & The Tennessee Express, with producers Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show and Beau Stapleton. Most recently, Valerie spent two days songwriting with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys for her soon to be released new record. She has also written and performed with Grammy-nominated, John Forte who produced and co-wrote on The Fugees' album: The Score. Her voice has taken her down the back roads to the late Jim Dickinson's Zebra Ranch to write and record with his son, Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars and Hill Country Revue. In January 2010, the documentary created by Alan Spearman: Manifest, won an Emmy award for Best Documentary. Manifest is the compelling story of Valerie's organic musical journey and how she came to write the song: "No Draws Blues". She is a mainstay at events such as the; Memphis Music & Heritage Festival and the International Folk Alliance Conference all while releasing albums: The Way of the Weaping Willow and Mountain of Rose Quartz, both recorded at Ardent Studios (Big Star, Replacements and ZZ Top). Valerie is currently mastering the banjo and the lap steel guitar along with creating the new sounds vibrating with the splendor & tension that occurs when mountain-spring freshness meets river-town grit. The results are beautiful - generous – authentic, brimming with gratitude for life and filled with all its hardships, joys, tears and laughter...
event::tags 18+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Susan Cowsill Band
13 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Susan Cowsill Band
event::about SUSAN COWSILL'S NEW ALBUM LIGHTHOUSE FINDS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL Special guests include Jackson Browne, The Cowsills (Bob, Paul and John), Vicki Peterson (Bangles/Continental Drifters) and session ace Waddy Wachtel NEW ORLEANS, La. - Lighthouse, Susan Cowsill's second solo album, once again embodies the timeless qualities of heart, soul and craft that are already known to anyone familiar with Cowsill's solo debut Just Believe It. The new album is slated for May 18, 2010 release on Threadhead Records. Susan first entered the pop-culture spotlight at the age of eight, as the youngest member of the '60s musical family the Cowsills. In adulthood, as a member of the beloved alt-pop supergroup the Continental Drifters, she reemerged as a vocalist and songwriter of remarkable depth and insight. In 2005, Susan made an inspired solo debut with Just Believe It. But the album's creative triumph was overshadowed by the intrusion of real-life events - namely the deaths of Susan's brothers Billy and Barry, and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, which temporarily displaced Susan and her family from her adopted hometown of New Orleans. 'Lighthouse was written over the last four years during our recovery from Hurricane Katrina,' she says. 'As you might guess, the songs on this record are pulled from the very deep well of this most life changing experience. Having lost 99.9% of our material and emotional belongings, and one whole human being, my brother Barry Cowsill, there was much to say and feel and express. It has taken all this time to pull ourselves back together to even be able to form comprehensible sentences never mind full on songs.' She adds, 'I would say that the music on this record is best described as songs about the loss of a world and a lifetime that no longer exists. It is about the uncertainty of the days, weeks and months that were ahead of us. And at the same time, it is the music of hope and faith and survival. The renewal of our city, our families and most importantly our souls.' The tribulations of the past few years resonate throughout Lighthouse. Cowsill's new songs reflect the hard-won lessons of her recent experiences, while maintaining the unmistakable sense of optimism and spirituality that's always been at the heart of her work. That indomitable spirit is reflected in the infectious grit of such emotionally vivid originals as 'ONOLA,' 'Sweet Bitter End,' 'The Way That It Goes' and 'Avenue of the Indians,' which features guest vocals by longtime friend and admirer Jackson Browne. In addition to Susan's own compositions, Lighthouse includes an impassioned reading of the late Barry Cowsill's 'River of Love,' which features soaring harmonies by Susan's brothers Bob, Paul and John Cowsill, as well as sister-in-law (and Bangles/Continental Drifters member) Vicki Peterson, and renowned session guitarist Waddy Wachtel, who played with the Cowsills in the 1960s, early in his career. Another highlight is a distinctive, stripped-down reworking of the Glen Campbell/Jimmy Webb classic 'Galveston,' which demonstrates Susan's status as a peerless interpretive singer. Cowsill further explains, 'Going through Katrina was most certainly like experiencing a death. The time in between the storm and the making of Lighthouse was the grieving period, and the recording of the music was the funeral, laying it all to rest, saying goodbye, and starting over. 'So here we are, in our new world. And this world is filled with beauty and light and excitement, and the new found knowledge that the present is really all that we have, because everything can change in the blink of an eye . . .hey . . .that sounds like a song comin' on . . . gotta go!'
event::tags 18+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
The Roving Gamblers
1 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists The Roving Gamblers
event::about If after listening to The Roving Gamblers they sound familiar, well they should. They’re the newest project from the two time Emmy Award winning Biscuit Brothers. After a highly successful performance at Austin’s Auditorium Shores for 2009 SXSW the boys started getting more and more requests from their taller fans, adults that is, to do a show for them. Enter The Roving Gamblers. Same band, same talent, same energy but no Hokey Pokey here just a bunch of great Southern Music.
event::tags 18+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Thrift Store Cowboys
27 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Thrift Store Cowboys
event::about Thrift Store Cowboys fourth studio album Light-Fighter (out October 12) could be called their post-arson period, as Daniel Fluitt and band wrote the record after a stranger torched their gear and merchandise-filled trailer parked next to Fluitt’s bedroom, nearly taking his life. Produced by Craig Schumacher (Calexico, Neko Case, Iron and Wine) Light-Fighter’s indie rock shapeshifts through ambient and Gothic western music for songs that touch on death, loss, fear, redemption, the Spanish Civil War and West Texas ghost stories. All buoyed by soaring violin, draped against bottom-ended guitar and pedal steel sounds that spaghetti western composer Ennio Morricone might envy. The Lubbock based sextet, which includes Fluitt, Colt Miller, Clint Miller, Cory Ames, Kris Killingsworth, and Amanda Shires on fiddle and vocals, have been touring together for a decade after meeting at the musical South Plains College. They are neither of the typical Texas-based types of bands – a country-rock mélange or strictly indie rock. As Buddy Magazine points out, “Thrift Store Cowboys' feel is more, for a lack of better description, gypsy desert music - the free sound of spacey, heat-induced delirium…a sure, confident sound backed by thoughtful vision.” Schumacher produced their 2007 release, Lay Low While Crawling or Creeping, of which Austin Sound said, “the album is to country music what Jim Jarmusch’s film Deadman was to the western.” “Probably one of the most uplifting songs I’ve ever written in my life,” says Fluitt of the billowing lead track “One Gentle Inch to Nine Violent Miles,” about “that moment that you stop staring at the ground in strife and disbelief.” It’s followed by “Bright Fire,” a jangley roots rocker. But the western spirit starts creeping in with the felon-charged “7s and 9s” and then significantly on the haunting “Scary Weeds,” penned and sung by Amanda Shires, who started as a sidewoman at the age of 16 with the legendary Texas Playboys and released her own solo album West Cross Timbers last year. She also contributes the begging and beautiful “Lean Into the Sway.” As for ghost stories, Fluitt wrote the epic “Nothing” about a division of Buffalo Soldiers in the late 1880s, in pursuit of attacking Comanches, who knowingly led them in disorienting circles around a buffalo-grassed and treeless flatland to die of thirst. Fluitt interestingly “takes this story as a call and response, between a dead soldier and his wife, showing the tribulations each had, him on the plains, and her at their house. Both were left with nothing.” Fluitt also explores the Spanish Civil War via a character from The Cypresses Believe in God, by Jose Maria Gironella for the song “You Can’t See The Light.” “In the book, ‘Caesar’ who was studying to be a priest, was imprisoned by the Anarchists, and in strange twists, he was executed instead of rescued. This was the first song of a concept album I hope to write about the trilogy of books.” Thrift Store Cowboys have been slogging out consistent touring with growing audiences for 10 years, but historically most young bands implode at year three, crammed in a smelly van together. This band makes it because they “keep growing and changing musically,” says Fluitt. True too, they initially and wrongly got lumped in with the Texas country-rockish bands that essentially write the same songs over and over again, but ducked that subset pretty quickly. They met Schumacher while playing with DeVotchKa, says Fluitt, and did both Light-Fighter and Lay Low While Crawling and Creeping at the heralded Wave Lab Studio in Tucson. For the new record, “we tried to capture the dynamics of our live shows.” As well the band up until now, has been doing everything 100% themselves -- and for this record they are working with TopSpin, as well as indie distribution and marketing. “It’s like getting to the top of a mountain and finding a 300-foot wall, you gotta throw a rope over to help you get to the other side,” says Fluitt. Thrift Store Cowboys kick off a month-long tour on West Coast in September, and will be on the road all year in support of Light-Fighter.
event::tags 18+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
She Keeps Bees
3 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Alex Highton
2 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Alex Highton
event::about Alex Highton lives a small village in the English countryside where he wrote some songs his own amusement, for the most part charting his move from London to the Cambridgeshire countryside. On the back of some demos that he recorded at home, his songs have been played on the TV (Hollyoaks), Radio (Tom Robinson’s BBC6 Introducing show plus others) and garnered the support of A-List Hollywood Actor Ashton Kutcher.
event::tags 18+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
This Is The Kit
6 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists This Is The Kit
event::about This Is The Kit is the musical project of Kate Stables. 2010 sees the release of Wriggle Out The Restless, their second album and their first with Dreamboat. In 2005 Rob da bank’s Sunday Best label released a 7” single “Two Wooden Spoons” which was followed by the band’s first full length, Krulle Bol produced by John Parish, released on the the French label Microbe in 2008. More recently there have been collaborations leading to the single of “White Ash Cut and Vitamins” on cassette and a split 7” with the Belgian band Soy Un Caballo. Live, This Is The Kit constantly impress. Low-key busking sessions have been interspersed by gigs with Vetiver, The National, Elysian Fields, Jeffrey Lewis, and Jose Gonzales. Under their own steam and often joined by long term collaborator Jesse Vernon they have played tiny village halls to the Acoustic stage at Glastonbury Festival. Kate sings and plays guitar, banjo, trumpet, and percussion. Her long-time collaborator and regular live companion Jesse Vernon produced the album and contributes guitars, violin and percussion.
event::tags 18+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Oh Ruin
6 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Oh Ruin
event::about Eoin O’Ruainigh’s story began in Dublin playing guitar for a string of bands before travelling to London, where he began writing solo songs. Crooning tales of childhood mischief and the first sweet stings of love, combining stomping blues with campfire quiet troubadour tunes. A little loose, a little rough around the edges, with melodies borrowed from old Irish folk songs, and stories set to intricate finger picked paeans. While honing his song writing craft, Eoin’s been learning the art of the luthier, making the guitar he now plays.
event::tags 18+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Josh T Pearson
32 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Josh T Pearson
event::about Originally from Texas, Josh T. Pearson formed the short-lived phenomenon that was Lift to Experience, who released one sprawling masterpiece, 2001's The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads, before splitting up soon after. So beloved by John Peel were they that he had them record three sessions in five months and were included in the Best 125 Peel Sessions of all time - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/top125/ Since then, Josh T. Pearson has spent many years in the wilderness, only releasing one studio recording, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, a split 7” single with the Dirty Three and appearing on the Mercury Prize nominated Bat for Lashes album Fur and Gold. An unparalleled live performer, his return will be highly anticipated.
event::tags 18+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
David Thomas Broughton
15 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists David Thomas Broughton
event::about After a break in the far east, David Thomas Broughton returns with an ambitious plan for 2011 and beyond. David has been playing a peculiar brand of alt folk since 2005. Live performances are legendary and his recordings similarly idiosyncratic. A new album is ready to go and will be released in 2011. David has played many key UK and European festivals (Green Man, End of the Road, Summer Sundae, Primavera). David toured the US in support of The Complete Guide to insufficiency, which was licensed to Plug Research, L.A label. We are talking to a number of labels for a license for the new album, and we'll be working hard in 2011 to fully establish David as an international artist. We promote David primarily through live performance, as this is the best way to experience his music, we are planning a Theatre production to showcase new work in 2011.
event::tags 18+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Taddy Porter
4 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Taddy Porter
event::about Taddy Porter is Andy Brewer, Doug Jones, Kevin Jones and Joe Selby. Four young men, southern by birth, with a habit of rocking outright. The brothers Jones command a rhythmic Abrahams, devastating all in its path, steady on its brooding course, leaving a wrecked wake where the war was waged. All the while, Brewer and Selby man the cannons hurling shell after screeching shell of audio assault. Brewer howls familiar with all the pains and medals that lie typically in the tones of men with triple his years. His words describe scenes you've known before in ways which still ring fresh. Selby invades every earhole in the room with a brute force and welcomed trauma that stays with a crowd well after he's done with them. This is Taddy Porter. Bred out of Stillwater, holding you at gunpoint and commanding that you shake your ass.
event::tags 18+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Skipp Coon
2 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Skipp Coon & Mr. Nick, Skipp Coon
event::about Skipp Coon (Joecephus Martin) is academically astute and kind of street savvy. He has to be. He's from south Jackson--not the hood, not the burbs. The best and worst of both worlds. This Mississippian's music is a by-product of his state's history. His lines are witty and dark, and sincere and powerful. His message is thought-provoking and socially conscious. All of these combine to show his experiences and views about the political, societal and economic climate. Skipp's musical ambition is to make music that allows his listeners to think and not feel alone in their struggles.
event::tags 18+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Bobby Rush
9 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Bobby Rush
event::about Hall of Fame, Blues icon Bobby Rush dazzles audiences with both his showmanship and special brand dubbed Folk Funk. Constantly evolving, his show evokes the nostalgia of Vaudeville while rendering a current high energy performance. According to the Blues Foundation,' he is the only performer to ever receive The Blues Foundation's Blues Music Award in both Soul Blues Artist and Acoustic Blues Artist in the same year. This shows the extent of his versatility and the extent of his popularity. Though his career dates back to the post-war Chicago, in recent years, he has become a mainstay at the Blues Music Awards, garnering 30 nominations since 1997.' The State of Tennessee bestowed the title of International Ambassador of the Blues in joint legislation (HJR745). Bobby Rush has performed in every major market in the world. In 2007, he became the first Blues artist to perform in China, garnering an audience of over 40,000. In 2008, China's Great Wall Society named him US spokesperson to the Great Wall of China. He is enjoying major success within the Asian market including writing a review of the Chitlin' Circuit in Japan. He developed his musical skill through his work with legends such as Muddy Waters, Howln' Wolf and many others. In fact, it was Little Walter and Junior Parker that convinced him to add the harp to his performance repertoire of singing and guitar. Bobby Rush is known as one of the greatest living harp players He currently resides in Jackson, Mississippi.. Deep Rush Records is proud to announce the release of his eighth project on the label, 'Show You a Good Time.' Relying on his signature sound and sly lyrics, Bobby Rush uses real life adventures of people trying to survive in a world of occasional deceit and everlasting good times. Available April 26th
event::tags 18+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Shannon McNally
14 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Shannon McNally
event::about Shannon McNally Releases Western Ballad Famed Allen Ginsberg Poem Anchors Album out March 22 Shannon McNally in the crux of a prolific phase. Earlier this year, she released the highly acclaimed Coldwater, grounded in her love for J.J. Cale, classic rock and the juncture where blues, soul and country music meet made all the more powerful by the keys of the late, great Jim Dickinson. Now, McNally comes forth with Western Ballad, officially releasing March 22, anchored by the title track written by Allen Ginsberg. McNally, who co-wrote most of the remaining songs with producer and longtime collaborator Mark Bingham, characterizes the record as psychedelic Americana. I knew that working with Mark, (known for being fearless with his music) I couldn't scare him. I could go out as far as I wanted, and he's going to be out even further. The album was born of simple woodshedding between McNally and Bingham at his famed New Orleans Piety Street Studios I just wanted to write, she explains. We had no agenda, no direction, no lofty thoughts about making a record. I was really just excited to see how working with Mark would push me and figured the possibilities were endless. Bits and pieces of songs we each had became five songs in two days and I just went with it. And what was born of the session is a collection of songs inspired by themes inherent in the vintage American songbook. It's not a coincidence the pair, who both were living in New Orleans when Katrina hit, finished the record during the days of the oil spill. The songs contemplate mortality, the unity of the downtrodden, the joys of day-to-day life, Native American themes, as well as the treacheries of the ego. It became a wayfaring spiritual record, or a spirit-record as she might say -- driven by her sultry, mellow voice. And Ginsberg's words tied it all together in the end. It was the missing link, says McNally. Bingham, A 70s era avant-garde musician and artist who became an in-demand producer-arranger-engineer presiding over countless jazz, rock, pop, blues, zydeco, brass band and hip-hop sessions since relocating to New Orleans, worked musically with Ginsberg for several years, and had done a new arrangement for the piece in the late 80s. He points out I always wanted to hear a singer who could do it justice. And from McNally's perspective the song "was a gift. Allen Ginsberg was one of America's transcendent thinkers and as one of the principal beat era poets, also a principal defining voice of the counter culture- rock and roll has and will always be about questioning authority and knowing oneself.  That's been my church. In the beginning I didn't know where we were going, but I had complete faith in the process, shares McNally. Memory of a Ghost was the first song they finished and is the first single (available on iTunes now). It is an ode to the world of reflections, where things are backwards and opposite to our everyday world. It's where instincts and distant memories are what guide a person. I like that state and I feel better if I can stay connected in part to it, she says of the song. A tambourine punctuates the surreal and Native American landscape of the song with a bridge sung by Bingham that gives the ghost it's say ' driven by McNally's lead guitar. It's always a blast to follow her guitar solos, shares Bingham. She has the succinct razor's edge style of playing that leaves over-use of technique back in the practice room where it belongs. Shannon, who released her debut Jukebox Sparrows on Capitol Records in 2002, brought True Possessions in to finish with Bingham. It's about coming to terms with the music business. I wrote it post-Katrina, post the downhill slide I felt after Geronimo. I needed to exorcise some toxic experiences of the past 10 years in the business, wipe the tears so that I could continue with my life's work. Thunderhead in many ways is that song's spiritual sibling. It's inspired by the Sundance ceremony that the Indians of the Western Plains do. I wrote it about my daughter Maeve's birth, it's cleansing, and crawling through the fire to bring something new to the world, something better. The record nears the end with the traditional Little Stream of Whiskey, with a James Alsanders march and Anthony Cuccia percussion with some South African style piano -- coupled with the bass following the piano left hand, and pedal steel to top it all off. And then as the closer My Own Second Line, reflects the affliction of madness to the degree that the singer is truly in their own world and in their own marching parade. As the joke goes, 'I am not suffering from mental illness, I'm rather enjoying it,' says Bingham. Shannon continues to tour with her band Hot Sauce featuring Eric Deaton on guitar (a disciple of RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough), Wallace Lester on drums, Jamison Hollister on pedal steel, mandolin and violin, and Greg Spradlin on bass and background vocals. They will be touring in the spring, including an appearance at New Orleans JazzFest.  All this motion has jarred a lot of inspiration and new songs, she shares. I've done a lot of collaborations (including the Grammy nominated tribute to Dickinson, Onward and Upward). And I plan to begin a new Hot Sauce Record soon, and have begun to lay plans for the release of my work with Dr. John called Small Town Talk ' The Song of Bobby Charles.
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12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Charlie Mars
23 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Charlie Mars
event::about CHARLIE MARS Like A Bird, Like A Plane With his latest album, Like A Bird, Like A Plane, Charlie Mars has sewn together tightly crafted songs with moods and melodies that pulse with sex, wonderment and personal destruction – all themes that may clash on paper but in music, suggest mysteries that are organic to us all. He recorded the album in Austin, TX with drummer J.J. Johnson (John Mayer), keyboardist John Ginty (Citizen Cope), bass players George Reiff (Jakob Dylan) and Dave Monzie (Fiona Apple). The video for lead single “Listen to the Darkside” (a nod to Pink Floyd) featured “Weeds” star Mary Louise Parker and premiered as a Music Mix exclusive on Entertainment Weekly’s website, www.ew.com. “With gentle yet genuine hints of Paul Simon in both his singing and his guitar work, Charlie Mars takes listeners on a journey through some of the peaks and valleys of his life,” said The Washington Post. “Even those who haven't experienced the personal turmoil of addiction, loss and heartbreak may feel a kinship to the singer-songwriter, who tells his story through lush musical vignettes.” Mars is known for his compelling live performances. “When he’s onstage, songs with deep grooves get some breathing room, and his lush choruses inevitably lead to raucous audience sing-alongs,” said Esquire. Born in Arkansas and raised in Mississippi, Mars released three independent albums before signing with V2. His self-titled, 2004 major label debut was hailed by Rolling Stone as “Big emotional rock from Mississippi...with a knack for hooks, and the hooks here have real barbs: They tug at you and just might draw some blood.” High profile tours with artists such as R.E.M., KT Tunstall, Citizen Cope and Bob Schneider followed. When V2 folded, Mars returned to his independent roots, financing Like A Bird, Like A Plane himself, and releasing it on Rockingham Records in conjunction with the Nashville-based Thirty Tigers.
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1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Homemade Jamz Blues Band
5 schedule::attendees
Location
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
eventtype Music
Artists Homemade Jamz Blues Band, !!!
event::about Homemade Jamz Blues Band Youngest Blues Band in America...the trifecta of blues! Ryan Perry/18 yrs old, Kyle Perry/16yrs old, Taya Perry/12yrs old “In my 82 years, I’ve never seen something musically…so remarkable. These young kids have got energy, talent and do the blues proud with their own flavor. I believe they’ve got a GREAT future ahead.” - B.B. King HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND got its start in Baumholder, Germany, when military dad Renaud Perry came home with a Stratocaster replica (guitar) and young Ryan, 8, discovered it. A week later, Ryan composed a short instrumental tune and performed it at his school’s talent show. By the time the family returned to Tupelo, Mississippi, Ryan had found his passion…music. After listening to B.B. King, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan then trying his best to emulate them Ryan emerged a blues artist with skyrocketing talent. Two years later, little brother Kyle, 9, wanted in on the action. After first trying piano, Kyle settled in on the bass learning for himself the nuances of the instrument and its role in the blues sound. Soon he was out on the concert circuit performing with his brother. Not long afterwards seven-year-old Taya locked in on the blues vibe. Already playing tambouring, Taya situated herself on the stool behind a drum set and in two months was holding down the beats behind her big brothers Ryan and Kyle. Ryan’s gruff vocals, visceral stinging guitar licks, Kyle’s solid rumble and Taya’s cool-bare-footed stomp have electrified millions around the world. Making HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND “a trifecta” in the blues world! The HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND has been featured in all major media: NPR, PBS, CBS Sunday Morning, NBC Today’s Show, BET, internationally distributed blues magazines and of course in local papers everywhere they go. The young Band performs all over the US, Canada, & Europe; as well as the Caribbean Islands and on the Legendary Blues Cruise. In 2006, the HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND won the 3rd Annual MS Delta Blues Society of Indianola’s Blues Challenge, and became the youngest band to compete in the International Blues Challenge, in 2007. Out of 93 bands, Homemade Jamz took 2nd place, their first time in a major competition. And have gone on to be nominated for the “Best New Artist Debut,” Blues Music Award, 2009; and to win the Jus’ BMA “Band or Combo of the Year,” in 2010. Giving them the significant accomplishment of being the youngest blues band, in history to be nominated for these, or any major blues award…that’s why they are now considered the “Trifecta of the Blues World.” The HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND performs the blues with the confidence of knowing their Mississippi history, firsthand, redirecting the love, hard times, betrayal and strife into their music. How do they do it? They “connect” with the ancestral sounds…it are hardwired within them. They know the blues…it comes naturally from their souls. www.hmjamzbluesband.com www.myspace.com/homemadejamzbluesband HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUESBAND OVERVIEW ABOUT US The HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND is an award-winning internationally acclaimed blues band composed of three siblings from Tupelo, Mississippi. The Perry children are: Ryan, 18 (vocals, guitars); Kyle, 16 (bass), and Taya, 11 (drums). They have emerged as a natural force of raw talent, onto blues stage making them “a trifecta in the blues world. Their sophisticated bluesy sound comes straight from the cotton fields of the Delta. They know the blues…it comes naturally from their souls. INTERNATIONAL BLUES/MUSIC AWARDS: • 2010, 10th Jus Blues music Award, “Blues Band or Combo of the Year” (Most Popular), Winner • 2009, 30th Blues Music Award, Youngest Nominees in the history of the BMAs, Memphis, TN • 2008, New Artist of the Year Award, Bay Area Blues Society, Oakland, CA, Winner • 2007, 23rd International Blues Challenge, (Band Category), Memphis, TN, 2nd Place Winner • 2006, Blues society of Indianola Blues Challenge (Band Category), Indianola, MS, 1st Place Winner MAJOR MEDIA APPEARANCES: • Delta Renaissance (WABG-TV), 10/2010 • Mississippi Public Broadcast (MPB), 11/2009 • The Mo’Nique Show (BET), 10/2009 • Tavis Smiley Talks TV Show (PBS), 7/2009 • BET Black Music Month Celebration (BET), 6/2009 • USA Today Article, 5/2009 • Today’s Show (NBC), 9/2008 • WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour, 8/2008 • All Things Considered Interview (NPR), 6/2008 • Sunday Morning Show (CBS), 12/2007 MAJOR MUSIC FESTIVALS: Complete list available upon request BOOKING: info@piedmonttalent.com 704-399-2210
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