8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Freedy Johnston
51 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Freedy Johnston
event::about Freedy Johnston is a Kansas-born songwriter who has been making records and touring since 1990. His latest CD is 2010's "Rain on the City" (BarNone). He will play SXSW with his all-star Austin band: Mark Addison, Jon Sanchez and Dony Wynn.
event::tags All Ages
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
The Second Grace
1 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists The Second Grace
event::about The Second Grace is singer-songwriter Fabrizio Cammarata, hailing from Palermo, Sicily. Fabrizio's main inspiration is his hometown, but there is Cuba and North Africa in his songs, along with Bob Dylan, Fabrizio De André and Nick Drake. You can hear the echo of Miriam Makeba's South African lullabies, and songs in which a Cuban trés is unexpectedly in harmony with Indian tabla and electric bass. SG’s second album is ready to release and was recorded and mixed between Sicily, NYC, Portland OR, Tucson AZ and Kingston, Jamaica. It was produced by JD Foster (Calexico, Marc Ribot, Richmond Fontaine) features collaborations by Joey Burns from Calexico and Jairo Zavala (Calexico, DePedro). The Second Grace became a national topic in Italy during spring 2007, being the first artist from Palermo to achieve fame and mainstream interest all over the country. After being featured in a nationwide TV ad, the band licensed their debut album in Italy to Edel Records and has toured constantly since then. The music video for the single Antananarive, shot by Spanish director Sergi Capellas, was on heavy rotation on MTV Italy in Summer 2007 and The Second Grace performed on various national TV programs. The album received enthusiastic reviews from all the biggest music magazines, like Rolling Stone and All Music Guide. From then on, The Second Grace has played many shows around the country and abroad and have shared the stage with Devendra Banhart, Iron & Wine, Dufus, The Devastations, Carmen Consoli, Gang of Four and many others. In 2010 The Second Grace played at South By Southwest, in Austin, TX, for the second time. The first time was in 2008, during a U.S. Tour which included shows in New York City, Washington DC, New Orleans, Memphis, Bath ME, Austin, and saw the band also feature at New England’s NBC television show 207. Numerous international festival and showcase events have endorsed Fabrizio, such as Liverpool Sound City, also Paris’ MaMA Event Oct 2010 saw a enchanting set by The Second Grace. Fabrizio toured Germany’s top singer/songwriter spots in December 2010, with fantastic feedback from the German audience. The new album is ready to be released, which is internationally scheduled for 2011, while touring around the globe. European shows, including some prestigious openings and trips to the North American continent are in the pipeline, while CMW ’11 and SXSW ’11 are already confirmed.
event::tags All Ages
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Matrimony
12 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Matrimony
event::about Matrimony is Ashlee Hardee Brown, Jimmy Brown, Jordan Hardee, Alex Watson and Shae Wooten. They formed in December 09 out of a common desire to make good, honest music. Their goal is to write songs about things that actually matter and to play them with as much heart as they can.
event::tags All Ages
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Nive Nielsen
15 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Nive Nielsen
event::about We ´re Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children, from Nuuk, Greenland. Yup, North Pole! We ´ve been playing for about a year and a bit now - made a record back home (produced by john parish and with help from howe gelb & friends from a.o. the black keys, hrsta, wolf parade and other awesome folks), traveled super much playing our songs (which is good cause I always wanted to be an adventurer... I thought that was a real job. This here playing music thing comes pretty close!). We ´re 8, there´s horns and kazoos and ukuleles and drums and more drums... we sing about ghosts and bugs and ghost bugs and also about naughty reindeer and being in love while it snows. Yup... Eskimo indie! Snow songs! Come check us out!
event::tags All Ages
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Marianne Dissard
16 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
event::about OFFICIAL SITE -- > http://www.mariannedissard.com ----------------------x---------------------------- French-born, Tucson-based chanteuse Marianne Dissard, named one of 50 French people that matter in the USA in France-Am©rique Mag', was born within sight of the Pyr©n©es mountains in the South of France but has been living in the American West since the age of 16. Singer, writer of lyrics and poetry, filmmaker and performance artist, Marianne Dissard tours extensively the world over, either solo or with her Tucson and New York-based bandmates. Over the course of four acclaimed albums released worldwide, she has collaborated with Tucson's sweethearts Calexico, Howe Gelb, Na¯m Amor, Sergio Mendoza and Brian Lopez as well as with her extended family outside of Arizona, including chanteuse Fran§oiz Breut, choreographer Ami Garmon, composer Christian Ravaglioli and Rhymesayers producer BK-One. ----------------------x---------------------------- Marianne Dissard's second 'official' album, L'Abandon (2011) was released worldwide in early 2011 with year-round touring in Europe, New Zealand, Australia and North America. Produced by Marianne, with Jim Waters (Jon Spencer, Sonic Youth) and BK-One (Rhymesayers, Brother Ali), L'Abandon was recorded with Christian Ravaglioli from Italy, Luke Doucet from Canada, Arthur Vint, Connor Gallaher, Sergio Mendoza (Y La Orkesta, Calexico N.A), Brian Lopez (Mostly Bears) and Th¸ger Lund (Giant Sand). The release includes a companion DVD, the bawdy burlesque remake, directed by Marianne, of the Andy Warhol's 1968 western, Lonesome Cowboys. ----------------------x---------------------------- In 2010, Marianne released her 'intermediary' album, Paris One Takes (2010) (8/10³ Blurt, a fantastic album. 4/5 Stars Venus Magazine, Definitely one of our favorite albums of 2010³ Lucid Culture) as a free download, in gratitude to her fans. She attended SXSW 2010, blogging about the festival for The Huffington Post and toured the US with Fran§oiz Breut, including a show at the Museum of Modern Art MOMA in NYC. Between Chanson and Americana, Marianne Dissard's enchanting debut album, L'Entredeux (2008), was produced and composed by Calexico's Joey Burns, with stellar contributions by friends from both continents, including Calexico's John Convertino on drums, Na¯m Amor, Rob Burger, Sammy Decoster and Mickey Raphael. L'Entredeux was released worldwide in the Fall 2008, with 15 months of touring from Europe to New Zealand and North America. The album won a prestigious Coup De Coeur from France's Acad©mie Charles Cros in 2009 and was voted in the Top 10 French albums of the decade by Francophile bloggers. A moody, captivating album, with roots in Nick Drake's introspection, Francoise Hardy's romanticism and Nina Simone's drama. writes Blurt Magazine. A music video for Les Draps Sourds guest-features France's pop stars Katerine and Dominique A. ----------------------x---------------------------- The very, very first album is Dedicated To Your Walls. May They Keep Blooming (2006), recorded with Joey Burns on guitar and Marianne singing. ----------------------x---------------------------- ----------------------x---------------------------- SXSW SHOWCASES: THURSDAY 17 noon FRENCH BUREAU EXPORT West Tent, Brush Square Park http://www.francerocks.net/austin2011/burex-party-brush-square/ ----------------------x---------------------------- THURSDAY 17 4:30pm Twangfest KDHX Jovita's Mexican Restaurant http://www.facebook.com/twangfest
event::tags All Ages
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Dayna Kurtz
10 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Dayna Kurtz
event::about Would you even know me since I’ve been away? Dayna Kurtz begins, in the plaintive tune “Invocation” that opens her new record, American Standard. The tune’s refrain is a plea – Mama, let me come home. Dayna explains: “I was asking for help from the gods at the start of a marathon writing session that birthed half this record, and most of the next record’s worth of originals. I may be an atheist, but I’m a writer first, and we’re a superstitious lot. I think the writing gods and goddesses are a lot sexier than your run-of-the-mill deities, though. And a lot more frightening.” American Standard may open with a nervous prayer, but then it comes out swinging hard with a rockabilly homage to an unnamed aging legend of the genre, “Good in ’62.” followed by a deep Mississippi grind called “Billboards for Jesus.” Co-produced with longtime drummer Randy Crafton, he and Kurtz recorded half the disc in his award winning analog studio “Kaleidoscope Sound” in New Jersey, then hit the road to lay down the rest: first to Ardent Studios in Memphis to record with Sun Records legend Sonny Burgess and his band, the Legendary Pacers. Dayna laughs out loud at the memory: “That was awesome! The last time that band had a personnel change was in 1961 – all 5 of them, in their late 70’s and 80’s, playing together and just kicking ass for that long. It was a blast!” And from there to New Orleans to record “Election Day” with the brass band the Nightcrawlers. (with help from pianist John Gros and guitarist Paul Cebar) “I really wanted to capture the relief and joy we all were feeling on the streets on election day. And a brass band is an instant street party. It’s hard NOT to dance when a great brass band is playing.” It has been more than 3 years since her last full length recording, (Another Black Feather) was released, and she’d taken more than a year off heavy touring, mostly in Europe where she plays a mix of theaters and large and mid-size rock clubs. Why so much time? Dayna explains: “I don’t think I’d ever had more than a month off without having to pack up or lock myself in a studio in more than a decade. I bought a log cabin in the mountains and some recording equipment. I applied and was accepted into some Masters level classes in poetry writing at the New School in New York, something I’d always wanted to do. I also took a few guitar lessons – my first ever - because I’d fallen in love with early rock and roll and wanted to learn to play like my new heroes. I got to know the great guy I married a little better. I cooked, I gardened. It was pretty dreamy.” It wasn’t all play, though – Ms. Kurtz kept busy producing records for other artists as well. She and long time collaborator Randy Crafton produced a top 5 record for dutch Universal Recording artists Room Eleven called “Mmm…Gumbo,” named for the traditional Louisiana stew Dayna makes to kick off all her recording sessions. (She says: “I’m a big believer that excellent food helps make excellent records. Especially first day in.”) She recorded (and produced) a 10 inch vinyl tribute to Hazel Dickens with fellow Brooklynite, Mamie Minch, as well as a couple of upcoming 7 inch vinyl singles with other pals Keren Ann and My Brightest Diamond. Dayna is excited about all of it: “It was a pretty brilliant time. I feel rather lucky I had that kind of freedom for a minute - that I could afford to drop out of old patterns, learn how to do some new things, have some fun and recharge.” Recharge, indeed. American Standard showcases Dayna’s most direct, most muscular writing to date. And, oddly, the word that best describes her often startling covers is original. She turns an obscure later Elliot Smith song, “Don’t Go Down,” into the howling desperate blues song it seems suddenly meant to be. On the Replacements’ ode to the drunk and lonely, “Here Comes a Regular,” the industrial clank of Crafton’s drums in the background underscores the drowsy warmth of Dayna’s vocals and lap steel (and some particularly spooky ‘human hammond’ backing vocals by Dayna and the French/Israeli chanteuse, Keren Ann). And Dayna breathes some fresh cigarette smoke into a dusty old rockabilly nugget, “Lou Lou Knows, ” turning a little tune written for a man to sing about a girl into a woman’s playfully snarled and cocky boast: "Lou Lou won’t be second choice/Lou Lou’s this town’s biggest noise/Lou Lou’s takin’ this town!” - You can practically see her strut across the stage with a switchblade tucked in her boot. Dayna will be taking your town shortly. Best not to miss her, lest she decide to take some more time off to learn a few more tricks.
event::tags All Ages
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Atash
1 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Chris Combette
Location St David's Bethell Hall
Location St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Chris Combette
event::about Chris Combette has given the Caribbean islands & Guianas musical scene some of its most sophisticated recordings. The delicate balance of his influences (bossa nova, reggae, calypso, mazurka...) mingle into an original style, illustrated through two earlier albums, "Plein Sud" and "Salambô" which brought him a wide gratefull. His last album, "La danse de Flore" is a tribute to his country, French Guiana. After travelling through the world, teaching mathematics for a few years and working with great musicians of the Caribbean, he is back in the place of his birth, to which he dedicates the title track. A troubadour at heart, he wrote and sang all the songs, sometimes at great pains (La danse de Flore), sometimes easily (like the beautiful ballad "Soledad", the story of a little girl with an alcoholic father), but always with his distinctive feeling of kindness and sensitivity. Chris Combette is now achieving his new album, rather accoustic, but still full of his mixed vibrations.
event::tags All Ages
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Takashi Kamide
4 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Takashi Kamide
event::about When he was seven-years-old, takashi Kamide lost his left foot shorty after having been diagnosed with cancer. By seventeen he had conquered the disease. Not long after, another illness befell him for which there is no known medical treatment and by all appearances was terminal; he couldnft eat anything, and lost weight from half of his body. It was another arduous journey to recovery, but as the artist states, what saved him was simply saying gLOVEh. At that stage in his life, he was angry at everything and everyone, but his mother, father and many friends rallied for him, and never stopped believing he would fully recover, praying for him all the while he was fighting these illnesses. When at last it seemed he had beaten the disease forever, his doctor proclaimed it miraculous. Now, takashi KAMIDE believes there are many miracles all over the world, and they can be realized readily, when you realize the potency of love. But there is a parallel story that took place for KAMIDE: that of music. At six years of age, he was diligently practicing classical piano until discovering Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett which eventually led him to switch to jazz piano and subsequently an interest in the accordion. Working from a humble studio in his native Japan, he creates minimalist original masterpieces that evoke everything from Yann Tiersen or Penguin Cafe Orchestra to lost takes from Vangelisf score from Blade Runner. What is different takashi KAMIDE's accordion? Most of people expect accordion is sounds like world music or traditional music. But takashi KAMIDE plays his original compositions, even if he plays covers, sounds very crative and impressive. He is playing new style of solo accordion you've ever listened!! When he makes music tracks, takashi KAMIDE also plays many instruments himself, piano, guitar, and more. You can see it when you listen his music. takashi KAMIDE try to make sounds deeply, you can find something inside your beautiful part if you listen takashi KAMIDE's music.
event::tags All Ages
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Grimy Styles
7 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Grimy Styles
event::about Following the Jamaican "dub" tradition of remixing reggae tracks into effects-laden instrumentals, Grimy Styles set out to employ this notion to all their beloved genres of music. Applying the mixing techniques of "dub godfathers" such as King Tubby and Lee 'Scratch' Perry to an array of influences spanning classical, roots, jazz, and metal; the austin-based band has created a genre of its own. Aside from the Grimy project, members of the group also collaborate with Kingston, Jamaica's Stephen "Gibbo" Gibbs, building riddims for artists like Capleton, Luciano, I-Wayne, and Ranaco.
event::tags All Ages
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Wouter Kellerman
1 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Wouter Kellerman
event::about Wouter Kellerman's new album 'Two Voices' reinforces his status as one of South Africa's foremost flautists. A true crossover artist, he thrives on experimenting with the shades, textures and colours that his magic flute is capable of painting, and creatively blending this with other instrumentation and vocal sounds. The SAMA-winning flute wizard, who performed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Closing Ceremony to a global television audience of 700-million people, has spent the past couple of years cooking up several potent compositions with an array of top South African and African artists - and 'Two Voices' is the result. His debut album, 'Colour', enjoyed rave reviews, topped the charts and was nominated for a 2008 South African Music Awards for 'Best Instrumental Album'. His show 'Kellerman Colour Live' won the 2010 SAMA (South African Music Award) for 'Best Jazz/Instrumental/Popular Classical DVD'. Kellerman demonstrates in his shows why he is regarded as one of the country's most musically adventurous world-music proponents, who keeps his sound fresh and progressive by incorporating a fusion of influences and styles into his music with vocalists, instrumentalists and dancers to create a fresh and exhilarating performance. He has been travelling extensively over the last two years, performing all over the world in places like Berlin, Shanghai, New York and Sydney. 2010 highlights include performing at the opening of MIDEM in Cannes, France. MIDEM is the world's biggest music conference and festival and Kellerman was part of a Department of Arts and Culture delegation, representing South Africa. In March he travelled to the USA to perform at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, in Texas. SXSW is the biggest music festival in the USA. In July, Kellerman performed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Closing Ceremony. Concerts in the last few months included performing at the 2010 Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival in Johannesburg and two performances at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, China. Wouter's flute-playing can be heard on the soundtrack of the Emmy Award-winning film 'Eye of the Leopard'. His albums 'Colour' and 'Two Voices' were mixed in Los Angeles by Grammy-winning engineer Husky Hoskulds. Passionate about teaching and empowering young people, Kellerman has sponsored the living expenses of 10 children in the SOS Children's Village in Ennerdale for the past 14 years, and has also financed the building of a house in the SOS Children's Village in Rustenburg. For his continued efforts in helping give these children a better life, Kellerman was nominated by the SOS Children's Villages for the Inyathelo Special Recognition Award for Philanthropy. He continues to facilitate the teaching of young dance and music students. Wouter Kellerman started playing the flute at the age of 10, and in 1981 appeared as a soloist with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra. He went on to feature in several South African orchestras, scooping musical accolades along the way. Among these was winning the Perrenoud Foundation Prize during the 1997 Vienna International Music Competition. Using his classical training as a foundation, Kellerman focused his attention on world music, exploring the versatility of the instrument and fusing classical and contemporary sounds, resulting in a potent and thrilling musical encounter. Kellerman is taking his crossover world music to a global audience, having gained a solid following in South Africa. He has already released the album in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and most recently in Australia, where he combined his release with a nationwide tour, which included a support slot on Johnny Clegg's Down Under tour.
event::tags All Ages
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Cas Haley
1 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Cas Haley
event::about Cas Haley is making it on his own terms. A native of Paris, Texas, he was raised all over the lone star state by roving hippy musician parents (documented in his song "I'm Free"). He first rose to fame as runner-up on the 2007 season of America's Got Talent, but he turned his back on the contracts offered him by the show's producers, preferring to carve his own path and not to be groomed by someone else. His debut album sold 30,000 units. His follow up, CONNECTION, has just come out on Easy Star Records, the leading indie reggae label in the US. It shows Cas's influences from reggae to soul to pop, which have helped him shape a unique sound built around his powerful voice.
event::tags All Ages
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
The Green Golly Project
Location St David's Bethell Hall
Location St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists The Green Golly Project
event::about Barbara Siesel’s multi-faceted career includes performing, teaching and producing. Audiences around the world have heard her in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Great Hall in St. Petersburg, and Central Conservatory in Beijing, in addition to concert halls in Japan, Korea, Spain and Taiwan. Some of her upcoming activities include a China tour for concerts, master classes and the production of the Green Golly Flute and creating the book version of Green Golly and Her Golden Flute with writer Keith Torgan and illustrator Suzanne Lebeda. She received a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Samuel Baron. Additionally, she studied with Julius Baker, Thomas Nyfenger and Gerardo Levy and attended Master Classes with Jean Pierre Rampal and James Galway. Keith Torgan, singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and storyteller, is a multi-talented artist with more than twenty years of experience in children’s music who has appeared at hundreds of theaters, cabarets, universities, museums, schools, and libraries throughout the United States. Torgan was composer at the Williamstown Theater Festival, founder and songwriter for “Morgan, Torgan & Teri,” guest performer and writer for BMG’s “Early Ears” series, and composer and lyricist for the Simply Elementary flagship program, There’s Always a Dragon to Slay. He has written a multitude of songs and is the creator of all the Green Golly Project stories and songs. He received his training at Circle in the Square Theatre School, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and State University of New York at Albany.
event::tags All Ages
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Yiddish Cowboys
18 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Yiddish Cowboys
event::about Yiddish Cowboys performs the ethnic music of Eastern European Jews – often know as klezmer music, and sometimes thought of as Yiddish Wedding Music. It is lively, energetic and a great deal of fun! We are Austin's leading Klezmer band and perform regularly at the Kosher Store at HEB - the only glatt kosher deli and klezmer in a 5 hour driving radius!
event::tags All Ages
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Michael Lowenstern
2 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Michael Lowenstern
event::about A cross between Eric Dolphy, Meat Beat Manifesto, NPR's This American Life, The Gap Band and Igor Stravinsky, Michael Lowenstern's sound is hard to define; it's ClassicoFunkTronica. On stage, Michael brings not only his formidable skill and finesse on the bass clarinet, but also his sense of humor, a deep appreciation for pop culture, an enthusiasm which can only be called infections and, well, cool toys. His shows employ computers, props and electronic gizmos, and Michael brings everything from consumer electronics (a Kaoss toy synth & an iPad), to a WiCoder (combination EWI and vocoder - way too coo!!), to a few harmonicas and the occasional piece of home-made electric gear, assuming it wasn't confiscated by the TSA. Michael has written music for concert, film, dance and various other new media over the span of his 20-year career. Actively involved with technology in sound and music, Michael has been a pioneer in the field of interactive computer music, having created or performed over a hundred works for bass clarinet and electronics. His collaborations have included remixes for the landmark recording In C Remixed (featured on NPR's RadioLab), Michael Gordon's video opera Chaos and various dance works with David Lang. To date he can be heard on over fifty CDs, including five solo recordings of his own. Random factoid: the solo bass clarinet clip you hear as the theme to NPR's "Science out of the Box" segment - that's Michael too. Michael travels regularly as a guest lecturer at universities around the country. A former faculty member of the Juilliard School and New York University, he is currently on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
event::tags All Ages
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
NYCO
1 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Threefifty Duo
3 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Threefifty Duo
event::about Threefifty Duo has been described as a "classical guitar duo with a rock edge," as musicians Brett Parnell and Geremy Schulick seamlessly weave their contemporary rock sensibilities into the rich fabric of classical guitar. After years of writing and performing together and with a second album under Threefifty’s belt, the duo’s stylistic tendencies have further expanded, with genre blurred by an intensely personal sound that is rhythmic, infectious, engaging, and at once both new and accessible. Formed in the halls of The Yale School of Music, taught by renowned classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery, and molded by the multi-faceted music scene of their hometown New York City, Threefifty Duo has gone on to play in a diverse array of respected venues and festivals, such as The 92nd Street Y, Southpaw, Pianos, The New York Guitar Festival, The Monkey, Bennington College, Sarajevo's Dom Armije, Genghis Cohen, Connecticut Guitar Society, and California State University at Long Beach, where choreography was set to their music. Recent projects have also included a collaboration with video artist Jennifer Stock. In the fall of 2010 Threefifty Duo set off for a three-week tour of the UK, where they played as part of CMEAS' Fall UK Tour and the Lancaster Music Festival. Their self-titled debut album marked the duo as innovators in classical guitar programming, moving effortlessly between the compositions of their classical heroes, contemporary counterparts, and their own creations. While the album captured the verve and enthusiasm of a well-practiced and polished duo, it is Threefifty's sophomore effort, “Circles,” that presents the listener with a volume of all original compositions and a full emergence of the duo’s distinctive voice, highlighted by Dominic Frasca’s sumptuous production. Threefifty Duo has been featured on WNYC’s “New Sounds” with John Schaefer and Premier Guitar magazine's website, and has received critical acclaim from Time Out NY, Guitar Edge magazine, Vintage Guitar Magazine, Classical Guitar News, Minor 7th, Lancashire Life, and the UK’s Classical Guitar Magazine, who wrote of it: “Brilliant! ... each track is an attention-grabbing item and throughout there are no low-points. The style is difficult to describe: performing on classical guitars and steel-stringed guitar, Circles is an amalgamation of classical/rock/folk; sometimes romantic, sometimes thrillingly energetic, but at all times spell-binding. Loved every second of it and will play it time and again.”
event::tags All Ages
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Fared Shafinury & Tehranosaurus
6 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Fared Shafinury & Tehranosaurus
event::about Fared Shafinury is an Iranian-American musician living in Tehran, Iran and Austin, Texas. Born on the Gulf of Mexico, Shafinury absorbed the feel and rhythms of jazz, blues, indie rock, western classical and north Hindustani music. However, it is Persian classical music that has always held a sacred place in his heart. Although primarily self-taught in the setar, santur, and the vocal repertoire known as the radiff, Shafinury has had the privilege of studying under some of Iran’s most prominent Masters including: Ostad Mozaffari, Ostad Zolghadr, Ostad Shaari, Ostad Soukuti and Ostad Mohammad Reza Lotfi. At 26 years of age, Shafinury’s music is the progeny of his talent, passion, and environments - producing a sound that is simultaneously singular in character and universal in appeal. Shafinury has recorded his forth-coming début full-length album, Behind the Seas, at Avaye Darya studios in Tehran and at Premium in Austin, Texas. Now, back in the states, Fared has brought together friends and talent from Austin's vibrant music scene - including Jason Mckenzie of Atash on Tabla, Drummer Andy Beaudoin, Chris Ledesma on Bass and Guitar, Emmon Hall & Roberto Riggio on Violin, and Joey Santori on Cello. Playing under the name Tehranosaurus, the band brings to life Shafinury's modern vision of Persian classical music.
event::tags All Ages
7:00 PM
to 8:00 PM
Fredrik
36 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Fredrik
event::about FREDRIK is a melodic, experimental folk three-piece consisting of one songsmith (F), one sound-painter (O) and one conceptual artist (A). All three mostly live and work in Malmo, Sweden and create music in a secluded 19th-century garden shack with the help of "darkness, voices, quiet instruments, curiosity, nightmares, melodies and terrible weather". They have stated that they strive towards "impulsive beauty of various kinds" while trying to avoid "rationalization, self-consciousness and irony". Some people call their music surreal. A lot of people call the music soothing. Almost everyone says it makes them think of trees. FREDRIK put out records continuously in Europe, America and Japan and collaborate with a lot of different artists and projects.
event::tags All Ages
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Silje Nes
18 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
event::about Norwegian multi-instrumentalist / singer / songwriter Silje Nes grew up in the tiny town of Leikanger, in Sognefjord, Norway's largest fjord, before moving to Bergen in 2000. Having previously been in an indie pop band, played timpani in an orchestra and bass drum in a marching band, Silje began making her own music in 2001, recording on 4-track demo software through a tiny inbuilt microphone on a laptop. Guided by the excitement of discovering interesting new sounds and instruments, she made use of whatever equipment she could get hold of - guitars, an old synth, a cello, a drum kit, a laptop, as well as loop pedals to build layers of her own playing. Little by little she also found ways of including her own voice, both as texture and song, and her music has organically evolved from there. First coming to FatCat's attention via a unique, utterly charming demo received out of the blue in 2005, her quirky, adventurous debut album, 'Ames Room', opened out like a series of intricate constructions, the whole teeming with a playful sense of life. Followed shortly by a 4-track EP, 'Yellow', Silje subsequently embarked on tours of the UK / Europe / USA, but after that has remained quiet for a while, spending her time in her new home in Berlin, constructing the beautiful follow-up "Opticks". Nevertheless, it has been worth waiting, since every song on the record, which has been created between autumn 2008 and winter 2009 and mixed with Tarwater's Bernd Jestram, sounds remarkably coherent and never over the top. Silje knows how to develop her very own type of song, using her undeniable skills in stringing together loops and strange particles of noise. The soundscapes built up in this manner, create a weird but comfortable feeling of eternalness, which is hard to put into words. Both recorded and performed on stage, her work unfolds itself slow, but in the same way thrilling.
event::tags All Ages
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Carl Broemel and Special Guests
16 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
event::about 'It takes a lot of time to know your mind.' Its a simple statement, yet earnest and profound in its offering. Sometimes it's the spaces in between, the subtleties and ambiguities that provide us with the most meaning.
All Birds Say (ATO Records) is an intimate collection of musings on life from My Morning Jacket guitarist, Carl Broemel.
Broemel reflects on things as they are with Zen-like contentment, making no judgment on how they should be
he gives pause for introspection but stops short of preaching. The songs are firmly planted between past and present. It's in these little fractured moments that the listener bears witness to thoughtful contemplation that give rise to epiphanies on larger themes. Broemel could've taken the easy road and penned a lyrical triptych to the remarkable journey he's experienced over the past several years, but instead All Birds Say is an incredibly honest and sincere insight into the artist's inner-most thoughts as he attempts to reconcile his role in life.
'Where do you start? Or where do you stop? And how do you reconcile the things you do versus the things you don't? It's something I'm constantly thinking about. I think there's a lot of trying to be aware of what you're doing now versus dwelling on things or worrying about what's gonna happen later. A lot of the songs are really just me talking to myself, trying to make sense of things in my head.' Deft in its presentation, the songs on the album unfold in a dream-like stream of consciousness with lush and elegant arrangements. The album's brilliance is displayed in Broemel's effortless delivery. It's the perfect amalgamation of lazy sophistication
whimsical poise and grace. The instrumentation serves as the ideal complement to Broemel's well crafted set of modern-folk standards; complete with pedal steel, dobro, strings, autoharp, clarinet, bassoon, vibraphone, and baritone sax, among others. Think Ron Sexsmith, Neko Case, Neal Casal, Andrew Bird, Mose Allison, and early Boz Scaggs singing an orchestrated chorus of breezy ballads and waltzes. The guitar figure of the instrumental title track that opens the album serves as a natural introduction to 'Life Leftover,' an introspective meditation on the importance of being more present in life that's at the heart of All Birds Say. The album also afforded him the chance to collaborate with his own father, a former member of the Indianapolis Symphony who provides rich color and depth to the music with clarinet, baritone sax, and bassoon.
'To me, making records is like alchemy. It's something that no one can ever perfect, but you have an insatiable desire to keep doing it and get better at it. I really believe that everything we experience contributes to what we do next, so this album is really a result of all the records and tours I've done so far.' The best records always seem to be the ones that slowly reveal themselves like a pleasant surprise and allow the listener to peel through deeper layers upon repeated listen
the kind of records that you grow with and can go back to months later and hear something then that resonates with you in a way that wouldn't have otherwise. It's an interactive process between the listener and the artist, and one to be thankful for. This is the kind of album that epitomizes the vinyl experience; an instant classic that is sure to stand the test of time.
event::tags All Ages
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Mark Eitzel
47 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Mark Eitzel
event::about Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohio and the United Kingdom. He moved to America in 1979. He started making music while he was a teenager in Southampton, England. His first band was a punk band called the Cowboys when he moved to Columbus, Ohio at 19. They released one single in 1980. His second band was called The Naked Skinnies and they released one single in 1981. He moved to San Francisco with The Naked Skinnies in 1981 where they disbanded in 1982. Eitzel formed American Music Club (AMC) in San Francisco in 1982. The band performed and created albums for twelve years. At one point, Eitzel also sang with San Francisco's Toiling Midgets, and often recorded solo work while involved in AMC. American Music Club disbanded in 1994, and Eitzel focused on his solo career, releasing 60 Watt Silver Lining in 1996. It was a surprisingly smooth, jazz-pop departure. Also in 1996, Eitzel contributed to the AIDS benefit album Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip produced by the Red Hot Organization. Following this, he released West in 1997 co-writing all of the songs with R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, with whom he also toured. He followed up with Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby, assisted by Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew. Eitzel released more music in 2001, beginning with a more electronic turn in The Invisible Man on Matador Records. This was followed by two covers projects in 2002: Music for Courage and Confidence, which was material written by other songwriters, and The Ugly American, an album which included reinterpretations of American Music Club songs performed with a band of traditional and non traditional Greek musicians. American Music Club reformed in 2003 for a sold out show at the London South Bank Centre, The following year they released [(Love Songs For Patriots)] and toured both the United States and Europe several times. The Guardian Newspaper called Mark "America's greatest living lyricist" and the album received glowing reviews across the world. In 2008 the band line up changed again and the band released The Golden Age which UNCUT magazine said was their best since Mercury with a 5 star album of the month review. Eitzel released an compilation album of soundtrack material and electronics in 2005, Candy Ass. His most recent album is Klamath which was released at the end of 2009 on Decor Records. UNCUT magazine said it was his best solo album yet. 2010 saw the launch of Marine Parade. This was a musical written by Simon Stephens for which Mark had written all the music. It was premiered in the 2010 Brighton Festival to good reviews and featured two of the songs from Klamath. He also contributed a cover of the Ira Gershwin song 'S Wonderful to the soundtrack of "Vidal Sassoon - The Movie".[1] In addition to all the above albums Mark has also released many mail order tour CDs, his most recent being the limited edition (500 copies) Brannan St., which is available at his concert dates and at the Decor records website.
event::tags All Ages
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
67 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Bethell Hall
eventtype Music
Artists The Soundtrack of Our Lives
event::about So, now it's finally arriving...A well hidden treasure soon to be revealed: The Soundtrack of Our Lives "Golden Greats No 1". A fantastic compilation of mind benders from "The greatest post-everything six piece space rock band in the history of the eardrum" (NME). After many US tours and live appearances on Leno, Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Carson Daily and hailed by critics and musicians all over the world - TSOOL is now releasing a lifespan of 19 songs from 5 different albums including 2 brand new killer tracks; "Earthmover" and "Karmageddon". Golden Greats No 1, is a trip of a lifetime and the perfect initiation for the absolute TSOOL beginner, and a confirmation for the already blessed. WIth everything from the TSOOL anthem "Instant Repeater '99" to "Second Life Replay" (just released on the TV series Californication Season 4 soundtrack) explore the mindscape of hte most converging band on planet Earth right now and get ready for a whole new level of existence - get into the groove of TSOOL! - "TSOOL are Godsend!"(MOJO), The Soundtrack of Our Lives are the present, the past & the future of Rock'n'Roll! (Noel Gallagher)
event::tags All Ages
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