Right on Rhythm Roots & Bluesletter 7/26/2007
A Benefit for an ICON of DC Culture
Nightclub 9:30 hosts the 30th anniversary of d.c. space reunion and an eclectic evening to benefit Tom Terrell.
Sunday, July 29th, 2007 • Doors @ 4pm, Performers start @ 5pm - $20.
From Mike Jaworek
In 1977 a new era began in Washington, DC.  A time when, in this conservative city, the alternative found its voice.  Pacifica Radio filled the airwaves with the arrival of WPFW and a building on a forgotten downtown corner became home to “the space.” The aggressively lower-case d.c. space  (7th & E , NW) housed a restaurant/nightclub, art gallery, and artists’ studios. The building rocked 24/7 and quickly became home for the arrival of punk, new wave, reggae, world beat, avant jazz, theatre, poetry, visual and performance art, and more. All of these genres have grown to become mainstays of urban culture worldwide.
On Sunday, July 29 the Nightclub 9:30 will open its’ door to an artistic reunion celebration of a venue that closed its doors for good more than 16 years ago. This evening promises to be a true testament to the creative spirit of “the space” as over fifty artists in many forms will create and remember.
The many eclectic artists will donate their talents to remember, revive, and raise funds in support of one of their own, Tom Terrell, in his struggle with cancer. This will also be an opportunity to pay tribute to the spirit of “mother space” Susan Warrell, in thanks for making it all happen. The list of artists that will be represented is huge and includes, to name a few:
Ajax Joe Drayton • Amy Pickering • Avery Steck • Beatnik Flies • Bill Kamens • Bill Warrell • Hamiet Bluiett • Bobby Donovan • Charles Blume • Cynthia Connolly • Darryl Burrell • Dave  Hammerly • Dody DiSanto • Dot & Charles Steck • E Ethelbert Miller • Eric Hilton • Esmirelda • Guy Picciotto • The Howling Mad • I Am Eye/Paul Bishow, Pam Kray, James Schneider  • Iona Brown • Jalani Horton • James Schneider • Jean Homza • Jeff Krulik • Jen Semo & Jenn Thomas & Tommy Osborne • Jenny Toomey • Joyce Lacovara • Juliana  Luecking • Karl Straub • King Giant • Lucy Murphy • Mark Noone • Morley • 9353 • Oliver Lake • Ottley • The Pietasters • Rambling Shadows • Reuben Jackson • Rustbuckit •  Ruthie & Wranglers • Sylvana Straw • Tom Terrell • Traciana Graves • Virginia & The Blue Dots • Willy Yowaiski • DC Legend & "Godfather of Go-Go" Chuck Brown plus The Jazz Trio will  join avant jazz masters Hamiet Bluett & Oliver Lake.  They will perform 'Stormy Monday'.  Somewhere, T-Bone Walker is smiling in anticipation... Also, magician Alain Nu will provide entre' act marvels.  Robert Goldstein of The Urban Verbs will play, and Tiny Desk Unit have prepared a multi-media transcontinental performance.  
Michael Barron will be playing from California with Bob Boilen and Susan Mumford in real time via the internet!
Video compilations of live concert footage assembled by I Am Eye & others will be screened, featuring many of the groups that put DC on the Punk/DIY map (9353, Marginal Man, Gray Matter, Minor Threat, etc).
 
Tom Terrell (aka King Pleasure, Tom T.) is a close friend to and an early moving force for d.c. space and its non-profit off-shoot, District Curators Inc., as well as WPFW and the Nightclub 9:30. A graduate of Howard University he became an accomplished dj (first house dj for space and 9:30), radio programmer, concert promoter, tour manager, photographer, music journalist (Unicorn Times, City Paper, Jazz Times, Jazz Is, Vibe, Essence, Trace, Village Voice, Global Rhythms…), and marketing mastermind for major record labels (Mango/Antilles, Verve). In Washington he’s known for pioneering radio “Stolen Moments” (WPFW), “Sunday Reggae Splashdown” and “Cafe C’est What” (WHFS), and is currently the jazz reviewer for NPR’s “All Things Considered.” His hand in concert promotions brought, Terry Callier, Allan Toussaint, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Chuck Brown, Kid Creole, Shirley Horn, Cab Calloway, and the US premiere of Steel Pulse at the old 9:30 Club on the night of Bob Marley’s funeral, to name but a few.
For more information contact Michael Jaworek at Michael@Birchmere.com, (703)549-7500x14.  Tickets are $20, and available at Tickets.com, or call (703)218-6500.
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Friday July 27 9:00 Heroes & Friends
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This Week at the Zoo Bar 3000 Connecticut Ave. directly across form the Zoo 202-232-42253 blocks north of the Woodley Park Metro
Thursday's - Big Boy Little Blues Band hosting the blues jam at the Zoo Bar
Friday July 27 Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
Saturday July 28 Acme Blues Company
It is rare for me to write about a show that has happened but this one brought it home for me.
Last week at Big Boy Little's blues open mike (one with some of the of the highest caliber players in town) Bruce Ewan brought his brother Bobby Radcliff down and their turn came at the end of the night. Bobby while playing a slow blues went into a passage where he was playing in almost a whisper.
The place was dead silent - rapt.
It brought home to me what it is I love so much about the music of the small rooms.
Where music can hypnotize
Where it can be played quietly
Where the audience is pulled in to the performance
 
The bigger the room the louder it has to be.
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Thursday July 26 9:00 Eddie Becker Band w/Choo Choo Charlie Williams
Friday July 27 9:00 Gina DeSimone & the Moaners w/Lisa Taylor 
Saturday July 28 5:00 Andy Rutherford's All-Stars
Saturday July 21 9:00 Oklahoma Twisters
Sunday July 29 5:00 The Grandsons
Sunday July 29 9:00 Marty B (Marty Baumann) & the Stingers w/Big Joe Maher
Monday, July 30 9:00 Patty Reese
Tuesday July 31 9:00 Dave Chappell, Jim Stephanson, Steve Wolf Trio
Wednesday August 1 9:00 Billy Hancock w/Dave Chappell
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Friday August 3 9:00 Electric Bob & Jerry Band
Saturday August 3 5:00 The Curbfeelers
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Future of Music Newsletter #58 | July 20, 2007
Just two items to report in this edition of the newsletter, but they're both big ones:
Indie artists and labels win major victory as Clear Channel abandons effort to force artists to give up performance royalties
Future of Music Policy Summit: Registration is Open

1. Indie artists win major victory as Clear Channel abandons effort to force artists to give up performance royalties
A little over a week ago, the Future of Music Coalition sent you an email announcing a new campaign to end a sneaky move by Clear Channel to not pay indie artists' royalties. We are pleased to announce Clear Channel has capitulated – in just 10 days.
Here's the background: As part of a settlement to end an FCC investigation into allegations of payola at some of their stations, Clear Channel and other broadcasters agreed to play 4,200 hours of local and indie music. Clear Channel set up a web page attached to each of its stations’ web sites that allowed local and indie artists to submit their music for consideration, but the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) found some troubling language in the license agreement: artists had to check a licensing agreement that said that the artist granted "Clear Channel the royalty-free non-exclusive right and license, in perpetuity […] to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, digitally perform […]" the content submitted via their website.
Clear Channel was asking artists to waive their performance royalties as a consideration for airplay. In other words, Clear Channel had responded to allegations of payola with a pay-for-play scheme aimed at indie artists.
This was an unconscionable action. As we shift from a physical to a digital music marketplace -- especially one in which fans will increasingly pay for access to music via subscription services -- performance royalties will become a more significant portion of artists' revenue. It is critical that precedents are not established that require artists to relinquish royalties as a condition of airplay.
Last Monday, July 9, FMC launched a week's worth of daily blog posts devoted to the topic, while A2IM continued direct negotiations on behalf of its independent label members with Clear Channel. Then, Congress got involved. On Thursday, July 12, Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wis., sent a letter to each of the major radio station groups, questioning their intent to honor the conditions of the payola consent decree. Feingold referenced the Clear Channel royalty issue in the letter, saying that the "required royalty waiver seems to violate the April commitment not to barter access to music programmers. I encourage you all, and Clear Channel in particular, to clarify this issue."
If you remember, we also promised you a surprise at the end of the week. On Friday, July 13, we filed a Request for a Declaratory Ruling at the FCC over Clear Channel's actions.
It was clear by the end of last week Clear Channel had had enough.
As of Monday, July 16, Clear Channel had revised the language in the licensing agreement (see example here). The new language removed the words "royalty-free" from the agreement, which ensures that artists can keep their rights to their public performance royalties. One of the nation's smallest music non-profits beat back the nation's most powerful broadcaster.
We want to thank the independent label group A2IM for all their hard work negotiating directly with Clear Channel on the revised language over the last two weeks. The victory is great for all musicians. It proves that we can take on the most powerful forces in the radio industry and win. It also shows a more equitable music business is possible if we band together to make a concerted effort.
You can continue this work by taking one or more of the following actions:
Get five artist/musician friends to sign up to receive the FMC newsletter
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Join the Rock the Net campaign, which brings together artists, labels and music fans to support net neutrality
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Donate to support our work: donations of any size are greatly appreciated
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Support the fight for Low Power FM Radio, which will help break the corporate control of the airwaves http://prometheusradio.org/take_action/lpfm_in_congress/#why_cant_i_get

Attend our 7th Annual Future of Music Policy Summit, September 17-18, 2007 in Washington, DC, where an unprecedented group of panelists and keynote speakers together with an engaged, diverse audience for a robust debate about the critical issues at the intersection of music, law, technology and policy. Details below! Registration is open now, and we have scholarships available for working musicians http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/Summit07/
If you want to be informed on the latest debates on policy in many areas of this crazy business we call music, I recommend this conference highly.  Answers may not come out of the debates - but you will know what it's all about and it will help you make decisions about direction.
WK
From the WAMA Newsletter
The Tribute to Nils Lofgren was part of the WAMA Timeline Concert Series and was an unforgettable concert held at Strathmore, on August 22, 2004, attended by more than 5,000 fans. A DVD of the concert, "Tribute to Nils Lofgren", is now available. It runs about 3 &1/2 hours & features an 11 song (full band) set from Nils and includes the long awaited Grin reunion with Bob Berberich and Tom Lofgren along with Bob Gordon's son, Billy on bass for a couple of numbers. The show began with 25 performers, all with musical and personal ties to Nils, performing an 18 song tribute that dug deep into his extensive song catalogue. There are amazing performances from Mary Ann Redmond, Tommy Lepson, Tommy Keene, Martha Hull, The Lofgren Brothers, Bobby Manriquez, Eric Ambel, Tom Miller, Julie Sanderson, Bob Berberich, Rocky Roberts and Eric Brace all backed by various Nils band mates including Tom Lofgren, Buck Brown, Timm Biery, Jeffrey "Skunk" Baxter, Mike Zack, Louie Newmyer, Chuck Sullivan, and Ronnie Newmyer. The show also featured one of the final performances by the late, great Wade Matthews.
All DVD sales proceeds (after production expenses) will be donated to Hungry for Music, a D.C. based, 501c organization that donates instruments and provides music education programs to children and schools that cannot afford them. Hungry of Music is also conducting an instrument drive, if you have a spare instrument and need a tax deduction.
The show was filmed by John Collins and Happy Medium Productions and recorded on 24 tracks by John Penovich. Tom Lofgren mixed the songs and John Collins spent countless hours over the last 3 years, editing the footage from the 4 camera shoot. Roy Witte and Nils crew made the whole show possible by donating their time and expertise to allow us to produce such a complicated show with band lineups changing on virtually every song.To order a copy visit www.bandhousegigs.com
Now This is Ultra-Cool
A great New Music FREE!!! Music Series at the Eastern Market on Sundays, beginning July 22.
The music will contribute to the lively street fair atmosphere at the Eastern Market, with its array of food, antique, and craft vendors.  
The Eastern Market Music series will present a sampling of the Washington area's best blues, bluegrass, jazz, contemporary, and international musicians. 
There will be two performances each Sunday, a morning set from 10:30 am to 1,  and an afternoon set from 1 pm to 3:30 pm. 
Here's the confirmed lineup:
Sunday July 29
10:30am Daryl Davis 
An accomplished blues and R&B musician,  Daryl Davis is one of the nation's finest boogie woogie piano players and a true Washington treasure. He has toured extensively with Muddy Water's Legendary Blues Band, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley's Jordanaires, The Coasters,  Pinetop Perkins and Johnnie Johnson. Davis earned his Bachelor of Music Degree from Howard University, where he was a member of their famed Howard University Choir and their renowned Jazz Vocal Ensemble. Davis is also a published author.  His CD “American Roots” has a little something for everybody from the roots of American music; Blues, Rockabilly, www.daryldavis.com.
1:00 Little Bit a Blues/Warner Williams & Jay Summerour
Guitarist and songster Warner Williams of Takoma Park, Md., is one of the greatest unsung heroes of the Piedmont blues.  His Eastern seaboard style incorporates fiddle tunes, ballads, country and popular songs, ragtime, and gospel. With a jaunty rhythmic finger-picked guitar-style and an eclectic repertoire that ranges from blues to honky-tonk, jazz crooning to children’s songs, Williams is an old-style community entertainer of national significance. He is joined by Maryland native Jay Summerour on harmonica and backing vocals --Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.  http://www.littlebitablues.com/
August 5 Tom Mitchell & Robert Redd (jazz); 10:30 / Blue Rhythm Boys (blues, swing, gypsy) 1:00
August 12 Unusual Suspects (contemporary acoustic) 10:30 / Over Under Down Yonder (bluegrass, rockabilly) 1:00
August 19 BluesWorks (blues) 10:30 / Pam Parker (jazz) 1:00
August 26 Archie's Barbershop Jambassadors (acoustic blues) 10:30 / Bill Baker Trio (contemporary acoustic) 1:00
September 2    (TBA) / Randy Barrett & the Barretones (bluegrass) 1:00
September 9 Travessia (Brazilian jazz) 10:30 / Sears Trio (blues, jazz, samba) 1:00
September 16  Reverb 10:30 / Blue Rhythm Boys (blues, swing, gypsy) 1:00
September 23 Dead Mans Hollow (bluegrass, Americana) 10:30 / Shackbreakers (blues) 1:00
September 30 Barrelhouse Brawl (blues, New Orleans jazz) 10:30 / Irish Breakfast Band (Irish, with step dancers) 1:00

The Capitol Hill Community Foundation --
www.capitolhillcommunityfoundation.org -- is sponsoring the event.  The foundation has been instrumental in helping raise money to support the vendors who were displaced from the market after the fire in April.
And Now For Something Completely Different
Salsapolkalooza!!!
Saturday July 28 11am - 4pm FREE!!!
Un Festival Bilingue Para Todos Del Barrio!
Salsa band! Polka band! St. Veronica's Youth Steel Orchestra! East Side Tony! Amazing art making for kids! International vendor marketplace. A charming, bilingual family centered festival that shares the warmth and breadth of our wonderful community! Kids make arte en estambre! Take a dance lesson! Lemonade and beer! Mama Geni's Brazilian lunch! Pysanky! Folk dance performances! Galleries and bar are open! Mexican beaded jewelry for sale!
Sat Jul 28 11am-4pm
FREE!!! GRATIS!!!
Creative Alliance at the Patterson Baltimore MD
Outside on East Ave & at The Patterson
CA’s big block party shows off the great music, dance, and art of Highlandtown’s immigrant cultures. Take a dance lesson. Listen to top-notch live salsa, polka and Caribbean music, trying your steps out on a real dance floor - outside! Kids create beautiful arts projects - lining the street with a filigree of cut paper, learning “arte en estambre” the yarn art of the Mexican Huichol culture. Inside the theater presents folk dance performances. Both galleries and the bar are open! Outside grab a Brazilian lunch from Mama Geni and check out Mexican beaded jewelry in the marketplace!

Come Dance!
Son D’Aqui
East Side Tony
St. Veronica’s Youth Steel Orchestra
Learn to salsa & polka!

Kids Make Art!
papel picado (paper cutting)
arte en estambre
pysanky
face painting

Watch Dance!
BAIC’s Soaring Eagles
Krakowiaki Dancers
Divino Salvador

‘Looza Beer + World Crafts & Cuisine
Free Prizes in the Highlandtown Merchants’ Scavenger Hunt!
An Ultra-Rare Appearance
Sunday July 29 9:00 Marty B (Marty Baumann) & the Stingers w/Big Joe Maher JV's Restaurant Falls Church VA
Marty Baumann is the long time guitarist for Bruce Ewan's Solid Senders. I actually cannot remember when the last time I saw him listed.
Movie & a Show
Wednesday August 1 7:00
Hello, Everyone,
The weather is hot, so why not come to an air-conditioned movie palace and see a great film about bluegrass music and then stay for a live music set?
Women In Film and Video (WIFV) is delighted to be working with the Avalon Theatre and the DC Bluegrass Union to present this evening of women-directed film and live music.
Bluegrass Journey 
"This stunning and joyful documentary immediately draws in both established bluegrass lovers and newcomers to the music with high-energy, intimately captured extended performances, verite footage and thoughtful interviews that depict and celebrate the contemporary bluegrass music scene. Set largely at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in update New York, and at the annual World of Bluegrass event in Louisville, Kentucky, Bluegrass Journey reveals breathtaking musical virtuosity, nearly obsessive audience dedication, and the rich spirit that infuses one of America's great musical genres."
Tickets are $12 and available at www.theavalon.org. 202-966-6000
Proceeds benefit WIFV. Following the screening, live music will be provided by members of the DC Bluegrass Union including Randy Barrett, Mike Marceau, Tom McLaughlin, and Mike Rychlik.
The Avalon Theater 5612 Connecticut Ave, NW, just a few blocks from Maryland.
Mike Marceau - Silver Spring, Maryland  
A Road Trippin House Concert (is this his Only Gig Out There?)
LAS VEGAS IS HOT, HOT, HOT, BUT HOUSE CONCERTS ARE COOL!
For any fans who live near Las Vegas, please note that I will be visiting there in another week and some dear friends are having a house concert featuring who else? ME......... Billy Hancock
Saturday, July 28th at the Plese's House (Sahara & Torrey Pines).
Nikki & Larry are hosting an open house to welcome The Multi-Talented Billy Hancock to Las Vegas for his first time ever.
Jamming will be encouraged, so bring your instruments. Jamming starts at 3:00pm.
House Concerts Are Coool! Here's 2
the deej is proud to open our home to you for your pleasure while enjoying a show in the Karl Straub Cronyism Touresidency
Saturday July 28 doors open @ 8:30 at the home of the deej
rsvp@thedeej.org
how much? we function on a donation basis (performers and house). we collect a $15 doornation for the BAND on the night of the show.
for Guaranteed Seats, inquire at rsvp@thedeej.org . 
seating is very limited, all others are standing room basis.
We also provide donation opportunities in support of the HOUSE during the show.
The deej relies on your generous support of local, organic music.
this is what Karl has to say about the Cronyism Touresidency--
Cult artist Karl Straub has worked for twenty years to develop a sound that mixes together many different styles . Straub puts music together with an organic and practical approach, the way a bird might build a nest from twigs, gum wrappers, plastic, and various discarded flotsam and jetsam. Straub is mostly known as a songwriter, and his songs have been recorded by numerous artists in many styles. His songs are eclectic enough to fit on albums by Last Train Home (alt country), Virginia Coalition (alternative), Lisa Mosciatiello (folk/chanteuse), Eugene Chadbourne (avant garde, country and western) and many more.
Straub's old band, the Graverobbers, began as a blend of Beatles/Dylan/Elvis Costello  influences with the trashier sounds of the New York Dolls and the Ramones. Over time, their sound evolved to include elements of jazz and country. More recently, the Karl Straub Combo has combined his songwriting with a growing interest in improvised guitar solos. Straub is working to integrate the jazz lines of Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk with the D.C. guitar tradition represented by Danny Gatton, Evan Johns, and Link Wray.
Straub's favorite audience comments include: "that song sounds like it was written by a Nashville songwriter working in a cubicle," "that song sounds like something Edith Piaf could have recorded," and "I used to like your music a few years ago, but now it sounds like some weird Texas thing."
The Karl Straub Cronyism TouResidency at the Deej will feature plenty of music by Straub's regular group, the Karl Straub Combo. There will also be special guests, selected from the musicians Straub has met and worked with over the years. upcoming guests are top secret at presstime, but on September 8 the bill will include the duo of Eugene Chadbourne and Jimmy Carl Black. Chadbourne is  legendary so-called "avant-garde" musician who has recorded with the Violent Femmes, Camper Van Beethoven, Evan Johns, Hank Williams's steel guitar player Don Helms, John Zorn, members of the Texas Tornados, etc. Straub owns about 80 hours of Chadbourne recordings, and it's only a fraction of his output.  Chadbourne's eclectic and irreverent approach to blurring the line between genres was an enormous influence on Straub's music.
Jimmy Carl Black played drums on many classic albums with Frank Zappa's original Mothers of Invention. Known as "the Indian of the group," Black was and is a master of the backbeat, the life's blood of the blues, r&b, and rock and roll.  the Chadbourne/Black duo will play many styles, probably including vintage r&b and rock and roll as well as older traditional and folk idioms, and  newer jazz and psychedelia. there should be a lot of cross-pollination at the show, with Straub sitting in with the duo, and the duo sitting in with the Combo. this is a unique show that you should not miss.
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Tuesday, July 31 7:30 pm
Casey Driscoll (Texas Swing fiddle)
From Nashville, Tennessee, Casey Driscoll will be performing tunes he recently recorded for an upcoming Patuxent Album. Casey is accompanied by guitarist Jonathan Grisham.
Admission:  $15.00
The Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods Comes Down on Europe
Bill Kirchen
7/23/2007 Stormy Monday at the Bulls Head Barnes, SW London, UK -
7/24/2007 The Musician Leicester, UK -
7/28/2007 Country Rendezvous Fest w/The Twangbangers, Craponne-sur-Arzon, France
7/29/2007 Festival Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
7/30/2007 The Famous Bein Inn Glenfarg, Perth, Scotland
8/03/2007 Down on the Farm Festival Gribsrod ved Halden, Norway
8/04/2007 Down on the Farm Festival Gribsrod ved Halden, Norway
Have Harp : Will Travel
Frederic Yonnet will perform a duet with three-time Grammy winner John Legend at The Kings and Queens Bash, an intimate and exclusive party on Thursday, July 26, at the world-famous Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. The duo will perform John's hit Ordinary People. This version, featuring harmonica and keys will be anything but ordinary. Visit www.johnlegend.com for more details. 

Frederic heads to the Old Dominion on Tuesday, August 14 to perform as part of Richmond Jazz Society's Guest Educators Series. This "informance" is designed to entertain and educate audiences about how the harmonica has been incorporated into jazz. Reserve your ticket today for this show at The Canal Club, 1545 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA. While this event is smoke-free, it will be smoking HOT!
Frederic performs on the jazz stage at the 17th Annual African Festival of the Arts on Friday, August 31 in Chicago's Washington Park. Other performers include Hugh Masekela, Goapele, Leela James, Randy Weston, Poncho Sanchez, James Cotton and Ron Carter.
There is no better way to celebrate the arrival of Fall than with good music. Don't miss Frederic at the 6th Annual Comcast Art & Soul Festival on Saturday, September 2, downtown Oakland's City Center. Yonnet will perform on the Soul Stage. Check www.artandsouloakland.com for more details.
Frederic returns to perform at the 4th Annual Silver Spring Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 8 in downtown Silver Spring, 600 N.Charles St. The festival run from 11AM-10PM. Frederic performs from 5PM-6PM.
Found in the Free Shows This week
Betcha You'll Hear a Wammer Jammer
Saturday July 28 7:30 The Deanna Bogart Band w/sp guest Magic Dick FREE!!!
The Deanna Bogart Band, with the extraordinary harmonica player Magic Dick as a special guest, will play Reston Town Center in Reston, Virginia on Saturday, July 28th, rain or shine, from 7:30 pm - 10 pm, FREE. It's part of a weekly summer concert series at this venue. Bring blankets and picnics and enjoy the free outdoor concert. Information line: 703-912-4062.
The Nighthawks Saturday Night Dance at the Manassas Harris Pavilion
Bobby Manriquez back visiting town at Faragut Square Thursday 8/2
 
It is truly incredible the amount of FREE!!! music you can find day in day out around the region.
Take the opportunity to discover new favorites or touch base with old friends.
114 SHOWS this week!
Thursday July 26 11:45am Robert Jospe & Inner Rhythm Metro Park Arlington VA FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 noon The Young Brothers  Trio Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 noon Cheers Hagerstown Band Shell Hagerstown MD FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 6:00 Serapis Foundation Brass Ensemble Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 6:00 Andrew Acosta & the New Old Time String Band River Hill Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 6:00 Elikeh African (fusion) Veteran's Park Woodmont & Norfolk Ave Bethesda MD FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 6:00 Catfish Hodge Dorsey's Search Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 6:00 Ellis Woodward Trio Hickory Ridge Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 6:00 Rick Whitehead Trio Rockville Town Center Rockville MD FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 6:30 Don't Panic Herndon Town Green Herndon VA FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 6:30 Jeffananna Church Cove Park St Michaels MD FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 6:30 US Army Blues National Zoo Connecticut Ave DC FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 7:00 Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet Lake Anne Plaza Reston VA FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 7:00 Halley Schoenberg Silver Plaza Silver Spring MD FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 7:30 Patty Reese Nottoway Park Vienna VA FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 7:30 Alexandria Harmonizers Fort Ward Park Alexandria VA FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 7:30 Peruvian Cultural Heritage Night Ossian Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Thursday July 26 8:00 Gail Maerten & Clem Emhoff Trio Lake Kittamaqundi Columbia MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 11:30am Linwood Taylor & Rude Dog King's Contrivance Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 11:30am Kinderman Wilde Lake Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 noon Francojazz Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Friday July 27 5:00 Warren Wolf National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden DC FREE!!!
Friday July 27 6:00 National Symphony Orchestra (in the concert hall) Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Friday July 27 6:00 Cityscape Bethesda Metro Center Bethesda MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 6:00 Orlando Phillips Harper's Choice Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 6:00 Sons of Pirates Rio Center Gaithersburg MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 6:00 The Splinters Vienna Town Green Vienna VA FREE!!!
Friday July 27 7:00 Rumba Club White Marsh Summer Concert Series White Marsh MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 7:00 Special Blend LaPlata Town Hall LaPlata MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 7:30 Jay Henley & the Stone Broke Band Montpelier Cultural Arts Center Laurel MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 7:30 B2B Herndon Town Green Herndon VA FREE!!!
Friday July 27 7:30 NVCC Annandale Symphony Orchestra Lake Accotink Park Springfield VA FREE!!!
Friday July 27 7:30 Mariachi Los Amigos Mason District Park Springfield VA FREE!!!
Friday July 27 7:30 Atzilut (Middle Eastern) Royal Lake Park Fairfax VA FREE!!!
Friday July 27 7:30 Fiesta Band (Latin) Kingstown Town Center Franconia VA FREE!!!
Friday July 27 7:30 Animide Power Plant Plaza Inner Harbor Baltimore MD FREE!!!
Friday July 27 8:00 The Nighthawks (Saturday Night dance) Harris Pavilion Manassas VA FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 10am John Hadfield Family Show/Monkeys in the House Mason District Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 10am Pirate Jack (Stories & Songs) EC Lawrence Park Amphitheater Chantilly VA FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 10am The Goodlife Puppet Theater Lake Fairfax Park Amphitheater Chantilly VA FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 10am Bob Brown Puppets Burke Lake Park Amphitheater Fairfax Station VA FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 2:00 The Beach Bumz Bowie Town Green Bowie MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 6:00 Melanie Mason Kentlands Clubhouse Gaithersburg MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 6:00 National Symphony Orchestra (in the concert hall) Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 6:00 Alibi Lurman Woodland Theater Catonsville MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 6:00 Jay Henley & the Stone Broke Band Quiet Waters Park Annapolis MD FREE!!! $5 to park
Saturday July 28 6:30 Kajun Kelly Silver Plaza Silver Spring MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 6:30 Zero Discipline Washingtonian Center Gaithersburg MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 7:00 Eastman String Band Black Rock Center for the Arts Germantown MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 7:00 Olney Big Band Gaithersburg Concert Pavilion Gaithersburg MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 7:00 Uptown East Harborplace Amphitheater Baltimore MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 7:00 The New Relics Whitemarsh Summer Concert Series Whitemarsh MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 7:00 Smooth Play Fountain Park Chestertown MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 7:00 Dead Men's Hollow City Park Bandshell Hagerstown MD FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 7:30 Deanna Bogart Band w/sp guest Magic Dick (of the J Geils Band) Reston Town Center Pavilion Reston VA FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 7:30 Fairfax Symphony Orchestra Summer Band Mason District Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 8:00 Hula Monsters Lubber Run Amphitheater Arlington VA FREE!!!
Saturday July 28 8:00 The Zapp Band/Nu-Era Fort Dupont Park Arlington VA FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 10:30am Daryl Davis Eastern Market DC FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 1:00 Little Bit-a Blues (Warner Williams & Jay Summerour) Eastern Market DC FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 3:00 The Roadrunners & Ice Cream Social Harris Pavilion Manassas VA FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 4:00 Lovecraft Harborplace Amphitheater Baltimore MD FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 4:00 US Navy Cruisers McLean Central Park McLean VA FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 6:00 Aishu Venkataraman Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 5:00 Sunset Big Band Downs Park Pasadena MD FREE!!! $5 to park
Sunday July 29 6:00 Deanna Bogart Lurman Woodland Theater Catonsville MD FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 6:00 Dead Men's Hollow Crofton Summer Concert Series Crofton MD FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 6:00 Crabtowne Big Band Linthicum Park Concert Series Linthicum MD FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 6:30 Columbia Jazz Ensemble Lake Kittamaqundi Columbia MD FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 7:00 Bobby Shore & First Call Randolph Road Theater Silver Spring MD FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 7:00 SoulStice Baker Park Frederick MD FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 7:00 Rock & Roll Relics Allen Pond Park Bowie MD FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 7:30 Electric Coalition band Montgomery Village Lawn Theatre Montgomery Village MD FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 7:30 Fairfax Symphony Orchestra Summer Band Mason District Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Sunday July 29 8:00 Jane Franklin Dance Lubber Run Amphitheater Arlington VA FREE!!!
Monday July 30 10:30am Seona McDowell Gaithersburg Concert Pavilion FREE!!!
Monday July 30 noon Kevin Cordt Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Monday July 30 6:00 The Grandsons Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Tuesday July 31 11:45am Allowishious Farhat Anna & David Plaza 1525 Wilson Blvd Arlington VA FREE!!!
Tuesday July 31 noon Eastman String Band Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Tuesday July 31 6:00 Lafayette Gilchrist Mondawmin Mall Summer Concert Series Baltimore MD FREE!!!
Tuesday July 31 6:00 Donny Hue & the Colors Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 11:30am Cletus Kennelly & Lori Kelly Harris Pavilion Manassas VA FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 noon Project Natale Rockville Town Center Rockville MD FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 noon Halley Schoenberg Willow Garden Bethesda MD FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 noon David Cosby Project Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 noon Vienna Youth Players Vienna Town Green Vienna VA FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 6:00 Coco Zhao Ke Kennedy Center Millennium Stage DC FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 6:30 Los Gatos Manassas Museum Manassas VA FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 7:00 Little Bit-a Blues (Warner Williams & Jay Summerour) Strathmore Hall North Bethesda MD FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 7:30 Mahala's Township Jive Lee District Park Amphitheatre Alexandria VA FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 7:30 Tim Roberts Saxophones Friendship Heights Village Center Friendship Heights MD FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 7:30 Razz'm Jazz'm Mason District Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 8:00 Melanie Mason Lake Kittamaqundi Columbia MD FREE!!!
Wednesday August 1 8:00 Damon Forman & Blue Funk Lake Kittamaqundi Columbia MD FREE!!! $3 to park
Thursday August 2 11:45am Janine Wilson Metro Park Arlington VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 2 noon The Crawdaddies Hopkins Plaza Baltimore MD FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 noon JB Beverly & the Wayward Drifters Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 noon Candy Craig City Park Bandshell Hagerstown MD FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 5:00 Bobby Manriquez Farragut Park DC FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 6:00 Wayne Wilkenson (jazz guitar) Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 6:00 Naked Blue Dorsey's Search Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 6:00 The Taters Hickory Ridge Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 6:30 The Natty Beaux Herndon Town Green Herndon VA FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 6:30 Bitter Creek Church Cove Park St Michaels MD FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 6:30 Quiqui Domenech & Los Hermanos Villanueva National Zoo DC FREE!!!
Thursday  August 2 7:00 Tom Principato Band Pentagon Row Arlington VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 2 7:00 October Skies Lake Anne Plaza Reston VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 2 7:00 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet Silver Plaza Silver Spring MD FREE!!!
Thursday August 2 7:00 Randy Barrett & the Barretones Cherry Hill Park Falls Church VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 2 7:00 Billy Clements & the Pick-Ups Fort Ward  Park Alexandria VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 2 7:30 Tidewater Guitar Orchestra Nottoway Park Vienna VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 2 7:30 Piedmont Blues Heritage Night Ossian Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 2 7:30 Jimmy Bratcher Lake Kittamaqundi Columbia MD FREE!!!
Bluemont Shows In Virginia are Incredibly Great Music Picnic Events
One of the most fun things to do over the summer is pack a picnic basket and head out into the Virginia countryside to take in a Bluemont Series concert
 
Flaming Shillelaghs
Bluemont Winchester Friday July 27 7:30
Old Frederick County Courthouse (Old Courthouse Civil War Museum) on the downtown mall in historic Winchester, VA. In bad weather, the concert will be moved indoors at the Old Town Event Center, located at 403 South Loudoun Street.
Bluemont Warrenton Saturday July 21 7:30
Old Shadowlawn at 70 Culpeper Street between Franklin and Lee streets, one block south of old Warren Green in downtown Warrenton In case of bad weather, the concert will be held indoors at Taylor Middle School.
The Flaming Shillelaghs first performed for the Bluemont Concert Series in the 1980s for First Night Leesburg. Since then, they have delighted audiences with their spirited renditions of traditional Irish dance music, haunting ballads and, hopefully, infectious humor.  The Flaming Shillelaghs are Jesse Winch, Joe DeZarn, Graham DeZarn, Danny Flynn, and Laura Murphy. They’re multi-talented, multi-instrumentalists who never let a good tune or song get by them
 
Danny Knicely
Bluemont Culpeper Friday July 27 7:30
Old County Courthouse lawn at West Davis Street in downtown historic Culpeper. In bad weather, concerts are held indoors at The Train Depot at 113 Commerce Street
Mandolinist Danny Knicely will blend the mandolin with vibraphone, guitar, bass, and drums featuring Dave Morgan on vibes and drums, Bert Carlson on guitar, and Ralph Gordon on Bass. This concert will include jazz along with some other styles of music, highlighting the virtuosity and versatility of these great musicians
 
Pan Masters Steel Orchestra
Bluemont Stafford Friday July 27 7:30
Porter Library, located at 2001 Parkway Blvd., in Stafford. In bad weather, the concerts will be held indoors at Park Ridge Elementary School, located across the street from Porter Library. 
Bluemont Leesburg Sunday July 29 7:00
lawn of the old Loudoun County Courthouse in downtown Leesburg
On the lawn of the Old Loudoun County Courthouse in downtown historic Leesburg, Virginia.
The popular Pan Masters Steel Orchestra thrills audiences with exotic island instruments, great music and dancing on the green. Their eclectic repertoire ranges from traditional island calypso, reggae and soca to the band’s interpretations of Stevie Wonder, the Beatles, J.S. Bach and more.  Originally from the Islands of Trinidad and Tobago, the Pan Masters are perennial winners of Baltimore, Washington and New York City steel band competitions, including outstanding performance awards at the DC Caribbean Carnival for ten years running. The Pan Masters have performed for Bluemont since 1982, and many of the current band members are children of the original Pan Masters.
 
Mambo Combo
Bluemont Fredericksburg Saturday July 28 7:30
Maury School Stadium field, located at the intersection of Hanover St. and Kenmore Avenue in historic Fredericksburg.  In case of bad weather, the concerts will be held at James Monroe High School
Mambo Combo is a five-piece band playing up-tempo Latin American and Caribbean music in a style reminiscent of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Instrumentation includes electronic keyboards, guitar, electric bass, conga drums, timbales and various other percussion instruments. Their grand finale comes complete with a “Batucade”, a highly charged drumming ritual, in a loose call-and-response format intended to encourage the audience to creative dance responses to the music. This version of the Brazilian Street Samba can be inspirational and often frenzied, particularly in costume.
Daryl Davis Band featuring Tutti Perricone
Bluemont Middleburg Saturday July 28 7:30
Madison Street in the center of downtown historic Middleburg. In bad weather, concerts will be held indoors at St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church on Sam Fred Road
The Daryl Davis Band is a five-piece rhythm and blues rock band of the highest order. Davis is an extraordinary man, a great singer, pianist, guitarist, composer and fantastic boogie-woogie player. The band’s instrumentals feature keyboards, rhythm and bass guitars, saxophone and drums and truly classic rock vocals.  Davis has worked with the Muddy Waters Legendary Blues Band, Elvis Presley’s Jordanaires, Chuck Berry, and other rock and blues greats. This special performance will feature Middleburg native Tutti Perricone performing with the Daryl Davis Band
 
Anthony Campbell
Bluemont Colonial Beach Saturday July 28 noon
Town Hill At the intersection of Washington Avenue and Colonial Avenue
Bluemont Luray/Page Saturday July 28 7:30
Page County High School
Stafford native Anthony Campbell became nationally known after winning the NBC TODAY SHOW Super-Star contest and performing live on national TV at the Rockefeller Center plaza. Campbell writes and performs a blend of gospel, rhythm and blues, pop and rock music, which he delivers in his powerful baritone voice.  Born and raised in King George County, Campbell began writing music, playing piano and singing at an early age.
 
One Horse Town
Bluemont Spotsylvania Sunday July 29 7:00
lawn of the Marshall Center-Snow Library at Spotsylvania Courthouse, located at 8800 Courthouse Road In the event of bad weather, concerts are held indoors at the Center.
Recently honored at the 2006 Washington Area Music Awards as “New Artist of the Year,” One Horse Town delivers a vast array of harmony singing, cowboy gospel wailing, boot stomping, alt-country/Americana, roots rocking originals, and no shortage of family fun. Co-singer/songwriters Janet Emma Garbe and Julia Kasdorf came together in May of 2000 to discover they had a knack for harmony singing and alternately penning and arranging songs together. Rounded out by pedal steel man Lynn Kasdorf, lead guitarist Stuart Martin, bassist Kip Martin, and drummer James Hayden, One Horse Town kicks up the dust in towns around Virginia, Maryland and DC on a regular basis
Westminster Church 8 YEARS AND RUNNING!
Absolutely one of the best Bargains and Music Scenes in the City
They've established a Great Jazz Scene in the City and now with a Blues Monday too!!
Admission is still only $5.  Please help us spread the word about the power of jazz to bring us together.
Every Friday at 6:00 great food available and always a great crowd
Westminster Church 400 I St SW DC 202-484-7700
As we move along in our 9th year together celebrating the wonder of American Jazz, we have another great set this Friday night:
Friday July 27
Reginald Cyntje, trombone
Herm Burney, bass
John Lee, guitar
Todd Marcus, reeds
 
BLUES MONDAY
Monday July 30
Tovia Bradley & True Blue
 
Blessings,
Rev. Brian
BAND BOX
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Sherwood Blues Band will be performing this Friday, July 27, 2007 at Old Angler Inn located at 10801 MacArthur Boulevard in Potomac, Maryland. Their number is 301 299-9097. This performance is from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM.
The Sherwood Blues Band will also be  performing Saturday, July 28, 2007 at The Olney Tavern, located at 18101 Town Center Drive in Olney, Maryland. Their number is 301 260-0500. Sherwood will take the stage at 9:00 PM.
The word is out, The Sherwood Blues Band puts on one of the hottest "live" shows around! Come out and see for yourself! To hear their debut CD and for more performance dates please go to www.sherwoodblues.com
DANCING IN DC
 
SWING
WSDC: Come visit us at www.wsdc.blogspot.com
 
Friday, July 27, Lush Life
8:30pm-12midnight (beginner swing lesson 8:30-9pm; dance 9pm-12midnight)
Chevy Chase Ballroom, 5207 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, DC $15
One of the most popular swing combos in town, Lush Life deftly weaves together a variety of influences to create an evening of sophisticated and fun swing dance music. 
 
Friday, July 27 Rockin Bones
8:30pm-12midnight (beginner swing lesson 8:30-9pm; dance 9pm-12midnight)
Hilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel, 13869 Park Center Road (Route 28 near the airport), Herndon, VA
$15
American roots rockabilly, played in the authentic style of the 1950s.

Friday July 27 9:00 The Big Four Combo (Big Joe Maher/John Cocuzzi/John Previti and..) Boumi Temple 5050 King Ave Whitemarsh MD 410-583-7337
 
Saturday, July 28 Tom Cunningham Orchestra Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, 5300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland
8-9pm drop-in beginner swing lesson
9pm-12midnight dance
$15
 
Sunday, July 29 7:00 -11:30
Blues Dance, Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park
DJ Roulette
Enjoy a night of dancing to a variety of hand-picked, sultry blues and swing tunes by a whacky crew of five of the area's most popular DJs - Mike Marcotte, Allen Kerr, Duane Grover, Glenn Scales and Johanna Greiner. The group will play a wonderful variety of styles including traditional and contemporary blues music, and classic cover tunes going back through the history of blues music. In addition, there will be a smattering of swing tunes of various tempos to suit all dancers. The dance goes from 8:30 - 11:30 pm.
For dancers who want to learn more about slow blues dancing, Mike and Donna offer a blues lesson from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This optional, 1-1/2 hour workshop offers footwork, moves and lead/follow techniques for dancing to slow, blues tunes. No partner required.
Cost: $14 for workshop and dance; or $10 dance only starting at 8:30pm. You do not need a partner. Tickets sold at the door.
 
Tuesday, July 31 The Grandsons Clarendon Ballroom, 3185 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA $10
9-11pm
A fan once described The Grandsons as "American music in a blender with the lid off." This low-down tuba-toting sax-blowing rock and roll band acknowledges influences in an eclectic whirlpool of New Orleans rhythm and blues, rockabilly, swing and country two steps. The Grandsons bring with them a pawn shop of instruments. Vocalist-guitarist-trumpeter Alan MacEwen charms audiences with his sly wit and winsome original songs; DC blues veteran Matthew Sedgley locks in the groove on drums and percussion. Saxophonist Chris Watling puts out a sound so meaty and memorable that he is in demand all over as a guest artist and session player. Don’t miss this rare appearance for swing dancers’ delight! *************************
CAJUN/ZYDECO
 
Friday July 27 6:30 Cypress Knees (local trio) plays Cajun music
@ The French Quarter Cafe: 19847-N Century Boulevard, Germantown, MD
phone (301) 515-7693
FFIC: (240) 687-2914 : http://www.thefrenchquartercafe.com/
Sunday August 29 4:00 Junkyard Saints Great Grapes! Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds Annapolis, MD
 
Thursday August 2 noon The Crawdaddies FREE!!! Hopkins Plaza Baltimore MD
Buffalo Jambalaya Zydeco and Cajun Dance and Music Camp 2007 August 9 - 12 Thursday - Sunday
Mark your Calendars and Sign Up!
Step Rideau and The Zydeco Outlaws
Terry and The Zydeco Bad Boys
The Lost Bayou Ramblers
Dance Lessons by Ben & Debbie (Zydeco)/Cal & Lou Courville (Cajun)/Marv Resnick (Survival dance skills)
Here's a link to a video from last year's camp: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjh33V8WyCQ
The price for full-time registration (Thursday - Sunday) is $300 through July 9. This includes lessons, music, dances, all food, midnight snacks, bed in a cabin etc.
Here is a printable flyer and registration form:
or just
www.buffalojambalaya.org for more information
Chef:
Michael Richard, past winner of "Best Louisiana Chef"
Lyceum Press Release:
Boulder Acoustic Society brings its unique brand of swingin' string band music back to Alexandria for their second appearance at the Lyceum on July 27. Boulder Acoustic's friend, Boston singer Gabrielle Louise, will perform an opening set.
Since their last show at the Lyceum, BAS has released a new CD, NOW, and acquired a new band member, Scott McCormick.
Boulder Acoustic Society placed second in the prestigious band contest at the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival--an amazing feat for an eclectic string band in a field full of traditional bluegrass bands. Boulder Acoustic Society is gaining fans far and wide for its energetic performances filled with fresh original material and intriguing arrangements of traditional tunes.
Here, for us, is the future of String Band Music on a silver platter." - Darol Anger
Scott, Kailin, Brad and Aaron are all accomplished multi-instrumentalists who captivate audiences with guitar, fiddle, string bass, marimba, ukulele, percussion, banjo and mandolin. Their deep respect for tradition, passion for innovation and intriguing instrumentation create a remarkable and memorable listening experience. The music is modern and accessible, subtle yet virtuosic, and serious yet light hearted. BAS is known all over North America for their innovative song writing, amazing improvisation and intimate, personal vocals.
Scott McCormick was raised in Chicago, Illinois with musical roots in punk rock, folk and Celtic music. After years of piano lessons, he felt he needed more of an outlet to express himself. He found that outlet playing at blues bars, gospel churches and jazz jam sessions. In 2001 he picked up the accordion to start The Paradise String Band with Aaron, and has not put it down since. Scott has played gigs with Max Weinberg, Doug Beach, Steve Wiest, Bob Newhart, Dave Pietro, Percy Heath, Tony Carpenter and Malcolm Banks (Earth, Wind, and Fire), and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey.
A native of Singapore, Kailin Yong is an avid crossover violinist playing a colorful palette of musical styles. Before moving to the United States in 1999, he won first prize in the Singapore National Music Competition, toured the world with the Asian Youth Orchestra, and studied classical violin performance and chamber music at the Vienna Academy of Music. Among his achievements, Kailin is honored to have been named the second recipient of the Daniel Pearl memorial violin at Mark O'Connor's Strings Conference in 2004. This award was established in the journalist's name to promote understanding, friendship and harmony among people through the power of music.

Brad Jones was born and raised in Montague, Michigan where he began playing guitar at age nine. He has studied with country session guitarist Dave Rudolph, and is currently earning his Bachelor's degree in jazz studies from the University of Colorado at Denver under Drew Morrell and Paul Musso. Brad's versatility as a musician has earned him a reputation for his ability to easily jump from one genre to another. He's extended his exploration of diverse styles--jazz, rock, blues, swing--to the ukulele, an instrument he looks forward to revolutionizing. Like his Boulder Acoustic Society bandmates, Brad has several side projects, including the Claim Jumpers and the Trad Jazz All Stars.

Aaron Keim's love of traditional string band music and jazz brought him to Boulder in 2003 to study for his graduate degree in music history at University of Colorado. As soon as Aaron rolled into town, he got a job selling folk instruments, further fueling his passion for research and performance of American roots music styles. Aaron blossomed into a diverse multi-instrumentalist. Besides his accomplished string bass playing, Aaron specializes in old time styles for ukulele, banjo and guitar. Aaron also plays old time and folk music in Songs From A Rocking Chair.

web site at http://www.boulderacousticsociety.net/
MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/boulderacousticsociety where you can hear songs from their CD.

Gabrielle Louise

Boston singer Gabrielle Louise will be opening for Boulder Acoustic. Gabrielle's songs are rooted in folk and country, while her melody and delivery show strong pop sensibilities. She is at one moment folkie and ethereal, the next moment a smoky jazz chanteuse. The twenty-one-year-old musician is noted for her poignant lyrics and sense of melody. Her songwriting has impressed fans and critics alike, becoming a two-time finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting contest, and winner of the Jack Maher Songwriting Award.
Raised in a small town in the Colorado Rockies, Gabrielle made her way to Boston in 2004 to study music professionally. The stark differences between her country life in the West coast and her cosmopolitan life on the East coast has offered a great deal of inspiration to her.
Gabrielle has been performing on the stage since a very young age, having grown up in a musical family. Her father, Paul Sadler III, began touring as lead guitarist for country music star Michael Martin Murphy when Gabrielle was eight.
In 2005 Gabrielle released her first solo EP, Amber and Black. In 2006 she released her full-length debut album, Journey, a genre-bending mix of folk/pop, roots, jazz, and alt-country that displays an emotional depth well beyond her age. Gabrielle Louise draws upon her nomadic upbringing in a family that moved constantly from one small Western town to the next. Journey is worldly in flavor, featuring eclectic instruments such as the Argentinean accordion and the Scottish harp. It is as versatile and enigmatic as she is, breaking away from an industry that yearns to peg down its performers.
Gabrielle's newest EP, Around in Circles, will be released in August. It features five songs, including a version of Leonard Cohen's "Take this Waltz" that Gabrielle says she is especially excited about. Guest musicians include Kailin Yong from the Boulder Acoustic Society and fiddler Nate Leath from Old School Freight Train.

Visit Gabrielle's web page at http://www.gabriellelouise.com/  or her MySpace page, which has includes four full songs, at http://www.myspace.com/gabriellelouisemusic .

Friday, July 27, 8:00 pm at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, children under 14 with an adult half price. Reservations can be made at www.sunspotpro.com  or by calling 800 404-9049.
Hurricane Recovery Volunteering
Find an organization (there are many) and plug into it.
Here's a new one forwarded by concept girl
Thanks for newsletter. I wanted to suggest another hurricane organization to add to the list, called Hands On New Orleans. Was created by someone Alicia and I know from growing up and has been getting a lot of good press.
http://www.handsonneworleans.org/
 
Common Ground
Red Cross
Second Harvest
 
Southern Mutual Help Association, INC. headquartered in New Iberia. Their area of recovery work stretches from Texas back across to Mississippi including all 8 storm affected parishes of Louisiana. The focus of their work is in the rural communities that were largely devastated by Katrina & Rita. 
Keep Connected to the Plight of the Gulf Region
I recommend that you use your computer to check out the newspapers of the devastated areas. Out here in the rest of the country the news cycle has left most of the info behind. That insulates you to the major struggle that still remains. The newspapers of the Gulf will bring the immediacy right back where it belongs - front and center.
We really can't allow the plight of the gulf region to slip from our sight.
You are the choir.
Sing it out to the rest of the world.
Give the gift of DC area connected music.
Put your own special collection of songs together by going to I-Tunes , Real Networks or any of the other pay for download services and send the collection to those that may not be aware of our musical riches.
 
I-tunes links to the ROR Catalogue (you can find these on nearly every other download site as well.
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers: Twist & Shout ROR004
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=6319133
Nap "Don't Forget the Blues" Turner: Live at City Blues ROR005
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=7799817
The Blues You would Just Hate To Lose Vol II ROR006
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers: Offshore Blues & Zydeco ROR008
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=6319240
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers: Whiskey Drinkin' Man ROR009
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=6319296
Nap "Don't forget the Blues" Turner: Live at Cada Vez ROR010
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=6319007
Nap Turner Presents: Hughes Views of the Blues ROR012
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=130230769
Where To Hear Music Off the Beaten Path
Radio in this region is such a vapid wasteland. The spectrum - so expensive that regular college radio pretty much does not exist beyond the borders of campus (with one notable exception). So where do you get the chance to hear off the beaten path music or any of the great area musicians on the radio. The less than a handful of stations deserve our support any way we can give it.
WPFW 89.3FM - The Don't forget the Blues Hour Mon-Thu 12:00pm -1:00pm * Zydeco w/Texas Fred Fri 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm * blues/old school Sat 8am - 7pm * jazz/caribbeana/world music through much of the rest of the radio clock wpfw.org
WTMD 89.7FM - Almost the entire radio clock - www.towson.edu/wtmd/
WAMU 88.5FM - Mary Cliff on Saturday nights/Bluegrass Overnight on into Sunday afternoon programming w/Dick Spotswood & others midnight Saturday thru 6:00pm Sunday wamu.org
WRNR 103.1 - the only commercial station on the list & home of Damian! wrnr.com
Micropower 97.5 (Radio CPR) (You have to live in the Mt pleasant /Columbia Hts/Adams Morgan area to get it)
Tuesdays from 4-6pm 'Come On, Children vintage blues/country/gospel show
archives of the show at www.myspace.com/comeonchildren  if anyone wants to hear it but can't pick up the signal
Follow Your Passion where it may lead
be it FOLK http://www.fsgw.org/ (Folk society of Greater Washington) or http://www.focusmusic.org/ (Focus Music DC) or http://www.IMTFolk.org (Institute of Music Traditions)
or BLUES http://www.dcblues.org/ (DC Blues Society) or http://www.mojoworkin.com/ (Baltimore Blues Society)
or ACOUSTIC BLUES http://www.acousticblues.com (Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation)
or JAZZ http://www.dcjazz.com   (DC Jazz)
or BLUEGRASS http://www.dcbu.org (DC Bluegrass Union)
or DANCING (swing/Latin etc) http://www.dcdancenet.com
The above, all serve as comprehensive greater DC area music resources for their respective genres. If you know of another that belongs in the list - pass it on
oh for Blues/Roots and otherwise excellent things to see/do/hear http://www.rightonrhythm.com
Open Mikes
WEEKLY OPEN MIKES
Sundays - 8:00 Bangkok Blues Open Mike Blues Jam different bands hosts each week
2nd Sunday Mark Mandel Blues Power, featuring Roger Edsall on harp, Bob Mallardi on bass and vocals, and Fred Hillyard on drums.  There is no cover but there is a 2 drink minimum
Sundays Twins Jazz 1344 U St Jam Session Every  with the Ron Gary Trio
2nd/3rd/4th Sundays 4:00 - Chick Hall's Surf Club - The Paulverizers open mike hosts blues/rock based
Mondays 7:30 pm - Jammin' Java Vienna VA - David Cotton open mike host
Mondays 8:00 Westside Cafe Frederick MD Showcase
Mondays 8:30 pm - Austin Grill - Silver Spring MD - Mike Holden open mike host
Mondays 8:00 pm - Chick Hall's Surf Club - Blu Lou host Blues Based
Mondays 8:00 pm - Old Town Firehouse Cue Makin' Noise Mondays (Open-Mic Night) Gaithersburg MD
Mondays 8:00 pm - Funk Box Baltimore MD - open mike night hosted by Derivative
Tuesdays 7:00 pm - Morningside House of Leesburg 316 Harrison St SE, Leesburg, VA Loudon Bluegrass Association host
Tuesdays 8:00 pm - College Perk Coffeehouse 9078 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD
Wednesdays 7:30 pm 49 West Joe Byrd Jam 49 West St Annapolis MD 410-626-9796
Wednesdays 9:00 pm - IOTA Arlington VA
Every other Wednesday 8:00pm - Beach Cove Restaurant - hosted by One Bad Jack Band Blues Jam Open Mic 8416 Bayside Rd., Chesapeake Beach, 301-855-0025. http://www.beachcoverestaurant.com/restaurant.htm For more info, contact Steve Crescenze, 301-932-2734, OneBadJackBand@aol.com
Wednesdays 9:00 pm - JV's Arlington VA - Vernon Santmyer or Bob Hume w/Martha Capone open mike host alternating weeks
Wednesdays 9:00 pm - Cheeseburger in Paradise - Fredericksburg VA - Tom Arbisi open mike host
Thursdays 7:00 pm - Mario's Steak & Cheese - 15209 Frederick Road in Rockville, MD  Acoustic Open mike Alternating hosts are Nikki Rouse and Tommy Wright 
Thursdays 7:00 pm - Woodman of the World -Fairplay MD Bluegrass Jam
Thursdays 8:00 pm - The Zoo Bar DC - Big Boy Little (Bret Littlehales) open mike host - usual house band - Rusty Bogart/Kevin Fordor/Robbie Leebrick
Thursdays 8:00 pm - Downtown Saloon - Leesburg, Va. Hosted by Rob Remington - rockabilly/blues/funk/fusion
Thursdays 8:30 O'Brien's 387 East Gude Dr Rockville, MD Acoustic Open Mic Hosted by John Trupp Excellent food and fun times! . List sign starts at 8:00PM
Thursdays 8:30 pm - Boe's Strings 26 S Market St Frederick MD - evening bluegrass jam session
Every-other-Thursday 8:00 Blues jam at The Country Store  Hosted by The Idle Americans with Wave Milor (vocals and harmonica), Matt Kelley (vocals and guitar), Steve "Wolf" Crescenze (bass) and Mike O'Donnell (drums) The Country Store 41566 Medleys Neck Rd. Leonardtown, MD 301-475-6820
Fridays 7:00pm - Songwriters Association of Washington open mike Mario's House of Steak and Cheese, 15209 Frederick Rd., Rockville, MD 240-314-0200
Saturdays 1:00 pm - Archie's Barber Shop DC - Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation - acoustic blues jam
MONTHLY and EVERY OTHER WEEK OPEN MIKES
Sundays - The Capitol Area Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association (CABOMA) holds its bi-monthly jams on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month from 2:00 to 6:00 PM at the Lyons Park Community Center in Arlington, VA. All are welcome. For full details please see our website: http://www.homestead.com/caboma/
Sundays 1st & 3rd Sundays 1:00-4:00 - Frying Pan Park Herndon VA Inside the Country Store in colder weather
2nd Sundays 6:00 Bluegrass open mike jam Sterling Golf Swim & Tennis Club 333 South Sterling Blvd Sterling VA http://www.spgstclub.org/
2nd & 4th Mondays 7:00 - Takoma Park VFW Post 350 - open Bluegrass Jam
2nd & 4th Tuesdays 6:30 - 8 PM Ashland Coffee & Tea bluegrass jam. Ashland VA
4th Thursday New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, MD Songwriters Association of Washington open mike
NEW JAM!!! Thursday, March 8, 7 - 10:30 pm
Blues jam at The Country Store hosted by The Idle Americans with Wave Milor (vocals and harmonica), Matt Kelley (vocals and guitar), Steve "Wolf" Crescenze (bass) and Mike O'Donnell (drums).  This will be our 1st jam here!  Next jam will be Thurs., April 5 and then it will run every other Thursday, so the 3rd jam will be April 19.  Come on out and help us bring the blues to St. Mary's County!
The Country Store
41566 Medleys Neck Rd.
Leonardtown, MD 20650
301-475-6820
www.countrystore.homestead.com
First Fridays 7:00 - Georgetown Cafe, 21 S. King St.,Leesburg, VA 703-777-5000 Joe Latham Host Bluegrass Jam
3rd Fridays 7:30 - Musicmasters 8455-H Tyco Road Tyson's Corner bluegrass jam http://www.music-masters.org/
1st & 3rd Fridays American Legion Post 86 2013 Viers Mill Rd Rockville MD Bill Mulroney the Second Wind Bandits at 8:00 open mike all genres 10:00 FFI Bill Mulroney at: lawMusicMan@aol.com
Last Fridays - The Arts Center, located in the Old Furniture Factory, 6 West Loudon Street (Business Rt. 7) in Round Hill, VA
1st Saturday Caribou Coffee in Bethesda, MD Songwriters Association of Washington open mike
Third Saturday 2-4 pm - "flatpick" jam - Music Masters 8455-H Tyco Road Tyson's Corner
Last Saturday Red Rocks Cafe in Centreville, VA Songwriters Association of Washington open mike
>Can't find your ROOTS? Connect with them here - get out there and listen to live music
It's time for the greater DC Regional ROOTS Network
There is overlap in coverage among these and that's not a bad thing. ROOTS do that. They overlap.
The Right on Rhythm schedule pages for blues/ROOTS and otherwise excellent things to see/do/hear
WAMU's Mary Cliff been reading a who's where list on her Traditions radio show on Saturday nights for over 30 years. She now has a web site that shows this comprehensive list. For folk/traditional/blues/bluegrass etc. ROOTS with a heavy emphasis on the Folk Traditions
The World Folk music Association keeps a comprehensive schedule of area folk concerts at http://www.wfma.net/DCEVENTS.htm
The DC Bluegrass Union web site now sports a comprehensive regional listing of all the Bluegrass events so for your Bluegrass ROOTS
Scott Mitchell's Fool's Night Out Web Site (named after a Phil Wiggins' song) providing a great variety of various roots things to see/do & hear http://www.foolsnightout.com/
Thanks to all of you!
Support live local music cause these are all the blues you would just hate to lose and remember:
Whether you are dancing
Whether you are playing
Whatever you are doing
It doesn't matter what you do as long as you hit the beat
or
It Just Doesn't Matter What You Do As Long As You're RIGHT ON RHYTHM!
Wayne Kahn
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