Friday, January 18, 2008

The Terrastock Music Festival

Thanks to Scott Scarboro for the heads up:

The Terrastock Music Festival
Four-day event coming to Louisville June 19-22, 2008.

Early-Bird tickets will be on sale soon.

Volunteers needed. E-mail: erica@terrascope.co.uk.

Terrastock is named because of its roots as a supplement to the print and online music magazine, "The Ptolemaic Terrascope", founded in England by Phil McMullen in 1989.

Terrastock VII 2008 is being planned and hosted by The Fuzz Boutique, LLC and Mellwood Arts Center with the support of local businesses. Terrastock will be held at the Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center at 1860 Mellwood Ave. Visit the website.

Thursday: 7p.m.-11:30 p.m.
Friday, Sat., Sun: Noon-11:30 p.m.

Who's playing so far:

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno featuring Pikachu (Japan)
Rob Sharples (UK)
Ignatz (Belgium)
MV & EE
Grails
Plastic Crimewave Sound
Antietam
Tanakh
Bevis Frond (UK)
Wooden Shjips
Insect Factory
Dead Maids (formerly Monster Bastard, UK)
United Bible Studies (Ireland)
Linus Pauling Quartet with special guests
Motorpsycho (Norway)
The Photographic
Marissa Nadler
Mono (Japan)
Sharron Kraus (UK)
Bardo Pond
Pelt
Major Stars
Windy & Carl
Kinski
Paik
Jack Rose
Tara Jane O'Neil
Damon & Naomi
Black Forest/Black Sea
Sapat

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

The 36th annual Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops announced

The 36th annual Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops are scheduled for June 29 – July 11 at the University of Louisville.

The workshops are open to beginners and advanced students, and have in the past drawn more than 400 students from 42 states and 26 countries.

Applications are being taken now, and students are encourage to apply early. Piano slots fill first.

The workshops' namesake, Aebersold, is an award-winning jazz educator, who since his retirement from U of L, has continued to host the workshops. Many of the workshops' 70-plus instructors are award-winning musicians in their own right: guitarist Dave Stryker, pianists Andy LaVerne and Steve Allee, saxophonists Don Braden, Antonio Hart, Eric Alexander and James Moody, bassists Rufus Reid and John Goldsby and drummer Ed Soph.

Free recitals by faculty are held at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings at U of L’s Comstock Hall; student concerts will be held in both the Comstock and Bird recital halls beginning at 1 p.m. on both Fridays.

Two large concerts will be held at 8 p.m. on July 2 and 9 at Masterson’s, 1830 S. Third St., (502) 636-2511. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 Louisville Jazz Society members and $5 students/camp attendees, and are available at the door the night of show. Advance tickets are available at the U of L School of Music box office beginning June 29. Call (502) 852-0522.

For more information on the workshops, phone the Aebersold staff at (812) 944-8141 or visit their website.

Friday, January 4, 2008

Louisville musicians play benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims

Thanks to newoldtymer for the heads up.

From New Orleans Times Picayune Music Blog:

"On Jan. 10, members of two great Louisville bands will join forces with other musicians for a benefit concert at the House of Blues Parish Room in New Orleans for musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Jon Langford and Sally Timms of The Mekons, Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket, Charles Bisell of The Wrens, Kimya Dawson (who recently contributed eight songs to the hit movie Juno), Timothy Bracy of Mendoza Line, Janet Bean of Freakwater and Craig Klein, Matt Perrine, Eric Bolivar & Bert Cotton of Bonerama will perform. Showtime is 9 p.m.

This concert benefits Sweet Home New Orleans, an umbrella organization for 14 non-profit agencies serving New Orleans' music community that provides relocation, housing and social services to musicians in need.

For more information, e-mail info@SweetHomeNewOrleans.org. To learn more about SHNO please visit Sweet Home New Orleans."

The Wilders
Thursday, Jan 17
Jim Porter's Good Time Emporium

The Wilders
Thursday, Jan 17
Jim Porter's Good Time Emporium
8pm
$10 advance / $12 door

Tickets available at Porter's Box Office, ear X-tacy and Ticket Web, www.jimporters.com or www.wilderscountry.com

Black Mountain announce tour dates

Vancouver psych-rockers Black Mountain have announced a slew of dates in '08, and Louisville is included among them

Jagjaguwar Records announced the dates today. The group will return on Friday, March 7, to Headliners Music Hall (1386 Lexington Road, 584-8088).

Complete dates follow below. For more information, check out the band's website and MySpace page.

01/31/08 Seattle, WA - Neumo's w/ Yeasayer, MGMT, Howlin' Rain
02/02/08 Portland, OR - The Doug Fir w/ Howlin' Rain
02/04/08 San Francisco, CA - The Independent w/ Howlin' Rain
02/05/08 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour w/ Howlin' Rain
02/07/08 San Diego, CA - Casbah w/ Howlin' Rain
02/08/08 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress w/ Blood on the Wall
02/13/08 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree w/ Blood on the Wall
02/15/08 Atlanta, GA - The EARL w/ Blood on the Wall
02/16/08 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle w/ Blood on the Wall
02/17/08 Chapel Hill, NC - The Local 506 w/ Blood on the Wall
02/19/08 Washington, DC - The Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Bon Iver
02/20/08 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's w/ Bon Iver
02/22/08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom w/ Bon Iver
02/24/08 Boston, MA - Middle East Upstairs w/ Bon Iver
02/25/08 Portland, ME - The Space Gallery w/ Bon Iver
02/26/08 Muncton, NB - The Manhattan w/ Bon Iver
02/27/08 Halifax, NS - The Marquee Club w/ Bon Iver
02/29/08 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rosa w/ Bon Iver
03/05/08 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace w/ Bon Iver
03/07/08 Louisville, KY - Headliners w/ Bon Iver
03/09/08 Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light w/ Bon Iver
03/10/08 Nashville, TN - Exit/In w/ Bon Iver
03/27/08 Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret w/ Ladyhawk
03/28/08 Regina, SK - The Distrikt w/ Ladyhawk
03/29/08 Saskatoon, SK - Amigo's w/ Ladyhawk
03/31/08 Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room w/ Ladyhawk
04/01/08 Calgary, AB - The Warehouse w/ Ladyhawk
04/05/08 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom w/ Ladyhawk