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Lukas has written and performed a remarkable number of songs during his 17 year career. His catalog encompasses a full range of genre from acoustic ballads to heart-wrenching tirades of pain and powerful musical statements about the state of today's world.
The development of this versatile artist began in the Jane and Lawrence area of Toronto Canada. Coping with a difficult childhood and broken home, he found solace in the music that he shared with his brother. Lukas recognized early in his life that he was able to produce his own songs with ease and found comfort in the process.
Check out a video of Lukas here: youtube.com
That’s right, Dave, you’re a wizard. Well, a songwriting wizard, anyway. So get out of that cramped room and get to Hogwarts—er, Nashville.
A few years later, Barnes graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in Recording Industry Management—“I’m one of the few musicians in the world actually using my major,” he laughs—and became a performing songwriter himself, relocating to Nashville to see what might happen.
At first very little was happening, with Barnes cutting his teeth in a 50-capacity room—and drawing just seven people at one point. But just a few years later, after crisscrossing the country and selling vanloads of two independent albums—Brother, Bring The Sun and Chasing Mississippi, the artist had landed songs on television and in films, and was well known to thousands who’d discovered his soulful, supple way with a melody, wrapping itself around a lyric that sneakily burrows under the skin. Those fans include Vince Gill and Amy Grant (who made guest appearances on Chasing Mississippi) and John Mayer, who said on his blog: “Go where this guy is taking you. My man’s aim is true!”
REASON: Helping to end Breast Cancer! Proceeds will go towards the
Susan G Komen- For the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust
Breast Cancer Fund. Click here for more information:
http://www.the3day.org/goto/melons
Sponsored by: Team Save the Melons, Participants in the Breast Cancer
3-Day 60-Mile Event
BUT WAIT... there's more! We will be holding a 50/50 raffle…additional
prizes as well! Tickets for the raffle can also be purchased in
advance, but you must be present to win!
THEN, we clear away the tables and have a 45 minute JAM SESSION. Yup, bring your instruments and plan to strum along and sing along. Ukuleles, guitars, mandolins, basses, kazoos-all instruments are welcome. We’ll have a giant chord sheet & take the jam at whatever pace is required.
The show starts at 5pm and runs till about 6pm. The jam session will start shortly after the show, ending by 7pm. Come sing, jam, enjoy and have some dinner or refreshments. The cozy ambience of Jammin’ Java, and it’s growing reputation for all ages concerts make this venue perfect for the event. Cathy & Marcy’s zany, energetic style gets everyone participating from the start.
Each Family Jamboree will feature new “special guests” from all walks of life and musical styles. Those interested in performing may send a demo audio or video to Community Music, Inc. PO Box 5778 Takoma Park, MD 20913.
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After the events that informed Ryan's 2006 release, From A Late Night High Rise (his brother was sentenced to 30 years in prison and he lost a very close friend to cancer), his music has turned an important corner. "Living a year like that, you kinda get winded, because you're confronted with how things can change. But once you come to terms and you gather yourself back in, well, I found myself invigorated by a sense of time. I guess I just want to make it mean something. I always did, but even more so now. You know? Work, living, happiness," Ryan said, while sitting at his kitchen table. Listening to MRVSS, it's hard not to notice the visceral, fully engaged spirit of the songs and performances. Gone is the almost "just the facts, ma'am" delivery of some of his previous releases. MRVSS is the sound of a brilliant writer and a careening band fusing the passion, indignation, hopes and struggles of its characters with intimacy and an explosive, anthemic cinema. Utterly human and wide-awake, it's music that feels like a Scorcese film for the ears.
Born in Wyoming and raised in Missouri, Nichols absorbed the sounds of both rural America and the records played around his house and the radio. He says, “The main station I listened to was out of Kansas City and played country music all day, then at nine o-clock at night they'd switch and become a soul station. It was magic, all this great music; Bobby Womack, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, The Staples Singers, all of it right there, in my bedroom, for free.”
When Jeb was fourteen the family moved to Austin, Texas and the thriving live music scene. He saw everything from Funkadelic to Bob Marley to George Jones to The Ramones and was knocked out by The Sex Pistols. That was all new, the sound, the fury, the politics, all of it and it led straight to the road again, this time to New York. “I was seventeen”, recalls Jeb, “and New York was like nothing I'd ever seen. I'd always felt like an outsider and then there I was, in a town of outsiders. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.”
In New York he was awarded a full scholarship to study painting at Parsons School of Design. He also started hanging out at clubs like Tier 3, The Loft and the Mudd Club where he became friends with members of the Slits and Neneh Cherry. It was the emerging hip hop scene that was most fascinating for him. “It was 1979 - and nothing in the world was more exciting than rap. The Treacherous Three, Funky Four Plus One, Grandmaster Flash - that stuff was so great! And then you had DJs like Larry Levan, it was fantastic.”
On this third CD for Dualtone, Texas singer/songwriter Radney Foster continues to take chances. Introspective yet freewheeling, This World We Live In combines Foster’s gift for literate songwriting with the rough and tumble sound of a man who’s done battle with the complexities of life.
The set reunites him with producer Darrell Brown and engineer Niko Bolas, the team behind Foster’s critically acclaimed See What You Want To See. “Darrell and Niko are two of the most creative individuals I know,” says Foster. “And we’re like brothers, so we hold nothing back. The trust and freedom that brings to a project is immeasurable.”
The band stepped back into studio in the Summer of 2006 to cut five new tracks with Barber. They released the five track EP, "Anywhere But Here", in November 2006. The new EP was received extremely well, selling 3,000+ CDs, and 60,000+ digital singles to date. After a few line-up changes the band rounded out to a four-piece. The quartet - Cook, his cousin and bassist Will Cook, drummer Bobby Morgenthaler and guitarist Pat Jenkins - hit the road in May 2007 for their first East Coast tour. The band spent the Fall of 2007 writing for their full-length debut, “How To Call A Bluff”. In March 2008 My Favorite Highway began recording the new record in their hometown with Paul producing and engineering. The eleven track full-length is scheduled to be released on July 22, 2008 and features ten brand new tracks and one old song. Once the record is released the band plans to tour full-time until they conquer the world, take over the FM radio waves and win a Grammy.
The funny thing is, his career first took at a time when everybody, in the music biz at least, wanted to know who the hell John Eddie was. It was the mid-eighties and the Virginia native, who'd recently relocated to New Jersey, was playing a showcase club in Manhattan called Trax. A busload of supporters had come to cheer him on. A few A&R guys caught the show, in which John wowed everyone in the house. By the next morning he found himself on the brink of an intense major-label bidding war that soon attracted the interest of the press as well as the industry. It didn't hurt that Bruce Springsteen, was, and still is, a fan and would sometimes surprise John by hopping onstage during his weekly gig at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.
Though lots of comparisons to the Boss were made, especially after John signed a two-album deal with CBS/Sony, John's approach was always more Memphis than Asbury Park. He had a lot of country in him, plus elements of soul music, folk, and rockabilly. There was boyish swagger in his voice, but it was the vulnerability lurking behind it that could really get to you. John had an easy-going rapport with his very loyal audience, and a self-deprecating sense of humor that has only sharpened over the years.
Beyond launching an exciting relationship with a new label, the vibrant collection finds Forbert in the midst of a true career renaissance at the wonderful age of 52—a time in his life he reflects upon wistfully on the sly narrative of the uptempo, horn driven tune “Middle Age.”
This is his eleventh release of the decade, a roll that began with Evergreen Boy in 2000 and included four live recordings in addition to a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Folk Album for Any Old Time: Songs Of Jimmy Rodgers--a tribute to “America’s Blue Yodeler” who was the first country music superstar (and a native of Forbert’s hometown, Meridian, Mississippi). In 2003, Geffen released Rock While I Can Rock: The Geffen Years, which featured material from two albums Forbert released on the label, 1988’s Streets Of This Town and 1992’s The American In Me. In October of 2006, Forbert was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame.
Come ready to see the guys a little out of their comfort-zone - without their band, without noisy electric guitars. Come ready for a good time.
Kyle will be joined by fellow Berklee student, Jesse Ruben. Jesse is a talented Singer/Songwriter from Philadelphia, PA who’s record “Aiming For Honesty” is out now, and has had extensive radio airplay on XM (loft) and on Philly’s XPN with tracks produced by Kyle Patrick and Clay Cook.
She sings. It's what she does. Chelsea Lee sings like she means it, with a voice that services the emotion of the song. It’s a voice that carries joy and pain into the heart of the listener, with unbridled passion that borders on obsession.
So let’s get this out of the way now: Chelsea Lee is 16. As in, born in 1991.
It’s not a gimmick, it’s just the chronological way things are. It’s too easy to say she sings beyond her years, but she does. The maturity and professionalism showcased on stage and on disc are hallmarks of seasoned veterans, yet the chestnut haired charmer – who carries herself with the same sophistication as she performs – has it all. And she mixes the professionalism with youthful enthusiasm because singing is fun. It’s what she does.
And she writes the songs that she sings, which may be why she sings them to perfection. The songs are soulful folk with a modern pop sheen that showcase those beyond-her-years vocals.
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From Download.com: "Ringleader is the one to watch in this modern pop circus."
From Impact Press: "Solid female vocals pour over mainstream power pop."
From Pulseweekly.com "All the songs are catchy, and they bubble with
pop excitement."
These are just a few of the many positive reviews of DC-area's
Ringleader. The band's combination of hook-filled pop songs and
energetic live performance is sure to entertain and delight.
Ringleader looks forward to recording a new full length CD this fall
with noted producer Jim Ebert.
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On his ninth album, the cagily titled Exit Strategy of the Soul (with an emphasis on the last word of this provocative phrase), Sexsmith once again brings a provocative new wrinkle to his expansive aesthetic. Informed but not entrapped by soul and gospel music, ornamented by a Cuban horn section and his own gorgeously imperfect piano playing, the album achieves a sort of metaphysical dimension while maintaining breathtaking intimacy.
Recorded with John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth), Jennifer
O'Connor's recenty released "Here With Me" is a breezier, more upbeat
work than 2006's "Over The Mountain," but with no less of an emotional
wallop. Her songs have never before sounded this crafted or hit the
listener with such immediacy.
"A rush of everything you ever liked about indie songwriters:
substantial songwriting, crystalline vocals, sumptuously simple
pop...you have to love an artist who reminds you of everyone but
defies comparison." - NY Time Out
"...tidy and infectious songs." -The New York Times
Malone was born in the dirty south and grew up listening to her mother sing in the church choir every Sunday. When it came time to craft her own sound, she took those religious roots, blended in enough rock and soul to keep the devil satisfied, and came up with her 9th studio CD, Sugarfoot. It's a high-spirited stripped down blend of rootsy acoustic slide, gritty electric blues and explosive vocals - rock with just enough blues edge to get the medicine down. Sugarfoot sounds like the lost recordings of Bonnie Raitt and the Rolling Stones meeting up in Susan Tedeschi's garage for a late night jam session. And as is usually the case with Malone, the disc is an experience best enjoyed at high volume.
"You could say you knew him when." - Daily Herald
"He sounded great...like a mix between Ray LaMontagne and someone else I can’t quite put my finger on. He was excellent...” - Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)
"He has a strong voice that can still invoke vulnerability and he's good at establishing a hook. You know, that part of the song that smacks you up side the noggin and demands you listen." - cursedmonkeypaw
Forming in 2003 and self-releasing their first self-titled record later that same year, the mid-western quintet have had a positive outlook on the music scene since day one. "We try to stay fun and energetic and do it differently than other bands," says drummer Michael Govaere. In an industry that some say has gone bleak and dark in the last year, Every Avenue keeps fun and enthusiasm in their music, their live show, and most importantly, their attitude.
Combining several decades of acclaimed records and failed relationships, Eric ("maverick genius" Record Collector) and Amy ("poet laureate of bohemian domesticity" Memphis Flyer) join together to play their should-be, could-be and has-been hits, accompanying each other with harmonies, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, keyboards and beatbox.
An album of ten new songs and one cover version, played and sung entirely by the courageous pair, will be out late summer through the legendary Stiff label.
Originally from London, now based in Arlington VA, The Crowd Scene are
apparently a walking encyclopedia of pop hooks and melodies.
Audiocafe had this to say about The Crowd Scene's debut record "Turn
Left at Greenland":
"The Crowd Scene is a walking encyclopedia of pop hooks and melodies
from both sides of the Atlantic. Sometimes it's the brainy pop of 10CC
or the quirky cleverness of Squeeze, sometimes it's the sweeter
confections of Neil Finn, sometimes it's Brian Wilson's soaring Pet
Sounds harmonies".
Paul and Storm have been writing and performing funny songs together for a long, long time, starting with their stint together in a cappella band Da Vinci’s Notebook. Their music tends to make people laugh and feel good, and Paul and Storm believe that this makes their pursuit noble, right and just.
BONUS: their live show is better than 1,000 Fonzies, and more spellbinding than Mr. T on a unicycle.
Anyone with ADD will appreciate the broad range of territory that Paul and Storm cover in their music... Chicken nuggets. Love. Boxing nuns. Relationships. Pirates. Friendship. If James Taylor were on fire.
Catchy melodies and well-constructed music underpin the comedy, and in live performance their harmonies draw comparisons to the Everly Brothers, while their stage presence evokes the Barenaked Ladies. They will do nearly anything to win the hearts and minds of their audiences, and often throw Twinkies, Moon Pies and/or other snack cakes into the crowd to help seal the deal. Occasionally, panties are thrown back.
All of their music is available from their website (www.paulandstorm.com) in CD format or as downloadable mp3's.
Paul and Storm's music is often heard on the "Bob and Tom" syndicated morning radio show, and has been heard on “The Drew Carey Show”, Comedy Central, XM Satellite Radio's "Dr. Demento" show, and on the popular web cartoon site Homestarrunner.com.
FlatSpin the band are a lot more fun!
With a common background in aviation, the three founding members Dave (Bass), Chris (Drums) and Thorsten (lead guitar) only really took off with the 'on-time' arrival of Jules (vocals) and Suzanne (guitar and supporting vocals)!
FlatSpin hail from Northern Virginia and tonight marks them getting back out of the hangar and doing what they do best: rockin’ things up by playing the sort of music that make you want to have a beer, a dance and a good time!
Stand-by for formation guitar playing, turbulence-free drumming, mile-high bass and supersonic singing! Guests will be limited to two check-in bags and one carry on bag, but the good news is there will be no lines at security and plenty of liquids for sale at the bar!
The profits from tonight’s gig will all be going to support local boy Brett Gillum, who was born with Chondrodysplasia Punctata, a rare skeletal disorder. Brett needs ‘round the clock care but even with his limitations Brett is a happy little boy, whose abilities far out weigh his disabilities. www.brettgillum.com for more info.
Mark Radcliffe hailed her voice and songs as “enchanting, beguiling and as fascinating as songs by Kate Bush and Björk” and KT Tunstall described her voice as "formidable and amazingly rhythmic". The elfin figure they are describing is Julie Fowlis, a talented singer and instrumentalist from Scotland. She is the BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2008 and in a few short years has taken the music scene by storm, gathering a small army of fans around the world including an impressive list of celebrities including the afore mentioned Mark Radcliffe, KT Tunstall plus Ricky Gervais and Phil Selway from Radiohead. In 2007 she was invited to appear on "Later...with Jools Holland" and was a special guest on the critically acclaimed "Transatlantic Sessions" series and has entertained millions of radio listeners around the world with her engaging live sessions and live performances. However she is somewhat of an enigma as she sings in a language only understood by around 60,000 people - which accounts for only approximately 1% of the population of Scotland.
She sings in Scottish Gaelic and spends her time touring around the world bringing ancient songs from the Hebridean Islands to new audiences. She is an accomplished musician as well - playing Highland bagpipes, whistles, oboe & cor anglais and three waltzes on the one row melodeon. Recently Julie has delved a little into broadcasting, and has had the opportunity to present two flagship music programmes on BBC Scotland - the traditional music programme "Travelling Folk" and the world music show "Global Gathering". A one hour documentary on Julie and her musical travels, entitled "Bliadhna Julie/Julie’s Year" was also broadcast by the BBC in 2007. She was publicly voted Gaelic Singer of the Year 2007 at the Scots Trad Music Awards and her album "cuilidh", produced with husband Eamon Doorley, was voted "Album of the Year" at the same awards. She has a clutch of other awards, including BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award 2006 for Best Emerging Artist (the first ever Gaelic Artist to be nominated for such an award) and was also voted Gaelic Singer of the Year 2005 at the Scots Trad Music Awards. She remains the only singer to have won this prestigious award twice. She is very chuffed about this and her Mam and Dad have the awards up in the living room. For more info or to buy Julie’s acclaimed debut solo album, see her website www.juliefowlis.com
Dead Men's Hollow draws its influences from bluegrass, country, blues, and gospel. The result is a unique sound, fronted by tight three-part female harmony vocals backed by fiddle, upright bass, and guitar. The group's repertoire comprises a vast array of original and traditional music, encompassing the early centuries of America's musical history as well as modern tales of love and loss.
The group has recorded two commercially released CDs, the most recent of which spent 13 weeks on the Roots Music Report bluegrass airplay chart. Dead Men's Hollow has tracks on four area compilation CDs, appeared on national television, received ten Washington Area Music Association "Wammie" Award nominations, won three Wammie Awards—including Best Bluegrass Group and Bluegrass Album of the Year—and continues to be played on radio programs around the world.
Nominated for Best Group, Best Live Act and Best Album in the forthcoming BBC Folk Awards.
Winners of the BBC Horizon Award at the BBC Folk Awards 2008
Described as "a bewitching, dream-like, down-to-earth masterpiece" in the Observer Music Magazine's Top 50 Albums of the 2007, The Bairns is already a classic in its own lifetime.
Dancing down the leftfield and singing in their own lilting Geordie accents, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset are the "inheritors, curators and gleeful distorters" (Ian MacMillan) of Tyneside's traditions.
Elements of blues, jazz, burlesque cabaret, classical and leftfield contemporary music make their take on folk music peerless, fearless and wholeheartedly brave, winning fans as disparate as Robert Wyatt, Kate Rusby, Paul Morley, Phil Jupitus and Joan As Policewoman.
Debut album Cruel Sister won Mojo Folk Album of the Year, and new album The Bairns has been described as "utterly gorgeous" by The Guardian as "a work of towering quality" by The Telegraph.
Consider yourself ahead of the curve if you can't immediately put
your finger on Danger Radio's sound—after all, that's sort of the
point. The band's Photo Finish Records debut album, Used And Abused,
fuses more classic pop styles and eras than a free-form radio station,
while the members' backgrounds are so diverse, it's amazing they ended
up on the same continent, let alone in the same band. But be glad they
did, because as the new tunes prove, anytime they hit studio or stage,
Danger Radio stir up the sort of chemistry you can't manufacture or
buy. Forget genre tags. Don't obsess over individual influences. Like
the wise man said, these dudes are one nation under a groove.
Their latest release, Used And Abused, is a full-blown Technicolor
production. Recorded with both Mike Green (Paramore, The Matches) and
Grammy winner Mike Elizondo (Eminem, Maroon 5, Rilo Kiley), the album
expands tenfold on the hook-filled energy of its predecessor, with
performances that are alternately tight enough to turn heads and loose
enough to get down to. "Touring was a huge influence on this record,"
says Hartikainen, who rounds out Danger Radio with de Torres, Kunkel,
keyboardist Spencer Phillips, and the twin-guitar team of Elan Wright
and Andy Brookins. "You hear your songs differently when you play them
live, and you get the chance to tighten and reshape them every time
you play. And for a band like us, it's just as important to see the
songs people are responding to—because we want the audience to have as
much fun as we are."
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