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Coronado Wins Big At 15th Annual Jazz Festival

CheapCDs — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:53:57 +0000

The Coronado-based quartet The Lonesome Georges outscored all participating bands and the Coronado High School Jazz Ensemble took first-place honors in the Intermediate category at the Coronado Jazz Festival, held Saturday [May 12] at the high school.

The competition drew a total of 33 bands from throughout Southern California for a full day of musical competition and instruction.

The Lonesome Georges, which earned top honors in the college and independent bands category, was the only band in any category to earn a perfect 100 percent score from all three judges. The band includes Coronado High School seniors Nick Velez on drums, and Daniel Shaughnessy on saxophone, along with Ben Statz, Westview High School, piano, and Ben Levinson, Poway High School, bass.

The band performed four original selections written by Statz. The Lonesome Georges was formed in 2010 and has played numerous private parties, social functions, and restaurant dates in Coronado and around the county. The combo is scheduled to perform at the Coronado Promenade Concert on Sunday, June 3 in Spreckels Park.

The Coronado High School Jazz Ensemble placed first among intermediate bands. The CHS band’s program covered jazz standards by Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins. The ensemble was anchored by the rhythm section of Cory Noonan, drums; Michael Beeson, electric bass; Miranda Adams, acoustic bass; Kenneth Jacobson, guitar; and Velez on piano. The band’s brass section included Victor Obando, trombone and trumpeter Luis Heredia. A front line of woodwind players included Larissa Ryan, flute; Amy Aldrich, and Catheran White, clarinets; Adam Angelino, bass clarinet; Brad Matheus and Shaughnessy, tenor saxophones; and Sterling Henkin, alto saxophone. Shaughnessy was named the festival’s outstanding musician in the Intermediate category for his solos with the Coronado High School ensemble.

All bands paid to compete for the Jazz Fest titles with their fees, along with donations, and proceeds from the concession stands all benefiting the Instrumental Music program of the Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA).

A special highlight of Saturday’s Jazz Fest was a free big band concert at noon featuring the San Diego State University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Bill Yeager. The San Diego State musicians also held “salt-and-pepper” clinics throughout the day. In these learning laboratories, student musicians sat alongside their counterparts from the SDSU big band, playing jazz pieces and receiving tips and instruction on technique, tone, and other elements of performance.

“The Jazz Fest is a singular experience for young musicians,” said Lukas Schulze, CoSA Instrumental Music Director. “It goes beyond competition to really explore the fellowship of music and the transfer of knowledge and skills among peers and between generations.”

The CoSA instrumental music program provides intensive study in jazz, classical and other disciplines for musicians aspiring to professional performance careers.

International Jazz Summer School & Music Festival, Sligo, Ireland. 24th-29th …

CheapCDs — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:53:55 +0000

SLIGO, Ireland, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
One of the worlds most unique music festivals, Sligo Jazz Project (SJP) has announced a stellar 16-strong summer school faculty and jazz festival line up for its 2012 main event, which runs from July 24-29 in the northwest of Ireland gateway city. Most significant is the return of jazz double bass legend Rufus Reid who joins renowned drum guru John Riley, bassists John Goldsby and Michael Janisch, trombone maestro Marshall Gilkes, pianist John Taylor, vocalist Diana Torto and festival guest of honour Kenny Wheeler. Sligo Jazz Project features 16 renowned international musicians and educators at their music school summer course. Six days of intense activity, with workshops and masterclasses each day, concerts in the evening and jam sessions each night, provides the best possible training for any jazz musician. SJP’s Eddie Lee sums up the event: “We try to keep the event educational and inspirational, combining masterclasses, workshops, concerts and jam sessions in an action packed week which is subsidised and therefore affordable and inclusive to musicians of all levels and backgrounds”. SJP summer school fees (Starting at EUR275) include admission to a full blown jazz world music festival which includes concerts by all the faculty members plus Danish bassist Jasper Hoiby’s Phronesis, Kenny Wheeler, Zakir Hussein’s Masters of Percussion, Femi Temowo and many others TBC. For more info:

http://www.sligojazz.ie

Testimonials from SJP’s 2011 summer school faculty:

“I have been teaching on jazz workshops and summer schools for the past 25 years in places like the US, France, Germany, the UK and Ireland. It is without doubt that I say the Sligo Jazz Project ….is the most organized and smoothly ran workshop that I’ve ever been involved with”…. Jean Toussaint

“I had the pleasure of taking part in the Sligo Jazz Project 2011. The workshop and concerts were well organized and the faculty and participants were inspiring. Sligo is a lovely town, definitely worth a visit. Hope to see you there next year. ” … John Riley, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra drummer New York.

“It was a pleasure to teach on the Sligo Jazz Project. The students and faculty were great to work with and I think it was a particularly creative and enjoyable experience for everyone”… John Taylor

“Joining the line up for Sligo 2011 International Jazz Summer School and Festival was one of the most inspiring weeks i’ve had in sometime! And judging from the feedback from the students and punters, this great festival is destined to be a very important fixture on the annual Jazz festival map” … Cleveland Watkiss

“I had a wonderful week and feel completely invigorated by it. it’s such a lovely combination of teaching and playing, and your relaxed approach allows everyone to just do what they do. I thought it was a very strong faculty”. …Paul Clarvis, UK drummer/percussionist and educator.

“I had no concept of what a big operation it was until I experienced it for myself. The administration team you assembled was brilliant, the tutors were treated like Royalty and the programming of workshops, events and gigs made it considerable value for money for the participants of the workshops” … Linley Hamilton, tutor and BBC Radio Ulster Presenter

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Article source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/international-jazz-summer-school-music-festival-sligo-ireland-24th-29th-july-2012-2012-05-18

Malaysia To Host First World Youth Jazz Festival

CheapCDs — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:53:54 +0000

Malaysia To Host First World Youth Jazz Festival

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Bernama) — Malaysia will host the first World Youth Jazz Festival, to be held in Putrajaya from May 23 to 27.

Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said it would be held in conjunction with the Gathering of a Million Youths as an effort to attract more international participants to the event.

He said 227 Jazz musicians from nine countries, comprising the United States of America, France, Germany, Australia, Singapore, India, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, would participate in the festival.

“This festival is important as it will help to internationalise the Gathering of the One Million Youths,” he told reporters after opening the World Youth Jazz Studio in Sri Petaling here today.

He said the selection of Malaysia as the first country to host the festival was made by the Asian Jazz Festival Organization and the World Jazz Society.

On the World Youth Jazz Studio, Ahmad Shabery said it would be another venue for youths to show off their talents and to share their knowledge with jazz music lovers from all over the world.

This, he said, would indirectly help in efforts to expand the jazz community, comprising people from various background and age, in the country.

— BERNAMA

Article source: http://celebrities.bernama.com/index.php?ct=newsdetail&lg=en&id=667163

City Hosts Annual Memorial Day Jazz Festival

CheapCDs — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:53:51 +0000

Alexandria will host the 35th Annual Memorial Day Jazz Festival on May 28, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Waterfront Park, at the bottom of Prince Street.

Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets or simply sit on the grass. Food, such as barbeque, fried chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, snow cones and funnel cakes will be for sale, but everyone is welcome to pack a picnic lunch or supper.

Grilling, alcoholic beverages, smoking and pets are not allowed at the event.

If it rains, the free festival will relocate to the Lee Center’s Kauffman Auditorium, located at 1108 Jefferson St.

The performance schedule is as follows (The following information was provided by the city):

1 p.m. — The Commodores
Navy’s premier jazz ensemble, featuring 18 of the Navy’s top jazz and big band musicians.
2:30 p.m. — Marcus Johnson
Renowned jazz keyboardist, composer and producer who has been included among the ranks of contemporary jazz greats such as Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride and Vanessa Williams.

3:30 p.m. — Barbara Martin Trio featuring Liz Barnes
Features straight ahead jazz standards and original compositions by vocalist-guitarist Barbara Martin and pianist Liz Barnes.

4:30 p.m. — Al Williams
Alexandria favorite and four-time WAMMIE Award winner, the latest, for 2010 Best Jazz Best Jazz Instrumentalist.

For more information on the annual Memorial Day Jazz Festival, call the Special Events Hotline at 703.746.5592 or visit www.alexandriava.gov/recreation.

Article source: http://oldtownalexandria.patch.com/articles/city-hosts-annual-memorial-day-jazz-festival

Playboy Jazz Festival 2012

CheapCDs — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:53:49 +0000

The prestigious Playboy Jazz Festival will return to the Hollywood Bowl June 16 – 17 with a rich roster of talent that includes the biggest names in jazz, along with future jazz headliners.

The performances will include an eclectic mix of everything from standards and blues to Latin beats and world fusion.
Headliners for the 34th annual Playboy Jazz Festival will include the legendary Ramsey Lewis, Ozomatli, the Christian McBride Big Band, Shelia E. and Boney James.

“It’s one of the great musical venues of the world,” said Boney James. “It’s always exciting to play at the Hollywood Bowl. It’s got such a history to it.”

James is making his fourth appearance at the festival.

“The Playboy Festival is such a venerable festival,” James said. “There have been so many great artists over the years that have played the festival.”

Saxophonist James has four gold albums, three Grammy nominations, a Soul Train Award, and an NAACP award nomination to his credit.

He took up the saxophone after starting in elementary school as a clarinet player.

“They didn’t have any trumpets when I went to the music store, so I took home a clarinet,” James said. After a few years playing the clarinet James switched to the sax after his music teacher explained to him that he could be in the stage band in high school if he played sax.

“I loved it, I realized there was a lot of popular music that featured saxophones,” James said.

Emmy and Grammy-nominated Sheila E. marks her festival debut as a leader. She has previously performed several times at the festival with her legendary father, percussionist Pete Escovedo, and their family‘s famous band, with whom she still tours.

Sheila E. is also a star in her own right. She has served as the musical director for such superstars as Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé and Prince. She also toured with Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band in 2001, 2003 and 2006 and more recently performed alongside Marc Anthony in the American Idol Season 10 finale.

“The Hollywood Bowl is one of the most iconic places to perform in the world,” Sheila E. said. “To know of all the great music and the great musicians that have performed there, I am honored to be part of that community.”

Sheila E. said the Bowl is a great place to listen to and experience music.

“To sit outside, under the stars, enjoy the music with friends and family, it’s amazing,” she said.

Having played the festival on numerous occasions, Grammy-winner Ramsey Lewis will take to the Playboy stage for the first time with his popular Electric Band. Lewis is known for his hits “The In Crowd” and “Hang On Sloopy” – among others. He has earned three Grammy awards and seven Gold Records.

Currently riding high with the success of his fifth album, “Love After War,” RB artist Robin Thicke is making his highly anticipated festival debut. Thicke has composed and produced for such superstar artists as Michael Jackson, Marc Anthony, Christina Aguilera and many others.

Philadelphia born bass virtuoso and Grammy winner Christian McBride is one of the most recorded musicians of his generation. He has appeared on nearly 300 recordings as a sideman or leader and has played with such high caliber artists as Sting, The Roots, Kathleen Battle, Carly Simon and James Brown, to name a few.

Celebrated Los Angeles culture-mashers Ozomatli are returning to the Playboy stage for their fifth appearance. They offer an eclectic and notorious urban-Latino collision of hip-hop and salsa, dance hall and cumbia, samba and funk, meringue and comparsa, East L.A. RB and New Orleans jazz mixed with Jamaican reggae and Indian raga.

Celebrating their 50th anniversary, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band is synonymous with Dixieland and of New Orleans jazz and blues. Making a return appearance, the group once again will bring the spirit of the Crescent City to the Playboy stage.
Famed comedian Bill Cosby will make his 31st appearance as emcee of the festival.

Single day tickets will be available through Ticketmaster starting February 16th. Patrons can purchase tickets online at www.ticketmaster.com, over the phone by calling (213) 365-3500 at any Ticketmaster outlet or by downloading a ticket order form available at www.playboyjazzfestival.com.

Article source: http://www.the-signal.com/section/48/article/65805/

Book Review: Harlem Jazz Adventures – A European Baron’s Memoir 1934 -1969 by …

CheapCDs — Fri, 18 May 2012 09:52:50 +0000

It would be hard to imagine a better companion for a tipsy tour through New York’s vibrant jazz scene in its golden age than Baron Timme Rosenkrantz. Emigrating from Denmark in pursuit of the music he loved, he became a friend to just about everyone he met. And he met just about everyone who mattered in jazz.

Rosenkrantz was indeed a Danish Baron, and his memoirs open with his 1934 arrival in New York and subsequent ill-advised foray into Harlem at a time when, to be blunt, white people simply weren’t safe there. Yet luck was on his side – charming, disarming, and without a bigoted bone in his body, by chance he met John Hammond (the man who discovered Billie Holiday and Bob Dylan, among many others). Hammond provided an initial introduction to the black clubs with the hottest jazz around. Soon Rosenkrantz was a familiar (and often the only white) face in every jumping joint in town.

Harlem Jazz Adventures, adapted and edited by international jazz journalist Fradley Hamilton Garner, is a fascinating and exuberant account of Rosenkrantz’ encounters with the giants of jazz. Anecdotal chapters tell of his encounters with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Duke Ellington, and virtually every player in each and every band that passed through town.

Escapades include a raucous Christmas with Errol Garner, keyboard cutting contests with Art Tatum and Fats Waller, a brief stint as a gigolo, pitching a song to “the father of the blues” himself, W.C. Handy – and the list goes on and on. Rosenkrantz loved musicians as much as he loved jazz itself, and was always happy to share his other love – booze – leading to all-night parties the likes of which most only dream of.

Indeed, Rozentkrantz – despite his modest protestations, an amateur musician himself – immersed himself thoroughly in his beloved jazz. For a time he owned a record store, though he was more interested in the freewheeling jam sessions the back room provided space for. A part-time journalist, he published his impressions of American jazz in Danish newspapers. He produced a handful of recordings, ran a home recording service for musician friends, and hosted a jazz radio show. The only thing he didn’t do, it seems, is make much money from any of it; despite his noble lineage, Rozenkrantz, who loved to spread it around when he had it, was always scrambling for money. Still, as he himself writes,

“. these gigs ended like most of my American ventures. Lots of fun, and money for everyone but me. But I am not complaining. No one had a better time than I did. I would do it all over again and go home just as happy.”

Although it’s amply evident that he knows his way around a chord change, Rosenkrantz doesn’t set out to analyze the music.

“Let me say from the start that I am not a musician myself., I am not a critic, I’m just a little layman with an ear for music and a heart that beats for jazz.”

Instead we get colorful and intimate portraits of the men and women who made the music, all filtered through the happy recollections of a humble and unassuming rascal. Perfectly capturing the mood of the times, he takes us into the speakeasies and after-hours clubs frequented only by those “in the know,” places where musicians now regarded as titans of twentieth-century music would let loose after the “official” gigs ended.

Garner proves an ideal editor; it’s obvious that he genuinely likes his subject, and his translation from the original Danish sparkles. He’s scrupulously careful about accuracy – each chapter includes copious footnotes – but even his revisions are labors of love, gentle nudges rather than harsh corrections, and his notes are affectionate and warm.

Towards the end Rozenkrantz leads a friend on an elegiac journey through his old stomping grounds, the vast majority of the clubs and musicians long gone. An era had passed, and a saddened Rozenkrantz returned to Europe, passing away in 1969. True, jazz would no doubt have flourished anyway had Rozenkrantz never ventured into Harlem. But it couldn’t possibly have been as lively without the genial Dane.

A fascinating and illuminating glimpse into a now-vanished golden age, Harlem Jazz Adventures is essential reading for anyone interested in jazz or music in general.

View the original article on blogcritics.org

Go! Bars & Clubs calendar: May 18-24 – Times Herald

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AIR Studio Gallery — Drum circle with Nate Brenowitz, 71 O’Neil St., Kingston, 8 p.m. May 19, $5. 331-2662. www.airstudiogallery.com.

American Glory — Karaoke with DJ Ed, 342 Warren St., Hudson, 8:30 p.m. May 24. 518-822-1234. www.americanglory.com.

Aqua Terra Grille — Radio Flyer, 420 N. Middletown Road, Pearl River, 10 p.m. May 19. 920-1340. www.aquaterragrille.com.

Aroma Thyme Bistro — Jazz with John Simon and the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio, 165 Canal St., Ellenville, 8-11 p.m. every Thurs, no cover. 647-3000. www.aromathymebistro.com.

Babycakes Cafe — Bob Stump and the Blue Mountain Band, 1-3 Collegeview Ave., Poughkeepsie, 9 p.m. May 18. Also: Barbara Dempsey Company, 7 p.m. May 24. 485-8411. www.babycakescafe.com.

Bacchus — Bad Princess, 4 S. Chestnut St., New Paltz, 10 p.m. May 18. Also: Madre Padre with Lovesick, 10 p.m. May 19. 255-8636. www.bacchusnewpaltz.com.

Backstage Studio Productions — Coterminous Collectiv, 23 Wall St., Kingston, 8 p.m. May 24, $5. www.bspinfo.net.

Baker’s Tap Room — Keith Newman, 184 Yulan Barryville Road, Barryville, 7 p.m. May 18. 557-8558.

Banta’s Steak Stein — Joe Paj, 935 Union Ave., Newburgh, 6 p.m. May 18.

Bashakill Vineyards — Rock Ridge Band, 1131 South Road, Wurtsboro, 2 p.m. May 19. 888-5858. www.bashakillvineyards.com.

BeanRunner Cafe — Andy Polay Quintet, 201 S. Division St., Peekskill, 7:30 p.m. May 18, $10. Also: Annette A. Aguilar and the Stringbean 4Tet, 7:30 p.m. May 19, $10. 914-737-1701. www.beanrunnercafe.com.

Bearsville Theater — Woodstock Day School Soundout/Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration hosted by Happy Traum and featuring Donald Fagen, Amy Helm, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Carl Newman, Don Byron, Aaron Freeman Mike Ruthy, Doug Yoel, Zee Avi, Connor Kennedy, the WDS Upper School Rock Ensemble, others, 291 Tinker St., Woodstock, 8 p.m. May 18, $20-$100. Also: Vonda Shepard, 9 p.m. May 19, $30. Also: GI Blythe, 8 p.m. May 21, no cover. Also: Lindsey Webster, and guests, 8 p.m. May 23, no cover. 679-4406. www.bearsvilletheater.com.

Blarney Station — Open mic with Joe Frazita or Steve Wells, 10 Railroad Ave., Warwick, 8 p.m. May 23. 986-1506

Bourbon Street — DJ, 78 Mill Pond Parkway, Monroe, 10 p.m. May 18-19 and 24. 782-8501. bourbonstreetbarandgrill.net.

Brian’s Backyard BBQ — Mike Packer and the Whiskey Sinners, 1665 Route 211, Town of Wallkill, 9 p.m. May 18, no cover. Also: Jake Walker and Galea, 9 p.m. May 19. Also: New York Swing Exchange, 5 p.m. May 20. Also: Open mic, 7 p.m. May 23-24. 692-3227. www.briansbackyardbbq.com.

Bull and Buddha — Singles Night, 319 Main St., Poughkeepsie, 6-8 p.m. May 24. 337-4848. www.bullandbuddha.com.

Cafe Internationale — DJ Octavius, Ramada Inn, Route 300, Newburgh, 10 p.m. May 18, $5. Also: Harvest Band, 10 p.m. May 19, $5. Also: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. May 23. 567-9429. www.cafeinternationale.com.

Captain’s Table — Stuedabaker Brown, Route 17M, Monroe, 10 p.m. May 18. Also: Hardcover, 10 p.m. May 19. 783-0209. www.captains-table.com.

Catamount Restaurant at Emerson Resort and Spa — Elly Wininger and Dave Kearney, 5340 Route 28, Mount Tremper, 7 p.m. May 19, no cover. Also: Open mic hosted by Ben Rounds, 7 p.m. May 22, no cover. 688-2828. www.emersonresort.com.

CB Kitchen and Bar — D.F.N.U., 190 S. Main St., New City, 10 p.m. May 18. Also: The McMarshall Gang and guests, 10 p.m. May 19. Also: Jeff Rubin, 7 p.m. May 24. 499-2294. www.cbkitchenandbar.com.

The Chance — Corky Laing of Mountain, Blank Statement, Feed Your Anger, 6 Crannell St., Poughkeepsie, 7:30 p.m. May 18, $15. Also: Get Your Wings, Obsidian, the Greg Woods Project, Dead End, Night Riders, 7:30 p.m. May 19, $10. 471-1966. www.thechancetheater.com.

Chapala Grill — Leo B., 335 Windsor Highway New Windsor, 7 p.m. May 24. 391-3133.

Club Harmony at Wok ‘n Roll Cafe — Zumbi Zumbi, 52 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, 8 p.m. May 18. Also: Open mic, 8 p.m. May 23. Also: Saturday Night Bluegrass Band, 8 p.m. May 24. Visit Harmony Music Woodstock Facebook page.

Club Helsinki Hudson — The Revelations, 405 Columbia St., Hudson, 9 p.m. May 19, $15. Also: The Blue Maddies, 8 p.m. May 21, no cover. 518-828-4800. www.helsinkihudson.com.

Colony Cafe — Steve Mulvaney Group, Woodstock, 8 p.m. May 12, $5. Also: Denise Parent Kyle Esposito, 6:30 p.m. May 20, $5. 684-7025. colonyarts.com.

Copa Lounge — Latin Nights, Ole, 829 Broadway, Newburgh, 10 p.m. May 18, $10. 561-6797. www.dmunights.com.

Country Kitchen — Calamity Jane, 440 S. Plank Road, Newburgh, 7 p.m. May 18. 564-5599.

Dancing Cat Saloon — Dirt Simple, 2037 Route 17B, Bethel, 8 p.m. May 18. Also: iS, 8 p.m. May 19. Also: Donna Singer, May 20, call for time. Also: Stacy Friends, 8 p.m. May 24. 583-3141. www.dancingcatsaloon.com.

Dautaj — Jeremy Langdale Band with vocalist Shawn “Dimples” Austin, 36 Oakland Ave., Warwick, 8 p.m. May 18. Also: Pianist-vocalist Richard Wiggins, 8 p.m. May 19. 986-3666. www.thedautaj.com.

Dave’s Coffeehouse — Ray Spiegel Ensemble, 69 Main St., Saugerties, 8:30 p.m. May 18. Also: Jazz with Tom Depetris, Jody Sumber, Allen Murphy, 7 p.m. May 23. 246-8424.

Dubliner Irish Pub — Dance party with DJ Frankie Milo and DJ Ill Bill, 796 Main St., Poughkeepsie, 10 p.m. May 18-19. Also: Messers Minstrels, 6 p.m. May 20. Also: Karaoke, 10 p.m. May 23. 454-7322. dublinerpubny.com.

Ducktown Inn — Time Bomb, 246 Walsh Road, New Windsor, 9 p.m. May 19. 562-9877.

Eddie’s Roadhouse — Black Dirt Band, 18 Main St., Warwick, 10 p.m. May 19. 986-7623. www.eddiesroadhouse.com.

Elmendorph Inn — “Acoustic Medicine Show” with Debbie Fisher, Sandy Bailey, Thomas Earl, Alexia Evans, 7562 North Broadway (Route 9), Red Hook, 7 p.m. May 19. Visit http://elmendorph.org.

Elvedge Restaurant, Bar Lounge — DJ, 101 N. Plank Road, Town of Newburgh, 10 p.m. May 18-19. Also: Karaoke, 8 p.m. May 23, 9:30 p.m. May 24. Call 926-1738 or visit www.elvedge.com.

Emerson — “Spotlight on Song” with Robert Burke Warren, Doug Yoel, Josh Roy Brown, 5340 Route 28, Mount Tremper, 8 p.m. May 24, $15. 688-2828. www.emersonresort.com.

Emmett’s Castle at Blue Hill — Irish music jam session, 285 Blue Hill Road, Pearl River, 5 p.m. May 20. 735-3504. www.emmettscastle.com.

Empty Bottle Saloon — DJ Victor Vargas, 30 W. Main St., Middletown, 10 p.m. May 19. 344-4446. www.emptybottlesaloon.com.

Erhardt’s Waterfront Restaurant — Burden on Society, 205 County Route 507, Hawley, Pa., 8 p.m. May 18. 570-226-4388. www.ehrhardts.com.

Erie Hotel Restaurant — Leo the Lizards, 1 Jersey Ave., Port Jervis, 9 p.m. May 18, no cover. Also: Frank Sorino Band, 9 p.m. May 19. 856-6325. www.theeriehotel.com.

The Falcon — Cameron Brown’s Dannie’s Calypso, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, 7 p.m. May 18. Also: Chris Bergson Band with Tres Amigos, 7 p.m. May 19. Also: Tillery (Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens), 7 p.m. May 24. 236-7970. www.liveatthefalcon.com.

Fireside — Hurley Mountain Highway, 84 N. Liberty Drive (Route 9W), Stony Point, 8 p.m. May 19. 429-0484.

Gloria’s Pub 151 — Country music and line dancing, 151 N. Plank Road, Newburgh, 9 p.m. Fri. Also: Karaoke, 8 p.m. Wed. 565-8171.

Gold Fox Restaurant — Off-key Karaoke with Tina and Roger, 600 Route 208, Gardiner, 9 p.m. May 18. www.thegoldfoxrestaurant.com.

High Falls Cafe — “Jazz at the Falls” with host Bill Bannan and guests Eddie Diehl and Lou Pappas, Berme Road, High Falls, noon May 20. Also: Acoustic Thursday: Kurt Henry and Cheryl Lambert’s 25th wedding anniversary and married couples night, including Steve and Terri Massardo, Barbara Dempsey and DeWitt Nelson, Julia and Ira Levin, Helen Avakian and Terry Champlin, and others, and maybe the Kurt Henry Parlour Band, 7 p.m. May 24, $5. 687-2699. www.highfallscafe.com.

Holiday Inn, Kingston — Bronx Express Friends, Gather’s Lounge, 503 Washington Ave., Kingston, 8:30 p.m. May 18, 9:30 p.m. May 19, no cover. 338-0400. www.holidayinnkingstonny.com.

Howland Cultural Center — Open mic with Thom Lynch, 477 Main St., Beacon, 8 p.m. May 18, $3. 831-4988. www.howlandculturalcenter.org.

Huntsman Restaurant — Yosh, 1745 Macopin Road, West Milford, N.J., 9 p.m. May 18. 973-728-5565. www.huntsmanrestaurant.com.

Hyde Park Brewing and Steakhouse — The Cagneys, 514 Route 9, Hyde Park, 9:30 p.m. May 18. Also: Steve Black, 9:30 p.m. May 19. Also: Petey Hop’s Open Mic Blues Jam and Review, 8:30 p.m. May 23, no cover. 229-8277. www.hydeparkbrewing.com.

Inquiring Mind Bookstore Cafe — Open mic hosted by Chrissy Budzinski, 65 Partition St., Saugerties, 7 p.m. May 22. 246-5775. inquiringmindbookstore.webs.com.

Josh’s Java Lounge — Open mic hosted by Norm Wennett, 51 Tinker St., Woodstock, 7 p.m. May 24.

Keegan Ales — Voodelic, 20 St. James St., Kingston, 9 p.m. May 18, no cover. Also: Midnight Slim, 9 p.m. May 19. Also: Big Bang Jazz Gang, 6 p.m. May 20. Also: The Honey Brown, 7 p.m. May 23. Also: Chris Cernak, 7 p.m. May 24. 853-7354. www.keeganales.com.

La Puerta Azul — Myles Mancuso Band, 2510 Route 44, Millbrook, 8 p.m. May 18. Also: Lick the Toad, 8:30 p.m. May 19. Also: Jazz with the Tom Depetris Trio, 6-10 p.m. May 24. 677-2985. www.lapuertaazul.com.

Latitude 41 — Karaoke with Stacy, 322 Lakeside Road, Hewitt, N.J., 9 p.m. May 24. 973-506-7557. www.latitude41lounge.com.

Lia’s Mountain View — Crossroads Band, Route 82, Pine Plains, 9 p.m. May 18. 518-398-7311

Loft — First Blood, Born From Pain, Betrayal, Naysayer, 6 Crannel St., Poughkeepsie, 6 p.m. May 18, $12. Also: Macabre, Mobile Deathcamp, Hemlock, Project Insanity, At Ropes End, In the Casket, Blood Obsession, Necroptic Engorgement, 6 p.m. May 24, $13-$15. www.thechancetheater.com.

Loughran’s — Parting Glass Band, Route 94 and Schoolhouse Road, Salisbury Mills, 7-10 p.m. May 24. 496-3615.

Luzon Station Eatery and Saloon — Patti Greco Sunshine, 3 Horseshoe Lake Road, Kauneonga Lake, 7-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Also: Karaoke, 10:30 p.m. Sat. 583-4200. www.luzonstation.com.

Mahoney’s Irish Pub and Restaurant — Dr. Mudd, 35 Main St., Poughkeepsie, 10 p.m. May 18. Also: Fikus Band, 10 p.m. May 19. Also: Irish music, May 20, call for time. Also: CB Rock, 10 p.m. May 22. Also: Karaoke, 9 p.m. May 23. 471-3027. www.mahoneysirishpub.com.

Market Market Cafe — Trummors, Zachary Kale, Madeline Lane, Rosendale, 10 p.m. May 18. Also, May 19: Megan Reilly, 10 p.m.; Purple K’Nif, 11 p.m.. Also: Public Domain Movie Night, 7 p.m. May 20. Also: Ross Rice, 9 p.m. May 24. www.marketmarketcafe.com.

McGillicuddy’s Restaurant and Tap House — DJ Chris Gilbert, 84 Main St., New Paltz, 10 p.m. May 18. Also: DJ Joe Fresh, 10 p.m. May 19. Also: DJ Joey P, 9 p.m. May 21. Also: Band-aoke — sing with the band the Lounge Lizards, 10 p.m. May 24. 256-9289. cuddysny.com.

Milford Open Mic — 611 Broad St., Milford, Pa., 7-10 p.m. May 18, by donation.

Millbrook RB — The Cheating Hearts, 3264 Franklin Ave., Millbrook, 10 p.m. May 18. Also: Tremor, 10 p.m. May 19. Also: Sunday Movie Night, 7 p.m. May 20. Also: DJ Benni C, 9 p.m. May 22. Also: Karaoke, 9 p.m. May 23. Also: Open mic, 9 p.m. May 24. 677-3432. www.millbrookrandb.com.

Monticello Casino and Raceway — DJ Tunes, Route 17B, Lava Lounge, Monticello, 8 p.m. May 18. Also: The Shallows, 9 p.m. May 19. 794-4100. www.monticellocasinoandraceway.com.

Music at the Mission — Karen Savoca, 1452 Union Valley Road, West Milford, N.J., 8 p.m. May 19, $22-$25. 973-728-4201.

The National — Replica, 73 Clinton St., Montgomery, 9:30 p.m. May 18. Also: Lucky House, 9:30 p.m. May 19. 457-1123. www.thenationalhotelbarandgrill.com.

New World Home Cooking — Broadband, 1411 Route 212, Saugerties, 9:30 p.m.May 18. Also: Celtic session, 7:30 p.m. May 21. Also: Women’s Music Showcase, 7:30 p.m. May 23. Also: Eileen Marder’s Tango Nights, 7-10 p.m. May 24, $10. 246-0900. ricorlando.com.

Noble Coffee Roasters — Ken McNally, Gayle Donnelly, Finlay Pagdon, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall, 7:30 p.m. May 19, free. Contact 469-0900, Barry@MusicForHumanity.org.

Nu-Cavu — DJ Teri and karaoke, 857 Plains Road, Wallkill, 9:30 p.m. May 19. 895-9000. www.nu-cavu.com.

Nutshell Arts Center — Vinsanity, 6692 Route 52, Lake Huntington, 10 p.m. May 19. Visit www.nutshellarts.com.

Orient Ultra Lounge — Ted the Dillinger, 319 Main St. Poughkeepsie, 10 p.m. May 19, no cover. Also: DJ Ekses, 10 p.m. May 24, $4 cover. 337-3546. orientpoughkeepsie.com.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church — Open mic at the Overflowing Cup … a Christian Coffee House, 97 Mill St., Poughkeepsie, 7 p.m. May 19. Call 456-6700 or visit www.ofcup.net.

Palaia Vineyards Winery — Jack Higgins, Sweet Clover Road, Highland Mills, 4 p.m. May 18. Also: Jeremy Langdale Band, 7 p.m. May 19. Also: Connor Kennedy and Jeremy Baum, 2:30 p.m. May 20. 928-5384. www.palaiavineyards.com.

Pat Tarsio Lanes — Joe Paj Al Band, 173 S. Plank Road (Route 52), Newburgh, 9 p.m. May 18. 562-5250. www.tarsiolanes.com.

Peekskill Coffee House — Joe Duraes, 101 S. Division St., Peekskill, 8 p.m. May 18. Also: Open mic hosted by Andy Rice, 8 p.m. May 19. Also: A Moment of Panic, 1 p.m. May 20. 914-739-1287. www.peekskillcoffee.com.

Pennings Harvest Grill and Brew Pub — Jeremy Langdale, Route 94 and Warwick Turnpike, Warwick, 8 p.m. May 18. Also: Groovy Tuesday, 8 p.m. May 19. 986-1059, 986-5959. www.penningsfarmmarket.com.

Piano Piano Wine Bar — Guitarist-vocalist Tony Merando and bassist-vocalist Pierre Lehenaff, 1064 Main St., Fishkill, 8 p.m. May 18. Also: BC Jazz Duo, 7 p.m. May 24. 896-VINO. www.pianopianowinebar.com.

PrimeTime Dance Club — DJ Craig C, 3353 Route 9W, Highland, 10:30 p.m. May 19. 691-7878.

Primo’s Bar Grill — Retro Night 1970s-80s dance music with DJ Fat Harp Jackson, 1554 Route 44/55, Clintondale, 9 p.m. May 18. Also: New Lazy Boys, Barrel House, 8 p.m. May 19. 883-6112.

Quarter Note Cafe — Acoustic Tuesdays, 42 Orchard St., Walden, 6 p.m. May 22. 778-6683.

Rainbow Mountain — May 18: Madalyne De Da at 11 p.m., plus, at 10 p.m., DJ Joey Z in the dance hall, karaoke with Glenn in the Down Low Lounge, 210 Mount Nebo Road, East Stroudsburg, Pa. Also: DJ Mary in the dance hall, plus karaoke with Tom in the Down Low Lounge, 10 p.m. May 19. Also: Karaoke with Barb in the Down Low Lounge, 9 p.m. May 24. 570-223-8484. www.rainbowmountain.com.

Rhodes North Tavern — Radio Flyer, 40 Orange Turnpike, 10 p.m. May 18, no cover. Also: The Wisenheimers, 10 p.m. May 19. Also: Acoustics of Chris Brown, 3 p.m. May 20. Also: Open mic with Ray Longchamp, 8 p.m. May 21. Also: Steve Terry, 9 p.m. May 22. Also: Karaoke with Wolfie, 9 p.m. May 23. Also: The Kootz, 9 p.m. May 24. 753-6438. www.rhodesnorth.com.

Rondout Music Lounge — Jonny Monster and Friends, 21 Broadway, Kingston, 9:30 p.m. May 18, no cover. Also: People’s Inc. Fundraiser with Trial and Error, 7 p.m. May 19, $5. Also: Rock’n Brunch, 11 a.m. May 20. Also: Open mic with Lara Hope, 8:30 p.m. May 23. 235-7098. www.rondoutmusiclounge.com.

Rosendale Cafe — Karen Savoca with Pete Heitzman, 434 Main St., Rosendale, 8 p.m. May 18, $10. Also: Charles Lyonhart, George Quinn, Brian Hollander, 8 p.m. May 19, $10. Also: Singer-songwriter Tuesday with host John P. Hughes and guests Kwesi, Heather Maloney, Andy Shapiro, Pat Lamanna, Shabbat, 8 p.m. May 22, no cover. Also: Salsa lessons and dance with Junior Ryes, 7:30 p.m. May 24, $10 with lesson, $5 for just dancing. 658-9048. www.rosendalecafe.com.

Silvio’s Italian Villa — E’lissa Jones Band, 274 Route 94, Warwick, 8:30 p.m. May 19. 987-1500. www.silviositalianvilla.net.

Slash Root — Paul Tryon, 60 Main St., New Paltz, 8:30 p.m. May 18.

Sounds Asylum — Trifecta, Onderrock, Caught Up in a Dream, Matthew Sitro, They Drew First Blood, Divebomb Griffin, 59 North St., Middletown, 6 p.m. May 19. 343-8668. www.soundsasylum.com.

Spotty Dog Books Ale — Sam Moss, Owen His Checkered Past, 440 Warren St., Hudson, 8 p.m. May 18. 518-671-6006. www.thespottydog.com.

Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe — Fiddling Finnegan Fridays, 40 W. Market St., Red Hook, noon May 18. Also: Jason Waters, 1 p.m. May 19. Also: Joe Tobin, 1 p.m. May 20. Also: Open mic, 6;30 p.m. May 24. 758-9500. www.tastebudds.com.

Towne Crier Cafe — John Arrucci Quartet, Route 22, Pawling, 8:30 p.m. May 18, $20-$25. Also: David Lindley with Alectro (Steve Kirkman and Jeff Eyrich), 8:30 p.m. May 19, $30-$35. Also: Back to the Garden 1969, 7 p.m. May 20, $20-$25. Also: Open mic, 7 p.m. May 23-24, $4. 855-1300. www.townecrier.com.

Turning Point — The The Band Band, 468 Piermont Ave., Piermont, 9 p.m. May 18, $25. Also: Sam Waymon and the Magic Band, 9 p.m. May 19, $15. Also: The Refugees (Cindy Bullens, Deborah Holland, Wendy Waldman), 4 p.m. May 20, $15. Also: Elliott Murphy, 7 p.m. May 20, $20. Also: Monday Jazz Open Jam Session presented by saxophonist John Richmond, with drummer Bob Meyer, 8 p.m. May 21, $5. Also: Rock the Point, 7 p.m. May 22, $10. Also: Joy Kills Sorrow, 8 p.m. May 23, $15. Also: Joel Newton Situation with Steven Bernstein, 8 p.m. May 24, $15. 359-1089. www.turningpointcafe.com.

Tuscan Cafe — Mighty Girl, the Shrubs, 5 South St., Warwick, 7 p.m. May 18. Also: Open mic hosted by Jennifer Dennison, 7 p.m. May 24. 987-2050. tuscancafe.net.

12 Grapes Music Wine Bar — 3 Ton Jack, 12 N. Division St., Peekskill, 8 p.m. May 18, $5. Also: The Fuzzy Flow, 9:30 p.m. May 19, $10. Also: Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band, 5:30 p.m. May 20, $5. Also: Sessions with JP Patrick, 8:30 p.m. May 24, no cover. 914-737-6624. www.12grapes.com.

Unison Arts Center — Open mic, 68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, 8 p.m. May 20, $5. Call 255-1559 or visit www.unisonarts.org.

Unitarian Fellowship Hall — Loraine Klara and an open mic, sponsored by the Hudson Valley Folk Guild, 67 S. Randolph Ave., Poughkeepsie, 7:30 p.m. May 19, $6, $5 for members and seniors. Visit www.hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org.

Virgo’s Sip N Soul Cafe — Open Mic Jam, 469 Fishkill Ave., Beacon, 5 p.m. May 20. Also: Acoustic Night, 7:30 p.m. May 24. 831-1543.

Warwick Valley Winery — John Reddan, 114 Little York Road, Warwick, 2 p.m. May 19. Also: Evan Lesley, 2 p.m. May 20. 258-4858. www.wvwinery.com.

Waterwheel Cafe — Blues jam, 150 Water St., Milford, Pa., 8:30 p.m. May 24. 570-296-2383. www.waterwheelcafe.com.

Wherehouse — Acoustic Tuesdays, 119 Liberty St., Newburgh, 7 p.m. May 22, no cover. 561-7240.

X’Kandalo — Don Omar, 2 Commerce Place, Newburgh, 10 p.m. May 18, $49.50. 674-6869. www.facebook.com/xkandalonightclub.

Comedy

Jester’s Comedy Club — Chris Havison hosts Teddy Love, Jerrold Benford, Ryan Dalton, Eric Albert Stephanie Vanacore, Jonathan Swift, Paul Byrne, 109 Brookside Ave., Chester, 9 p.m. May 18, $10, two-drink minimum. Also: Keith Anthony, Chris Clarke, 9 p.m. May 19, $15. 345-1039 or 469-2116. www.jesterscomedyclubny.com.

Levity Live — John Witherspoon, 4210 Palisades Center Drive, A-401, West Nyack, 8 and 10 p.m. May 18, 7 and 9 p.m. May 19, 7 p.m. May 20, $25, two-item minimum. Also: Dean Edwards, 8 p.m. May 24, 8 and 10:30 p.m. May 25, 7 and 9:30 p.m. May 26, 7 p.m. May 27, 20, two-item minimum. 353-5400. levitylive.com.

Paramount Center for the Arts — “Whose Live Anyway,” comic improv with Ryan Stiles and company, 1008 Brown St., Peekskill, 8 p.m. May 24, $35-$55. Call 914-739-2333 or visit www.paramountcenter.org.

Turning Point — LoHud comedy open mic, 468 Piermont Ave., Piermont, 6-7:30 p.m. May 21, $5 to perform, $5 minimum. 359-1089. www.turningpointcafe.com.

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Chuck Brown dies in DC of pneumonia at 75

CheapCDs — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:51:45 +0000

May 17, 2012 (WASHINGTON) —
Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation’s capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75.

Brown, widely acclaimed as the “Godfather of go-go” for his pioneering sound, died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. Hospital spokesman Gary Stephenson confirmed Brown had died after a hospital stay that began April 18.

Thanks to Brown and his deep, gravelly voice, go-go music was uniquely identified with Washington. That’s where he continued to play the city’s club circuit to a loyal audience late in life.

Mayor Vincent Gray said the nation’s capital will be a different place without him. Mournful admirers of the musician were called Wednesday evening to an impromptu candlelight vigil in Washington, where a sound truck was to blast a special Chuck Brown music mix to the crowd before a prayer session for him.

“Go-go is D.C.’s very own unique contribution to the world of pop music,” he said. “Today is a very sad day for music lovers the world over.”

In 2007 Brown told The Associated Press that go-go was influenced by sounds and fast beats he heard early in life, growing up in North Carolina and Virginia, combined with his experience later, playing with a Latin band.

“Go-go is a music that continues on and on, and it’s a call and response communication with the audience,” Brown said.

Go-go was heavy on percussion with drummers as lead players, accented by guitar riffs, keyboards and horns. Sometimes the musicians would play for two or three hours without stopping. In between tunes, Brown would keep the thunk of percussion going and talk to the crowd.

Brown’s hit “Bustin’ Loose” with his group, the Soul Searchers, helped define go-go’s sound. It spent several weeks atop the RB chart in 1979. Rapper Nelly later sampled Brown’s “Bustin’ Loose” in 2002 for his massive hit “Hot in Herre,” which won Nelly a Grammy.

Brown didn’t get credit at first, though, and “had to go through some legalities to get it right, but we knew, once we heard the song, that’s Chuck Brown,” said Gregory “Sugar Bear” Elliott, lead singer of the go-go band EU (Experience Unlimited.)

In 2007, rapper Eve sampled Brown’s song, “Blow Your Whistle,” in her hit single “Tambourine.”

Brown told the AP he admired such artists.

“Go-Go had some influence on rap because a lot of rap musicians come to my shows,” he said. “Some of them were students at Howard University. People like Puff Daddy, he’s been to see us when he was a young Howard University student.”

Spike Lee, a fan of Brown’s, used go-go for his movie “School Daze.”

“Chuck Brown Will Always Be `Bustin’ Loose’ — the Godfather of Go-Go,” Lee said through a spokeswoman.

Elliot said Brown had been a father figure since he was a teen when he aspired to be a rocker like Jimmy Hendrix but realized he wouldn’t make it that way as a young black man. When he saw Brown perform, he said he “instantly knew” what he wanted to do.

“Chuck Brown is going to live on forever. I’m going to make sure of that,” Elliott said. “When they see me, I want them to see a reflection of Chuck because he inspired me so much.”

He added: “The go-go sound is still going strong.”

When Brown was younger, he spent some time in jail. While behind bars, he traded five cartons of cigarettes for his first guitar. After he was freed in 1962, Brown played with several bands and then formed the Soul Searchers. To comply with terms of his parole, they couldn’t play where alcohol was served, so they went to churches, recreation halls and youth centers.

Brown’s daughter, Cherita Whiting, said he had died from complications with pneumonia and was gone too soon.

“I just want to tell all his fans, thank you, for lovin’ our dad,” she said. “He had the best fans in the world.”

During the crack epidemic of the 1980s, violence in some clubs affected go-go’s reputation. Brown said “we can’t blame the go-go for that,” though.

More recently, he said he had seen more grandparents at his shows, with an audience ranging in age from 18 to 60.

In 2005, he was named a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Washington was always his most loyal fan base, Brown told the AP, and he was happy to play here the rest of his life.

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Guinness World Records Responds To Jack White’s ‘Elitist’ Claims

CheapCDs — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:51:42 +0000

Over the years, Jack White has taken umbrage with overzealous radio programmers, the Internet and, uh, Jason Stollsteimer (to name just a few) but in the new issue of Interview magazine, he lashes out at a new foe: The folks at Guinness World Records.

Yes, in what could only be described as the latest step in his ongoing transformation into the music world’s foremost eccentric — sorry, Kanye — White has lashed out at the venerable record-keeping institution, calling them “a very elitist organization” after they refused to acknowledge the White Stripes’ one-note performance in Newfoundland (seen in their 2010 doc “Under Great White Northern Lights”) as “the shortest music concert ever.”

“I was thinking that afterwards we could contact the Guinness World Records people and see if we could get the record for the shortest concert of all time. So we did it, but ultimately, they turned us down,” White tells astronaut Buzz Aldrin (for real) in the Interview piece. “[They're] a very elitist organization. There’s nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of people who decide what is a record and what isn’t … so something like the shortest concert of all time, they didn’t think [it] was interesting enough to make it a record. I don’t know why they get to decide that, but, you know, they own the book.”

Well, yes, they do own the book … and, as it turns out, the Stripes’ Newfoundland concert was featured in the 2009 edition of it, as a spokesperson for Guinness World Records pointed out to MTV News on Thursday (May 17). Of course, they’d subsequently remove the notation in later editions, though it had little to do with elitism and more to do with the simple fact that Guinness had no way of qualifying what actually counted as a performance.

“We received a large volume of applications from bands and performers seeking to beat this record. We got an influx of individuals claiming that simply appearing on stage was enough to qualify them for this record,” the spokesperson wrote in an email to MTV News. “It became increasingly difficult for us to measure this objectively (for example, how many members of the crowd need to be able to see the performer before they disappear off stage?)

“The nature of competing to make something the ‘shortest’ by its very nature trivializes the activity being carried out, and Guinness World Records has been forced to reject many claims of this kind,” the spokesperson continued. “As such, we have closed record categories for similar designations such as the shortest song, shortest poem, and also the record of shortest concert currently in question.”

Of course, the spokesperson was quick to add that Guinness World Records “admires the band and we encourage them to attempt any of the 40,000 active records currently housed in our database.” And knowing White, we’re pretty sure he’ll take them up on that offer. Soon.

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CheapCDs — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:51:41 +0000

Live on the Mississippi

Many musicians talk about their albums being born from a river of inspiration, but few can say it as literally as the Okee Dokee Brothers. The Twin Cities kids-music stars spent 30 days last summer floating down the Mississippi with their instruments and a camera crew to create their new CD/DVD combo, “Can You Canoe?” Joe Mailander, the sandy-haired Okee Dokee, said the idea was “to come up with adventure songs that sound more real.” Things got real, all right. The bandmates nearly got blown away by a storm one night. Things also got a little unreal as the duo was greeted by “ambassadors” in Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher costumes in Mark Twain‘s hometown of Hannibal, Mo. After finishing the trip in St. Louis, they made another trek to record the results in Woodstock, N.Y., where they called up the Band’s Garth Hudson on a whim and landed him as accordionist for two songs. “He really believed in the idea of us encouraging families to get out and enjoy the outdoors more,” Mailander said. Fittingly, the Brothers are returning to the Mississippi riverfront for the “Canoe” release party, 11 a.m. Saturday at Father Hennepin Park, on the north side of Minneapolis’ Stone Arch Bridge. -CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

Not a day at the beach

Duluth native Gena Lee Nolin, who made a name for herself by running down the beach on “Baywatch” and swinging through the jungle on “Sheena,” told FoxNews.com that for the past decade, she’s struggled with Hashimoto’s disease, which attacks the thyroid and can lead to weight issues. Nolin, 40, started to notice problems while filming “Sheena” in the early 2000s. “There was definitely idle chitchat on the set that maybe I should work out more or eat less, but nothing made a difference,” she said. Doctors finally diagnosed the condition seven months ago and she has become a spokesperson for medical groups trying to shed light on the disease. Even earlier, Nolin worried about her weight. “If you’re not fit as an absolute fiddle, they will take a picture of you and plaster it everywhere,” Nolin told I.W. back in 1997. Now she says she’s on the road to recovery and is seeing improvements since following a gluten-free diet. -NEAL JUSTIN

Church of comics

Anyone who loves comic books knows SpringCon is a spiritual experience. Where else can a geek wearing a Spider-Man costume feel so at home among thousands of people? But when the annual two-day comics convention invades the State Fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday, a couple events get downright ethereal. Sunday morning’s chapel service — yes, they have chapel service at a comics convention — will feature “resident demon-slayer” Ron Hartley talking about the “mistakes that continue to haunt you” (and presumably how to avenge them). Also that morning is the “Spiritual Themes in Comics” panel, which will investigate how our everyday superhero powers “affect the entire course of our lives, not to mention every aspect of life.” Wrap your head around that one. Or just buy some comics. -TOM HORGEN

Brick-solid

When Slash and Myles Kennedy came back for their encore at the Brick on Monday night, you knew they meant business. The legendary Guns N’ Roses guitarist and his new singer returned with their shirts off and their guns blazing. Slash, in particular, looked like he’s been hitting the weight room the way he used to hit the pipe. It was a fitting finale for a 13/4-hour set that was at times chest-beatingly cheesy but certainly sounded muscular and fit. It also proved to be a good test for the Brick. The new venue has been moving a lot of its bigger concerts to Myth, but this one turned out just fine, with a crowd under 1,500. It was packed, sure, but it was never impossible to find a view of the stage. New TVs in the back and in the corners appeased those fans who didn’t make the effort. Plus, the club’s sound system and acoustics are impeccable. That alone makes it a preferable venue to Epic and Roy Wilkins Auditorium. -CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

Arts groups rally

Fifty-five arts organizations announced Monday that they will work toward defeating the proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions. Sheila Smith, executive director of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, said the amendment would “limit our state’s ability to recruit the best and the brightest to be a part of our state’s future.” Joe Dowling, director of the Guthrie Theater, and Ryan French, director of marketing and public relations for the Walker Art Center, both spoke at a news conference at which the coalition was announced. -GRAYDON ROYCE

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