The event, which takes place from noon until 4 PM, will feature not only local businesses, but also live music, including DJ Matt Anthony (WFPK) and the Invaders (featuring members of the Merediths).

The event will feature displays, information, samples, and more from numerous businesses, and ear X-tacy will offer various sales promotions throughout the day, including 20% off on all independent releases all day, with the same discount applied to vinyl offerings during the DJ set from 12 Noon to 3 PM.  Turntable giveaways, goodie bags, and other specials will be offered throughout the day. 

CAN!!CAN, signing to JDub Records, is playing Derby City Espresso on Aug 13th with local band Friends and Relatives. 2 guys and a girl (26-30) need a place to sleep and a meal if possible. Floors are fine...no need for bedrooms (and no, none of them are dating each other). Band includes a frisky little Jewish guy who writes for Jewcy.com, a music producer from rural Georgia and an Italian-Irish lady guitarist and booking agent :-) They don't do drugs, barely drink and are all around awesome peeps. You'll get two free tickets to the show, their CD and a tee shirt! email punktorah@gmail.com (Patrick A) if you are able! www.myspace.com/cancanband

• I'd love one of our great local restaurants to offer Can!!Can a meal. Let's show off both our generosity and how awesome our food scene is.
• I'd love someone with a spare bedroom to offer these guys a place to stay.
• I'd love someone (or 3) to volunteer to help me flier the city in anticipation of the show
• I'd like you all to come out to the show. I'm going to be there. You heard that right! I'm going to stay up past my 9PM bedtime and go to a show. That's worth the price of admission right there right?

A spectacular day of Bluegrass music, food, crafters, vendors and youth activities in the scenic environment of America's largest municipal forest awaits those who visit Jefferson Memorial Forest's fifth annual Forest Fest on Saturday, May 16. The concert is free, but parking will be $5 per carload.

Five bands will perform live music, beginning at 11 a.m, in the forest's Horine Section. Buck Creek, Stone Hollow, Hog Operation, and Tony Holt and the Wilodwood Valley Boys will serve as the opening acts for international Bluegrass stars, Cherryholmes. As America's new first family of bluegrass, Cherryholmes has stormed to the top of the bluegrass world by winning the 2005 IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Award for Entertainer of the Year.

11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. - Buck Creek
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. - Stone Hollow
2 -3:15 p.m. - Hog Operation
3:30 - 4:45 p.m. - Tony Holt & The Wildwood Valley Boys
5 - 6:15 p.m. - Cherryholmes

Forest Fest Schedule of Activities
11 a.m. - Booths open to the public and music begins Fairdale
Horine Environmental Education Center opens
(open until 2 p.m. )
Forest Nature booth opens for children
Noon - Children's activities begin
1:30 p.m. - Forest Scavenger hunt for families and children begins
4 p.m. - Scavenger Hunt winners are announced, prizes awarded
5 p.m. - Children's area closes
6 p.m. - Food and crafts booths close

Saturday May 16, 2009
11AM-6PM

High school and community drum lines from Louisville, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan showcase their creativity, musicianship and pageantry. The highlight of the program will be a drum line battle featuring Kentucky State "Soul Section" and Lincoln University Blue Tigers of Jefferson City, Missouri.

the poetry edition
April 17, 2009 at 10:30 p.m.

The Late Seating at Actors presents a variety of work by local artists including spoken word poets, visual artists, a video project, a radio play project and a tongue-in-cheek send off on teenage poetry.

PERFORMANCE
Spoken Word performed by Marlo Brown
Special guests from the InKY Reading Series: Nickole Brown, Mitchel L. H. Douglas and Erin Keane

New Installment of The Kory Kreme Adventure, Mystery, Suspense, Cowboy, Indian Hour a radio play project by Sean Daniels

Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble
In honor of (Bad) Poetry Month, Le Petomane will create something new and singular with your bad, bad poetry. Think of it as artistic recycling. There will (probably) be songs, dance, dramatic interpretation.

VIDEO
Flour Dirt & Dreams
a performance installation by Lauren Argo performed by Lauren Argo and Samantha Westervelt

VISUAL ART
inspired by poetry
Philip Allgeier
Anessa Arehart
Dan Evans
Patrick Jilbert
Joe Welsh
Brad White
Matt Dobson

MUSIC
Whistle Peak

TICKETS: $10
Call 584-1205

Vinyl is back. And with it comes "Vinyl in the 'Ville," a first-time event to celebrate the once-forgotten medium and bring together music lovers young and old who embrace the sound of analog and the glory days of album artwork.  

The free event will take place Thursday, April 16 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at ear X-tacy record store on Bardstown Road. The night will offer a chance for attendees to bring their favorite records for an "open turntable hour" that will allow them to take turns playing their personal favorites for the crowd. Several other turntable stations will also be set up around the store for personal listening.

Ear X-tacy will offer 20 percent off all vinyl purchases during "Vinyl in the 'Ville." Along with that discount, Louisville-based Crosley Radio, a manufacturer of retro-styled turntables and other consumer electronics, will offer chances to win one of six Crosley turntables with the purchase of vinyl. Plus, vinyl enthusiasts will also receive other free gear like T-shirts, records and food while supplies last.

Louisville Photographic Booth Company will also be there to snap "Sleeveface-style" photographs of attendees (fun photos in which record sleeves conceal parts of the body to give the illusion that the person is part of the album cover.)

Thursday April 16, 2009
7PM-9PM

A spectacular day of Bluegrass music, food, crafters, vendors and youth activities in the scenic environment of America's largest municipal forest awaits those who visit Jefferson Memorial Forest's fifth annual Forest Fest on Saturday, May 16. The concert is free, but parking will be $5 per carload.

Five bands will perform live music, beginning at 11 a.m, in the forest's Horine Section. Buck Creek, Stone Hollow, Hog Operation, and Tony Holt and the Wilodwood Valley Boys will serve as the opening acts for international Bluegrass stars, Cherryholmes. As America's new first family of bluegrass, Cherryholmes has stormed to the top of the bluegrass world by winning the 2005 IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Award for Entertainer of the Year.

11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. - Buck Creek
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. - Stone Hollow
2 -3:15 p.m. - Hog Operation
3:30 - 4:45 p.m. - Tony Holt & The Wildwood Valley Boys
5 - 6:15 p.m. - Cherryholmes

Forest Fest Schedule of Activities
11 a.m. - Booths open to the public and music begins Fairdale
Horine Environmental Education Center opens
(open until 2 p.m. )
Forest Nature booth opens for children
Noon - Children's activities begin
1:30 p.m. - Forest Scavenger hunt for families and children begins
4 p.m. - Scavenger Hunt winners are announced, prizes awarded
5 p.m. - Children's area closes
6 p.m. - Food and crafts booths close

Saturday May 16, 2009
11AM-6PM

Born in the Blues, Jazz became America's Music over the past century-and it continues to evolve. Well-known local Jazz pianist Harry Pickens will lead you on a music journey, following the evolution of America's Music between the World Wars. From the Roarin' Twenties through the Great Depression and WWII, jazz was important in lifting spirits and hopes of the American public.

Please join us as we celebrate Bourbon and Bluegrass with the live music of Hog Operation, handicapping experts from Churchill Downs, 2oz tastings of Woodford Reserve cocktails for $2, special tours of the collection and food samplings by Liquor Barn.

Admission is free for museum members, $10 general admission.

Friday March 27, 2009
Doors open at 5:30PM

Our third and final BB&T Strings Attached performance for the season!

Since 1985, the Canadian Cowboy Junkies have been crafting their own brand of independent music. They put the country into the alternative and the alternative into country...before anyone knew what alt-country was. Their cover of The Velvet Underground's Sweet Jane showcases what the band does best - mixing musical genres into their own idiosyncratic wave without negating who they are. The group released Trinity Revisited in 2008 in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the original recording of The Trinity Session - their hit-making album.

Join us as we perform with Cowboy Junkies for our BB&T Strings Attached series ending concert.

For too long, we've been Keeping Louisville Wanker Indie Pop Electro. It's time to take it to the streets with the smooth sounds of Michael McDonald (and/or the Doobies), Loggins & Messina, America, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp, Boz Scaggs, and more.

Keep Louisville Smooth I is happening at Derby City Espresso, known for their smooth drinks and smooth service. They boast a large dancing space for Earth Wind & Fire boogieing, as well as comfortable seating when Chicago asks you to "oo-oo-ooh no, baby please baby don't go."

This is a free, all ages event. For those of age, DCE serves an extensive selection of beer (with ID).

DRESS UP IN YR. BEST BOATING GEAR. Prizes to best costume (unless your get-up is not, ya know, really a costume). Come dance, drink like a sailor, and keep Louisville smooth..."

Join the Louisville Orchestra on Saturday, March 14 at 8pm at the Louisville Palace for the final Chase Pops concert of the 2008-09 season. Principal Pops Conductor, Bob Bernhardt will be the man with a "Slow Hand" for legendary Pop and R&B sensations, The Pointer Sisters!

Tickets start at $30 and are available by calling 5002.583.4555 or by visiting LouisvilleOrchestra.org.

The concert will start with Ary Barroso's Aquarela do Brasil, Richard Rogers' Victory at Sea, Manuel de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance and Jean Sibelius' Finlandia.  After intermission, you will want to "Jump" out of your seats with the joyful energy of these three ladies.

In recent years, the Pointers have performed with some of the greatest symphony orchestras in the world, including San Francisco, Atlanta's symphony orchestra and the renowned Boston Pops.  While June Pointer passed away, Ruth's daughter; Issa Pointer had already joined the group in 2003 and has been filling in the void to wide success. Ruth, Anita and Issa were a smash hit at Night of the Proms, which spanned over 50 sold-out performances throughout Germany, Holland and Belgium, and has secured the group many more successful tours in Europe. In 2004, the group recorded a live CD/DVD, which captured the energetic Pointers performing the hits that fans of all ages continue to enjoy! Ruth, Anita and Issa maintain a busy touring schedule and perform the music of The Pointer Sisters all over the world.

Join the Louisville Orchestra on Saturday, March 14 at 8pm at the Louisville Palace for the final Chase Pops concert of the 2008-09 season. Principal Pops Conductor, Bob Bernhardt will be the man with a "Slow Hand" for legendary Pop and R&B sensations, The Pointer Sisters!

Tickets start at $30 and are available by calling 5002.583.4555 or by visiting LouisvilleOrchestra.org.

The concert will start with Ary Barroso's Aquarela do Brasil, Richard Rogers' Victory at Sea, Manuel de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance and Jean Sibelius' Finlandia.  After intermission, you will want to "Jump" out of your seats with the joyful energy of these three ladies.

In recent years, the Pointers have performed with some of the greatest symphony orchestras in the world, including San Francisco, Atlanta's symphony orchestra and the renowned Boston Pops.  While June Pointer passed away, Ruth's daughter; Issa Pointer had already joined the group in 2003 and has been filling in the void to wide success. Ruth, Anita and Issa were a smash hit at Night of the Proms, which spanned over 50 sold-out performances throughout Germany, Holland and Belgium, and has secured the group many more successful tours in Europe. In 2004, the group recorded a live CD/DVD, which captured the energetic Pointers performing the hits that fans of all ages continue to enjoy! Ruth, Anita and Issa maintain a busy touring schedule and perform the music of The Pointer Sisters all over the world.

The 38th annual Congregation Adath Jeshurun Music Festival will feature the internationally popular singer and composer, Neshama Carlebach. The Adath Jeshurun Music Festival has been endowed by the Adolf and Sara van der Walde and Israel Rosenbloum Charitable Fund since 2003.

Neshama will also have a locally produced music video from one of her songs shown at the event.

The concert, titled "Soul Journey," will start at 7 PM on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Congregation Adath Jeshurun, 2401 Woodbourne Avenue in the Highlands with a dessert reception to follow.

Part of the proceeds of the concert ticket price and 10% of purchases made that night at the Gift Shop at Congregation Adath Jeshurun will be donated to CWF.

CWF is asking all the concert patrons to bring and donate new towel sets, especially new bath towels.

The 38th annual Congregation Adath Jeshurun Music Festival will feature the internationally popular singer and composer, Neshama Carlebach. The Adath Jeshurun Music Festival has been endowed by the Adolf and Sara van der Walde and Israel Rosenbloum Charitable Fund since 2003.

Neshama will also have a locally produced music video from one of her songs shown at the event.

The concert, titled "Soul Journey," will start at 7 PM on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Congregation Adath Jeshurun, 2401 Woodbourne Avenue in the Highlands with a dessert reception to follow.

Part of the proceeds of the concert ticket price and 10% of purchases made that night at the Gift Shop at Congregation Adath Jeshurun will be donated to CWF.

CWF is asking all the concert patrons to bring and donate new towel sets, especially new bath towels.

1. Call the Kentucky Center Box Office at 502.584.7777
2. Mention the code word FRIENDS
3. Pick up your tickets at the Box Office Will Call the night of the concert

The Friday 13th Alternative Valentines Lonely Hearts Ball features local bands Frisbee, Adventure, and special guest slackshop. Proceeds benefit the Defeat Diabetes Foundation.

The "Friday 13th Alternative Valentines Lonely Hearts Ball" starts at 9 p.m. with Adventure , followed by Frisbee. Slackshop closes the show.

60 West Bistro & Martini Bar is hosting a "That's Amore" Wednesday nights through March 4, 2009. These events are sponsored by said Dumante Liqueor so "Dumante and Dumante inspired cocktails" are on the menu as well as a "special menu prepared by Chef Timothy Smith featuring an entrée and dessert with Dumante as a main ingredient. Or you can order from the regular dinner menu. All the while local jazz singer Carly Johnson will be performing.

Jazz? Martinis? Italian inspired food and drink? If those are up your alley perhaps these Wednesday night events are for you.

Wednesdays 7-9PM

The President Elect Barrrak Obama has inspired hope in every one from youthful first time voters exercising their political voice to commemorative plate manufactures trying to cash in on the buzz. The folks at the Vernon and Downtown recording have a bit of a different take on the hope he's inspired and that is for a more engaging foreign policy.

To celebrate the new President taking office the Vernon and Downtown Recording have put together an evening of world inspired music featuring Coco Yam, Serpent Wisdom, and Misha Feigin. Nick Stephens from Downtown Recording summed up the idea beautifully "It's a welcome back party for the USA...a welcome back to the world party with some great world music."

The "Welcome Back to The World" world music celebration starts at 9pm with Coco Yam, followed by Serpent Wisdom. Misha Feigin closes the show.

Friday January 23, 2009
8pm Door $7
Music starts at 9pm

This festival will introduce films that are well known internationally and offer glimpses into the daily lives of ordinary Iranians. These films address issues such as family, friendship, life changing decisions, and the struggle to survive.

The women of Say Darlin' Say came together out of bluegrass jams in Louisville, Kentucky, in the winter of 2006. Blending bluegrass, old-time, and some traditional gospel, the ensemble has found a distinctive sound with its pleasing three-part vocal harmonies. Say Darlin' Say includes a music therapist, a linguist, a domestic specialist, and an artist, each having had formal and informal musical experiences throughout the years.

The Decibel Tolls was started, in part, as a response to the world of music blogging. Instead of music blogs demonstrating breadth and depth in musical taste, genres, and commentaries (the original reason why blogs were revolutionary, right?), to act as a counterbalance to big media and the notion of giving the power of agenda setting to those who own large media outlets, the "blogsophere," as it were, has since cultivated more of a collective mindset. Instead of blogs being a "power to the people" type institution, they've since adopted the same mechanics as a large record or media mogul. Blogs tend to jump on the same buzzword bands, chew them up, and spit them up. If you're supposed to blog about, I dunno, Lykke Li... then you do, because you have a music blog and that's what you're supposed to do, goddamit. And that's super lame. The Decibel Tolls isn't here to create hype - it's simply a collection of genre-specific music that I love and find significant. There will be a few times when me and the big guys will agree (Deerhunter is an example that comes to mind), but only few and far between does that happen. So in a sense, music blogs have become the same creature as Viacom. But instead of just bitching about it, I decided to up and start my own music blog. So there ya go - democracy in action.

Sondre Lerche with The Louisville Orchestra (oh and yeah Brandi Carlile is playing as well)
February 21, 2009
8PM

Whitney Hall
Kentucky Center for the Arts

O Come, All Ye Faithful! The Louisville Orchestra has put together a holiday concert for the whole family to enjoy. On Saturday, November 29, 7 p.m. at the Brown Theatre, Jason Weinberger will lead the Louisville Orchestra in creating the holiday spirit with favorites such as "Greensleeves," "Hanukkah Festival Overture" and "A Classical Christmas Suite."  By the end of the evening, the whole audience will be singing "Joy to the World" with the Louisville Youth Choir led by Terry E. Foster, Artistic/Executive Director.

For this very special concert, the Louisville Orchestra has teamed with Family & Children's Place to make a difference.  You can help make the holidays even brighter for over 200 families of Family & Children's Place while enjoying the sounds of the season with the Louisville Orchestra. Bring an unwrapped new toy or piece of clothing to the King Southern Bank Holiday Spectacular concert on Saturday, November 29 at the Brown Theatre for one of the 500 children who will otherwise go without this season. Suggested gift items are available by visiting www.louisvilleorchestra.org.  Plus, for every $15 ticket sold, a child in need will be able to attend the concert for free.

Tickets are only $15 and are available by calling 502-584-7777 or by logging on to www.louisvilleorchestra.org.

Saturday November 29, 2008
7PM
The Brown Theater

O Come, All Ye Faithful! The Louisville Orchestra has put together a holiday concert for the whole family to enjoy. On Saturday, November 29, 7 p.m. at the Brown Theatre, Jason Weinberger will lead the Louisville Orchestra in creating the holiday spirit with favorites such as "Greensleeves," "Hanukkah Festival Overture" and "A Classical Christmas Suite."  By the end of the evening, the whole audience will be singing "Joy to the World" with the Louisville Youth Choir led by Terry E. Foster, Artistic/Executive Director.

For this very special concert, the Louisville Orchestra has teamed with Family & Children's Place to make a difference.  You can help make the holidays even brighter for over 200 families of Family & Children's Place while enjoying the sounds of the season with the Louisville Orchestra. Bring an unwrapped new toy or piece of clothing to the King Southern Bank Holiday Spectacular concert on Saturday, November 29 at the Brown Theatre for one of the 500 children who will otherwise go without this season. Suggested gift items are available by visiting www.louisvilleorchestra.org.  Plus, for every $15 ticket sold, a child in need will be able to attend the concert for free.

Tickets are only $15 and are available by calling 502-584-7777 or by logging on to www.louisvilleorchestra.org.

Saturday November 29, 2008
7PM
The Brown Theater

Featuring over 80 local, regional, and internationally known outsider, visionary and folk artists and topped off with performances from a hand full of primitive musicians makes Good Folk Fest the only one of it's kind in the region.

We hope you'll plan on joining us for a very special night with Americana music legend Jim Lauderdale,and local heroes, Johnny Berry and the Outliers, this Saturday, November 8th, at Phoenix Hill Tavern, 644 Baxter Ave., in Louisville (The Highlands!).

Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 8pm.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 day of show, and can be picked up from ear X-tacy Record Store, or through TicketWeb.com.

"The Day of the Dead is an ancient Aztec celebration of death, the bitter-sweet companion to life" (Luis San Vincente, The Festival of Bones). Students will learn the history and traditions of this holiday, while building "sugar skulls" to honor the dead and celebrate life. Participants will build the skulls from black and white clay bodies and then carve, stamp, glaze, and adorn. No previous art or clay experience is necessary. Mexican hot chocolate provided!

$45.00 for Museum Member, $50.00 for non-Members
Saturday November 1, 2008, 11AM-3PM
Call to reserve your spot 502-589-0102

WHAT: Waterfront Wednesday

WHERE: Harbor Lawn

WHEN: Wednesday, September 24 Begins at 5 p.m.

WHO: Paul Thorn, Langhorne Slim, John Mann Band

It's time for yet another FOL get-together, and we figured Waterfront Wednesday would be the perfect place for such a gathering of friends. There'll be plenty of great food and drink, and free music for everyone.

We'll be set up just outside the front entrance to give out one free drink ticket to the first 200 Friends of Lou. So print this out, get there early and stop by our tent to get your free drink.

We'll see you there. Enjoy the show.

The VIP pass is available for download at: http://www.friendoflou.com/wednesday-night.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Friday, September 19
Celebrate with Kentucky Opera and get 50% OFF TICKETS to Gilbert & Sullivan's PIRATES OF PENZANCE

Call 502.584.7777 on September 19, 2008
Good for October 26 and 28 performances only.
Must talk like a pirate to get discount.

Based on Shakespeare's tale of love, lust, jealousy and betrayal, this scandalous tale sees the return of Garnett Bruce - director of last season's TURANDOT- and introduces Kelly Kaduce making her Desdemona and Kentucky Opera debut!

The bard put the elements together for a dramatic scene of murder and foul play. Verdi made it an operatic masterpiece.

In Italian with projected English translations.
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi | Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Based on the stage play, Othello, by William Shakespeare

The Louisville Orchestra Chase Pops Series begins with 1980's pops diva Sheena Easton on Saturday, September 27 at 8pm at the Louisville Palace.

The evening will start with Principal Pops Conductor, Bob Bernhardt, and the Louisville Orchestra playing W.C. Handy's St. Louis Blues and Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1.  The full orchestra will complete the first half of the concert with selections from Batman composed by Danny Elfman.

After intermission, Sheena Easton will take the stage. This Grammy award-winning dynamic vocalist brought us memorable hits like "Morning Train," as well as the 1981 James Bond theme song "For Your Eyes Only" and her chart topping duo with Kenny Rogers "We've got Tonight."

Milwaukee's Waltzing Matilda, renowned for her work as One Beer Prophet and for her legendary storytelling ability and San Francisco's Cindy Emch, published poet and accordion player for Vagabondage and Rhubarb Whiskey, are teaming up for the Hobo Love Tour. Conceived as an accordion poetry sideshow, that brings together the glitter and the gutter, these two tattooed ladies will be telling stories, singing songs and performing antics that must be seen to be believed.

Emchy and Waltzing Matilda will be feeding their love of coffee and showmanship at the one and only Ray's Monkey House. The home of the finest coffee in Louisville and some truly revolutionary events - Hobo Love is looking forward to sharing the poems, stories and songs of the road with their fellow freaks.

Bourbon Baroque: Louisville's Period Instrument Ensemble is pleased toannounce the openingproject of its 2008-2009season: Thunder and Dance. Artistic Directors John Austin Clarkand Nicolas Fortin have conjured upa season of new and familiar works from the Baroque era with local arts groups such as The Kentucky Opera, Louisville Youth Choir, and Choral Arts Society. In keeping with its inaugural season's intensity, Bourbon Baroque welcomes guestartists aplenty along with its local early music core group. Works on the menu for this season include: Telemann's Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comachos (KYOpera); C.P.E Bach's Harpsichord Concertoin D Major; J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion (Choral Arts Society); and a repeat performance of Boccherini's Stabat Mater.

Thunder and Dance will feature two Louisville premiere guest artists: Megan Hart, soprano; and Caroline Copeland, baroque dancer. Soprano Megan Hartwill prepare a set of Handel "storm"arias featuring texts that cast lightening down from the heavens, beckon clouds of darkness, and conjure upwinds from the desolate sea. Baroque Dancer Caroline Copeland prepares a rarely performed Telemann orchestral suite La Putain. Ms. Copeland brings her original choreography based on codified 18th century dance notation with a modern twist. Her sultry, sensuous interpretation of this suite's dances will surely leave the audience understanding completely what was on Telemann's mind as he composed each syncopation. Ms. Copeland's appearance will also spark additional educational workshops at local professional and educational institutions. Also on the program: J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. I.

No director ever kept audiences riveted to their seats like the Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock. And few directors understood the sophisticated interplay between music and images for manipulating audiences' emotions and expectations. Now, see scenes from four Hitchcock classics: To Catch a Thief, Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, and North by Northwest, scored by the likes of the legendary Dmitri Tiomkin and Bernard Hermann, narrated by Barry Bernson and performed live by The Louisville Orchestra.

Thursday October 30, 2008

A creation of Maestro Bernhardt, the NightLites Series exposes the lighter side of classical music by bringing to life various fun themes. This series often includes familiar tunes from television, cell phone tones, show tunes and much more.

What a fine way to end the NightLites season- a salute to one of America's most beloved composers and artists!  This evening will feature a medley of Leonard Bernstein's works in addition to highlighting the many facets of Bernstein including his work in the movies, Broadway, opera and more!

We'll ask people involved in the Louisville music scene what 5 songs they have foremost on their minds.  It could be their 5 favorite songs currently on their ipod, or maybe their 5 favorite bands of all time or even their 5 favorite songs by one band - whatever!  Off The Record will air Mondays just after 1:00 pm, then again on Wednesdays at 8:00 am and finally on Saturdays at 4:00 pm.

This year Kentucky Theater Project presents a special weekend edition of KENTUCKY HOMEFRONT, in partnership with Kentucky Music Weekend, on July 25 and 26, at the Iroquois Amphitheater in Louisville's South End. Kentucky Homefront brings a wealth of music that Kentucky Music Weekend audiences are sure to enjoy!

KMW founder and director, Nancy Barker, is taking a much needed sabbatical while preparing for a blockbuster KMW in 2009. Meanwhile, Kentucky Homefront is helping create a strong fiscal foundation for both organizations b y hosting this special fundraiser edition of KMW.

Master guitarist Pat Kirtley anchors the Friday evening concert along with the River City Rounders, Whistlin Rufus, Stephen Humphries, and the Pauly Zarb Band. Folk singer/songwriter Tom Chapin tops the bill Saturday night along with Anne McFie, Cast Iron Airplane, Janne Henshaw, The Lost Boys, and more!

Dare To Care food bank will be collecting non-perishable food items throughout the event. Collection bins will be located near the entrance gate, just look for the Dare To Care signs.

For the seventh year, KMW will host the Kentucky State Mountain and Hammered Dulcimer Championship contests during KENTUCKY HOMEFRONT's Saturday daytime events. The contests will be held from 12:00 noon until about 2:00 PM, with the first place winners receiving either a dulcimer or hammered dulcimer, a trophy, plus entry fees to the Walnut Valley national contests in Winfield, Kansas. For registration information please visit the KMW web site and search under contest information.

BackseatSandbar.com is proud to present Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down, live at Skull Alley on Monday, July 21st. Tickets are $7. Doors at 6:30. Music @ 7. Opening the night will be Louisville's own The Instruction and Thao's tourmates, the Tune-Yards.

Thao Nguyen's We Brave Bee Stings and All has received critical acclaim since it's release in January, garnering a 7.7 from Pitchfork. In the last few months, Thao has toured with Xiu Xiu, Rilo Kiley, Why?, Laura Veirs, Tune Yard. Perhaps the only Folk-Pop artist who can beat-box and hum simultaneously, Thao knows how to put on an incredible show.

Don McLean
Additional support by Kentucky Cancer Institute
Saturday, July 19, 2008
8:30 PM - Louisville Zoo Bob Bernhardt, Conductor

Picnic and party with "Motown's #1 party group" The Contours!  This high-energy concert will feature the Dirty Dancing hit "Do You Love Me" as well as impeccable harmonies on songs like "Shake Sherry" and "Can You Do It."

Saturday, July 12, 2008
8:30PM - Louisville Zoo

Same as always, drop a comment or send me an email to let me know you'd like to enter. One random winner will be chosen from all entries I receive before 10PM on Wednesday July 9, 2008.

Bring your picnic baskets and lawn chairs for an evening of music under the stars.

Ticket price includes zoo admission, parking and the concert. Patrons may enter the zoo at 6:30pm.

This concert is full of traditional patriotic music like Lincoln Portrait and Sing Out, America, blended with all-American favorites like themes from Indiana Jones and Saving Private Ryan.  And of course it wouldn't be an American celebration with out everyone's favorite classical piece 1812 Overture.

Mike Tamburo (Pittsburgh, PA)
Tusk Lord (Sewickley, PA)
Hunted Creatures (Pittsburgh, PA)
Chris Niels (Pittsburgh, PA)

at Derby City Espresso
331 E. Market Street (between Preston and Floyd)
$5, 8 PM, ALL AGES, beer available for those over 21

A few of these musicians are on the New American Folk Hero label, which locals may know as the label that released Louisville experimental guitarist Keenan Lawler's "Ghost Of A Plane of Air" CD. Here's some more information about the musicians:

Pittsburgh-based Mike Tamburo has been an increasingly prolific presence on the underground scene since the late 1990s, initially with the groups Meisha and Arco Flute Foundation, more recently as a solo artist. While his previous bands mostly operated in a space-rock/ambient post-rock territory, Mike's solo work usually begins with the hammered dulcimer or the acoustic guitar; inspired by American folk traditions, he expands outward to include influences from avant-garde to noise to modern compositional music. A Tamburo performance often includes both subtle fingerpicked guitar and swirling walls of sound generated by a raft of effects, and is always a very transportive experience. Tamburo is also an artist, film maker, thinker and runs the New American Folk Hero label, which continues to release an eclectic roster of creative and experimental musics.

"Distorted and heavily treated, the drones on 'Howling Lands, Whispering Leaves' are almost unbearably harsh in places, especially on album opener 'Sun Starved Streams Still Flow'. Having got over the shock, the rest of the album reveals far more variety than previously suspected, the sounds softening as the album continues, so that the final track 'Ode To Jinx' is as soothing and Psychedelic, a far cry from the harsh industrial opener. Created by Ryan Emmett, working under the name Droopy Septum [now working under the Hunted Creatures moniker], this is an album that needs several plays before you realise just how good it is" - Terrascope UK

Wednesday 6/11 -08:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Michale Waldsword & The World's Tallest People - Live & Acoustic Music

Saturday 6/14 - PARADOX GOTHIC & INDUSTRIAL DANCE PARTY - ALL AGES $5

Monday 6/16 - 08:00 PM - 11:00 PMMansions & Rooftop Rhapsody

Saturday 6/21 - PARADOX GOTHIC & INDUSTRIAL DANCE PARTY - ALL AGES $5

Wednesday 6/18 - 09:00 PM - 01:00 AM The Screaming Delta Demon & Somatica - Live $5

Friday 6/27 - 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM Ashleigh Flynn Live - Ahsley has been featured by Paste Magazine and the Village Voice, this is gonna be a great show - free

Saturday 6/28 - PARADOX GOTHIC & INDUSTRIAL DANCE PARTY - ALL AGES $5

frozen Chai smoothies (plus our regular frozen lattes, mochas and fruit smoothies)

Derby City Espresso Stout back on tap!

60 beers, 50 teas, locally roasted coffee!

Nora, Ben & Eli - featuring Nora Grossman, Ben Scruton, and Eli Kleinsmith - celebrate the end of the school year by bringing their eclectic acoustic musical mix to Highland Coffee, 1140 Bardstown Road. This Friday. May 23, 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Come have a cup of coffee and celebrate with them!

Come out for a great day filled with Bluegrass Music, wood crafters and fun activities for the entire family. This free family oriented festival is set to become the premier bluegrass festival for Jefferson County.

The fourth Forest Fest will be bigger and better than ever with the addition of Bluegrass music legend, Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. This year's line up also includes Stone Hollow, Dozens of Dollars, Bluegrass 101, and Kentucky Sassafras.

2008 continues the tried and true formula of honoring Fairdale's rich bluegrass tradition, highlighting new up and coming bands and introducing them to new audiences and bringing in some of the best Bluegrass musicians from around the region.

Fee: $1 per vehicle

Saturday May 17, 2008
11AM-7PM

Jefferson Memorial Forest
11311 Mitchell Hill Road
Fairdale, KY 40118
502/368-5404
email: forest@louisvilleky.gov

 "Garrison Starr is a song writer, performer and recording artist with passion.  She doesn't live and breathe for the hit parade, she doesn't play fashion doll, she just writes and sings her heart out.  She knows what matters.   In the American Idolized landscape that constitues today's music business, she is someone to be thankful for..."
-Mary Chapin Carpenter

 "Garrison Starr's greatest gift is her gorgeous, full, rough, passionate voice that can be ultimately pensive, intimate, hurt, consoling, libidinous, or scornful - sometimes during the same verse.  Her raw phrasing would take Sarah McLachlan and Neko Case's lunch money"
-MSNBC

 
On Amanda Lucas and Audrey Cecil:

"What a fantastic addition Amanda and Audrey have been to the Louisville music scene. Both incredibly talented musicians in their own right, what they have found as a duo is truly special. With strong original songs filled with intricate harmonies and solid musicianship, they are an up-and-coming duo that is not to be missed. As a lover of great music, it's truly a luxury to have such a talented pair right here in my backyard. I expect great things for them!"

-Charters Harrison, founder of River City House Concerts

If you don't yet know about Lynnell Edwards, you definitely should.  She is the author of two books of poetry, both published by Red Hen Press, The Farmer's Daughter and The Highwayman's Wife.  Lynnell's poems are by turns graceful, tough, and downright funny. . . . to give you a taste of her work, I've pasted one of my favorite poems by her below.  (She wrote it to her son after seeing him watch an all-female version of Fear Factor in which the women were coaxed into walking through a box of reptiles to hunt out gold coins.)

Brigid Kaelin will follow. Known for her clever songwriting and energetic live show, Brigid is also a seriously trained musician. You may come to the show for her red hair, and you may laugh at the yodeling. But then you'll be completely amazed by her virtuosic chops on the accordion, piano, guitar, and musical saw, and suddenly you'll realize that you love her songs too. Part vaudeville, part rock, Kaelin writes killer songs and knows how to entertain.

Dear Faithful Jazz Fans,

I'm sad to inform you that The Jazz Factory® will suspend operations at the close of business on Saturday, March 29. For five years we have presented the very finest local, regional and national jazz talent, five nights a week, to Louisville audiences. However, during the five years we have been open, we have not found a way to make the business support itself. As a result, Dianne and I, together with our partners, made the difficult decision to close the doors at the end of this month. We will continue to try to find ways to save the business, or to continue in some other form. But for now, closing is the only option.

The Jazz Factory will continue its normal Tuesday-Saturday schedule through March 29, including performances by Ron Jones, Sarah Stivers, The New York Standards Quartet, Larry Coryell and Harry Pickens. On our final night, March 29, we have invited dozens of jazz musicians who have performed at The Jazz Factory to join Harry Pickens and his trio for a farewell jam.

"Presented as part of The Jazz Factory's Jazz & Spoken Word monthly series, the event will feature readings by an all-star cast of the region's best-known writers, including poets Jane Gentry Vance (Kentucky's Poet Laureate), Frank X Walker, Sarah Gorham, Leatha Kendrick, Kathleen Driskell, Maureen Morehead, Frederick Smock, and Mary Welp. Poems by Aleda Shirley, a former Louisvillian and cancer survivor now living in Mississippi, will be read, in her absence, by poet Emma Aprile.

Also reading will be Dr. Donald Miller, head of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center; writer Dianne Aprile, producer of Jazz & The Spoken Word, and Clint Morehead, the University of Louisville fourth-year medical student who created The Kentucky Books for Patients Project to establish book collections in cancer centers of hospitals and clinics throughout the state."

Louisville's Humana Festival Party
Mar 1, 2008 10:30 pm
A Made in Louisville party to kick-off the Humana Festival of New American Plays

TICKETS
Party is free,
but ticket required

Call 502-584-1205
for reservation

Enjoy DJ Matt Anthony (host of WFPK Sound Clash) playing music by area bands plus complimentary appetizers donated by Intermezzo Cafe, Artemisia, Bistro 301, Caviar and Proof on Main.

Meet and mingle with Actors Theatre artists and staff and learn more about their contribution to Louisville's own internationally acclaimed Humana Festival.

PERFORMANCE
Marco Polo by Greg Romero
presented by Specific Gravity Ensemble
directed by Rand Harmon
Players: Lucas W. Adams, Sarah Feldman, Julia Leist, Corey Long, Randy D. Pease, Jennifer Poliskie

VIDEO
Show Me Your Louisville by Jason Tongen
Talk Derby to Me, Bat Birth Factory and Haunted Sanatorium by Thomas Green 

• Bourbon Baroque performs the second ticketed concert of its inaugural season with a programme of music from the French Baroque.
• With works by Marin Marais, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Louis-Antoine Dornel, and Jean-Marie Leclair.
• Featuring special guest: Joshua Keller, viola da gamba
• Please contact (502) 614-7178 or bourbonbaroque@gmail.com for reservations or more information.

Like overly affectionate twins in a wild girls' school video, the sprightly pair blends sexual tease with difficult acrobatic stunts and singing, dancing and comedy - one of the hottest performance art tickets in America.

After the performance of the Wau Wau Sisters at the Kentucky Center for the Arts Bomhard Theater, meet the Wau Wau Sisters at 21c for the reception, after party, and live entertainment by DJ Jesse Jamz.

"She is the first resident artist to visit since the school received a grant from the Marilyn Horne Foundation to host performances of young opera singers over the next four years.

Rohrer's resume already includes appearances with San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera and Glyndebourne Opera. Her debut concert was at Carnegie Hall.

During her stay, Rohrer and pianist John Parr will give short recitals at area schools and perform for the West Louisville Boys' Choir. Her residency will culminate with the Feb. 21 concert."

"Daniel Weeks, a tenor and faculty member, was instrumental in helping to secure the Marilyn Horne Foundation grant. The foundation promotes the careers of emerging young singers by sponsoring concerts and artist residencies throughout the United States. Weeks is an alumnus of the foundation's young singers program."

What amazed me about this show was that this was music I could share with my father. I mean that slightly metaphorically because my father actually likes a lot of my music, but this show included every age group from 18 to people in their 50s or 60s, and I imagine many brokenhearted kids under 18. I guess that's not too much of a surprise when Sharon herself is 51 (going on 23). But who would ever imagine a soul/funk show selling Headliners completely out? I met kids from St. Louis who drove the 4-5 hours because the show had sold out there at a much smaller venue. They drove all that distance thinking no way would a venue of over 700 capacity would sell out. Fortunately it did only after they got their tickets at the door. Soul music selling out Headliners in Louisville, KY? Simply amazing.
- Cory, Backseat Sandbar

Join us as we celebrate the magic and excitement of  Mardi Gras at the Speed with Live music from "Steve Ferguson and the Midwest Creole Ensemble", fortune tellers, $2 tastings of Southern Comfort Hurricanes and food samplings from Liquor Barn.  Parking is available in the Speed garage for $3. Admission is $10 per person, free for museum members. Doors will open at 5:30 for this event.

On Saturday, February 2, 2008 the Senior High Youth Group and Mission and Outreach Ministry of First Unitarian Church, along with local musician Cari Norris present the “I Love the Mountains Benefit Concert.”

The concert will raise funds to increase awareness around the issue of mountaintop removal in Eastern Kentucky.  All proceeds will be donated to Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC), a social justice and environmental lobbying group.

The program will feature:

• Renowned Kentucky author Wendell Berry;
• The Reel World String Band, traditional and old-time music with a touch of country, swing, blues, and jazz;
• Rich Kirby and the Po Folks, old-time string band from Whitesburg, KY;
• Randy Wilson, storyteller and musician from Leslie County, KY;
• Cari Norris, local artist whose music stems from the traditions of her grandmother, the late Lily May Ledford; and
• Nora Ben & Eli, local teen trio who play an eclectic mix of jazz, Celtic, Appalachian, old-time, and original tunes. (Editor's Note: This trio is great)
  

Snacks, soft drinks and main course provided by the host

Guests to provide the rest, including your drink of choice

Suggested $15 donation (but you can give more!)

Touring in support of her latest CD The Girl That Killed September, Garrison Starr will be playing an intimate house concert in Louisville, KY.
 
This concert is open to the public, but seating is very limited (fewer than 40 seats available).  To make reservations to attend and for additional information please contact Charters Harrison at 502-262-7405 or chartersny@gmail.com.

The Louisville Orchestra and Metro Parks present the 2008 Winter Chamber Concert Series! Come listen to the soothing sounds of world-class musicians as they play your favorites in some of the city's finest facilities. All performances are free and open to the public, made possible by a grant through the National Endowment for the Arts.

String Quartet
Sun Valley Community Center
6505 Bethany Lane
Thursday, January 10th, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
For more information, call 502/937-8802

"Waterpooloza"
Woodwind Trio
Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center
Crescent Hill Park
201 Reservoir Avenue
Wednesday, January 16th, 9:45-11:30 a.m.
For more information, call 502/897-9949

Guest Pianist and String Quartet
Douglass Community Center
2305 Douglass Boulevard
Thursday, January 17th, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
For more information, call 502/456-8120

Woodwind Trio
California Community Center
1600 West St. Catherine Street
Monday, February 18th, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
For more information, call 502/574-2658

Jazz Swing Combo
South Louisville Community Center
2911 Taylor Boulevard
Friday, February 22nd, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
For more information, call 502/574-3206

According to the fine folks at The 930 "Lucky Pineapple describes themselves thus: “six people, six points-of-view, a schizo-suicide of stylings and sounds.” Equal parts math rock, jazz fusion and even a small dose of indie-pop make Lucky Pineapple a unique collective for the literate mind. The band members seemingly contribute their respective parts equally to create a refreshingly original, unified sound. Look for the band to be featured on the forthcoming Louisville edition of the Burn to Shine film project alongside other great Louisville artists such as Will Oldham, Shipping News and Liberation Prophecy."

For fans of: Tortoise, Devo, The Flaming Lips, Miles Davis"

We mean it in the kindest, sweetest sense when we say wuss. Think Iron & Wine, Jose Gonzalez, Cat Power... we love us some wusses.

The Henry Wallace Brigade will hold a music and dance celebration extravaganza on Saturday, December 22nd to launch its public fundraising for a return trip to Cuba in 2008. On that trip, the Brigade will assist in the construction and renovation of the Henry Wallace Center for the Elderly. The celebration, starting at 7 PM will feature live music, dance and poetry, as well as photography, arts and crafts available for last-minute holiday buying. The Alternative, at 1032 Story Avenue in Louisville is hosting the event. The Henry Wallace Brigade traveled to Cuba the first time in December 2006, as a tribute to their namesake, long-time Prospect, Kentucky resident Henry Wallace who was well-known for his ardent support of revolutionary Cuba, was also a farmer, social justice activist, and founder of Henry's Ark Animal Refuge in Prospect.

Performers include:

• Hip-Hop artist Afrykah
• Dance troupe Asrar Al Badra, The Moons’ Secrets, devoted to Middle Eastern and experimental dance
• Kathy Weisbach, Carol Kraemer, and Laura Shine of "Yer Girlfriend"

Cover is $5-25 sliding scale at the door. Call 502-558-3568 or 502-216-2060 for more information.

Start the New Year with a side of bluegrass at Browning's! We've got Kentucky Fried Pickin' starting at 9 p.m. Chef Jay Denham will have the regular menu available along with some New Year's Eve specials until 10 p.m. The party continues into 2008 with bar plates and music until 1 a.m., so bring your party shoes and start your year off right!

Hipsters, Tricksters, & real cool chicks, SIR - they'll All be doing the rag at Derby City Espresso.

Come on in and check out the swinging sounds of the shaking sixties. From Otis Redding and the Memphis soul sound to the smooth reggae of Trojan Records from Kingston Jamaica. Dig into the London beats of the Kinks and the Who and the American R&B that influenced them.

The Dreidel finds adventure all around the big city, at the mall, with Santa, in the park, at the record store. All set to the tune of Brigid Kaelin's Chanukah earworm, "Blue Dreidel No. 9." Beware the fierce yodeling! Purchase this single and her other radio hit, "Mazel Tonk!" at www.myspace.com/brigidkaelin

"CFA's mission is to organize and encourage cooperation among farmers, rural, and urban citizens, through leadership development and grassroots democratic processes, to ensure an essential, prosperous place for family-scale agriculture in our economies and communities."

VOICES of Kentuckiana will present “Holidays Around the World,” the chorus’ annual holiday concert on December 7th & 8th at 8:00 pm at the Eifler Theater at Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., Louisville. Artistic Director Shaun Popp says he chose the international theme this year for a slightly different twist on the traditional holiday concert repertoire. “We will take you on a musical journey to Great Britain, Russia, Spain, France, and a few other surprise destinations. Look for a rendition of “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies” you won’t see anywhere else. As with all VOICES Concerts, you can never count anything out!”

Welcome in the holiday season with festive music performed by three Louisville bands — Guilderoy Byrne; My Darling Asleep; and Norah, Ben, Eli, and Meaghan. The concert will take place at First Unitarian Church in Louisville, which has excellent sound and visibility from all seat locations. And, enjoy complimentary holiday treats and hot cider during intermission!

An Evening Of Music and Dance with Ben Sollee
Celebrating the release of Learning To Bend
Choreography by David Ingram and Delilah Smyth
Photography by Mickie Winters
Friday November 16th and Saturday November 17th
21C Museum Hotel
8 pm
$10

Join us for a night of darkness and beauty with over 25 local visual artists and music.

Christ Church Cathedral
421 South Second Street
Louisville, Kentucky

Admission $20
(Seniors $15; Students $10)

For more information, call 228-1176

"Bach went to his grave without ever hearing it performed. Don't make the same mistake."

Louisville's own Voces Novae is a unique, semi-professional choral ensemble conducted by Frank A. Heller III, its founding Artistic Director. Now in its 15th season, the ensemble was founded in 1993 and is composed of 45 selectively auditioned singers from the Louisville and Southern Indiana metropolitan area. The Latin phrase voces novae ("new voices") reflects our mission and vision:

A community uplifting the human spirit by performing the finest in choral literature. We are dedicated to awakening the highest musical artistry, providing a camaraderie that nurtures our members' musical and personal development, and delivering a gift to our audience that evokes the spirit with which we embrace our music.

Follow the yellow brick road to the Louisville Pops Orchestra’s presentation of Oz with Orchestra.  Hear the full orchestra perform the live score to the completely remastered film The Wizard of Oz!  The brilliantly restored images are accompanied by the Louisville Orchestra playing entirely new transcriptions of Harold Arlen's brilliant lost scores.  Hearing Judy Garland's original 1939 studio recordings, backed by lush, live orchestration will transport children and adults alike.  With this version of The Wizard of Oz on the big screen, moviegoers will be treated to the Oscar-winning film as it has never been seen before!

Oz with Orchestra

Saturday, November 17th

1:30 PM & 8:00 PM

At The Louisville Palace

Buy tickets online

It was tacky of me not to mention the opening act, Cass McCombs, for the José González show I'm so excited about. Making my tackiness worse is the fact that apparently the opening act kicks ass. Entertainment Weekly gives McCombs new CD an A- rating and has these nice things to say about it and McCombs:

It's a rare musician who can finesse a great pop hook into a psych-rock jam, but on ''Deseret,'' Cass McCombs does just that with help from a twinkling piano and Beach Boys-style harmonies. On Dropping the Writ, his third full-length CD, the singer-songwriter seems to source his lyrics from dreams, with hazy impressions of longing and wonder that linger. The real gem here: ''That's That,'' a superb '70s AOR-style track on which a mournful pedal-steel guitar, a driving bass line, and McCombs' reedy voice alchemize into something almost divine.

More festivities on Frankfort Avenue to coincide with the Trolley Hop tonight.

Caffe Classico presents a performance by George Wakim with Alma Gitana tonight, Friday, October 26th at 8:30pm

Caffe Classico
2144 Frankfort Avenue

$5.00 cover

While digging up the specifics on the José González show I found out about a cool event happening this weekend at The 930 Art Center.

The main event is the Affordable Art Show

This art show is both a one-day event and a month-long exhibit.
The one-day event will be on Oct. 27, 3-8PM in conjunction with a Fall Festival sponsored by Sojourn Church at the same location. The Festival will include art, free music, free food, and fun for kids including a petting zoo and the blow-up jumping things.

Artists include Lisa Austin, Sarah Cosper, Sarah Hall, Brendan Kennedy, Melvin C. Ledrick, Julie Leidner, Jason McCreary, Flora Naslund, Alex O’nan, Emily Parker, Brandon and Bethan Rogers, Eric Scholtens, James R. Southard, Stephanie Tanner, and Michael and Mickie Winters.

A Fall Festival happening in conjunction with the Affordable Art Show will feature music by Hog Operation, Rob Carpenter & Paul Moeller, Dangerbird, The Fervor

The 930 Art Center and Sojourn Community Church host a Fall Fesitval with free games, free food and free live music from 3-9pm. In addition, The 930 Art Gallery will host an opening reception for the 1st Annual Affordable Art Show (everything under $100). Fun for the whole family!

Afternoon Outdoor Set
Hog Operation 3:30pm
Rob Carpenter (The Muckrakers) & Paul Moeller (Digby) 5pm

Evening Indoor Set
Dangerbird 6:30pm
The Fervor 7:30pm

So apparently the first weekend in December is "let's make all the indie pop & folk emo (instead of whiny emo) loving hipster people happy" weekend. José González is playing December 1 and while that is happy making enough Peter Bjorn and John will be playing at Headliners the night before, November 30.

This Swedish band has been making the rounds (some friends recently saw them at the Austin City Limits festival and they played SXSW earlier in the year) here in the states. Their popularity is fueled mostly I think by their uber catch song Young Folks. That track is how I came to know them anyway. WFPK played the heck out of it all summer long and I sang and whistled along every damn time and bought the single from iTunes. That track was also featured in an episode of Grey's Anatomy if I'm not mistaken. You can see the odd video for the song at the band's website.

I confess that I only own the Young Folks single (My music buying budget has been strained this summer and fall people, cut me some slack) but I'm betting they put on a great show that is well worth the $15 ticket price.

Peter Bjorn and John with Besnard Lakes
Friday, Nov. 30, 9pm

Headliners Music Hall
Tickets: $15
On Sale Now and Available at: TicketWeb & ear X-tacy

Normally I wouldn't post about a show that's over a month away but I'm so excited about this one I wanted to make sure all interested parties know about it. José González is coming to our fair town and will be playing at The 930 Listening Room on December 1.

My friend Jason gave me González's first album, Veneer, last year for Christmas and I'll confess I didn't warm to it right away. It took a little time but it's become a much beloved record that's still getting frequent plays this Fall. So I'm really excited he's coming to town in support of his new record In Our Nature.

I know we get cool artists and musicians coming to town all the time but sometimes that point really hits home. When it's an artist you're a fan of it's so cool to be able to see them in a small venue, at a good price in your town. < / end gushing about how great living in Louisville is>

Louisville musician Ben Sollee is hard guy to pin labels or expectations on. He's influenced by folk, soul, jazz and bluegrass but his work doesn't fit neatly into any of those categories. He's a singer-songwriter but his string instrument of choice is the cello not the guitar. His music has some quirky elements but he's not a one note quirky musician like say Nellie McKay. He's got a new CD coming out (Learning to Bend) but instead of a normal record release party at a bar or club or even a music shop he's celebrating with two nights of music, dance and photography at 21C Museum Hotel.

The performance will be focused on music created by Ben for Learning to Bend and will feature the choreography of David Ingram (North Carolina Dance Theatre) and Delilah Smyth (formerly of Louisville Ballet). Dancing will be Erica De La O and Chris Wojtera of the Louisville Ballet. A photographic series by Louisville photographer Mickie Winters accompanies the music and will be on display. Ben will be performing with a musical ensemble that will include string quartet, harp, percussion, and spoken word with some extra surprises.

That sounds like a cool event.

An Evening Of Music and Dance with Ben Sollee
Celebrating the release of Learning To Bend
Choreography by David Ingram and Delilah Smyth
Photography by Mickie Winters
Friday November 16th and Saturday November 17th
21C Museum Hotel
8 pm
$10

Check out Ben's MySpace page for a few older audio clips to get a feel for his eclectic sound. I haven't heard anything from the new record yet but I'm looking forward to hearing it soon.

An evening of poetry, music and art buying is happening this Saturday night at Moxie Letterpress. Mingling starts at 7PM, poet Cate Marvin will be reading from her new book "Fragment of the Head of a Queen" at 8PM, local ambient trio Among the Multitude will begin playing at 9PM and Moxie Letterpress will have broadsides (including a brand new one) and other works for sale at the event.

Poetry, Music & Art Buying
October 27, 7PM

Moxie Letterpress
(located in the Butchertown Market)
1201 Story Avenue
Louisville, KY

Kory at 37 Flood tells us that Norwegian band Ungdomskulen is very cool and we're quite lucky that they're playing two shows here on Wednesday (one of them for free!)

Hey Louisvillians, we have a special treat this coming Wednesday. Ungdomskulen, a Norwegian band is touring the US for their first time and making Louisville one of their few dates. A three piece that has been compared to the Melvins, Death from Above and Q and Not U. Don't let other bands speak for them though, get out and let their quirky, jazz-heavy rock speak for itself.

They will be playing a free show at Ear-xtacy at 5pm and at the Pour Haus at 8pm with The Photographic; a pretty rad sounding duo from right here in the river city that I'm equally excited to check out.
I know it's a work day for most of you but there's not many chances to see a Norwegian band on a Wednesday in the middle of the United States, is there?

37 Flood has a couple mp3s for you to check out. If you dig them you should definitely check out at least one of these shows.

If I'm not mistaken Melissa Ferrick was just in town a few weeks ago to open for Ani DiFranco's show at The Palace. She's coming back again October 30 to play at The Alternative. If you liked seeing her at The Palace imagine how much you'll like seeing her in an intimate club environment.

Melissa Ferrick at The Alternative
Tuesday October 30
8:00PM

$15 advance ticket
$20 day of show

But tickets online through The Alternative's website

The Choral Arts Society, James Rightmyer, conductor presents J.S. Bach Mass in B minor with period instruments.

Friday November 2, 2007
7:30PM

Christ Church Cathedral
421 South Second Street
Louisville, Kentucky

Admission $20
(Seniors $15; Students $10)

For more information, call 228-1176

"Bach went to his grave without ever hearing it performed. Don't make the same mistake."

Bourbon Baroque "Louisville's period-instrument ensemble" will be performing a concert of German chamber works Friday October 8 at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Music by Bach, Handel, Muffat and Telemann will be performed. "Come hear the beauty of German Baroque in one of Louisville's historic German neighborhoods"

Tickets
Adults: $10
Students: $5

Reservations: 502-614-7178
bourbonbaroque@gmail.com

St. Joseph
1406 East Washington
Louisville, Kentucky

I think 37 Flood is a great blog. It covers live shows by local bands, touring bands coming through town, record releases, benefits, clubs, etc. The blogger who runs it loves music and bands and gives attention and support to both. It's an asset to the music community here in Louisville. So why in the world would a local band have this local blogger kicked out of their show?

I was escorted out just as VHS or Beta took the stage and directed not to bring my camera back in. I was told that the band didn't allow photography unless you have a press pass.**

The bassist has been blogging about their tour and they have an active MySpace page. I point that out to say they're not some old school band with no idea about social media. In other words they should know better. They should know that they have nothing to fear and lots to gain from supportive fans who want to photograph and write about their shows. Or in words that I and others have said oh so many times before "Photography is not a crime."

There was a VHS or Beta billboard across the street from Ear X Tacy. Every time I passed it I thought "I'm going to pick up the new VHS or Beta record." I hadn't done it yet but fully planned to do so. Not any more. I'm a photographer and social media advocate. If you don't want bloggers and amateur photographers documenting your shows then I don't think I need to spend my money on your records.

ETA: I just don't understand what benefit the band gets from banning photography.

** I'll leave the door open here for the possibility that the fault actually lies with the club and not the band. Maybe the security guy was overzealous and thought that if he said it was on the band's request it would go down easier. If that is the case I will happily acknowledge it.

Louisville Orchestra conductor Bob Bernhardt "pays tribute to his dear friend in this evening of unparalleled film scores and recognizable tunes in celebration of John Williams' 75th birthday."

John Williams's music is kind of the soundtrack of our lives, at least for people of my generation and the one before me. The scores for Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter, all touch emotional cores for me so this should be a brilliant show.

Thursday, September 20, 2007
6:30 PM - Brown Theatre

Single tickets will go on sale on September 4th at 10:00AM.

If I wasn't such an old lady in spirit and practice, and thus in bed by at least 11:30 each night and up by 7:00 each morning, The Late Seating at Actors Rooftop Concert would definitely be on my agenda. I know lots of you though aren't nearly so old in thought and deed as I am and thus this event is right up your "young people having lots of fun late into the night" alley.

An electric summer concert mixing new work by local artists.

Music
Your Highness Electric
Ultra Pulverize
Anton Mink

ART
sculpture by David Metcalf
paintings by Matt Dobson

FILM
presented by Louisville Film Society

Saturday August 10 at 10:30 pm
Doors open at 10 pm

Free to Subscribers
$10 for Non-Subscribers
(or $5 with Actors Theatre ticket stub)
Call 502-584-1205

The first weekend in August is going to bring the annual Kentucky Bluegrass Music Festival to the Belvedere. The festival runs Friday night and Saturday night and will feature live music from 12 bands including a personal favorite of mine, Hog Operation.

Kentucky Bluegrass Music Festival
Friday August 3 5PM-11PM
Saturday August 4 4PM-11PM
Belvedere, Downtown Louisville

Admission $6 before 6PM, $9 after 6PM

Next week's Waterfront Wednesday is featuring Mark Olson formerly of The Jayhawks. I really dug The Jayhawks when I was in college. I've only heard a couple tracks of Olson's solo work but I like what I've heard and think it will be a great show.

Mark Olson and his band - Mark Olson was a founding member of The Jayhawks, the most acclaimed band to emerge out of the alt-country scene. He left the Jayhawks in 1996, after the release of the band’s biggest-selling album, "Tomorrow The Green Grass", but continued to record music with his new band, The Creekdippers, at his new home in the California desert.

Mark recently finished recording his first true solo album, "The Salvation Blues", with producer Ben Vaughn. A deeply personal album, Mark’s voice and poetic lyrics are complemented by Vaughn’s gorgeous musical backdrops featuring the work of some of LA’s best studio musicians.

Waterfront Wednesday
June 27
5:00pm until dark

The Mom's Music Rockschool bands are crazy busy this summer with live gigs all over the place. Hard Rock Cafe, Kentucky Kingdom, you name it these kids are everywhere. The next big gig is Saturday June 29 at 4th St Live!. Come out and see future rock stars at work.

4th St Live!
June 29
1pm-6pm

Details are mighty scarce at this point but Over The Rhine is scheduled to play an all ages show at The 930 Art Center Friday June 22nd, 2007 @ 8pm. It's a fantastic opportunity to hear Consuming Louisville favorite Over The Rhine in a great space.

This Friday's InKY event looks to be a really excellent time. Featured readers/performers are Tom Nord, deputy editor of Velocity, Glenny Brock, Jim Welp, who promises "starry-eyed liberals will take over your country and remove "God" from you Pledge of Allegiance" if you and all of your friends don't show up, and singer-songwriter Nick Peay.

Friday May 11, 2007
The Rudyard Kipling
422 W. Oak St.
Louisville, KY

Free
Brief Open Mic

Estimated time table
7-7:30 pm open mic
7:30-8 pm music
8-9 pm featured readers

37 Flood has great scoop as usual. This time it's about Jim James from My Morning Jacket performing a small, intimate show with friends at The Rudyard Kipling.

BIG NEWS: ON SUNDAY JUNE 3 JIM JAMES OF MY MORNING JACKET PLUS APPROPRIATE MUSICIANS ALONG WITH RON WHITEHEAD AND SARAH ELIZABETH PRESENT A CONCERT AT 7:00 P.M., A TRIBUTE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RUDYARD KIPLING'S PRESENTATION OF GREAT NEW BANDS THROUGHOUT ITS 23 YEARS! JIM CALLED THE RUDYARD "LOUISVILLE'S RYMAN AUDITORIUM" COST OF THIS CONCERT IS $33.33.

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The Unstable Barn Party sounds like a Derby party after my own heart. First the name is just completely lovable. Second how can you not love a party that includes

• music from The Commonwealth, Woodrow on the Radio, D.J. Matt Anthony, & Sativa Gumbo
• visual, performance and installation art
• a costume contest

and is a way to contribute to the art communit: since proceeds go to the Louisville Visual Art Association.

May 3rd, 2007 @ 7pm - midnight
Louisville Visual Art Association at The Water Tower located at 3005 Upper River Road
- 21 and older only
- $10 admission (includes 1 drink ticket compliments of Maker's Mark), tickets can be purchased by contacting the Louisville Visual Art Association
- Costumes optional but encouraged (theme is "are you part of the elite or part of the paparazzi?" so I guess go as a specific celebrity, a rich person in general or your favorite or least favorite photographer)

37 Flood has an excellent interview with Megan Hickey of The Last Town Chorus who is in town to play this season's kickoff of Waterfront Wednesday. Well done 37 Flood.

I saw the preview for Before The Music Dies and instantly was out of my mind excited to see it. So it bums me beyond belief that I won't be in town Thursday April 26 to attend the screening of this film at The 930 Art Center. Bad luck and time is keeping me from attending but that doesn't have to happen to you. If you are any kind of music fan you want to see this movie.

Thursday April 26th, 2007 @ 7pm. $5 at the door. Public Radio Partnership members receive FREE admission with a partner card. All ages.

WFPK 91.9FM and The 930 Listening Room proudly present a special screening of the documentary film Before the Music Dies followed by performances from Washington D.C.’s Vandaveer and Louisville’s own Chemic.

BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey–ultimately, the promise that the future holds–are what makes BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES both riveting and exhilarating.

Chemic is new to me but I checked out the songs on their website and really, really like their sound. According to their blog their new album may very well be ready and available for purchase at this show. Definitely more incentive to check this event out.

WFPK's Waterfront Wednesday has a very diverse and interesting lineup for this coming Wednesday's show.

The performers include Los Straitjackets w/Big Sandy, the Tony Furtado Band and Last Town Chorus. I heard part of an NPR story about The Last Town Chorus and I think they're definitely worth checking out.

Every Wednesday BBC St. Matthews hosts Americana Jam, an open bluegrass jam sponsored by Bluegrass Anonymous and Mike Bucayu. Music starts around 7:30 and ends at close with FREE ADMISSION. Come see as many as 30 bluegrass players breaking off into groups and playing whatever strikes their fancy. We get a lot of younger folks wanting to play and learn from the best in Louisville. Y'all come! Check out their site at Bluegrass-Anonymous.org.

This sounds like an awesome regular event to check out.

Local conceptual band Arnett Hollow will be celebrating the release of their first CD at BBC 4th Street on April 27.

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