LMN Jazzin’ columnist Marty Kasdan Jr. interviews West African guitarist Lionel Loueke in this week’s LEO. Loueke and his trio play Friday in Comstock Hall at U of L. Tickets are $17.
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Jan 302012
Alt.country artist Alabama Brown gets the cover of the February issue of Louisville Music News. Elsewhere inside, Mike Suttles remember the Cherokee Inn; Mike Stout has the latest country awards news; Alexander Campbell discusses the fusion of Latin and mountain music, Martin Kasdan mourns the loss of the Seelbach Jazz Bar and Eddy Metal has his usual collection of rants, raves, shout-outs and complaints about the Louisville metal/hard rock scene. All in the February issue of LMN, now available around the city.
J. L. Puckett really earned his paycheck this week, with a Features cover story on Cheyenne Marie Mize, playing Headliners on Saturday; a piece on Dick Sisto’s last shows at the Seelbach Jazz Bar; Jane Monheit at the Ogle Center; a longish preview of Kathleen Edwards’ show at Headliners; a blurb about Homefront’s fundraiser at River Bend Winery; a blurb about the Acoustic Cafe show featuring Carrie Rodriquez in Lexington (it was at Uncle Slayton’s last night); a blurb about the Anthrax show at Expo 5 and a Road Trip blurb about Jukebox the Ghost in Cincinnati. Betcha he spends his weekend with his fingers in an ice pack…
Jan 182012
Per the Bluegrass Catastrophe blog, the Seelbach Hotel is ending it’s roughly two-decade long series of weekend evenings of live jazz music, as led by vibraphonist Dick Sisto. Of course, this was one of the best places in the city to hear excellent jazz, often featuring touring musicians who stopped by to sit in with Sisto, bassist Tyrone Wheeler and drummer Jason Tiemann.
LMN Jazzin’ columnist Martin Z. Kasdan Jr. has a review of the recently concluded Jazz Education Network Conference posted at Downbeat.com, the online site for Downbeat Magazine. Marty notes that he “wrote a bit longer than the request.” We’re shocked, shocked.
Jan 152012
With the Jazz Education Network Conference in town next week, the opportunities to hear world-class jazz (both Louisvillian and out-of-towner) rise considerably. A kick-off example happens on Friday, January 6, when Israeli guitarist Roni Ben-Hur and Louisville native John Goldsby, bassist with Cologne, Germany’s Westdeutscher Rundfunk Big Band, sit in with regulars Jeff Sherman and Michael Ferraraccio at Varanese restaurant, 2106 Frankfort Ave. for a show running from 6:30 p.m until 9:30 p.m. Insider Jazz has more info.
Jan 052012
Paste Magazine has a story about an upcoming Woody Guthrie tribute” “A tribute to Woody Guthrie titled New Multitudes is slated to be released on Feb. 28 and will feature My Morning Jacket’s Yim Yames, Son Volt’s Jay Farrar and Centro-matic’s Will Johnson. Read more here.
My Morning Jacket will be part of the 50th Anniversary concert of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. AmNewYork.com has the story
Marty Kasdan Jr. goes off the reservation for a piece in this week’s LEO about the Jazz Education Network conference.
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