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.
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.
Flamenco Louisville’s regular floor show at BLU Italian Grill at the Marriott (downtown Louisville, 3rd and Jefferson) is tonight, 7 – 9:30 p.m. Here’s a video clip of a performance by several members of the quadro at Bernheim Forest to give you an idea of what you might see – only the show at BLU is much more powerful. No admission, come have dinner and enjoy the show.
Here’s a quick peek back at the twelve LMN covers for 2011. Click to go to the story.
The January 2012 issue of Louisville Music News is out and in your favorite spots. The cover features Louisville composer/indie rocker Rachel Grimes, just back from a tour in Europe, planning a new project. Eddy Metal has a rant (surprise, surprise) and news about the metal/hard rock scene; KBS Blues President Gary Sampson takes the first month’s turn at I’ve Got A Mind To Ramble with a eulogy for John Carby and The Zeppelin Cafe; Alexander Campbell has a review of Vietnamese pop/rock at Horseshoe Casino; Mike Stout tallies all the most recent country award nominees and winners; Martin Kasdan Jr. has the jazz news.
Also online this month are two metal interviews by Eddy Metal: Anthrax and Five Finger Death Punch. Available online only on January 1, 2012.
The December issue of Louisville Music News is out on the street, featuring Kevin Gibson’s cover story about the other four record stores on Bardstown Road. (Of course, there are also other stores that sell CDs as part of their business, but the four are designated as record stores.) Ben Jones of Better Days Records is on the cover. Elsewhere in this issue, Keith Clements writes his last Ramble column; Eddy Metal tallies up the results (and lessons learned) of his seventh Rock For Kosair event; Mike Stout has the latest Country music news; Alexander Campbell reviews Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba; Martin Z. Kasdan covers all the latest in the Jazz field and Gretchen Stein Henry waxes ecstatic about Over The Rhine. Grab a copy today at your favorite spot (but not ear X-tacy.)
Since it’s entirely unlikely that most Louisvillians have never heard of, let alone heard, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba, who will be playing at the Clifton Cultural Center tonight, here’s a video to give you a little insight into the performers and music:








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