MyJoog Events for December 2011

Here is our MyJoog calendar for December 2011 - hoping to film some MyJoogTV episodes with Donna the Buffalo and Steep Canyon Rangers at  Rams Head Onstage.

Donna the Buffalo - "The Sun" Music Hall Floyd, VA: Friday, December 02, 2011     Sierra Hull and Highway 111 - Reston Community Center Reston, VA: Friday, December 02, 2011     The David Mayfield Parade w. Boom Chick - Rams Head Onstage Annapolis, MD: Friday, December 02, 2011     Steep Canyon Rangers - Rams Head Onstage Annapolis, MD: Saturday, December 03, 2011     Donna the Buffalo - "The Sun" Music Hall Floyd, VA: Saturday, December 03, 2011     Ralph Stanley II - Lucketts Community Center Leesburg, VA: Saturday, December 03, 2011     Larry Keel & Natural Bridge - The Southern Café and Music Hall Charlottesville, VA: Saturday, December 03, 2011     Holy Ghost Tent Revival - Cafe Nola Frederick, MD: Saturday, December 03, 2011     Mike Bowers - Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard Dickerson, MD: Sunday, December 04, 2011     Donna the Buffalo - Rams Head Onstage Annapolis, MD: Sunday, December 04, 2011     Black Box Revelation - Nightclub 9:30 Washington, DC: Thursday, December 08, 2011     Scythian - Nightclub 9:30 Washington, DC: Friday, December 09, 2011     Graham Colton (full band!) + Steve Moakler - Jammin' Java Vienna, VA: Friday, December 09, 2011     Honor by August - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Friday, December 09, 2011     Honor by August - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Saturday, December 10, 2011     Band of Horses - Nightclub 9:30 Washington, DC: Sunday, December 11, 2011     Noam Pikelny (of Punch Brothers) W/ TIM O'BRIEN AND Aoife O'Donovan - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Sunday, December 11, 2011     JAMES WILSON of Sons of Bill - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Thursday, December 15, 2011     Bill Kirchen’s Honkey Tonk Holiday Show - Jammin' Java Vienna, VA: Friday, December 16, 2011     Last Train Home w/ The Defibulators - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Saturday, December 17, 2011     Up the Chain - Bulls and Bears Pub Hagerstown, MD: Saturday, December 17, 2011     Sons of Bill - Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA: Friday, December 23, 2011     Drive-By Truckers / Lucero - Nightclub 9:30 Washington, DC: Thursday, December 29, 2011     The Drive-By Truckers - Nightclub 9:30 Washington, DC: Friday, December 30, 2011     The Damnwells - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Friday, December 30, 2011     The Drive-By Truckers / Booker T - Nightclub 9:30 Washington, DC: Saturday, December 31, 2011     First Night Leesburg - Tally Ho Theatre Leesburg, VA: Saturday, December 31, 2011     Little Feat - The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD: Saturday, December 31, 2011     The Infamous Stringdusters - Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA: Saturday, December 31, 2011

Carolann Ames takes us down Laurel Canyon Road

This week we received the latest from Carolann Ames (Laurel Canyon Road) and probably like many of you, wasn't very familiar with the artist. After a few listens it quickly becomes evident that she was sweet vocals plus very polished backing musicians. Love the fiddle, particularly in "Back to Santa Rosa"; the bluegrass sound of "Sugar Creek"; and its so true that "Everybody's Somebody in a Honky Tonk". The CD won't be released until January 2012 - but keep an eye out for this one. One month earlier and it would have been a perfect stocking stuffer.

Sherman Theater & Railroad Earth present the 1st annual HORN-O-PLENTY GETAWAY

Looking for something to do Thanksgiving Weekend to avoid overcrowded highways and shopping malls? Head out to northeastern Pennsylvania (Stroudsburg) for the 1st annual Horn-O-Plenty Getaway - two days of music featuring Railroad Earth as well as Cabinet, Yarn, Shockenaw Mountain Boys, Slavic Soul Party, Mike MiZ, Boris Garcia, Damian Calcagne Band, Joey Mutis and Bovine Social Club. The festivities commence Friday November 25th 2011 and continue over Saturday. Here's the basics:

The Horn-O-Plenty Getaway will bring a full weekend of music, art, poetry, food and drink deals, special hotel rates (and, of course, two nights of Railroad Earth!) all into one place! All happenings during the Horn-O-Plenty Getaway will be within walking distance in the great town of Stroudsburg, PA near the Delaware Water Gap!

Two Evenings with Railroad Earth at the Sherman Theater on Friday & Saturday, November 25 & 26!

Your two night RRE concert ticket and wristband gets you free access to all special deals and events in town Friday through Sunday (single night tickets get reduced admission). Come join us for the first of many!  

JETHRO TULL Celebrates AQUALUNG's 40th Anniversary

Remember when albums ruled? They were true works of art - both the cover and the music - and we would spend hours listening to each side of the LP. There was no scatter brained downloading of one or two tracks. One of my early favorite LPs was Jethro Tull's Aqualung - didn't understand the social commentary at the time  - but appreciated the music. Hard to believe that Ian Anderson and his mates were only in their early twenties when composing this classic. Well now, 40 years later the band is celebrating its anniversary with a newly digitized version for the modern age.There are two versions, the full scale Collector's Edition which includes:

• 180g heavyweight LP, 2CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray including various unreleased materials, a new stereo mix, the original Quad mix, and 5.1 DTS and Dolby Digital Surround. The "special edition" includes just the two CDs.
• 12"x12" 48-page hardback book featuring liner notes and an interview with Ian, Q&A with engineer John Burns, Don Lawson (initially written for 'Classic Rock Presents Prog' in March 2011), memoirs from band members (Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (Bass Guitar), Martin Barre (Guitar), Clive Bunker (Drums), Barrie Barlow (Drummer following Clive Bunker’s departure), Glenn Cornick (Original Bassist on early recordings), Terry Ellis (Manager)) and Jennie Franks (Ian's first wife who wrote the lyrics for the title track), rare photos, notes on the new mixes by producer Steven Wilson, and Billie Ritchie (from 60s rock band & label mate ‘Clouds’), rare photos, album lyrics, and more.

Or you can settle for the special edition two CD version.Yea, like you don't have a preference.

• Aqualung - 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition
• Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Special Edition

And here are Ian Anderson's comments:  "Well - it's finally here! The superb remixes by Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson in both stereo and 5.1 Surround. Plus the re-mastered original mixes, bonus tracks, alternative versions and takes of the classic Aqualung material from 40 years ago.

When I wrote and recorded these songs and slaved over a hot audio-mixer in Island Records' Basing Street Studios, I never thought we we would be celebrating this 40th Anniversary release, soon to be released in October. But you can't keep a good song down. Many of these are still favorites on stage today in our concerts throughout the world.

I hope you enjoy this splendid EMI release and, if there's someone out there you really love, then why not treat them to the Collector's Edition in all its glory. Or, come to think of it, if there's someone out there you really dislike, then the same might apply. Each to his own. Me - I kinda like it.....

For those of you easily confused about such things, a 'remix' is not the same as a 're-master.' Remixing involves going back to the original studio multi-track masters and balancing and perfecting the sound on all the individual instrumental and vocal tracks and creating from them a new stereo or 5.1 surround master.

'Re-mastering' is just the cleaning up and making a new copy of the original stereo master - which usually results in a clearer and more sparkling listening experience than the original, when CDs were usually just the vinyl master copied straight to the then new CD medium. These days, with digital audio, we can afford to get more dynamic range and frequency response compared to the vinyl album and (God forbid) cassette versions of old.

Many thanks to Tim Chacksfield and Steve Davis at EMI for all their hard work and initiative in making this happen. And to the enthusiastic and respectful Steven Wilson. Who has just sent me the remixes of another album to listen to, which he has been working on. But, another year, another story....
Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull

Merlefest 25 - Lineup and Tickets Now Available

Ticket sales for MerleFest 25, presented by Lowe’s and slated for April 26 – 29, 2012,  will begin on Tuesday, November 8, at 2:00 p.m. EST. Ticket purchases can be made on the web at www.merlefest.org or by calling 1-800-343-7857. The four-day festival will once again take place on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. MerleFest is an annual homecoming of musicians and music fans, gathering to celebrate the memory of musician Eddy Merle Watson, beloved son of American music icon Doc Watson.

The initial lineup reflects the diversity and quality of performers that have become the hallmark of the four-day festival. MerleFest is known for its unique mix of traditional, roots-oriented music from the Appalachian region, including bluegrass and old-time music, and expanded to include Americana, blues, country, Celtic, Cajun, cowboy, zydeco, rock and many other styles that Doc Watson has referred to as “traditional plus.”

“This year’s initial lineup will bring back a little nostalgia for the core MerleFest audience, those fans who return year after year to hear the traditional sounds of roots music. We have some of the leading names in the music industry, of today and yesteryear, lined up to perform at the historic 25^th festival,” says Ted Hagaman, director of the festival. “The MerleFest 25 lineup is made up of many of the artists who have helped make this festival the premier, internationally-recognized event that it has become. And, we are thrilled to welcome back that core fan base that has been with us for the ride all along… and welcome a whole new generation of fans to experience the music, moments and memories that make MerleFest so special.”


The following artists will join host Doc Watson at MerleFest 25: 

• Richard Watson
• Susana and Timmy Abell
• Alberti Flea Circus
• Banknotes 
• Blind Boy Chocolate
• Roy Book Binder
• Laura Boosinger
• The Boxcars
• Jeffery Broussard
• Buffalo Barfield
• Sam Bush
• T. Michael Coleman
• Dailey & Vincent
• The Deep Dark Woods
• Dehlia Low
• Donna the Buffalo
• Casey Driessen
• Enter The Haggis
• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
• Mary Flower
• The Gibson Brothers
• The Greencards
• Mitch Greenhill
• Stefan Grossman
• Wayne Henderson
• Bob Hill
• David Holt
• The Honeycutters
• Sierra Hull and Highway 111
• The InterACTive Theater of Jef
• Fruteland Jackson
• Johnson’s Crossroad
• Jubal’s Kin
• Kickin Grass Band
• The Kruger Brothers
• Jim Lauderdale

• Jack Lawrence
• Jeff Little
• The Local Boys
• Lost Bayou Ramblers
• Claire Lynch Band
• Dougie MacLean
• Bill Mathis
• Andy May
• Cliff Miller
• Misty River
• Nashville Bluegrass Band
• The Neighbors
• Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
• Red June
• Tony Rice
• Michael Roach
• Peter Rowan
• Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
• Scythian
• The Sigmon Stringers
• Sims Country Cloggers
• Steve and Ruth Smith
• Joe Smothers
• Snyder Family Band
• The Steel Wheels
• Steep Canyon Rangers
• Marty Stuart
• Tut Taylor
• Tedeschi Trucks Band
• ToneBlazers
• Happy Traum
• Pete and Joan Wernick
• The Wild Rumpus
• Tony Williamson
• Wylie & The Wild West
• Zephyr Lightning Bolts