Monday, January 30, 2012

13th annual San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival (SFBOT)

The eclectic blend of events booked for the 13th annual San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival (SFBOT) will raise up a bluegrass ruckus, create some old-time fun and guarantee some ass kickin' music through performances, dances and workshops. The 10-day festival runs from Feb. 10-19 and comprises more than 30 shows at numerous small clubs around the Bay Area featuring some of the most talented musicians on the Americana and Roots music scene today.

Highlights of this year’s festival includes Bay Area favorites such as The Brothers Comatose, The Crooked Jades, Earl White String Band and the Kathy Kallick Quartet. Also featured are out-of-town bands; Foghorn Stringband, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, and making their SFBOT debut, The Deadly Gentlemen (epic folk and grasscore out of Boston!). The Deadly Gentlemen consists of band members: Greg Liszt on banjo (from Crooked Still), Mike Barnett (from David Grisman Quintet/toured w/Jesse McReynolds) on fiddle, Dominick Leslie on mandolin, Stash Wyslouch on guitar and Sam Grisman on upright bass (son of mandolinist David Grisman).

For the first time the festival will feature a band contest which will bring out some of the up-and-coming new Northern California Bluegrass and Old-Time bands. There is a lot of excitement about this contest and it is expected to be a regular addition to the festival.

In addition to shows, the festival aims to provide rich experiences for Bay Area residents through workshops, jam sessions, kids shows, Bluegrass and Old-Time in the Schools and the Saturday night old-time square dance (always a sell-out with over 220 attendees)! Each year the Festival showcases the best in rising acts from the West Coast and beyond, with a special spotlight on the immense amount of local talent located right here in the Bay Area.

Thanks to a generous investment from the Chris and Warren Hellman Foundation, the festival committee continues its commitment to the Bluegrass and Old-time in the Schools program. The program aims to expose elementary and high school students to the worlds of bluegrass and old-time music and continue the legacy of this important music. Schools interested in bringing performers to their Bay Area location should contact:sfbotf.volunteer.coordinator@gmail.com.

Unlike any other festival in the country, the San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival is a grass-roots, non-profit, volunteer-run festival  dedicated to keeping the tradition of bluegrass and old-time music alive. For more information on the festival, visit http://www.sfbluegrass.org.

Confirmed 2012 Acts
Foghorn Stringband, Jeff Kazor & Lisa Berman, Anne and Pete Sibley, Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Brothers Comatose, Emily Bonn and The Vivants, Water Tower Bucket Boys, BrownChicken BrownCow StringBand, The Bee Eaters, Cahalen Morrison and Eli West, Stairwell Sisters, Water Tower Bucket Boys, Erik Clampitt, The New Five Cents, Squirrelly Stringband, Evie Ladin, The Juncos, Houston Jones, Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band, Family Lines, Kathy Kallick Band Quartet, Taco Jam, Anne & Pete Sibley, The Trespassers, Windy Hill, Snap Jackson & the Knock On Wood Players, Kleptograss, Knuckle Knockers, The Alhambra Valley Band , Redwing, The ONs, Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers, Mad Cow String Band, Misisipi Rider, Sweetback Sisters, James Nash and the Nomads, SUPERMULE, Belle Monroe and Her Brewglass Boys, Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally, Misner & Smith, Jeanie and Chuck Poling, The Earl Brothers, Henhouse Prowlers, Cahalen Morrison and Eli West, Gayle Schmitt and the Toodala Ramblers, Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack, Evie Ladin, The Blushin' Roulettes, Earl White Stringband, Black Crown Stringband, Jordan Ruyle, Pine Box Boys, The Jugtown Pirates, Hang Jones, Dark Hollow, The Crooked Jades, The Deadly Gentlemen

Friday, January 27, 2012

Get Your Inner Hippie on at the Wannee Festival 2012

Were you once a hippie and miss the days? Never been one, but know you have it in you. Well, here's you chance to get your inner hippie back on. Head to north Florida from April 19-21 for the Wanee Festival 2012 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak Florida. A ticket will run you $189 which includes three days of primitive camping as well as loads of great jam band music. See roster below.

Allman BrothersFurtherGov't MuleTedeschi Trucks BandJaimoe’s Jasssz BandBuddy GuyBruce HornsbyMickey Hart BandHot Tuna ElectricRay Manzarek & Roy Rogers BandLeftover SalmonNorth Mississippi Allstars Trigger Hippy (Joan Osborne, Jackie Greene, Steve Gorman, Audley Freed, Nick Govrik)SOJAConspiratorEOTOIvan Neville's DumpstaphunkParticleDevon  Allman's HoneytribeZach DeputyMatt SchofieldBobby Lee Rodgers TrioBig Sams Funky NationCharles BradleyBoneramaJacob Jeffries Band The Yeti TrioBonnie Blue

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Matt Nathanson's Massive All Night Noise Tour 2012

We noticed this week that Matt Nathanson is undergoing a massive All Night Noise Tour 2012 which includes nights he is the headliner as well as nights opening for Kelly Clarkson. During the next few months he alternates between performing with Clarkson and then when she rests; he continues on his own. Many of these nights he is accompanied by NYC based Rachel Platten. And check out his latest CD, Modern Love, which he released last June.

  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - The Wang Center For The Performing Arts Boston, MA: Thursday, January 26, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson - Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD: Sunday, January 29, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Durham Performing Arts Center Durham, NC: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater Jacksonville, FL: Thursday, February 02, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Horseshoe Bossier City Bossier City, LA: Saturday, February 04, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Majestic Theatre San Antonio San Antonio, TX: Monday, February 06, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - House of Blues Houston Houston, TX: Tuesday, February 07, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Long Center Austin, TX: Wednesday, February 08, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie, TX: Friday, February 10, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Juanita's Cantina Ballroom Little Rock, AR: Saturday, February 11, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Cain Park Cleveland Heights, OH: Sunday, February 12, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Varsity Theatre Baton Rouge, LA: Monday, February 13, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi, MS: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - The Ballroom and Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, FL: Thursday, February 16, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - The Beacham Orlando, FL: Friday, February 17, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson - The Beacham Orlando, FL: Friday, February 17, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater, FL: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Fox Theatre Atlanta, GA: Thursday, February 23, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Assembly Hall Champaign, IL: Saturday, February 25, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - The Bluebird Bloomington, IN: Sunday, February 26, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Timmons Arena Greenville, SC: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Paramount Theater Huntington, NY: Thursday, March 01, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Wellmont Theatre Montclair, NJ: Friday, March 02, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Calvin Theatre Northampton, MA: Saturday, March 03, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Water Street Music Hall Rochester, NY: Sunday, March 04, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - John Labatt Centre London, ON: Tuesday, March 06, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Caesars Windsor Windsor, ON: Thursday, March 08, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Intersection Grand Rapids, MI: Friday, March 09, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - The Venue at Horseshoe Casino Hammond, IN: Saturday, March 10, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - The Cabooze Minneapolis, MN: Sunday, March 11, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls, SD: Monday, March 12, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - O’Reilly Events Center Springfield, MO: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Canopy Club Urbana, IL: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - The Blue Note Columbia, MO: Thursday, March 15, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Fabulous Fox Theatre - St. Louis St. Louis, MO: Friday, March 16, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/Rachel Platten - Slowdown Omaha, NE: Saturday, March 17, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - 1STBANK Center Broomfield, CO: Sunday, March 18, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Maverik Center West Valley City, UT: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - ShoWare Center Kent, WA: Thursday, March 22, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID: Saturday, March 24, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson - Wheeler Opera House Aspen, CO: Sunday, March 25, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson w/ Tyrone Wells - Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA: Sunday, March 25, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - San Jose State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Rabobank Arena Theater and Convention Center Bakersfield, CA: Thursday, March 29, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Reno Events Center Reno, NV: Saturday, March 31, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - The Pearl at The Palms Las Vegas, NV: Thursday, April 05, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Matt Nathanson - House of Blues Anaheim Anaheim, CA: Friday, April 06, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Fantasy Springs Casino Indio, CA: Saturday, April 07, 2012
  Send Event to Friends    Kelly Clarkson w/Matt Nathanson - Valley View Casino Concerts Valley Center, CA: Tuesday, April 10, 2012