Thursday, July 26, 2012

Charlotte NC Live Music, Band News & More 07/25/12 - 08/01/12


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CHARLOTTE  EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(compiled and distributed by Laurie  Koster since March 2003)
July 25, 2012 - August 1,  2012


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WED
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What's New | Looking Ahead | Thank You | Links 

Wednesday July 25 - Happy Birthday Jeff  Powell!

**MaxxMusic Presents:   Lydia Loveless
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Nathan  Angelo
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Shuffle Magazine and  Tremont Music Hall present: A Place to Bury Strangers w/Hunters, Little Bull Lee
Tremont Music Hall
8pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com

**The School of Rock  AllStars
The Visulite Theatre
7pm
http://www.visulite.com

**The Sugar  Prophets
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx

**The  Blackhounds (Jonesy, Andy Wood, Mike Scarlatta, Greg Lilley)
Easy  Eddies (Huntersville)
http://www.theblackhounds.com


**Benji  Hughes Residency
Snug Harbor
9pm - No Cover
http://www.snugrock.com






Thursday July 26 - Happy Birthday Dana  Koster!

**MaxxMusic Presents:  The  Train Wrecks w/Justin Fedor
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/wrecks.htm


**Greg  Lilley
Queen City Q
5pm-7pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley


**MaxxMusic  & Landshark Entertainment Present: Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band  w/David Wax Museum
The Knight  Theater
7:30pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/ritter.htm


**Chuck Johnson w/Tom  Kuhn
Ice House
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/371403732925117/

**Junque Gallery w/Chris  Sanchez
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx


**Actual  Proof
US National Whitewater Center
7pm - No Cover
http://usnwc.org/riverjam/band-schedule/

**Big  Octave
Blue Restaurant And Bar (at the corner of 5th and  College)
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/bigoctave





Friday July 27 - Happy Birthday Martin  Stephenson


**Barnstock  '12 Featuring: True Life, Something Clever, Golden Boy, Morning Brigade,  Weakercaptain, The Brett Morton Project, The Rusty Knox Band, Billy Jones and  the Pocket and Donna The Buffalo
12pm - 12am
Huntersville, North  Carolina
http://www.facebook.com/events/378006028921038/ * http://www.mybarnstock.com/


**Chuck  Johnson w/Tom KuhnBig Ben's
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/426369637415197/


**Lefty  Williams Band
Thomas Street Tavern
8pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/show/7882333


**Amy Broome
Queen City Q
5pm
http://www.amybroome.com

**Cosmic  Charlie High Energy Grateful Dead
The Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com


**Jared  Allan
The Village Tavern
6pm-9pm
http://www.jaredallan.com


**MaxxMusic  Presents: Gigi Dover & The Big Love The Robin Is High.... CD Release Party  With Rusty King
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/gigi.htm


**RecessFest - Jul.  26-29
Various Venues, Clubs & Bars
Full, ENORMOUS, schedule  and lineup at
https://www.facebook.com/events/392316714138437/
* http://www.shufflemag.com/recess-fest-co-founders-casey-malone-and-zach-reader-peel-back-the-curtains-part-1-of-2/


**Recess  Fest: Black Congo NC, Weekenders, Pan, Coma Cinema, Little Bull Lee, Those  Lavender Whales, Nicholas & The Human Race
Snug  Harbor
7pm
http://www.snugrock.com


**Greg  Lilley
NoDa Brewing Co.
6:30-8:30pm
AND
The  BlackHounds w/Analog Daze
Salvador Deli
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley


**Lenny Federal Band  w/Wicked Powers (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal




Saturday July 28 - Happy Birthday Jan Jenson, Taylor Slaughter  and Clee Lasster!

**Rick Spreitzer, Donny  Fletcher & Phil Carias
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
http://www.rickspreitzer.com

**Sunshone Still, Elonzo,  The Sea Wolf Mutiny, Sinner & Saints
Petra's
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/323292384425274/

**Carolina Gator Gumbo and  Gumbo Motion
McHale's Irish Pub
6pm
Fort Mill, SC
http://carolinagatorgumbo.com\

**Greg  Lilley
Harvey’s (Huntersville)
9pm-12am
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley

**MaxxMusic & Landshark  Entertainment Present: Jon Lindsay w/Old Milwaukee & Caleb Caudle & The  Bayonets
The Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com

**MaxxMusic Presents:  Rainbow Danger Club From Shanghi w/Garlic City
The Evening  Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com


**Barnstock '12 Featuring:  Atlas Road Crew (A.R.C.), D&D Sluggers, Keaton Lange, The Business People,  Vanished Frontier, The Stoney Creek Boys, Bluefiveone, War Hands, Sugar Glyder,  Chasing Pedestrians, Brody & Choch and Masterjaxx
12pm -  12am
Huntersville, North Carolina
http://www.facebook.com/events/378006028921038/ * http://www.mybarnstock.com/


**The  Spongetones
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx


**RecessFest - Jul.  26-29
Various Venues, Clubs & Bars
Full, ENORMOUS, schedule  and lineup at
https://www.facebook.com/events/392316714138437/
* http://www.shufflemag.com/recess-fest-co-founders-casey-malone-and-zach-reader-peel-back-the-curtains-part-1-of-2/


**Recess Fest: Overmountain  Men, 2013 Wolves, Scowl Brow, Jeremiah & The Howling Owls, Kill Your Mules
Snug Harbor
8pm
http://www.snugrock.com


**BeleChere  July 27, 28 & 29 - Asheville, NC -  Aunt Martha, BOOMBOX, David  Mayfield Parade ~ David Wax Museum ~ Delta Rae ~ Doc Aquatic ~ Dr. Dog ~ Ethan  Andrew McMahan ~ Grown Up Avenger Stuff ~ Inner Visions ~ Jody Medford &  Cash Creek ~ Jonathan Scales Fourchestra ~ Kovacs & the Polar Bear ~ Lacy  Green ~ Larry Keel ~ Lorraine Conard Band ~ Los Amigos Invisibles ~ Lucero ~  Lyric ~ Michael Reno Harrell ~ Papa Grows Funk ~ Randall Bramblett ~ Sanctum  Sully ~ Spicy Moustache & the Flavor Saviors ~ stephaniesid ~ Tennessee  Hollow ~ The Archrivals ~ The Buchanan Boys ~ The Critters ~ The Swayback  Sisters ~ The Travis Smith Project ~ Whitney Moore ~ Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty  Band
http://belecherefestival.com/Listen/LineUp/tabid/111/Default.aspx - ~








Sunday July 29 - Happy Birthday Tammy  Brackett, Jeff Dugan & Justin Ruckman!

**Boombox  w/Stamper
The Neighborhood Theatre
9:30pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com


**Trip  Rogers Band
Easy Eddie's
2pm-5pm
Huntersville, NC
http://www.triptogers.com


**RecessFest - Jul.  26-29
Various Venues, Clubs & Bars
Full, ENORMOUS, schedule  and lineup at
https://www.facebook.com/events/392316714138437/
* http://www.shufflemag.com/recess-fest-co-founders-casey-malone-and-zach-reader-peel-back-the-curtains-part-1-of-2/


**The Loose  Lugnuts
The Thirsty Beaver
5pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/318052628284489/


**Jared  Allan
Wine Vault
7pm-11pm
http://www.jaredallan.com


**Afton  Showcase
The Evening Muse
6:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com


**MaxxMusic  Presents: Sai Musiq Jazz Series Featuring John Shaughnessy
The  Double Door Inn
7pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx


**Chuck  Johnson w/Tom Kuhn
The Mellow Mushroom
7:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/thecharlyhorse?ref=stream


**The Roundtable's Sunday  Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
WSGE  91.7FM
noon-1pm
http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php


**Divakar Hosts the New Music  and Indie Label Show 7pm-8:30pm
AND "90 Minutes" (Local & Regional Music)  - 8:30pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End
(every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com

**BeleChere July 27, 28  & 29 - Asheville, NC -  Aunt Martha, BOOMBOX, David Mayfield Parade  ~ David Wax Museum ~ Delta Rae ~ Doc Aquatic ~ Dr. Dog ~ Ethan Andrew McMahan ~  Grown Up Avenger Stuff ~ Inner Visions ~ Jody Medford & Cash Creek ~  Jonathan Scales Fourchestra ~ Kovacs & the Polar Bear ~ Lacy Green ~ Larry  Keel ~ Lorraine Conard Band ~ Los Amigos Invisibles ~ Lucero ~ Lyric ~ Michael  Reno Harrell ~ Papa Grows Funk ~ Randall Bramblett ~ Sanctum Sully ~ Spicy  Moustache & the Flavor Saviors ~ stephaniesid ~ Tennessee Hollow ~ The  Archrivals ~ The Buchanan Boys ~ The Critters ~ The Swayback Sisters ~ The  Travis Smith Project ~ Whitney Moore ~ Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
http://belecherefestival.com/Listen/LineUp/tabid/111/Default.aspx - ~



Monday July 30

**Greg  Lilley & Co. w/Kerry Brooks
Amelie’s French Bakery 
8pm-10pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley


**Chuck Johnson w/Tom Kuhn
Cedar Street Tavern
5:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/219430648167654/

**Buildings, Mon Frere,  Oddczar
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com

**Find Your Muse Open Mic  w/featured performer: Parade Ground
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**The Monday Night  All-Stars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx



Tuesday July 31 - Happy Birthday John Tosco & David  French!


**An Evening with Lindsey  Buckingham (solo) - No Opener
The Neighborhood  Theatre
8:30pm
Photo Policy: Photos allowed during first 2 songs - NO  FLASH - NO VIDEO - NO AUDIO
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

**Red Rocking Chair (every  Tuesday)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com

**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com




Wednesday August 1 - Happy 50th Birthday Marie Powell, Tony  Rogers and Kyle Henderson!

**Greg  Lilley
Blackthorne (Ballantyne)
6-9pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley


**MaxxMusic Presents:  Hannah Aldridge
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic & Landshark  Entertainment Present: Yellow Dubmarine
The Visulite  Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Chase  Fifty-Six
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/chase.htm

**Scowl  Brow RESIDENCY
Snug Harbor
9pm - No Cover
http://www.snugrock.com








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Band/Artist/Media News, Features,  Announcements and Upcoming Local and Regional Events
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*** = New Additions This Week

Misc News, Events & Announcements:

***1st Annual Bands Together for Lupus featuring: Andrew  Stamper, Ryan Bach Band, Jackson Cozort, Flesh & Stone, Leigh Ann Stevens  and Friends, Sy Arden and Matt Perrone - The Chop Shop -  Sunday, Aug. 19th -
All Proceeds benefit The Alliance for Lupus Research -  http://vogue-management.com/events


***The Charlotte Folk Society presents: Wayne Henderson &  Friends - Friday, August 10th - The Great Aunt Stella  Center - http://www.folksociety.org

**The Evening Muse Monday  Night Find Your Muse Open Mic and Radio Show is looking for weekly and featured  talent.  If you are an original artist (local or touring) who would  like to play the 30 minute featured performer slot on one of the Monday nights,  please email us at fymbooking@gmail.com with the date you'll be in town or  interested in, your EPK or links to your music and/or a good, decent quality  video.  Special perks for being featured!  ALSO - Each Monday a Bada$$ of the  week will be selected.  The winner receives a $15 beverage card to use anytime  at The Evening Muse, the opportunity to pick their preferred performance time  for the following Monday, AND their set will be played on Plaza Midwood  Community Radio.  ***The Featured Performer  Slots are filled through Mid-November.  Please keep this in mind when requesting  dates.  Find us on FB -  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Find-Your-Muse-Open-Mic-and-Radio-Show/213629105349332  and Follow us On Twitter - @FindYourMuseClt.

**July 2012 Art at The  Evening Muse presents Kary Coke - http://www.facebook.com/events/468665069810501/

**Daniel Coston has a  variety of his best photos framed and for sale at Jack Beagle's - brought to you  by ShomoLive Charlotte.  http://www.danielcoston.com * http://www.shomolive.com



Upcoming House  Concerts:
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlotteEventsCalen/c5f41ec664/0c8be8e5f2/51599d3d37
**2012 Little Yellow Music House  Concerts (Columbia, SC) 8/25 or 8/26: Will Kimbrough w/Vince McKinley -  https://www.facebook.com/LittleYellowMusicHouse


**SLHC  Basement Series Presents: Julia  Haltigan and Freddie Stevenson 10/07; Barbara Lamb  8/25 http://www.supportlocalhouseconcerts.org

**2012  Teagarden House Concerts (South Charlotte, NC) 10/20: The Cloers CD  Release Party;  teagardensound@gmail.com.






Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV,  Press and Current Events worth noting:

***Cast your vote for Simplified as the Favorite Band of this  Music 2 Rise Season - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfIWqjQ_K1c.   Simplified was the Music 2 Rise Artist of the Month (June, 2012) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-lMGf8rU3c&feature=relmfu

**Music  Videos of Bands You Should (and may eventually) Get To Know http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/unknown_greats_you_should/

**Happy Trails - Rodney  Lanier - http://vimeo.com/33930867 **Rodney Lanier Memorial  Service and New Orleans style processional down N. Davidson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjdovdIkzU&sns=fb *  **Goodbye Rodney - John Schacht/Shuffle Magazine - http://www.shufflemag.com/charlotte-bids-adieu-in-style-to-local-musician-rodney-lanier/



This and That:
**Randy Walker, host of WSGE 91.7FM's The Roundtable's  Sunday Edition, is looking for bands/musicians who would like to  be a featured guest on his weekly radio program. If interested, please contact  Randy at lowwillie@aol.com for more information. http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php



Radio:

**The Roundtable's Sunday  Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday) - WSGE 91.7FM - 9am-10am  -http://www.wsge.org/wsge/

**Listen online to our  local and regional bands at WNCW 88.7FM , "90 Minutes", CharlotteMusician.com, WGWG 88.3FM (Boiling Springs, NC) and WSGE 91.7FM, as well as those weekly specialty programs  mentioned above.

**Plaza Midwood Community  Radio - http://pmcradio.org/



Misc.  Organizations and Links:

**The Charlotte Live  Alt/Rock/Indie Music Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/LiveMusicMeetup/

**Post and read reviews  about anything and everywhere in Charlotte at Yelp.com - http://www.yelp.com/charlotte-nc

**Essential Charlotte - The  People & Places That Make Us Unique - http://www.essentialcharlotte.com



***Looking Ahead: (new additions or updates)

(^=Potential sell out - recommend getting advance  tickets)

***************
07/29 - ^The Zombies - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
08/02 - Desert Noises w/Elonzo - The  Evening Muse
08/03 - Will  Hoge - Visulite Theatre
08/15 - The  Lumineers - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/16 - Eilen  Jewell - - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/17 - Jay  Brannan - The Visulite Theatre
08/18 - Malcolm Holcombe - The Evening Muse
08/18 - George  Jones - Durham PAC (Durham, NC)
08/22-23  - ^Langhorne Slim & The Law -  The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/27 -  Okkervil River w/The  Mynabirds - The Visulite Theatre
09/08 - ^Tosco Music  Party featuring: Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade,The  Steel Wheels, Avante, Eliot Bronson, Martin Rivas, Strictly Dixie, Desmond  Myers, Carriage Club Chorus, Ellis Paul, Muriel Anderson, Actual Proof &  More! - Halton Theater
09/09  - Colin Hay - McGlohon Theater
09/10 - Chris Isaak - McGlohon Theater 
09/25 - Mark Kozelek (of Sun Kil Moon & Red House Painters) - The Grey Eagle  (Asheville, NC)
09/26  - Fiona Apple - The Fillmore Charlotte
09/27 - Frontier  Ruckus - US National Whitewater Center
09/28 - ^Matthew Mayfield, Matthew Perryman Jones &  Callaghan - The Evening Muse
10/01 -  Gotye - Raleigh Amphitheater (Raleigh, NC)
10/02 - Allen Stone  w/Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds - The Visulite Theatre
10/02 - Andrew Bird - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/07 -  Bell X1 - The Casbah (Durham, NC)
10/09 - Nick Lowe -  McGlohon Theater
10/11 - Jim White Combo - The  Evening Muse
10/14 - Heart w/Alejandro Escovedo - Koka Booth  Amphitheatre (Cary, NC)
10/17 - James McMurtry - Visulite Theatre
10/24 - ^An Evening With Chris Smither - The Grey Eagle  (Asheville, NC)
10/26  - David Sedaris - The Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham,  NC)
10/20 - Tim  O'Brien with Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore - The Grey Eagle  (Asheville, NC)
11/03 - The Whigs - The  Visulite Theatre
11/03 - ^Motion City Soundtrack w/Jukebox the Ghost and Now,  Now - Tremont Music Hall
11/16 - Justin Townes  Earle w/Tift Merritt - McGlohon Theater
12/08 -
Keb' Mo' - McGlohon  Theater






Thank you to those who  have reciprocated links or shown appreciation or have supported me in some way  throughout the years.  This weekly newsletter not only takes many, many hours to  compile, distribute, blog and promote, but also costs a monthly fee.  As many  have shared with me, it's both a valuable resource, and a treasured promotional  tool. I started it, (in 2003), as a service to my musician clients and friends  who, at the time, had few ways of promoting their shows, or a publication that  would have an interest in writing about, or even listing their independent  shows. It has grown since then to include much more, but its purpose remains the  same - not to be a comprehensive list, but a way to help promote and advertise  those artists and venues I'm familiar enough with to personally recommend, and  whom I feel may need, and appreciate, what I do.



Best of Charlotte Awards  & Press

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlotteEventsCalen/c5f41ec664/0c8be8e5f2/cc6828b238/Award=oid:229366http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlotteEventsCalen/c5f41ec664/0c8be8e5f2/e7a22a9b4a Creative Loafing Critics PIck - Best Supporter of Local Music
Patrons of the Arts • by Courtney  Devores - The Charlotte Observer • March, 2012

First  Couple of Charlotte Music (Uptown Magazine)


Living it up at the 'Rock  & Roll Motel' •  Charlotte couple shares their home with touring rock  bands.
by April Denée/The Charlotte Observer
http://aprildenee.com/2011/05/01/livin-it-up-at-the-rock-roll-motel/
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/01/2256244/living-it-up-at-the-rock-roll.html


#1  Music Fan (Charlotte Folk Society)

The  Charlotte Weekly Happenings Newsletter, Updates and latest news can also be  found at: 

NEW:  TRENDING CHARLOTTE  MUSIC - http://www.twylah.com/charlottemusic


(Please forward this newsletter  to your friends, and also consider a link back to my website to encourage people  to sign up for this newsletter.  And finally, as always, it's a good idea  to check with the artist or venue prior to driving to a show).

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Charlotte NC Live Music Events Calendar, Band News & More 07/18/12 - 07/25/12


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CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY  NEWSLETTER
(compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster since March  2003)
July 18, 2012 - July 25, 2012





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Wednesday July 18 - Happy Birthday Lynn Farris &  Jeremy Davis!

**MaxxMusic Presents:   Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express
The Double Door  Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx

**Chris Porter and Bonnie  Whitmore
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Dirt Heavy w/ Alan  Edwards
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Greg  Lilley
Blackthorne (Ballantyne)
6pm-9pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley


**Benji Hughes  Residency
Snug Harbor
9pm - No Cover
http://www.snugrock.com




Thursday July 19 - Happy Birthday Donny Baseball, Courtney  Craven, John Schacht!

**Summit Coffee Songwriters  Showcase Featuring: Haley Dreis, Rob Lytle and Host Rob  McHale
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.summitcoffee.com

**Amy Broome
Lake Norman Cottage
6pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.amybroome.com

**Blitzen Trapper w/Sarah  Jaffe and Hectorina
Tremont Music Hall
8:30pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com

**Chuck  Johnson
CharBar No. 7
http://www.facebook.com/events/202681763193428/

**MaxxMusic Presents:   Lefty Williams
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: The  Hackensaw Boys
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx


**River  Whyless
US National Whitewater Center
7pm - No Cover
http://usnwc.org/riverjam/band-schedule/

**Big  Octave
Blue Restaurant And Bar (at the corner of 5th and  College)
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/bigoctave





Friday July 20


**MaxxMusic  Presents:  Beth McKee w/Charlotte Parrott
The Evening  Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com


**Don  Liberati w/Avian Law
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com


**Josh  Daniel
NoDa brewing Co.
6:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/345691178840345/


**MaxxMusic  & Landshark Entertainment Present: JD McPherson
The  Visulite
9:45pm
http://www.visulite.com


**Jared  Allan
Olde Mecklenburg Brewery
6pm-9pm
AND
Jared Allan  Band
Boardwalk Billy's (UNCC)
10pm
http://www.jaredallan.com


**The  Charles Walker Band
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx


**Plaza  Midwood Community Radio & Charlotte Capoeira CDO Benefit show featuring:  Pullman Strike, Bo White, Mestre Esquilo and Charlotte Capoeira, Moenda, Secret  Hospital and Sister Fister
Snug Harbor
9:45pm
http://www.snugrock.com


**Greg  Lilley
Queen City Q (Uptown)
5pm-7pm
AND
The  Blackhounds (Jonesy, Andy Wood, Mike Scarlatta, Greg Lilley) w/ Jym  Chapman and the Migrant Workers
Smokey Joe’s (Elizabeth)
9pm-1am
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley


**Lenny Federal Band  w/Wicked Powers (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal




Saturday July 21 - Happy Birthday Johnny Bradley & Gina  Asalon!

**Amy  Broome w/Marvin Straton
Big Ben's in Southend
8pm
http://www.amybroome.com


**Christy Snow w/ Jimmy  Landry
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com


**Megafauna
Genome  Gallery
6pm-10pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/257650541003334/


**MaxxMusic Presents: A  Silent Film w/Anchor & Brille (Tickets are  still available)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com


**Truckstop Preachers With  The Mike Strauss Band
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx


**Greg  Lilley
THREES (formerly Press Wine, Uptown)
7pm-10pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley


**Aqualads
Snug  Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com


**MaxxMusic & Landshark  Entertainment Present: BIG Something & Chasing Edison
The  Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.visulite.com








Sunday July 22 - Happy Birthday Sandy  Snead & Bruce Johnson!

**The  Turnstiles
The Thirsty Beaver
5pm
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Thirsty-Beaver-Saloon/155129104571598


**Jared  Allan
Wine Vault
7pm-11pm
http://www.jaredallan.com


**Afton  Showcase
The Evening Muse
6:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com


**MaxxMusic  Presents:  Sai Musiq Jazz Series Featuring Calvin Edwards
The Double  Door Inn
7pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx


**The Roundtable's Sunday  Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
WSGE  91.7FM
noon-1pm
http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php


**Divakar Hosts the New Music  and Indie Label Show 7pm-8:30pm
AND "90 Minutes" (Local & Regional Music)  - 8:30pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End
(every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com



Monday July 23

**Chuck Johnson w/Tom Kuhn
Cedar Street Tavern
5:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/219430648167654/

**Find Your Muse Open Mic  w/featured performer: Brandon Burleson
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**The Monday Night  All-Stars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx



Tuesday July 24


**Justin Taylor: Benefit  for Changed Choices
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Red Rocking Chair (every  Tuesday)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com

**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com




Wednesday July 25 - Happy Birthday Jeff  Powell!

**MaxxMusic Presents:   Lydia Loveless
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Nathan  Angelo
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Shuffle Magazine and  Tremont Music Hall present: A Place to Bury Strangers w/Hunters, Little Bull Lee
Tremont Music Hall
8pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com

**The School of Rock  AllStars
The Visulite Theatre
7pm
http://www.visulite.com

**The Sugar  Prophets
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx

**The  Blackhounds (Jonesy, Andy Wood, Mike Scarlatta, Greg Lilley)
Easy  Eddies (Huntersville)
http://www.theblackhounds.com


**Benji  Hughes Residency
Snug Harbor
9pm - No Cover
http://www.snugrock.com






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Band/Artist/Media News, Features,  Announcements and
Upcoming Local and Regional Events

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*** = New Additions This Week

Misc News, Events & Announcements:

***Simplified - World  Cafe Live w/Tim Williams - September 26, 2012

***VOTE FOR THE CHARLOTTE EVENTS CALENDAR FOR BEST MUSIC  BLOG - http://charlotte.citywebawards.com/best-music-blog.  It's the  very last entry on the bottom.  It was a pleasant surprise to see it in  here!

***The Evening Muse Monday Night Find Your Muse Open Mic and  Radio Show is undergoing some changes!  If you are an  original artist (local or touring) who would like to play the 30 minute featured  performer slot on one of the Monday nights, please email us at  fymbooking@gmail.com with the date you'll be in town or  interested in, your EPK or links to your music and/or a good, decent quality  video.  Special perks for being featured!  ALSO - Each  Monday a Bada$$ of the week will be selected.  The winner receives a $15  beverage card to use anytime at The Evening Muse, the opportunity to pick their  preferred performance time for the following Monday, AND their set will be  played on Plaza Midwood Community Radio.

***July 2012 Art at The Evening Muse presents Kary Cokehttp://www.facebook.com/events/468665069810501/

**Daniel Coston has a  variety of his best photos framed and for sale at Jack Beagle's - brought to you  by ShomoLive Charlotte.  http://www.danielcoston.com * http://www.shomolive.com





Upcoming House  Concerts:
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlotteEventsCalen/28b808ac51/0c8be8e5f2/e4a0f117d7
**2012 Little Yellow Music House  Concerts (Columbia, SC) 8/25 or 8/26: Will Kimbrough w/Vince McKinley -  https://www.facebook.com/LittleYellowMusicHouse


**SLHC  Basement Series Presents: Barbara Lamb 8/25 http://www.supportlocalhouseconcerts.org

**2012  Teagarden House Concerts (South Charlotte, NC) 10/20: The Cloers CD  Release Party;  teagardensound@gmail.com.






Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV,  Press and Current Events worth noting:
**BeleChere  July 27, 28 & 29 - Asheville, NC -  Aunt Martha, BOOMBOX, David  Mayfield Parade ~ David Wax Museum ~ Delta Rae ~ Doc Aquatic ~ Dr. Dog ~ Ethan  Andrew McMahan ~ Grown Up Avenger Stuff ~ Inner Visions ~ Jody Medford &  Cash Creek ~ Jonathan Scales Fourchestra ~ Kovacs & the Polar Bear ~ Lacy  Green ~ Larry Keel ~ Lorraine Conard Band ~ Los Amigos Invisibles ~ Lucero ~  Lyric ~ Michael Reno Harrell ~ Papa Grows Funk ~ Randall Bramblett ~ Sanctum  Sully ~ Spicy Moustache & the Flavor Saviors ~ stephaniesid ~ Tennessee  Hollow ~ The Archrivals ~ The Buchanan Boys ~ The Critters ~ The Swayback  Sisters ~ The Travis Smith Project ~ Whitney Moore ~ Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty  Band
http://belecherefestival.com/Listen/LineUp/tabid/111/Default.aspx - ~


**Music  Videos of Bands You Should (and may eventually) Get To Know http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/unknown_greats_you_should/

**Happy Trails - Rodney  Lanier - http://vimeo.com/33930867 **Rodney Lanier Memorial  Service and New Orleans style processional down N. Davidson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjdovdIkzU&sns=fb *  **Goodbye Rodney - John Schacht/Shuffle Magazine - http://www.shufflemag.com/charlotte-bids-adieu-in-style-to-local-musician-rodney-lanier/



This and That:
**Randy Walker, host of WSGE 91.7FM's The Roundtable's  Sunday Edition, is looking for bands/musicians who would like to  be a featured guest on his weekly radio program. If interested, please contact  Randy at lowwillie@aol.com for more information. http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php



Radio:

**The Roundtable's Sunday  Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday) - WSGE 91.7FM - 9am-10am  -http://www.wsge.org/wsge/

**Listen online to our  local and regional bands at WNCW 88.7FM , "90 Minutes", CharlotteMusician.com, WGWG 88.3FM (Boiling Springs, NC) and WSGE 91.7FM, as well as those weekly specialty programs  mentioned above.

**Plaza Midwood Community  Radio - http://pmcradio.org/



Misc.  Organizations and Links:

**The Charlotte Live  Alt/Rock/Indie Music Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/LiveMusicMeetup/

**Post and read reviews  about anything and everywhere in Charlotte at Yelp.com - http://www.yelp.com/charlotte-nc

**Essential Charlotte - The  People & Places That Make Us Unique - http://www.essentialcharlotte.com



***Looking Ahead: (new additions or updates)

(^=Potential sell out - recommend getting advance  tickets)

***************
07/19 - ^The Killers - The Orange Peel (Asheville,  NC) - SOLD  OUT
07/26 - Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band - Knight  Theater
07/26-29 - BeleChere - Asheville, NC
07/26-29 - FloydFest - Floyd, VA
07/29 - ^The Zombies - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
07/29 - Boombox  w/Stamper - The Neighborhood  Theatre
07/31 - Lindsay Buckingham  (solo) - The Neighborhood Theatre
08/02Desert Noises - The Evening  Muse
08/03 - Will  Hoge - Visulite Theatre
08/15 - The  Lumineers - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/16 - Eilen  Jewell - - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/17 - Jay  Brannan - The Visulite Theatre
08/18 - Malcolm Holcombe - The Evening Muse
08/18 - George  Jones - Durham PAC (Durham, NC)
08/22-23  - ^Langhorne Slim & The Law -  The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/27 -
Okkervil River - The  Visulite Theatre
09/08 - ^Tosco Music  Party - Halton Theater
09/09 -  Colin Hay - McGlohon Theater
09/10 - Chris Isaak - McGlohon Theater 
09/25 - Mark Kozelek (of Sun Kil Moon & Red House Painters) - The Grey Eagle  (Asheville, NC)
09/26  - Fiona Apple - The Fillmore Charlotte
09/27 - Frontier Ruckus - US National Whitewater  Center
09/28 - ^Matthew Mayfield, Matthew Perryman Jones &  Callaghan - The Evening Muse
10/01 -  Gotye - Raleigh Amphitheater (Raleigh, NC)
10/02 - Allen Stone  w/Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds - The Visulite Theatre
10/02 - Andrew Bird - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/09 - Nick Lowe - McGlohon Theater
10/11 - Jim White Combo - The Evening Muse
10/17 - James McMurtry -  Visulite Theatre
10/24 -  ^An Evening With Chris Smither - The  Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
10/26 - David Sedaris - The Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
10/20 - Tim O'Brien  with Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore - The Grey Eagle (Asheville,  NC)
11/03 - ^Motion City Soundtrack w/Jukebox the Ghost and Now,  Now - Tremont Music Hall
11/16 - Justin Townes Earle w/Tift Merritt - McGlohon  Theater




Thank you to those who  have reciprocated links or shown appreciation or have supported me in some way  throughout the years.  This weekly newsletter not only takes many, many hours to  compile, distribute, blog and promote, but also costs a monthly fee.  As many  have shared with me, it's both a valuable resource, and a treasured promotional  tool. I started it, (in 2003), as a service to my musician clients and friends  who, at the time, had few ways of promoting their shows, or a publication that  would have an interest in writing about, or even listing their independent  shows. It has grown since then to include much more, but its purpose remains the  same - not to be a comprehensive list, but a way to help promote and advertise  those artists and venues I'm familiar enough with to personally recommend, and  whom I feel may need, and appreciate, what I do.

Best of Charlotte Awards  & Press

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlotteEventsCalen/28b808ac51/0c8be8e5f2/6ceb876389/Award=oid:229366http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlotteEventsCalen/28b808ac51/0c8be8e5f2/9737ee5170 Creative Loafing Critics PIck - Best Supporter of Local Music
Patrons of the Arts • by Courtney  Devores - The Charlotte Observer • March, 2012

First  Couple of Charlotte Music (Uptown Magazine)

Living it up at the 'Rock  & Roll Motel' •  Charlotte couple shares their home with touring rock  bands.
by April Denée/The Charlotte Observer
http://aprildenee.com/2011/05/01/livin-it-up-at-the-rock-roll-motel/
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/01/2256244/living-it-up-at-the-rock-roll.html


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The  Charlotte Weekly Happenings Newsletter, Updates and latest news can also be  found at: 

NEW:  TRENDING CHARLOTTE  MUSIC - http://www.twylah.com/charlottemusic


(Please forward this newsletter  to your friends, and also consider a link back to my website to encourage people  to sign up for this newsletter.  And finally, as always, it's a good idea  to check with the artist or venue prior to driving to a show).

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