Thursday, December 26, 2013

Charlotte NC Live Music, Band News & More 12/25/13 - 01/01/14

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MOBILE VERSION

 

CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(10+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)

December 25, 2013 - January 1, 2014

 

 

I hope you have a warm and wonderful Christmas Day, and you're surrounded by those you love and who love you back.

 

VOTED the BEST MUSIC BLOG IN CHARLOTTE!
and
"Best Charlotte Music Connoisseurs To Follow On Twitter"

(http://www.twitter.com/charlottemusic)
(Charlotte Music) by CBS Charlotte
8,000+ TWITTER FOLLOWERS AND COUNTING!

 

BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2014, THERE WILL BE A SALES TAX ADDED TO
ALL TICKETS PURCHASED FOR LIVE SHOWS.  YOU MAY WANT
TO PURCHASE TICKETS THAT ARE ON SALE NOW FOR ANY SHOW YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE ATTENDING IN 2014.

 

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(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for special announcements and band news.)

ShomoLive! Charlotte's newest social network platform and booking tool, connecting fans, bands and venues in one location. Contact me if you'd like to set up a meeting to find out what it's all about.

 

**All shows are in Charlotte, NC, unless stated otherwise**

 

Wednesday Dec 25 - Wishing you all a Very MERRY CHRISTMAS and JOYOUS SEASON'S GREETINGS!

 

**Christmas at the Beaver with The Loose Lugnuts
The Thirsty Beaver Saloon
8:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/241903862645830/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

 


Thursday Dec 26 - Happy Birthday, Joe Kuhlmann!

**Dan Hood
The Liberty
6pm

 


Friday Dec 27 - Happy Birthday Aimee Corriher!

**Natalie Royal w/Charlie Whitten
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

 

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: BYOG With Big John Belly
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/byog.htm

 

**Bass Church
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/basschurch.htm

 

**The music of Lou Reed to benefit Maya's Hope Organization for Orphans w/Special Needs, Ukraine featuring: the Sammies, Jack Magic, Dave & The Strange, and an All Star Band of Charlotte musicians.
Snug Harbor
9:30pm
http://www.snugrock.com

 

**Friday Night Open Mic at Angel's Hosted by Douglass Thompson
Angel's Upscale Consignment
6pm-9pm
Bessemer City,  NC
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Angels-Upscale-Consignment/201798286547061
*Sponsored Listing - Thank you!

 

**Chuck Johnson Duo
Blackthorne Restaurant And Bar
https://www.facebook.com/events/381154315348290/

 

**Robot Johnson
UpStage
9pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/622378687820832/

 

**MaxxMusic Presents: Truckstop Preachers with Pullman Strike
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/truckstop.htm

 

**Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band w/ Big Something + Duende Mountain Duo
The Chop Shop
http://chopshopnoda.com/calendar/month.calendar/2013/12/23/-

 

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

 


Saturday Dec 28 - Happy Birthday Chad Edwards!

**MaxxMusic Presents: Gigi Dover & The Big Love With Analog Daze
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/gigi.htm

**Jeremy Current w/Charlotte Parrott
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Rogue Planet w/Unfamiliar Territory
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/aquarium.htm

 

**MaxxMusic Presents: Blue Dogs - 25th Anniversary Tour With Radney Foster
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/bluedogs.htm

 

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: American Aquarium With John Moreland
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/aquarium.htm

 

**Robot Johnson
UpStage
9pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/622378687820832/

 

**Saturday Night Music at Angel's featuring The Wiggle Wagons with Geoff White and Bill Stroupe
Angel's Upscale Consignment
6pm-11pm
Bessemer City,  NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/652022641517127/
*Sponsored Listing - Thank you!

 

**The Mantras w/ESP & Duk Tan
The Chop Shop
http://chopshopnoda.com/calendar/month.calendar/2013/12/23/-

 


Sunday Dec 29

**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 "90 Minutes Plus" (Local, Regional & Indie Music)
8 pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End
(every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com/pages/divakar.html?_show

 


Monday Dec 30 - Happy Birthday Kristin Garber!

**Find Your Muse Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

 

**Monday Night All Stars (every Monday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

 


Tuesday Dec 31 - New Year's Eve - Happy Birthday Daniel Flynn!

**John Tosco's 4th Annual New Year's Eve Variety Show
The Knight Theater
8pm
http://www.toscomusicparty.org

 

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Unknown Hinson New Year's Eve Celebration
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/unknown.htm

 

**Overboard NYE w/Serfs, Hungry Girl, Ahuf, Little Bull Lee, Holy Roly Polies, Stranger Day and Elevator Jay
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

 

**New Years Eve w/ Benji Hughes, The Fat Face Band, DJ Scott Weaver
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com

 

**Simplified
The Saloon at NC Music Factory
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com

 

**Midnight Marauders NYE 2014
The Chop Shop
http://chopshopnoda.com/calendar/month.calendar/2013/12/23/-

 

**Chuck Johnson Duo
Big Ben British Pub
https://www.facebook.com/events/184966345025832/

 

**The Spongetones New Year's Eve Celebration
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com/calendarview.aspx * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/spongetones.htm

 

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

 


Wednesday  January 1, 2014!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!


 

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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:

**VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT BY CREATIVE LOAFING BEST OF 2013 - 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 ofthe Monday nights, please email us at findyourmuse@eveningmuse.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.***The Featured Performer Slots are filled through MARCH!. Find us on FB - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Find-Your-Muse-Open-Mic-and-Radio-Show/213629105349332 and Follow us On Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/FindYourMuseClt. -  
***Find Your Muse Open Mic and Radio Show was chosen as the Winner of the 2013 Best Open Mic Night in Charlotte by Charlotte magazine BOB Awards!
Congratulations Team FYM: Erik Button, Ralph Jannelli, Pat Maholland and Don Koster! And of course a big thanks to all the musicians, performers and attendees who come out week after week and help make this weekly event SO successful.

**Thank you for your support of the SHOMOLIVE Indiegogo fundraising campaign! Visit http://www.indiegogo.com/shomo?c=activity&a=1434608 to read all the great press from The Examiner, The Impaler Speaks, CLTBuzz, Historic SouthEnd, CltBlog and More! ***Local Music Management Startup ShomoLive Launches Beta This Summer! http://detailedblock.com/2013/04/26/local-music-management-startup-shomolive-launches-beta-this-summer/


Upcoming House Concerts:

**Charlotte's Other Concert Venue - Your Living Room (Jody Mace/Common Chords House Concerts talks to WFAE) http://www.wfae.org/post/charlottes-other-concert-venue-your-living-room

**Support Local House Concerts Basement Series Presents: Malcolm Holcombe coming soon, too! http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/

**Common Chord Concerts Present: Birds and Arrows Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 7:30pm.


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

***2014 Charlotte Live Concert Wishlist (including ours!) - Creative Loafing - http://clclt.com/charlotte/2014-concert-wish-list/Content?oid=3284969

***Jimmy Brown (Matrimony) talks to Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/a-conversation-with-matri_b_4281022.html

***KIDS FIRST CHRISTMAS CD 2013 includes tracks from The Indigo Girls, Chad Lawson, Beth Chorneau, Grown Up Avenger Stuff, Randy Paul, Randy Franklin, Those BTards, Chris Allen & Dwight Nichols, Stellan Lynn, The Lemonds Family Band, Velcro Mary, and Wallace . $10 gets you 13 tracks, a limited edition CD only release and EVERY SINGLE CENT goes to Kids First of the Carolinas, a grass roots 501(c)3 non-profit group that has helped kids for over 20 years! go to https://www.facebook.com/KidsFirstChristmasCD for a list of the locations where you can purchase them.

**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/


R&R Motel Guests Latest News: ***Watch for a new website that will feature all of these artists and more of our touring friends.

**Desert Noises now streaming "Dime In My Pocket" off the new album 27 Ways, coming out March, 2014 - Stream and purchase: http://www.facebook.com/desertnoises/app_208195102528120


Radio:

**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. (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", 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:

**ROCKS! Entertainment is a Community-Based online source for music entertainment in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. https://www.facebook.com/ROCKSMagazine

**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

 

***Looking Ahead:
new additions or updates italicized in blue
^=potential sell out - recommend getting advance tickets

* = promotional sponsor - thank you!

***************

12/30 - Gregg Allman Band w/The New Familiars - The Fillmore Charlotte
12/31 - ^The Avett Brothers w/Shovels & Rope - TW Cable Arena
12/31 - ^John Tosco's 4th Annual New Year's Eve Variety Show - Knight Theater
12/31 -
Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey and Jeffrey Dean Foster & The Birds of Prey - Hanesbrands Theatre (Winston-Salem, NC)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
01/10 - Percy Sledge backed by Electric Cartel (formerly Lucky Five) - Tremont Music Hall
01/12 - B.B. King - Blumenthal Performing Arts
01/16 - Jason Isbell w/Holly Williams - Neighborhood Theatre
01/17 - Bettye LaVette - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/24 - Phospherescent - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/01-02 - Neutral Milk Hotel - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
02/08 - ^Tosco Music Party 25th Anniversary - Knight Theater
02/09 - Joe Pug - Visulite Theatre
02/19 - Jonathan Wilson - The Visulite Theater
02/14 - Pat Metheny Unity Group - Knight Theater
02/19 - Jonathan Wilson - Visulite Theatre
02/20 - Scott Miller - The Double Door
02/22 - Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott - McCelvey Center (York, SC)
02/22 - HOUSINGFEST: A Concert to End Homelessness, The Blind Boys of Alabama w/Jim Lauderdale - Neighborhood Theatre
02/27 - Two Cow Garage - Double Door Inn
03/06 - Houndmouth w/Rayland Baxter - The Visulite Theatre
03/18 - Typhoon - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
03/21 - The Duhks - The Neighborhood Theatre
03/23 - Between The Buried And Me - Tremont Music Hall
03/26 - ^Preservation Hall Jazz Band - McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square
04/19 - Milk Carton Kids - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
04/19 - Chick Corea - Knight Theater
04/25 - Delta Rae - The Visulite Theatre
05/02 - Arcade Fire -Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood (Atlanta, GA)

 

THANK YOU!

 

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/07db567c71/0c8be8e5f2/f7f00073f2/Award=oid:229366 Creative Loafing Critics PIck - Best Supporter of Local Musics
Patrons of the Arts • by Courtney Devores - The Charlotte Observer • March, 2012
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlotteEventsCalen/07db567c71/0c8be8e5f2/e9958e5b75

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:
TRENDING CHARLOTTE MUSIC - http://www.twylah.com/charlottemusic
http://www.carolinamusicconnection.com * http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/charlotte_events_calendar/ * http://charlotteeventscalendar.blogspot.com/ and http://twitter.com/charlottemusic

 

(Please forward this newsletter to your friends, and also consider a link back to mywebsite 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, December 18, 2013

Charlotte Live Music, Band News & More 12/18/13 - 12/25/13

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MOBILE VERSION

CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(10+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)

December 18, 2013 - December 25, 2013

VOTED the BEST MUSIC BLOG IN CHARLOTTE!
and
"Best Charlotte Music Connoisseurs To Follow On Twitter"

(http://www.twitter.com/charlottemusic)
(Charlotte Music) by CBS Charlotte
8,000+ TWITTER FOLLOWERS AND COUNTING!

BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2014, THERE WILL BE A SALES TAX ADDED TO
ALL TICKETS PURCHASED FOR LIVE SHOWS.  YOU MAY WANT
TO PURCHASE TICKETS THAT ARE ON SALE NOW FOR ANY SHOW YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE ATTENDING IN 2014.

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Email Address:

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(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for special announcements and band news.)

ShomoLive! Charlotte's newest social network platform and booking tool, connecting fans, bands and venues in one location. Contact me if you'd like to set up a meeting to find out what it's all about.

**All shows are in Charlotte, NC, unless stated otherwise**
(click on the day of the week to jump to that day)

WED
| THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED


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

Wednesday Dec 18

**MaxxMusic Presents: Consider The Source w/Fall Of Ashes
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/consider.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Honor by August
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/honorbyaugust.htm

**The 5th Annual Josh Daniel's Christmas Jam featuring: The Bloodworth Project, Colby Dobbs, Justin Adam Powell, Justin Fedor, Daniel Flynn, Jason Atkins, JD & Friends feat members of: The New Familiars, The Midwood Horns, Simplified and More!
The Philosophers Stone
9pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/452272851561454/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

**Summit Coffee Songwriter Series featuring: Rick Spreitzer, PJ Brunson, Freddie Wilson and opener Mike Davis
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.facebook.com/events/664551046898743/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

**Ink Floyd Presents: Diarrhea Planet with No Regrets Coyote and Little Bull Lee
The Chop Shop
http://www.facebook.com/events/532516973504787/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

**Diarrhea Planet w/ No Regrets Coyote and Little Bull Lee
The Chop Shop
http://chopshopnoda.com/calendar/month.calendar/2013/12/18/-

**Paint Fumes (December Residency)
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com

**Skinny Velvet (every Wednesday)
Jack Beagle's NoDa
8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/502050413216367/


Thursday Dec 19

**Smallbar Holiday Party featuring: Simplified
8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/777178405629293/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

**Sinners and Saints, Rachel Kate, Jordan Igoe, Run Engine, Phillip K Dixies
The Milestone Club
https://www.facebook.com/events/571619796208562/

**Bob Schneider w/Ruston Kelly
The Chop Shop
http://chopshopnoda.com/calendar/month.calendar/2013/12/18/-


Friday Dec 20

**Bubonik Funk with Dillon N' Ashe
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Acoustic Syndicate w/Aaron Woody Wood
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/acoustic.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: HRVRD, Junior Astronomers, One Another, Replicas
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/astronomers.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: The Deluge
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Moonbride With Jaggermouth
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/moonbride.htm

**Appalucia, Those Lavender Whales, The Fat Face Band, Cue Telectro
The Milestone Club

**Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees & Men Of The Strip
The Chop Shop
http://chopshopnoda.com/calendar/month.calendar/2013/12/18/-

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


Saturday Dec 21

**MaxxMusic Presents: Pam Taylor Band
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/pamtaylor.htm

**Erick Baker
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Overmountain Men
The Thirsty Beaver
https://www.facebook.com/overmountainmen

**Mike Strauss Band
The Comet Grill}
9pm-midnight
http://www.mikestrauss.net

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Alternative Champs New Wave Christmas Dance
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/champs.htm

**Moses Nesh, The Menders and One Fine Damn Band and bill stroupe
Angel's Upscale Consignment
6pm-9pm
Bessemer City,  NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/263621073792285/
*Sponsored Listing - Thank you!

**Jem Crossland (Solo)
Puckett's Farm Equipment
http://www.puckettsfarm.com


Sunday Dec 22 - Happy Birthday Woody Mitchell!

**MaxxMusic Presents: Double Door 40th Anniversary featuring: Federal Bureau of Rock 'n' Roll
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/federal.htm

**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 "90 Minutes Plus" (Local, Regional & Indie Music)
8 pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End
(every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com/pages/divakar.html?_show


Monday Dec 23 - Happy Birthday Chris McComb!

**Find Your Muse Open Mic w/Mutts
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Monday Night All Stars (every Monday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp


Tuesday Dec 24

**Angel's Customer Appreciation Day featuring: Funky Geezer
Angel's Upscale Consignment
11am -
Bessemer City, NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/625267384186615/
*Sponsored Listing - Thank you!

**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam (every Tuesday)
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com/calendarview.aspx

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


Wednesday Dec 25 - Wishing you all a Very MERRY CHRISTMAS and JOYOUS SEASON'S GREETINGS!


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

*************************************************

*** = New Additions This Week

Misc News, Events & Announcements:

***Ninja Bread Charity Bread, baked lovingly by Joe Kuhlmann, is now for sale at $10 loaf, with all proceeds going to Cancer Care via the Levine Cancer Institute in honor of Rodney Lanier. If you would like to order a loaf or 20, please email Joe at ninjabreadclt@gmail.com and place your order. Each loaf is $10, and will be available for pick up at The Evening Muse starting on Friday 12/20/13 after 4pm. Pick up on Saturday 12/21/13 will begin at 3pm. Please indicate which day you will be picking up your order.  (Loaves can be mailed as well for an additional $5.) More information is available at https://www.facebook.com/events/555678831184910.

**VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT BY CREATIVE LOAFING BEST OF 2013 - 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 ofthe Monday nights, please email us at findyourmuse@eveningmuse.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.***The Featured Performer Slots are filled through MARCH!. Find us on FB - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Find-Your-Muse-Open-Mic-and-Radio-Show/213629105349332 and Follow us On Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/FindYourMuseClt. -  
***Find Your Muse Open Mic and Radio Show was chosen as the Winner of the 2013 Best Open Mic Night in Charlotte by Charlotte magazine BOB Awards!
Congratulations Team FYM: Erik Button, Ralph Jannelli, Pat Maholland and Don Koster! And of course a big thanks to all the musicians, performers and attendees who come out week after week and help make this weekly event SO successful.

**Thank you for your support of the SHOMOLIVE Indiegogo fundraising campaign! Visit http://www.indiegogo.com/shomo?c=activity&a=1434608 to read all the great press from The Examiner, The Impaler Speaks, CLTBuzz, Historic SouthEnd, CltBlog and More! ***Local Music Management Startup ShomoLive Launches Beta This Summer! http://detailedblock.com/2013/04/26/local-music-management-startup-shomolive-launches-beta-this-summer/


Upcoming House Concerts:

**Charlotte's Other Concert Venue - Your Living Room (Jody Mace/Common Chords House Concerts talks to WFAE) http://www.wfae.org/post/charlottes-other-concert-venue-your-living-room

**Support Local House Concerts Basement Series Presents: Brian Ashely Jones - Friday December 13; Malcolm Holcombe coming soon, too! http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/

**Common Chord Concerts Present: Birds and Arrows Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 7:30pm.


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

***The latest interview with Matrimony in Fort Mill Magazine - http://fortmillmagazine.com/southern-style/music-news-matrimony/

**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/


R&R Motel Guests Latest News: ***Watch for a new website that will feature all of these artists and more of our touring friends.

**Desert Noises now streaming "Dime In My Pocket" off the new album 27 Ways, coming out March, 2014 - Stream and purchase: http://www.facebook.com/desertnoises/app_208195102528120


Radio:

**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. (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", 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:

**ROCKS! Entertainment is a Community-Based online source for music entertainment in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. https://www.facebook.com/ROCKSMagazine

**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

***Looking Ahead:
new additions or updates italicized in blue
^=potential sell out - recommend getting advance tickets

* = promotional sponsor - thank you!

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12/30 - Gregg Allman Band w/The New Familiars - The Fillmore Charlotte
12/31 - ^The Avett Brothers w/Shovels & Rope - TW Cable Arena
12/31 - ^John Tosco's 4th Annual New Year's Eve Variety Show - Knight Theater
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
01/10 - Percy Sledge backed by Electric Cartel (formerly Lucky Five) - Tremont Music Hall
01/12 - B.B. King - Blumenthal Performing Arts
01/16 - Jason Isbell w/Holly Williams - Neighborhood Theatre
01/17 - Bettye LaVette - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/24 - Phospherescent - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/01-02 - Neutral Milk Hotel - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
02/08 - ^Tosco Music Party 25th Anniversary - Knight Theater
02/09 - Joe Pug - Visulite Theatre
02/19 - Jonathan Wilson - The Visulite Theater
02/14 - Pat Metheny Unity Group - Knight Theater
02/19 - Jonathan Wilson - Visulite Theatre
02/20 - Scott Miller - The Double Door
02/22 - Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott - McCelvey Center (York, SC)
02/22 - HOUSINGFEST: A Concert to End Homelessness, The Blind Boys of Alabama w/Jim Lauderdale - Neighborhood Theatre
02/27 - Two Cow Garage - Double Door Inn
03/06 - Houndmouth w/Rayland Baxter - The Visulite Theatre
03/18 - Typhoon - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
03/21 - The Duhks - The Neighborhood Theatre
03/23 - Between The Buried And Me - Tremont Music Hall
03/26 - ^Preservation Hall Jazz Band - McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square
04/19 - Milk Carton Kids - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
04/19 - Chick Corea - Knight Theater
04/25 - Delta Rae - The Visulite Theatre
05/02 - Arcade Fire -Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood (Atlanta, GA)

THANK YOU!

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/69cea43327/0c8be8e5f2/55f8d9a621/Award=oid:229366 Creative Loafing Critics PIck - Best Supporter of Local Musics
Patrons of the Arts • by Courtney Devores - The Charlotte Observer • March, 2012
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlotteEventsCalen/69cea43327/0c8be8e5f2/35c676f6a6

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:
TRENDING CHARLOTTE MUSIC - http://www.twylah.com/charlottemusic
http://www.carolinamusicconnection.com * http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/charlotte_events_calendar/ * http://charlotteeventscalendar.blogspot.com/ and http://twitter.com/charlottemusic

(Please forward this newsletter to your friends, and also consider a link back to mywebsite 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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