Charlotte NC Live Music, Band News & More 02/05/14 - 02/12/14

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CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(10+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
February 5, 2014 - February 12, 2014

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

Wednesday  Feb 5

**Tosco House Party Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Indigenous
Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/indigenous.htm

**Appalucia w/Sinners & Saints, Bill Stroupe, Luciferian Agenda
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com

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Thursday Feb 6 - Happy Birthday David Sentendrey!

**MaxxMusic Presents: Bombadil w/River Whyless
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/bombadil.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: The Deluge
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/deluge.htm

**The Slackers With The Duppies
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com

**Mike Strauss Band
The Pizza Peel
http://www.mikestrauss.net

**Chris Cook (Every Thursday)
Sharkey's Place
8pm-11pm
Gastonia, NC
https://www.facebook.com/chriscookmusic

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Friday Feb 7 - Happy Birthday Erik Button & Caroline Miller!

**MaxxMusic Presents: Adam Klein & Little Country Giants & W. B. Givens
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/adamklein.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Wiggle Wagons w/Mt. Thelonious
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/wiggle.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Chris Sanchez & The Jon Linker Band CD Release Party
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/sanchez.htm

**The Shack Band With Bloodkin
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/shack.htm

**Electric Cartel (formerly Lucky Five) w/Modern Primitives and Queen City Dub
Tremont Music Hall
http://www.tremontmusichall.com

**Douglass Thompson hosts Angel's Open Mic Night
Angel's Upscale Consignment
6pm-11pm
Bessemer City,  NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/265608643592620/?source=1
*Sponsored Listing - Thank you!

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

**Edwin McCain w/Danielle Howle, Finnican & Rust
Sylvia Theater
York, SC
https://www.facebook.com/events/687769891243147/

**Reeve Coobs & Josh Daniel
Summit Coffee
http://www.summitcoffee.com

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Saturday Feb 8 - Happy Birthday Rick Basdeo!!

**Tosco Music Party 25th Anniversary featuring: Allen Shadd, Pop Ferguson, Reinaldo Brahn, Chris Trapper, Dan Truhitte, Makayla McNamara, Drew Dansby, Julie Dean, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Renaissance, Susan Crossley, Blair Crimmins, Grupo Los Morales, Harrella Wedington, and Lando Pieroni
The Knight Theater
7:30pm-10:30pm
http://www.toscomusicparty.org

**MaxxMusic Presents: Anjelique Kidjo
McGlohon Theater
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/kidjo.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Robbie Fulks
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/fulks.htm

**Gareth Asher
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/gareth.htm

**Simplified
The Rusty Rudder
Cornelius, NC
http://www.simiplifiedmusic.com

**The Community Arts Project Benefit featuring: Rusty Knox, Billy Jones & The Pocket and Mike Strauss with his Big Band
6pm-10pm
Cornelius, NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/258063511024170/

**Rick Spreitzer and the Antique Babies
Vintner Wine Market
7pm-10pm
http://www.rickspreitzer.com

**The Barbed Wires
The Comet Grill
https://www.facebook.com/events/361524480652081/

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Vanessa Carlton With Patrick Sweany
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/carlton.htm

**Dale Earnhardt JR JR
The Fillmore Charlotte
https://www.facebook.com/events/623958784334805/

**Saturday Night Music at Angel's featuring Chuck Johnson & Tom Kuhn
Angel's Upscale Consignment
7pm-10pm
Bessemer City,  NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/258532704308113/
*Sponsored Listing - Thank you!

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Sunday Feb 9

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present:  Joe Pug w/David Ramirez
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/pug.htm

**Caleb de Casper and the Foxy Jailvixens
The Saloon NC Music Factory
https://www.facebook.com/events/182528801950788/

**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

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Monday Feb 10 - Happy Birthday Ken Cotner!

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

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

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Tuesday Feb 11

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

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Wednesday  Feb 12

**MaxxMusic Presents: Phil Cook & the Guitarheels
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/philcook.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Jim Garrett & Chris Payne Unplugged
Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/garrett.htm

**February Residency: Appalucia w/ Joint D?, K9 Unit, HU/LK
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com

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************************************************* Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Local and Regional Events ************************************************* *** = New Additions This Week Misc News, Events & Announcements: ***Upcoming Folk Society Events: FEB 14, Bluesman Scott Ainslie, Great Aunt Stella Center, No Cover, 7:30 PM. Doors 7 PM; FEB 15, Kevin Burke & John Carty, Wedgewood Church Fellowship Hall, 4800 Wedgewood 8 PM, $20. The best in traditional Irish music. Details & tickets: www.folksociety.org - FEB 1, Songs From the Heart: P.J. Brunson & Steve Simpson, Wedgewood Church Fellowship Hall, 6:30-8:30 PM.No cover but donations & CD purchases appreciated.  *Sponsored Listings - Thank you! **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 MAY!. ***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! 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 March 1st SOLD OUT, Flagship Romance May 10th, Nikki Tilley Summer 2014 ! http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/ **Common Chord Concerts Present: Paleface February 22nd, Caleb Caudle March 22nd. http://www.commonchordconcerts.com **Ray Owens and Sally Higgins Present Slaid Cleaves February 28th SOLD OUT Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting: (KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS OF THE CHARLOTTE MUSIC SCENE ALONG WITH OUR TOURING FRIENDS and EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS AT http://www.CarolinaMusicConnection.com ***Kudos to The Funky Geezer on easily raising $2,500 requested (in one day!) and then some to help him get to his America's Got Talent Audition! Let's wish him all the best!  You can still donate to the cause, to help Woody with any future expenses. Guaranteed it's going to a good person and cause. http://www.gofundme.com/6gcw6c ***Matrimony on the cover of February issue of Charlotte Magazine, which also features a great article on The Charlotte Music Scene 2014. (Avett Brothers, The New Familiars, Dolph Ramseur, Flagship, Gigi Dover, Junior Astronomers, HRVRD, Jocelyn Ellis, The Loudermilks, Simplified, Temperance League, AND Maddie Shuler are also highlighted!) http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/February-2014/The-Charlotte-Music-Scene-2014-In-Words-and-Sound/.  DOWNLOAD A QUEEN CITY COMPILATION OF THEIR MUSIC AT http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/February-2014/Queen-City-Compilation/ **2014 Charlotte Live Concert Wishlist (including ours!)- Creative Loafing - http://clclt.com/charlotte/2014-concert-wish-list/Content?oid=3284969 **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: ***Visit http://www.CarolinaMusicConnection.com for updates on local and touring artists we are pleased to call friends -- extremely talented and on-the-way-up friends! 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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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

02/05 - Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
02/12 - Lord Huron - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
02/14 - Pat Metheny Unity Group - Knight Theater
02/15 - Itzhak Perlman - Belk Theater
02/19 - Jonathan Wilson - Visulite Theatre
02/20 - Scott Miller - The Double Door
02/22 - American Aquarium & The New Familiars - The Visulite Theatre
02/22 - ^Iron & Wine - Spirit Square - SOLD OUT
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 - Lake Street Dive - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/27 - Two Cow Garage - Double Door Inn "
03/02 - Sera Cahoone - The Evening Muse
03/04 - Wye Oak / Future Islands - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
03/04 - Shovels & Rope - The Visulite Theatre
03/06 - Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
03/06 - Houndmouth w/Rayland Baxter - The Visulite Theatre
03/14 - The Dirty Guv'nahs - The Visulite Theatre
03/15 - Futurebirds - The Visulite Theatre
03/18 - Typhoon - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)'
03/20 - Desert Noises & Wheeler Brothers - The Grey Eagle
03/20 - The Pizza Underground - Kings Barcade (Raleigh, 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
04/05 - Rhett Miller - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
04/10 - Todd Rundgren - The Handlebar (Greenville, SC)
04/15 - The Zombies - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
04/19 - Milk Carton Kids - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
04/19 - Chick Corea - Knight Theater
04/21 - Local Natives - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
04/25 - Delta Rae w/Joshua James- The Visulite Theatre
04/29 - Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensitive Boys - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
05/02 - Wake Owl - The Mill Room (Asheville, NC)
05/01 - Rob Thomas - DPAC (Durham, NC)
05/02 - Arcade Fire -Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood (Atlanta, GA)
05/08 - Jenny Lewis - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
05/10 - North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival feat. Greensky Bluegrass, Big Daddy Love, Sol Driven Train, Jesse Dee, Spirit Family Reunion, John Stickley, The Reckoning and Hit Or Miss - Rural Hill (Huntersville)
05/11 - Portugal. The Man - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
05/21 - Jack Johnson - Booth Amphitheatre - Cary, NC
05/22 - Eddie Izzard - Belk Theater
06/27 - ^Lindsey Stirling - Fillmore Charlotte
08/03 - James Taylor - PNC Music Pavilion
08/19 - Motley Crue w/Alice Cooper - PNC Music Pavilion

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