CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(11+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
May 21, 2014 - May 28, 2014
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**All shows are in Charlotte, NC, unless stated otherwise**
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What's New | Looking Ahead | Thank You | Links
**MaxxMusic Presents: CLT+ Battle of the Bands Finale featuring: Gabriel Jules and Oceans Quest, Charlie King, The Genuine and Railz the Principle
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/cltplus.htm * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/cltplus.htm
**MaxxMusic Presents: Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet With The Harris Brothers
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/beausoleil.htm
**MaxxMusic Presents: Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes With Kyle Andrews
Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/ellsworth.htm
**MaxxMusic Presents: Blair Crimmins & The Hookers With Ross Adams
The Evening Muse
9pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/crimmins.htm
**MaxxMusic Presents: Gedeon Luke & The People
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/gedeonluke.htm
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Uh Huh Her With DJ Kim Ahn
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/uhhuhher.htm
**Stooges Brass Band
US National Whitewater Center
http://usnwc.org/category/riverjam/
**Chris Cook (Every Thursday)
Sharkey's Place
8pm-11pm
Gastonia, NC
https://www.facebook.com/chriscookmusic
**MaxxMusic Presents: Michelle Malone
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Cracker w/Simplified
NC Music Factory
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Taylor Winchester
Triple C Brewing Company
6:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/tdubjam
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Flatland Tourists With RJ Adams and James Eudy
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/flatlandtourists.htm
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: The Infamous Stringdusters w/Cereus Bright
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/stringdusters.htm
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**MaxxMusic Presents: Miss Tess & The Talkbacks
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/tess.htm
**MaxxMusic Presents: Tim Lee 3 With Leadville Social Club
The Double Door Inn
https://www.facebook.com/events/246865195510838/ * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/timlee3.htm
**Rick Spreitzer & The Antique Babies
Summit Coffee
Davidson, NC
8pm-11pm
http://www.rickspreitzer.com
**Chasing Pedestrians, The Icarus Account and Hydra Melody
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Simplified
Riverview Raw Bar & Chill
10012 Moores Chapel Loop
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Cairo Fire, Broadcast Safe, Jocelyn Ellis, Death of Paris & Jeremiah Wilde
The Chop Shop
https://www.facebook.com/events/296721720492457/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Analog Daze Retrograff Showcase w/Ballantyne School of Music, One More Hero, Wicked Jones, Imperial Deluxe
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/retrograff.htm
**Abe Reid
Angel's Upscale Consignment
7:30pm
Bessemer City, NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/1494225094123576/
*Sponsored Listing - Thank you!
**The Floorboards
US National Whitewater Center
http://usnwc.org/category/riverjam/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Justin Hayward Of The Moody Blues w/Mike Dawes
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/hayward.htm
**The Roundtable's Sunday Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
WSGE 91.7FM
noon-1pm
http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php
**1065 The End - 90 Minutes with Divakar
http://www.1065.com/onair/divakar-403/
Monday May 26 - Happy Memorial Day!
**Simplified
Rusty Rudder
Cornelius, NC
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**No Find Your Muse Open Mic tonight to celebrate our heroes who have served.
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Monday Night All Stars (every Monday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Orgone
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com/showDetails.cfm?showID=1855
**MaxxMusic Presents: Dale Watson
Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/dalewatson.htm
**Case Federal & The Agents, The Great Barrier Reefs, Plato's Stepchildren
Milestone Club
https://www.facebook.com/events/229960520545952/
**May Residency: Crowd Surfer & PMCR Present The Loudermilks, Run Engine, Robert Childers
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
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************************************************* *** = New Additions This Week **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 AUGUST!. **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: **Support Local House Concerts Basement Series Presents: Rod Picott June 7th, Quiles and Cloud Aug. 2nd, Gigi Dover & Big Love with Red Dirt Skinners from UK Sept. 13th (Special outside show @ the Shop), Katey Laurel Oct. 18th, Nikki Taley Nov 15th http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/ **Common Chord Concerts Present: Malcolm Holcombe June 22nd at Amelie's Annex, Charlotte, NC. http://www.commonchordconcerts.com Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting: ***Matrimony - Daytrotter Session (Mar 31, 2014) - http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/matrimony/21021106-37383946 (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 **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 R&R Motel Guests Latest News: **Lake Street Dive on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Eliot Bronson's next album to be produced by Jason Isbell's "Southeastern" Producer, Jukebox the Ghost picked by BuzzFeed: Spotify as #5 of 15 Of The Best Bands To Come From College Campuses , Desert Noises heading to Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo AND Hangout Festival and voted one of the best bands to see at SXSW by NPR Music, and iTunes Music gives props to their new 27 Ways Album - "Power Poppers Desert Noises are on the verge of a major breakout." ***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/ **ROCKS! Entertainment is a Community-Based online source for music entertainment in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. https://www.facebook.com/ROCKSMagazine **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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05/21 - Jack Johnson - Booth Amphitheatre - Cary, NC
05/22 - Neon Trees - The Fillmore Charlotte
05/22 - Eddie Izzard - Belk Theater
05/25 - Justin Hayward - The Neighborhood Theatre
05/30 - Old 97's - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
06/02 - Patty Griffin - The Neighborhood Theatre
06/05 - ^Jack White - Fillmore Charlotte
06/06 - ^Lucinda Williams - McGlohon Theater at Spirt Square
06/07 - Peter Murphy - Tremont Music Hall
06/12 - Andrew Bird Band w/Tift Merritt - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
06/14 - ^The Tosco Beatles Tribute - Knight Theater
06/15 - ^The Parlor Sessions featuring Dean Fields, Jason Myles Goss, Eliot Bronson and Andy Zipf - The Evening Muse
06/18 - Wild Child w/Shakey Graves - Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)
06/20 - ^Jake Bugg - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
06/24 - Counting Crows - Uptown Amphitheatre
06/25 - Phantagram - Fillmore Charlotte
06/26 - Alejandro Escovedo - The Visulite Theatre
06/27 - ^Lindsey Stirling - Fillmore Charlotte
06/28 - An Evening with Art Garfunkel - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC) - CANCELED
07/13 - The Donkeys - Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)
07/19 - KISS w/Def Leppard - PNC Music Pavilion
07/01 - SWANS - The Neighborhood Theatre (Only Southeast Performance)
07/11 - Iris Dement - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
07/11 - Beck - Uptown Amphitheatre
07/17 - Chris Smither - Stage Door Theater
07/29 - Phish - PNC Music Pavilion
08/03 - James Taylor - PNC Music Pavilion
08/07 - Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) - The Visulite Theatre
08/07 - Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden - PNC Music Pavilion
08/16 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/19 - Motley Crue w/Alice Cooper - PNC Music Pavilion
09/11 - Steve Forbert - Stage Door Theater
09/20 - ^Tosco Music Party - Knight Theater
10/03 - Ian Anderson - Blumenthal Performing Arts
10/05 - Chris Thile - Knight Theater
10/26 - Los Lobos - Knight Theater
11/07 - Rachael Yamagata - The Visulite Theatre
12/12 - The Black Keys w/St. Vincent - TWCA
07/29 - The Bacon Brothers - McGlohon Theater
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.
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Best of Charlotte Awards & Press
Living it up at the 'Rock & Roll Motel'• Charlotte couple shares their home with touring rock bands. #1 Music Fan (Charlotte Folk Society) **2014 Charlotte Live Concert Wishlist - Creative Loafing - http://clclt.com/charlotte/2014-concert-wish-list/Content?oid=3284969 |
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