CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(11+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
January 28, 2015 - February 4, 2015
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What's New | Looking Ahead | Thank You | Links
Wednesday January 28**"721" Events Presents: Mac Leaphart and Brett Harris
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**January Residency: Viajando w/ Base of Bass, Swell Friends
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Christon Gray & Swoope & B. Reith
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/735753-christon-gray-swoope-b-charlotte/
**"721" Events Presents: Richard Smith
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Monterreys w/The Rival Trio
Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/771685-monterreys-charlotte/
**"721" Events presents: Barnaby Bright w/Laura Reed
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * https://www.facebook.com/events/1570715819810569/
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Rocketboys w/The Cowards Choir
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/736415-rocketboys-cowards-choir-charlotte/
**Reverb Fest Presents: ESKIMO KISSES Benefitting Chronic Illness Relief Fund (CIRF) w/Diarrhea Planet, Junior Astronomers, Museum Mouth, Serfs, Southern Femisphere and Patois Counselors
The Neighborhood Theatre 7:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/411324082349471/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Josh Brannon Band
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/756457-josh-brannon-band-charlotte/
**Landshark Entertainment Presents: Earphunk w/Probcause
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com
**Temperance League Album Release w/ Richard Bacchus
Snug Harbor
https://www.facebook.com/events/1570715819810569/
**Heart of a Ghost & Tracy Shedd
Petra's
https://www.facebook.com/events/582416755227926/
**Rock Bottom
The RockHouse
Gastonia, NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/1567730410110993/
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**MaxxMusic Presents: Griffin House *SOLD OUT*
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/729107-griffin-house-sold-out-charlotte/
**"721" Events Presents: stephaniesid
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Jack the Radio w/Season & Snare
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/756461-jack-radio-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Mardi Gras Party with Zydeco Ya Ya and Carolina Gator Gumbo
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/747427-zydeco-ya-ya-carolina-gator-charlotte/
**J-Walker Acoustic w/ Kevin Marshall, Eric Lovell, and Matthew Carter
Beantown Tavern
Matthew, NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/645630785541799/
**Steve Gilbert w/ Bill Stroupe & Kyle Perkins
Angel's
5pm
Bessemer City NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/1587055318192202/
*Sponsored Listing - Thank You!
**MaxxMusic Presents: Pharmakon
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/748761-pharmakon-charlotte/
**The Roundtable's Sunday Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
WSGE 91.7FM
noon-1pm
http://www.wsge.org/?page_id=132
**1065 The End - 90 Minutes with Divakar
http://www.1065.com/onair/divakar-403/
**Find Your Muse Open Mic with Featured Performer Em Young
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
**Tosco House Party Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**February Residency: Hectorina presents Collywobble: A Rock Opera (Act One)
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
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************************************************* *** = New Additions This Week ***Charlotte Folk Society Gathering Concert & Jams featuring Blues Musician & Historian Scott Ainslie - February 13, Great Aunt Stella Center http://www.folksociety.org ***5th Annual North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival - Historic Rural Hill in Huntersville NC May 8 and 9 - http://ncbrewsmusic.com/ **Acoustic Stage Hickory NC Rev Billy Wirtz Benefit for Mark Bumgarner 1-31 http://www.acousticstage.com **VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT/OPEN MIC BY CREATIVE LOAFING 3 YEARS IN A ROW! 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. **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: 2015 Natasha Borzilova Mar. 21st, Jann Klose April 25th - David Childers & Bruce Piephoff May 30th - http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/ Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting: ***CharlotteFive's Top 11 Venues in Charlotte: http://www.charlottefive.com/as-music-scene-grows-so-do-venues-breakdown-of-charlottes-top-11-venues/ (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 **Creative Loafing: Behind the Music - The Music Issue: 13 people who help keep Charlotte's scene alive and well By Jeff Hahne @jhahne - featuring: Beth Rennie, Don and Laurie Koster, Bill Hanna, Charles Holloman, Jermaine Spencer, Giovanni Gonzalez, Nathan Smalls, Dane Abernathy, Shamus Coneys, Wyley Buck Boswell, Scott Blackwood and Tammy Greene- http://clclt.com/charlotte/Content?feature=2182902 **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: ***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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02/06 - ^Shovels & Rope - The Neighborhood Theatre - SOLD OUT
02/06 - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at McGlohon Theater
02/09 - Glen Hansard - Knight Theater
02/19 - ^Ryan Bingham & Lucero w/Twin Forks - The Visulite Theatre - SOLD OUT!
02/20 - Jim White vs The Packway Handle Band - The Visulite Theatre
02/21 - Mavis Staples - Batte Center at Wingate
02/26 - Diana Ross - Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
03/04 - Desert Noises - The Evening Muse
03/10 - ^Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield - McGlohon Theater
03/20 - The Apache Relay w/The Barr Brothers - The Visulite Theatre
03/29 - Martin Sexton - The Visulite Theatre
04/11 - ^Nick Howard - The Evening Muse
04/11 - ^Tosco Music Party - Knight Theater
04/17 - Tuckfest w/Jason Isbell and Strand of Oaks - US National Whitewater Center
04/20 - David Sedaris - Blumenthal Performing Arts
04/25 - Joe Pug - The Grey Eagle
05/13 - Toro y Moi - Music Farm (Columbia, SC)
06/19 - "Weird Al" Yankovic - Ovens Auditorium
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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