Friday, January 22, 2016

Charlotte NC Live Music, Band News & More 01/20/16 - 01/27/16

MOBILE VERSION

CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(14+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
January 20, 2016 - January 27, 2016

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
10,300+ TWITTER FOLLOWERS AND CLIMBING!

Sign up for your own weekly newsletter

Email Address:

(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for special announcements and band news. Also, dates and times could
change, so you may want to check details before you head to a show.)

ShomoLive! is up and running!
Charlotte's newest social network platform and booking tool, connecting fans, bands and venues in one location IS LIVE!
Register as a venue, band/artist/dj, or fan and start booking! http://www.shomolive.com
Thanks to everyone who has signed up and started booking and getting booked already!!
Watch An Artist's Sneak Peek Video - HERE

**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 Jan 20

**The Americans
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Mothers
Double Door Inn
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

**January Residency Motel Glory w/ Hungry Girl, The Everymen, The Eyebrows
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com


Thursday Jan 21

**The DuPont Brothers w/ Sam Tayloe
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Joe Pug w/Horse Feathers
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com

**Summit Coffee Songwriters Showcase featuring: : * Matthew Alexander, Ang Medlin, Kendra Blethen, Host Rob McHale
Summit Coffee
Davidson, NC

**MaxxMusic Presents: Deafheaven w Power Trip - CANCELED
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

**Songwriter Night w JD Eicher, Steve Everett, Russell Howard and Charles Walker
The Double Door Inn


Friday Jan 22

**MaxxMusic Presents: Grant Lee Phillips w/Steve Poltz - POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER 
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Stewart Mauldin & All Dat Jive - CANCELED
The Double Door Inn

http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

**Maradeen w/The Vegabonds, The Steppin Stones w/Piano - CANCELED
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com

**Chuck Johnson Duo - CANCELED
DBs Tavern
9pm

**Dollar Signs w/Corporate Fandango, D.O.G., Normal Dennis
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com

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


Saturday Jan 23 (Not sure if these shows the rest of the weekend & next week are still on.)

**Millennial (TBD - The New Schematics had to postpone)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**for Pete's Sake II (Juvenile Diabetes Research Fdn Benefit)
The Visulite Theatre

http://www.visulite.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Ancient Cities with Bassh & WARSONG
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Jake, Rattle & Roll - A Benefit for Jake Berger
The Double Door Inn
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

**Rick Spreitzer and the Antique Babies
Summit Coffee
8pm
Davidson, NC

**Ernie (Final Show) w/ Shell, Suit City, Fat Geoff
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com


Sunday Jan 24 - GO PANTHERS!

**MaxxMusic Presents: Greensky Bluegrass w Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

**1065 The End - 90 Minutes with Divakar
http://www.1065.com/onair/divakar-403/


Monday Jan 25

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

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


Tuesday Jan 26

**MaxxMusic Presents: Greg Holden
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam (every Tuesday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

**Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday)

The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com


Wednesday Jan 27

**MaxxMusic Presents: Victor Krummenacher
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Marrow w/Sima Cunningham
Double Door Inn
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

**January Residency Motel Glory w/Robert Childers, Francis Vertigo, Mr. Gold
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com

For a listing of more live music in Charlotte this week,
check out our friends at Shutter16.

http://shutter16.com


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

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

*** = New Additions This Week

Misc News, Events & Announcements:

**VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT/OPEN MIC BY CREATIVE LOAFING 4 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: Flagship Romance Feb 6th – Quiles & Cloud Mar 19th – Woody Russell Trio returns April 9 th – Cassidy and The Music (Former lead singer for Antigone Rising) June 11 th - Danielle Miraglia July 22nd http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/


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

**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/


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

**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!

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


01/30 - ^Tosco Music Party - Knight Theater
02/10 - Colin Hay - McGlohon Theater
02/13 - Graham Nash - Neighborhood Theatre
02/18 - ^Tauk -
The Visulite Theatre

03/04 - ^Jason Isbell with Shovels and Rope - Ovens Auditorium
03/06 - ^Adam Lambert - The Fillmore Charlotte
03/11 - John Mayall - Neighborhood Theatre
03/16 - Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds - The Visulite Theatre
03/22 - Joe Satriani - Knight Theater
03/28 - ^The Moody Blues - Belk Theater
04/05 - Beirut - The Fillmore Charlotte
04/09 - Old 97s - The Visulite Theatre
04/13 - The Milk Carton Kids - McGlohon Theater
04/14 - Mumford and Sons - TW Cable Arena
04/16 - Duran Duran - PNC Music Pavilion
04/22 - Alabama Shakes - Uptown Amphitheatre
04/27 - Father John Misty - The Fillmore Charlotte
05/28 - Josh Ritter, Matrimony, Lindi Ortega, Justin Fedor - Fillmore Charlotte
09/16 - Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts AND Cheap Trick - 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


Creative Loafing: The Music Issue: 13 people who help keep Charlotte's scene alive and well


Shutter 16 magazine

Don & Laurie interview with media mogul Alex Cason

Creative Loafing Critics Pick Champion of the Scene 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)

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

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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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Charlotte NC Live Music, Band News & More 01/06/16 - 01/13/16

MOBILE VERSION

CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(14+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
January 6, 2016 - January 13, 2016

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
10,300+ TWITTER FOLLOWERS AND CLIMBING!

Sign up for your own weekly newsletter

Email Address:

(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for special announcements and band news. Also, dates and times could
change, so you may want to check details before you head to a show.)

ShomoLive! is up and running!
Charlotte's newest social network platform and booking tool, connecting fans, bands and venues in one location IS LIVE!
Register as a venue, band/artist/dj, or fan and start booking! http://www.shomolive.com
Thanks to everyone who has signed up and started booking and getting booked already!!
Watch An Artist's Sneak Peek Video - HERE

**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 Jan 6

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

**January Residency Motel Glory w Hectorina, Secret Guest, Black Market
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com


Thursday Jan 7

**MaxxMusic Presents: Old Salt Union
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com


Friday Jan 8

**An Evening with Michael Tracy
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

** The Big Takeover and Jahlistic
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: John Nemeth w/Luxuriant Sedans
The Double Door Inn

http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

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


Saturday Jan 9

**Woody Pines with Fireships
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Rockie Lynne
Double Door Inn
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

**Sol Driven Train w/ The Get Right Band
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com

**Rick Spreitzer and the Antique Babies
Vintner Wine
7pm

**Sam the Lion // Band and the Beat // Josh Cotterino
Petra's
9pm

**Leadville Social Club
Smokey Joe's
10pm


Sunday Jan 10

**Christy Snow - CD Release Show
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Mark Kroos Concert
Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Church
4pm

**The Zealots
The Thirsty Beaver
5:30pm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Charlotte School of Rock
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

**1065 The End - 90 Minutes with Divakar
http://www.1065.com/onair/divakar-403/


Monday Jan 11

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

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


Tuesday Jan 12

**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam (every Tuesday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

**Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday)

The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com


Wednesday Jan 13

**January Residency Motel Glory w Sinners & Saints, Hooten Hallers, The Long Canes
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com

For a listing of more live music in Charlotte this week,
check out our friends at Shutter16.

http://shutter16.com


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

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

*** = New Additions This Week

Misc News, Events & Announcements:

**VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT/OPEN MIC BY CREATIVE LOAFING 4 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: Flagship Romance Feb 6th – Quiles & Cloud Mar 19th - Danielle Miraglia July 22nd http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/


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

**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/


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

**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!

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


01/21 - Joe Pug w/Horse Feathers - The Visulite Theatre

01/30 - ^Tosco Music Party - Knight Theater
02/10 - Colin Hay - McGlohon Theater
02/13 - Graham Nash - Neighborhood Theatre
02/18 - ^Tauk - The Visulite Theatre
03/04 - ^Jason Isbell with Shovels and Rope - Ovens Auditorium
03/11 - John Mayall - Neighborhood Theatre
03/16 - Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds - The Visulite Theatre
03/22 - Joe Satriani - Knight Theater
03/28 - ^The Moody Blues - Belk Theater
04/09 - Old 97s - The Visulite Theatre
04/13 - The Milk Carton Kids - 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.

Best of Charlotte Awards & Press


Creative Loafing: The Music Issue: 13 people who help keep Charlotte's scene alive and well


Shutter 16 magazine

Don & Laurie interview with media mogul Alex Cason

Creative Loafing Critics Pick Champion of the Scene 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)

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

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).

Emailed using VerticalResponse