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Overnight Sensation …
The following two items are scheduled to post within the next 16 hours, 37 minutes and 22 seconds. Give or take a couple of nanoseconds.
It Takes A Village – The East Village Opera Company returns with a new batch of reimagined classics and a North American tour.
Morning Becomes Magnetic – Interpol’s Sam Fogarino and Swervedriver’s Adam Franklin have joined forces to create a new side-project dubbed
Link-O-Rama …
Jayhawks reunite for album. “We’ll show how maybe when sometimes people get back together, they can make music that’s as good (or better than) they did in the past, and it’s not a shadow of what it was, just to make money,” says band member Gary Louris – Associated Press
Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” is going to Broadway – Broadway World
It’s playing music without have to work at it. Introducting Wii Music from Nintendo – San Francisco Chronicle / The Tech Chronicles
Do Duffy, Amy Winehouse and Joss Stone represent a new era of “soul-singing white women?” – The Dallas Morning News
She’s big in Japan. And Britain as well as her native Australia. Now pop star Delta Goodrem looks to fellow Aussie Olivia Newton-John for advice on how to make it big in the States – Reuters
Phil Alvin of The Blasters does the Q&A dance – The Wenatchee World Online
Dates, Dates & More Dates …
The Gypsy punk band known as Gogol Bordello blankets Europe in November and December. Playing clubs and halls, dates include Cologne, Germany on November 26 at Live Music Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark on November 27 at VEGA House Of Music, Toulouse, France on December 7 at Le Bikini and Lisbon, Portugal on December 10 at Campo Pequeno.
Singer / songwriter Dar Williams updates today with several new listings for September. Like September 12 in Somerville, Massachusetts at Somerville Theatre, September 15 in Pittsburgh at Club Café, September 17 in Ann Arbor, Michigan at The Ark, September 19 in Chicago at Park West and New York City on September 27 at Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza. Ms. Williams also adds shows in Albany, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Iowa City, Covington and Buffalo.
Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles add shows in Nebraska, Texas and Louisiana today. Details include September 7 in Omaha at Mick’s Music & Bar, September 25 in Austin at The Continental Club, September 26 in Lafayette (Louisiana) at Blue Moon Saloon & Guest House and St. Francisville (Louisiana) at Magnolia Café.
And David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards updates with a couple of new listings – September 26 in Felton, California at Don Quixote’s Int’l Music Hall and November 9 in Londonderry, New Hampshire at Tupelo Music Hall.
During the day we also updated the schedules for Coheed And Cambria, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Phoebe Snow, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Galactic, Vampire Weekend, Brandon Rhyder, Kathy Mattea, John Scofield, The Ting Tings, Anthony Gomes, American Steel, Catch 22, Jerry Seinfeld, Dengue Fever, Wayne Shorter, Elliott Brood, The Devil Wears Prada, plus so many artists and bands that the total number of performers updated today truly boggles the mind. Unless, of course, there’s something shiny in the room.
And that’s Tuesday in a nutshell. Thank you for your support and we hope you’ll speak kindly of us in the days to come. G’night.