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Shows Of Note
Friday, May 18, 2012
PRODUCER, SONGWRITER AND musician and formerly unhappy guy Greg Laswell has joined up with Brooklyn up-and-comer Elizabeth Ziman of Elizabeth & The Catapult
(the Catapult won't be here for this one) for a show at Headliners
Music Hall on May 18. Laswell is, apparently, a happier man now that he
has married musician Ingrid Michaelson, making his music, including his most recent, Take A Bow, somehwat less morose.
Whether or not Louisville fans will appreciate this turn in his tunes
remains to be seen. Ziman, who was here with her band in 2009, writes
film scores and
channels the Buddhist teachings of Leonard Cohen's poetry for some of
her material. She also plays piano well, having been classically
trained. The pair should make this an interesting and musically superior
show. Tickets are $12 adv/$15 DoS.
--Paul Moffett
For more info, click here.
THE MUSICIANS EMERGENCY Resource
Foundation (MERF) is staging a fund-raiser at Stevie Ray's on
May 18, featuring Dirty Church
Revival, River City Blues Band and Wayne Young & the New
Legends. MERF, as most Louisville music fans
know, raises money to help musicians get through hard times (Lots more
of those these days!), and the bands play for free, so all the money
goes to MERF. The lineup should appear to young and not-so-young fans,
with a range from Wayne Young's get-up-and-dance rock 'n' roll to the
River City Blues funkiness to the rock of Dirty Church Revival, coming
into the show with a brand-new CD. Altogether, a good night of music for
a good cause, at only $5.
--Paul Moffett
For more info, click here.
THE RETURN OF Days Of The New to Louisville is not quite the major event it was back in the Nineties, when Travis Meeks was putting tunes on the national chart. When he plays Jim Porter's on May 18, the usual question will arise: will he show up and play? Will he be straight. Some folks go for the music, others for the possibility of a drug-fueled meltdown. Either way, Meeks usually produces some kind of show. Check with Porter's for ticket info.
--Paul Moffett
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Forest Fest '12, featuring Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers, Hog Operation, 23 String Band and New Town, happens on May 19 at the Jefferson County Memorial Forest Manor House. This one is the spring kickoff for the bluegrassers in town, given that it usually features a big-time star and is a free admission event, although there is a fee to park. (There'll be some carpooling for this one.) It runs from 10 am. until 7 p.m. There will be a raffle for a banjo. Take your sunblock and a good folding chair.
--Paul Moffett
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
MINNESOTA FOLK BAND Dark, Dark, Dark is touring in support of a new CD, Wild Go, which contains a single, “Daydreaming,” that was featured in Episode 7, Season 7 of "Grey’s Anatomy," demonstrating again that the path to musical success lies in television. With an instrumental collection that includes piano, accordion, trumpet, clarinet, banjo, drums and bass plus vocals, Dark, Dark, Dark seems likely to provide a musical show that is more revue than concert, more varied than stylistically focused and perhaps even more interesting than anything else. Bro. Stephen opens. Uncle Slayton[s, May 20. Tickets are $8 adv/$10 DoS.
--Paul Moffett
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