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COOL LINEUP GATHERING IN BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC IN MAY
 Taj Mahal |
LEAF | Lake Eden Arts Festival is excited to announce the Performing Arts lineup for Spring LEAF 2012, taking place May 10-13, 2012 in Black Mountain, NC. Headlining the 34th festival are Blues legend Taj Mahal, Afrobeat progeny Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, and New Orleans institution Preservation Hall Jazz Band. In addition to Taj, several other artists will be helping to celebrate Blues Traditions [including and one more special Blues Folk lineup addition TBA], with support in part by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. Art Works. From the dark, smoky clubs of Chicago & St. Louis, all the way down through the Hill Country and into the bayous of the Deep South, audiences will be introduced to an sampling of Blues artists, intermingled with the usual diversity of cultural names and faces one can expect from LEAF.
Tickets and volunteering opportunities are available through LEAFs website or by calling the LEAF office at 828.686.8742. Tickets are sold in advance only.
Spring LEAF 2012 Performing Arts Lineup
Taj Mahal
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Corey Harris & The Rasta Blues Experience
David Bromberg
The Red Clay Ramblers
King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan
Golden Dragon Acrobats [China]
Rubblebucket
Red Baraat
Sarazino [Ecuador]
The Black Lillies
Nuala Kennedy Band [Ireland]
Town Mountain
Zansa
Msafiri Zawose [Tanzania]
The Beast
Also celebrating Blues Traditions with:
Pop Ferguson Gaye Adegbalola w/ Roddy Barnes Homemade Jamz Blues Band Cary Fridley & Down South Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson Shane Pruitt Band
Brookside Dance Hall in motion with:
Contra dance w/ Lift Ticket & The Horse Flies Late-night techno contra w/ Technophoria feat. DJ Shel-D Callers Beth Molaro & Brian Hamshar Cajun dance w/ Feufollet Salsa dance w/ Montuno Family dance w/ Phil Jamison Dance workshops from Ira Bernstein, Maria-Guajira, Ted & Kimberly Ross
Tony Cedras South African All-Stars Brothers in Christ feat. C.D. Big Nasty Jazz Band Chikomo Marimba Band Molasses Creek Goldstein Family Band Skinny Legs and All Tom Hecks Trebuchets Blue Fairy Troupe Dances of Universal Peace 40 Fingers & A Missing Tooth Tall Bike Freak Michael Mooney Lemira Percussion Ensemble
LEAF in Schools & Streets youth performances led by:
Amy Hamilton Ben Gradison Gary Bradley Lisa Zahiya Erinn Huntley & The Anam Cara Theatre Company Josh Batenhorst & ArtSpace Urban Arts Institute Melanie MacNeil & The Asheville Hoops Troupe Imhotep Nina Ruffini Kenya Webster Zulu Connection
…and favorite LEAF traditions, including:
Unifire Theatre Aerial Trapeze Academy Chessmaster Robert Frederick LEAF Poetry Slam w/ James Nav Welcome Drums w/ Larry McDowell LSS Youth Poetry Slam w/ Beth McDonough & Simon Wolf Drum Circle w/ Steve Townsend Storytelling w/ Sarah Eshan Morning Piano w/ Robert Thomas Didgeridoo w/ Jarrett Leone LEAF Fiddle & Step Dance Contests Workshops & Jam Sessions …and much more!
LEAF is a non-profit organization established to build community and enrich lives through the Arts locally and globally with festivals, community events, and arts in education programs. LEAFs mission is Connecting Cultures & Creating Community Through Music & Arts. LEAFs three branches include the twice-a-year festival, LEAF in Schools & Streets, and LEAF International.
LEAF in Schools & Streets: Empowering Youth Through Festive Arts in Our Local Community.
LEAF in Schools & Streets (LSS) is an educational outreach program matching artists with youth in schools and communities for hands-on workshops, residencies, interactive performances and mentoring that includes opportunities for youth to perform with the artists at LEAF- and beyond.
LEAF International: Empowering Youth Globally Through Cultural Music Traditions.
LEAF International (LI) empowers youth globally through musical traditions to create self-esteem, skills, connection, and community. Connecting youth to THEIR local cultural traditions with local teaching artists, local instruments and costumes.
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NEW SPRING DATES WITH GALACTIC, FRED WESLEY
Orgone |
Fresh off of killing it at Jam Cruise, L.A. funksters Orgone have added a number of March dates, including shows with Galactic, Corey Henry, Corey Glover, and Fred Wesley and the Greyboy Allstars. Check below for all the dates.
Orgone Tour Dates
03/14/12 Wed The Pageant St. Louis, MO *
03/15/12 Thu Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS *
03/16/12 Fri Schubas Chicago, IL
03/17/12 Sat First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
03/18/12 Sun House of Loom Omaha, NE
03/20/12 Tue Manny’s Billings, MT
03/21/12 Wed The Wilma Theatre Missoula, MT *
03/22/12 Thu Domino Room Bend, OR *
03/23/12 Fri Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA *
03/24/12 Sat The Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR *
03/25/12 Sun Humboldt Brews Arcata, CA
03/26/12 Mon Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico, CA
03/30/12 Fri Ogden Theatre Denver, CO #
03/31/12 Sat Boulder Theater Boulder, CO #
06/02/12 Sat Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival
at Mulberry Mountain Ozark, AR
07/28/12 Sat FloydFest
at Blue Ridge Parkway Floyd, VA
* with Galactic, Corey Henry, and Corey Glover
# with Fred Wesley, Greyboy Allstars
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BEATLE WORKS WITH DIANA KRALL AND HER BAND
 Paul at work |
Paul McCartney will release of a brand new album of those standards he grew up listening to in his childhood, plus two brand new McCartney compositions in the new year. The album, which is currently untitled, will be released on Hear Music/Concord Records on February 7th 2012. According to the press release, this is the album Paul has been thinking about making for more than 20 years. “In the end it was ‘Look, if I don’t do it now, I’ll never do it,” he says.
“When I kind of got into songwriting, I realized how well structured these songs were and I think I took a lot of my lessons from them,” Paul explains. “I always thought artists like Fred Astaire were very cool. Writers like Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, all of those guys – I just thought the songs were magical. And then, as I got to be a songwriter I thought it’s beautiful, the way they made those song’.”
Determined to approach the record in a new and unique manner, Paul enlisted the help of Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her band. In the studio, Paul performed, for the first time ever, exclusively in the vocal booth without any instruments – no guitar, no bass, no piano.
“It was very spontaneous, kind of organic, which then reminded me of the way we’d work with The Beatles, says McCartney. We’d bring a song in, kick it around, when we found a way to do it we’d say ‘Okay, let’s do a take now’ and by the time everyone kind of had an idea of what they were doing, we’d learnt the song. So that’s what we did, we did the take live in the studio.”
“It was important for me to keep away from the more obvious song choices so, many of the classic standards will be unfamiliar to some people. I hope they are in for a pleasant surprise.”
The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011. It also features guest musicians Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, respectively, on the original compositions ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’.
The track ‘My Valentine’ will be exclusively streamed on www.paulmccartney.com to premium members for 24 hours only, from 1400hrs (GMT) today (Monday 19th December).
Paul McCartney Tour Dates :: Paul McCartney News
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