Abalone Dots come from a small town in Sweden called Vastervik on the outskirts of Stockholm. The talented musicians--Rebecka Hjukström (Age 22), Louise Holmer (Age 25), Elin Mörk (Age 24), and Sophia Hogman (age 24)--have played together for six years and have already become a top-selling artist on RCA Sweden since releasing their debut album in 2007, FROM A SAFE DISTANCE. The album immediately entered at the top of the Swedish charts, allowing the foursome to cultivate a rapidly-growing audience in the Scandinavian countries.
Their current single, "Solo," from their sophomore release, TRAVELER, continues to garner attention including a Grammy Award (Swedish Grammis), multiple performances on major TV shows in Europe, and a cover story in Scanorama--instantly branding the Abalone Dots as media darlings. The overwhelming excitement behind their music has intrigued audiences in the U.S. and sparked interest from top-name industry professionals. This excitement has led the Dots to cross genres, as well as oceans, to pursue their dream of touring the States.
Join us for Friday Live at 5 featuring Grazin' District outside on the RME Courtyard!
Grazin District is a band covering today's country and classic rock songs. The band members are professionals with hundreds of local, regional, and national shows performed. They perform a heavy mix of country and classic rock songs that are sure to get you moving.
Swing by after your busy work week and enjoy free live music outside on the courtyard in beautiful downtown Davenport!
Based in Chicago and born in Iowa, singer/songwriter Dick Prall comes to his easygoing – and sometimes goofy – manner quite naturally. In person, he’s charming, often peppering his conversations with clever asides wherever possible. Though he readily admits to enjoying the embrace of company, it was Prall’s exploration of what he calls “autonomy” that brought a whole new spin to his latest work.
Prall has performed alongside musical greats Jon Brion, Mike Doughty, Ari Hest, The Verve Pipe, Bobby Bare, Jr., Glen Phillips and Michelle Branch, to name a few, and he regularly tours with Iowa's favorite roots rockers, The Nadas. Volkswagen has included Prall's music on a six-month ad campaign; he's been featured on Ourstage.com and on MyTracks.com, and his tune "Sunshine Came" is the theme song to the movie soundtrack of 'Serial Loser.'
Prall was featured on the cover of the Chicago Tribune's Redeye, and headlined a showcase at Austin's South By Southwest Festival 2007. He was named Illinois Entertainer's 2006 "Best of Around Here" and was subsequently featured on The Local Tourist, the Steve Levy Show, The Steve Dahl show, and Fearless Radio. The Chicago Sun-Times calls Prall's music "smart, introspective and filled with great hooks." "Prall excels at morphing the smallest of melodic chunks into grandiose statements of purpose." (Time Out Chicago). Performing Songwriter notes that "Prall has captured the excitement of youth... he's a real gem."
Local singer-songwriter Alan Sweet will open for Dick Prall!
Chicago is one of those unique cities that has always been on the pulse of vanguard change in popular music. Although the city is known most for its blues , Chicago has also played a leading role in the performance, recording, and artistic evolution of jazz. The BMR4 (Bernhardt, Moynihan, Rodbard quartet), veterans of the Chicago music scene, have proved to be quite adaptable in creating noteworthy musical mixtures of all idioms. You can hear in their jazz sound, flourishes of the city's blues, rock and R&B scenes.
As the most recognizable cultural signature that the city has produced, its rich sense of origin and history still shapes music and social practice throughout the Windy City. Chris Bernhardt, Jay Moynihan, and Mike Rodbard had their musical baptism in the blues-roots rock band The Buzz. Although the group made two recordings, sold over 10,000 recordings, and toured the country, these musicians' chops developed significantly while playing as the house band at Buddy Guys Legends. It was there that they backed up legends such as Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, and Otis Rush. Through the many gigs and tours, the band found out they had a mutual affinity for jazz, and missed playing the music they grew up on. They formed BMR4, found a regular engagement, and began to develop their sound.
Upbeat, straight-ahead jazz with soul! The BMR4 is a Chicago jazz quartet that features some of the best players in the city including members of the Buddy Guy,Lonnie Brooks, and Patrica Barber bands. They have signed a recording contract with Hallway Records, in which their release "Turning Point" came out March 13, 2007. A new release comes out this summer.
RME is formed a House band called, Root Cellar which includes a few staff members who will be opening for BMR4!
Join us for Friday Live at 5 featuring The Warmth outside on the RME courtyard!
The Warmth consists of five gentlemen from all over the quad-city area. The band plays a variety of cover songs and a few original songs with covers ranging from classic rock anthems to the best rock 'n roll cuts from the 70's right up to 2006. Come dance and sing along.
Swing by after your busy work week and enjoy free live music outside on the courtyard in beautiful downtown Davenport!
The Mighty Diamonds—Donald “Tabby” Shaw, Fitzroy ”Bunny” Simpson and Lloyd “ Judge” Ferguson formed in 1969 in the Trenchtown area of Kingston, Jamaica. They are the most consistent and long-running vocal trio in Jamaican musical history and for the past 41 years have been entertaining and educating the world with their sweet harmonies and conscious lyrics.
With their soulful harmonies and polished performances, they quickly became known as the young group with the Motown sound. Their first recordings at Dynamic Sounds eventually led them to their classic hit "Shame and Pride" in 1973. Their first hit singles “ Country Living” and “ Hey Girl” were recorded on the Channel One label. After touring the US with Toots and the Maytals, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1975 and recorded four albums. Their debut album “ Right Time”, released on Virgin has become a classic. By 1982, "Pass the Kutchie" from the album 'Changes' had become an international hit and has since been covered by Musical Youth, whose version "Pass the Dutchie" has also been a hit all over the world.
Tabby, Bunny and Judge have produced over 40 albums in their long career. The trio has toured the world extensively and has a strong following in Europe and Japan as well as in the US. The Mighty Diamonds continue to achieve stardom on their own terms, wrapping a militant message in some of the prettiest melodies around. Even with their mushrooming international popularity, the Mighty Diamonds have not forgotten their roots which come from the unique cultural potpourri of Jamaica with its harsh ghetto realities and its irresistible reggae pulse.
The Mighty Diamonds are remarkable for the fact that the three founding members have remained together, despite the ever-changing and cut-throat music business, for 41 years -- and counting! They find strength and inspiration in their faith in Rastafari and their love of Jah. Their message is one of unity, love and at times, rebellion in the face of injustice.
Their unquestionable reputation for a stylized traditional and polished sound has earned them prominence as a model reggae harmony trio.
Local reggae band, Rude Punch will open for The Mighty Diamonds
Tickets now on sale:
Doors 7:30pm • Show 8:30pm
• $12 in adv, $15 day of show
• Website
September 16 , 2010 Thursday
Euforquestra w/Ragaman
AFRO-BEAT / REGGAE / FUNK
Originally from Iowa City, IA, Eufórquestra relocated to Fort Collins, CO in August 2008 and has made a splash on the Colorado music scene with its progressive, genre-crossing funk fusions and a relentless tour schedule.
Emerging as a musical powerhouse, Eufórquestra is quickly spreading its self-proclaimed “Afro-Caribbean-Barnyard-Funk;” a unique, rhythmic blend of sound, integrating such genres as Afrobeat, Reggae, Afro-Cuban, Samba, Soca, Funk, Salsa, and Dub. Eufórquestra’s music is igniting dance floors across the country, with a sound that “explodes, dances and melts in your ear with sheer bliss” (Chris M. Slawecki; AllAboutJazz.com). As percussionist and lead vocalist Matt Grundstad puts it, "we just want to make people dance.”
In October 2009, the band released their third studio album, Soup, a collection of 11 tracks that captures the band at new heights in terms of songwriting, energy and production. In an effort to spread the album far and wide as an independent artist, the band decided to give the album away for free online at www.euforquestra.com. With over 1,300 downloads in its first week the word is spreading!
With three full length albums to their name and a relentless tour schedule (over 300 shows in the last two and a half years), Eufórquestra has created a presence on the national scene, performing all over the U.S. at clubs, concert halls, community events, and festivals, including Wakarusa, moe. Summer Camp, 80/35 (Des Moines, IA), Sweet Pea Festival (Bozeman, MT), NedFest (Nederland, CO), Groovefest (Cedar City, UT), the Montana Beer Festival (Bozeman, MT) and the Iowa City Jazz Festival. In addition, Eufórquestra hosts their own festival, Camp Euforia, every year in July, just outside of Iowa City, in Lone Tree, IA. 2010 will mark the seventh happening of Camp Euforia.
Ragaman will open the show. Check them out at www.myspace.com/ragamanband
Like so many American bands, The Nadas started as a way for its members to pass the time between college classes. Unlike so many American bands, The Nadas outlasted their educations and rode a growing fan base to a genuine, honest-to-goodness career.
Over the past sixteen years, The Nadas have built a strong community of fans and together they have sold more than 125,000 albums through their own Authentic Records, including 2003’s Transceiver and 2005’s Listen Through The Static, both produced by Todd and Toby Pipes of Deep Blue Something, as well as 2007’s The Ghosts Inside These Halls. Now, with Almanac, their seventh LP, they are confident they will continue to grow their community, bringing in new fans and new beginnings.
“We started The Nadas sixteen years ago with just a couple of songs, a van and a newsletter, then grew a community from there,” said Walsmith. “The tools we have now to communicate with and build that community are crazy. But it’s still about the songs, and our fans. They’re why we do this.”
Special Guest The Coal Band will open for The Nadas.
Tickets now on sale:
Doors 7:30pm • Show 8:30pm
• $10 in adv or $15 day of show
• Website
September 17 , 2010 Friday
Friday Live at 5 w/ Tim Stop Trio on the Courtyard
ROCK/ POP/ SOUL
Friday Live at 5 Featuring Tim Stop Trio sponsored by Lujack’s Northpark Auto Plaza outside on the RME courtyard!
It's safe to say the members of the Tim Stop Trio—songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and pianist Tim Stopulos, guitarist Michael Tahlier, bassist Seville Lilly, and drummer Justin Hooks, could not afford to move anywhere in the world following their debut's success.
“Our whole goal right now is to just play as much as possible and make the best music we possibly can”, Tim stated. And that is what they are doing, spending the majority of their time on the road. Two years, a couple of Midwest tours, two self produced albums, a self produced music video and some album sales later, Tim Stop Trio are doing everything they can to put themselves on the map.
Swing by after your busy work week and enjoy free live music outside on the courtyard in beautiful downtown Davenport!
3rd Sunday Jazz Presents Petra Van Nuis Quartet featuring Andy Brown.
Petra van Nuis is a jazz vocalist based in Chicago since 2004. Inspired by such greats as Peggy Lee, Chris Connor, Lucy Ann Polk, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, and Beverly Kenney (just to name a few!), she opts for a straightforward swinging delivery with an emphasis on feeling. Relying only on the deep belief in the music she sings, her approach is simple and without affectation. Her warm intimate sound has just a touch of breathiness.
3rd Sunday Jazz Series features an all ages workshop at 3pm, followed by a matinee performance from 6-8pm.
Admission to the workshop session is free for kids, $5 for adults. General admission for the concert is $10 or $15 for reserved seating. For ticket information, call Polyrhythms at 309-373-0790 or visit their website.
Doors 5:30pm • Show 6:00pm
• $10 or $15 for reserved seating
• Website
September 21 , 2010 Tuesday
An Evening with Gaelic Storm
CELTIC ROCK
It has now been more than a decade since Gaelic Storm's career lifted off with their appearance in the blockbuster film Titanic. Since their big-screen debut 10 years ago, the band's fan base continues to multiply with each new album, turning the one-time-pub-band into one of the premier touring acts in the Celtic/World music genre. Gaelic Storm's compelling originals and fresh arrangements steeped in Celtic traditional melody combined with their unique blend of world rhythms continue to broaden the musical horizons of the Celtic music genre creating new standards for generations to come.
Highlights from their decade-spanning career include seven Billboard Chart topping albums, a DVD, a full-length concert film featured on HD.net in 2007-2008, song placement on two EA Sports Games, a 2008 Hallmark greeting card featuring their song "Kiss Me I'm Irish", countless television and radio appearances, and of course, an appearance in James Cameron's Titanic. Gaelic Storm has sold out hundreds of theatres and performing arts centers and has now played to audiences totaling in the millions.
Since their eponymous first album reached #5 on Billboard's World Music Chart in 1998, Gaelic Storm continues to consistently climb to the top of the Billboard Charts. The band's 2006 release Bring Yer Wellies (Lost Again Records) debuted at #2 on the Billboard World Chart, #16 on the Internet Sales Chart and #31 on the Independent Album Chart. Their previous five albums have all charted high on the Billboard World Music Chart, including reaching the #2 position on additional occasions.
Gaelic Storm's newest offering 'Cabbage' is "a party on a platter" and marks the band's highest charting album on the Billboard 200 at #73, their second #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart and their best sales week ever. With 5,783 albums sold this week alone, Gaelic Storm - who independently own and operate their label Lost Again Records – are celebrating a strong opening, which also includes a #11 debut on the Indie Album chart.
Tickets now on sale:
Doors 7pm • Show 8pm
• $25 in adv, $30 Day of Show
• Website
September 24 , 2010 Friday
Friday Live at 5 w/ Dani Lynn Howe Band
COUNTRY ROCK
Join us for the final Friday Live at 5 featuring The Dani Lynn Howe Band sponsored by Kevin Kraft,UBS Financial Service, Inc.
You can’t help being caught up in the fun, energetic show. Whether it’s foot-stompin’ or heart wrenching, lead vocalist Dani Lynn pulls you along for the emotional ride of every song. The Dani Lynn Howe Band has been named the best country band in the River Cities Reader six times. In 2008 they also received awards for best rock band, best musicians, and best singer.
In 2009 the band received the award for best band so don’t miss them perform for FREE on the RME courtyard in beautiful downtown Davenport for our final Friday Live at 5!
Dumpstaphunk is a New Orleans funk band formed in 2002 and fronted by Ivan Neville. Named after a song Ivan had recently written, Dumpstaphunk’s informal performance became that of immediate legend. The project has since grown from chance side-project into what is now widely considered to be New Orleans’ most popular musical export. The band was recently voted 2007’s “New Orleans Best Funk Band” by both Offbeat Magazine and Gambit Weekly, and performs at some of the nation’s largest music festivals such as Bonnaroo, Voodoo Fest, 10,000 Lakes, and High Sierra.
Founders Ivan Neville and Ian Neville (sons of both Aaron Neville and Art Neville respectively), along with Nick Daniels, Tony Hall, and Raymond Weber, were brought up in an atmosphere of sounds that have arguably become the most defining in all of New Orleans music. But don’t let the pedigree of lineage from the Meters and Neville Brothers fool you either. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk now stands on its own as the legitimate torchbearer of all things funky both in New Orleans and beyond with the release of their debut EP, Listen Hear.
From the sweeping scenery of Western Michigan hails a rare creature known as Ultraviolet Hippopotamus. This radiating river cow has been known to blend strong songs and tight licks with improvisation to help find an original sound where their progressive aspirations meet their audience‘s thirst for funk. Some say it's rock. Some say it's more like jazz. Still others report electronica, reggae and even bluegrass emanating from the massive orifice of this unpredictable menace.
One thing is for sure with multiple live recordings, two full length albums "Background Music" and the acclaimed recent release "Songs for the Reaper" (called …"a classic"… by Music Review and WYCE radio) this six headed beast has become a phenomenon in the Mid West music scene. With their thirst for exploration and desire to connect with the listener, Ultraviolet Hippopotamus leaves audiences shaking' their booties and wanting more.
Quad-City band, Bacon will open for Ultraviolet Hippopotamus!
Brother Trucker “The Flyover” With their long-awaited fourth CD, The Flyover, Des Moines-based roots-rockers Brother Trucker finally present another heaping helping of their literate, soulful and cinematic brand of earthy, ‘pan-Americana’ music.
Cranking out a heart-felt, dynamic and (as needed) proudly raggedy-assed sound that taps into the likes of Neil Young’s splintering Crazy Horse, The Faces, The Stones, myriad assorted Dylan combos, Southern rock and the heartland/populist themes of Springsteen and Mellencamp, the lads of Brother Trucker provide spot-on backdrops for the extraordinary, wrong-side-of-the-tracks tales spooled out by co-founder and resident singer/songwriter Andy Fleming.
Recorded in 2005, The Flyover continues to extend the ever-rising arc etched by the band’s recorded work but, as Fleming puts it, “a whole lot of life went on between recording and releasing” the album.
Brother Trucker’s fully-loaded, five-piece format remains one of the most flexible, energetic and inspirational combos in the Midwest, but on any given night, you may very well find them in a variety of configurations, including Andy solo, Andy and co-founder Mike Fitzpatrick (as an acoustic duo), Andy, Mike and Bassist, Lyle Kevin Hogue (as ‘The BT3’) … In every case, what you will get is to-the-bone, passionate musicianship steeped in pan-genre, rockyroll classicism that’s deeply, artfully connected to the very heart and soul of the Iowa/Midwestern experience.
Afrobeat cannot stand still. As the genre’s tempting sounds continue a resurgence across the globe, Chicago Afrobeat Project (CAbP) remains true to its original vision of breathing the intensity of Chicago’s rich music scene into the infectious sounds of afrobeat. Rather than become caricatures of the genre, CAbP slips a reverent nod to the tradition while delivering an energized originality different from any other band on the afrobeat scene today. At each of its 100+ live performances a year, the group’s frenzied songs hit audiences with a big enough one-two punch to tirelessly knock them onto the dance floor time and time again.
Afrobeat’s range of influences — funk, rock, jazz, afro-cuban, high life and juju music – settle into a hypnotic, dance-compelling pulse at the core of CAbP. The group layers a fiery originality around this core through high-energy rock and experimental jazz. The trance-like grooves that hold the floor in the tradition are pushed to new borders in CAbP’s second and self-produced album, (A) Move to Silent Unrest. In it, the group keeps true to the mix of respect to the tradition and forward-thinking experimentation that shine through in their live performances.
The individual players, coming from diverse backgrounds, each hold their own as soloists that ultimately characterize the live shows. Melodic and hard-hitting horn lines create a lyrical flow to the music, delivered by a cutting, driven rhythm section dynamic. Complex call-and-response percussion songs are dispersed throughout the performances. At select shows, African dancers from Chicago’s Muntu Dance Theatre accompany the band. Added up, the music is packaged with original songwriting that explores the stylistic reaches of afrobeat and a few classic covers delivered true to form.
CAbP was nominated as Best African Artist in the Chicago Music Awards (CMA) in 2004 and 2005, and was nominated for the CMA’s “Award of Honor for Contribution to World Beat Music” in 2006. As a natural extension of the group’s ability to connect diverse musical styles through afrobeat, CAbP has featured many notable Chicago guest musicians such as Howard Levy of Bela Fleck fame, Fareed Haque of Garaj Mahal, seven-time Grammy-winner Paul Wertico, Bobby Broom, Jeff Parker of Tortoise, Kalyan Pathak, Diverse, Ugochi, Morikeba Kouyate and many other Chicago greats.
Pieta Brown is a striking poet-songwriter with a haunting voice and an unmistakable style. Her unique blend of alt-country, folk, blues and indie-rock speaks to music fans around the world and has garnered rave reviews from the likes of the BBC and Boston Globe, as well as a variety of hip music blogs and indie radio stations. Even her own musical hero Iris DeMent is a fan, saying she is “the best poet I’ve heard in a long damn time.” An artist with cross-genre appeal, Pieta has toured with such diverse artists as John Prine, Ani Difranco, Calexico, J.J. Cale and Mason Jennings.
Informed by her travels and the many places she has called home, Pieta writes story songs with beautiful landscapes and vibrant characters. And, coloring it all, a deep abiding saturation in folk and blues that’s beyond her years, showing she is a songwriter to be reckoned with and a talent too good to ignore.
Straight out of the heartland comes Pieta Brown. The daughter of two preacher's kids, her early upbringing in Iowa was in a rural outpost with no furnace or running water. There, Pieta was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her father, Greg Brown, the now beloved Midwestern folk singer. Later, while living with her mother in Alabama during her formative years, Pieta drew on and expanded these influences and began writing poetry and composing instrumental songs on piano.
Tickets now on sale:
Doors 7pm • Show 8pm
• $12 in adv, $15 day of show
• Website
October 16 , 2010 Saturday
Lissie
FOLK/ ROCK/ INDIE
Lissie was born in Rock Island, Illinois, one of the Quad Cities on the banks of the Mississippi River. She’s a straight-talking Midwestern girl, all flaxen hair and big blue eyes, and this girl is smart and gutsy and tough, with a big old voice to match it: Laurel Canyon prettiness stewed in campfire and bourbon.
Why You Runnin’ - the Fat Possum released & Bill Reynolds (Band Of Horses) produced - EP released in the US late last year, earned the young singer high praise.The EP caught the attention of new fans and the U.S. press, with praise rolling in from Paste, Nylon, Filter, and Marie Claire, among others. She toured with Ray LaMontagne, A.A. Bondy, City & Colour, and The Low Anthem; she eventually tackled a whirlwind SXSW schedule (10 shows, 4 days) with ease and won over tough critics like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and even Perez Hilton.
She headed to Nashville to record with Jacquire King (who was fresh from working with the Kings of Leon), and also recorded some more with Reynolds. What came out of these sessions is the bulk of her debut album, Catching A Tiger: 12 songs that range from bluesy-folk to unfettered pop, and showcase both her remarkable voice and her songwriting chops.
Since early this year, Lissie has largely been based in London, where Catching A Tiger was first released. Embraced lovingly by the British press, she’s been featured in Q, The Sun, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, Time Out, The Big Issue, and on the BBC and Later…with Jools Holland, among others; she’s played with Joshua Radin, The Local Natives, and Alan Pownall, in addition to performing at Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN, and The Great Escape in Brighton, England. She’s also picked up praise and support from a wide range of fellow artists, including Katy Perry, Courtney Love, Mumford & Sons, and Ellie Goulding, who joined her onstage to perform “Everywhere I Go” at The Great Escape in May.
Tickets on sale now:
Doors 7:30pm • Show 8:30pm
• $12 in adv, $15 day of show
• Website
October 21 , 2010 Thursday
Daphne Willis w/ Andy Frasco & The UN
POP / ROCK / BLUES
In the little more than three years since she grabbed her acoustic guitar and took the stage for the first time, Chicago-based Daphne Willis has grown from a feisty neophyte into a self-assured, marvelously expressive artist with a bracingly seductive sound. The 22-year-old’s Vanguard Records debut album, What to Say, documents Willis’ voyage of self-discovery and is a captivating introduction to a remarkably fresh voice -one that both reflects and scrutinizes the social patterns of her generation.
Willis began recording the tracks that would grow into What to Say with the help of Chicago-based engineer Stephen Shirk and had planned to release it herself. Serendipitously, Vanguard and Welk Music Group head Kevin Welk plugged in his earphones during an American Airlines flight and heard several cuts from her self-made 2007 EP, Matter of Time, on one of the in-flight music programs. Immediately hooked by Willis’ vocal emotiveness and the depth of her writing, Welk wasted no time tracking her down.
The rest is history. The youngster, who hadn’t given a thought to looking for a record deal, was knocked out by the enthusiasm of Welk and Nashville-based Vanguard A&R rep Gary Pascoza, who’d been dispatched to Chicago to check out a club set. Pascoza wound up lending his expertise to the project, and her first Vanguard album, "What to Say", was released this pass January 2010.
Joining Daphne on stage will be special guests Andy Frasco & The UN, who brings soulful piano melodies through his vintage style.
Great Sounds promotions presents Quad Cities Smooth Jazz Fall Festival on Friday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 23rd sponsored by Riverboat Development Authority.
On Friday, October 22nd will feature Four 80 East & Marcus Anderson.
Four80East is the brainchild of producers Rob DeBoer and Tony Grace, also known internationally for their indie label/production house, Boomtang. Born in 1997 as a small indie UK release, “The Album” went on to revitalize the Smooth Jazz world the following summer when the first single, “Eastside”, broke through in the US to became the seventh most-played track on Contemporary Jazz radio that year.
Capital Jazz Fest Challenge winner, Marcus Anderson electrifies stages with an unmatchable energy and an intoxicating sound that stretches the definition of jazz. The multi-talented saxophonist, flautist and vocalist from Durham, NC recently released his second solo CD, From The Heart, a much anticipated follow up to My Turn – his stellar debut project. “I put all of my heart and soul into my playing, and that’s where music should come from!” says Anderson.
On Saturday, October 23rd will feature Paul Taylor.
Whether he's grooving onstage or laying down his latest batch of sensuous and funky tracks in the studio, there's no better adjective to describe the effect Paul Taylor has on the hearts and hips of urban jazz fans worldwide then the name of his fifth Peak Records album, BURNING.
Admission for Friday night's show: $48.50 per person- $5 Added day of show
Admission for Saturday night's show:$58.50 per person- $5 Added day of show
WEEKEND SPECIAL: Admission: $82.50 per person- $5 will be added day of show:
NOTE: Receive 10% discount by August 31, 2010
For more information & details, please visit Great Sounds Promotions website
Doors 8pm • Show 8pm
• Please visit Smooth Jazz Series for more info
• Website
October 29 , 2010 Friday
Future Rock
ELECTRONICA/ PROGRESSIVE/ ROCK
Mickey Kellerman and Felix Moreno, alongside drummer Darren Heitz, are the driving force behind Future Rock. During their explosive live show, all three mibers wield synthesizers, live loops and samples-Kellerman on the keys, Moreno on the bass, Heitz on drums-to form an amalgamation of excitient, constructed completely live onstage. The Chicago trio has been perfecting its brand of live-instrument dance music since 2004 and-just like Future Rock’s pulsating and escalating anthis-their momentum is about to explode. Their live riixes of Black Moth Super Rainbow and Death from Above 1979 are sweeping proof of Future Rock’s riarkable riix skills. But that’s not all.
Recorded on July 25, 2009 in their hometown of Chicago, Live in Wicker Park captures the raw energy of a performance that packed Milwaukee Avenue, turning rooftops into dance floors and fans into maniacs hanging out of open windows.According to Moreno, the atmosphere and the songs-six of which have never officially been released-are the best representation of Future Rock ever recorded.
Kellerman and Moreno met in Chicago during college in the early ’00s and soon forged a song-writing partnership. They later met Heitz in downtown, making this trio a truly Windy City affair. Future Rock began their ascent by rocking after-party sets usually reserved for DJ’s and soon became the burgeoning festival favorite they are today. Along the way, their LED-heavy light show has become one of the best in the business.
Tickets now on sale
Doors 8pm • Show 9pm
• $10 in adv, $12 day of show
• Website
October 30 , 2010 Saturday
Rick Berthod & The Persuader Band
BLUES
Rick Berthod started playing guitar seriously in his late teens, joined the original Pine Street Persuader Band in Galesburg, Illinois as their bass player, and soon moved on to playing rhythm and learning licks on lead guitar. He loved to play blues and really loud rock and roll. Rick stepped up front after moving to Colorado Springs and forming his own Persuader Band.
Raunchy Rick, as he was known then, played all the clubs in town even though he was barely old enough to get into a bar. The band went through several transitions, the rhythm section changed but his crunching guitar tones and the blues/ rock energy continued to entertain. The band started going on the road in the 80′s. After moving to LA with his new wife, Cissy, in 1989, the doors opened for the Persuader Band and for Rick as a solo artist to perform at festivals and concert shows in Europe and Canada as well as keeping regular dates in various parts of the states. After 25 years, the band and their music is still intact and better than ever. Check out Rick and the Persuader Band’s Tour dates and come out for an evening of great music Persuader Band style.
With seven releases to his credit, and previously signed with Triton and Blue Tone Records, Rick Berthod continues to receive airplay all over the USA and Europe.
The guys in the Band of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their current album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, The Band and Little Feat.
One Foot in the Ether, released in September 2009, is the Band of Heathens’ strongest work so far. That’s saying something, considering their last three releases (two live and one studio) brought the band out from relative obscurity to playing 250-plus shows a year for their rabid fan base, as well as a coveted taping for the 35th Anniversary season of the Austin City Limits television program. Both their last album and One Foot in the Ether reached No. 1 on the Americana Music Association Radio chart. The last (eponymous) album earned the band an Americana Music Association Honors & Awards nomination for 2009 New Emerging Artist of the Year, with One Foot in the Ether clinching a 2010 Americana nomination for Best Duo or Group. The group took Best New Band honors at the 2007 Austin Music Awards, shortly after their current lineup came into place as the band morphed from a side-project to a cohesive tight unit. And the band significantly expanded its reach with recent appearances at Lollapalooza, Wakarusa and the Austin City Limits festival.
Not given to overly detailed explanations, the Band of Heathens loosely define the sound they’ve achieved on One Foot in the Ether simply as rock ’n’ roll. While the last Heathens album may have been slightly more acoustic and swampier, this album is heavier, both thematically and sonically. It’s muscular with electric guitars, Hammond organs, vintage electric pianos and pill-bottle slides, all fine ingredients for rock ’n’ roll in its purest form.
Opening for The Band of Heathens is Quad City based band, Jim the Mule. Jim the Mule blends the gritty Rock and Roll textures of the late 60's and early 70's with touches of Southern Rock, Pop, Alternative Rock, and Country into something best described as "Midwestern Rock and Roll."
**Tickets go on sale 6 weeks ahead of show date for RME members, 4 weeks ahead of time for the general public
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