Acoustic Americana Music Guide & HAITI BENEFIT NEWS, Feb 3 & 4 and more
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The CONCERT FOR HAITI on Sunday, Jan 31, was a PHENOMENAL success, and it raised over FIVE GRAND! We’ll soon have a feature story for you about the enormous show of folk-Americana artists, with Grammy and top music award winners. It was sponsored by the ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE. There are OTHER benefit shows for Haitian earthquake relief coming, too, and they are here in the Guide’s NEWS section.
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ACOUSTIC AMERICANA
MUSIC GUIDE & NEWS
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FEBRUARY 3 & 4, 2010
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NEWS FEATURES:
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1) MORE UPDATES TO THE BIGGEST MUSIC NEWS – “HAITI EARTHQUAKE FUNDRAISER” CONCERTS
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We have more to report to you.
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MORE MUSIC BENEFITS FOR HAITI ARE COMING
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Wed, Feb 3, from 8 pm-midnight, is the “HAITI RELIEF CONCERT FOR THE ORPHANS” of the earthquake, with performing host DAN NAVARRO, and FREEBO, LISA NEMZO, PHIL PARLAPIANO, JIMMY MUFFIN, LISA TURNER, SEVERIN BROWNE, DAVE MORRISON, and more – 14 acts in all – at Molly Malone’s in West Hollywood. Freebo plays at 11 pm, Lisa Nemzo about 9 pm, Dan Navarro plays the closing set.
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Thu, Feb 4 is “HELP HAITI WITH GEORGE LOPEZ & FRIENDS,” a huge benefit of comedians with music by LOS LOBOS and others at Nokia Theater LA Live. 800 W Olympic Bl, L.A. 90015. Promo reads, “They say laughter is the best medicine so join GEORGE LOPEZ, SLASH, RAY ROMANO, LOS LOBOS, CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER, MARGARET CHO, RUSSELL PETERS and many more live at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE this Thursday to raise funds for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. 100% of the proceeds will go to directly to Haiti to help the victims and their families.”
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Scheduled to appear, in addition to the above, are ANDY GARCIA, CYPRESS HILL, BETH HART, and CHEECH & CHONG. Guest hosts include KOBE BRYANT, LARRY DAVID, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, AMBER VALETTA, DON CHEADLE, EVA LONGORIA PARKER, MAGIC JOHNSON, CHARLIE WILSON, and JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT. Advance tix online, $50-$75.
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Fri, Feb 12, 7-10 pm; at the venue and with a web simulcast, is “LOVE FOR HAITI” with THE CONLONS, MELISSA TRINCHERE, AUBREY BOUSKILL, KATHLEEN BLACKWELL, and THE PATCHWORK QUILT FALLACY, is a benefit for the American Red Cross Relief Efforts in Haiti sponsored by NetteRadio, at (and webcast live from) The Talking Stick, 1411 C Lincoln Bl, Venice 90291; 310-450-6052; www.thetalkingstick.net. Event includes an auction, drawing, and more, all to raise money for earthquake relief in Haiti. Annette Conlon’s “NetteRadio” is webcast globally, and you can not only hear, but watch, this event live online at www.netteradio.com or www.ustream.tv/channel/netteradio. If you are not present at the venue, you can donate from anywhere. Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross Relief Efforts in Haiti – anytime, including now. More on the American Red Cross at 800-HELP-NOW or info@usa.redcross.org. Annette tells us, “The American Red Cross name is used with its permission, which in no way constitutes an endorsement, express or implied, of any product, service, company, individual, or political position.” Venue is all ages. $5 cover plus one beverage minimum.
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JEANNINE FRANK and her “Parlor Performances” series is working on a benefit for Haitian earthquake victims. More when we know it, or check with Jeannine at 310-476-6735 or Jeannine@FrankEntertainment.com.
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MORE SOON!
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2) PRAIRIE HOME DOES WEB “CINECAST” TO THEATRES, FEB 4…
ELVIS COSTELLO appears on “A Prairie Home Companion” in a special, first-time live Cinecast of the show from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN. Thursday’s show is being beamed into hundreds of movie theaters around the US and Canada. The audio-only form will air as the regular radio broadcast on NPR in the regular time slots for “A Prairie Home Companion” this weekend on each station that carries the show. Elvis Costello will launch a spring tour of the U.S. with a variety of lineups, including solo, with his band the Imposters, and some dates with the Sugarcanes, the accomplished musicians who joined him on his Grammy-nominated 2009 album “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane” on Hear Music.
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Get a list of theaters broadcasting Thursday’s show at http://prairiehome.publicradio.org and photos are available at www.shorefire.com/clients/ecostello
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3) WILLIAM JACOBSON, WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION (WMA) CO-FOUNDER, MAKES HIS LAST RIDE
Lindalee Green, president of the California Chapter of the WMA, sent us the news: “Bill Jacobson (1957-2010) passed away this week after a brief illness. Bill was a founding member of the Western Music Association. At the initial meeting in Las Vegas in 1988, volunteers were needed to launch a publication that would pick up where the Sons of the Pioneers newsletter left off. It would broaden the scope of coverage to include new music releases, articles of historical interest, and help bring together musicians and fans who were interested in preserving and continuing Western music. Bill Jacobson & Mary Rogers volunteered. As Gary McMahan says, Bill fanned the embers when Western music had started to fade, until there was a small flame and Western music could take hold again.”
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“Until Bill had brain surgery and his illness took its toll, leading to his retirement from involvement in Western music activities, he was instrumental in spreading the word about Western music, both classic and contemporary. With their journal, ‘Song of the West,’ Bill and Mary set the standard and led the way for the WMA to launch publications that gradually developed a professional look that has helped promote the image of the WMA. He was talented and very knowledgeable, but more importantly, he was a good guy. His memorial service is Thursday, February 4th at 12:30 PM at the Allnutt Funeral Home in Fort Collins, CO.”
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More about all the live acoustic performances in the L.A. region, and the WEB RADIO shows with performance-interviews with acoustic musicians, and more, is in the current edition of the Guide. Tell your friends they can find it at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com
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