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Roy Orbison In A Woman s Body? Friday, Jul 11 2014
Abigail Washburn and Club Show and Concerts and Kentucky and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and Nicole Atkins and Previews and Scars on 45s and Variety and video and zanzabar 5:22 am
The July 15 show at Zanzabar is a no-brainer pick, especially if you are a fan of Orbison-esque vocals, and even if you aren’t, it is. The performer is Nicole Atkins, who last was in Louisville on 2011 playing a WFPK Waterfront Wednesday show with Abigail Washburn and Scars On 45s. She has a new [...]
Eric Paslay Heads To 4th Street Live! Monday, Jul 7 2014
4th Street Live! and Concerts and Country and Eric Paslay and Kentucky and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and Outdoor Show and Previews and video 5:51 am
Eric Paslay, who performed at the KFC Yum! Center with Thomas Rhett and Brantley Gilbert back on April 18, comes back to town for a show at 4th Street Live! on July 11. A transplanted Texan, Pasley had a bit of a hit single last year with “Friday Night,” which peaked at No. 2 on [...]
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Will Kimbrough At The New Vintage Sunday, Jul 6 2014
Americana and Brigitte DeMeyer and Club Show and Concerts and Jerry Douglas and Joan Osborne and Kentucky and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and New Vintage and Previews and The Bis-Quits and video and Will and The Bushmen 5:40 am
The first time I recall hearing Will Kimbrough was on some sort of compilation CD, long since disappeared in the stack of CDs in the basement. Kimbrough has really built his career out of producing other artist as well as collaborating with others; his collaborations with and appearances on the recordings of said others is [...]
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The Acacia Strain Headlines Five-Act Hardcore/Metal Show at Vernon Club Thursday, Jul 3 2014
Club Show and Concerts and Driving Beast Daisy and Heavy Metal and Kentucky and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and Previews and Structures / Sworn In / Left In Despair / Driving Beast Daisy and The Acacia Strain and Vernon Club and video 5:43 am
Thirteen years down the line and there is only one original member left in Massachusetts’ “hardcore-influenced metal” band The Acacia Strain. The remaining stalwart is lead singer and lyricist Vincent Bennett. Allmusic tags their sound as “an inelegant and unstoppable juggernaut fueled by memories of the unchecked aggression unleashed on the world by the likes [...]
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Brand New At The Mercury Ballroom Thursday, Jul 3 2014
alt.rock and Brand New and Concerts and Dinosaur Pile Up and Kentucky and Kevin Devine & The Goddamned Band< and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and Previews and The Mercury Ballroom and video 5:35 am
“...the selling—and sticking—point is still dark drama, with shadowy, shimmery textures, agonized choruses and frontman Jesse Lacey yowling away and dropping ponderous poetry like a guy with his heart on his sleeve and a couple of philosophy books on his shelf” – Christian Hoard, Rolling StoneBrand New isn’t exactly, having started back in 2000 – [...]
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A July 4 Jazz-Americana Celebration With Dave Stryker at Mercury Ballroom Tuesday, Jul 1 2014
Concerts and Downtown and Jazz and Kentucky and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and Mercury Ballroom. and Previews and video 5:21 am
The Mercury Ballroom takes a step sideways with their July 4 show. Tagged A Jazz-Americana Celebration With Dave Stryker “Eight Track Project,” the 4th Street venue is braving the iffy market for jazz in Louisville. That being said, Stryker is not a bad choice; he’s been in town several times, most recently in 2011, when [...]
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Review: Dave Rawlings Machine Monday, Jun 30 2014
Americana and Concerts and Dave Rawlings Machine and Kentucky and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and Reviews and W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre 10:15 am
Matt Steffen at UnsungMelody.com has a review plus some good photos of the Dave Rawlings Machine concert at The Brown Theatre back on June 26. Read it here.
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Victor Wainwright & The Wildroots Have Their Roots in Boogie Woogie Blues Monday, Jun 30 2014
Blues and Concerts and Jim Porter's and Kentucky and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and Previews and Victor Wainwright & The Wildroots and video 5:53 am
Victor Wainwright, winner of this year’s and last year’s Pine Top Perkins Piano Player Award at the BMA’s, is a force to be reckoned with on a piano. He IS honky-tonk and boogie, with a dose of rolling thunder. Wainwright’s playing is simply beautiful madness.” – American Blues Scene 2013Victor Wainwright’s website tags him as [...]
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Video: Swing 39 At The Trolley Hop Sunday, Jun 29 2014
Crescent Hill Radio and Frankfort Avenue Trolley Hop and General and Kentucky and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and Radio and Swing and Swing 39 and video 12:46 pm
Swing 39 played the Crescent Hill Radio Stage for the June 27 Frankfort Avenue Trolley Hop. Have a look and listen:
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Video: Laurie Jane & The 45s At The Trolley Hop Sunday, Jun 29 2014
Blues and Crescent Hill Radio and General and Kentucky and Laurie Jane & The 45s and Live Music and LMNEditor and Louisville and Radio and trolley hop and video 12:43 pm
Laurie Jane & The 45s played the Crescent Hill Radio stage at most recent Trolley Hop. Take a gander:
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