CUNEIFORM ARTIST NEWS, TOURS & WEBSITES FALL 2010 ------
INFORMATION ON THE HUGH HOPPER BENEFIT CD, THE GIFT OF PURPOSE FROM NICK DIDKOVSKY
I got a message a few months ago from Hugh Hopper's wife Christine. She reported that since Hugh's passing, she's been struggling with finances. Of course she's also struggling emotionally, as she misses him terribly, but the gist of her message was a call for financial help.
She recalled that Hugh told her that if she ran into trouble, to ask their friends for help. So she did. In response, John Roulat, Steve Feigenbaum, and I decided to produce a limited edition benefit CD, The Gift Of Purpose. The CD features a live concert by Bone (Didkovsky/Hopper/Roulat) that was beautifully recorded at Orion Sound in Baltimore. There is also a bonus track by myself, John, Colin Marston (Behold....the Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Krallice), and Daevid Allen (Gong, Soft Machine, etc). Daevid contributed some very moving vocals which pay tribute to Hugh.
John, Steve, and I are splitting the manufacturing costs and donating the gross income to Christine. Steve has already wired her some money in advance. The Gift of Purpose is a Cuneiform release, in digipak format, with cover design by Bill Ellsworth. So it looks and sounds very, very good!
For those of you new to Bone, we were a trio that was initiated when Hugh contacted me some years ago suggesting we collaborate on a record. Our record USES WRIST GRAB came out on Cuneiform a few years back, and we figured we were done. However, we were sort of drafted into doing live performance by Bruce Gallanter of Downtown Music Gallery, who invited us to perform at a festival he'd organized. Once we discovered we could pull off this material live, we did a handful of gigs, including the one on this record. We're very proud of the performance we unleashed in Baltimore, and thrilled that we can make it available to all of Hugh's friends through this benefit CD!
There's ONLY going to be 500 of these. We are severely limiting radio and review copies, so please do not request one. If you want to play it on your radio show or write about it, please buy one and support Hugh's family directly! 1
I hope you will support this project by purchasing a copy of The Gift of Purpose.
The Gift of Purpose will be available through: Wayside Music (www.waysidemusic.com) and Downtown Music Gallery (www.downtownmusicgallery.com)
Rock on - Nick Didkovsky
ARTIST NEWS:
BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC Music by Birdsongs of the Mesozoic is prominently featured in Ken Field's soundtrack for "Twist of Fate", a film by acclaimed animator (and Field's wife) Karen Aqua. The film has been extremely well received internationally, and has been screened at international film & animation festivals in Telluride, Ottawa, Annecy (France), Denver, Hiroshima, Stockholm, and on the Greek island of Kos, where Field & Aqua attended the screening during the first week of September.
Michael Bierylo worked with Roger Miller on the music for the documentary Ant Bike Mike, as well as performed solo laptop shows in Berlin Germany.
Dance choreographer Margot Parsons will use the Birdsongs' recordings of "Peter Gunn" and "Gravity Theme" for a dance concert at Boston University on the November 19 weekend. The Birds continue to work on new material and are available to perform or give workshops. For inquiries, contact Erik Lindgren at [email protected]
CHEER-ACCIDENT Before fall set in, CHEER-ACCIDENT turned into a pop band just in time to release a summery, old-school vinyl single ("Barely Breathing" b/w "Cynical Girl") on the Rampage Recordings label. This foray into unbridled tunefulness will serve as an appetizer-- an anomalous little teaser-- for their upcoming full-length on Cuneiform.
And look for CHEER-ACCIDENT in an easterly town near you: 11/11 Ann Arbor, MI 11/12 Cleveland, OH 11/13 Binghamton, NY 11/14 Boston, MA or Montpelier, VT (pending) 11/15 NYC (Cake Shop) 11/16 SUNY Purchase 11/17 Baltimore or DC (pending) 11/18 Richmond, VA (pending) 11/19 Columbia, SC 11/20 ??? 11/21 ???
As always, go to www.CHEER-ACCIDENT.com for any and all updates!
DJAM KARET Formed in 1984, the instrumental group Djam Karet has just released their 15th CD titled "The Heavy Soul Sessions". Recorded Live-In-Studio 2 without any overdubs or computer manipulation, this 65 minute CD features six tracks that showcase the band at its fiery best.
Recently the band performed a few of their rare live shows, which included music from throughout their long career. This included a few gigs in Los Angeles, and also France where they headlined a 3-day progressive rock concert called The Crescendo Festival. When they got back, they decided to play their tunes again, this time recording them in their own private studio, in order to better capture the group's wailing and aggressive live sound. And so the CD "The Heavy Soul Sessions" was born.
Also, a side-group they have called Ukab Maerd has just released their new debut CD "The Waiting Room", filled with 64 minutes of analog and modular synths, electric guitar, and mangled nightmares. This Electronic music group was created by Chuck Oken, jr and Gayle Ellett, and features French Electronic music pioneer Richard Pinhas performing computer-altered guitar loops on 3 of the 4 tracks. A must-have for all fans of Electronic music.
Currently, Djam Karet is busy lining up a series of shows throughout Europe for the Summer of 2011. Stay tuned for more updates!
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You can learn more at these websites: www.DjamKaret.com www.myspace.com/DjamKaret www.facebook.com/Djam.Karet www.twitter.com/DjamKaretMusic www.myspace.com/UkabMaerd
DOCTOR NERVE / NICK DIDKOVSKY Doctor Nerve Artist News
Doctor Nerve emerged from the recording studio a few weeks ago, having finished tracking five new tunes! This is the first recorded material that welcomes Ben Herrington to the band (Ben is perhaps best known for his magnificent trombone playing in Meridian Arts Ensemble). We're very excited by the music that's gone down "to tape" and look forward to mixing it soon!
Doctor Nerve has been invited to the Zappanale & More Festival in Germany for August 2011!!! ( http://www.zappanale.de/ )
Nick Didkovsky and Michael Lytle will be joined by a guest in an improvised trio at Roulette, NYC on Oct 1, 2010. ( http://www.roulette.org/events/event.php/LYTLE )
Nick and John Roulat (Bone) are beyond proud that the Hugh Hopper benefit CD "The Gift of Purpose" will be out any second now on Cuneiform Records. This CD features 40 minutes of a Bone concert, beautifully recorded at Orion Sound in Baltimore, adding a 15 minute bonus track where Nick and John are joined by Daevid Allen on vocals, Yves Duboin on soprano sax (Doctor Nerve), and Colin Marston on Warr Guitar (Behold! The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Krallice, etc)
FAR CORNER Far Corner conducted a recording session on Friday the 13th (of August). The date, with its magical or perhaps "bad luck" significance, allowed the group to perform a healthy amount of wrong notes to better transform the tightly composed music into darker creations, now infected by of all kinds of ugly distortions of sound. The session saw the completion of all percussion tracks for album number three, with keys, cello, and bass nearing the end of their recording journey for the album.
Bassist William Kopecky was busy recording tracks for the Flyin' Ryan Brothers the same week he recorded for Far Corner. William and Craig, both a part of the dark ambient trio Yeti Rain, finished work mixing their next album.
Dan Maske traveled to the state of Georgia in March to perform with the Globe Saxophone Quartet on drumset for his composition "Wind and Weaponry." The group performed at Western Georgia University and the 4 University of Georgia, in Athens, for the North American Saxophone Alliance Convention.
Cellist Angela Schmidt has been using her talents to perform and record with The Julie B Well, a progressive rock quintet from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Besides his involvement with Far Corner and Yeti Rain, percussionist Craig Walkner has been performing regularly with Justin Black, an artist based in Austin Texas.
Visit far-corner.com for updated info.
FAST ‘N’ BULBOUS / GARY LUCAS
UPCOMING GARY LUCAS APPEARANCES
(THIS SHOW IS POSTPONED) Knitting Factory Williamsburg, NYC Gary Lucas and Min Xiao-Fen (vocals and pipa) perform a concert of 30's Chinese pop by Chow Hsuan and Bai Kwong, free improv, and more
Check out a podcast from Shanghai-Today.com about Gary Lucas' recent mainland China performing debut featuring vocalist Sally Kwok performing selections from his acclaimed album of 30's Chinese pop "The Edge of Heaven" http://www.shanghai-today.com/video/?uniquecode=1420108160
photos from the show: http://www.shanghai-today.com/affairs/gallery.asp?uniquecode=831
Gary Lucas and Sally Kwok perform Bai Kwong's "If I'm Without You" in a new YouTube clip filmed live at Chinatown Shanghai: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNoxdxLmq6A
"The Edge of Heaven--Gary Lucas Plays Mid-Century Chinese Pop" is re-issued on Knitting Factory Records distributed by Sony/Red http://www.garylucas.com/epk
Friday Sept. 10th 9pm The Magic Room, Boston Gary Lucas conducts a 2 hour "Beefheart Symposium", a lecture/tribute to American visionary genius Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band featuring rare archival live recordings and video clips, a slideshow of Van Vliet paintings and drawings, and a live solo guitar performance http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145830148776267&ref=mf
Monday Sept. 13th 5 9pm The Stone, NYC Gary Lucas conducts a 2 hour "Beefheart Symposium" a lecture/tribute to American visionary genius Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band featuring rare archival live recordings and video clips, a slideshow of Van Vliet paintings and drawings, and a live solo guitar performance http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php?month=1
Friday Sept. 17th 7:30pm LSO/St. Luke's, London England Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album with Shirish Manji, tabla as part of the Barbican Transcender Festival on a bill with Parvathy Baul http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=11121
Read a review of Gary and Najma's recent London Jazz Cafe show by Steve Hochman in Spinner.com http://www.spinner.com/2010/07/20/najma-akhtar-gary-lucas-rishte/
Sunday Sept.19th 3pm Hope Street Feast Festival. Liverpool England Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album with Sirish Manji, tabla http://hopestreet.co.uk/2009/08/hope-street-feast-coming-soon/
Tuesday Sept. 21st 9pm New Morning, Paris France Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album wih Shirish Manji, tabla http://www.newmorning.com/
Friday Sept. 24th time tba Madame Guitar Festival, Tricesimo Italy Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album with Sirish Manji, tabl
Sunday Sept. 26th 8pm Paradiso (main hall), Amsterdam Holland Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album with Sirish Manji, tabla
Read a 4 star review of "Rishte" by Mike Barnes from MOJO Magazine: http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/mojo0709.jpg
Saturday October 9th 9:30pm Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center, NYC Gary performs the US premiere of his Spanish "Dracula" live music and film project as a special event during the closing weekend of the 48th New York Film Festival http://garylucas.com/www/dracula
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Friday October 22nd 9pm Roulette, NYC "I Cover the Waterfront" Gary Lucas performs a solo acoustic concert with special guest Jim Staley, trombone http://garylucas.com/www/soloac
Wednesday October 27th 7pm Eldridge Street Synagogue, NYC Gary Lucas plays "The Golem" http://garylucas.com/www/golem
Tuesday November 2nd 8pm The Gershwin Hotel, NYC Gary Lucas performs his "Cinefantastique" project solo guitar arrangements of famous film music by Nino Rita, Bernard Herrmann, George Gershwin and more Curated by Neke Carson and Michael Weiner http://garylucas.com/www/cine
Friday November 5th The Eden Project, Cornwall England Gary Lucas' new collaboration with UK visual artist Paul McGowan a psychedelic environmental installation, opens today at The Eden Project
Read an article from Western News (UK): http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/wmn150610.pdf http://www.edenproject.com/ http://www.edenforum.co.uk/media/PaulMcGowansnewworkPrecipice.php
New Gary Lucas Double A Side 7-inch picture sleeve coloured vinyl single "Music for The Eden Project" b/w "Q & A" coming soon on Snakefork Records Cover painting by Paul McGowan: http://garylucas.com/www/disc/eden_cover.jpg
Gary Lucas performs his solo acoustic instrumental "Q & A" in a new YouTube clip courtesy Dusty Wright: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdcsQcdNIvs
Wednesday November 17th 9pm Divadlo Hudby, Prostejov Czech Republic Gary Lucas performs a solo acoustic blues concert http://garylucas.com/www/soloac
Thursday November 18th 9pm Mestske Kino, Mikulov Czech Republic Gary Lucas performs a solo acoustic blues concert
Friday November 19th 9pm Sumperk Blues Alive Festival, Sumpkerk Czech Republic Gary Lucas performs a solo acoustic blues concert
Sunday November 21st 7 6pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, London England Gary Lucas closes the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC3 with the UK premiere of his Spanish "Dracula" project, on a double bill entitled "Frankenstein V. Dracula" also featuring Dave Douglas' new film and music project http://www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/events
Thursday December 16th 9pm Knitting Factory, Williamsburg New York The return of Gary Lucas' psychedelic supergroup Gods and Monsters featuring Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler and Joe Hendel http://garylucas.com/www/gods
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Gary Lucas pays a visit to songwriter/luthie Phillip Jarrell's Shanghai Guitar Studios in this new YouTube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW4KnIJaAwg
Listen to a recent radio show devoted to Gary's 30's Chinese pop project "The Edge of Heaven", from the "Sounds of China"program hosted by Jing Li broadcast May 22nd on WKCR FM (Columbia University) featuring music from the album, interviews and a live performance http://garylucas.com/www/media/audio/Sounds_of_China.mp3
Maysles Films ("Gimme Shelter", "Grey Gardens") 2001 Academy Award-nominated HBO documentary "Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton" featuring an original score by Gary Lucas is finally available on DVD through Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Lalees-Kin-Legacy-Susan-Froemke/dp/B003VS09E0/ and HBO.com http://insidehboshop.hbo.com/tag/lalee-kin/
See excerpts from "Lalee's Kin" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4xVyYjD34o
Gary Lucas' recent sold-out concert at the University of Sevilla performing "Sounds of the Surreal" and "Monsters from the Id" a Featured Pick in YMalaga.com: http://www.ymalaga.com/cultura/musica/la-originalidad-del-guitarrista-gary-lucas-el-viernes-en-sevilla.45498.html and HoyQ: http://www.hoyq.es/sevilla/Gary-Lucas-21-Grados-Espectaculo
Gary Lucas pays tribute to the late great Tuli Kupferberg in Richard Gehr's recent Village Voice obituary http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/07/tuli_kupferberg.php
Review of Gary Lucas' June 5th solo acoustic concert at McCabe's in Santa Monica by Roy Trakin in HITS Magazine 6/11/10
Gary Lucas at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica: The best damn blues-rock-avant-garde guitarist you probably never heard of, Gary Lucas was a CBS Records copywriter when I first met him in the late ‘70s (he coined the Clash ad line, “The only band that matters”) before heeding the call of musicianship. The co-lead guitarist in his idol Captain Beefheart’s band from 1980-’82 for his Virgin albums,Doc at the Radar Station and Ice Cream for Crow, the Yale grad submitted music to the late Jeff Buckley, who put the 8 words to the songs which eventually became “Grace” and “Mojo Pin,” before joining Lucas’ Gods and Monsters as lead singer. Since then, Lucas has become an in-demand performer who frequently travels around the world—he recently returned from the Transylvania Film Festival, where he played along to a Spanish version of the original silent movie Dracula—and has collaborated with everyone from Leonard Bernstein to Lou Reed, Chris Cornell, Alan Vega, Iggy Pop, Dr. John, Patti Smith, Bob Neuwirth, Adrian Sherwood, Richard Barone, Peter Stampfel, DJ Spooky, Allen Ginsberg,John Zorn, Bryan Ferry and John Sebastian. He also co-wrote several songs with Joan Osborne, including the Grammy-nominated “Spider Web” from her best-selling Relish album. An infrequent visitor to L.A., nothing could be better than seeing a master craftsmen like Lucas surrounded by guitars of all shapes and sizes hanging on the walls, silently vibrating with the sounds coming from the stage. With his ever-present floppy hat, Lucas’ pick-less lightning-quick, percussive fingering style harks back to the old Delta bluesman as it anticipates the mult-layered post-modern sensibility, as he simultaneously creates overlapping leads and rhythm. The set offers an overview of his career, starting with “Hurly Burly,” his own attempt at a traditional blues stomper, then into “Let’s Go Swimming,” a tribute to the late, idiosyncratic downtown avant-disco composer Arthur Russell. A medley of “Mojo Pin” and “Grace” is followed by a lovely rendition ofAlberto Iglesias’ score to the Spanish film Sex and Lucia, a lilting affair that shows the breadth of his cinematic stylings. Lucas melds several Chinese pop songs from the fertile Shanghai film studios of the ‘30s, which he first recorded for the compilation The Edge of Heaven, recently re- released by Knitting Factory Records, remarkable for marking the overlap of east and west culture. He also previews instrumental versions of Rolling Stones songs “The Last Time” and “She’s a Rainbow,” from an upcoming album he’s working on with Andrew Loog Oldham.Grammy MusiCares’ Scott Goldman joins Gary for a pair of duets on his own compositions, “10 Foot Rule” and “Bipolar Express,” whimsical cross-sections of their two styles that form a synchronous call-and-response like matching pieces of an intricately configured puzzle. The highlight, though, is Lucas’ version of his old pal Don’s “Sure Nuf and Yes I Do,” the first track on Beefheart’s Safe as Milk, expressing his love, admiration and interpretation of Van Vliet’s genius. Watch this YouTube video to see him playing the song on another occasion with Robyn Hitchcock herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEWjKfxKRC4 . If you want to check the intimitable Beefheart performing the song in Cannes back in 1968, go herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCSPf5Viwd0 . By the time Gary’s finished and greeting his quorum of dedicated admirers back in the storefront—including highbrow types like L.A. Times TV critic Robert Lloyd, music journo Richard Cromelin and This Is Your Brain on Music author Daniel J. Levitin—it is clear we have all witnessed one of the world’s most innovative, unique axemen in peak form. You owe it to yourself to do the same.
Reviews, photos, and clips from the European premiere of Gary Lucas' Spanish "Dracula" project at the 9th Transylvania International Film Festival 5/30/10
Review from Adevarul.ro http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/cluj-napoca/Filmul_-Dracula-proiectat_in_bezna_in_Castelul_Banffy_0_271772969.html
English translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ro&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adevarul.ro%2Flocale%2Fcluj-napoca%2FFilmul_- Dracula-proiectat_in_bezna_in_Castelul_Banffy_0_271772969.html&ei=e- MDTICnNIPMNf6MuDs&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ7gEwAA
photos: http://fotonicu.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/tiff-2010-proiectie-dracula-1931-cu-acompaniament-live-gary-lucas-palatul-banffy- bontida/
Transylvania International Film Festival daily wrap-up clip: click on Ziua 3 la TIFF 2010 http://www.tiff.ro/galerie/video/135
live clip from the audience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=herafba4bqQ
excerpt from the press conference clip: http://www.stiridecluj.ro/divertisment/gary-lucas-la-tiff-cluj-cand-eram-copil-voiam-sa-ma-fac-vampir-sau-rabin-video
Review from Cinefan.ro: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF- 9 8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.cinefan.ro%2F2010%2Fgary-lucas-si-dracula-la- tiff%2F&sl=ro&tl=en
Review from Monitorul de Cluj: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF- 8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monitorulcj.ro%2Fcms%2Fsite%2Fm_cj%2Fnews%2Fdracula_la_castelul_banffy_8 6701.html&sl=ro&tl=en
New Updated Spanish "Dracula" page: http://garylucas.com/www/dracula
Gary Lucas will perform the US premiere of his Spanish "Dracula" project as a special event during the closing weekend of the 48th New York Film Festival on Saturday October 9th at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center at 9:30pm
and the UK premiere of his Spanish "Dracula" project at the London Jazz Festival on Sunday November 21st at Queen Elizabeth Hall London at 6pm
Wild Rumpus (DJ Cosmo and Gary Lucas)-- 122,000 hits and rising for their "Rock the Joint" YouTube clip featuring Beardyman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfVUyQAp4lc
French chanteuse Melissa Mars performs "Grace" with Gary Lucas onstage at Le Point Ephemere Paris 3/22/10 in a new YouTube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkmYQfNrt8M
Gary Lucas and Brazilian singer Fernanda Cabral perform their new song "Wind Village" live in NYC in a new YouTube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue07e9CJdMo http://fernandacabral.com/
Read an interview with Gary in the Boston Phoenix on the occasion of his recent Boston solo acoustic show at The Magic Room: http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2010/04/02/from-the-magic-band-to-the-magic-room-a-chat-with-gary- lucas.aspx
Review of Gary Lucas' recent appearance in Dresden at the 6th Jazz Welten Festival from Dresdner Neuste Nachrichten: http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/DNN_review.pdf
Gary Lucas is praised for his appearance at the recent Cross-Linx Festival in Holland 10 in a review in the Dutch national newspaper De Volkskraant http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/volkskraant1003.jpg
Read a review of Gary's recent solo performance at the Madame Guitar Festival in Italy in the March 2010 issue of Chitarre Magazine http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/Chit_289_090_092.pdf English translation: http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/TRADUZIONE.pdf
Check out a clip of Gary Lucas performing solo acoustic at the recent Benefit for Tuli Kupferberg at St. Ann's Warehouse Brooklyn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdg9YADfSNs
Check out two recent interviews with Gary Lucas on Outsight Radio Hours http://www.archive.org/details/GaryLucasInterviewsOnOutsightRadioHours
Gary Lucas' work with UK psychedelic renegades Amorphous Androgynous is praised in MOJO (Feb. 2010) and their collaboration "Opus of the Back Sun" is featured on the covermount CD http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/mojo1001_1.jpg
Review of Gary Lucas' Dec. 11th world premiere of his new live solo score for Spanish "Dracula" (1931, d. George Melford) at the 31st Havana Film Festival from Granma, Cuba's main newspaper: http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/gramma0912.jpg
English translation: http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/Granma_Dec09.pdf
Interview with Gary Lucas from Diario Del Festival: http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/diario0912.jpg
Festival program page devoted to the Spanish "Dracula" project: http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/prog0912.jpg
Gary Lucas will perform the US premiere of his new score for the Spanish-language "Dracula" at the 2010 New York Film Festival this fall, by invitation of the Film Society of Lincoln Center
New on Knitting Factory Records, distributed by Sony/Red worldwide:
"Chase the Devil" Gary Lucas and Dean Bowman's spiritual roots project
"Hinay Ma Tov" by Chase the Devil (Gary Lucas and Dean Bowman) is Song of the Day on National Public Radio: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125768297
Read a new review from fRoots (UK) http://www.garylucas.com/www/rvw/rvw_10.html#CHASE1
Read a new review from Vintage Guitar magazine: http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/GaryLucas_VintageGuitar_6.10.png
Read a new review from Paste Magazine: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/04/gary-lucas-and-dean-bowman-chase-the-devil.html
Read a new review from Gapplegate Guitar and Bass blog: http://gapplegateguitar.blogspot.com/2010/05/gary-lucas-dean-bowman-do-blues-gospel.html
Read a new review from Gapplegate Guitar and Bass blog: http://blurt-online.com/reviews/view/1994/
and a review from Yahoo.com's Dave DiMartino: http://new.us.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newthisweek/8045/stars-and-stripes-indefinitely/
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Check out a feature on Gary Lucas and Chase the Devil's new album at Fender.com http://www.fender.com/blog/?p=2432
also just released on Knitting Factory Records:
"The Edge of Heaven--Gary Lucas Plays Mid-Century Chinese Pop" a re-issue with bonus tracks of Gary Lucas' best-selling 2001 album devoted to the music of 30's Shanghai divas Chow Hsuan and Bai Kwong http://www.garylucas.com/epk
New review of "The Edge of Heaven" from Gapplegate Guitar and Bass blog: http://gapplegateguitar.blogspot.com/2010/03/guitarist-gary-lucas-his-2001-chinese.html
New review of Fast 'N Bulbous' "WAXED OOP" from Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog: http://gapplegateguitar.blogspot.com/2010/05/lucas-johnston-fast-n-bulbous-do.html
New review for Fast 'N' Bulbous in Blurt Magazine: http://blurt-online.com/reviews/view/1802/
Check out a review of Gary Lucas' recent performance of "Sounds of the Surreal" at the Malaga Fantasy Film Festival from La Opinion de Malaga: http://garylucas.com/www/rvw/La_Opinion200911.jpg
New web page for Gary Lucas' new silent film/live music project: Gary Lucas Plays "The Unholy Three" http://garylucas.com/www/unholy Read a review of Gary Lucas' recent London Jazz Cafe solo show featuring special guest Najma Akhtar from UK music site Fairhearing: http://www.fairhearing.co.uk/?p=657 Check out "She's a Rainbow" and more clips from Gary Lucas' recent performance at the Jazz Cafe London: http://www.youtube.com/user/doomsdayjesus39#p/a/u/2/znJqO64spdU http://www.garylucas.com GUTBUCKET New album due out in January 2011! The band's 5th release (title TBA) , the record includes 11 songs beautifully-recorded to 2-inch tape by ace engineer James Frazee at Water Music Recording in Hoboken, NJ. The release also marks the first recording with all four band members represented as composers. US tour: mid-November 2011 European tour: April 2011 more tour info TBD - especially looking for West Coast USA dates in May 2011 12 More info: www.gutweb.com www.myspace.com/gutbucket www.facebook.com/gutbucketnyc www.twitter.com/gutbucketnyc IDEAL BREAD Ideal Bread had a low-key but eventful summer. Reviews poured in from magazines and on-line journals throughout the creative music world (four-and-a-half stars in Downbeat, glowing reviews in Point of Departure, All About Jazz, the Baltimore City Paper and the New York Times among many others) and after a successful appearance at New York City's Undead JazzFest, they made a brief excursion to Baltimore to play at An Die Musik. They followed this up with an appearance at the Local 269 in New York's SoHo neighborhood with special guest Matt Wilson subbing on the drums. Looking ahead, Ideal Bread will be playing this fall in a duo format (Josh Sinton and Kirk Knuffke) at the Red Hook Jazz Festival (Brooklyn, NY) and as a full quartet at Korzo's (Brooklyn, NY), Cornelia Street Cafe (New York, NY) and for the Ars Nova Series (Philadelphia, PA.). They are hoping to make a trip to the midwest in Spring of 2011, so if you are interested in having them come to your local venue, contact Josh Sinton via his website. Detailed information on all Ideal Bread doings can be found on their Facebook page (just Google "ideal bread facebook" to find it), Josh Sinton's website (www.joshsinton.com) and their myspace page (www.myspace.com/idealbread) LED BIB We have just finished up our new album 'Bring Your Own' which is coming out on Cuneiform in January 2011. We have a few dates this autumn including Berlin and London Jazz Festival where we will be previewing our new material: 5 November 2010 Berlin Jazz Festival Quasimodo, Berlin http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/aktuell/festivals/07_jazzfest/jazz_start.php 14 November 2010 London Jazz Festival Vortex Jazz Club www.vortexjazz.co.uk 27 November 2010 The Shed (Double bill with Troyka) Brawby, Malton North Yorkshire http://www.theshed.co.uk We will be touring to support the new album in 2011 and are taking bookings now!We will be touring in the UK in February - March 2011 (for bookings please contact Clive Johnson on [email protected]) and in continental Europe April - May 2011 (for bookings please contact Steffen Wilde on [email protected]). We will also be taking festival bookings 13 throughout the summer. MAHAVISHNU PROJECT THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT PLAYS JEFF BECK! The Mahavishnu Project will present a series of special "Music of Jeff Beck" shows in the NorthEast this fallr 16th. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear this classic jazz-rock interpreted by some of fusion's finest. The Mahavishnu Project: Gregg Bendian drums Glenn Alexander guitar Neil Alexander keyboards Peter Brendler bass Thu Sept 16, 2010 (7:30pm) Regattabar The Charles Hotel One Bennett Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.661.5000 Tickets: 617.395.7757 www.regattabarjazz.com Sat Oct 2 2010 (7:30pm) NJProghouse @ Rock'n Joe 3670 Route 27 Kendall Park NJ 08824 Rock 'n Joe www.njproghouse.com/ Fri Oct 8, 2010 (9:00pm) Toad's Place 300 York Street New Haven, CT 203.624.8623 www.toadsplace.com Thur Nov 4, 2010 (8pm) Mexicali Live 1409 Queen Anne Rd. Teaneck NJ 07666 201.833.0011 www.mexicalilive.com MATS/MORGAN BAND September 19 w. BILL LASWELL, MORGAN AGREN & RAOUL BJÖRKENHEIM Bowery Poetry Club - 308 Bowery New York, NY (212) 614-0505 September 23 Morgan Agren drumclinic at "Drummers Collective" 541 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10011 OCTOBER 23 w. Mats/Morgan Band Gouveia Art Rock/Portugal www.gaudela.net/gar DECEMBER 11 w. Jimmy Agren Band 11 Pjeireblues/Belgium (w. Jimmy Ågren Band) www.pjeireblues.be - If you are looking for future tour dates/gigs. (Include what country and when (ie Oct 2010)) - Past big shows/festivals played somewhat recently - Youtube (and the like) links to live performance footage or other video content 14 Video-footage of Fredrik Thordendal's (of MESHUGGAH) new CD project, featuring Morgan Ågren on drums http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilKx8QF8wrw - Upcoming projects/recordings CD recording with BILL LASWELL, MORGAN AGREN & RAOUL BJÖRKENHEIM in New York September 20-23 - Website addresses/news New sites, all with updated info WWW.MORGANAGREN.COM WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MORGANAGREN we are thrilled to announce that drummer/composer Morgan Ågren, co-leader of the Mats/Morgan Band, has just been named: THE BEST FUSION DRUMMER in MODERN DRUMMER'S 2010 READERS' POLL! IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY ANNOUCED ON MAY 25th! 15 MIRIODOR Quebec band MIRIODOR goes International! For nearly 30 years, Miriodor has been creating truly original music, which is both melodic and bewildering, always shunning the trends. With several albums under its belt, the band is now internationally acclaimed and has an increasing number of hard-core fans. Following the release of its seventh album, Avanti!, Miriodor has presented its new material in a series of concerts, namely at the Festival d’été de Québec (opening for Van Der Graaf Generator), at the Festival des musiques de création du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and at the Festival de jazz OFF in Montreal. Miriodor was invited recently to two important international festivals: the Rock in Opposition Festival (RIO), in Carmaux, France on September 19th (along with big names such as Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Gong and Art Bears, and also the Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music Festival in Washington D.C., for a double-bill with famous Belgian band Univers Zéro. 16 Two more concerts are also scheduled: one in Montreal, on September 12th, at Café Chaos. And one in Montpellier (France), on Sept. 21, with two French bands, Dure-Mère and The Unknown Project. The line-up for these shows will be: Bernard Falaise (guitar), Pascal Globensky (keyboards), Pierre Labbé (saxophones), Rémi Leclerc (drums) and Nicolas Masino (bass, keyboards). Faithful soundman Bernard Grenon will accompany the band. Miriodor is supported by the Conseil des arts et des lettres for this series of concerts. Sept. 12 / Café Chaos (2031, St-Denis, Montreal, Québec) Sept. 19 / Rock in Opposition 2010 (Cap Découverte, Carmaux, France) Sept. 21 / Le Baloard (21 boul. Louis-Blanc, Montpellier, France) Sept. 25 / Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music / Embassy of France (4101 Reservoir rd. N.W., Washington D.C., USA.) Information : 514-288-1323 or [email protected] www.miriodor.com www.cuneiformrecords.com www.progquebec.com RICHARD PINHAS Upcoming dates! oct 24:Washington D.C-SONIC FEST- (with MERZBOW) With WOLF EYES: sept 29th baltimore : THE FLORISTREE sept 30th Brooklyn : SECRET ROBOT PROJECT /BrooklynNY/Secret-Project-Robot-Art-Experime nt/88171009501friday oct 1st :Boston: THE TEMPLE 670 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain MA 02130... CD: Sept 1 "METAL/CRYSTAL"...USA oct 2:TBA(USA) Oct 6: Maastricht Oct20: Marseille(Fr) Oct 29: TBC rp/N.Youg(from Wolf Eyes) PARIS PARIS...TBC...Dec....METAL/CRYSTAL concert all the web sites will be updated within 8 days...Facebook page IS updated yet! projects concerts: PARIS 2010,TBA CRACAW...MARCH 2011 we wait CHINA tour for 2011...TBC new record on cuneiform NOW CD projects: November: 17 recording SCANNER(UK)+ Rp(for 2011) recording DVD: VJ MILOSH with Rp (will be on the mlarket in 2012) one track with BERANGERE MAXIMIN(fr) she is a TZADDIK artist...And they ask me for ONE 6 minutes track with her... Hope to have the Recording+ video of the DC SONIC FEST...Will see what we do with this... This month: a Swedish VYNIL with JONAS ROSEN...yet in sale(i play as guest on a 2O minutes tracks...) and in january i will strat a new SOLO ALBUM for publishing in 2012... ALEC K. REDFEARN AND THE EYESORES Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores head out on a short Northeast US Tour this fall with Lac La Belle (Detroit): http://www.myspace.com/laclabelle Oct 10 - Ithaca, NY - TBA Oct. 11 - TBA Oct. 12 - Cleveland OH - Beachland Ballroom Tavern Oct. 13 - TBA Oct. 14 - Pittsburgh PA - Morning Glory Coffee Oct. 15 - Philadelphia PA - TBA Oct. 16 - Western MA - TBA Oct. 17 - Boston MA - Homegrown Fest Oct. 18 - Providence RI - AS220 Oct. 28 - Becket MA - Dreamaway Lodge - http://www.thedreamawaylodge.com/ Oct. 30 - Providence RI - AS220 Videos from Alec's show at Echo Curio in LA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYIKZIRY2vE The Eyesores in Providence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZu15XQRops&feature=related Alec K. Redfearn and the Seizures in Providence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM2SVlITiN0&feature=related More info on the Eyesores and related projects can be found at: http://bkrstk.com REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Revolutionary News - September 2010 Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's latest Cuneiform release Forked Tongue continues to garner great press. A recent review in the scholarly Leonardo Reviews Quarterly (1.01, June 2010) includes a decisively unscholarly observation: 18 "I first listened to this CD on a cold gray day, and whenever it spins, it brings a smile!" Jazzrytmit, "the web Jazz Magazine in Finland", has these great words to say about the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble and Forked Tongue (translation is ours, not theirs...): "A frenetic group of the new school, a group that romps in a musical kaleidoscope. The band moves like a colorful glass bit that whirls around in a pipe and forms peculiar musical forms and figures. It is like a modern brass band with funky rhythm...new, interesting, strong, captivating, powerful, surrealistic. It inspires, energizes, vitalizes, and makes the brain work in a new level." And in their summer arts issue, the Boston Globe said this: "There is a cure for the summertime blues, and it comes via a bracing, bone-shaking dose of the relentlessly funky RSE, the horn-driven, polyphonous, fabulously besequined Boston combo led by saxophonist-composer Ken Field. This is what happens when a Mardi Gras parade collides with Sun Ra’s Arkestra." The group continues to stay close to home in preparation for a new round of recording for a new CD of original material. A few isolated performances are scheduled: Saturday, September 25th, Ocean County Library, Toms River, NJ, 3-5pm Saturday, October 16th, John Winthrop School, Boston, MA, 11am-2pm OTHER NEWS Ken Field's original music for "Double Expose" & "Under the Skin", dance works by Guggenheim & NEA grantees Bridgman/Packer Dance, was performed in July at The Yard on Martha's Vineyard. Upcoming performances are scheduled for October 12th at the Ordway in St. Paul, MN, as well as on dates to be determined in Austin, TX and Anchorage, AK. http://bridgmanpacker.org Field will be performing in Trollhätten, Sweden in November, 2010. www.RevolutionarySnakeEnsemble.org • [email protected] facebook.com/RevolutionarySnakeEnsemble • twitter.com/revsnakeens JASON ROBINSON Release concerts for The Two Faces of Janus in several cities on the East Coast planned for February/March 2011. Details TBA. Various tour dates for the Jason Robinson / Anthony Davis Duo in Summer and Fall 2011. Details TBA. Information at www.jasonrobinson.com ROSWELL RUDD Roswell Rudd will celebrate his 75th birthday at THE CITY WINERY on Saturday, November 20th 19 http://www.citywinery.com/events/97399 In addition to his excellent band the TROMBONE TRIBE will be special guests Ray Anderson, Josh Roseman, Delfayo Marsalis, Duck Baker, Ivan Rubenstein-Gillis, Sam Burtis, Lafayette Harris and David Oquendo Rudd is presently finishing his latest CD FEELING GOOD - SINGLES - A SIDES ONLY featuring different artists on different tracks including Michael Doucet and BeauSoleil, Wu Tong, Basseko Kouyate, Roswell Rudd Quartet , David Oquendo to be released on Sunnyside early next winter. JOHN TCHICAI Youtubetchicai : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aOVI-JFtS8 Copenhagen Jazzfestival, State Museum of Art 2010. ************ John Tchicai itinerary fall 2010, September 22nd September -- Command House, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TX. Trio (John Tchicai, John Edwards, Tony Marsh). Start time: 9pm. 23rd -- Folly Bridge Inn, 38 Abingdon Road, Oxford, OX1 4PD. Trio (John Tchicai, John Edwards, Tony Marsh). Start time: 9pm. 27th -- Cafe Oto, Ashwin Street, Dalston, London. Trio (John Tchicai, John Edwards, Tony Marsh). Start time: 9pm. 28th As above 29th Open House, Springfield Road, Brighton, BN1 6BZ. Trio (John Tchicai, John Edwards, Tony Marsh). Start time: 10pm. 30th September-- Hebden Bridge. Trio (John Tchicai, John Edwards, Tony Marsh). Start time: 9pm. October, 1st October Carlton Club, 113 Carlton Road Manchester M16 8BE. Duo (John Tchicai, Tony Marsh). Start time: 9.30pm. ***************** John Tchicai 6 Points: Ascension Unending Tue Oct 5 - 8:30 PM performer: John Tchicai, Rosi Hertlein, Ches Smith, John Tchicai's Six Points is a collaborative ensemble consisting of the following six sensible musical personalities: Saxofonist/singer Tchicai, the bass is "the base" bassist Dmitry Ishenko. Totally in tune with herself violinist/singer Rosie Hertlein, excuisite drummercompanion Ches Smith & with sounds ready for Victoriaville and elsewhere guitarist Garrison Fewell, and he who always knows when and where to place the next tone fabulous saxofonist Alex Weiss. The ensemble paints wonderful inner landscapes, plays compositions by the groups members and improvises solo's duo's trio's etc. and continues the way of music communication initiated by John Coltrane on his momentous Ascension recordings. ********* By approaching jazz from a wide scope, Afro-Danish-American John Tchicai has been continuously progressive throughout his life. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1936, of a Danish mother and a Congolese father and growing up in healthy surroundings, John Martin Tchicai became a leading exponent of the jazz avant-garde in New York in the '60s and a father-figure for the European avant-garde after that. Now based in Davis, California, and Claira, France, by a single- mindedness of purpose and action, his work still reflects what he's always been doing, which is innovate and inspires 20 other people, in a most refreshing way. The Danish ministry of Culture recognized his work by awarding him a lifetime grant. http://www.roulette.org/events/event.php/TCHICAI2010 ******************* with : http://garrisonfewell.wordpress.com/upcoming-concerts-and-workshops/ http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fgarrisonfewell.wordpress.com%2Fupcoming-concerts-and- workshops%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNETSHZ6LuY-qXFJD25Hzx9W8vmscw Wednesday October 13th, 8:00 pm Garrison Fewell’s Variable Density Sound Orchestra, featuring John Tchicai CD Release for "Sound Particle 47" (CNM016) Johnny D.’s, 17 Holland St. Davis Sq., Somerville. http://johnnyds.com/ Garrison Fewell – guitar, John Tchicai, tenor sax, Jerry Sabatini – trumpet, Todd Brunel – bass clarinet, Kelly Roberge – tenor sax, Eric Hofbauer – guitar, Dmitry Ishenko – bass, Miki Matsuki – drums. NOVember, John Tchicai 4 concerts in Denmark with Katrine Suwalski Group ANOTHER WORLD 2nd week of nov. This group is Katrine Suwalski, sax; Lis Wessberg, trombone; Rikke Schelde, piano & vocal; Jens Skou Olsen, bass; Ayi Solomon, percussion and Benita Haastrup, drums. also 2 concerts with the Bjoern Bech Ensemble , 1 .at Gentofte Library the 19th nov. and 2. at the Literaturhaus , Copenhagen on 21st nov. ******* Gr. Britain, 26. nov Main Theatre, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham B12 9QH at 7:30pm John Tchicai with John Coxon ,Mark Sanders DECEMBER Joe McPhee trio (the 1st, or the 2nd) , Evan Parker trio (the 3rd) , John Tchicai trio (the 4th) plays at the Sunset jazz club , Paris, France in December. 2010 ******* John Tchicai makes a public "signing of cd's" for his new cd "Truth Lies In-Between" on french label Futura-Marge. It is in Théo Jarrier's record shop " The souffle continu " on December 3rd ************************************************* John Tchicai's Six Points are available for concerts in USA in the following period :15th until 24th Otober, contact [email protected] web site :John Tchicai.com THINKING PLAGUE TP has begun recording tracks for their next CD, a new ‘studio album’, which will be a collection of new compositions by Mike Johnson, coming to nearly 50 minutes in duration. The tentative title of the CD is “Malthusian Dances”. This iteration of the band features: • Mike Johnson - guitars • Elaine di Falco - (Hughscore, Caveman Shoestore, Combat Astronomy, Tin Box Papers) – 21 voice, piano • Dave Willey - (Hamster Theatre, Toupidek Limonade, Tin Box Papers, etc…) – bass guitar • Mark Harris – (Hamster Theatre, momen terra, Ron Miles, Bill Frisell, etc….) – reeds/flutes • Kimara Sajn - (Polythene Pet, +1) - keyboards, drums, percussion • David Kerman – (5UUs, Présent, Aranis, Utotem, Blast, Ahvak, Yugen, etc….) – drums, percussion With guest performers: • Kaveh Rastegar – (Kneebody, Luciano Ligabue, Thruster, etc…) – bass • Dexter Ford – (Dexter’s Laboratory) - bass The CD is slated to be mixed by Bob Drake and Mike Johnson in April 2011, with release as soon thereafter as possible. In the meantime, look for the release (somewhere) of the “Tin Box Papers”, a CD featuring wonderful compositions and performances by Dave Willey, Elaine Di Falco, Mike Johnson, the late Hugh Hopper and others. VOLAPÜK One BIG thing to announce : the LAST concert by Volapük, September 3rd 2010 at LA CHARTREUSE DE VILLENEUVE LEZ AVIGNON...for the 20th anniversary of our association INOUI PRODUCTIONS ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!! 2010 Tour Dates RAOUL BJORKENHEIM / MORGAN AGREN / BILL LASWELL Sept 19 USA Downtown Music Gallery's 20th anniversary celebration! - Bowery Poetry Club - 308 Bowery, New York, NY (212) 614-0505 THE CLAUDIA QUINTET (www.johnhollenbeck.com - www.myspace.com/theclaudiaquintet) Sept 27 USA The Cedar Cultural Center - 16 Cedar Avenue South - Minneapolis, MN 55454 (612) 338-2674 (with Dave King Trucking Company) $15.00 Sept 29 USA Moraine Valley Community College - John and Angeline Oremus Theater - Chicago, IL $10.00 Sept 30 USA tba - Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana Oct 1 USA Oberlin College - Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse - Hales Annex -180 W. Lorain St - Oberlin, OH (440) 775-8562 Oct 2 USA 14th Annual Edgefest - Ann Arbor, MI ERGO (www.ergoisaband.com - www.myspace.com/ergo) Nov 12 USA BAM Cafe - 30 Lafayette Avenue - Brooklyn, NY - www.bam.org - FREE (8:30pm) IDEAL BREAD (www.joshsinton.com - www.myspace.com/idealbread) Sept 12 USA Red Hook Jazz Festival - More details later this summer LED BIB [2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize-Album of the Year!] (www.ledbib.com - www.myspace.com/ledbib) Nov 5 DE Berlin Jazz Festival - Quasimodo, Berlin - http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/aktuell/festivals/07_jazzfest/jazz_start.php Nov 14 UK London Jazz Festival @ Vortex Jazz Club - London, UK - www.vortexjazz.co.uk Nov 27 UK The Shed - Brawby, Malton - http://www.theshed.co.uk/ 22 MAHAVISHNU PROJECT Plays the music of Jeff Beck - from Wired, Blow By Blow, There and Back and more Sept 16 USA Regattabar - The Charles Hotel - One Bennett Street - Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 661.5000 - 7:30 pm Oct 2 USA NJProghouse at Rock'n Joe - 3670 Route 27 - Kendall Park NJ 08824 - 7:30 pm Oct 8 USA Toad's Place - 300 York Street - New Haven, CT (203) 624.8623 - 9:00 pm Nov 4 USA Mexicali Live - 1409 Queen Anne Rd. - Teaneck NJ 07666 (201) 833.0011 - 8:00 pm MATS/MORGAN BAND (www.mogranagren.com – www.myspace.com/matsmorganband) Oct 23 PT Gouveia Art Rock - Gouveia, Portugal - http://www.gaudela.net/gar/ Dec 11 BE Pjeireblues - Belgium (with Jimmy Ågren Band) - http://www.pjeireblues.be/ MIRIODOR (www.miriodor.com) Sept 19 FR Rock in Opposition Festival 2010 - Cap Decouverte - 81450 Le Garric (Carmaux) France - http://www.rocktime.org/rio/ Sept 21 FR Le Baloard - 21 Boulevard Louis Blanc - 34000 Montpellier, France (04) 67 79 36 68 Sept 25 USA Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Francais - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 (Miriodor will be opening for Univers Zero) - http://dc-soniccircuits.org/index.php/2010-festival/ THE MUFFINS (www.themuffins.org) Sept 18 USA Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Francais - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 - (The Muffins will be playing shortly before Magma, although it is a separate admission. Also on the bill: Pilesar, Vector Trio, Hume) MUJICIAN - Tony Levin's 70th Birthday Celebration - UK tour. All dates also feature the Aki Takasi Trio (with Tony also on drums)! Oct 7 UK St Georges Hall - Bristol, UK (0845) 40 24 001 - http://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/ Oct 8 UK Richard Attenborough Centre - University of Leicester, Leicester, UK (0116) 223 1520 - http://www.le.ac.uk/racentre/ Oct 9 UK Midlands Arts Centre - Birmingham, UK (0121) 446-3232 - http://www.birminghamjazz.co.uk/ Oct 11 UK The Vortex - London, UK (020) 7254 4097 - http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/ Oct 14 UK Lunchtime concert piano duo - Aki Takase and Keith Tippett - Kings Hall at Newcastle University - Newcastle, UK (0191) 222 8463 Oct 14 UK Gateshead Old Town Hall - Gateshead, UK (0191) 433-8428 ED PALERMO BIG BAND (www.palermobigband.com) Oct 13 USA 8 & 10pm - Iridium - 1650 Broadway (at 51st. St.), New York, NY 10019 - 212-582-2121 - http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/ Dec 8 USA 8 & 10pm - Iridium - 1650 Broadway (at 51st. St.), New York, NY 10019 - 212-582-2121 - http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/ Dec 10 USA The Falcon - 1348 Rt. 9W, Marlboro, NY - 845-236-7970 - http://www.liveatthefalcon.com/ RICHARD PINHAS (www.richard-pinhas.com - www.myspace.com/richardpinhas) Sept 24 USA RP + MERZBOW - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Francais - 4101 Reservoir Road NW - Washington, DC 20007-2170 http://dc-soniccircuits.org/ Sept 29 USA Richard Pinhas + Wolf Eyes - The Floristree - Baltimore, MD - http://www.myspace.com/floristree Sept 30 USA Richard Pinhas + Wolf Eyes - The Secret Project Robot Art Experiment - 210 Kent Ave - Brooklyn, NY, 11211 (917) 860.8282 Oct 1 USA The Temple - 670 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (with: Jason Lescalleet, Schurt Kwitters, Vile Bodies) Oct 2 USA tbd - with the Sonic Circuit all-stars Oct 6 NL Maastricht(Holland) Pinhas will give a conference only about music organized by "Jan Eyck Academy" Oct 20 FR Marseille (France), at the "POP PHILOSOPHIE FESTIVA” with our own VJ MILOSH POSITIVE CATASTROPHE (www.myspace.com/positivecat) Oct 23-Nov 7 - PosCat is also currently planning a more extended European tour for the fall. Please contact the band for more information or booking interest. ALEC K. REDFEARN AND THE EYESORES (www.myspace.com/positivecat) Oct 10 USA Ithaca, NY - TBA Oct 11 USA TBA Oct 12 USA Cleveland OH - Beachland Ballroom Tavern Oct 13 USA TBA Oct 14 USA Pittsburgh PA - Morning Glory Coffee Oct 15 USA Philadelphia PA - TBA Oct 16 USA Western MA - TBA Oct 17 USA Boston MA - Homegrown Fest Oct 18 USA Providence RI - AS220 Oct 28 USA Becket MA - Dreamaway Lodge - http://www.thedreamawaylodge.com/ Oct 30 USA Providence RI - AS220 23 REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE (www.RevolutionarySnakeEnsemble.org) Sept 25 USA Ocean County Library - 101 Washington St. - Toms River, NJ, 3-5pm, free Oct 16 USA John Winthrop School, Boston, MA, 11am-2pm WADADA LEO SMITH (www.wadadaleosmith.com) Sept 17 USA Firehouse 12 - 45 Crown Street - New Haven, CT 06510 - (203) 785-0468 - http://firehouse12.com/ Oct 3 USA Angel City Jazz Festival - Los Angeles, CA - http://www.angelcityjazzfestival.com/ Oct 28 USA Brooklyn Public Library: Brooklyn, NY - This performance will be the world premiere of the music composed while a 2009/2010 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Dred Scott- 1857, September Eleventh - 2001, Democracy, Buzzsaw: The Myth of the Free Press, and People of the Shahada - http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ Nov 13 USA New Music Center - St. Louis, MO Nov 20 USA Library of Congress - Washington, DC - http://www.loc.gov/loc/events/ UNIVERS ZERO (www.univers-zero.com - www.myspace.com/universzero) Sept 25 USA Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Francais - 4101 Reservoir Road NW - Washington, DC 20007-2170 http://dc-soniccircuits.org/ UZ JSME DOMA (new CD "Caves" released in September!) Sept 23-Oct 9 – North American Tour - more details TBA! Sept 23 USA Daniel Street Club - 21 Daniel Street - Milford, CT - http://www.danielstreetclub.com/ Sept 25 USA Building 16 - 95 Empire Street - Providence, RI Sept 26 CA Lesco - 4467 St Denis - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Sept 28 CA Zaphod Beeblebox - 27 York Street - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com/ Sept 29 CA Sneaky Dee's - 431 College Street (at Bathurst) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sept 30 USA Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue - Rochester, NY 14607-3527 - (585) 454-2966 - http://bugjar.com/ Oct 1 USA The Rock Shop - 249 4th Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 230-5740 Oct 2 USA 12th Annual Czech Street Festival - 83rd Street between Madison & Park Ave. - NYC, NY Free! 12-7 pm (with Zuby Nehti) http://www.bohemiannationalhall.com/index/viewevt/lang/en/ev/184/page/4 Oct 4 USA Maxwell's - 1039 Washington Street - Hoboken, NJ (201)653-1703 - http://maxwellsnj.com/ Oct 5 USA M Room - 15 West Girard Avenue - Philadelphia, PA 19123-1707 - (215) 739-5577 - http://www.themanhattanroom.com Oct 6 USA Black Cat - 1811 14th St. NW - Washington, DC 20009 - http://www.blackcatdc.com/ Oct 7 USA Garfield Artworks - 4931 Penn Avenue - Pittsburgh, PA 15224 - (412) 361 2262 - http://garfieldartworks.com/ Oct 8 USA Now That's Class - 11213 Detroit Avenue - Cleveland, OH - http://www.nowthatsclass.net/ Oct 9 USA Orion Sound Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C - Baltimore, Md. 21230 - http://www.orionsound.com/ ZEVIOUS (www.zevious.com - www.myspace.com/zevioustrio) Mid March - mid April 2011 – A huge entire USA tour – More info TBA. For more info on these artists, please visit the artists’ websites, www.cuneiformrecords.com or email: [email protected] CUNEIFORM ARTIST WEBSITES Jason Adasiewicz’s Rolldown www.jasonadasiewicz.com Ahleuchatistas http://www.ahleuchatistas.com/ http://www.myspace.com/ahleuchatistas Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores http://www.aleckredfearn.com http://www.myspace.com/aleckredfearnandtheeyesores http://aleckredfearn.blogspot.com Algernon www.algernonmusic.com www.myspace.com/algernonmusic Beat Circus http://www.beatcircus.net 24 http://www.myspace.com/beatcircus Birdsongs of the Mesozoic http://www.birdsongsofthemesozoic.com http://www.myspace.com/birdsongsofthemesozoic Raoul Björkenheim http://www.raoulbjorkenheim.com http://www.musicfinland.com/bjorkenheim Blast http://www.blast4tet.nl Bone http://www.doctornerve.org/bone/ David Borden http://www.mothermallard.com Boud Deun http://www.persingermusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/bouddeun http://www.myspace.com/presterjohn Brown vs Brown www.brownvsbrown.com www.myspace.com/brownvsbrown George Cartwright http://www.georgecartwright.com Cheer-Accident http://www.cheer-accident.com http://www.myspace.com/cheeraccident Graham Collier http://www.jazzcontinuum.com Cosmologic http://www.cosmologic.org http://www.myspace.com/cosmologic Lol Coxhill http://www.lolcoxhill.com/ Deus Ex Machina http://www.derepublica.com/ Djam Karet http://www.djamkaret.com/ http://www.myspace.com/djamkaret Doctor Nerve http://www.doctornerve.org http://www.punosmusic.com http://www.algomusic.com Paul Dunmall http://www.mindyourownmusic.co.uk Ergo 25 www.ergoisaband.com Forrest Fang http://www.forrestfang.com Far Corner http://www.far-corner.com http://www.myspace.com/farcornerband Fast ‘N’ Bulbous http://www.phillipjohnston.com/fnbband.htm http://www.myspace.com/neonmeatedream Forever Einstein http://www.forevereinstein.com/ Forgas Band Phenomena http://forgasbp.online.fr Fred Frith http://www.fredfrith.com Peter Frohmader http://www.peterfrohmader.de http://www.nekropolis.de http://www.nekropolis-23.de Guapo http://www.guapo.co.uk http://guaponews.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/guapoband Gutbucket http://www.gutbucket.com http://www.myspace.com/gutbucket Hamster Theatre http://www.hamstertheatre.com http://www.generalrubric.com/hamster/main.html http://www.myspace.com/hamstertheatre Happy the Man http://www.happytheman.com Hugh Hopper http://www.burningshed.com/hopper/ Ideal Bread http://joshsinton.com http://www.myspace.com/idealbread Richard Leo Johnson http://www.richardleojohnson.com http://www.rlj3.com http://www.charlie-shoe.com Henry Kaiser http://www.henrykaiser.net Larval http://www.myspace.com/billbrovold 26 Machine and the Synergetic Nuts http://www.myspace.com/msnuts The Mahavishnu Project http://www.mahavishnuproject.com http://www.greggbendian.com Mats/Morgan Band http://www.morganagren.com http://www.myspace.com/matsmorganband Merzbow http://merzbow.net/ Phil Miller (In Cahoots) http://www.philmiller-incahoots.co.uk/ Miriodor http://www.miriodor.com Virgil Moorefield http://www.virgilmoorefield.com/ NeBeLNeST http://www.nebelnest.com http://www.myspace.com/nebelnest New York Art Quartet http://www.johntchicai.com/rub_nyaq/page_ny.html Ed Palermo Big Band www.palermobigband.com Philharmonie http://laspada.perso.cegetel.net/ http://laspada.perso.cegetel.net/philharmonie/philharmonie1eng.html Richard Pinhas http://www.richard-pinhas.com http://www.myspace.com/RichardPinhas Planeta Imaginario http://www.planetaimaginario.eu/ http://www.myspace.com/planetaimaginario Present http://www.totalzoo.com/present/ Proto-Kaw http://www.proto-kaw.net http://www.protokaw.com http://www.numavox.com Radio Massacre International http://www.radiomassacreinternational.com/ Revolutionary Snake Ensemble www.RevolutionarySnakeEnsemble.org myspace.com/revolutionarysnakeensemble 27 Rich Woodson’s Ellipsis http://richwoodson.com/ http://www.myspace.com/richwoodsonsellipsis Ray Russell http://www.rayrussell.co.uk/ http://www.myspace.com/rayrussell Jason Robinson http://www.jasonrobinson.com/ Wadada Leo Smith http://music.calarts.edu/~wls/ John Surman http://www.johnsurman.com The Claudia Quintet http://www.johnhollenbeck.com http://www.myspace.com/theclaudiaquintet The Danubians http://www.amydenio.com http://www.myspace.com/deniomusic The Ed Palermo Big Band http://www.palermobigband.com The Microscopic Septet http://www.microscopicseptet.com http://www.phillipjohnston.com/micros.htm http://www.myspace.com/themicroscopicseptet The Muffins http://www.themuffins.org Thinking Plague http://www.thinkingplague.org/ http://www.myspace.com/thinkingplaguemusic Time of Orchids http://www.timeoforchids.com http://www.myspace.com/timeoforchids U Totem http://www.rotarytotem.com Univers Zero http://www.univers-zero.com/ University of Errors http://www.universityoferrors.com/ http://www.myspace.com/universityoferrors Upsilon Acrux http://www.myspace.com/upsilonacrux Uz Jsme Doma http://www.uzjsmedoma.com/ Yang 28 http://yanggroup.fr http://www.myspace.com/yanggroup Zaar http://www.zaarweb.com Zevious www.zevious.com 29