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Brevard Live January 2013 Brevard Live January 2013 - 1 2 - Brevard Live January 2013 Brevard Live January 2013 - 3 4 - Brevard Live January 2013 Brevard Live January 2013 - 5 6 - Brevard Live January 2013 Content january 2013 FEATURES page 51 ISAAC CORBITT SOUL REBELS Caleb Miller met him at Magnolia Fest. Columns From New Orleans hails the Soul Rebels Now he sat down with “The Man with the Brass Band to give you a taste and sound Machine Gun Tongue” for an interview Charles Van Riper of Mardi Gras New Orleans style. The for Brevard Live Magazine. 22 Political Satire 6-piece brass band will be the headliner at Page 20 the Cocoa Village Mardi Gras along with Calendars a stellar line-up of entertainment. Live Entertainment, Page 10 JJ GREY 25 Possessing the unique skill of writing Concerts, Festivals WILLIE NELSON songs on his home and childhood without being self-indulgent, JJ Grey has risen to Expose Yourself He’s an American music legend, singer parallel status with Jimmy Buffett as the 30 by Charles & Lissa and song writer who has given us the songwriting representatives for the Sun- soundtracks of our lives. He’s “on the shine State. Brevard Scene road again” to stay close to his fans. Page 21 33 Steve Keller gives Page 13 you the lowdown. ORIGINAL MUSIC SERIES ROBIN REED MASEK Out & About 10 weeks of listening to original bands got She’s been an artist all her life and uses by Joe Cronin us convince that Brevard has great talent. her talent to make a living. She has painted 37 The audience voted four bands into the fi- everything from horse and dog portraits to HarborCityMusic nal Battle of the Bands - Brevard Busking her own original art work. She now teach- Coalition, Sounds of Nebula, The Heart es children - and the children are teaching 42 Original Music is Ring, and Wolfy Lonesome. her. alive and well. Page 14 Page 40 Brevard Live January 2013 - 7 8 - Brevard Live January 2013 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast Welcome to 2013! and beyond for 21 years. PUBLISHER/EDITOR Heike Clarke STAFF appy New Year, it’s a new begin- book tour with Canadian rock author Brent ACCOUNT MANAGER Hning! We humans think in time peri- Jensen this month. They will be wrapping Charlene Hemmle ods - hours, days, years, centuries, because up the tour with an appearance at Open ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE eternity is not for us to comprehend. We Mike’s located in Florida Discount Music Cynthia Prindle celebrate our anniversaries and every new on Thursday, January 24th, starting at 7 MUSIC WRITERS Caleb Miller beginning because it signals hope. We pm. Chris told us that he will be spending Steve Keller leave failures behind and do better next most of 2013 developing his third book, John Leach time. Time is change, but while we cannot tentatively entitled Boomerang! He also OUT & ABOUT stop the flow of time, we have some con- works full-time at East Coast Christian Joe Cronin trol about how we spend our time. Make it Center in Merritt Island and recently re- PHOTOGRAPHY a good one in 2013! turned from a week long missionary trip to Jesse Hearndon Misti Blu Day Nicaragua (see photo below). Shelley Chandler Brevard Live Magazine is in its 22nd year COLUMNISTS of publishing and promoting the entertain- New contributors are Lissa Galindo and Chuck Van Riper ment in Brevard County - art, music, dining Charles Knight who are very active in Charles Knight & and community. Looking at some old cop- our music scene and great self-promoters. Lissa Galindo ies, the change becomes obvious. There is They joined our Brevard Live team with a HARBOR CITY MUSIC Sam Rece a constant flow of new restaurants and bars monthly column. Reproduction of any portion of opening while some of the old hang-outs Brevard Live Magazine is strictly are fading memories. Some of the once fa- Change is ongoing. You can decide to par- prohibited without the written vorite bands are no more while new bands ticipate and make a difference - the least permission of the publisher. and young musicians are taking the stage. for your life. Art, music, and dining are the It’s their turn now. That’s why we created fun things in life. ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES the Original Music Series that presents the Phone: (321) 956-9207 new sounds on the Space Coast. The final Our New Year’s resolution for 2013: [email protected] Battle of the Bands will be held, January Brevard Live Magazine will bring you the COMMENTS & LETTERS 20th, starting at 6 pm at Lou’s Blues. best in entertainment Brevard has to offer! Brevard Live Magazine Heike Clarke, publisher/editor P.O. Box 1452, For our seasoned musicians and their loyal Melbourne, Fl 32902 followers we have produced the Brevard Copyright © 2013 Live Music Awards. Last year Katty Shack Brevard Live All rights reserved was awarded the title Entertainer of the We are not responsible for photos Year, along with Funpipe as Favorite Cov- or scripts sent to Brevard Live er Band, and Supercats as Favorite Origi- Magazine. Published photos and nal Band. And yes, Chris Long, Master of articles become property of this Ceremony, co-producer, and longtime con- publication. We are not tributor for Brevard Live Magazine will be responsible for wrongful advertised or canceled venues. there to host the 10th annual Brevard Live Music Awards in 2013. When and where Download a pdf file has to be announced in future issues. BREVARD Besides the music awards Chris is active FLORIDA on his blog (ChristopherLongShowBi- LIVE zGuru.blogspot.com) where you can read at www.brevardlive.co his reviews and comments. He’s currently Check out our affiliate at still promoting his second book, C’MON! www.harborcitymusic.com He will be embarking on a Southeast U.S. Chris Long on a mission in Nicaragua. Brevard Live January 2013 - 9 Saturday, February 9th, at Riverfront Park, Cocoa Village SOUL REBELS Brass Band his year’s Cocoa Village Mardi Gras held TFebruary 9th, 2013, will feature a remarkable band from New Orleans at the Riverfront Park: The Soul Rebels are an eight-piece New Orleans based brass band that compile elements of soul, jazz, funk, hip-hop, rock and pop music within a contemporary brass band. It’s a sound that was grown from the New Orleans brass tradition and mixed with the desire to play “radio-friendly” mu- sic. The band has gone from a local New Orleans favorite to collaborations with Metallica, Green Day, Maceo Parker, George Clinton, Galactic, Juvenile, Slick Rick, Trombone Shorty, Suzanne Vega, and many others. The band has built its ca- reer around an eclectic live show that harnesses the power of horns and percussion in a funky par- ty-like atmosphere. The band first began when percussionists Derrick Moss and Lumar LeBlanc met as members of Harold Dejan’s Young Olympia Brass Band and decided they wanted to play the music they were hearing on pop radio, but within the context and with respect to the long tradition of the New Orleans brass bands and marching bands they had grown up playing in. The Soul Rebels played around New Orleans without a proper band name until opening up for Cyril Neville at the legendary New Orleans venue Tipi- tina’s, where Cyril Neville dubbed them “Soul Rebels.” The Soul Rebels built up their following in hometown New Orleans as the house band every Thursday night at local favorite bar Le Bon Temps Roule, a residency they still continue currently when the band isn’t on tour. The band is still considered a main drawing point for people to come experience the venue. Since 2009, The Soul Rebels have been managed by music industry heavyweight Ted Kurland, proprietor of the prestigious booking and management agency Ted Kurland Associates and Adam Shipley, president of Hep Cat Entertainment. 10 - Brevard Live January 2013 Brevard Live They have made their impression in the music world: In ject of an NPR national broadcast of their show with Ga- December 2011, The Soul Rebels appeared and performed lactic live from Washington DC’s 9:30 Club. The broadcast “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” on the BBC Two’s was syndicated on NPR and through other affiliates across Later with Jools Holland on the same episode as Metallica the United States as well as webcast on NPR.org. and Lou Reed. Metallica was so impressed with the Soul Rebels that they invited them to open and share the stage The band released several albums under various independent for all four of their 30th anniversary-week concerts at The record labels before signing with Rounder Records (Con- Fillmore in San Francisco. cord) in 2011. The band released their full length Rounder Metallica remain great supporters of The Soul Rebels debut, Unlock Your Mind on January 31, 2012, produced by and featured them at both nights at their first Metallica Ori- Scott Billington. The album features special guests Trom- on Music And More Festival in June 2012. The Soul Rebels bone Shorty, Cyril Neville, Ben Ellman of Galactic and oth- are the only band to have played both nights. ers. Unlock Your Mind was received to universally positive When Green Day performed at the New Orleans Arena reviews. Elias Leight from Popmatters praised the album as in 2009, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong invited The Soul “a testimony to the power of horns, in all their squawking, Rebels to perform with them. In 2011 in San Francisco at tooting, screaming glory, and a vibrant concoction of differ- a post-Metallica anniversary after party at the Boom Boom ent types of music.” Room, The Soul Rebels jammed once again with Green The Soul Rebels have been described by Village Voice Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong.
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