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The Gloucester House – 978-283-1812
Gloucester Music – 978-281-4874
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Jim Malcolm, one of Scotland’s finest traditional singers and songwriters, is bringing his award-winning music to Rockport MA in April.
Jim Malcolm, one of Scotland’s finest traditional singers and songwriters, is bringing his award-winning music to Rockport MA in April.
Malcolm, who has twice been booked to sing for Prince Charles, was voted Scotland’s Songwriter of the Year in 2004 and was shortlisted for the Scots Singer of the Year award in 2004, 2005 and 2009. He has been described as “one of the most outstanding talents to emerge from the Scottish Folk Scene in years”.
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The concert is being organised by Elizabeth Malcolmson, who with her husband has been hearing Malcolm perform for years at house concerts and in larger venues with Old Blind Dogs, and wanted to bring the artist closer to home. “Jim combines amazing music with great stories,” said Elizabeth, “and I thought how wonderful it would be to hear him play for my family, friends and other musical enthusiasts, in my own home town.”
And Malcolm, for his part, is looking forward to playing in MA. “I love playing for American audiences, which have always been good to me,” he said. “Scottish audiences can be a bit reserved but Americans seem better at having a good time – my concerts are usually really good fun. I’m looking forward to playing in Rockport MA again.”
Malcolm, who was front man with the much-loved Old Blind Dogs for seven years, plays guitar and mouthorgan and sings songs from the Scots tradition, as well as his own award-winning compositions.
Often played on the radio show Thistle & Shamrock, Malcolm was brought up in the Perthshire and Angus areas of Scotland and was steeped in traditional music and song from a young age. He learned to play guitar while at school and by his early twenties was winning songwriting contests and playing in folk clubs all over Scotland. He later took up harmonica and is now a leading exponent of simultaneous guitar and harmonica, “displaying more talent than many who have made their living from harmonica alone,” as one critic wrote.
In December 2004 Malcolm won the coveted Songwriter of the Year title in the Scots Trad Music Awards, and he has eight solo CDs to his credit.
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BREAKING NEWS: Lydia Warren to Open Gloucester Blues Fest
Bob Hastings, co-producer of the Gloucester Blues Festival, sent me an email this morning saying they just signed Lydia Warren. We saw her open for Savoy Brown at the Bull Run on December 1 (see post about that concert here). Alone on stage with her strat, she captured the crowd with her soulful vitality. At the Blues Fest, she’ll have her full band!
From Lydia’s website:
“Changing the face of the blues” – NBC’s Today Show
Lydia Warren tours internationally from Brooklyn to Beirut, whipping audiences into a frenzy at each stop. A versatile singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer, the Boston-based performer tours and records as a solo act and with her band. The Lydia Warren Band has been nominated for a Boston Music Award, appeared on NBC’s Today Show and has released five albums.
Complete Blues Fest Lineup (see videos of the rest of the Blues Fest linuep in this post):
Lydia Warren
Johnny Rawls
Biscuit Miller
Anthony Gomes
Anna Popovic
Tommy Castro
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Music Around Town ♪♫♪ April 22-28,2013
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Chelsea Berry gives us what we need today
This morning local rising star, Chelsea Berry, posted a video.
Here’s what she says about it:
I woke up this morning and felt the need to share with you how grateful I am for all of the love in this world- because for every one individual who is bent on causing pain and destruction, for every human who goes out into the world with hate in his or her heart, there are literally millions who want the very opposite, who are brave and self-sacrificing, who are kind and caring and want peace for the world– teachers, writers, painters, police officers, musicians, soldiers, friends, family. I love you!! -chelsea
Nothing more to say, but THANK YOU CHELSEA BERRY!
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Brad Byrd this past Thursday @ The Dog Bar Cape Ann 4.18.2013
Brad Byrd with Donnie (Sheldon) Knowles and Ricky Rocket…
Thursdays
9-12 pm
I heard some of the most beautiful music from this band. The kind that makes you heart swell…When I walked into the room and saw the soft lighting and Brad singing solo it gave me the best feeling…Brad Byrd is one that I could listen to for forever. They are going to be at the Dog Bar for four more weeks. That’s if I heard correctly. Must see must hear.
http://www.bradbyrdofficial.com/tour/
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Meg Hutchinson: Live at the Crowell ~ Saturday May 18, 2013
Single Tree Music.
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Meg Hutchinson~I’d Like To Know
Meg Hutchinson performing her song “I’d Like To Know” at the OAOMA benefit at Club Passim on October…
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Defy Terror This Weekend
As I pointed out in this post, non-violent defiance is the best weapon against tyranny. This weekend we all have a chance to defy the terrorists by going out as planned. If you haven’t yet made plans, there’s even more going on than we knew about when we posted yesterday. Tonight alone, you’ve got a choice of 10 shows starting at 6pm. See the full live music schedule here. Plus it’s Earth Day Weekend with over 20 Cape Ann events planned and nicely mapped out for you by our boy Joey here.
Whether it’s music, movies, eco-scavenger-hunting, shredding, clean-up, planting … whatever … don’t be shy — defy! Let Music & Mother Nature cleanse your soul.
Even Yankee fans are showing us love by singing our tune …
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The season is on!
36 performers on Cape Ann this weekend — remember, by my definition, the weekend starts on Thursdays. Tonight we’ve got the Singer/Songwriter Shuffle starting at 7, featuring some of the area’s best, including Inge Berge, whose new children’s album (see this post for more info) was featured in today’s Gloucester Times (see article here).
After the shuffle, you can catch award winning Indie Rocker, Bray Byrd at Dog Bar starting at 9. Music starts at 7pm tomorrow, 10:30 AM on Saturday and 11:30 AM on Sunday, so plenty of opportunities to get the kids out to listen. See the full schedule here.
To get you in the weekend mood, here’s a video Brad shot at Minglewood about a year ago of one of my favorite songs from his award-winning album Mental Photograph.
More Brad Byrd videos here.
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Final night of the first SingerSongwriterShuffle 7-10pm @ Giuseppe’s
Giuseppe’s Ristorante, Gloucester, Ma
Tonight is our final night of the first SingerSongwriterShuffle! 7-10pm, come out and hear Steve Caraway, Inge Berge, Satch Kerans, Jake Pardee, Randy Black, Brian O’Connor and Will Hunt! 7-10pm! We have a new “Shuffle” starting up again May 2nd! Stay tuned!
Steve Caraway
Photo by Louise
Inge Berge
Satch Kerans
Randy Black
Brian O’Connor
Will Hunt
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The word is Brad Byrd will be playing the Dog Bar Thursdays for a while. Pretty cool heh…
Music helps us heal this week
More than likely you know someone who was at the Marathon. Here’s a small-world example: Vickie’s brother-in-law works for a medical device company in Cedar Falls, Iowa and his boss is the father of the eight-year-old boy who died. Even if you don’t know someone who was there, you’re probably reeling from the shock that terrorism has struck so close to home. I know I am.
Music has a way of healing wounds of all kinds. And musicians have known this since humans began making music (when ever that was).
I was Speaking with T Max today about this and he gave me a quote perfect for this week from Leonard Bernstein, one of my musical heroes — I watched his Young People’s Concerts on TV as a kid (see them on YouTube here). He says,
“This will be our reply to violence:
to make music more intensely,
more beautifully,
more devotedly than ever before.”
Maestro Bernstein’s healing words ring true as local musicians carry his reply to over a dozen venues in Gloucester and Cape Ann this week. See the complete live music schedule here.
Tonight T Max is Fly Amero’s guest at The Rhumb Line. (Fly’s on the cover of T Max’s Noise Magazine this month — read the story here). Both T Max and Fly are tuned into the power of music to heal (here’s one example of how Fly transformed a dark day).
Tomorrow there’s another Singer/Songwriter Shuffle at Giuseppe’s with top local stars, including Inge Berge, Satch Kerans, Steve Caraway, Will Hunt, Randy Black, Brian O’Connor & Jake Pardee. And just like last week you will still have time to catch rising star Brad Byrd at The Dog Bar after the Shuffle. Currently I’m under an intense deadline that is forcing me to work late, but one way or the other, we’ll try to get to at least one local live music show over the next week or so. And I’m sure it will help us heal.
Here’s a video that may seem a bit idealistic and hippy-dippy-trippy, but I find wisdom appropriate for our time in it’s simple, haunting lyrics especially this stanza:
Nothing you can know that isn’t known.
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.
It’s easy.
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Thursday night blues party to host Mari Martin @ The Rhumb Line 8-11 ~ 4.18.2013
Dave says,
I’m back ! And a pain to meet on the streets of this basically clean city! Just rinsed off my muddy boots after a week’s sojourn in the deep south, dodging gators in the French Quarter. And we’re rarin’ to go this Thursday with the likes of Ms. Mari Martin! Last time she was here EMTs had their hands full. We’re gonna do it again, see how much paint peels off the walls! She’s a great singer and I’m sure you’ll be blubberin’ like crazy after she gets done with you!
Backing her up will be that intrepid guitarist, Mr. Bob Enik, impossible to fool, Mr. Jim Gambino, on keys, if he can find the place, Mr. Andrew Jones and his beatific roadie ( His wife!) on drums and yours truly on bass. Bring an Ace bandage!
http://marimartinmusic.com/photos.html
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The word is there are only a half a dozen tickets left to see David Bromberg
Rockport Music~Shalin Liu
GUEST PRESENTATION
Saturday, April 20, 8 pm
Presented by M.E. Productions
David Bromberg
DETAILS:
He’s played with everyone, he’s toured everywhere, he can lead a raucous big band or hold an audience silent with a solo acoustic blues. Bromberg’s sensitive and versatile approach to guitar-playing earned him a coveted position as the first-call, “hired gun” guitarist for recording sessions, ultimately playing on hundreds of records by artists including Bob Dylan (New Morning, Self Portrait, Dylan), Link Wray, The Eagles, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, and Carly Simon. Bromberg’s range of material, based in the folk and blues idioms, continually expanded with each new album to encompass bluegrass, ragtime, country and ethnic music. Join us for a special solo evening with an american treasure.
You have to call the box office the last remaining seats for the David Bromberg event.
Box Office
35 Main Street
Rockport, MA 01966
Hours: M-F, 10-4
Telephone (General and Box Office)
978.546.7391
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Music Around Town ♪♫♪ April 16-21, 2013
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Wednesday with Fly Amero ♪♫♪Special guest: TMax
Surf & Turf Specials!
Wednesdays Only!
Hello everyone!
Wednesday, April 17th
Special Guest: T MAX!
His real name is Timothy Maxwell, but everyone knows him as
T Max. And they know his magazine, The Noise, filled to the
brim with music news, reviews and interviews, as a publication
that has tied the New England music scene together for over
30 years! But T’s also a singer-songwriter, and he’s planning
on opening some of those pages for us as well… this coming
Wednesday, in fact. A rare treat, for sure. ~ Fly
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Surf & Turf Dinner – $11.95 (while they last)
Tenderloin Tips with Grilled Garlic Shrimp!
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming…
Apr. 24: Elaine O’Rourke
May 1: Ron Schrank
Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly
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He’s Baaaaaack . . .
Something’s up in Gloucester. Only 2 weeks ago, Dennis Brennan played The Rhumb Line with Dave Sag (see post about that here).
Tonight he’s back in Gloucester @ Jalapenos with Dave Brown, Wolf Ginandes & Dave Mattacks. Could it be the tremendous musical talent resident in Boston is attracting yet another great musician? That’s what we think. So we’ve selected a series of Dennis Brennan videos to feature on gimmesound. See them here.
You might want to call Jalapenos at 978-283-8228 to reserve a table for tonight. The room is usually full.
Here’s a video of Dennis when he was a bit younger.
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North Shore Acapella @ Seaport Grille tomorrow (TUESDAY)
The season has started. Summer music venues are opening up and Seaport Grill is having music on Tuesday starting at 6pm (plenty early to bring the kids). Let’s show them some support and maybe they’ll make live music a regular thing!
See this week’s complete live music lineup here.
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Sinatra in Rockport?
Swing back in time with songs like “My Way,” “Summer Wind,” and ”Strangers in The Night” with one of the finest Frank Sinatra impressionists in the country, Michael Dutra. Dutra has performed his tribute to ‘Ol Blue Eyes around the world since 2002, taking the stage more than 300 nights per year and stunning audiences with his dead-on renditions of Sinatra classics.
Ok, so you know summer is coming Captain Carlo’s is open. Great lineup of music this weekend at over 15 different venues from a little bit of country to rock-n-roll. See full lineup here.
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The “AZ ONE” Gospel Trio sings in a gospel Sunday service at 10:00 AM Sunday, April 14, at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church, 10 Church St., Gloucester
Good Morning Gloucester 