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June 2010
06/02/2010 8:00 PM
Bulgarian-born singer-songwriter, Geri X, traveled the better (or worse) part of Europe before settling down in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2005. Her classical training on piano and guitar is infused with the emotional songwriting style of artists such as Damien Rice, Coldplay and Radiohead.
She began playing open mic night in the Bay Area not knowing what would become of ordinary hobby. The more she played more people began to notice her which led to playing shows in coffee houses, restaurants, and music venues. In 3 years of playing shows every night of the week , driving back and forth from city to city, Geri’s hard work paid off – she was no longer invisible to the music scene and the local critics recognized her efforts with a pat on the back and encouragement.
With time Geri’s music became more than a hobby, it became a therapy for personal struggles as well as for the struggles of others. After receiving emails from people who found help and comfort in a song by her, Geri’s goal became simple: she wanted to heal with music.
Geri’s vocals have been described to “perfectly fit her music’s combination of the timeless and the contemporary ” and her guitar playing as “hypnotically precise finger-picking style turning heads in the crowd”. Her music is equal parts pleasure and pain – as riveting and haunting as it is emotional and uplifting.
The Plutoniates unique sound is hard to define. Although led by Ross Fale's mostly fingerstyle acustic guitar playing, the band has more of an alternative rock sound than one would expect. With Ryan Kolosovski on drums and Steve Bossler on bass, the rythm section continues to evolve to give the Plutoniates a groove all there own. Throw in Dave playing electric guitar, melodica, and even a theremin, and what you get is a very instrument-driven band.
Though their arrangments are complex, the Plutoniates have the ability to blend together to make it very accessible and catchy music. The reason why they have become one of the most popular and talked about bands in the area.
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06/04/2010 10:00 PM
"In little over a year, Pezzettino has managed to ingratiate herself with the Milwaukee music scene, carving out a unique niche and proving to be a preternatural self-promoter. Lest anyone think that the recent WAMI and 88Nine Milwaukee Music Award winner is callously turning her back on the city that spawned her, Stutt vows to keep the hometown flame alive. "My love for Milwaukee is steadfast," she says. "I'm extremely grateful for the support this city has given me, and will represent the Midwest with gusto out in the jungle." Stutt says she intends to spend her time in Brooklyn playing and attending shows, meeting like-minded artists, and "drinking Pabst with pride." Atta girl."
--Matt Wild, Milwaukee AV Club
With a powerful voice, unique songs, and charisma, Bethany recently burst onto the local scene seemingly out of nowhere ... well not quite. Bethany and her sister were well known by the local Sheboygan surfers as one of their songs was featured in a local video.
Bethany has recently decided to head down a solo path and is turning heads among the local music community, embraced by the younger current local musicians as well as the long time veterans and professionals.
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WahnderLust (feat. P-Funk All-Star Kim Manning)
06/05/2010 10:00 PM
When two stars collide they burst and rebirth into a brighter hotter new star and so is the case with Kim Manning and Lantz Lazwell. Two amazing singers, both rocking the keys and guitar, criss-crossing the nation with a funky positivity that will make you dance and smile like a fool. George Clinton’s P-Funk Allstar, Kim Manning and “Los Angeles Rock Singer of the Year”, Lantz Lazwell, will leave you begging for more.
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Midwest Dilemma Duo and Wolfgang Schaefer
06/11/2010 10:00 PM
MIDWEST DILEMMA – A guitar, red trucker hat, beard, and an old passenger van on open road. Justin Lamoureux has been performing as Midwest Dilemma for nearly a decade. Many know Midwest Dilemma as Omaha based folk-rock ensemble whose debut release Timelines & Tragedies was awarded the title Album Of The Year at the Omaha Entertainment Awards show this year. The album charted CMJ (College Music Journal) Top 200 with college radio play immediately after the release.
Lamoureux enlisted friends, family members, and musical acquaintances to help create the music on Midwest Dilemma's Timelines & Tragedies album. Twenty-three members to be exact. Such instruments as Flute, Clarinet, Tuba, Trombone, Saxophone, Accordion, Cello, Viola, Trumpet, Singing Saw, Upright Bass, Vibraphone, Pedal Steel, Mandolin, Piano, Percussion, and Electric Guitar give the record an orchestral folk and chamber pop sound, similar to Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, and Bright Eyes.
Timelines & Tragedies is a time line of family history. Tracing Lamoureux's ancestors to their days of French Canadian fur trading, the Great Depression, the struggles of his parents' generation with Vietnam, and eventually concluding with his life in Sioux City and Omaha. Timelines & Tragedies is the perfect outcome of Midwest Dilemma's vision.
Wolfgang Schaefer ... "Old Guitars, Scratchy Vocals, Shiny Harmonicas."
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06/12/2010 10:00 PM
The third generation of musicians out of the Dakotas, Josh Harty is never far from his roots but always inventing new ways to honor the old. His latest solo project, "A Long List of Lies" (Magnolia Recording Co.) shows it and has garnered a fast following. The eleven tracks are as authentic as American music gets. Maybe that's why "A Long List of Lies" debuted at number eight on the European Americana chart.
Growing up the son of a North Dakota Police Chief and preacher, Harty figured he was either going to jail or going to hell. He was wrong on both fronts and his gentle nature reveals this to all who know him. He's got gratitude written all over him, including thankfulness for the music his father gave him.
By the age of 10 Harty had sung gospel and country with his father at "just about every Lutheran Church, Eagles Club and Senior Center in North and South Dakota." By age 12 Harty had made two records with his dad, collectively selling 10,000 copies.
These days the 32-year-old Madison-based artist writes and performs mostly solo but has a knack for surrounding himself with some of the best musicians in the Midwest for his recordings. Still, these are Harty's songs all the way. "A Long List of Lies" was produced, recorded and mastered in Madison's Smart Studios. The project captures Harty's clean guitar attack, a finger style tha glistens with a razor's edge. Every track is filled with the honesty of an artist who's in it for the long haul, who's writing music that channels his past while re-setting the present for what's affectionately called alt-country in the U.S.A.
With a unique mixture of old school, back-woods blues and shimmering, sloe-eyed country ballads, Tom Feldman breathes fresh air into the conventions of early 20th-century, folk-spiritual music.
Americana UK describes him as "authentic, retrospective and thought provoking." Blues Revue Magazine says: “a soulful original.” And Dirty Linen labels him “a master of Americana music."
Tom Feldmann began playing around the Minneapolis/St. Paul area only a few months after teaching himself to play the guitar at the age of 17. At first his style was strictly traditional blues and folk, but with the added elements of gospel and country, Feldmann forged his own brand of folk-blues-roots music he calls Gospel Americana.
His first CD was released in 1999 and Tom has since spent the years recording and touring, most notably as the one-man band Stickey Nickel (2003-04) and as the front-man for The Get-Rites (2005-present).
Since their inception in 2005, The Get-Rites have released four internationally acclaimed CD's of Feldmann originals (Driven to my Knees, Side Show Revival, Pedal Steel Heaven, Tin Roof Sky) on Feldmann's own label, the Magnolia Recording Company, formed in 2005 to be a “home between the cracks” for artists looking for support.
In a time when negativity continually bombards us and hymns of despair are praised as “lyrical masterpieces,” Tom Feldmann stands poised as a positive voice spreading the Good News in song with messages of hope and encouragement. And as
Ben Kieffer
of
Iowa Public Radio
says,
“Feldmann’s probing lyrics and yearning growl will echo in your soul and lift you up."
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Tom Petty 'Mojo' Listening Party
06/14/2010 7:00 PM
The Green Room Pub in Sheboygan will host a listening party for Tom
The listening party is set for 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the pub, 911 Indiana Ave. The new album will be played in its entirety, along with some old favorites and deep cuts by one of America's most popular rock 'n'
The Green Room was selected as part of a national contest held by the band at its website, www.tompetty.com.
"Mojo" is the first new album by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in eight years, and is already enjoying popular critical acclaim.
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06/26/2010 10:00 PM
Doug Otto and the Getaways perform a blend of old American musical styles. Heavily influenced by delta blues and classic country songs, they cover tunes that range from simple folk songs to heartfelt gospel. Songwriter, Doug Otto, plays acoustic and electric guitars and adds tasteful and authentic harmonica. Lead guitarist Albert Perez brings an edgy yet spacious feel to the music. Chris Gray plays the drums. Shane Akers pulls raw and edgy sounds from an electric lap steel guitar. He switches to the Dobro for more intimate and acoustic tunes. Bassist, Cody McKinney, brings great musical depth, sings gritty leads, and adds tasty vocal harmonies to the mix. Erik Struve holds down the bass lines when Cody is unavailable do to being extremely in demand.
Doug Otto and The Getaways on Myspace
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