• TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS & GENERAL INFORMATION •
tickets for most shows can be purchased in advance offering you a savings of $5 or more!
or you can buy them at the door where for most shows we can take the following credit cards:
HOT NEWS!
we now have advance tickets available at 4 locations
232 COMMERCIAL ST NEVADA CITY, CA 95959
(530) 265-3090
290 Sierra College Drive, Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 272-5333
455 Sutton Way Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 272-7434
916 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 823-2147
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• TICKET REFUND INFO •
We apologize again for our cancellation of the April 10 Keola Beamer concert.
If you bought your ticket with cash or check please return to the outlet
where you purchased it and they will gladly give you a full refund.
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If you bought your ticket via a credit card at Gold Rush Records please check with them anytime after Monday April 13
for a full cash refund.
Thank you very much for your patience and your support.
please click here for ticket outlet/contact info
If you'd care to read a note from Keola about the passing of his mother,
please visit his site by clicking on his picture above or on the link below
Keola Beamer website
Be sure to keep checking our Events calendar shedule as we hope to bring Keola back ASAP!
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Saturday May 17, 2008 • 8pm • Odd Fellows Hall 212 Spring St. Nevada City
a night of original spiritual music influenced by
Bulgarian village songs & Middle Eastern melodies
featuring
...Ya Elah emerged from Jewish spirituality and now travels through multiple faiths, inspiring compassion between diverse cultures through settings of sacred and original texts.
This ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists performs the original compositions of Artistic Director Bon Singer. Ya Elah sparkles with the influence of Bulgarian village songs and Middle Eastern melodies. The musicians have backgrounds in cantorial, folk, jazz, ethnic and classical styles. As Artistic Director, composer, arranger, and singer for Kitka for 14 years, Bon is recognized as one of the premier directors of Bulgarian choral music in the United Sates.
Audience participation at Ya Elah concerts is encouraged!
Ya Elah seeks to move and inspire its audiences, besides entertain them. “The sound of Ya Elah is like honey in your ears: they will awaken you. Your toes will tap, your head will sway, and your soul will sing. Rush to see these magnificent sirens!” -Jueli Garfinkle, Author of Everyday Adventures for the Soul...
For those interested, Director Bon Singer will also be offering a Balkan workshop on Sunday May 18, for more information on the workshop please contact her directly at: Bon Meryl Singer
TICKET PRICING
$15 advance
children 5 and under are FREE!
AT THE DOOR
$20 general admission
(get your tickets early and save $5!)
Saturday May 17, 2008 • 8pm • Odd Fellows Hall 212 Spring St. Nevada City
(click here for directions)
doors open at 7pm
ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW ON SALE NOW!
ALL TICKET SALES FINAL - NO REFUNDS
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Saturday May 30, 2008 • 8pm • Miners Foundry Great Hall Nevada City
a magic night of "loud" high powered Zeppelin
featuring
...Zepparella, four women intent on bringing the passion, the beauty, the aggression, the musicality of Led Zeppelin alive. Zepparella delivers an explosive, emotional musical journey at every event.
They take on the challenge of balancing their devotion to playing the songs as close to the original as possible, while taking advantage of their own musical communication and carrying the audience away on the ride. The combination of personalities in Zepparella is something extraordinary. From the first time on stage there was such a strong musical connection that to the girls it felt like a homecoming.
And in a musical career, that kind of connection may be the most elusive gift of all...
The players:
Anna Kristina, the popular Bay Area stage actress, vocalist, songwriter and solo artist, brings her seductive style and powerful range to front the band with consistently transcendent performances. Her soulful delivery is mesmerizing. For a list of her many projects and accomplishments, visit www.annakristina.com
Gretchen Menn applies her dazzling and emotive guitar playing to the leads. After her stint as Agnes Young in the top-grossing Bay Area band AC/DShe for three years, and then touring as the second guitarist in the national metal band BOTTOM, she now takes on the Page lines with an arresting ability that can’t be missed. Her current solo project, Sticks and Stones, (also opening this show - see below) showcases not only her guitar playing but also her remarkable songwriting skills.
Nila Minnerock’s seminal bass playing, dark, beautiful, aggressive, melodic, fills out the bottom end of the band. Her joined-at-the-hip connection with Clementine began eleven years ago in BOTTOM, and close to 20 trips around the US, Canada and Europe and three records have created the remarkably intuitive rhythm section that Zeppelin deserves. Nila also brings her rich melodic and experimental sense to compositions of electronic music for tango and soundtracks.
Clementine tackles the best rock drumming ever written with her own powerfully passionate style, bringing the Motown influence of the Bonham groove to the forefront. As Phyllis Rudd in AC/DShe and throughout the run of BOTTOM, she developed a heavy-hitting sound suited to attempt Zeppelin. The musical connection established with Gretchen in AC/DShe and the lifelong rhythmic conversation with Nila creates the bond required to do this great music justice. In her solo project Francis Bakin, she fronts the band as main vocalist/songwriter.
Zepparella is no costumed, wigged-up tribute band. You'll hear no backing tracks or misguided attempts at note for note replication. Instead Zepparella offers four seriously talented musicians who have loved and studied this music long enough to make it a part of themselves.
Says drummer Clementine, “We approach the music as we think Zeppelin did, taking musical chances within the structure of great songs. What happens at the time is exactly what should be happening.”
In November 2007, Zepparella signed a unique management and label deal with indie stalwart What Are Records? new venture, United Interests. The resulting album, “A Pleasing Pounding”, recorded live at Slim’s in San Francisco, features powerful performances of nine classic Led Zeppelin songs.
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“…it seems like times they are on a mission – like it’s their duty to interpret Zeppelin in front of a crowd, like unseen hands and vocal chords are guiding them.” – Tahoe Weekly
special opening act guests
Sticks And Stones are an instrumental hard-rock trio from San Francisco. The band is comprised of guitarists, Gretchen Menn (Zepparella) and Mickael Tremel, and drummer, Sam Adato. Gretchen and Mickael first met and started jamming in January of 2006. Having come from widely different musical backgrounds, they started exchanging knowledge—music theory in exchange for shred. Hours and weeks of geeking out later, they recognized that the inception phase of a band was already underway. Sam Adato, the heavy-hitting, Bay Area drummer, expressed interest in the project, and Sticks and Stones was born. Their new CD, Unbreakable Strings, has 10 original tunes, plus a one-song tribute to two of their favorite bands: the Dixie Dregs's arrangement of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. While Sticks and Stones is a guitar-oriented, instrumental project, they are primarily focused with writing strong, solid music that is both accessible as well as interesting. They are influenced by artists such as the Dixie Dregs, Jeff Beck, Van Halen, Deep Purple, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Led Zeppelin, to name just a few. They are loud and full ofhigh-energy; and love what they do.
TICKET PRICING
$15 advance
children 5 and under are FREE!
AT THE DOOR
$20 general admission
(get your tickets early and save $5!)
8pm, Friday May 30, The Miners Foundry (click here for directions)
doors open at 7pm
ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW ON SALE NOW!
ALL TICKET SALES FINAL - NO REFUNDS
be sure to check out the ultra-cool laser light display at this show courtesy of
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Saturday May 31, 2008 • 8pm • Odd Fellows Hall 212 Spring St. Nevada City
"Trains, Tramps & Traditions"
a tribute to the one and only
U. Utah Phillips
featuring
"The railroad is a long steel thread that stitches together much of the American experience."
So says Utah Phillips, Grand Master of a ne'er-do-wells called "The Rose Tattoo".
Utah Phillips
Hovering on the edge of reality, The Rose Tattoo brings together a widely dispersed band of nomads, twenty in all, who hold in common their experience of travel by freight train, an ability to carry a tune, and the tattoo of a rose somewhere on their persons. Their motto is mors ante servitium, which means "death before employment." Phillips, whose hobo moniker is "Bow Tie", will hook up with his fellow Knights of the Road for their annual reunion, followed by a rare series of concerts featuring six "tattoos" whose combined experience on stage and train exceeds the tenure of the last forty presidents. Each show will consist of an informal round-robin song and story swap between the participants.
Those sharing the stage in honor of Utah are all finely honed singers, musicians, and yarn-spinners.
For Utah, a pillar of the folk world for many years, this will be a series of rare public appearances since his forced retirement for health reasons.
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Kuddie "The Feather River Kid"
Kuddie both trods the boards, and also sometimes butchers them for a living. A former telegrapher for the Illinois Central, current handy-man hijacker of all trades, festival organizer, Fighting Instrument of Karma and perpetual temporary resident wherever his is. A downhome upright Rustic, Kuddie lives lightly upon the land, and by lamplight in a place known as 'The Middle of Knowhere' up on the San Juan Ridge.
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Mark Ross - "Smokestack"
Quintessential hobo, consummate musician and truly Artful Dodger, Mark Ross is the only 'tattoo' who has lived through a train wreck. Beginning in the basket houses in Greenwich Village, he has spent 33 years in the trade, and plays about a dozen instruments. A Minimalist of the First Water, in his continuing
quest to get by on next door to nothing, Mark has spent the last
20 years in western Montana.
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Bruce Brackney - "Haywire Brack"
The expatriate, currently living alongside the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island. Raised in Minnesota, Brack later held placer mining claims in Trinity County before emigrating to Canada in 1983. A good friend of old songs and vice versa, "Haywire Brack" is the model of a true tramp intellectual, with a mind like a steel catch-and-release trap.
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Bob & Diana Suckiel - "Boomer Bob & Mama Pipes"
In the old parlance, Bob's now a 'Hoghead.' But after 30 years, over four different railroads, from gandy-dancer, to switchman,
to brakeman, Bob now warrants the more modern honorific "C.&E." as a Conductor and Engineer on the main line of the Union Pacific. Bob's music is rooted in the blues, though
inflected with hometown Kansas City Jazz. Diana Suckiel is
a downright do-right woman whose sobriquet is derived both
from her soulful singing voice and her trade: 'Mama Pipes' is
also a journeyman plumber.
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Larry Penn -"Cream City Slim"
The Patriarch, who, at 71, continues to craft the finest railroad songs heard today. Toy maker, Poet, retired Teamster; running over-the-road 35 years out of Milwaukee, Larry Penn sings songs and tells stories of working people, trains, trucks, life on the road, love, nonsense and pink flamingos. Elegant in their simplicity, sometimes shiftily witty, always melodically infectious, Larry's songs grow on you... like blossoms from The True Vine.
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These concerts offer a window on a vanishing way of life where a busker (tramp entertainer) could sing his way from coast to coast with only a guitar, a bundle, and an overpowering desire to be somewhere else. Highly recommended for families, especially young adults who think they know everything.
Several members of The Rose Tattoo have recordings
which will be available during the intermission and after the show.
above the original Rose Tattoo posse back in 1977
L-R are JB "Freewheelin'" Freeman ("Froze Rose" came later, and is a long story), Bruce "Haywire Brack" Brackney, Joe "Parry, Eh?" Sheridan, Kuddie, Utah, and "Silkie" Miller.
folks I guarantee this is show you don't want to miss!
TICKET PRICING
$20 general admission
children 5 and under are FREE!
Saturday May 31, 2008 • 8pm • Odd Fellows Hall 212 Spring St. Nevada City
(click here for directions)
doors open at 7pm
ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW ON SALE NOW!
ALL TICKET SALES FINAL - NO REFUNDS
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Friday June 6, 2008 • 8pm • Odd Fellows Hall 212 Spring St. Nevada City
a night of "Hot Club" style jazz direct from Paris
featuring
...Ensemble Zaiti, founded by a phenomenal young lead guitarist, Adrien Moignard, and one of France's premier rhythm guiatrists, Mathieu Chatelain, the Paris-based Ensemble Zaiti has grown to now include Jeremiah Arranger (bass) and Cedric Ricard (saxophone). The group's approach to Jazz Manouche melds the Django tradition with elements of bebop and experimental jazz, resulting in a sound all their own. In the campgrounds at Samois Mathieu and Adrien invariably host one of the most popular and, frankly, intimidating jam sites, with some of the best players in the world stopping by for impromptu performances. Ladies and gentlemen this band is quite hot and will be featuring 1930s gypsy anthems mixed with frenetic improvisation and just a touch of George Benson jazz just to keep you guessing...
to hear tracks of their music please click on either of their photos
Folks if you enjoyed the Robin Nolan Trio last year be sure you don't miss Ensemble Zaiti
direct from Paris while you have the chance!
TICKET PRICING
$15 advance
children 5 and under are FREE!
AT THE DOOR
$20 general admission
(get your tickets early and save $5!)
Friday June 6, 2008 • 8pm • Odd Fellows Hall 212 Spring St. Nevada City
(click here for directions)
doors open at 7pm
ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW ON SALE SOON!
ALL TICKET SALES FINAL - NO REFUNDS
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Friday June 27, 2008 • 8pm • Miners Foundry Great Hall Nevada City
world music Afro-Cuban Dance Party Night
featuring
It's been quite a ride for Aphrodesia since their birth in 2003: a pilgrimage
to the legendary Shrine nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria in 2006, a cross-country voter-registration
tour in a vegetable oil-powered bus in 2004 and accolades everywhere from National
Public Radio to USA Today. Through it all the San Francisco-based 11-piece ensemble
has won audiences over with an eclectic, unique sound- a blend of rich, female lead
vocals and slamming horn-laden polyrhythmic funk that Global Rhythm Magazine called
“a Pan-African mash-up.”
While the members of Aphrodesia are admirers of West African styles like afrobeat
and Highlife- enough so that the group spent a month performing and living in Ghana
in 2006, in the process journeying through Togo and Benin to Nigeria to perform
at the Shrine with Femi Kuti- the group's sound has always included touches
of funk, dub, Zimbabwean trance, hip-hop and global pop. The band's new studio
album- “Lagos By Bus” to be released in November of 2007 by Cyberset Music and packed
with songs written during and about their month in Africa- further solidifies their
diverse sound.
the group's reputation as a show-stopping live act continues to spread.
With a lineup that includes singers Mayokovich and Dorn, bassist Gale, guitarists
David Sartore and Chris Mulhauser, the horns section of Henry Hung, Liz Larson,
Mitch Marcus and Sylvain Carton, percussionist Paul Sonnabend and powerhouse drummer
Jason Slota, Aphrodesia delivered stunning, high energy sets at the 2004 and 2005
High Sierra Music Festivals, the 2005 Earthdance Festival, the 2005 and 2006 Aspen
Jazz Festival, the 2006 and 2007 Harmony Festival and many more. The group's
near-constant touring saw them build a fan base all over the U.S., playing venues
from San Francisco's Fillmore to New York City's S.O.B.'s, while opening
slots for Maceo Parker, Steel Pulse, the String Cheese Incident, the Sierra Leone
Refugee All-Stars, Konono no. 1 and several others broadened their reach even further.
Aphrodesia’s music carries with it a strong sense of social justice, and the band’s
commitment to social change extends offstage as well. Having headlined numerous
benefits for causes ranging from AIDS prevention to Tsunami Relief to anti-Iraq
War organizations, the group has also made a point of traveling on alternative fuels
like biodiesel and recycled vegetable oil. It may be a small start, but the group
believes that its actions, like its music, can have a huge effect.
special guests opening the show
Nevada County's own
High Energy Dance, Drumming and Singing
from the Congo, West Africa, and the Caribbean
TICKET PRICES
$15 advance
children 5 and under are FREE!
AT THE DOOR
$20 general admission
(get your tickets early and save $5!)
8pm, Friday June 27, The Miners Foundry (click here for directions)
doors open at 7pm
ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW AVAILABLE IN EARLY JUNE
ALL TICKET SALES FINAL - NO REFUNDS
be sure to check out the ultra-cool laser light display at this show courtesy of
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Friday July 11 & Saturday July 12, 2008
KVMR’s 30th Anniversary/Birthday Party
KVMR is turning 30, so it’s time to celebrate!
2 nights and 1 day of great music & fun in downtown Nevada City
It started out modestly. Ten watts in a tiny studio the size of a walk-in closet next to a transmitter on Banner Mountain. On that summer day in 1978, radio station KVMR sprang to life and from that moment on, Nevada City became a community with its own voice. For 30 years, hundreds of broadcasters, volunteers and staff – your neighbors -- have brought us the songs and stories of KVMR. It has been an era rich in music, news and opinion, and it has defined our little community throughout the region, and the world via the Internet. Now, at 2,000 watts with a reach that extends 24/7 from Truckee to Sacramento, it's time to acknowledge this coming of age by throwing a party for its listeners.
Starting July 11, a two-day party celebration will take place at the Miner’s Foundry, which housed the station during the 80s and 90s. Friday night will kick off with a worldbeat dance party inside the historic venue after which KVMR was named (hence the call letters’ acronym Victorian Museum Radio). Saturday from 12 noon until 5:30 pm, a good part of Spring Street will be closed during the day to accommodate 3 outdoor stages featuring music, Green presentations by Power-Up of Nevada City plus various crafts and food booths. Saturday night starting at 7:30 pm we'll have yet another concert inside the Foundry of local Americana groups. These events will be infused with the history of the station and, concurrently, of our community. Broadcasters, station staff, volunteers and, of course, musicians will be mingling throughout the day and we hope everyone comes out to meet us. And finally, to close out this important year, we are booking the Trailer Park Troubadours into the Amaral Building at the Fairgrounds for a New Years Eve party. KVMR board president Joey Jordan is running the show and anyone who knows Joey knows how much she loves the “Troubs.” In conjunction with all of this, our webmaster, John Button, and founding broadcaster Mikail Graham have been cooking up some cool ideas for this website, KVMR.org , to showcase three decades of great music, interviews and live broadcasts.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKET/ADMISSION INFO
Friday & Saturday Entertainment Schedule
(in order of appearnace • click on any act below for more info)
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SATURDAY • 12PM - 6PM |
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Friday Night July 11, 8 pm
Miners Foundry Great Hall Nevada City
a hot night of world-beat jam-band dance grooves
featuring alternating sets all night long by...
| Started in 1995, and named after founder Graham Guest's fifth generation grandfather, Moses Guest is a Texas-based Southern Rock band that has just enough Pop, Jazz, Funk, and Country in its veins to appeal to audiences of all ages and origins.Voted "Best Rock/Pop Band" in the 2001 Houston Press Music Awards, the band has been selling out shows in Houston since 1999, and concentrating hard on winning over their region, with frequent tours through the South and West.
check them out and hear their music at:
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Started in 1996, the band features four lead singers, three guitars, keyboards, bass, lots of percussion and drums. You'd be wondering if these guys could possibly keep the music on the pavement...well they do, as long as you don't need the road to be straight. The music they play is a hot melting pot of R&B, Soul, Funk, Southern Rock and Reggae, Folk, Jazz, World Beat and jam band style party music. Folks, dancing to this music is like taking a big hit of fresh air.
check them out and hear their music at:
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Miners Foundry "NC Winery Area" stage 12 noon - 5:30 pm
Power Up - NC
Power Up - NC Imagine a world powered by the sun, wind, or regenerative sources. Energy sources that do not pollute our air, water or land. Energy that can be provided locally creating viable economies that benefit the masses. Imagine becoming so energy efficient we can reduce our dependency on oil and coal so much so that we can end unnesessary wars and senseless and devastating acts like "mountain top removal." Though this may seem impossible, today there are signs of hope and opportunity that were unfathomable only a few short years ago. All the problems we face today can be tackled with technologies that already exist... and human willpower. Join Power Up founders Kelly Casterson & Reinette Senum and various special guests for a fun, fact-filled series of presentations that will inspire and enlighten you about the possibilities for sustainable energy available to us all today.
Check out their website at:
http://www.powerup-nc.org/
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Saturday July 12, 12 noon - 5:30 pm
a whole day of KVMR local music favorites
featuring 3 stages of music, sustainable energy discussions, and fun for all!
Miners Foundry "Spring Street" stage
Paul Emery
Local musician and KVMR broadcaster Paul Emery has been playing on the local and regional music scene for more than 40 years and always delights his audiences with timeless songs and tales of life.
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| The Wilson Triples were born at birth and recently reunited only to discover that they're the same, only different. It's that difference that makes their music unique. Peter, Luke & Maggie (McKaig) Wilson play original, traditional and contemporary music on various instruments including guitar, banjo, mandola, cittern, mandolin, tenor guitar, harmonica and they sing, sing, sing.
check them out and hear their music at:
www.maggiemckaig.com & www.peterwilsonworld.com
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| Their music, a blend of contemporary and traditional styles, is graced by their exquisite harmony, compelling songwriting, deceptively simple arrangements and intricate guitar work. They’ve been applauded for their performances throughout the U.S. as well as overseas for Kamm’s lyrical content and their vocal blend... a haunting style which weaves their harmonies into a rich tapestry of guitar and storytelling.
check them out and hear their music at:
www.myspace.com/paulkammandeleanoremacdonald
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"In Christine Bonner's harp, our collective memory of early California is awakened by a warm Pacific breeze." The music of Christine and Rob Bonner features the hauntingly beautiful melodies of Christine Bonner's original compositions. The exquisite visual experience and warm atmosphere of her performances have captivated audiences everywhere in their sold out concerts. A key ingredient in Bonner's stellar performances is the personality and musicianship of her husband, Rob Bonner, founder of popular bluegrass band South Loomis Quickstep.
check them out and hear their music at:
www.unclerob.com
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| Tom MacDonald and Stephen Holland hail from Nevada City where they have been playing as a duo for the last three years. Both have played in concert, on the radio, and in nightclubs as soloists and with various groups over the years all around Northern California. Their repertoire consists of original and select cover material with a strong emphasis on the Brazilian songbook.
check them out and hear their music at:
www.stephenholland.info
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| Winner of the 2006 USA Songwriting Competition, Kimberly Bass is a multi-talented singer~songwriter heralding from the high mountain country of Northern California. Her melodic, heartwarming songs blend the rustic experience of a barefoot country girl, with keen lyrical insight and divine inspiration. She has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada & Japan and is featured on Maria Muldaur' s Heart of Mine, "Love Songs of Bob Dylan" that remained #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart for over four consecutive weeks.
check out Kimberly's website and hear her music at:
www.kimberlybass.com
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Based in Nevada County somewhere in the cracks, under the floor boards, and down a deep dark alley you will find Grease, Grit & Grime. Embodying the expression "dirty blues," this group has schooled themselves in Mississippi Delta and Chicago blues and their reportiore includes rootsy-sounding originals as well as classic standards. So, if you got another mule kickin’ in yo’ stall, ain’t no use waitin’ fo’ that train, grab your biscuit roller and go see Grease, Grit & Grime unleash some downright dirty blues.
check out their myspace site and hear there music at:
www.myspace.com/greasegritandgrime
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Miners Foundry "Rear Parking Lot" stage 12 noon - 6:30 pm
Inya Eeya
Inya Eeya One listener characterized Inya Eeya as a small wagonload of rhythmic, melancholic wandering geniis who love to play tropicana and dance to the blues while looking for a place to land.
check them out and hear their music at:
http://www.myspace.com/inyaeeya
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Miners Foundry "Rear Parking Lot" stage
Remley
Remley is a band that you should see live. This all original rock band is well rehearsed and has some character. Their musical style takes you back a bit, but this dynamic 5-piece doesn’t really sound like anyone else, pulling from a wide range of musical tastes. Their repertoire has a distinct and versatile Remley sound. Based out of Northern California, they have shared the stage with The Marshall Tucker Band, Elvin Bishop, Lina Pierce and Cold Blood, Beautiful Day and Leon Russell. Their first CD release, entitled “The Road You’re On,” has been getting a great response helping build their fan base.
check them out and hear their music at:
www.remleymusic.net/
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Since 1973, Cousin Cricket has been performing its own blend of rockabilly western swing and outlaw country throughout Nevada County and the western states. Currently in post production of their new video with Emmy award-winning Flexitoon puppets.
Contact them through:
www.para-sight.com
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| KVMR DJ Jimmi Accardi brings his Rock & Roll Party to the streets of Nevada City to celebrate KVMR's 30th Anniversary Party. This lively group plays classic rock & roll and rockabilly tunes plus originals. Come get a taste of the real thing.
check them out and hear Jimmi's music at:
www.jimmiaccardi.com
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Miners Foundry "Rear Parking Lot" stage
Mystafya
MYSTAFYA (Mis' ta Fi ya) Northern California's powerhouse reggae band! Continuing to carry the message of love, unity and wisdom through their music, Mystafya captivates audiences and leaves them wanting more every time! Since forming in 1997, Mystafya has shared the stage with reggae greats such as Bunny Wailer, Steel Pulse, Third World, the Skatalites, and (the Teacher) Toots and the Maytals (7 times) to name a few! Mystafya has also had the pleasure of performing at Reggae on the Lake, Renegade Festivals, Music that Matters headliner, and the Monterey Bay Reggae Fest, as well as other Northern Cali hot spots. Mystafya achieved mp3.com's #3 reggae download in 2000 and rated #21 out of the top 30 reggae albums of 2004 (bahilman/sky.fm). Still one of the internet's top reggae/dub bands for the past eight years, Mystafya is carving their own niche in reggae history.
check them out and hear their music at:
www.myspace.com/mystafya
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Miners Foundry "Rear Parking Lot" stage
Al Simmonz
Al Simmonz! Born in South Africa and raised in the USA an exile...Al Simmonz grew up all over the US and was exposed to various styles and blends of music. "Hip hop came out in the eighties and I grew up in that decade so it was only fitting that I explore my talents through that genre." Be on the look out for his debut album titled 'CEO'.
For booking info contact Al Simmonz at:
Al Simmnonz
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Kings & Queens is a four-piece from Nevada City led by Englishman Rich Good after the demise of his first California band "the Pleased" (with Noah Georgeson and Joanna Newsom). The music is darkly psychedelic dream-pop layer cake of delayed guitars, analogue organs that twist and grind while harmony vocals float above a relentless rhythm section.
check them out and hear their music at:
www.kingsandqueensmusic.com
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| The Cheatin' Buzzies is a band comprised of family members Jen Knapp (Vocals and Guitar), Robb Kopp (Drums), Darin Driscoll (Bass and Vocals), and close friends Bruce Carter (Guitar and Vocals) and Luke Weber (Piano and Vocals). After years of making music with other people, this tight-knit group formed in the Summer of 2005. Since that time they have played various shows in the Northern California region headlining weekend club shows as well as supporting regional touring acts locally. The band blend the musical flavors of many styles including rock, alternative, punk and country to name but a few.
check them out and hear their music at:
www.myspace.com/cheatinbuzziesband
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| Lorraine Gervais fronts this 5 (sometimes 6 or 7) piece R&B band playing everything from Aretha, the Stylistics, Marvin Gaye, the Brand New Heavies to Cold Blood and other greats. This fun and smokin' dance band has performed throughout the Sierra Foothills, around Lake Tahoe, San Francisco Bay Area, and the Sacramento Valley. Venues for the last 19 years have included nightclubs, parties of all kinds, festivals, and concerts. Big soulful funky fun with Lorraine and The Burning Sensations!
check out Lorraine's website and hear her music at:
www.lorrainegervais.com
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Saturday July 12, 7:30 pm
Miners Foundry Great Hall Nevada City
a jam packed night of KVMR's favorite Americana music
featuring
| “Dakota Sid comes on with a voice that was rode hard and put away wet. It ain’t pretty, that’s for sure. He sings like he has a corncob stuck in his throat. That’s all right though. This ain’t opera, it’s folk music, and in that context Dakota Sid, his voice, his material and his ethics all seem as genuine as Woody Guthrie sounding off at a labor rally.” Charlie Creekmore, Chico News and Review
check out Dakota Sid's website and hear his music at:
www.dakotasid.com
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Fierce and lovely songs about forest fires, miners, old folks, and mountains, delivered with fiery fiddle and melodic banjo. "This California girl comes by her mountain-music sensibility with true authenticity, with original songs deeply rooted in her family's frontier experience," Dan Ruby, FestivalPreview.com
check out Rita's website and hear her music at:
www.ritahosking.com
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| The Grass Valley California-based Anderson Family, with its four youngsters ages 6 to 13, has been performing as a band with the sounds of traditional bluegrass music since early 2005, and this six-member family is delighting audiences everywhere. The Anderson Family songs are based on traditional bluegrass and old-time music in the styles of The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, Hazel Dickens, Flatt and Scruggs and many others.
check out the Anderson Family Bluegrass Band website and hear their music at:
www.andersonfamilybluegrass.com
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An exciting five-person bluegrass band based in the Grass Valley-Nevada City area, Mountain Laurel has entertained audiences at festivals, clubs and concerts throughout northern California for more than ten years. With its distinctive and engaging blend of traditional and contemporary bluegrass classics, hard-driving instrumentals and strong original material, Mountain Laurel has played at most of the major festivals in the state and has shared the stage with such acts as the Del McCoury Band, Rhonda Vincent, Ralph Stanley, Country Current, Lou Reid & Carolina, and the All Girl Boys.
check out Mountain Laurel's website and hear their music at:
www.mountainlaurel.us
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San Francisco Native Richard March is a heartfelt songwriter who goes beyond new Americana. A 2007 SAMMIE award winner for Best Male Vocalist, Richard was also given the title of Best Rambin' American from Sacramento Magazine and received Best Locally Produced Album from Sacramento News & Review. Long time bandmates Tyler Ragle on bass and Kevin Priest on drums keep their tight group at the forefront of the Americana scene in the Greater Sacramento Area.
check out Richard's website and hear his music at:
www.richardmarch.com
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From their humble beginnings at the Trailer Park and NoTell Bar, to the bright lights of the Grass Valley and Los Angeles concert stages with Albert Lee, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Glen Glenn, and some guy with a harmonica, Vikki Lee and the Pinecones know how to cause trouble. Many times they have heard "y'all ain't from around here, are ya?" With songs about trains, laundry, and how they need a kiss, they will keep you dancing until you have to go home.
check out Vikki's website and hear the Pinecone's music at:
www.myspace.com/vikkileepinecones
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Friday July 11 & Saturday July 12
and all of it happening on Spring St., Nevada City, CA
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• ALL AGES •
Friday July 25, 2008 • 8pm • Odd Fellows Hall 212 Spring St. Nevada City
an intimate night of original songs
featuring
...Join modern folk musicians Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald for an intimate night of original songs... Some new songs pertaining to the human condition, to our place on this earth and to politics at hand, some old songs, several Greek songs... all accompanied by guitarist Nina Gerber.
It has been over 10 years since the trio of friends performed together – locally - though they’ve performed together under various guises over the years at the Strawberry Festival, The Kate Wolf Festival, the Folk Alliance conference in Toronto and even at Passim in Boston...
This year has seen them share several concert stages and this night at the Oddfellows Hall will be yet another lyrical, harmonic treat for the ears, the heart, the senses. If you enjoy Paul and Eleanore’s music, you will certainly enjoy Nina’s lyrical accompaniment, guitar playing that sounds like an etheric harmonic convergence, notes brushing in in perfect compliment up against the quiet places, or a bit of fire and quickened heartbeat stirring a calm sea - hot, cool, all around - and altogether in the right place.
Paul and Eleanore are at work on their 9th CD and the evening will reflect the state of that birthing process, as well as new inspirations gathered on their most recent travels across the sea.
accompanying Pau & Eleanore will be guitarist and old friend
Nina Gerber
Guitarist Nina Gerber’s contributions to acoustic music have earned her a following as loyal as for the numerous high talents she has accompanied - proving the shadows equal to the spotlight in the creation of honest, powerful, and beautiful music.
Presented with folk, country, bluegrass, rock, or blues, she is able to fall into leads which have rare reverence for the true feeling of a song, always emphasizing taste over technical display. She seeks to express through her hands, rather than gain attention, and it is this integrity which makes her expressions worth intent listening.
That kind of intent listening will reveal Nina's melodic touch in more places than many realize. Nina has performed and/or recorded with: Nanci Griffith, Greg Brown, Lucy Kaplansky, Mollie O'Brien, Jerry Jeff Walker, Karla Bonoff, Ferron, Rosalie Sorrels, Barbara Higbie, John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Terry Garthwaite, Tom Paxton, and many others, including Paul and Eleanore.
That qualities of honest heart inform Nina's music should be of no surprise, given Kate Wolf's initial influence and inspiration. It was Kate's heart and honesty which inspired Nina to realize music as her calling. After seeing Kate perform in 1975 at a pizza parlor in Sebastopol, California - Nina's home town - Nina dared to set working with Kate as a specific goal, and by 1978, the goal was accomplished. Nina came to be an essential part of Kate's music, as she grew into being her accompanist and close musical companion. It was a partnership which lasted until Kate's passing in 1986, and in its effect, has lasted long beyond that. It's an achievement which is a testament to the power of clear desire and single-minded purpose and just keeping on as a musician in a country where artistic integrity rarely pays.
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