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Saturday
April 11
@ Culture Room
Dickey
Betts, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, has
one of the most distinctive voices in music today. Known as
one of the most influential guitar players of all time, Betts
has mastered a seamless style of lyrical melody and rhythm --
marrying country, jazz, blues, and rock into one unparalleled
sound. The New York Times has called Betts "one of the
great rock guitarists…[who thinks like a jazz improviser, in
thoughtfully structured, cleanly articulated, intelligently
paced phrases…[when] Mr. Betts was tearing into one of his
improvisations, the music was about as exciting as rock and
roll gets." Playing since he can remember, Betts joined
several bands in the sixties and eventually formed a band with
bassist Berry Oakley. One fateful night in 1969, Betts and
Oakley's band jammed with another local group featuring Duane
and Gregg Allman, marking the birth of the Allman Brothers
Band. In addition to matching band leader Duane Allman lick
for lick, Betts also wrote such memorable songs as
"Revival" and the instrumental tour de force
"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed." After Duane Allman
and Berry Oakley were killed in accidents a year apart in 1971
and 1972, the ABB worked through their sorrow, with Betts
writing and singing the group's biggest hit, "Ramblin'
Man". For more info visit www.dickeybetts.com
$25
- All Ages - Doors 8pm
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Friday
May 15
@ Culture Room
Every
once in a blue moon along comes someone who can merge the
forces of virtuosity and exuberance and unleash them on an
unsuspecting public. The latest in this exclusive line of blue
moon arrivals is Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews.
Andrews plays trombone and trumpet. He is a man to be reckoned
with on both. A product of New Orleans' culturally rich Treme
neighborhood, Andrews was a bandleader by the age of 6. While
Andrews was navigating New Orleans as a youngster with his
band in tow, he was also absorbing lessons at the knee of his
older brother James, a dynamic musical performer known as
"Satchmo of the Ghetto." It is safe to say that by
the time Andrews hit his early teens, he had a PhD in the ways
of the streets, which you can still hear in his music. But he
has also grown into a performer emanating elegance and class;
gleaned from his successful studies at the prestigious New
Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). As a graduate he
joined the ranks of other grads like Wynton and Branford
Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Nicholas Payton. In 2005,
Andrews was tapped by Lenny Kravitz to be a featured member of
his horn section for a world tour. A tour that shared billing
with acts such as Aerosmith. In London, during the summer of
2006, Andrews began working with producer Bob Ezrin and U2 at
Abbey Road Studios. This association led to Andrews performing
with U2 and Green Day during the re-opening spectacular of the
New Orleans Superdome for the NFL’s Monday Night Football
pre-game show. The show aired live on ESPN and was broadcast
internationally by Westwood One. For more info visit www.tromboneshorty.com
$12
Advance / $15 Day of Show - Doors 8pm - On Sale Friday
April 10
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Tuesday
June 2
@ Culture Room
The Virgins exemplify the sound and style of downtown New York City in 2008. The band came together in 2006, the brainchild of songwriter/performer Donald Cumming. Having lived on NYC’s streets since the age of 16, Cumming’s teen years were chronicled by artist/photographer Ryan McGinley in his now-legendary debut solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art.With Cumming joined by bassist Nick Zarin-Ackerman, guitarist Wade Oates, and drummer Erik Ratensperger, The Virgins began playing at downtown parties at such spots as St. Marks Church and 205. For their third show ever, the Virgins took Paris by storm, performing at designer agnès b’s fashion week party alongside Patti Smith and Sonic Youth. The band’s connection to New York’s art scene is no more apparent than in their own album art, which features design and photography from Dan Colen and Terry Richardson.
The Virgins have spent much of the last two years on the road, headlining and sharing stages with
such bands as Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club, Jet, Tapes N’ Tapes, the Long Blondes, White Rabbits, and Ra Ra Riot. The band recently caused commotion in Europe, where they were featured on the cover of France’s Jalouse Magazine. The Virgins also hit London for a number of packed-out shows – including an acclaimed set opening for their good friend Mark Ronson at the Hammersmith Apollo, which saw NME honoring them as the “Best Band We’ve Seen This Week.” For more info visit
www.thevirgins.net
with
special guests Lissy
Trullie
$12
Advance - Doors 8pm - On Sale Friday April 10
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Thursday
June 4
@ Culture Room
Together
with Bob Marley, the Wailers have sold in excess of 250
million albums worldwide. In England alone, they’ve notched
up over twenty chart hits, including seven Top 10 entries.
Outside of their groundbreaking work with Marley, the Wailers
have also played or performed with international acts like
Sting, the Fugees, Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, and Alpha
Blondy, as well as reggae legends such as Peter Tosh, Bunny
Wailer, and Burning Spear. As the greatest living exponents of
Jamaica’s reggae tradition, the Wailers have completed
innumerable other tours, playing to an estimated 24 million
people across the globe. They have also been the first reggae
band to tour new territories on many occasions, including
Africa and the Far East. For more info visit www.wailers.com
$25
- Doors 8pm
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Tuesday
June 9
@ Culture Room
Comprising
a loose collective of avant-garde musicians, Animal
Collective was established in New York City by Avey Tare
(aka David Porter) and Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox). Spirit
They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished marked the group's first
release in 2000. Issued on the musicians' own Animal imprint,
it was the first of a flurry of captivating, occasionally
frustrating releases exploring the fringes and intersecting
boundaries of folk, noise rock, ambient drone, twisting
psychedelia, and -- ultimately -- pure melody. Joined by their
friends Geologist (aka Brian Weitz) and Deakin (aka Conrad
Deaken), Tare and Panda Bear released Danse Manatee on the
Catsup Plate label in 2001, followed by the live album
Hollinndagain, which documented their debut tour alongside
Black Dice. Here Comes the Indian (Paw Tracks) was issued in
2003 to considerable acclaim, and the Collective backed it up
with the droning, folky simmer of Campfire Songs, again for
Catsup Plate. For more info visit www.myspace.com/
animalcollectivetheband
$12
- Doors 8pm
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Sunday
July 19
@ Parker Playhouse
The
Avett Brothers - If you put your ear to the street, you can
hear the rumble of the world in motion; people going to and
from work, to school, to the grocery store. You may even hear
the whisper of their living rooms, their conversation, their
complaints, and if you're lucky, their laughter. If you're
almost anywhere in America , you'll hear something different,
something special, something you recognize but haven't heard
in a long time. It is the sound of a real celebration. It is
not New Year's, and it is not a political convention. It is
neither a prime time game-show, nor a music video countdown,
bloated with fame and sponsorship. What you are hearing is the
love for a music. It is the unbridled outcry of support for a
song that sings to the heart, that dances with the soul. The
jubilation is in the theaters, the bars, the music clubs, the
festivals. The love is for a band. The songs are honest: just
chords with real voices singing real melodies. But, the heart
and the energy with which they are sung, is really why people
are talking, and why so many sing along. They are a reality in
a world of entertainment built with smoke and mirrors, and
when they play, the common man can break the mirrors and blow
the smoke away, so that all that's left behind is the
unwavering beauty of the songs. That's the commotion, that's
the celebration, and wherever The Avett Brothers are tonight,
that's what you'll find. For more info visit www.theavettbrothers.com
$26
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