December 16, 2005

Charlotte Martin 11/11/2005: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR

The warm ambiance provided by Mississippi Studios, which acts like an elegant living room rather than a theater, is the perfect setting for a Charlotte Martin performance. The stunningly beautiful Martin, in her second Portland performance seemed excited, if not slightly overanxious, to make the eager audience feel as at home as the venue does. Martin, an up-and-coming pop singer with a well-disguised dark side, managed to do just that on this Sunday night as she turned in a rather talkative–Storytellers-esque

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A Barr Brothers Christmas EP Available For Download

When you’re home this holiday season drinking Bailey’s with the family, now there’s one more Christmas disc to add to the seasonal shuffle.

As noted by The Slip’s brother duo of Brad and Andrew Barr, “Our family only really attended church services on christmas eve and as far as we were concerned that was more than enough. The only thing that made that little wool uniform less than unbearable was the sacred music that ensued outside around the manger. Over the years we have both developed a real soft spot for some of these melodies and last December we invited the elves over to help us track some yule tide favorites. These cuts were intended to be for the family only, but The Slip’s friend and co-manager Jon Bahr convinced us that there might be others out there who need some ammo to help pry their families from the illimitable amount of garish tinsel time muzak.

Enjoy with eggnog.
-Andrew and Brad

1.White Christmas
2.Silent Night
3.Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
4.Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
5.Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

all instruments played by The Barr Brothers

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Rush Bringing Vintage Peformances To DVD

Although Rush released a new live DVD, “R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour,” just last month, the veteran Canadian rock trio is planning on reissuing several classic live performances in 2006. To the delight of long time fans, their well-worn VHS copies of “Exit…Stage Left,” “Grace Under Pressure Tour” and “A Show of Hands” will soon be replaced with DVD reissues.

“Everything’s been remixed to 5.1, and that was the intention — to keep it all intact, except for the remix,” guitarist Alex Lifeson tells Billboard.com. “So it’s available in surround.” It remains to be decided if the releases will be made available individually or packaged together. “I’m guessing a box set — that would make more sense,” Lifeson says.

Lifeson says he enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane while refurbishing the material. “It was interesting to see the development in the arrangements, and how our sound changed over the course of a decade,” he says. “I definitely found it fascinating, looking at that. And how the stage show changed over the years — of course, [in] 10 years a lot of stuff changes. But it was a little fascinating to watch that, actually.”

Asked if he was planning to follow-up his lone solo release, 1996’s “Victor,” the artists offers, “‘Victor’ was really, really rewarding for me, and I felt that I really needed to do something like that at the time. I don’t feel like that so much anymore. Not that I would discount it, it’s great to work with other people, it’s great to work on your own music — especially in my case, when I have a studio.”

“But at the same time, we’re thinking about starting a new [Rush] record in the next month,” he continues. “We’ve been celebrating the last 30 years, and it’s time to kind of move forward now. So, I’m really looking forward to a new Rush studio album. And then afterwards, we’ll see.”

Source billboard.com.

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High Sierra Announces 2006 Initial Line-Up

The 16th Annual HIGH SIERRA MUSIC FESTIVAL will be held on Thursday, June 29 – Sunday, July 2, 2006 at the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds, Quincy, CA.

Confirmed acts so far are:

Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
Nickel Creek
Umphrey’s McGee
Robert Walter’s Super Heavy Organ
Tea Leaf Green
ALO
Drew Emmitt Band [formerly of Leftover Salmon]
Lotus
New Mastersounds
Apollo Sunshine
Adrienne Young and Little Sadie
Shady Deal
Dubconscious
Chuch
Plus many, many more TBA

The High Sierra Music Festival is a unique four-day music and camping festival that features an eclectic and boldly creative span of music from acoustic singer-songwriters and down-home bluegrass to high-energy funk and skillfully improvised jazz, rock and live electronica.

Festival pass price includes a $1 donation to the High Sierra Foundation, which has established a special fund for direct aid to New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina.

highsierramusic.com

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