Special shout out to Heko for this amazing title. Just wanted to give the Demi fans a little shout out…they’ve been so great today! Polite, cooperative, and fun! What more could we ask for?
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Just wanted to put those little hearts and heads at ease - we DO indeed have two (REALLY GREAT AMAZING) shows next Friday July 18th. This isn’t a mistake or a typo. It’s an eclectic mix, and that’s why the Roxy rox. We can transform from Pop to Hip Hop seamlessly. So, to reiterate - Doors for Radio Disney Presents: DEMI LOVATO are at 7:00pm. Doors for Myspace Music Presents: NAS are at 10:30pm.
For all you folks that bucked up and braved Texas for this year’s SXSW extravaganza…and for those that would rather stay and live vicariously thru others - I give you, Ms. Megan Jacobs - and her blog!
MEGGIE’S WILD RYDE
One bookers journey through band-land-ia
SxSW - Austin, Texas - 2008
Still laughing - still exhausted- still deaf - still drying out - still laughing.
Had the best time ever in Austin, Texas. Pushed myself further than I thought I could go. From band to band and just hand me another cocktail my friend. The highlights of the story go something like this….
Continue reading ‘The SXSW Journey’
As music industry folks travel in from all over the country - we are excited to be able to welcome you all to come see the legendary Roxy at its finest. As CIC starts, we invite you all to come check out a a few of our best shows that will be hitting the Strip,just as you hit town. To show our camaraderie we welcome all you CIC folks to flash your badges and check out our shows for free! On February 7th we have a special showcase from Ironworks Music which includes favorite Rocco Deluca known for his radio hit “Colorful” as well as for his ground breaking tour documentary with Kiefer Sutherland. February 6th, we are so excited to have hot indie act Biirdie - who’s debut album is making waves across the LA area and beyond. Described as “A sort of California alt-country-rock that you can’t not love. Reminiscent of early Bright Eyes. Alt rock perfection.” Also on this show, HOT Reeve Carney- who’s acclaimed live album is an indie rock staple and Sundance breakout musician Lukas Haas. So come rock out and enjoy your stay!
When Mickey Avalon rang in the New Year of ‘07 - we knew it would set the scene for one of the best years in Roxy history. And we were right! 2007 was a crazy year for us - we had some of the most legendary acts hit our stage - and some of the hippest up and comers. So now, we want to celebrate the end of an amazing year - and usher in 2008 in TRUE Roxy Fashion. With the hottest rock show - and biggest party of course! We cannot be more excited to host the ultimate in New Year’s Eve festivities! THE EAGLES OF DEATH METAL are definitely the band to take us out in rock n roll fashion!
Their’s never been a better time to party it up like Little Radio rockstars at The Roxy Theatre than with the Eagles Of Death Metal featuring Jesse “Boots Electric” Hughes, Joshua “Babyduck” Homme, Darlin’ Dave Catching and Brian “Big Hands” O’Connor. This evening will be hosted by our friends at Little Radio, who really know how to throw one HUGE New Years party!
Come celebrate one of our favorite promoters, the always entertaining, Sue Flayy! We love her. Bands love her. Now lets celebrate!
Beth Hart’s voice stirs more than the emotions. It is a uniquely powerful vocal presence that paints pictures, parses prose and sculpts statues in every song. While it is difficult to define the essence of great art, you sure know it when you hear it.
Beth’s remarkable artistry attracted superstar producers David Foster, Hugh Padgham and Mike Clink to collaborate with her on her very first album, 1996’s Immortal (Atlantic). Perhaps her gift for turning each song into a deeply personal communication between singer and listener was most evident on “L.A. Song,” her worldwide radio smash (a Top 5 AC hit in the U.S.) from her second album, 1999’s Sceamin’ For My Supper (Atlantic). Beth’s charismatic performances of the song on Leno, Letterman and Kilborn touched off strong audience reaction nationwide creating phenomenal spikes in sales and radio requests across the country. The fire in that very special voice seemed to engulf America. Apparently, you know it when you see it, as well.
The rock, hip-hop, and dance duo Junior Senior may be a U.K. darling, but the pair’s hearts remain in Jutland — their homeland in the western peninsula of Denmark. The group merged in 1995 after Ludo-X members Jesper “Junior” Mortensen and Jeppe “Senior” Laursen left the Copenhagen indie band. In 1998 Junior Senior was formed and the band inked a deal with Danish label Crunchy Frog. The two went on to record the infectious single “Move Your Feet,” which became the most played song in Denmark and eventually took over European radio. In 2003 the band released the critically lauded full-length D-D-D-Don’t Stop the Beat. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
THE ROXY Show Dates:
Made up of CRegg Rondell (Vocals & Acoustic 12 String Guitar), Dusty Hunt (Guitar), Bill Gower (Bass), and Drummer Johnny Ransom, former Wind-UP Records recording artists BOY HITS CAR are known for playing the sickest, loveliest, ugliest, prettiest, most beautiful, melodic, heartfelt music that the band dubs “LoveCore”. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2001 and included the hit single “I’m a Cloud.”
These Los Angeles natives have toured with System of a Down, Incubus, Papa Roach, and Flyleaf to name a few, and were featured on the 2001 SnoCore Tour, as well as a few dates on the ‘06 SnoCore tour w/Seether and Shinedown. Haven gained a reputation of having one of the most powerful and captivating live shows, the boys have also made their way through Europe on their own headlining tours and played main stage slots at European festivals such as Reading and Leeds in England and Germany’s Rock Am Rink and Rock Im Park, to name a few.
Their new album “The Passage”, (self-financed/co. produced), features the single ‘Escape the World’, which was added to Atlanta’s most cutting edge modern rock radio station, 105.3 ‘The Buzz’, and without the help of any record company, managed to climb to #2 as the most requested song!!! When you hear track 3 off “The Passage”, (officially released stateside in summer of 2006 through Rock Ridge Music), you’ll see why…
THE ROXY show dates:
What do you do after scoring 2 top 10 Triple A singles on your latest release, headlining the country in support of that album, then taking off to tour with Bonnie Raitt on a 21 city run, all the while landing a cut on Trisha Yearwoods CD, three songs on Bonnie Raitts latest, three tracks on Edwin McCains current album (lending your vocals to all three releases) and getting a song on Mindy Smiths forthcoming record? Well if youre Maia Sharp you start your own label, put out an acoustic album, tour behind it and then head back into the studio to make your 2007 label release.
Sharps last studio album, 2005s Fine Upstanding Citizen (KOCH) garnered her critical raves and nationwide airplay on the singles Something Wild and Red Dress achieving top 10 chart status at R&R on both songs. Now with 4 national label releases (3 critically acclaimed solo albums and a 4th collaborative effort with Art Garfunkel) to her credit she found herself in a position where most artists may have felt entitled to a small break. Her next national label release being slotted for early 07 would have presented the ideal time to stop and smell the roses rather than race past them in a flurry of tour bus exhaust. However, with a growing demand for the songstress to perform, including 2 months opening for and singing with Bonnie Raitt in addition to her own headline shows, Sharp found herself with a lot of fans wanting more music faster than a labels pace would allow.
From that demand the idea for Eve & The Red Delicious was born. The tour offers kept coming in and more and more people were emailing me through the website, through myspace, coming up to me at shows etc. asking why I couldnt do a record a year. Sharp explains, Ive been fortunate to always have a label doing the behind-the-scenes work while still giving me creative control but the drawback is that Im at the mercy of their schedules. With 4 albums worth of label knowledge under my belt and time between F.U.C. and the next label record, I thought, why not take advantage and do an in-between cd thats more reflective of the live show. Im writing enough to release new material more often and Im lucky enough to have loyal fans that buy every record. It quickly became a no brainer.
Its that relentless drive that led Sharp to record an acoustic album with 5 new songs and 2 new versions of fan favorites from previous albums (Hardly Glamour Ark 21 Records, 1998 and 2005s Fine Upstanding Citizen on KOCH). Eve & The Red Delicious (taken from a line from the impossibly hooky Whole Flat World) was done as a duo with bass player Darren Embry. If I was going to pull this off it needed to be as true to the live performances as possible and with Darrens top shelf vocals and musicianship I feel we were able to accomplish that and have fun doing it. Sharp & Embry met while she and Jonatha Brooke were touring together. Im a huge Jonatha fan and I fully appreciate how musically challenging playing with her could be, so when I saw Darren up there slaying those bass and vocal parts I knew I had to work with him.
The album features Sharp on guitars, Rhodes, piano, saxophone (her first instrument) and percussion performing songs she wrote alone or co-wrote with, among others, acclaimed Americana songbird Kim Richey, Timbuk 3s Pat MacDonald and Bonnie Raitt collaborator David Batteau.
The Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist has seen about two dozen of her songs recorded by artists that run the genre gamut, from chart-topping pop acts to Rock and Roll Hall of Famers including Bonnie Raitt, Trisha Yearwood, Art Garfunkel, Edwin McCain, The Dixie Chicks, Paul Carrack, Cher and Mindy Smith to name a few.
Maia has written with Carole King, Jules Shear, Timothy B. Schmitt, David Wilcox, Amanda Marshall, Edwin McCain, Lisa Loeb, Mindy Smith, Howard Jones, The Go Gos, Billy Mann, Paul Carrack and many more.
In 1997, she signed with Miles Copelands Ark 21 label, on which her debut CD, Hardly Glamour, was released. It scored a Triple A radio hit with the rugged and haunting “I Need This to Be Love.” Later that year, she was nominated for Triple-A radio’s Artist of the Year and Cher recorded a version of one of the cds highlights, “Don’t Come Around Tonight on Its a Mans World.
Sharp then joined up with Art Garfunkel and Buddy Mondlock for their EMI/Blue Note trio project Everything Waits to Be Noticed co-writing several tracks, trading off lead vocals and harmonies with the legend and lending her saxophone chops to the project. Summarizing his time with Maia, Garfunkel simply says, In the tradition of great female artists, Karla Bonoff, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Shawn Colvin, Sarah McLachlan…..now enter Maia Sharp.”
At the same time, Concord Records released her self titled second solo album Maia Sharp to critical acclaim. The singles Willing to Burn and Crimes of the Witness both landed in the top 10 in the Triple A radio format. This was a very busy time for Sharp promoting both the Garfunkel project and her own simultaneously. After almost a year of off and on touring Sharp was back in the studio to record what ultimately became 05s Fine Upstanding Citzen on KOCH.
Look for East coast headline tour dates to promote Eve & The Red Delicious as well as upcoming Canadian dates with Bonnie Raitt in October.
It looks like, for now, the only roses Sharp will be able to stop and smell will be the ones backstage in her dressing room.
THE ROXY show dates:
The Watkins Family is a Southern/Acoustic Gospel group from Eastanollee, Georgia, a small town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The group is made up of a tightly knitted family: Don, the father of the family, plays guitar, and Judy, the mother, plays bass. The oldest of Don and Judy’s children, Todd, plays dobro, bass, and guitar, while Shanon plays the bass and fiddle, and Lorie plays the banjo, mandolin, guitar, and dojo. Each member shares the instrumental and vocal load, which accounts for a tight harmony that is found in a family and versatility in their ability to play a wide variety of instruments. The Watkins Family started singing as a family in 1982, and throughout the years they have extensively toured the United States and Canada. They have enjoyed warm responses during their travels by Americans and Canadians alike. In 1988, they had the honor of playing in Washington D.C. on Capitol Hill in the Capitol Complex. They have also received nominations as the best Contemporary and Traditional Bluegrass Gospel group by the SPBGMA and were also nominated as best Bluegrass Act at the Coca-Cola Music Awards. The Watkins Family’s last project, “Winter To Spring,†received great reviews in both gospel and bluegrass music, and their last single from the project, “Power of the Holy Ghost,†spent several months in the top 5 of the “Power Source†magazine’s bluegrass chart. The Watkins Family has just put the finishing touches on their latest recording project, titled “Darkness Wept,†that will be released in June of 2006. This project combined the talents of the Watkins Family along with vocal producer Karen Peck Gooch, music producer Mark Fain, and Grammy Award winning engineer Bil Vorndick. Their first single from the project, “He’s Still Godâ€, came from the pen of Dee Gaskin and Jerry Salley. “Love Stood Aloneâ€, their latest single has been released to southern gospel radio stations and can be found on the November Airplay Radio Promotions compilation c.d. Their love for Jesus Christ and music is displayed by the enthusiasm they show in each song that is sung and each word that is said. The future looks bright and busy for this family who sings Gospel music not only because they enjoy it but because they believe it.
THE ROXY show dates:
JUNE 8th 2007
If you love great bands then you must join us this Thursday for a night of the best bands Los Angeles has to offer. I am very excited to have Pedestrian who will bring their great show to the West side for a rare treat. Fresh off recent sets with Damian Rice and My Brightest Diamond, the band is in great form and will play a late set, starting at Midnight. If you love Beck, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, The Pixies, or just great music in general, you must see this band. On Bass is my good friend and roommate Joe Karnes, the hardest working man in show business. He plays with numerous great bands and he is without doubt the best Bass player in town, and if you don’t believe me, just come see and hear for yourself. He’s in such demand that this will be his second gig that night!! Be sure to come and check them out.
Also playing is AM Pacific, who will be having their CD Release party and they are giving out free CD’s all night long. I highly recommend getting one, their unique sound is not to be missed, and this night would not have been possible without the work of their own Lisa Donelly who helped put it all together for us. Be sure to check them out as well.
Also joining the bill are Aaron Mcclain and Charles Henry, both are talented young singer songwriters, as well as Moan Red, and Supe. Please join us for some awesome bands and an amazing night of music at The Roxy Theatre. The show starts at 7:30. Hope we see you here.
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Soggy Bloggy and a Bottle of Chimay! Confessions of a Buyer that must Blog. Truth be told….I love what I do…I love music…and I only book ya if I’m so down with your *&^%^% that i’m going to spend my midnight hours promoting ya. Having said that….let me pour this lovely glass of Chimay crafted by the monks in a far away land…sit down friends and foes and let me tell you a little story about what’s going on at The Roxy Theatre and around town these days. Megan’s Not To Be Missed List…….peace, megan j
TUESDAY APRIL 17th - come kick it in R BACKYARD - a new Roxy regular weekly with Hollywood’s hottest rising stars
SCOTT & AIMEE- Prescription pills and booze binges. What-the-fuck-ever one night stands. Dying young and leaving a beautiful rock ‘n’ roll corpse.
ROMAK & THE SPACE PIRATES - “…Los Angeles electro jazz punk quartet with a squid fetish…A blast!”-Blender Magazine
KILL THE COMPLEX - Rock* PUNK* Western Swing
4AM HOOLIGAN - Indie * Alternative * Punk
and TUESDAY the 17th ON THE ROX ( located above The Roxy Theatre)
SANDBLOOM
** Sandbloom …voice like butter..they’ll melt you. Sandbloom is original LA soul.
also playing: Kelly Dalton + Heather Porcaro
THURSDAY APRIL 19 at THE ROXY THEATRE
THE ROYAL FEVER- Hide your children it’s the Royal Fever!!! The most delicious sh*t to hit the Strip in days. They’re so fresh you don’t even have to fear the Fever.
+DIRTY SWEET and AM RADIO
+ Upstairs ON THE ROX that very same night…..a sweet monthly event with some of the legendary DJ’s of the Temple Bar scene. They call it BETTER, never stale, always movin, always fresh. dj’s…. LEGGO, ISSA + JAHI SUNDANCE, BRAZILIA…and more..Rumors have it some legendary MYSTIC-al superstars might be droppin in this week??
In the spirit of blogging… where everyone’s your friend. Being that this is The Not-To-Be-Missed-List and truth be told, i can’t miss this and neither should you. The Western States Motel at The Scene in Glendale. Scott Simoneaux of Infectious Publicity hipped me this band days ago…and I’ve fallen for them. Maybe I can sweet talk them into a show at The Roxy when the time is right? Anyways this will be a party and we always want to support the M-80’s guys rockin joints like The Scene, La Cita and The Shortstop.
** I will actually be mutating into 3 identical people to make all 3 shows simultaneously. Watch the 3-meggie mystery mutation unfold?
FRIDAY APRIL 20
Friday April 20th at The Roxy Theatre
Miss Derringer, The Autumns, Mad Juana
**Miss Derringer is music for the full moon…dark and beautiful. Recommended by equally talented Holland Greco ( formerly of The Peak Show) when she says it’s hot - i say “how high” or was that jump? either way the band brings it and they’ll be joined by LA’s own Autumns + Mad Juana from New York City.
SUNDAY APRIL 22- ON THE ROX ( located above The Roxy Theatre)
This night is like the lucky grab bag…treats from around my world.
THE LIFE FORCE TRIO + 2 is LA’s life force..from dancers to talent buyers ( temple bar) to radio personel ( spaceways radio/dublab/ kpfk)…these people are the pillars of our city.
THE LIFE FORCE TRIO
SLAMMIN ALL BODY BAND
I caught Slammin backstage at North Beach Jazz Fest last summer.
And acting as MC and host of the night…the InFamous MikeThePoet.
MikeThePoet sums up my east-side experience for he was ringleader of the Roundtable. MikeThePoet & The Poets of the Roundtable would host monthly events at 33 1/3 bookstore on the corner of Alvarado and Sunset that became critical sessions - like food to feed the fire - we all left inspired… MCs and Street Art, 40’s in brown bags outside the bookstore. Those were the days…. The Bonaventure like my compass - backdrop was always downtown LA.
MIKE THE POET
+ Upstart
THURSDAY APRIL 26- On the Rox ( located above The Roxy Theatre)
+ ANNE MONTONE and MULATTO
APRIL 27-29 **Gotta give big props to COACHELLA **
And each year has a theme. Last year we were Spinning and Drifting. Rule number One: don’t drop into Coachella at like 5pm on Saturday. You’ll try to catch up too fast. (last seen holding onto fake rock and tree while they appear to be spinning and drifting in a sea of Depeche Mode fans). This year, we’ve named it Coachmella. Lookin forward to chillin with y’all in the desert. So raise those incense sticks high in the air and turn up those radio dials….windows down..grace slick blaring to the sky…coachmella here we come.
and don’t sleep on the NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FESTIVAL. No better time than now to continue to show your support for one of America’s most amazing cities. Another yearly ritual of mine…and I must go. I love New Orleans.
One must not sleep. One must not rest. Not yet…maybe never..cause the shows keep comin and this is how we like it - bam -
TUES & WED MAY 8 & 9 - **2 nights **
JOSEPH ARTHUR & THE LONELY ASTRONAUTS + Stars of Track and Field
Joseph Arthur, Stars of Track and Field
And as some of you may or may not know…I moonlight as a singer and a songwriter.
All original Soul-Folk Music.
MEGAN JACOBS live at THE MINT
WED MAY 16 at 8PM
opening up for the one and only
THE BAD PLUS
**Keep eyes open this summer for the release of my new record, PROSPERITY, recorded live with my dream band. Record Release Party this summer at The Roxy Theatre ( details tba )
And that sums it up. Whew - oh my Blog - chimay has gone- that was long.
hope you enjoyed as much as I did …now…don’t miss!- megan j
