• Those of you pining away for TONY MCNABOE's solo work should be pleased he's set up a residency at the Big Easy for the month of February, playing each Tuesday with a soul band featuring MIKE TAYLOR and GIMETTI of the ROYAL HAMMER, fellow Overtone NIGEL HALL, KENYA HALL, MEGAN JO WILSON, and everyone's bassist, STU MAHAN. He's bringing some great openers, too, including a February 10 appearance from the CAMBIATA's CHRIS MOULTON and a February 24 set with DAVE GUTTER performing his solo material. All of this is a build-up to the March 10 release of McNaboe's new solo record, The Cost of Living.
• Rootsy popsters the LOMAX will release their debut album, The Lomax Album, on February 20 with a gig at the Empire. KING MEMPHIS help them celebrate, which means DAVE RAGSDALE will be drummer first for KM, and guitarist and singer second for the Lomax. Does that mean he gets four drinks on the house instead of two?
• Don't forget about the RPM CHALLENGE, which started February 1 and demands that you write and record an entire album before the March 1 deadline. The thing has become a sensation, with more than 1300 bands and solo artists already signed up, and five additional regional hubs added to supplement The Wire's Portsmouth HQ.. Get all the details at www.rpmchallenge.com. Just do it.
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- Regardless of the cost
If you were concerned that the return of Rustic Overtones would mean the ends of their various side projects, it’s clear now that was a fruitless worry.
- Stocking stuffers
So, this does, indeed, come a week after the whole "gifts" issue, but this is traditionally the week for local music suggestions.
- Frank Hopkins finds an inner peace (and jam)
After three albums of stern lecture, it would seem that Frank Hopkins and his Line of Force have decided to just roll with the punches and turn out a nice dance jam.
- Days of the New
When drummer Tony McNaboe delivered the burned copy of Rustic Overtones’ new full-length album, he tucked it inside the packaging of the re-released and re-mastered Long Division.
- Join the Gypsy caravan
The latest on Gypsy Tailwind, Low-Flying Airplanes, and more
- Multi-colored Greetings
You can’t accuse Jeff Beam of lacking ambition.
- Eternal Otter Records releases a slew of singles
On July 10 ETERNAL OTTER RECORDS will be releasing its next slew of vinyl singles with a cool gig both in the Narrow Gauge museum and on the train itself.
- Calling Clark Kent
It's definitely been too long since we've heard from Will Gattis, the piano-player and singer-songwriter who showed himself to be a young voice to be reckoned with on 2005's Dullard .
- Moody Lords fund-raiser at the Big Easy, August 22
When Nemo Bidstrup of Time-Lag Records announced that he would be closing his doors, a group of Portland friends saw an opportunity.
- Songwriters unite
Following up on his run as president of the MAINE SONGWRITERS ALLIANCE , BOB MCKILLOP has now founded a Portland chapter of the NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL .
- More soul from Adam and the Waxmen
Adam and the Waxmen deliver this weekend (shows Friday and Saturday at the Big Easy) their sophomore release, Universal Soldiers, a stronger disc than their debut, Just Play from 2008.
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