On tour this mmer with his amazing new band:
Five-time Grammy®-winning musician Victor Wooten, best known for his work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Stanley Clarke, Dave Matthews and more, will kick off his summer tour at the Summer Camp Festival in late May backed by an amazing ensemble of musicians as he gears up for the release of two new CDs on VIX Records in September of 2012.
In between intense touring with The Flecktones, Wooten has been recording and mixing a new CD that will be released in two versions simultaneously in September.
Words & Tones comprises 13 songs (11 new original tracks and 2 cover songs) which all feature a female vocalist. Vocalists include longtime friends Saundra Williams (Sharon jones and the Dap Kings) and Divinty Roxx (Beyonce), as well as Wooten’s brothers and kids. New collaborations include a smooth vocal performance from Me’shell Ndegeocello, a beautiful duet featuring Joey Kibble (Take 6), and fiery percussion from “Pedrito” Martinez.
Sword & Stone is the instrumental rendition of the recordings. To make things more interesting, Wooten has added new arrangements, solos, instruments, and musicians to this CD. Each CD features a few songs not found on the other.
On this tour, Krystal Peterson, a young singing sensation from Cincinnati, will make her first appearance with the Victor Wooten band. Also joining Wooten are long time cohorts J. D. Blair, Derico Watson, Anthony Wellington, Steve Bailey, and Dave Welsch. These touring musicians also join Wooten on the new CDs. Peterson sings two songs on Words and Tones.
Each musician will multitask (actually switching instruments mid-song) resulting in a part choreographed and part improvised display of musicianship and showmanship at its best. Instruments include: bass, acoustic bass, drums, keyboards, trumpet, trombone, cello, percussion, vocals, and more.
Wooten comments, “Like the new records, I’ll make a slight departure from previous bands. This time around, I’ll be featuring a unique mixture of multi-instrumentalists. Fans can expect high energy, world-class musicianship, and as always, things they’ve never seen or heard before. The show will consist of mostly new music from my upcoming 2 new CD’S, but will also feature songs from my earlier releases, as well as original music from members of the band, including selections from 2012?, J.D.Blair’s new CD, which was just released on VIX Records.”
The itinerary is as follows:
Sun, May 27 Summer Camp Chilicothe, IL
Mon, May 28 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne, IN
Tue, May 29 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
Wed, May 30 Mr. Small’s Theater Millvale, PA
Thu, May 31 The Howard Theatre Washington DC
Fri, June 1 Toad’s Place New Haven, CT
Sat June 2 Iridium Jazz Club New York, NY
Sun, June 3 Iridium Jazz Club New York, NY
Tue, June 5 Ram’s Head On Stage Annapolis, MD
Wed, June 6 Helsinki Hudson, NY
Thu, June 7 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
Fri, June 8 Keswick Theatre Glenside, PA
Sat, June 9 Paradise Boston, MA
Fri, June 29 Port City Music Hall Portland, OR
Sat, June 30 Montreal Jazz Fest Montreal QC
Sun, July 1 Montreal Jazz Fest Montreal QC
Mon, July 2 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
Tues, July 3 Viper Alley Lincolnshire, IL
Thurs, July 5 Old Rock House St. Louis, MO
Fri, July 6 George’s Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, AR
Sat, July 7 Granada Lawrence, KS
Thurs, July 12 Boulder Theater Boulder, CO
Fri, July 13 Aggie Theater Fort Collins, CO
Sat, July 14 Cervantes Denver, CO
Thurs, July 19 Yoshi’s Oakland, CO
Fri, July 20 Yoshi’s Oakland, CO
Sat, July 21 Trinity Tribal Stomp Junction City, CA
Sat, Aug 4 Telluride Jazz Telluride, CO
For more information: www.victorwooten.com
Austin-based Hot Club of Cowtown have grown to be the most globe-trotting, hardest-swinging Western swing trio on the planet. The first American band to tour Azerbaijan, they have opened stadiums for such artists as Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. Hot Club of Cowtown have created an international cult following for their brand of western swing… a sonic personification of joy and unique sound inspired by their namesakes: “Hot Club” from the hot jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli’s Hot Club of France, and “Cowtown” from the Western swing influence of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.
“Austin trio Hot Club Of Cowtown sounds like it’s spent the last 40 years in tiny rural clubs. The group’s old-fashioned mixture of Western swing and hot jazz leaves all the irony at home, and what’s left is a refreshingly sweet-natured, accomplished, old-school treat…” - The Onion
“Unfussy and unpretentious, their blend of down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation harks back to a lost era of so-called western swing. When they plunge into Orange Blossom Special your thoughts turn not so much to runaway trains as to a B-52 tearing up a runway.” – The Times (London)
Young is the first artist signed to Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs label Readymade. Discovered by chance, Young opened for The Raconteurs this past fall, at The Tabernacle Atlanta. His debut album Give Me My Change was recorded 100% analogue at Welcome To 1979, located in Nashville, TN and is available now. LISTEN TO “Give Me My Change” HERE
“Hines has a penchant for big, unabashed productions and a gift for pop songwriting.” - American Songwriter
Every time you book an artist with Skyline Music, we’ll plant a tree in your honor. Scan the signed contract and email it back rather than mail it, and we’ll plant a second tree. It’s that simple. With your support, we will plant many thousands more in partnership with Trees For The Future. Watch a video about all of the great work that Trees For The Future does here.
Mark Lourie & Pat May are back from another successful SXSW. It was great meeting so many new people, as well as, old friends there. Congratulations to Michael Martin Murphey, Casey Desmond, Diego’s Umbrella, Head For The Hills for wonderful showcases and to Kristin Hersh for her work as a SXSW Music Tech Accelerator Judge. See you in Austin in 2013!
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Kristin Hersh
Prolific post-punk pioneer from Throwing Muses, 50FOOTWAVE and co-founder of CashMusic.org judges the final round of the SXSW Accelerator Music contest discovering the newest advancements in Music-Related Technology.
Wednesday 3.14 @ 5:00 PM
SXSW Accelerator
Austin Convention Center
Room 10B
Listen to 50 FOOTWAVE’s latest EP |
Head For The Hills Named “Best of Colorado,” via the Westword Music Showcase (Denver, CO) and winners of Yonder Mountain String Band’s-Northwest String Summitt Band Competition, Head for The Hills has performed, supported, & shared programming with such notables as: David Grisman, Sam Bush, The Flaming Lips, Ben Folds, Bruce Hornsby, Emmylou Harris, Cake, Little Feat, Nickel Creek, and The Avett Brothers.
Saturday 3.17 @ 5:00 PM
Folk Alliance Showcase
Threadgills Amphitheater
301 W Riverside Drive
Saturday 3.17 @ 12:00 AM
Official SXSW Showcase
Intercontinental Hotel
701 Congress Avenue
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Michael Martin Murphey
Singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey & The Rio Grande Band (featuring NeweGrass Revival guitarist Pat Flynn) form a skilled and fresh sounding bluegrass influenced style that makes you want to breathe a little deeper. Murphey is an articulate artist who loves history, literature, religion, his family and the land as much as he loves the music they inspire. Murphey left an indelible mark on American music with massive pop and progressive country hits like “Wildfire,” & “Carolina In The Pines”. In the 90′s, he was the top selling singer of American Cowboy Music in the world, and in 2009 earned a Grammy nomination for Bluegrass chart topper “Buckaroo Blue Grass”. Saturday 3.17 @ 6:30 PM
Saxon Pub
1320 South Lamar
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Casey Desmond
Selected by Adam Levine for his team on NBC’s The Voice after hearing her power through Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.” Desmond belongs in the same echelon of electro-pop performers as Robyn, Natasha Khan(Bat for Lashes), Ladyhawke, and Alison Goldfrapp-all are sequined sirens able to lure listeners to the dance floor in seconds flat.
VIDEO Wednesday 3.14 @ 8:00 PM
Nekkid Armadillo Extravaganza -AGAVE BAR
415 E. 6th ST
Thursday 3.15 @ 2:00 PM
L Rock the Party Showcase – Carousel Lounge
1110 E. 52nd
Friday 3.16 @ 9:10 PM
Big Picture Media Hits Austin @ Bandpage
604 E. 7th St
Saturday 3.17 @ 12:00 PM Ryan’s Smashing Life Outlaw Roadshow @ RUSTY’s
405 E 7th st |
We’re proud to welcome The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band back to Skyline Music.
There aren’t a lot of Warped Tour vets who can claim proficiency in the use of washboards, bottleneck slides and five-gallon buckets. Most didn’t spend their teens playing along to Charlie Patton and Bukka White albums. And just about none are fronted by a commissioned member of the Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels. Nor have most been invited to festivals as diverse as Monolith, Austin City Limits, Vancouver Folk, All Good and Lillehammer Blues Weekend. But that’s just the star. Read on…
Huge congratulations to Rebirth Brass Band on their 2012 Grammy win for “Rebirth Of New Orleans” and triumphant performance on the wards show.
They’re on tour all year, so call you Skyline Music agent today.
Grammy nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer Jeff Lorber is known as one of the most respected purveyors of both jazz fusion and smooth jazz.
His new recording, Galaxy, released early in 2012, on Heads Up/Concord, revisits the sound he helped pioneer with the groundbreaking Jeff Lorber Fusion.. This album takes the experiment that he started with his last GRAMMY-nominated CD, “Now is the Time”, up a notch with 11 exciting and energetic new compositions performed by some of the biggest names in jazz today. Core members Lorber, bassist Jimmy Haslip and saxophonist Eric Marienthal are in rare form, aided by the explosive playing of drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and guest appearances by trumpeter Randy Brecker, percussionist Lenny Castro, guitarists Paul Jackson Jr. and Larry Koonse, and drummer Dave Weckl. On tour, Lorber performs in a variety of configurations.
Michael Martin Murphey is no stranger to the charts. “Wildfire,” “Carolina In The Pines”, “Long Line of Love,” “What’s Forever For”, “Geronimo’s Cadillac” and “Cowboy Logic” spent weeks atop the country and pop charts. In 2009, he earned a Grammy nomination and Bluegrass chart topper for “Buckaroo Blue Grass”, and Murphey has no intention of slowing down. His latest release “Tall Grass & Cool Water” just hit #1 on the Albums Chart of the Western Music Association. Previously the album was #4 on Billboard’s Top 10 Bluegrass Album Chart.
Bobby “Blue” Bland has joined the exclusive Skyline Music roster. This true legend has 23 Top Ten R&B hits spanning 60 years and has been covered by Eric Clapton, the Grateful Dead (“Turn On Your Love Light”) and many more. Recently, Rolling Stone Magazine named Bland one of the Top 100 Greatest Singers of all time.