Paul Asbell with Andy Waks opening – 03/31/12 Boumel House Concerts – Coral Springs, FL Music is a journey. As such, when it’s good you end up going to a specific place that is emotionally and spiritually gratifying. And when it’s exceptionally good you can experience several satisfying destinations all on the same trip. But […]
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Storyhill with Bella and Marrisa opening
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Storyhill with Bella and Marrisa opening – 03/24/12 Freespirit Concert Series – Coconut Creek, FL Sometimes it’s all about being in the right place at the right time. If so, then last night was the right place and time to be at a house concert. Most notably, this was Chrystal Hartigan’s debut of her Freespirit […]
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Tim Farrell River of Grass Café Concert Series – 03/16/12 Davie, Florida A performer is as a performer does, and perhaps the greatest tribute to a performer’s temperament and timbre is in how they play to a small audience. For when playing to a large crowd, the lose of a single pair of ears is […]
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Tim Farrell, ScatterGrass, and Stewart Lewis Chrystal Hartigan’s Songwriters Showcase – 03/12/12 Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale In a world where all good things come in three’s, at the top of that list you’d have to place open mics, songwriters showcases, and Chrystal Hartigan (www.chrystalhartiganpresents.com and www.facebook.com/chrystalhartigan). Not only is this because […]
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Nick Annis and Jesse Jackson Labyrinth Café Concert Series – 03/10/12 U.U. Church of Fort Lauderdale, FL Okay, so the movie is The Lion In Winter (Embassy Pictures, 1968), starring Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn. Now Eleanor of Aquitaine (Hepburn) while sparring with her estranged husband Henry II (O’Toole) over succession to the throne blurts […]
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. Spider John Koerner Broward Folk Club Featured Performer Your Big Picture Café, Davie, FL – 03/02/12 Spider John Koerner (www.mwt.net/~koerner) can not die. But more about that later. For now, focus on the fact that no one gets out of second grade without baggage. Not me. Not you. Not the President. Not God. It’s […]
Read MoreCD Review – Bill and Eli Perras – We Are The People
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If the Beatles and the Perras’ got it right, then All You Need Is Love (1967, Parlophone). And on their latest CD titled We Are The People, Bill and Eli Perras (www.bluesgotus.com) got lotsa love to spare. A thirteen track compilation of both covers and originals, We Are The People is the reason I write […]
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Boumel House Concerts, Dr. Bob, House Concert Reviews
. Brooks Williams Boumel House Concerts – 02/18/12 So, I’m sitting at Arlene Boumels house concert this past Saturday and who did I see? None other than Blind Boy Fuller (1907-1941) sitting next to me. And right next to him was Mississippi John Hurt (1893-1996). And two rows over was Blind Willy McTell (1898-1959) talking […]
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. The Ronny Cox Trio River of Grass Concert Series – 02/17/12 When Ronny Cox (www.ronnycox.com) headlines a trio that includes Karen Mal (www.karenmal.com) on mandolin and Radoslav Lorkovic (www.radoslavlorkovic.com) on piano and accordion, one plus one plus one does not equal three, it equals pure harmony. While these three brilliant musicians all bring their […]
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. Boumel House Concert Series 02/11/12 Wil Maring and Robert Bowlin, with Sam Baker opening There’s something to be said about a marching band in March, cod fish in Cape Cod, and a house concert in a house. Not that we don’t have plenty of exciting venues for house concerts here in southeast Florida, like […]
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