One of the songs I'm plugging this week. Uptempo. #TimeTravel #Perspective #Honesty #Courage #FutureShinesBright #ALotToLearn #Discern
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The We Remembers to Stream Caffe Lena Concert Sept. 22 through Sept. 29
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9/13/22
Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius Plays The Ganja Grail Festival
Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius return to Harry’s Hill for two shows at the Ganja Grail Festival, in Starks, ME.
On September 30, at 7 PM, the group plays the main stage.
Then, on Saturday, October 1, the group performs at
“high” noon!
Harry’s Hill is at 45 Abijah Hill Rd., in Starks.
Weekend tickets $150 plus service charges. When the
Festival starts, tickets will be $175.
$80 Day Tickets are also available online / $100 Day Of
Show.
All tickets include free parking, camping and drinking water.
All Ages.
For more information, please visit www.HarrysHill.net/Ganja-Grail or call: 970-209-1224.
Led by electric violinist/vocalist Joe Deninzon, who has been called “The Jimi Hendrix of the violin,” Stratospheerius have showcased their “frenzied mélange of progressive rock, jazz fusion and funkabilly” throughout the world. Band members are: Joe Deninzon-electric violin/vocals (Bruce Springsteen, Renaissance, The Who, 50Cent, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Jason Gianni-drums (The Ultimate Queen Celebration, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Rock of Ages, Neil Morse Band), Michaelangelo Quirinale-guitar (Thrilldriver), and Paul Ranieri-bass (Mark Wood, Circuline, Riot Act). The group’s latest release is the live single,“The Prism” on YouTube and all streaming music media, and will be on their CD/Blu Ray, Behind the Curtain: Live from ProgStock due this fall on Melodic Revolution Records.
The group’s recent album, “Guilty of Innocence” (also on Melodic Revolution) broke the top 5 on the Relix/Jam Band Radio Charts, and hit 72 on the European Indie music charts.
Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius Tourdates Fall 2022
9/30/22 - 10/01/22 Starks, ME Ganja Grail Two performances; Friday Night Sept 30th @7 PM and Saturday October 1st @12 PM.
10/01/22 Newmarket, NH The Stone Church w/ Dark Beauty and Dreadnaught
10/12/22 Kennet Square, PA Kennett Flash opening for District 97
11/05/22 Baltimore, MD Orion Sound with our Melodic Revolution label mates, Kinetic Element.
9/8/22
Fall 2022 Dedicated to Greta Thunberg & Pete Seeger Songs of Leadership
Free To Read Dan Berggren
Dan Berggren’s “Free to Read” is a midtempo acoustic folk song with a marching beat. It celebrates the freedom to read and the value of open access to information. In his comforting bass voice, Dan sings the titles of banned books. The chorus: “The books you choose are someone else’s walking shoes. We need to be free to read."
Launched in 1982, banned books week is honoring its 40th Anniversary this Sept. 18-24 with the theme “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.” Visit bannedbooksweek.org
danberggren.bandcamp.com/track/free-to-read
Dean Friedman’s upbeat “Ridin’ With Biden” uses
traffic and car honks as part of the instrumental part adorning his cool jazz delivery
of President Biden’s history, and why Dean-himself-- loves to be Ridin' with
Biden" rhymes like "sleepy joe,” and “more decency in his toe than
you know--Honk!!!” Dean’s playing his
first New York City show in FIVE years on October 8 at Chelsea Stage + Table.
What’s a Place Like This Doing in a Girl Like Me? *Val Kinzler’s “What’s a Place Like This Doing in a Girl Like Me,” a finalist in the Open Space songwriting contest, is a “Rocky Horror”-esque women-in-the-workplace survival anthem.
Save the Monarch John Hall & Dar Williams Male & female duet on this hymn-like singer-songwriter song guitar/bass/drums, environment, Monarch, emperor, queen, king--animals with royal names that are endangered species."Save them from us"
What the Fuck is Going On Elliott Murphy Note: Live Recording Rock
Troubadour Energetic and Angry hook, Pounding electric guitar, hand claps in
time to the music, tempo like "one bourbon, one scotch, one beer":
“What the fuck is going on.” song is about the economy. good for the greed
factor. dream of a better world There's one big ponzi scheme all over the
world. They (politicians) must think we're stupid; well maybe we
are" "Mother Earth" Vocals: Tom Waits Lou Reed, Bruce
Springsteen But Jesus Christ, if he was here today, I think
he’d be mad as hell.”
Game of Chicken Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius Electric violin-driven hard rock. Dream Theater meets Rush meets Styx. "we're heating up as we run out of time." People are deliberately daring one another to play with risk. We're busy bickering while the planet is losing it.
April Fools Michael Veitch singer songwriter,
male tenor, upbeat folk-rock with electric guitar, with pretty eagles-y
harmonies being fooled by leadership in
a most rainy month “behind the curtain lies another strong man. Pick a corrupt event when you have crazy
leaders. *Michael Veitch’s “April Fools” shows the foolishness
a political troublemakers.
Michael and his fellow songwriters from PBS’s “We
Remember: Songs of Survivors” will share stories about writing songs with Holocaust
survivors at New York City’s Cutting Room on September 18 and Saratoga’s Caffe
Lena on the 22.
'Ridin' with Biden' by Dean Friedman
One of the songs I'm promoting this week. #cooljazz #DeanFriedman #RidenWithBiden #Biden #GoodTidings #Travel #Car #CarSounds #History
9/7/22
Blue Largo To Release “Got To Believe” September 9, 2022
Musical couple, Eric Lieberman and Alicia Aragon lead California-based Americana Soul Band with Songs to Inspire!
Blue Largo, named after an obscure Bill Doggett song from the 1950s, will be releasing their fifth album, “Got To Believe” on September 9, 2022. The Americana Soul band’s new album tends to life’s major issues about love, loss, confronting challenges and ultimately prevailing through the hard times.
“Got To Believe” has ten original songs, plus a cover of Nina Simone’s “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” The album’s opening song, “A World Without Soul” will be the band’s official music video, simultaneously due out on September 9.
Eric wrote the ballad “Soul Meeting” for Alicia. The driving, horn laden blues shuffle “What We Gotta Do” is about why musicians do what they do. “Soldier In The Army of Love,” about fighting against oppression and tyranny, is dedicated to the people of Ukraine. “Ronnie” is about the special friendship between Blue Largo’s piano player, Taryn Donath and the late San Diego musician Ronnie “Night Train” Lane, a larger-than-life Texas style bluesman, in a perennial cowboy hat and snakeskin boots. “Gospel Music” is about the incredible power of that music. Eric wrote the melancholy “Rear View Mirror” feeling that these days “there’s so much in the rear view mirror, and maybe not so much in the headlights.” The full-blown country song “Santa Fe Bound,” was written for a dear friend who passed away in 2019, and features pedal steel guitar virtuoso Dave Berzansky (Hacienda, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash). Last but not least, “Disciple of Soul” is a reggae tribute to one of Eric’s greatest life long inspirations, musician/humanitarian/radio programmer/memoirist Stevie Van Zandt.
When Blue Largo formed in 2000, they played 1940s and ‘50s blues covers by the likes of Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Louis Jordan and T Bone Walker. They released two albums: 2001’s “What A Day” (produced by Mavis Staples’ bandleader Rick Holmstrom) and 2003’s “Still in Love With You.”
In 2006 Eric was diagnosed with a neurological condition known as Focal Dystonia, which severely affected the coordination in his right hand. But he said “no” to the potential end of his guitar playing, and for the next 15 years he spent five hours a day following a strict regimen to create new neurotransmitters to replace the damaged ones, including learning to read brail and taking formal piano lessons.
By 2015 Eric felt confident enough to record again, resulting in the band’s third album “Sing Your Own Song” and in 2018 they released “Before The Devil Steals Your Soul,” which was nominated for The San Diego Music Awards’ “Best Blues Album” for that year. Both of these albums saw a noticeable shift towards original song writing, which has now come to full fruition in “Got To Believe.”
Radio promoter David Avery, of Powderfinger Promotions calls “Got to Believe” a “powerhouse of various roots styles!” It ranges from vintage soul to Americana, reggae and country, and still it all seems to flow seamlessly. Moreover, the songs’ messages of love, hope and unity are most certainly something the world can very much use right now.
9/6/22
Award-Winning Singer Songwriter Jann Klose Breaks Top 40 with Hit Song "Sugar My"
“Up is down, day is night — not what it seems! Like Alice in Wonderland, stuck in-between” sings Jann Klose on the chorus of “Sugar My,” from his upcoming 7th studio album, “Surrender.”
One of two new singles released by indie pop artist Jann Klose has broken in to the Mediabase Top 40 activator chart, landing at #39 this week. The song, a commentary on the sometimes baffling and inexplicable state of the world today, is a cinematic pop gem co-written with hit songwriter Alex Forbes (Chic/Nile Rodgers, Taylor Dayne).
Jann recalls the writing session, “We wanted to create a feel of an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ vibe where there is a palatable sense of confusion and one is not sure what’s real and what’s not. We wrote it at the onset of the pandemic, so it was a strong reflection on how we were feeling ourselves!”
Released by Honey Rose Records, the song and music video for “Sugar My” are gaining momentum and airplay in the U.S. and South Africa. Filmed in Milford, CT, the high energy music video recently passed 120,000 views on YouTube. Jann partnered with director Alex Vishno and choreographer Eileen "EJ" Jaworowicz. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/miUgtAhOCMU
Jann was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany and the United States. He is an ambassador for Desmond Tutu's TutuDesk campaign and Brick by Brick Uganda. He is the singing voice of Tim Buckley in the movie "Greetings from Tim Buckley" (Universal). His songs have been heard on the Grammy® nominated "Healthy Food For Thought" compilation, charted in the Billboard Top 10 compilation "Action Moves People United," as well as MTV Cribs and movies "Dead Broke" (Warner Bros.) featuring Paul Sorvino and “One Little Finger” alongside Quincy Jones, Siedah Garrett and Julian Lennon.
Jann has performed as an actor and singer in touring companies of Broadway musicals, including "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Jekyll and Hyde," and "The Who's Tommy" as well as made for TV movies, voice overs and commercials. He has won 4 Independent Music Awards (IMAs). His podcast, Making Sound with Jann Klose has featured industry legends like Renaissance’s Annie Haslam, Frank Bello (Anthrax), Simon Kirke (Bad Company) and kicks off Season 5 this autumn.
Live and Online Performances by Songwriters from PBS’s “We Remember Songs of Survivors” Live Performances in NYC and Albany
“When Holocaust Memories Result in Deep Friendships and
Beautiful Music”
Learn the stories of Holocaust survivors through original songs
written in collaboration with singer-songwriters.
The We Remembers, who are the Singer-Songwriters from the PBS
Special “We Remember: Songs of Survivors,” will be sharing songs and telling
stories of writing with Holocaust Survivors at two performances this September.
On September 18, at 7 PM, the group will be at The Cutting
Room,44 E 32nd St., in New York, NY 10016.
Ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/we-remember-songs-of-survivors-tickets-388261820557?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
On September
22, at 7 PM, they’ll be at Caffe Lena is at 47 Phila Street, in Saratoga
Springs, NY 12866.
Ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/we-remember-songs-of-survivors-tickets-387738164287
The Caffe Lena performance can, also, be viewed online during
the Sept. 22, 7 PM show, and then any time through the 29th of
September. Get your ticket in advance
for the online event
at caffelena.tv/programs/live-songs-of-survivors. (All donations go straight to
our singer-songwriters.)
The We Remembers are: Elizabeth Clark, Jude Roberts, Kelleigh
McKenzie, and Michael Veitch.
9/2/22
Arise Together (Promo) | Bringing Children together from Ukraine and Aro...
"ARISE TOGETHER is a global project to bring children together from Ukraine and around the world through arts and music, promoting Inclusion, Peace, and Diversity.”
9/1/22
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