Christmas in July

Santa's Got a Brand New Bag Tom Ciurczak  male vocals, similar timbre as Bruce Springsteen, rock band with horns. This song is about Santa getting a new bag. The first few notes sound like James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," but the song swings into theatrical rock. It mentions the children all over the world, way up in the sky.'' 

Christmastime in Hollywood Tom Ciurczak  upbeat rock with sleighbells, male vocals, looking for the soul of Christmas, thinking of "It's a Wonderful Life." trying to imagine life with snow in Hollywood, "None of this is real in tinsel town." "I just want my Christmas to be with you" jingle bells interludes. 

A Million Matzoh Balls Dean Friedman acoustic guitar with male singer and children, humorous folk-show tune, tall story about his mama making a million matzoh balls, and everywhere they were at his home! "There were so many matzoh balls I didn't know what to do!"

A Million Matzoh Balls | Dean Friedman

 Ave Maria (Instrumental)  Stephen Melillo instrumental, slow, strings of classical piece, “Ave Maria.” 

Glogg Emily Hurd  Clever lyrics like “Let’s go shovel the sidewalk in a relative sense.” There is an underpinning lyric “Because there’s wine” throughout the song. bells and electric guitar.    

 I Ruined Christmas  Refestramus  Contemporary art-rock band, female fronted-vocals like Miley Cyrus, bells, "I ruined Christmas this year...It's like I told you before, it won't happen again, my dear."  This is a list of things she's done to reindeer, family members, and the eggnog! 

Never Take Love For Granted Dan Berggren Shopping in the malls for Christmas. “You’ll never take love for granted if you always give love in return.”  Male bass/baritone and acoustic guitar.  Folk styled. 

 

KING LLAMA’S Record Release Show! Friday, Aug 12th.

King Llama’s New Album Release Party for RETURN TO OX At CIA - California Institute of Abnormalarts

Join King Llama for the release of their new album, RETURN TO OX at CIA- California Institute of Abnormalarts on August 12, starting at 9:30 PM.
CIA is at 11334 Burbank Blvd., in North Hollywood.
This is an 18 and over show.
Doors open at 7:30 PM.
Admission is $5.
The venue phone is 818-221-8065
The website is www.facebook.com/pages/California-Institute-of-Abnormalarts/565387203575837.
The first 20 people there will receive either a free CD + digital download, OR a T-shirt of their choice, OR a poster. Plus, there will be a limited, although substantial amount of food there for early arrivals.

King Llama’s new album, RETURN TO OX (on the TTrain Music label is a journey of instrumental compositions with stunningly-weaved elements of rock, jazz, funk, fusion, and hip-hop. With melodic sensibilities and ear-catching chops, favorite compositions include the precisely spry “Sensei,” the explosive bass-driven “Cap’n Mustard Hair,” the rebellious and emotive changes in “Smoking in Ergenzingen” and the introspective jazz journey “Blobo.”

Based in Los Angeles, the progressive rock trio, King Llama features guitarist Ryan Tanner Bailey, drummer Luis Briones, and bass/baritone guitarist Nico Staub. Ryan, Luis and Nico are all originally self taught, and then they all had extensive training (both privately, and at professional institutions), most recently at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, and in Nico's case, CAEMSA in Buenos Aires. King Llama’s vibe, being quite original itself, seems to bring out moments reminiscent of King Crimson, Phish, Yes, and Rush.

RETURN TO OX was produced by King Llama and GRAMMY-winning producer/engineer Dave Schiffman (Mars Volta, System of a Down, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, nine inch nails…)

Also performing are area favorites Sketch Orchestra at 8 PM and Sea Monkey See at 8:45 PM.

Return to Ox available now on:
iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/return-to-ox/id1131311850
Spotify https://play.spotify.com/album/1MocDPHQjZko7GAHXwl4UV?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open
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Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Gipsy Kings Announce Second Leg of North American Tour

GRAMMY Winners Continue Their 25th Anniversary Celebration In Support of New Album, SAVOR FLAMENCO 

GRAMMY winners Gipsy Kings will be returning to the States this May for the second leg of the group's 25th Anniversary Tour.  The band will be performing shows in Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, the Mid West, and Canada.   

Opening for the Gipsy Kings will be Ole Noys, comprised of Mickael Baliardo, Cosso Baliardo and Yohan Reyes, sons of the Gipsy Kings Toninno Baliardo and Nicolas Reyes.  Ole Noys' music is a mixture of old gipsy folk songs mixed with the more contemporary sounds of today. 

CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND's Caitlin White writes of the Gipsy Kings, "There is a certain childlike lack of self-consciousness in their music. It is unbridled and swept away in its own momentum"

The band won its first GRAMMY this year in the Best World Music Album category for their album SAVOR FLAMENCO.  This is the group's sixth Nomination, and a record for the most nominations in the world music category.  

Gipsy Kings' album, SAVOR FLAMENCO on Knitting Factory Records, is the group's first new release in six years.  SAVOR FLAMENCO also marks The Gipsy Kings' 25th Anniversary of their first U.S. Release, GIPSY KINGS in 1987.  It is also the first time that the Kings have produced themselves and written all of their material.

Based in Camargue, the very famous land by the Mediterranean Sea, the Gipsy Kings are made up of two families--the Reyes family from Arles and the Baliardos from Montpellier.  The musical adventure of these two families started in the 1960s when Jose Reyes was singing with Manitas de Plata (Ricardo Baliardo) performing all around the world in theaters including Carnegie Hall in New York City. There is music by Manitas de Plata y Jose Reyes on youtube.  Their fans included Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Miles Davis and Charlie Chaplin.

When the duo parted ways, Jose Reyes became even more popular after starting his own band, Los Reyes.  His sons backed him up.  When the elder Reyes passed away in 1979, Nicolas and Andre began playing with the Baliardo brothers in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer during the The Gypsy's Pilgrimage.  They traveled, busking nearby on the streets of Saint-Tropez, performing on beaches during the day and for celebrities such as Brigitte Bardot by night. "Los Reyes" means "The Kings," and the band changed their name to The Gipsy Kings. 

The Gipsy Kings' musical style has been called "Rumba Flamenca" which allows Gipsy Kings to combine traditional flamenco styles with Western Pop and Latin rhythms, Latin and Cuban styles, Arabic, reggae, jazz, and--of course--gypsy styles!

The band speaks French, and performs music in Spanish dialect of Gitane, the native Gipsy language, that is a mixture of Spanish, French, and Catalan.  The root of the Gitane culture is in the southern part of Spain that includes Seville and Granada. One of the economically depressed areas of Europe, this region has given the world flamenco music, bullfighting and Moorish-influenced Architecture.  The people in that area are known as "Gitanos,"  Spanish Romani people who fled Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).  (The term "gitano" comes from "Egiptano," a Spanish term for "Egyptian" as the English word "Gypsy" comes from "Egyptian.")

The Gipsy Kings have sold over 25 million albums worldwide. 

Gipsy Kings' first U.S. album, GIPSY KINGS was released in the United States in 1987, and charted for 40 weeks. This 25 year old album has been certified gold or platinum in at least 15 countries.  The group is a multi-GRAMMY-nominated act.

The single from GIPSY KINGS was "Bamboleo," which was used in a Burger King commercial and recently covered on the TV show, GLEE. 

Gipsy Kings' "Hotel California" is in the movie, THE BIG LEBOWSKI and HBO series ENTOURAGE.  

The 2010 film TOY STORY 3 featured a Gipsy Kings version of the movie's popular, Randy Newman-penned theme, "You've Got a Friend in Me."  The band also performed the song on DANCING WITH THE STARS.

PBS filmed a documentary about the Gipsy Kings called TIERRA GITANA.    

May Shows For the Gipsy Kingst caling

APTC

05/13/14   Hard Rock Live - Orlando, FL    on sale March 7

05/14/14   Mahaffey Theater - Saint Petersburg, FL      on sale March 7

05/15/14   Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock - Hollywood, FL   on sale March 7

05/16/14   Florida Theatre - Jacksonville, FL     on sale March 7

05/18/14   House of Blues -  Houston, TX   on sale March 7

05/19/14   Majestic Theatre - San Antonio, TX   on sale March 7

05/20/14   Strauss Square at AT&T Performing Arts Center - Dallas, TX  on sale March 28

05/21/14   The Moody Theater - Austin, TX     on sale March 7

05/23/14   Socorro Ent Center - Socorro, TX   free show

05/24/14   Fox Tucson Theatre - Tucson, AZ       on sale March 7

05/25/14   Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino - Chandler, AZ   on sale March 7

05/28/14   Count Basie Theatre - Red Bank, NJ     on sale March 7

05/30/14    Casino Rama Entertainment Centre - Orilla, Ontario      on sale March 19

05/31/14    Hard Rock Rocksino - Northfield, OH    on sale March 14

06/01/14    Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL       on sale March 15

06/02/14    Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI   on sale March 14

8/30/14      The Greek Theater - Los Angeles, CA   TBA

First Annual NO BULL Red Carpet Music Showcase, February 1 at the Joint, Los Angeles

A who's who of young Hollywood will be on hand for  The Great American NO BULL Challenge and Hayley Gripp's 1st annual “NO BULL Music Showcase” charity event at The Joint Hollywood, February 1st 2014, from 6:30pm until 9:30 p.m. In attendance will be many celebrities as well as The NO BULL guys who have spoken to over 50K students about anti-bullying.

The Joint is at 8771 North Pico, in Los Angeles.

Admission is $15., and available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/527657/

The venue phone is 310-275-2619, and web site is http://thejointlive.com/

No Bull's web site is http://nobullchallenge.org/

The NO BULL Red Carpet Music Showcase is hosted by Hayley Gripp.  Special guests are The No Bull Guys: Tyler Gregory and Scott Hannah.

Performers run the gamut of rock, singer-songwriter, dance and of course some of the hot young actors on TV and in film.

Rock bands False Puppet, Breaking Tempo, Galvanized Souls will be playing ther originals and bringing donors on stage to sing a song with them.  So will dance artists Isaac Basal and Mik Brown, and pop acts Noah Urrea (Tyler Perry's A MADEA'S CHRISTMAS), Lexi, The X FACTOR's Lorie Moore, Misi Stomber and Jann Klose who kicks off the night at 6:15 pm with music even the parents will enjoy!

The red carpet starts at 6:30.  Some of the amazing personalities who will be on hand: actor/model Jaden Martin, actors Kwesi Boakye (Tyler Perry's I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF), David Flannery (Rudderless), Kiersey Clemons(Austin & Ally), Luis Stancil, actresses/models: and Sophia Strauss (COOTIES) and actresses Brooke Lewis (The Scream Queen of Hollywood) Enid Cortes (MTV GIRL CODE), Trinity Marquez(THE GOLDEN RULE), Oana Gregory (Crash & Bernstein), Victoria Strauss(THE NEW MUPPET MOVIE)  and Deanna Lee Douglas (The A-LIST MOVIE), actress/dancer Kira Kosarin (The Thundermans).  Also walking the red carpet are singers Lauren Suthers, Shane Carther, Syleena Johnson (ATL), Dario, Azhia, and the Disney Channel's Kiersey Clemons.  

Other folks on the red carpet include: Miss California USA Cassandra Kunze and Miss California Teen USA Bianca Vierra. The Voice's rapper Moses Stone, Jason Farol(ABC's Duets' singer who partnered with Kelly Clarkson), Lela Brown(America's Got Talent rapper/actress//model, Walter Jones (the original Black Ranger of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), actor Courtney Gains (BACK TO THE FUTURE, CHILDEN OF THE CORN, FASTER) and social media star Acacia Brinley top the list.

  

People who attend will be offered the opportunity to hear personal stories from artists, many of which have been bullied themselves.  Attendees will learn about the Great American NO BULL Challenge and how to empower themselves and others to stand up to bullying. Bullying is a chain reaction; once you break that chain anything is possible!

ABOUT THE GREAT AMERICAN NO BULL CHALLENGE

The Great American NO BULL Challenge inspires millions of teens each year to take a stand against bullying in their communities and around the globe.  NO BULL is a social action non-profit organization that offers youth the opportunity to promote digital responsibility, leadership and social change using creativity, the power of peer-to-peer education, and the magic of filmmaking by creating short films or Public Service Announcements.  

Each year 15 lucky filmmakers who entered the challenge are chosen and win an all expense paid trip to Los Angeles where they attend the Teen Video Awards, walk the red carpet, see performances from some of their favorite stars, and are treated like a celebrity.  There they will find out LIVE who the top winners are! Winners in the past have won $10,000 production deal, VIP Tickets to the Teen Choice Awards, scholarships, laptops, cameras, etc. NO BULL’s Teen Video Awards celebrates and promotes all those involved who brave the Challenge and stand up for change for the most important issues of our time.