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Tuesday, March 31 2009     7:30 PM   

SOUTHWEST ROOTS MUSIC PRESENTS

 BEAUSOLEIL

avec Michael Doucet

DON’T MISS THE SPECIAL AFTER PARTY WITH

FELIX Y LOS GATOS

  
BeauSoleil is, quite simply, the most esteemed Cajun group on the planet. Fiddler Michael Doucet is well known for his mission to keep the unique southern Louisiana culture and music from extinction, but that hasn’t stopped his band from innovating. BeauSoleil continually spices its Cajun gumbo with elements of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country and blues, keeping the music vital and contemporary. Doucet formed BeauSoleil in 1975 with Louisiana’s finest Cajun musicians. Their band name literally means “good sun” and is a reference to a fertile region in Nova Scotia where the band’s 17th-century, French-speaking ancestors lived prior to their migration to Louisiana, where they became “Cajuns.” Over the past three Grammy-studded decades, BeauSoleil has made nearly 30 albums that range from very traditional to experimental.  www.rosebudus.com/beausoliel/ FELIX y LOS GATOSFelix y los Gatos has been rockin’ the southwest for over two years now. The band is made up of all star session musicians from the New Mexico blues and jazz scene. It all started when keyboardist Dave Barclay brought a button accordion to a blues jam. Since then a new fusion formed mixing zydeco, New Mexican rancheras and outlaw country with the improvisation of groovin’ jazz swing.  www.myspace.com/felixylosgatos

 Wednesday   April 1     7 PM     No Cover

OPEN MIC. NIGHT

HOSTED BY JASON REED

Singers, songwriters, musicians all welcome!  Jason’s making CD’s of the performances, get a copy of yours! www.myspace.com/sfbcopenmic

Thursday  April 2     7:30 PM     $7

MARIANNE DISSARD

Between Chanson and Americana, Southwestern noir and acoustic French pop, “L’Entredeux” is Marianne Dissard Dissard’s lush and enchanting debut album. Produced, composed and performed by Calexico’s Joey Burns, with stellar contributions by friends from both continents, including John Convertino, Naïm Amor, Rob Burger, Mickey Raphael, Sammy Decoster, “L’Entredeux” was released worldwide in the Fall 2008 through Le Pop Musik (Europe except UK) and Marianne’s own imprint, Trop Exprès Music in North America, online and through distributors F>A>B (exclusive Canada), CDBaby, Carrot Top (USA). Past and upcoming tours: November 2008 Europe, January 2009 Canada/East Coast. Feb/March 2009 Europe opening for Françoiz Breut, April 2009 West Coast USA, Summer 2009 Europe, November 2009 Europe. Booking by Hotel Lounge, Summery Agency and Une Passante.

ANDREW COLLBERG

Andrew Collberg turned 21 this year, his music shows a definite growth from the promising teenager to a self-confident artist. He has just finished recording 11 new tracks with Nick Luca who has been an engineer/producer/musician at Tucson’s own Wavelab Recording Studio for the past 10 years. Luca has worked with such notable artists as Devotchka, Neko Case, Iron and Wine, M Ward, Calexico, Robyn Hitchcock and Evan Dando, making him an integral part of some the most significant indie albums of the last decade. In Luca, Collberg has found a kindred spirit who immerses himself in the production process. The results of their collaboration are intense sessions that have produced his most distinguished recordings to date. Collberg’s new music has reached a certain maturity that comes from the desire to work at the songwriting and recording process. This is not an artist that is looking for overnight success, but one that wants to have a career of creating songs that are both special and potentially everlasting. With that work ethic in mind, the day may soon come where Andrew Collberg’s LPs are spinning on that same turntable that once only played his heroes, but for now Collberg is just excited to have begun that process.

Friday  April 3     8 PM     $5

The DAVID KURTZ BAND

Get there early!  David wil be GIVING AWAY 50 copies of his great new CD Long Lonesome Journey at the show!

 The David Kurtz Band incorporate the simplicity and vigor of early rock ‘n’ roll, the experimental spirit of late ’60s folk rock and psychedelia, the pop sensibilities of the ’70s and ’80s and the introspective country flavor of ’90s southwestern desert rock bands from the Sidewinders and Gin Blossoms to Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers. Hook-laden and soulful, the band move as freely across the eras as they do genres, leaving predictability in the dust and pure rock satisfaction in their wake. www.davidakurtz.com

Saturday April 4      7:30 PM      $18 Advance

FAN MAN, THE SF REPORTER, AND 98.1 KBAC  PRESENT

BONNIE PRINCE BILLY

Will Oldham, a.k.a. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Will Oldham is known for his “do-it-yourself punk aesthetic and blunt honesty,” and his music has been likened to Americana, folk, roots, country, punk, and indie rock. He has been called an “Appalachian post-punk solipsist” and is notable for his unique voice which has been described as “a fragile sort-of warble frittering around haunted melodies in the American folk or country tradition.”

WITH    WHITE MAGIC

PSYCHEDELIC / ZOUK / SOUL from NYC. “The 12 songs on their full-length debut, Dat Rosa Mel Apibus, are still rooted in abrasively plunk piano keys and throaty dirge, but they flush out the EP’s elements, adding flecks of blue to its flame. And the cover is outta control cool, all tripped out with twinkly gold leaf pentagrams. Really beautiful.” —DANIEL ARNOLD, SPIN MAGAZINE

www.myspace.com/princebonniebilly  www.myspace.com/whitemagicmusic

Sunday  April 5     6:30 PM     $10

KIM & the CABALLEROS

 Kim says: “My mom force fed old country (we’re talkin’ Loretta, Cash, Waylon, Willie and the boys) to me at an early age, and I rebelled, first playing bass in an 80s rock band, “The Bohiems”, later becoming a folkie, still leaning in the rock genre, but mostly writing tortured love songs and political/social stuff in the band “Burning Joan.” For giggles, in 2003 I recorded a bastardized version of “Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain” for my mom’s birthday, and it all took off from there. I realized my roots had caught up to me and I liked it. We recordered the CD Blue Hearted Girl at Howlin’ Dog Studios in Alamosa, Co. and in Nashville. I live in Taos, New Mexico with my children; work with homeless youth at the DreamTree Project; garden; ride my horse, Nugget, up in the mountains (just like the song says); and sing big ‘ol twangy country every chance I get.”
www.kimandthecaballeros.com  

  This venue always has great shows, good food and lots of Brew.  Come and enjoy often! Santa Fe Brewing CO on the southside of Santa Fe.  Come early and watch incredible sunsets. Leave late and enjoy the vast open skies filled with stars.

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