The C-J’s Martha Elson had a profile of right-wing songwriter Roger Weber in the Wednesday neighborhoods section. Keyboardist Weber played with Love Jones and Sid Griffin’s Long Ryders.
The Stone Cutters have a new video of “The Bloodiest Battle” up on YouTube, in which Brian Omer goes on the rampage.
Chris Volz new band Foundation, which includes manic promoter Terry Harper on drums, Jason Daunt, guitar, Nathan McDaniel, guitar and Van Avery, bass, has been generating a bit of buzz. They have a new, rough mix of a tune up on their MySpace page for your consideration.
WFPK’s first Waterfront Wednesday show is tonight, featuring The Whigs and Wild Sweet Orange. The 37 Flood blog has a plug, too.
The guys over at Backseat Sandbar make the rest of us music journalist types look like the laziest of slackers - they’re out nearly every night, listening to music, taking notes and, presumably, tossing back a couple. Oh, well - youth. Nick hit Headliners for the Iron & Wine show on April 20 and wrote it up with pix.
Production Simple has announced that Ingrid Michaelson will be at Headliners on Wednesday, June 4 with Greg Laswell Tickets will be $15. It’s an all-ages show.
If you think that a.) Louisville doesn’t get enough live music or b.) there’s too much live music in Louisville, then Monday’s announcement of Live Nation’s tour schedule will no doubt disappoint you. According to Billboard, Live Nation will have an extensive roster of major acts on the road this summer, performing in Live Nation’s many venues. For Louisville, that would be the Louisville Palace, which cannot handle the larger shows. Due to the excessive number of bands making their way into Louisville, any additional demand on the rather limited audience in Derby City will simply mean less revenue for all. Don’t expect that the competition will mean that ticket prices will fall; quite the contrary will be true. As major acts seek to replace falling record revenues, ticket prices will rise until they no longer sell enough to make it worth doing. That could take a while.
In a posting on their website., the International Association For Jazz Education has announced that the organization will file for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. They also announced that the 2009 IAJE International Conference in Seattle has been cancelled.
The 37 Flood blog has posted a link to My Morning Jacket’s “Evil Urges” studio track.
Cory Greenwell caught the Sara Bareilles/Rachel Yamagata show at Bellarmine on April 18. He posted a review and a ton of photos of Ms. Bareilles at Backseat Sandbar. I think he rather likes her.