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New Albany’s Speakeasy to Close

Dale Moss at the C-J reports in today’s paper that the Speakeasy jazz club in New Albany will close tonight (Wednesday, October 29). While this comes as no real surprise, following the demise of the Jazz Factory in downtown Louisville, it leaves jazz fans with very few options to hear their music – the [...]

WLRS – Jockless in Louisville

A post on Rocky Knight’s blog reveals that Mainline Communications, owners of WLRS 105.1 FM, terminated all the on-air staff at the staff on October 13. Apparently, the company did the same elsewhere in their chain. The WLRS website lists no on-air staff.

Photos from IBMA

LMN writer Bob Mitchell went down to the IBMA World of Bluegrass trade show in Nashville recently and sent along a few photos that he got while he was there.

Sammy Shelor (Lonesome River Band)

Doyle Lawson

Charlie Sizemore

Steve Ferguson Pix

These are a bit late; MERF’s Dave Modica sent along a couple of shots of Steve Ferguson and His Midwest Creole Ensemble from the MERF event at Stevie Ray’s in September.

LEO On Louisville Music This Week

The all-new LEO website, running on Joomla!, looks much better than the old one and is faster as well. This week, they have reviews of the new Lords CD, Fuck All Y’all Motherfuckers; My Darling Asleep’s eponymous release; Broadfield Marchers The Inevitable Continuing; OK Zombie Do The Zombie; the Villiebillies’s newest From the Belly [...]

Can you hear me? I SAID, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

A few years back, I visited an audiologist to see if there was any treatment available for the tinnitus (ringing in the ears) I was experiencing. After the hearing tests were done and I got to talk to the doctor, he asked me what I did. When I told him that I was a [...]

Alanis Morissette Preview

The Courier-Journal’s J. L. Puckett has a big preview of Alanis Morissette’s show at the Louisville Palace on Tuesday.

Mostly Yes

Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Alan White of Yes are touring and they will be at the Louisville Palace on December 9. Jon Anderson was diagnosed with acute respiratory failure and is unable to tour. Benoit David will replace him. Rick Wakeman’s son Chris will handle keyboardsTickets are $39.50 to $59.50 and are [...]

Vote For Squeeze-bot

Your humble editor caught the Squeeze-bot/Java Men show last night at the Pour Haus and I was once again reminded that Louisville music fans are simply over-saturated with music. How else to explain a fairly small crowd for such a show, particularly with the original Java Men, Craig Wagner, Todd Hildreth and Ray Rizzo, [...]

Jim James Injured in On-Stage Accident

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James was injured last night at a performance at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He slipped and did “an intense splits,” according to MMJ manager Mike Martinovic., injuring his head. Four shows have been canceled. James was treated at a local hospital and released. The Courier-Journal has [...]