Connecticut-based ctindie.com has some interesting comments (admittedly borrowed from elsewhere) about a show featuring Phantom Family Halo and Young Widows “[a] crossbreed of Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Tangerine Dream and Marc Bolan, or Scott Walker fronting Roxy Music.” Really?
Peter Berkowitz at the C-J has a rave-up about Second Story Man and the new CD that reads in places like it was lifted from a somewhat imaginative press release. Not that there’s anything wrong with that these days.
The Fader.com website reports that Will Oldham will release on bluegrass CD on Drag City Records, mostly likely with The Picket Line, his occasional backup bluegrass band. No definite date as yet.
Executive Director of the Louisville Youth Orchestra Melody Welsh-Buchholz has been elected chairman of the Youth Orchestra Division of the League of American Orchestras. In this position she will also serve as an ex-officio board member of the League. Founded in 1942, the League of American Orchestras serves member symphony, chamber, youth and university [...]
Singer-songwriter Cindy Kallet and her partner Grey Larsen will be playing a house concert in Louisville on December 11, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the door. For more information, or for tickets, email kalletlarsenconcert@insightbb.com, or call 636-4093.
Churchill Downs has announced a major festival, HullabaLOU, set for July 23-25, 2010, featuring 65 acts from every genre of music. With the corporate clout available from Churchill Downs, this should be a festival that will work and be well-run. Beginning December 4, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. EST, tickets go on sale at www.hullabaloufest.com. [...]