LMN Staff Picks Of Live Music In Louisville en-us http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net Copyright 2012 By LouisvilleMusicNews.net Multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter Will Hoge comes to Louisville roughly every six months, in part because it's an easy trip from Nashville and because - of course - he has a fanbase here. On this trip, he has a relatively new CD, Number 7, to promote. It's his seventh studio album and matches the lucky number he has tattooed on his arm. He's all recovered from his scooter wreck back in 2008 and will be bringing along Bonnie Bishop, a Cincinnati native who moved to Texas, then to Nashville, where she has recorded a number of albums, including one she is currently working on, Free. They'll be at Headliners Music Hall on May 17, for the low, low price of $10 adv/$12 DoS. http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=47&MainEVID=89917 Producer, songwriter and musician and formerly unhappy guy Greg Laswell has joined up with Brooklyn up-and-comer Elizabeth Ziman of Elizabeth & The Catapult (the Catapult won't be here for this one) for a show at Headliners Music Hall on May 18. Laswell is, apparently, a happier man now that he has married musician Ingrid Michaelson, making his music, including his most recent, Take A Bow, somehwat less morose. Whether or not Louisville fans will appreciate this turn in his tunes remains to be seen. Ziman, who was here with her band in 2009, writes film scores and channels the Buddhist teachings of Leonard Cohen's poetry for some of her material. She also plays piano well, having been classically trained. The pair should make this an interesting and musically superior show. Tickets are $12 adv/$15 DoS. http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=47&MainEVID=89862 The Musicians Emergency Resource Foundation (MERF) is staging a fund-raiser at Stevie Ray's on May 18, featuring Dirty Church Revival, River City Blues Band and Wayne Young & the New Legends.  MERF, as most Louisville music fans know, raises money to help musicians get through hard times (Lots more of those these days!), and the bands play for free, so all the money goes to MERF. The lineup should appear to young and not-so-young fans, with a range from Wayne Young's get-up-and-dance rock 'n' roll to the River City Blues funkiness to the rock of Dirty Church Revival, coming into the show with a brand-new CD. Altogether, a good night of music for a good cause, at only $5. http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=47&MainEVID=89385 <p class="normal"> The Tymes Band, Days of the New, Bag Of Hammers, The Nasty Habit Band, Jim Porter s Good Time Emporium, May 18, 2012<br></p> http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=47&MainEVID=89704 Forest Fest '12, featuring Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers, Hog Operation, 23 String Band and New Town, happens on May 19 at the Jefferson County Memorial Forest Manor House. This one is the spring kickoff for the bluegrassers in town, given that it usually features a big-time star and is a free admission event, although there is a fee to park. (There'll be some carpooling for this one.) It runs from 10 am. until 7 p.m. There will be a raffle for a banjo. Take your sunblock and a good folding chair. http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=47&MainEVID=89413 Minnesota folk band Dark, Dark, Dark is touring in support of a new CD, Wild Go, which contains a single, “Daydreaming,”  that was featured in Episode 7, Season 7 of "Grey’s Anatomy," demonstrating again that the path to musical success lies in television. With an instrumental collection that includes piano, accordion, trumpet, clarinet, banjo, drums and bass plus vocals, Dark, Dark, Dark seems likely to provide a musical show that is more revue than concert, more varied than stylistically focused and perhaps even more interesting than anything else. Bro. Stephen opens. Uncle Slayton[s, May 20. Tickets are $8 adv/$10 DoS. http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=47&MainEVID=89586