Late Night Pick: Kimbra

Tonight, check out pop singer Kimbra (you may know her as the female voice on "Somebody That I Used to Know") on Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC at 1:35 AM. Kimbra has a new track on the "Frankenweenie" soundtrack called "With My Hands" so maybe she'll be doing that one on the show.

Richmond Folk Fest, Dave Alvin, Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Austin City Limits webcast

Big Folk Fest weekend, but we start on Thursday night with reunited Richmond band, Kepone, at Balliceaux. Show starts at 9:30 and it's $5 to get in.

Of course the big event this weekend is the Richmond Folk Fest, taking place Friday through Sunday in the Brown's Island area. It's absolutely FREE (though please give some $ to the bucket brigades!). Walking through this great event is liking walking around the world, soaking in all the great music the "folks" of the earth have to offer. Style Weekly posted their guide to the fest HERE and in their current issue. The big acts this year are Roseanne Cash (Saturday, 1 PM on the Altria stage), bluegrass great Ralph Stanley (Sunday, 4 PM on the Virginia Folklife Stage and then 5:30 on the Community Foundation Stage), and Fred Wesley, who helped create James Brown's great tracks in the 60s and 70s (Friday, 7:30 PM on the Community Foundation Stage and then three times on Saturday so check the schedule).

If you want a nice sampler pack, check out some of the workshops on the MWV Stage, Community Foundation Stage and Union First Market Stage on Saturday and Sunday. The workshops bring together three or four artists or groups who discuss and explore similarities in their music. They'll each perform a song or two and you may see some interesting collaborations, too.

And if you want to stop by and see me, I'll be volunteer "working" backstage at the Dominion Dance Pavilion from 11:30 AM to 3 PM on Sunday.

If you are not at the Folk Fest this weekend, but are at home near your computer, you can check out the Austin City Limits webcast on YouTube HERE. It'll be on Friday through Sunday starting at 2:15 PM each day. You can catch acts like The Black Keys, Jack White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Roots, Iggy & The Stooges (read their awesome and hilarious tour rider HERE), and more.

Dave Alvin of The Blasters and solo work will be at Ashland Coffee & Tea on Friday night. Tix are $25 in advance, $30 day of show. Show starts at 8 with opener Christy McWilson. They'll be playing the great roots rock that Dave is known for. Here's Dave doing "Johnny Ace Is Dead" from his latest album, "Eleven Eleven (Expanded Edition)":

Also, Friday night at The National, it's reggae/pop/ska with Iration, The Expendables and Cisco Adler. Tix are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8. Here's Iration doing "Porcupine":



Saturday night at The National, Swedish singer/songwriter (he does not sing in Swedish) Jens Lekman will perform. Be sure to get in early to check out indie electronic pop artist Taken By Trees (aka Victoria Bergsman). Tix are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8. Here's Jens on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon the other night doing the title track from his latest album, "I Know What Love Isn't":



Also, Saturday night, if you are looking for some post-Folk Fest Grateful Dead music, see Dead cover band King Solomon's Marbles at Emilio's Tapas Bar in the Fan. Show will start at 9:30. Don't know if there is a cover, but if there is, it won't be much.

Tuesday night at Ashland Coffee & Tea, folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott who influenced people from Bob Dylan to Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Beck, Bruce Springsteen, The Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, will play for you. Tix are $20 in advance, $25 day of show and the show starts at 8. Here's Jack at this year's Whispering Beard Folk Fest doing a couple Woody Guthrie tunes and this dude knew Woody:

Have a great weekend!  See you at the Folk Fest!

Tony Jordan

Late Night Pick: Dwight Yoakam

Honky-tonker Dwight Yoakam rides into Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight riding great reviews for his new album, "3 Pears", which includes two songs produced by Beck. Jimmy Kimmel Live is on at midnight on ABC. Also, on the show tonight, Will Arnett and Chris Elliott so it should be a funny one.

Late Night Pick: Pete Townshend & Jens Lekman

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has a strong lineup tonight. Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman is the musical guest. Jens will be at The National on Saturday night. Pete Townshend of The Who will be on, most likely not performing but talking about his new memoir. And the always wonderfully insane Christopher Walken will be on the show as well. Late Night is on NBC at 12:35 AM.

Ohio Players at 2nd St. Fest, Late Night Pick: Regina Spektor

The funky Ohio Players will be at the 2nd Street Festival downtown on Saturday night. Festival hours are noon-7 p.m. on Saturday and 1-6 p.m. on Sunday. The Ohio Players will be on at 5:45 on Saturday and if I wasn't going to be out of town, I would be down there to get down. You can get the full performance schedule for the fest at that there link there. Here's Ohio Players fopping. The cool dude stops talking at 2:45:

The Ohio Players - Fopp - The funniest home videos are here

Last Call with Carson Daly has alternative singer/songwriter, Regina Spektor, on a repeat tonight at 1:35 AM on NBC.

Late Night Pick: The Walkmen & Wyclef Jean

On Last Call with Carson Daly tonight, indie rock band, The Walkmen, will perform a couple songs. Wyclef Jean will also be on the show, but I don't know if he'll be playing anything or just talking about Haiti or something. Last Call is on at 1:35 AM on NBC.

Hogtober, Mountain Goats, Sleigh Bells, Kentucky Headhunters, No BS! Brass Band, Black Girls

The weekend kicks off on Thursday, as all good weekends do, with No BS! Brass Band at Balliceaux. Show starts at 10 PM and it's $3 to get in. The band will be filming a live DVD this Saturday and Sunday. Tix are $10 and there will be a shuttle to take you to the secret studio. You can pick up a ticket to join the DVD fun at the show at Balliceaux. The band even made it onto NPR this week (click HERE).

The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival will be taking place out in Golden Gate Park in SF this weekend. They will be live video & audio streaming from their Arrow Stage all weekend long on their website (http://strictlybluegrass.com/). Here is the lineup. Times are Pacific time so add three hours to get Eastern. But you knew that.

Friday:
12:00pm Chuck Ragan

1:00pm Pickwick

2:10pm Chris Carrabba

3:20pm Patterson Hood & the Downtown Rumblers

4:45pm Jon Langford & His Sadies feat. Sally Timms

6:15pm Reignwölf

Saturday:
11:00am The Trishas

12:05pm Reckless Kelly

1:30pm Bill Kirchen and Texicalli

2:45pm Heartless Bastards

4:05pm Jerry Jeff Walker

5:35pm The Flatlanders feat. Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock

Sunday:

11:00am Lucero

12:05pm Moonalice

1:25pm Rubblebucket

2:45pm Son Volt

4:10pm Luther Dickinson & the Wandering

5:45pm ALO

Friday at The Camel, get down and get funky with Black Girls, The Trillions and Zulu Pearls. Show starts at 10 and it's $6 to get in. Good Day RVA filmed Black Girls playing all acoustic like at Hollywood Cemetery the other day. They did a song called "Club Bangin":

Saturday at Libby Hill Park on Church Hill, Hogtober fills your belly with lots of bar-b-q, beer and music. It'll run from noon to 7 PM. It's a FREE, ALL AGES event. As for music, here's the schedule:
12:30 PM - River City Band - bluegrass
2:00 PM - Long Arms - Americana
3:30 PM- Chrome Daddy Disco - rockabilly
5:00 PM - Andy Vaughan and The Driveline - outlaw country / Western swing

Sunday in Carytown, it's the Carytown Food and Wine Festival. That'll run from noon until 6 PM. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the gate. Don't know if there will be music but there will be food and wine.

Sunday night, on the last day of the State Fair, country rock band The Kentucky Headhunters will take the stage at 7:30 PM. Admission to the fair covers your admission to the show. Be sure to get there early and go catch the pig racing. You'll dig the Headhunters if you like Travis Tritt or Lynyrd Skynyrd. Here they are performing "Dumas Walker" and yes, this video is very 80's ('89 to be exact):



Sunday at The National, experimental pop duo Sleigh Bells will pick up the crowd not going to the Kentucky Headhunters show, with their loud rhythmic rockin'. Tix are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8 with opener AraabMUZIK. Here's Sleigh Bells video for "End of the Line":



On Tuesday at The National, indie rockers The Mountain Goats will show up to play, and play well. The show will cost you $15 to get in. Doors open at 7 PM, show starts at 8 with opener Matthew E White. These guys are selling out shows in NYC, Philly and Baltimore and are getting some acclaim for John Darnille's songwriting. Here's the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle doing the solo thing with "In Memory of Satan":



If you're at home on Tuesday night, check out the Grace Potter and the Nocturnals webcast on Green Mountain Coffee's Facebook site. The show will start 9 PM and Grace's legs start at the floor and go all the way up to her neck.

If you gotta get out and hear some good ol' Grateful Dead on Tuesday night, head down to Cary St. Cafe and see Dead cover band, King Solomon's Marbles. That'll start at 10 PM and it's FREE.

As your added bonus, here's Maxine Nightingale doing "Right Back Where We Started From" on French TV in '76: http://youtu.be/jCtk7WiZ_Ys (sorry they won't let me embed it but you're done with the blog anyway).

Tony Jordan

Late Night Pick: LP

Rockin' singer-songwriter LP (aka Laura Pergolizzi) will be on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight at 11:35 PM on CBS. Also, on the show, Tina Fey and Rick Santorum. Hopefully, hilarity (Tina) and nastiness (Dave vs. Santorum) will ensue. You might want to check out LP if you like Joni Mitchell, Feist, Joan Jett, The Doors, Pretenders, Nirvana, Cracker, Pat Benatar, Runaways,  or Florence & The Machine.

The Ataris, Dan Deacon rescheduled, Waka Flocka Flame rescheduled

A special Tuesday edition of the blog that was going to highlight some shows on Wednesday but instead is mostly about shows that were going to take place Wednesday that were rescheduled. I would have put them in last week's big show blog but I was just too damn tired that night. It's probably a good thing since they got rescheduled anyway.

At The Camel on Wednesday night, The Ataris (pop punk), Flatfoot 56 (Celtic punk), Red City Radio and Hold Tight! will rock the joint. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8. It's $12 to get in and this is an all ages show. If you are an Ataris fan, don't miss the show because these are the only US tour dates of the year. Here's The Ataris performing "In This Diary":


At Gallery 5, Dan Deacon, Heights with Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda and Alan Resnick were supposed to play on Wednesday night but the show has been moved to Thursday, November 29 at 7 PM.

The Waka Flocka Flame show that was going to take place at The National on Wednesday has now been rescheduled for Saturday, November 24.

Tony Jordan

Late Night Pick: Brother Ali, Desaparecidos & Best New Music in September

Tonight on Last Call with Carson Daly, check out political Minnesota rapper, Brother Ali, and Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) side project Desaparecidos. Last Call is on NBC at 1:35 AM.

Check out the most critically acclaimed new albums of September on Metacritic HERE, including albums from Staff Benda Bilili, Dwight Yoakam, Grizzly Bear, and Bob Dylan.