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MUSIC NEWS Cher will be bringing her Here We Go Again Tour to Houston this month at Toyota Center on December 15th. The Here We Go Again Tour is in support of the multiplatinum seller’s latest studio album “Dancing Queen”, which was released Sept. 28 of last year. Dancing Queen includes 10 tracks and features the singles “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight),” “SOS” and “One of Us.” Opening the show for Cher will be Nile Rodgers and Chic. Cher’s appearance in Houston follows her European tour which took her to 17 cities in the U.K. and Europe. This is Cher’s first tour in five years. This tour follows the recent global success and rave reviews for Cher’s role in the Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again. This is the first time tshe has gone on a world tour since her Living Proof: The Farewell Tour (2002–2005).

So far, the tour has been pretty consistanly the same. The show starts with a video montage featuring many moments of Cher’s career. After the intro ends, Cher appears wearing a Viking costume and a neon-orange wig, while standing on a flying platform and performing “Woman’s World”. The song is followed by “Strong Enough” and a 15-minute long on stage monologue where she infamously asks the crowd “what’s your granny doing tonight?”

She leaves for a costume change, while the “Gayatri Mantra” is played. She returns on a mechanical elephant and performs “All or Nothing”. Cher’s show is filled with brilliant costume changes as well as tributes to both her former husband, Sonny Bono, and fun-filled performances of Abba songs to celebrate her performance in “Mamma Mia

2: Here We Go Again. And, of course, Cher will be joined by several dancers on stage as well.

Other song’s she has been performing on stage include “The Beat Goes On,” “I Got You Babe,” “Welcome To Burlesque,” the Abba standards: “Waterloo,” “SOS,” “Fernando,” “After All,” “Walking In Memphis,” “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss), Michael Bolton’s “I Found Someone,” “If I Could turn Back Time,” and and encore of “Believe.” However, her set list may vary in her Houston show, but this should give you an idea of what to expect anyway.

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The tour has received mostly positive reception from critics, praising Cher’s vocals as well as the elements of the show and the costume changes.

Cher has had three careers that place her indelibly in the public consciousness, and two have been in association with her then-husband, composer/producer/singer Salvatore “Sonny” Bono (b. February 16, 1935, d. January 8, 1998). She charted major hit records in the 1960s and 1970s, working in idioms ranging from early-’60s girl group-style ballads to Jackie Deshannon folk-influenced pop to adult contemporary pop in the manner of later Dusty Springfield. She also embarked on an acting career, initially in the late ’60s in association with her work as part of Sonny & Cher but later on her own, which led to a series of increasingly polished and compelling performances in Silkwood, Mask, and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

“Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves,” a conscious attempt to emulate Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man” (which also recalled Cher’s own “Bang Bang”) was released late in 1971 and became a number one hit and a million-seller. To some listeners, “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves” was the epitome of schlocky pop/rock, but the song’s subject matter, unusual tempo changes, and an incredibly memorable chorus-hook became a vehicle for a transcendent performance by the singer, marking Cher’s maturation as an artist. A follow-up album, featuring her covers of contemporary hits such as “Fire and Rain,” sold well also, and her next single, “The Way of Love,” a revival of a mid-’60s Kathy Kirby hit, solidified the image of a new, more confident and power-

ful Cher. And the debut of the couple’s regular network variety series on CBS in January 1972 brought them back to the center of American and international popular culture in a more mature, wittier guise, and one that concentrated much more on Cher as a personality.

In 1974, it was revealed that the couple’s marriage was coming to an end.

Ironically, Cher came out of this split more secure than her husband, despite his having guided her career for a decade and having all of the real training in the entertainment business. She embarked on an acting career, even as she continued to make headlines for her romantic exploits, including an affair with (and two marriages to) Gregg Allman.

She became a far better actress than she was a singer, first revealed in Mike Nichols’ Silkwood (1983) and then in Peter Bogdanovich’s Mask (1985) and George Miller’s The Witches of Eastwick (1987).

Her acting peers caught on to the worth of her work in time for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Norman Jewison’s 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck.

Living Proof Since the mid-’70s, Cher has been known more for her acting than for her music, although she has continued to record for numerous labels, including Columbia, and in 1998 scored an international chart-topping smash with the clubfriendly single “Believe.” The year 2001 brought Living Proof, the equally danceoriented follow-up to the transformative Believe, and by 2005 she had completed the three-year, high-grossing Farewell Tour ahead of a lucrative Las Vegas residency of equal length. In 2010 she starred in the musical Burlesque, and “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” from the movie’s soundtrack went on to win a Golden Globe Award. In September 2013 Cher released a new studio set, Closer to the Truth, the results of further sessions with assistance from Mark Taylor, the British songwriter/producer who had been a regular collaborator since Believe. Cher’s appearance in the 2018 musical film Mama Mia! Here We Go Again inspired her to record an album of ABBA cover songs called Dancing Queen in September of that year.

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Zebra Perform At Warehouse Live Louisiana Rockers, Zebra, will be returning to Houston this month for a special concert at Warehouse Live on December 27th.

American hard rock unit Zebra formed in New Orleans in the mid-1970s.

The trio concocted their moniker from a Vogue magazine cover and soon won over the East Coast with expert Zep-like pompmetal. Zebra’s confident self-titled debut went gold, thanks to the air play of excellent singles “Tell Me What You Want” and “Who’s Behind the Door.” Vet producer Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, Cheap Trick) also helmed the follow-up, No Tellin’ Lies. Not as strong or cohesive as the first effort, Lies still managed to crack the Billboard Top 100.

The esoteric 3.V took a pop approach, but received little in the way of promotion. Always a strong presence on-stage, Zebra released a live recording in 1990 with two great unreleased gems. Vocalist/guitarist Randy Jackson, a redoubtable talent, then formed China Rain, but like Zebra, the outfit inevitably succumbed to the burgeoning alternative rock/grunge avalanche. After a significant hiatus, the band reconvened in 1997 and began playing shows, eventually releasing their aptly-named fourth LP, IV, in 2003.

Zebra is a hard rock band founded in 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It features Randy Jackson (guitar and vocals), Felix Hanemann (bass, keyboards and vocals) and Guy Gelso (drums and vocals).

In the early 1970s, Jackson and Hanemann played together in a group called Shepherd’s Bush, but in 1974 left Shepherd’s Bush and founded a new band with Gelso on drums. The group initially was a cover band, playing Led Zeppelin and other technically proficient rock groups such as Yes, Jethro Tull, and Pink Floyd. In 1975, the group adopted the name Zebra after seeing a cover of the magazine Vogue featuring a woman riding a zebra. Initially based in New Orleans, they increasingly played more often on Long Island, and eventually all three members moved there to pursue success. They had introduced their original material into their cover sets years before they were signed to Atlantic Records, including “The La La Song,” “Free” and “Bears” (originally entitled “The Bears are Hibernating”).

Zebra had been noticed by local colleges and even had some of their early original performances recorded by Long Island FM radio station WBAB, culminating in the inclusion of one of their songs on a release of “WBAB Homegrown Album”, which commemorated local acts and performances culled from the station’s on-air “Homegrown Hour” program.

Zebra’s mainstream debut on Atlantic Records was in 1983 with their eponymous album, produced by Jack Douglas and featuring the singles “Tell Me What You Want” and “Who’s Behind The Door?” The band continued to tour throughout the 1980s, but took a temporary break in the early 1990s after being dropped by Atlantic Records. Randy Jackson formed his solo band Randy Jackson’s China Rain, and released its only album in the year 1991. Zebra finally reunited in 1994 and released Zebra IV in 2003, their first album of allnew material since 1986. A DVD of live performances, mostly from a show at the House of Blues in New Orleans, was released in the summer of 2007.

On July 10, 2010, during their 35thanniversary performance at New Orleans’ Mahalia Jackson Theater, Zebra was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of

Fame. On October 8, 2012, Zebra was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. In March 2013, Zebra performed on Cruise to the Edge, a concert cruise featuring notable progressive rock bands including Yes, Steve Hackett, U.K., Carl Palmer Band, Ambrosia, Saga, Nektar, Glass Hammer, and IOEarth.

Although Zebra has not released any studio material since 2003’s Zebra IV, the band continues to perform live, mostly in the Gulf Coast and East Coast of the United States, including New Orleans and New York City.In February 2017, Jackson reported that the band is working on a new album. He told the Shreveport Times, “I have new material and hopefully we’ll get to work on a new record in the next couple of months.”[

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The Trans-Siberian Orchestra Presents The All New “Christmas Eve and Other Stories’ at Toyota Center The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is hitting the road with the All New “Christmas Eve and Other Stories’ Tour with shows across the U.S. and they will be rockin’ Houston’s Toyota Center on Sunday, December 22 with two shows at 3:00PM and at 8:00PM. This year’s outing is TSO’s third tour without founder Paul O’Neil, who died in 2017.

“It’s hard to believe that 20 years ago, we had just seven shows,” Al Pitrelli, TSO’s music director and lead guitarist, told USA TODAY. “We were so happy that 10 to 11 thousand people came out to those shows and fell in love with Paul’s creation. Last year, with Paul’s family steering the ship, we realized that his dream will live beyond him, and that makes us all very proud, happy and thankful.”

“There are a lot of people who come back year after year, and they expect to see the stories they’ve grown so attached to, and, not to disappoint them, we keep the familiarity intact,” Pitrelli said. “But, those same people in the audience know that there are always going to be a lot of surprises. This year is no different. ... We as a band and production are forever pushing the envelope both musically and visually, (and) this tour is going to be epic.”

When Paul O’Neill first conceived Trans-Siberian Orchestra, his goal was as straightforward as it was incredibly ambitious. “The whole idea,” the late Paul O’Neill explained, “was to create a progressive rock band that would push the boundaries (of the genre) further than any group before... Way, way further.”

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to rediscover the multi-dimensional art form of the rock opera. Meanwhile, on the road, they have become one of the world’s top acts, with Billboard magazine naming TSO as one of the top touring artists of the past decade — a $20 million-plus production that has played to over 100 million people in 80+ cities, selling more than $280 million worth of tickets and presenting $11 million to charity.

O’Neill, a New York City native grew up, “with a wide-ranging world of (rock) musical influences.” But, O’Neill also soaked up sources such as Broadway musicals, Motown and singer-songwriters such as Jim Croce and Harry Chapin, while authors such as Oscar Wilde and Robert Graves fueled his literary tastes. He began his career playing guitar for touring productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair, then went to work in the late ’70s for LeberKrebs Inc., the Manhattan management company whose clients included Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, AC/DC, Def Leppard, the Scorpions, the New York Dolls, and scores of others. In the ’80s, O’Neill became a major concert promoter in Japan as well, but returned to the States to start writing and producing full-time.

O’Neill helmed Aerosmith’s Classics Live I and Classics Live II albums before beginning a fortuitous relationship with the band Savatage that led to conceptual pieces such as Hall Of The Mountain King, Gutter Ballet, Streets: A Rock Opera and Dead Winter Dead. Producing introduced O’Neill to Jon Oliva, Bob Kinkel and Al Pitrelli, as well as reconnecting him with legendary studio engineer Dave Wittman, who all became key original collaborators in O’Neill’s grand vision - Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

“I wanted to take the very best of all the forms of music I grew up on and merge them into a new style,” O’Neill says. “Basically I was building on the work of everybody I worshipped: the rock opera parts from bands like the Who; the marriage of classical and rock from bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Queen; the over-the-top light show from bands like Pink Floyd... I always wanted to do a full rock opera with a full progressive band and at least 18 lead singers.”

O’Neill took the idea to Atlantic Records which, to his surprise, went for it and financed the creation of Romanov, which was initially to be TSO’s first release.

“We were very fortunate,” he says. “It was one of the only labels left that still did an ‘old school’ kind of artist development. My original concept was that we were going to do six rock operas, a trilogy about Christmas and maybe one or two regular albums.”

However, when Romanov got temporarily put on the back burner, the first installment of the Christmas trilogy, Christmas Eve and Other Stories became TSO’s debut album. Fueled by the socially conscious single “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/ 24,” the album was certified double platinum. More platinum certifications followed with 1998’s The Christmas Attic, and the final installment of the Christmas trilogy, The Lost Christmas Eve in 2004. In the midst of completing the trilogy, TSO released their first non-holiday rock opera, the gold certified Beethoven’s Last Night.

But TSO really cemented its following in concert. The group hit the road in 1999, beginning an annual November-December extravaganza that O’Neill takes pride in being, “as over the top as we can

make it. We have, two stages —with pyro, light and lasers— on both sides of the arena, as well as in the crowd and the best sound we can find... There’s no second-class seats at a Trans-Siberian Orchestra show. I want people to walk out of our shows speechless and still not believing what they have seen was possible.”

“I’ve always believed that music has the power to transport and transform,” O’Neill explained. “The original concept of Trans-Siberian Orchestra was how to make music have the most emotional impact. We always try to write melodies that are so infectious they don’t need lyrics and lyrics so poetic that they don’t need a melody, but when you combine the two together they create an alloy where the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. Once those songs are woven together into a tapestry they create a story which gives each song a third dimension.”

“That was so much in the spirit of Trans-Siberian Orchestra,” O’Neill explains. “This is a group —a constantly morphing group— of extremely creative and talented individuals who are always trying to raise the bar of where a band can take its audience sonically, visually and emotionally. With that as our core ideal, the possibilities are endless.”

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The Toadies Perform At The House Of Blues The Toadies will be returning to Houston this month for a concert at The House Of Blues on Saturday, December 28th.

Best known as the creators of the 1995 grunge staple “Possum Kingdom,” Fort Worth’s Toadies found success during the alternative rock boom of the ’90s with crunchy yet hooky guitarbased music that put a fresh spin on hard rock.

With tunes influenced by the Pixies and guitars that were powerful but melodic, the Toadies made a splash with their major label debut, 1995’s Rubberneck. However, conflicts with their record company led to their follow up, the significantly heavier Hell Below/Stars Above, not reaching fans until 2001, after which the group broke up.

However, in 2008 they returned to action and began recording prolifically for their own Kirtland Records label; while their subsequent albums sounded a bit more streamlined, for the most part they stuck to the style that won them an audience, though 2015’s Heretics was a lowkey, semi-acoustic set, and 2017’s The Lower Side of Uptown found them turning up the amps and cranking up the guitar firepower.

The Toadies formed in 1989 and spent their infancy playing shows in Fort Worth, Texas.

Musicians cycled in and out of the Toadies lineup from the very start, and the group soon became the domain of frontman Todd Lewis, a Pixiesinfluenced musician who wrote and produced the band’s early releases. After issuing a series of homemade tapes and bringing drummer Mark Reznicek into the fold, the band released a proper EP, Pleather, in 1993. Pleather attracted attention from Interscope Records, which signed the Toadies soon after the EP’s release.

Now financed by a major label, the Toadies entered the recording studio with producers Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, who had previously worked together on Beck’s platinum-selling album Mellow Gold. Released in August 1994, Rubberneck brought the Toadies similar success by going gold the following year and platinum by the end of 1996. Most of that popularity was due to “Possum Kingdom,” a stark song with a 7/8 time signature that nevertheless became a Top 40 single. With replacement guitarist Clark Vogeler now on board, the group enjoyed its temporary space in the post-grunge landscape, playing high-profile shows with the likes of Bush, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Butthole Surfers.

The Toadies had trouble producing a worthy follow-up to Rubberneck, however. Returning to the studio in 1997, they recorded a batch of new material and planned to release the resulting album, Feeler, in 1998. Interscope objected to the new songs and permanently shelved the project, prompting the disenchanted group to take a break for the rest of the decade. The Toadies eventually resumed their pace in 2001, salvaging some songs from the Feeler sessions and recording new material as well. Their longawaited sophomore album finally arrived in the form of Hell Below/Stars Above, which featured production from Rothrock/Schnapf and a brief cameo by Elliott Smith, who played piano on the title track. During the national tour that followed, though, longtime bassist Lisa Umbarger announced her decision to throw in the towel, and the rest of the group followed suit. Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise appeared shortly after the group’s breakup.

Although the Toadies reunited throughout the following years for one-off shows, they didn’t officially re-form until 2008, when Lewis, Reznicek, and Vogeler banded together once again to record No Deliverance. Longtime friend Doni Blair — whose previous band, Hagfish, had emerged from the same Dallas/Ft. Worth underground scene as the Toadies — played bass during the resulting tour; one of the dates was re-

corded for the 2008 release Rock Show. The year 2008 also saw the debut of the band’s annual rock festival, Dia de los Toadies, with the Toadies headlining and like-minded Southwest acts joining them on the bill.

The Toadies continued their comeback in 2010 by reviving their long-scrapped album Feeler; Interscope refused to license the original recordings to the Toadies, so the group re-recorded the songs from the album and released it in the summer of 2010. An album of fresh material, Play. Rock. Music., was released in 2012, followed by the semi-acoustic Heretics in 2015, and the harder rocking The Lower Side of Uptown in 2017.

A second concert recording, Live at Billy Bob’s Texas, was released in September 2018.

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Scout Bar Clear Lake’s Scout Bar is the area’s premier rock club and lounge. You may see local as well as nationally known touring acts, all in a cozy loungelike atmosphere that has a professionally lighted stage and sound system. Take a gander at some of the signed guitars and posters throughout the venue.

Let’s get to some of the live music you can see this month, shall we? Tribute to Korn, Freaks on a Leash are there Fri. Dec. 6th, and then metal acts Death Angel are there Wed. Dec. 11th, on their Humanicide North American tour. Then, catch the Nightmare Before Christmas showcase Thurs., Dec. 19th. Some of the bands there will be Vizionary, Sensitiser, Solid, and Fear the Light. The Hunger is there Sat. Dec. 21st. Scout is at 18307 Egret Bay Blvd. A safe and happy holidays from the folks over at Scout Bar!

Bonez Draught House & Sports Grill Bonez Draught House & Sports Grill, formerly Pub Level, is the usptairs bar above Scout Bar. They have over 50 draft beers, tasty food, a huge video wall, and several TV’s located around the bar for sports. Their upcoming entertainment schedule has the School of Rock Clear Lake end of season show Sat. Dec. 7th, and band Sol Flair Sat. Dec. 14th. Every Friday is “Friday Night Party” with DJ R3TRO. And don’t miss singing along with Julian Zamora and Andy Cortez for Karaoke on Mondays.

Come in for beer and burger specials during the Rockets games as well. Bonez is the best sports bar in Clear Lake!

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Diamond Jack Performs at The Concert Pub North

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Tonight we’ve dropped by The Concert Pub North to see Diamond Jack perform. We were really impressed with this band. Their arena rock sound was fantastic. All the songs they performed were done to perfection... very impressive. These guys can perform anything. From Queen to Paul McCartney and Wings, the song selection was great. Queen songs they performed included “We Will Rock You” and “Tie Your Mother Down.”

From there they went into a little Aerosmith (“Sweet Emotion”), Deep Purple (“Highway Star”) and Paul McCartney and Wing’s hit song, “Live And Let Die” were exquisite. This is definitely one band you need to see. We’ll be looking for them ourselves. In a sad note, we had recorded a video of them performing the Eagles “Hotel California” from this show, but Youtube blocked it. We had hoped to show you how good they were, but Youtube spoiled our plans, so you’ll have to get out there and see them for yourselves. You’re going to love these guys.

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Tonight, The Kings Of The Ceramic Times rock The Acadia Bar & Grill. If you’re into Queens Of The Stone Age, then this is the band for you. The Kings Of The Ceramic Times are Houston’s premiere Queens Of The Stone Age tribute band and all things related to desert rock. Needless to say, this was definitely a night dedicated to the Queens Of The Stone Age. The Kings really do a great job recreating The Queens “experience”. Tonight’s show was a lot of fun and the band really did a great job. We managed to get a couple of videos of The Kings performing, so we though we’d share them with you right now on our YouTube channel, houstonmusicnewstv1. You can start watching them now, and remember, if you need a dose of The Queens Of The Stone Age, check out and see where The Kings Of The Ceramic Times are performing. Check out another performance from The Kings of The Ceramic Times at: https://youtu.be/YU2hX5XbxYE For more information about what’s happening musically in Houston and the surrounding towns, check out Music News magazine online at: http://www.houstonmusicnews.net For more information on The Ashford Pub, go to: http://www.ashfordpub.com For more information on Blaggards, go to: https://blaggards.com If you like this video, please “like it” on youtube. Thanks and don’t forget to leave a comment. If you like this artist, let the world know about it! Also, please subscribe to our youtube channel. It seems that youtube demonetized millions of channels and the only way to get reinstated for that is to achieve over 1000 subscribers. Please help us reach this goal. Remember, HMNTV is Houston’s source for viewing live local bands. Please help us keep that up and continue to bring more awareness to local Houston bands and Houston Events. Thank you!!

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MUSIC NEWS Black Velvet Performs at The Jailhouse Saloon Tonight we’re at The Jailhouse Saloon to see Black Velvet. Black Velvet performs a wide variety of music spanning Rock, Blues, Country and Soul. These guys put on a real good show this night at The Jailhouse Saloon, performing quite a wide variety of material, and making sure that everybody there was having a great time. From Cheap Trick to The Rolling Stones to Creedence Clearwater Revival, Black Velvet made sure they got the job done. Black Velvet is comprised of Susan Perron - vocals, Barry Watson - bass & vocals, Randy Hall - guitar & vocals, and Bad Bruce Smith on drums. The show was pretty good this night and everybody we saw was having a fine time listening and dancing to Black Velvet. We managed to record a video from the show to share with you right now on Houstonmusicnewstv1 on Youtube, so be sure to check ‘em out.

Thursday 8am until 5pm. Fridays 8am until 12 noon. You can check out additional dates by going to their web page at www.brazosport.edu

The Clarion Music Performance Center The Clarion Music Performance Center at Brazosport College has had some great artists performing there. Colbie Caillat will be playing on Friday, December 13th. Ticket are only $65.00 for adults, $60 for seniors and student and children prices are $20.00. The Clarion is located at 500 College Dr. in Lake Jackson, Texas. Other artists coming to the Clarion include Brazosport Symphony December 14th, Grand ‘Ol Christmas Show on the 19th through the 22nd. Patti Austin with the Brazosport Jazz Orchestra on January 18th. You can purchase tickets on-line, in person, by phone at 979230-3156 or fax. The box office is located in the lobby of the Clarion and is open Monday through

Kat’s Guitars is the perfect place to go to find a great instrument as great prices. You can find them in Willis at 811 W. Montgomery. They offer a full-line of music store and a large selection of guitars guns and tools. They carry an assortment of guitar brands like, ESP, Jackson, PRS, Takamine, Schecter and Washburn. This month they are offering Lay-Away for Christmas. They have guitars starting from $89.00. For additional products check ‘em out on the web at www.allpawnwillis.com. You can also check out their Allpawn2inc Ebay store.

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MUSIC NEWS Secret Of Boris Perform at The 19th Hole

Post Profit Perform at The 19th Hole

We’ve made it up to The 19th Hole tonight to see Post Profit. POST PROFIT is an alternative rock band from Texas, formed in 2017. Their brand new single “Same Sad Song” has just been remastered and released to radio. The band draws from many influences, including Royal Blood, Nothing But Thieves, Highly Suspect among several notable others. POST PROFIT has had the pleasure of playing with acts such as Filter, Saliva, Drowning Pool, To Whom It May, and Sons of Texas. The band played Inklife Festival 2018 and So What Music Festival 2019. Currently they are working on a brand new EP titled “When You Think It’s Right It’s Always Wrong” scheduled for release in 2019. Their show at The 19th Hole was a lot of fun. The band is really good. The crowd at The 19th Hole really enjoyed them as well. Post Profit is Matt Jackson-Guitar/Vocals, Nick Hawner-Guitar/Vocals, Jordan Conley-Bass/Vocals, andZach Hicks-Drums/Vocals. We’ve got a couple of videos from the show for you to check out right now on our YouTube channel at houstonmusicnewstv1, so you can start watching right now. We think you’ll enjoy them too.

Opening up for Post Profit was Secret Of Boris from Dallas, Texas. Secret Of Boris has emerged from the Dallas, TX music scene with a uniquely heavy yet hauntingly beautiful hardrock sound. Their debut record Your Ghost was produced by Harder Beat 2009 Producer of the Year, Alex Gerst (Seasons After, Fair To Midland, Slow Roosevelt). “An infectious blend of catchy hooks, snappy rhythms and aggressive riffage… heavy music’s weighty crunch and even sugary 80’s pop...one of Dallas’ most promising talents,” says Jerry Rutherford of LIT Monthly.

Melodic, progressive, Indie, mainstream, metal, pop – it’s like being turned on to the best stuff you’ve never heard with the comfortable familiarity of the stuff you’ve heard a million times” says Robert Miguel of Robert Miguel Presents. Having gained a rabid following throughout the Dallas/ Fort Worth metroplex, Secret Of Boris is currently touring surrounding cities and states throughout the southwest, increasing their army of loyal fans. On their way to world domination, Secret Of Boris has shared the stage with Black Light Burns, Hed(pe), F5, Underoath, Ugly Mustard, Fair To Midland, Anberlin, God Forbid, Boondox, Hopesfall, and Guns n Roses.

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Loaded Barrels Loaded Barrels is barrels of fun! This friendly full-service bar and grill has daily events like poker Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. Also Steak Night on Mondays. Wednesdays have an open mic at 7pm with Brian Sacco and Darwin Macon, and there’s karaoke on Thursdays at 9pm with Kasi Land. Fridays have a pool tournament at 8pm. Also this month at Loaded Barrels there’s an invitational dart tournament Sun. Dec. 18th at 2pm (sign-ups at 1pm) and live music by Abbi Lynn at 2pm and Kasi Land at 3pm. Then there’s a Christmas party with a drink/shot exchange party at 9pm. Plus, ring in the New Year Tues. Dec. 31st with live music. Loaded Barrels can be found at 9558 FM 1960 West in

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The Arena Theatre

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There are a couple of events to check out at The Arena Theatre, Houston’s only theatre-in-theround. The Whispers & Chick Rodgers are there Fri. Dec. 27th. Then it’s a New Year’s Eve show with Sheila E. & Dominique Hammons Tues. Dec. 31st.

Upcoming events include Gladys Knight on January 9th and catch Dwight Yoakem playing on Thursday, January 23rd. Chaka Khan will also appear at the Arena on February 1st. Tracy Lawrence plays on February 15 with Sister Hazel. William Shatner, from Star Trek II, will also be making an appearance on February 16th. The Arena is located at 7326 Southwest Freeway between Bellaire and Fondren. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 6pm and Day of Show. For more events you can visit their website at www.arenahouston.com or give them a call at 713-772-5900.

Northwest Houston’s premier live rock music venue is BFE Rock Club! It makes sense with all they offer. Pool, darts, smoking, plus a large outdoor patio, and lots of rock and metal shows! This month you can see Scarlett O’Hara with SleepWaker, SomewhereToCallHome, Godhand and Mirror Lake on December 5th, Industry Thursday Who’s got talent, hosted by Big Yogi and Muilrt Micki, $300 1st place on December 7th. White Pen Throttle Christmas with Crank Case benefiting Toys for Tots will play on the 14th. On the 20th you can see dead heirs.

The New You, Saviorskin, Gamerra, Calderas, Pet Fish will also be playing on the 21st. And Brickhaven will hit the stage on the 27th.For booking, call Frankie at 832-748-2544, or check them out online on Facebook or at ww.bferockclub.com. Come by BFE at 11528 Jones Rd. in Houston and bang your head!!

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The 19th Hole Grill & Bar is celebrating our 26th Year Anniversary of being a live music venue

19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar is one of Houston’s best-known metal clubs for 26 years and counting! If this is your scene, then you’re going to want to hear about some of the shows they have coming this month: Westfield, and Newark After Dark Sat. Dec. 7th. Then American Psychos Thurs.

Dec. 12th, and Jeremy Carswell, Such Marvelous Monsters, and Harley Meyer Fri. Dec. 27th. 19th Hole also have karaoke on Tuesdays by Overtime Productions, from 9pm-midnight, Wednesdays free bingo from 9pm-midnight, then live music Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays! There’s also a $7.99 steak special on Fridays from 11am-5pm. 19th Hole is in the Woodlands at 202 Sawdust Rd. Check them out on Facebook for all the latest. Bang your head!!

Katie’s Bar Katie’s Bar in Bacliff has the best live music in the Bay Area, and there’s never a cover for it! The bar is closed on Mondays, but you can see bands 5 days a week Wednesday thru Sunday, like Gary Cain Band Sat. Dec. 7th, Freddie Pate Wed. Dec. 11th, Jay Hooks Thurs. Dec. 19th, and Alan Haynes Fri. Dec. 27th. The Katie’s Blues Jam has been going on for years, and it’s Sunday @ 4pm8pm. As always, all musicians are welcome to join and play. Paul Ramirez, Ricky Jackson, Mark May, and Jay Hooks are the hosts this month- in that order. Also, make plans for the Katie’s New Year’s Eve party with Sparky Parker, and food and champagne! Katie’s is the little old place at 315 Grand Ave. that was once the old Bacliff post office. Hope to see you out at Katie’s this month!

Smokin Jay’s The Ultimate Vape, CBD oil and Smoke Shop in Houston is Smokin Jay’s. You can fine them on-line at www.smokekingjays.com. They are at 8900 Westheimer in Houston. They carry the biggest selection of smoking accessories in Houston.

They carry all types of pipes, bubblers, E-cig and vapes, just to name a few. They carry the Best CBD products, gummies, hemp oil, texture and CBD Ejuice. Smoking Jays wants to provide the highest quality products and services to you the customer with a knowledgeable and professional staff. We also offer on-line order and well as a huge store to shop in. They are open Monday through Saturday 10am till 10pm and Sunday 2pm until 8pm.

Jailhouse Saloon Jailhouse Saloon is the bar that actually used to be an old jail in Spring, and was repurposed bar!

There’s an open jam there every Sunday with ‘Letric Ed and Friends. Now also there’s an open jam Wednesdays with Russell Warner & Associates. There’s live music, mostly on the weekends.

Some of them you can see are Jay Hooks Band Sat. Dec. 7th, Rainchild Sat. Dec. 14th, and John Barraza Project Fri. Dec. 20th. The New Year’s Eve celebration, “Roaring into the Twenties” featuring The Eskimo Brothers is a dinner and masquerade ball, with champagne from 7pm-2am. Presale tickets are available at eventbrite.com. Jailhouse is at 310 Preston St. in Spring. The commissary is open Monday through Sunday if you are hungry! Always a good time to get locked up at Jailhouse Saloon!

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Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop House of Blues House of Blues in Houston showcases acts from all over the world. Then, the Mix 96.5 Deck the Hall Ball starring Rob Thomas Wed. Dec. 11th. Then Snoop Dogg- “I Wanna Thank Me” tour Mon. Dec. 16th, and Angels and Airwaves, Sun. Dec. 22nd. Don’t miss the Holiday Hangover with VHT, a Van Halen tribute Thurs. Dec. 26th. Also, there’s live music weekly in the restaurant - like Raf Rivera on Fri. Dec. 6th and Mon. Dec. 16th, then Bobby Territo Thurs. Dec. 5th and Sat. Dec. 21st, and Skinny Kravitz Mon. Dec. 9th.

Check out the Foundation Room bar when you’re there as well. Learn more at www.houseofblues.com.

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Revention Music Center Revention Music Center is the live music venue in Bayou Place in Houston.

They provide entertainment across all genres, for example- this month see Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness on Sat. Dec. 7th, then the tenor group Il Divo, with their A Holiday Song Celebration tour Fri. Dec. 13th. Then the Silent Disco Ugly Sweater Party also on Fri. Dec. 13th. Tobe Nwigwe on the Ivory Tour is on Sat. Dec. 21st. Check out www.reventionmusiccenter.com for more details.

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White Oak Music Hall is Houston’s newest live venue for live music. Located at is at 2915 N Main St. in the Montrose area, they have both an indoor and outdoor performance space. The indoor space has an upstairs area that can hold over 200 people and the larger hall downstairs holds up to 1,000.

The outdoor amphitheater with lawn seating can support over 3,000 guests! Here are some of the shows slated for December: The “3Dimensional” Tour featuring The Mowglis, New Politics, and Plain White T’s are there downstairs on Wed. Dec. 4th. Then The Black Lips are in the upstairs hall Wed. Dec. 11th.

Then it’s the 25th anniversary tour of Los Skarnales Fri. Dec. 27th in the downstairs area. Tickets for these shows at White Oak

Heights Guitar Tech offers quality work at affordable prices for all your stringed instruments. Including guitars, basses banjos, fiddles upright basses, mandolins autoharps and more. They also offer fast turnaround service. Heights Guitar Tech is located in the Heights at 742 W. 20th Street (between Shepherd and Durham) Heights Guitar Tech has been open for 5 years now! Their goal is and always has been to provide a place to take your stringed instruments for quality repairs at reasonable prices that you don’t have to wait a month to get completed! They are open Tuesday through Friday 11am until 7pm and Saturdays from 10am until 5pm.

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Helina Bucket Performs at The Last Concert Cafe Yeah, pictured above is Helina Bucket, and you can catch them every Wednesday Night at The Last Concert Cafe. These guys open up the show for Pot Roast every Wednesday night. These guys are really good and the material seems to vary from night to night with them. They come over much like a jam band, somewhat reminiscent to bands like The Grateful Dead. Tonight’s show was great as usual. If you haven’t seen Helina Bucket yet, you’re definitely missing out on a good thing. This is another great example of the fine bands you can catch over at The Last Concert Cafe.

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Thursday, December 5 - Drug Money Sunset, Cactus Flowers, Cool Moon, Mother Ghost (show at 8pm) Friday, December 6 - Live and Loud Productions presents Gen Why, Tryingtogetby, Josh Langford, Teh Failz (show at 8pm) Saturday, December 7 - Food Corps, Channel 63, PLXTX, Michael LaCour (show at 8pm) Sunday, December 8 - Live and Loud Productions presents Saint, Whiskey Dick, Hoof Rot, Chost Writer (show at 8pm) Tuesday, December 10 - Punk Rock Karaoke Friday, December 13 - El Jumbotron Louisiana Tour Kickoff (show at 8pm) Saturday, December 14 - Steve Hofstetter (show at 8pm) Sunday, December 15 - Steve Hofstetter (show at 8pm) Saturday, December 21 - 10th Annual Christmas Show with Project Grimm (show at 8pm) Friday, December 27 - Michael Severson & Grant Martin, Apparitions, MSTM (show - 7pm)

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Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Jones Hall Jones Hall is the performing arts venue that has the Houston Symphony as well as other theater and speaking events. Jay Leno is there Fri. Dec. 6th.

Michael KrajewskiVery Merry Pops is Fri. Dec. 13th- Tues. Dec. 17th and Nicholas McGegan- Handel’s Messiah is Fri. Dec. 20th-Sun. Dec. 22nd.

The Shen Yun Performing Arts is Sat. Dec. The Tony Vega Band Performs at The Big Easy 28th-Wed. Jan. 1st. Get Tonight we’re over at The Big Easy to listen to one of our favorite tickets at Houston Guitarists, Tony Vega along with his great band, The Tony www.ticketmaster.com. Vega Band. Tony has a great band. On keys is Andre, bass is Little

The Continental Club The Continental Club is the renowned vintage rock club at 3700 Main St. in Houston, and just like the original Austin location, they have lots of live music from some of the best artists around. A tribute to Live Aid ’85 on Sat. Dec. 7th has Queen tribute Queen Legacy, and ‘Lectric Eye- a David Bowie tribute, then U2 tribute Blood Red Sky, Duran Duran tribute Power Station, and Madonna tribute Into the Groove.

Bayou City Funk plays Fri. Dec. 20th, and then it’s an 80’s Christmas with Molly & The Ringwalds Wed. Dec. 25th. Beetle Happy Hour is Thursdays at 7pm, and then check out the NO COVER New Year’s Eve at The Continental Club w/ the Allen Oldies Band and The Monicas Tues. Dec. 31st. To learn more about the venue and what’s happening there, go to www.continentalclub.com.

Screamin’ Kenny, and on drums is Jeremy Pierce. Special guest this night is harpist, Steven Snider. You’ll be able to check him out on one of the two videos we have posted from this show on our youtube channel, houstonmusicnewstv1. When it comes to performing the Blues, Tony is fantastic. He definitely has his own distinct style. Founded in 1997, the Tony Vega Band has become one of the premiere independent blues acts in the world. This highly appealing Texas act has forged their own brand of red hot blues infused roots n’ roll. Making the band’s sound especially unique is Vega’s relentlessly soulful guitar work and one of the most identifiable velveteen voices to come out of Texas in years. The hard driving, hip-shaking rumble is powered by longtime TVB drummer Jeremy Pierce and seasoned veteran bassist Larry “Lownote” Johnson.

For over thirteen years the Tony Vega Band has been burning up the Texas Gulf coast and Europe. Discover Texas’ “best kept secret” for your self & find out what the buzz is all about! Yeah tonight’s show was a blast has Tony performed selections from his most recent album, “Black Magic Box,” as well as his other albums, not to mention a few really cool Blues Standards. Great Show! I loved it!

Eric Tessmer Performs at Rockefellers

Austin guitarist Eric Tessmer performs this night at Rockefellers. The place was packed this night for Eric. Eric has managed to gather together a fine fan base in Houston and they showed up in force to see what he might have in store with him with his array of guitar pyrotechnics. As we expected, Eric wasn’t going to let this crowd down, he was at the top of his game and put on one helluva show. We’re sure glad we were there for this one. Honestly though, we never miss one of Toyota Center his shows. We’re fans too. Eric has shared the stage with many great Toyota Center in musicians and been proclaimed “Best Guitarist” in 2017-2018 in Austin.

Houston is not only the home of your Houston Rockets, but also host to many other concerts and events. This month, you can get tickets to opera great Andrea Bocelli with The Houston Symphony Thurs. Dec. 12th, and the legendary Cher Sun. Dec. 15th. Then, once again time for Trans-Siberian Orchestra Sun. Dec. 22nd with Christmas Eve & Other Stories (two shows). Tickets available at www.toyotacenter.com.

Rockefeller’s Rockefeller’s is Houston’s rock club that came about in the 80’s, and recently came back into existence after being closed for many years. They have free parking, a full bar, and of course live music. This month, there’s Led Zeppelin tribute Dancing Days Fri. Dec. 6th, and then Mon. Dec. 16th 93Q presents Midland. Then Trish & Darin Murphy’s Christmas party Wed. Dec. 18th.

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3620 Washington Ave. If you haven’t been to Rockefeller’s, then come see what the talk is about!

Frank’s Pizza and Backyard Frank’s Pizza is located in the Downtown area. They are open from 11am until 10pm Sunday through Wednesday. They offer late hours Thursday nights till 1am and Friday and Saturday nights until 3am. For those of you looking for a great pizza snack.

Stop in at 417 Travis St. in Houston and grab a bite. Frank’s has also expanded and they now have a Frank’s Backyard, a new club for the downtown area.

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Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Wednesdays from 10pm-1am. Saturdays have the Dial Up: 90’s & Y2K dance party.

Some other events you can see are comedians Eddie Pepitone & JT Habersaat: For “The Masses” tour Thurs. Dec. 5th, and the one and only Pauly Shore Thurs. Dec. 12th. Goth/ emo band She Wants Revenge is here Sun. Dec. 15th and local rapper Paul Wall Fri. Dec. 20th. The Secret Group is at 2101 Polk St. on the East Side of downtown Houston. Tell your friends about this best-kept secret in Houston!

The Big Easy Houston’s social & pleasure club is The Big Easy! This renowned bar at 5731 Kirby Dr. has the best in blues, zydeco, and rock! Sundays have a zydeco party 8pm-midnight. Then, it’s Jonn Del Toro Richardson and Eric Demmer on Mondays, and James Wilhite on Tuesdays. The Big & Easy Blues Jam is on Wednesdays, with all musicians welcome; no cover, Then The Mighty Orq is on Thursdays. None of these shows have a cover, but for only a $5 cover, you can see bands on the weekends like Chris Ruest and Rob Stone Fri. Dec. 6th, then Dave Scher Sat. Dec. 14th. The No Refund Band is Fri. Dec. 20th. The monthly features have the Houston Blues Society Jam on Thurs. Dec. 26th and the National Zydeco Foundation Jam Sun. Dec. 29th. Check out The Big Easy on Facebook to follow the latest info. Yeah you right!!

Last Concert Cafe Last Concert Cafe is a special place in Houston for people who love arts, music, and good food! It’s located in a historic building at 1403 Nance St. and many of you may know they are a cafe that serves Tex-Mex and vegetarian food made from scratch, and have an outdoor music stage for performances in a courtyard filled with sand.

Whether you’ve been or not, we’re here to let you know what’s happening there. There is live music 7 nights a week with dinner bands that have no cover until 9:30pm. Sundays have a brunch and an acoustic jam 11am-3pm, and then Tuesday night there’s a musician’s jam hosted by Howard & the Nosebleeds, followed by an open mic after their set. Wednesday nights have the Potroast

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Eric Demmer Performs at The Big Easy We’re at The Big Easy tonight to celebrate Eric Demmer’s birthday. Almost all of the local Blues musicians celebrate their birthday’s at The Big Easy, and Eric is no exception. On his birthday, there is no other place Eric would like to be except at The Big Easy. Tonight’s show was fantastic as Eric and the band took on a New Orleans theme to their music to the total delight of the crowd there.

For those of you who are not familiar with Eric, he was the Saxophonist for Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown for many years. Now he fronts his own band and delights crowds all over the state. We certainly had a great time tonight listening to Eric as he performed this night at The Big Easy. I can’t wait to see him again. I think I’m addicted to his playing.

band, the Midnight Drum Circle, and Hellinabucket. Other bands to see this month include A Holiday Rhapsody benefit with Queen tribute and Legends tribute on Fri. Dec. 6th. Then alternative/folk rock with The Dirty River Boys Sat. Dec. 14th and some country with Lucas Eason & The Panhandlers Sat. Dec. 28th. Check the calendar in this month’s issue to see what else is hap-

Warehouse Live is the 3-roomed venue in the warehouse district near George R. Brown Convention Center. They have the Ballroom for large concerts, the Studio for more intimate performances, and the Green Room for special events. The Old 97’s are an Austin-based group that has a cult following. They’ll be in the Ballroom Wed. Dec. 4th. Then a metal show with Victim and special guests Perfect Strangers and Judith Priest in the Studio Fri. Dec. 20th. Then another metal/hard rock show with Zebra, and tribute to Queensryche, Mindcrime in the Ballroom Fri. Dec. 27th! For more info and upcoming concert dates at Warehouse Live, go to www.warehouselive.com.

pening at Last Concert Cafe this month!

The Secret Group If you’re looking for something different to do, why not check out The Secret Group! Not only do they have live music; they also showcase comedy, as well as karaoke and trivia nights. The Pass the Mic: Open Mic Night is on Tuesdays, and Karaoke

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Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Rudyard’s British Pub Rudyard’s British Pub in Montrose is a popular bar in the area that has a lot of original local music. They also have a downstairs area that offers darts, pool, TV’s, plus a full bar and flame grill. Sundays are FREE hot jazz Sundays at 6pm downstairs, and then A Couple of Stand Up Guys comedy open mic on Mondays. TuesSleeper Street Peforms At Rudyard’s day is industry and karaoke night, Wednes- Tonight at Rudyard’s, Sleeper Street made their return to the Houston day is Houston Reddit Music Scene after a 5 year absence. Yes folks, after calling it quits 5 board game meet up, and years ago, Sleeper Street has decided to reform and return to their roots.

Thursday is the Dart Their show this night at Rudyard’s was their first since reforming and Tournament. Live music all in all, they did a pretty good job. The band performed songs from in December includes their previous EP’s and releases and no doubt make a good impression. welcome these guys back and the next time they perform we’ll all Gen Why, Tryingtogetby, Let’s meet there. It’s going to be a lot of fun to see these old-time punkers Josh Langford, and Teh back in action.

Failz on Fri. Dec. 6th presented by Live and Loud Productions with musical equipment from Electric Guitars like a show at 8pm. Steve Hofstetter has two Fendar, Gibson and Richenbacker to shows Sat.14th and Sun. Dec. 15th, both at Accoustic Guitars like Taylor, Martin and 8pm. Then it’s the 10th Annual Christmas Waterloo. Fuller also carries Amps, Pro AuShow with Project Grimm Sat. Dec. 21st at dio equipment, and effects, pedals and parts.

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1pm-3pm on Wednesdays. Lots of stuff go- Hope to see you at Fuller’s Guitar! ing on at Rudz!

The Heights Theater The Heights Theater is a restored early-1900’s movie theater with an old marquee, and inside is available for private events, as well as now booking live bands!

Josh Weathers is there with Mitchell Ferguson Fri. Dec. 6th, and then some great blues with Home For the Holidays: Carolyn Wonderland, Marcia Ball & Shelley King Thurs. Dec. 19th, and then Los Texmaniacs Holidasy Fiesta with special guest Rick Trevino Fri. Dec. 27th. If you don;t have planed for New Year’s Eve yet, then check out NYE with Boomtown Brass Band Tues.

Dec. 31st with dancing and desserts. Go to www.theheightstheater.com to sign up for their newsletter or to see who else is coming.

Fuller’s Vintage Guitar It’s that time of the year to check out Fuller’s Vintage Guitar for your next guitar purchase. They are located at 116 N. Loop 610 at Yale in Houston. They are open Monday through Friday 10am till 6pm and on Saturdays from 10am till 5. Closed on Sundays.

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Colbie Caillat and Gone West Perform at The Clarion at Brazosport College Colbie Caillat, along with her new band, Gone West will be appearing this month at The Clarion at Brazosport College on Friday, December 13th.

Some things are inevitable. More than Grammy Awards or platinum albums, sometimes friendship is greater to motivate creativity, serving as its own momentum. Such is the case for how the harmonically buoyant, impossibly lush acoustic rock-country of Gone West came to be.

On a personal break from one of the most musical pop breakthroughs of the last several years, multiple Grammy-winner Colbie Caillat and her fiancée Justin Kawika Young (11 #1 Hawaiian songs) decided to head to Nashville where Caillat’s co-writer, recording artist and friend Jason Reeves was living with his wife songwriter/Academy of Country Music Award nominee Nelly Joy. For Caillat, who’d already collaborated with Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley, as well as CMA Song of the Year winner Liz Rose, it felt almost like a homecoming.?

“They introduced us to all of their friends, and everyone was so welcoming,” Caillat recalls of the 2017 move. “I didn’t have any set plans, but I’d always thought it would be fun to be in a band.”

The warm familiarity extended to the creative groove the four friends enjoyed from their 14-year history of making music together. While Reeves, who’s also written for Lanco, Kenny Rogers, the Jane Dear Girls and Rachel Wammack, has been working with Caillat since “Bubbly,” there was a chemistry between the four that was undeniable. When the opportunity for an acoustic tour came up based on her The Malibu Sessions, which featured the foursome, they took their friendship on the road.

“We realized how much fun touring could be when you have your best friends, and significant other – and dogs on the road and onstage with you,” Caillat remembers.

Suddenly a creative incubator for four friends was turning into Gone West, a fresh harmony, breezy melody group whose myriad influences landed somewhere between Laurel Canyon, Texas roadhouses, Appalachia’s harmony and the plains of the Midwest.

As Joy explains, “We all come from different places in life, so we all relate to country differently,” and Reeves continues, “What we’ve always loved about country music is its history of storytelling, rich harmonies and organic instruments, and we wanted to continue in that tradition.”

Indeed, a live acoustic version of “This Time” barely uploaded to YouTube when an invitation to play the Grand Ole Opry arrived.

“I remember thinking, ‘Don’t mess this up!’ because I know it’s a live radio show,” Caillat recalls. “Liz Rose, who we wrote with, was there, and Rita Wilson, too.

It was so emotional, and we felt so supported. You could hear a pin drop when we walked out. The foursome took it as a blessing and sign, realizing this was something more than just the joy of true collaboration.

Indeed. They were inspired, and the recording process quickened.

Produced and co-produced by the band, Gone West’s music brings a new freshness to modern country, straddling singer/

songwriter vulnerability, Iowan humility, Lone Star tenacity and Hawaiian steel guitar. The playing is spare enough the instruments and voices shine, while the lyrics, which offer a heart-positive embrace of life, stand-out in the mix.

Whether the self-declaratory “Gone West,” where the foursome draw on their lives and the lives of the people they love for inspiration, or the sweeping love that’s not over, but has been squandered in “What Could’ve Been” with its back-and-forth lead vocals, Gone West is mapping a more evolved take on how people really inhabit their lives. Nuance rises, and truth is explored.

Not that everything is so impossibly heavy. Yes, the aching “Home Is Where the Heartbreak Is,” co-written with CMA Song of the Year winner Liz Rose, is a rhythmic take on the loneliness of being in an empty relationship. But there’s also the effervescently celebratory break-up song “Confetti,” the philosophically perky letting go of “Knew You,” that sees past the pain to a selfembracing reality, and the jaunty escape of “R&R,” where the foursome finding joy in merely getting lost doing next to nothing.

As Joy explains, “With four or five of us in a room, there are so many viewpoints.

We’ve either experienced what we’re writing about or watched friends do the same thing Sooner or later, everyone’s been somewhere along the way, and that’s what we want these songs to be.”

Certainly, the life-grabbing ballad “This Time,” co-written with Nashville

Songwriter Hall of Famer Tom Douglas, employs that notion. Invoking things we’re going to get around to – (including the Tom Petty show they figured they’d see next tour) – Gone West’s Mamas & Papas meets the Eagles vocals hit the chorus with extra sweetness, espousing, “Because next time, there may not be a this time...”

Reeves explains, “Tom’s spirit is indescribable, and his brilliance is limitless.

That he’d write with us before there was anything going on was amazing.”

“We played him the first song we wrote as a band and he loved it and told us how important our sound was” Caillat continues. “He truly gave us the courage to continue making this record.”

Young agrees. “We’ve all been on tour and written songs together, so starting this band was organic and fun. But hearing Tom’s words made us think we could really do something special.” “...and we all walked out thinking about this very differently,” Joy picks up.

“It was right after the Vegas shootings, Tom Petty had died – and we’d had tickets, but hadn’t gone. It all came together in the song, and I think in our hearts about what we were meant to do.”?

And so they did. Writing, exploring, enjoying the unique chemistry their friendship brought to their creativity. On the road,

at home, backstage, out in nature, wherever songs might happen. Largely recorded in their own homes with one day with outside players at Nashville’s famed Ocean Way Recording, Tides took shape with love and care. Wrapping up moments of life in melody, harmony and words, they realized, as Reeves explains, “the universe put us together,” Gone West fuses the best parts of being young, engaged and willing to face the heartbreak with a smile to get the good parts.

As Joy explains of the EP’s title, “We’ve all experienced highs and lows in life and love, and the songs we wrote for this album represent those ebbs and flows.”

Those tides that rise can sweep music lovers, especially ones who love breezy lifeaffirming songs, into a whole new realm of happy. Life isn’t always perfect, but when you’re Gone West, you can find the silver lining, the golden sunset, the lemonade in those moments that often pull us down.

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MUSIC NEWS Sunday, December 1 Zydeco Dots (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) PJ Morton- “Paul” tour w/Pell, & Asiahn (music hall); Young M.A. (Bronze Peacock room); “Late Night” w/Jack Freeman (foundation room) (House of Blues) Lovell Crawford (Houston Improv) Bad Bunny (Toyota Center) Houston Symphony- “Strauss” (2:30pm) (Jones Hall) Thank You Scientist w/Bent Knee, & Tea Club (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe) NFL Sunday’s (Concert Pub North) Big E’s Lone Star Record Swap (Continental Club) Open Mic (The Secret Group) Lagmind w/Cactus Flowers, Chromatophore, & Antonio Eye (Acadia Bar & Grill) Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (Cruiser’s) Katie’s Blues Jam hosted by Live Mojo (Katie’s) Free Hot Jazz Sundays (6pm) (downstairs) (Rudyard’s) Open Jam w/Lectric Ed and Friends (Jailhouse Saloon) Monday, December 2 Jonn ‘Del Toro’ Richardson and Eric Demmer (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Houston Jazz Orchestra (Voodoo stage) (House of Blues) MC Chris (Scout Bar) Karaoke hosted by Julian Zamora and Andy Cortez (Bonez Draught House) Eric Bellinger w/Ye Ali, Sy Ari Da Kid, & Garren (studio) (Warehouse Live) Jam w/Gavin Sasser (Vollie Ray’s Circus) A Couple of Stand- Up Guys- Open Mic (Rudyard’s) Tuesday, December 3 James Wilhite (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Heather McMahan- “The Farewell” tour (concert hall); Open Mic Night (Voodoo stage) (House of Blues) Benito Skinner (Houston Improv) Wax (Scout Bar)

Red Bull presents: “Thee Outlaw” featuring Megan Thee Stallion (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Musicians Jam hosted by Howard & The Nosebleeds/Open Mic to follow (Last Concert Cafe) “Latin History for Morons” w/John Leguizamo (Smart Financial Centre) Neo Benshi (The Secret Group) Karaoke by Overtime Productions hosted by Mary (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Karaoke; Open Mic; Open Jam (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Wednesday, December 4 Big & Easy Blues Jam (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Funniest Comic in Texas 2019 (Houston Improv) The Underground featuring Jak Da Ripa, Ari FNF, One Way, & more (Scout Bar) Aliana Castillo- “My First” tour (upstairs); “The 3 Dimensional” tour w/The Mowgli’s, New Politics, & Plain White T’s (White Oak Music Hall) PotRoast Band w/The Midnight Drum Circle, & Hellina Bucket (Last Concert Cafe) The Hip Hop Nutcracker (Smart Financial Centre) Small Town Titans (greenroom); Old 97’s w/ Rhett Miller (solo acoustic) (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Karaoke (The Secret Group) The Wood Brothers w/Katie Pruitt (The Heights Theater) Open Mic (Acadia Bar & Grill) Open Mic w/Brian Sacco & Darwin Macon (Loaded Barrels) Live Mojo (Katie’s) Houston Reddit Board Game meet-up (Rudyard’s)

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Nickal (ballroom); D.R.I. w/Wartorn, & Oath of Cruelty (studio) (Warehouse Live) Party Favor- “Layers Envisioned” tour (Stereo Live) Bayside w/Captain; The Number12 Looks like You (The Secret Group) Rainchild w/Downfall 2012, Dirty Wormz, Karmin K, & Lucid Illusions (Acadia Bar & Grill) Westfield w/Newark After Dark (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) School of Rock- “Kids Christmas” showcase (Concert Pub North) Trey Gilleland (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Paul Ramirez (Cruiser’s) Gary Cain Band (Katie’s) Food Corps w/Channel 63, PLXTX, & Michael LaCour (Rudyard’s) Jay Hooks Band (Jailhouse Saloon) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Industry Thursday Who’s got talent, hosted by Big Yogi and Muilrt Micki, $300 1st place. (BFE Rock Club) Sunday, December 8 Platinum Players (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Loumuzik (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Sommore (Houston Improv) Koo Koo Kanga Roo (Scout Bar) Houston Symphony- “Brahms” (2:30pm) (Jones Hall) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe) NFL Sunday’s; School of Rock- Woodlands showcase (Concert Pub North) Jimmy Buffett’s-“ Escape to Margaritaville” (2pm & 7:30pm) (Smart Financial Centre) “Rock the Shelter XXXI” benefiting The Salvation Army Family Residence & The Open Door Mission w/Blaggards, & Trish Cramlet & The Sweet Persuaders (Continental Club) De La Swing (Stereo Live) Doobie; Billy Wayne Davis (Conan, NBC, & Third Man Records); Open Mic (The Secret Group) Set, w/Display, The Tenebrian Machine, Black Ottumn, Khepera, & Brickhaven (Acadia Bar & Grill) Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (Cruiser’s) Katie’s Blues Jam hosted by Paul Ramirez (Katie’s) Free Hot Jazz Sundays (6pm) (downstairs); Saint w/Whiskey Dick, Hoof Rot, & Ghost Rider (Rudyard’s) Open Jam w/Lectric Ed and Friends (Jailhouse Saloon) Monday, December 9 Jonn ‘Del Toro’ Richardson and Eric Demmer (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Ten Man Jam w/Lee Brice, Ashley McBryde, Eli Young Band, Carly Pearse, Kane Brown, Dylan Scott, Scotty McCreery, Ryan Hurd, Riley Green, & Matt Stell (concert hall) (House of Blues) Nile w/Terrorizer (Scout Bar) Karaoke hosted by Julian Zamora and Andy Cortez (Bonez Draught House) “Free Wheeling” w/Radu Bondar (The Secret Group) Jam w/Gavin Sasser (Vollie Ray’s Circus) A Couple of Stand- Up Guys- Open Mic (Rudyard’s)

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MUSIC NEWS Saturday, December 14 Dave Scher (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Drag Diva Brunch- “A Very Drag Diva Christmas” (10:30am) (Voodoo stage) (House of Blues) Taylor Williamson; Funniest Comic in Texas 2019 (Houston Improv) Kendrik Perkins presents: “Holiday Comedy Special” (Jefferson Theatre) Ozz- (Ozzy Osbourne tribute) (Scout Bar) Sol Flair (Bonez Draught House) Nightbird annual Christmas party (Stevie Nicks/ Fleetwood Mac tributes) w/guest Rev Johnny Roadhousde (Concert Pub North) Houston Symphony- ‘Twas the Night before Christmas” (10am & 11:30am) (Jones Hall) Dirty River Boys (Last Concert Cafe) “Cultura Arts & Music Festival” w/Ruben Moreno & The Zydeco Revolution, Paul Ramirez Band, Elyze, Goat Leather, & DJ Big E (Continental Club) duneTX (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Bad Luck (greenroom); Kiki Maroon’s “Ho Ho Holiday” special (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Lost Kings- “Lost Angeles” tour (Stereo Live) Cremated Remains w/Deteriorated, Calderas, Of the Fallen, KTCM, & Solace of Serenity (Acadia Bar & Grill) Sunday Traffic (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Vollie Ray’s Circus Christmas party w/Premium Blend (Vollie Ray’s Circus) The Feel (Cruiser’s) Vince Converse (Katie’s) Steve Hofstetter (Rudyard’s) Texas TNT (Jack’s Pub) Rainchild (Jailhouse Saloon) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) White Pen Throttle Christmas with Crank Case (BFE Rock Club) Sunday, December 15 Weasel (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) The Last Bandoleros (Bronze peacock room) (House of Blues) Cher: “Here We Go Again” (Toyota Center) Taylor Williamson (Houston Improv) Houston Symphony- “Very Merry Pops” (2:30pm) (Jones Hall) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe)

School of Rock- Sugarland (studio) (Warehouse Live) Sacha Robotti- “Open to Close Trip” tour (Stereo Live) Open Mic (The Secret Group) “Emo Night” w/Hostile Redemption, & DJ DCB (Acadia Bar & Grill) NFL Sunday’s (Concert Pub North) Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (Cruiser’s) Katie’s Blues Jam hosted by Ricky Jackson (Katie’s) Free Hot Jazz Sundays (6pm) (downstairs); Steve Hofstetter (8pm) (Rudyard’s) Open Jam w/Lectric Ed and Friends (Jailhouse Saloon) Monday, December 16 Jonn ‘Del Toro’ Richardson and Eric Demmer (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Snoop Dog- “I Wanna Thank Me” tour 2019 (concert hall); Raf Rivera (Voodoo Stage) (House of Blues) Karaoke hosted by Julian Zamora and Andy Cortez (Bonez Draught House) Nikki Lane (Continental Club) 93Q presents: Midland- Up Close & Personal (Rockefellers) Neil Hillborn (The Secret Group) Jam w/Gavin Sasser (Vollie Ray’s Circus) A Couple of Stand- Up Guys- Open Mic (Rudyard’s) Travel Channel Hometown Horror watch party“The Cursed Dolls of Old Town Spring” (Jailhouse Saloon) Tuesday, December 17 James Wilhite (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Open Mic Night (Voodoo Stage); Dir En Grey“Tour19”- This Way to Self Destruction (concert hall) (House of Blues) Funniest Comic in Texas 2019 (Houston Improv) Houston Symphony (7:30pm) (Jones Hall) Musicians Jam hosted by Howard & The Nosebleeds/Open Mic to follow (Last Concert Cafe) Karaoke by Overtime Productions hosted by Mary (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Karaoke; Open Mic; Open Jam (Vollie Ray’s Circus)

Wednesday, December 18 Big & Easy Blues Jam (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Jeremy Kilgore (6pm) (Voodoo Stage); Robert Earl Keen- “Countdown to Christmas” (concert hall) (House of Blues) Funniest Comic in Texas 2019- Semi Finals (Houston Improv) PotRoast Band w/The Midnight Drum Circle, & Hellina Bucket (Last Concert Cafe) Trish & Darin Murphy’s Christmas show (Rockefellers) Karaoke (The Secret Group) Open Mic (Acadia Bar & Grill) Abby Lynn (2pm); Kasi Land (3pm) (Loaded Barrels) Bert Wills (Katie’s) Houston Reddit Board Game meet-up (Rudyard’s) Thursday, December 19 The Mighty Orq (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) KUBE 57 presents: “Just Sayin’” (live taping) (11:30 m) (Voodoo Stage); Parker McCollum (concert hall) (House of Blues) Paul Varghese (Houston Improv) “Nightmare Before Christmas” showcase 2019 (Scout Bar) “Acoustic Thursday Nights” w/Blake Jackson (Bonez Draught House) Cycles w/Electric Van (Last Concert Cafe) Beetle- Happy Hour; Ally Venable w/Larry Mitchell (Continental Club) Gladez (Stereo Live) Street Sects (The Secret Group) “Home for the Holidays” w/Carolyn Wonderland, Marcia Ball, & Shelley King (The Heights Theater) TypeKast w/Zzyzz, & A Distraction (Broadcasted on The Edge Radio) (Acadia Bar & Grill) Blended Blue (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Open Mic Night (Ashford Pub) Karaoke w/Kasi Land (Loaded Barrels) Premium Blend (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Jay Hooks (Katie’s) Texas TNT- Christmas party (Da Pub) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) afto n push party Shocase (BFE Rock Club)

Friday, December 20 No Refund Band (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Parker McCollum (concert hall) (House of Blues) Carey Holcomb (Houston Improv) Metal Shop (Scout Bar) “Friday Night Party” w/DJ R3TRO (Bonez Draught House) Houston Symphony- “Handel’s Messiah” (8pm) (Jones Hall) Von Hindenburg- Happy Hour; Bayou City Funk (Continental Club) Victim w/Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple tribute) & Judith Priest (Judas Priest tribute) (studio); “The It’s a Rap” show w/J.C. Seals III (greenroom) (Warehouse Live) R3HAB (Stereo Live) Music TBA (Concert Pub North) Paul Wall; Karaoke (The Secret Group) Jack Ingram- “Acoustic Holiday” tour (The Heights Theater) The Dope Show (Marilyn Manson tribute) w/All Hallows Eve (Type O Negative tribute) (Acadia Bar & Grill) Kevez Da Hype MC w/special guest (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Karaoke (Ashford Pub) Bang Bang Cabaret presents: “Holiday Hangover” (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Karaoke w/Country Queens (Cruiser’s) Jordan Matthew Young (Katie’s) John Barraza Project (Jailhouse Saloon) DJ (Shenanigans) dead heirs (BFE Rock Club) Saturday, December 21 Annika Chambers’ Farewell to Houston (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Tobe Nwigwe- “The Ivory” 2019 tour (Revention Music Center) Bobby Territo (Voodoo Stage) (House of Blues) Tracy Byrd Christmas Show (Jefferson Theatre) Nle Chappa and Gang- “Stole Christmas” (Ayva Center) The Brewery Comedy Hour (Stone’s Throw) Corey Holcomb (Houston Improv) The Hunger (Scout Bar) “A Pentatonix Christmas” 2019 tour w/The Pent (Smart Financial Centre) A Fistful of Soul- 10th Anniversary (Continental Club) Music TBA (Concert Pub North)

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and DJ DCB Wednesday, December 18 - Open Mic Thursday, December 19 - TypeKast, Zzyzx, A Distraction - Broadcast on The Edge Radio Friday, December 20 - THE DOPE SHOW, All Hallows Eve - A Tribute to Type O Negative Saturday, December 21 - SURGE, Another Pearl Harbor, DIRTYMIND, Sunday Traffic Sunday, December 22 - Leatherwood Preacherman, Sultan Subdued, Dave Collier Thursday, December 26 - Wings on Fire, Flying Coffins, David Guevara - Broadcasted on The Edge Radio Friday, December 27 - Chaotic Justice, Bloodstone, Kranc, Shoobiedoobies Saturday, December 28 - Serpent Attack, Antidote, The New You, Petfish Sunday, December 29 - Creepwater Revelation, Ghost Ship Ritual, Doug Westcott Tuesday, December 31 - Farewell To Solace, 5fifteen, Stompin White Pony

MUSIC NEWS Allison Fisher Band (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Emo Night (studio) (Warehouse Live) LSDREM x Shlump- “Universal War” tour (Stereo Live) Joe List (Netflix, Conan, & Fallon) featuring Sarah Tollemache (NBC & Colbert) (The Secret Group) Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis- 20th annual holiday Shindig (The Heights Theater) Surge w/Another Pearl Harbor, Dirtymind, & Sunday Traffic (Acadia Bar & Grill) Creepwater Revelation (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Christmas Party (Loaded Barrels) Lenin (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Mister Kicks (Cruiser’s) Tony Vega (Katie’s) 10th Annual Christmas Show w/Project Grimm (Rudyard’s) Texas TNT (6th Street Garage Bar & Kitchen/ Texas City) Alan Haynes (Jailhouse Saloon) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) The New You, Saviorskin, Gamerra, Calderas, Pet Fish (BFE Rock Club)

(Jones Hall) Beetle- Happy Hour (Continental Club) Tune Tag w/Paul Beebe and Charlie Harrison (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) “NYE Resolution” w/12th Planet (Stereo Live) Wings on Fire w/Flying Coffins, & David Guevara (Broadcasted on The Edge Radio) (Acadia Bar & Grill) Sall-Cool (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Open Mic Night (Ashford Pub) Karaoke w/Kasi Land (Loaded Barrels) Premium Blend (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Paul Ramirez (Katie’s) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Friday, December 27 The Mighty Orq (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Lyfe Jennings (concert hall); Skinny Kravitz (Lenny Kravitz tribute) (Voodoo stage) (House of Blues) Melissa Villasea (Houston Improv) Kim Waters (Sugar’s Cajun) The Spazmatics (Scout Bar)

“Friday Night Party” w/DJ R3TRO (Bonez Draught House) “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (2pm, 6:30pm, & 8pm) (Jones Hall) Music TBA (Concert Pub North) Los Skarnales- “25th Anniversary” w/Pinata Protest, Debauch, & DJ Tropicana Joe (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) The Whisper & Chick Rogers (Arena Theatre) “The Elf on a Shelf”- A Christmas Musical (Smart Financial Centre) The Monicas- Happy Hour; “90’s Tribute Night” w/Green Day, Third Eye Blind, & Presidents of The United States (Continental Club) Santa Oscuridad w/Blues Funeral, & Knocturnal Madness (studio); Zebra w/Via Linda & Mindcrime (Queensryche tribute) (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) “NYE Resolution” w/Audien (Stereo Live) Allison O’Conor; Emo Karaoke Night; “The Shocker” w/Jesse Payton (The Secret Group) “Los Texmaniacs Holiday Fiesta” w/Rick Trevino (The Heights Theater) Chaotic Justice w/Bloodstone, Kranc, & Shoobiedoobies (Acadia Bar & Grill)

Sunday, December 22 Raa-Raa (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Angels & Airwaves (concert hall) (House of Blues) Corey Holcomb (Houston Improv) Trans-Siberian Orchestra- “Christmas Eve & other stories (Toyota Center) Houston Symphony- “Handel’s Messiah” (2:30pm) (Jones Hall) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe) That Girl Lay Lay- “All the Way Lit up” tour w/ Slay Gang, Blurry, & Lil Terio (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Surain & Friends (Stereo Live) NFL Sunday’s (Concert Pub North) Open Mic; The Whiskey Brothers 11th Annual Comedy Christmas Ball (The Secret Group) Leatherwood Preacherman w/Sultan Subdued, & Dave Collier (Acadia Bar & Grill) Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (Cruiser’s) Katie’s Blues Jam hosted by Mark May (Katie’s) Free Hot Jazz Sundays (6pm) (downstairs) (Rudyard’s) Open Jam w/Lectric Ed and Friends (Jailhouse Saloon) Monday, December 23 Jonn ‘Del Toro’ Richardson and Eric Demmer (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Tony Henry (Voodoo Stage); The Frolic (foundation room) (House of Blues) Karaoke hosted by Julian Zamora and Andy Cortez (Bonez Draught House) Waterparks w/De’Wayne Jackson, & Kitten (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Jam w/Gavin Sasser (Vollie Ray’s Circus) A Couple of Stand- Up Guys- Open Mic (Rudyard’s)

Thursday, December 26 Houston Blues Society Blues Jam hosted by Steve Gilbert (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Matt Romero (Voodoo stage); “Holiday Hangover” w/VHT (Van Halen tribute); “Session and Cigars” featuring Stephen Richard w/The Righteous Vibe (House of Blues) “Acoustic Thursday Nights” w/Blake Jackson (Bonez Draught House) “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (8pm)

Saturday, December 28 Alan Haynes (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Kamran & Hooman w/Tohi (Revention Music Center) Toadies (concert hall); Paperwolf (Voodoo stage) (House of Blues) Music TBA (Concert Pub North) Melissa Villasea (Houston Improv) 4th Annual SLM Music Awards (Scout Bar) Shen Yun Performing Arts (7:30pm) (Jones Hall) Facetime w/Virgin White, Departure, & Innerlux (upstairs); Ghostland Observatory (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall)

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MUSIC NEWS Saturday, December 28 Lucas Easton & The Panhandlers (Last Concert Cafe) Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker (Smart Financial Centre) Hold on Hollywood w/To Whom it May, Kerosene Shores, & Dead Set Red (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) “NYE Resolution” w/Tritonal (Stereo Live) Serpent Attack w/Antidote, The New You, & Petfish (Acadia Bar & Grill) TBA (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) TBA (Cruiser’s) Brad Stivers (Katie’s) Texas TNT (Aspens) Black Velvet (Jailhouse Saloon) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Crowmonger, Wellborn Road, Six Hunderd Cuts, The Bayou City Outlaw Band (BFE Rock Club) Sunday, December 29 National Zydeco Foundation Jam (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Melissa Villasea (Houston Improv) Shen Yun Performing Arts (1pm & 6pm) (Jones

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Thursday, January 2 “Acoustic Thursday Nights” w/Blake Jackson (Bonez Draught House) Locals Showcase: Langston (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Beetle- Happy Hour (Continental Club) Slimez (Stereo Live) Open Mic Night (Ashford Pub) Karaoke w/Kasi Land (Loaded Barrels) Premium Blend (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Ted Hawley & Friends (Katie’s) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Friday, January 3 Who’s Bad” (Michael Jackson tribute) (concert hall) (House of Blues) Vanilla Sugar (Scout Bar) “Friday Night Party” w/DJ R3TRO (Bonez Draught House) Tony Desare- “Sinatra & Beyond” (8pm) (Jones Hall) Forever Miles w/The Lewd Dudes, &East of Eado (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Texas Reggae Fest presents: “Reggae Loves Houston” hosted by DJ Danger w/Proof of Life, Roots from the Clay, The Philosophers, & So/ Below (Last Concert Cafe) Picture Book- Happy Hour; “Disco New Year” w/ Disco Expressions (Continental Club) “Warehouse Live Tribute Series” w/Can’t Stop (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Vitamin R (Chevelle), Testify (Rage Against the Machine), Deft Ones (Def Tones), Stellar (Incubus), & 50 Shades of Green Day (Green Day) (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Karaoke (Ashford Pub) Music TBA (Concert Pub North) Sonny Wolf (Katie’s) DJ (Shenanigans) Saturday, January 4 Tony Desare- “Sinatra & Beyond” (8pm) (Jones Hall) Music TBA (Concert Pub North) Renegades (Styx tribute) w/Double Vision (Foreigner tribute), & David DeLaGarza’s tribute to Santana (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) No Refund Band (Katie’s) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Doyle’s Birthday Bash (BFE Rock Club)

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Pop superstar Colbie Caillat has a new country band and the music is everything we imagined it would be.

Comprised of Caillat, fiancé Justin Kawika Young, songwriter Jason Reevesand his wife Nelly Joy, Gone West has music that instantly puts you in the best mood no matter what’s happening around you. Blending sounds from the beach to the Midwest, the band’s debut EP has something for everyone and is an absolute must-listen. “We love to use acoustic instruments and steel guitar which originally came from Hawaii where Justin is from,” Reeves tells Celeb Secrets Country. “But really we just want to sing songs that are authentic and make people feel less alone. If we could make people less alone in any way when they are listening to our music, that is our ultimate goal.” The four have collaborated musically for fourteen years, but it was while on a personal break from one of the most musical pop breakthroughs of the last several years, Caillat and her fiancée Young decided to head to Nashville where Caillat’s frequent co-writer Reeves was living with his wife Nelly Joy. Suddenly a creative incubator for four friends turned into Gone West, a fresh harmony, breezy melody group whose myriad influences landed somewhere between Laurel Canyon, Texas roadhouses, Appalachia’s harmony and the plains of the Midwest. In a short time, they were invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry and signed to Triple Tigers.

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Acadia Bar & Grill Acadia Bar & Grill hosts the most hard rock and metal bands in Houston! They have happy hour every day from noon to 7pm, and shot specials and live music Sundays. Mondays have pool and poker, and poker and stand-up comedy Tuesdays.

Wednesdays have open mic. Their entertainment schedule includes some of these shows: The Hostile Redemption, 54 Reasons, and Brainstorm For Tuesday, all broadcasted on The Edge Radio play on Thurs.

Dec. 5th. Sixth Sense, BILE, Tera, and The Tenebrain Machine Fri. Dec. 13th. “All Acoustic Night of Music” w/Calling Chase, Add1ction, October Roar, Silenced Within, & Phantom Eye will be there on the 6th, Also playing on 14th is Cremated Remains w/Deteriorated, Calderas, Of the Fallen, KTCM, & Solace of Serenity.

SURGE, Another Pearl Harbor, DIRTYMIND, and Sunday Traffic are Sat. Dec. 21st. Closing out the month on New Year’s Eve, Tues. Dec. 31st, is Farewell to Solace, 5fifteen, and Stompin’ White Pony.

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B.T.R. Performs at the BFE Rock Club Tonight at The BFE we were in for something completely different. It was a show put on by Bulgarian rockers, B.T.R.. It was something totally different for The BFE Rock Club as they hosted this great band from Bulgaria. In fact, over half of the people at BFE this night were speaking Bulgarian, and the place was packed for this performance. All their Houston fans came out to see them for this showing. _._._. is a Bulgarian hard rock band. It was founded in 1984 and quickly became one of the most beloved bands in Bulgaria. More than 30 years later, the band remains one of Bulgaria’s most popular and critically acclaimed rock bands. The members of the band are versatile performers and an accomplished musicians. Mr Penev, lead vocals, is one of the most recognizable voices in the music scene and Mr. Nikolov, guitar and vocals, is an accomplished songwriter and mostly responsible for the musical arrangements.Mr. Kalfov (bass guitar) and Mr. Dikov (percussion) are among the best in their field. B.T.R. is the recipient of several major industry awards such as numerous Band of the Year, Song of the Year awarded by organizations with distinguished reputation such as the Bulgarian National TV and the Bulgarian National Radio.

Tonight’s show was certainly a lot of fun and we’ve got two videos from their performance at BFE to share with you, so you can start watching them on our youtube channel at houstonmusicnewstv1.

Stereo Live Houston’s best place to go to for dance, electronica, and hip-hop music is Stereo Live! They have a large room for the main entertainment, and they also have a big outdoor terrace and signature loft upstairs, for smaller, intimate gatherings. This month, some of the entertainment is as follows: Gammer with their Monstercat Uncaged tour Fri. Dec. 6th.Then Lost Kings on their Los Angeles tour Sat. Dec. 14th, and then the NYE Resolution Thurs. Dec. 26th-Tues.

Dec. 31st featuring different acts, like 12th Planet, Audien, Tritonal, Gorgon City, and Borgeous. If you want to book your next event here, call 832-2519600. Stereo Live is at 6400 Richmond Ave. in Houston. Come party with the folks here!

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Scrollkeeper Performs at The BFE Rock Club Opening up for B.T.R was local rockers, Scrollkeeper. Scrollkeeper are a traditional Heavy Metal band from Houston. They specialize in High Energy, Authentic Original Material that is reminiscent of Metal’s halcyon days. These guys nearly stole the show this night. Their performance was right on brilliant.

Scrollkeeper has a lot of great original material and they kept performing one great song after another working the crowd into a frenzy. They put on a very impressive show. If you’re into Metal, then make sure you see these guys the next time they perform around town. You’ll love them.

The Dirty Reckless Perform at Bonez

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Texas TNT is Houston’s high-energy rock n roll band! They have several gigs around town this month, and it starts with a show at Bubba’s Sports Bar & Grill in Houston on Fri. Dec. 6th from 8:30pm-12: 30am.

Then it’s a show at Bedrock Tavern in Cypress Fri. Dec. 13th from 9pm-1am and then one at Jack’s in Southwest Houston Sat. Dec. 14th from 9pm-1am. Go to their Christmas party at DA Pub in Pasadena Fri. Dec. 20th from 9pm-1am, and then see them at 6th Street Garage Bar & Kitchen in Texas City Sat. Dec. 21st from 9pm-1am. Then the band is at the Jailhouse Saloon in Spring Fri. Dec. 27th from 8pm-midnight, followed by one at Aspens in Kemah Sat. Dec. 28th from 9pm-1am. Then, they’re back at Jack’s for the New Year’s Eve celebration Tues. Dec. 31st from 9pm-1am. Check out Texas TNT at www.texastnt.com or on Facebook. Thanks from Texas TNT!

3 Eye Raven Perform at Vollie Ray’s Circus Tonight we headed out to Vollie Ray’s to check out a new act called 3 Eye Raven. 3 Eye Raven is a Psychedelic Rock band from San Antonio, Texas. Actually, we found them very refreshing and entertaining. It’s alway great to hear a little something different, and they were definitely different from what we’ve seen lately. The band was in town performing some great songs from their new album, “The Thunder, The Wine & The Fool”. The songs they performed for us this night were real good.

This band definitely has a lot of potential. We were definitely impressed, as well as the other folks in attendance at this show. And they really did put on a good show. I really enjoyed it and wouldn’t mind seeing them again sometime soon. If you would like to check out the title track from the album, the latest single “The Thunder, The Wine & The Fool” is up for streaming on Spotify. Check it out and add it to a playlist or two!

You can find it at https://open.spotify.com/album/ 4XzW2xY40onV2KKfHbqO0X… In the meantime you can watch the two videos we recorded from the show on our YouTube channel at houstonmusicnewstv1 right now.

Vollie Ray’s Circus Step right up and have a good time at Vollie Ray’s Circus! They have stuff going on each week like the Monday jam with Gavin Sasser. Then Tuesday and Wednesday karaoke and open mic/ open jam. The house band Premium Blend plays on Thursdays. Then Sunday is the band Old Bros. Other entertainment in the month has Lonely Hearts Band Fri. Dec. 6th, Trey Gilleland Sat. Dec. 7th, and John Barraza Project Fri. Dec. 13th. Then, don’t miss the Premium Blend Christmas party Sat. Dec. 14th! Bang Bang Cabaret Great Gatsby New Year’s Eve Celebration 2020 is Tues. Dec. 31st! Happy hour is every day from noon to 7pm and there are daily bar specials as well.

This club is always booking- you can even get a free digital live recording. Call 832-230-1841 for details!

Vollie Ray’s is at 937 FM 1959 Rd. Come by and tell ‘em we sent ya!

In The Aftermath Perform at The BFE Rock Club We dropped by The BFE Rock Club for Frankie’s Appreciation Day Party and the club was packed. A lot of people showed up to give Frankie their best. Several bands performed there that day. When we got there, In The Aftermath (pictured above) was on stage. They really had quite an audience for their performance as everyone was crowding the stage to rock with the band. The band was formed 6 years ago by drummer Ralph Wallace, guitarist Joseph Perez, and bassist Jonathan Torres. After several incarnations, the band has settled on vocalist J.D. Garza. He was brought into the band in 2017 and the band has been grooving together ever since. The band specializes in original material and has been writing some fine songs together which they performed this day on the BFE Rock Club stage. A Big Congratulations goes out to Frankie Aluotto on the great job he has done in building The BFE Rock Club into what it is today.

Cruiser’s Cruiser’s is the best little ice house in Texas!

They have live bands every Saturday and never charge a cover. In addition, they have free pool on Mondays, and the Sunday Blues jam since 1998! It’s now hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers. And now, the new feature, Country Queens karaoke night the first and third Thursday of every month from 9pm1am. This month, the bands are Paul Ramirez Sat. Dec. 7th, The Feel Sat. Dec. 14th, Mister Kicks

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Karaoke at Loaded Barrels on Thursdays Every Thursday Night Kasi Land hosts Karaoke Night at Loaded Barrels.

On stage now is pretty Erin, singing her heart out. While we were there quite a lot of people showed up to do their thing. I was surprised how many good singers this Karaoke Night attracted there, but evidently this is the place to go on FM 1960 if you want to sing. Besides Karaoke, they also have a Jam Night on Thursday Nights. There’s alway something happening at Loaded Barrels. Next time your in the area, be sure to drop by Loaded Barrels and show them what you’ve got. Who knows, you may become a star.

MUSIC NEWS Doug Strahan Performs at Katie’s Bar This night we dropped by Katie’s Bar in Bailiff to check out a new act for us.

His name is Doug Strahan. Doug is based out of Austin, Texas right now. After 13 years of playing lead guitar in various bands, as well as recording and co-leading Austin’s strangest boogiedoom-beast, Chili Cold Blood and cosmic country purveyors of funky tonk, The Moonhangers, Doug released his debut solo album entitled “Coal Black Dreams, Late Night Schemes.” As much a stew pot of roots music as CCB and MH’s previous albums, the solo record eases on in the direction of Blue-Eyed Soul but finds home on the bar stool of the Dew Drop Inn, The Horse Shoe Lounge, your neighborhood watering hole. It was a different direction for Strahan, much to do with his time playing and writing with The Memphis Strange, but the Gary Stewartesque vibrato remains. In 2015, he and Good Neighbors released the sophomore, self-titled album, Strahan & The Good Neighbors. It’s country funk at it’s finest, with touches of Little Feat, JJ Cale, and The Allman Bros. For the next album, he set out to feature twin guitars front and center on six songs. The end result, produced by everyone in the band, was Twilight Drifter, released in November of 2017, best described as country rhythm and blues. His show at Katie’s was interesting. He definitely has his own take on the Blues. Regardless, it was great for us to see a new act, and you couldn’t ask for a better place to do it. Katie’s Bar is a very close and intimate setting where you can always enjoy great music. We’ve got a couple of videos from this performance to share with you on our YouTube channel at houstonmusicnewstv1. Kick back and you can start watching now.

Fuller’s Guitar

Sat. Dec. 21st and the 28th is a TBA. Cruiser’s is at 9002 FM 2004 in Santa Fe. Cruise into Cruiser’s today!

The Concert Pub North The Concert Pub North has lots of great rock bands booked there, including tribute bands! They also have TV’s for your favorite sports games, great drink specials and a full lunch and dinner menu. 1/ 2 price lunches are served Wednesdays from 11am2pm. The fun starts with the Concert Pub North Christmas party with The Dirty Reckless, JD’s Throwdown Band, The ONS & more Fri. Dec. 6th...ho ho ho ! Then, it’s “The Gift Remains the Same” annual toy drive and concert to honor the music of Led Zeppelin by local Houston talent on Fri. Dec. 13th. Then come to the Nightbird annual Christmas party with Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac tributes with guest Rev. Johnny Roadhouse Sat. Dec. 14th. Keep up with all the happenings at The Concert Pub by going to www.theconcertpub.com.

Come by 2470 Cypress Creek Pkwy and rock out tonight!

Shenanigan’s Shenanigan’s in Texas City has been around over 30 years. They’re open everyday, and have pool, darts, and big screen TV’s. Ladies’ Night is Wednesday, and karaoke Thursday nights from 9pm-1am! There’s a DJ on Friday nights for dancing, and come back Saturday nights to see bands TBA. Keep checking at www.shenanigansworld.com. Shenanigan’s is located at 820 34th St. North in Texas City. If you are close by, come on down!

It’s that time of the year to check out Fuller’s Guitar for your next guitar purchase. They are located at 116 N. Loop 610 at Yale in Houston. They are open Monday through Friday 10am till 6pm and on Saturdays from 10am till 5. Closed on Sundays.

Fuller’s Guitar carry a large assortment of musical equipment from Electric Guitars like Fendar, Gibson and Richenbacker to Accoustic Guitars like Taylor, Martin and Waterloo. Fuller also carries Amps, Pro Audio equipment, and effects, pedals and parts. You can visit their web page at www.fullersguitar.com for more information. Hope to see you at Fuller’s Guitar!

High Times The Original High Times is located at 6881 Gessner at Bellaire in Houston. If not only offers smoking products but also has novelty and gift store.

Houston’s premiere smoke shop has items that include; smoking accessories, Body Jewelry, Body Toxin Removers and more. They are open Monday through Thursday 10am till 10pm, Friday and Saturdays from 10am till 11pm and Sundays 12 noon till 9pm. You can also find them on Facebook at High Times Houston.

All Breed American Lure Course Racing Be sure and bring your pups our for a fun time at the All Breed American Lure Course Racing in League City, Texas. After a night of parting in the town, take your fur baby out for a day in the park. PAWS IN THE PARK is a fun new upcoming dog sport that is fun for all breeds and all sizes. We offer a fully fenced course where you can SEE JUST HOW FAST YOUR PUPS CAN RUN. We have a timer that can give us the speeds. You can check out their Facebook page at American Lure Course Racing or visit the website for additional information www.americanlurecourseracing.com.

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By Jay Lambs Remy Asleep In The Wake This month I would like to honor the band Asleep In The Wake!!

What do you get when four passionate and accomplished musicians on separate journeys converge for a new sound? Most would say “super group” or “a collaboration”.. In the case of Asleep In The Wake, they are neither.

Formed in late 2017 as a calculated idea of “wiping the slate and starting fresh” by vocalist Matt Niece (Melovine, Vella) and bassist Hector Porras (Saturate), then meticulously solidifying the line up in late 2018 with guitarist Mike Mexas (Saturate) and drummer Elijah Santucci (Treason). Asleep In The Wake is all about transformation thru evolution as entertainers and musicians. Concussive complex rhythms coupled with haunting heavy guitars, and passionately delivered poetic vocals sum up the basis of the sound. All of that fused together with simple structure for easy listening puts Asleep In The Wake somewhere between post grunge and modern hard rock with a taste of new metal. Ultimately there are no genre labels here...only high-energy entertainment by seasoned musicians with a professional outlook on their new journey.

Asleep In The Wake released their freshman EP titled “The Catalyst” in July 18th of 2019. You can find more information as well as show schedules and news at facebook.com/ asleepinthewake, Instagram@asleep_in_the_wake and Twitter @asleepinthewake. For downloadable content search Asleep In The Wake in Itunes, Spotify, Rhapsody, Google Play and Amazon.

It is with great honor to entitle the band Asleep In The Wake Icons At Badassery thank you very much for all your hard work.

Don Tino This month I would also like to honor Don Tino, Founder of SLM Music

Ms. Glenette’s Moonwalks, Waterslides and more....

• 2nd Album 2002 also distributed by Southwest Wholesale • 3rd Album 2003 under Corporate Ent. / RnD Distributors • 4th Album 2004 featured with Fat Joe, Lil keke, Baby Bash, SPM on Latin Hard Hitters compilation • 5th, 6th, 7th, album 2005-2006 Latin Hard Hitters compilations • 8th and 9th album 2005 • 10th Album 2008 under UNIMO digital distribution • 2008 Creation of 1st Support local music promotional campaign • 2011 Creation of SLM Music • 2012 Release of 1st SLM album • 2014 – 2015 release of 2nd 3rd and 4th albums • 2016 1st annual SLM Awards • 2017 signed first 5 SLM artists, Britney Doyal, Lost Mind, Patrick Gamble, Wayne Breez, Chronikle • 2017 2nd annual SLM Awards • 2017 SLM music released first EP of Britney Doyal and Lost Mind debut album • 2018 3rd annual SLM Awards We were lucky when our first album was released and teamed up with the # 1 independent music label in Texas, Dopehouse Records, Olivia Esparza our booking manager who worked for Dopehouse booked us on tours in Texas opening up for Dopehouse and many other Houston hip hop heavyweights such as Slim thug, Paul Wall, and Lil Keke.

Worked with Scout Bar for years on concerts like Ying Yang Twins, DMX, Sir mix a lot, and Bone Thugs and Harmony.

I’m looking to build SLM Music into a 1 stop shop, Record Label and Management, Recording studio with professional mixing and mastering services, promotions, Graphics and photography. We have now launched SLM films with our first music videos, and soon to be short films, and full featured films.

SLM publishing will be launching later in 2020 with our first Graphic Novel.

The SLM Awards is our corner stone, I wanted to be able to showcase the amount of talent I was able to see in the Houston and surrounding areas and bring them together.

I’ve already seen and heard from artists in the past years shows that have told me they met and teamed up from our show. That’s something we like to hear, that our show was a creation of something more in our music and arts scene. The purpose of the night is to celebrate another year of great entertainment we all were apart of making for our city, it’s businesses, and its visitors.

Extra info: In 2008, after the last release of our Corporate Rec/Corporate Ent. Catalogue, Don went back to school, first Graduating from College of the Mainland in 2010 with an associate degree in Business Administration., Then Graduating from University of Houston Clear Lake in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Mgmt. December 28th is the Slm awards everyone be sure to come and attend!

It is with great honor to entitled Don Tino a Icon at Badassery! Thank you very much for all your hard work.

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Marcia Ball Performs at The Heights Theater Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist, songwriter and vocalist Marcia Ball — the official 2018 Texas State Musician — will give a special holiday performance with Carolyn Wonderland and Shelley King at The Heights Theater in Houston on Thursday, December 19, 2019. Ball has won worldwide fame and countless fans for her ability to ignite a fullscale roadhouse rhythm and blues party every time she takes the stage. Ball’s rollicking Texas boogies, swampy New Orleans ballads and groove-laden Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite with music lovers all over the world. Her latest album, Shine Bright , produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, is full of everything music fans love about Marcia—rollicking two-fisted piano, soulful vocals, a top-shelf band of Texas and Louisiana musicians, and Marcia’s magnificent songwriting. In 2018 she was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall Of Fame. In 2019, Ball won the Blues Music Award for Best Instrumentalist-Piano. She also won the 2019 Living Blues Award for Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboards) in both the Critics’ and Readers’ Polls.

With Shine Bright, Ball set out to, in her words, “Make the best Marcia Ball record I could make.” In doing so, she has put together the most musically substantial, hopeful and uplifting set of songs of her five-decade career.

Produced by Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) and recorded in Texas and Louisiana, Shine Bright contains twelve songs (including nine originals), ranging from the title track’s rousing appeal for public and private acts of courage to the upbeat call to action of Pots And Pans, a song inspired by renowned Texas political writer and humorist Molly Ivins. From the humorous advice of Life Of The Party to the

poignantly optimistic World Full Of Love , the intensity of Ball’s conviction never wavers while, simultaneously, the fun never stops.

Shine Bright is exactly the album Ball set out to make. “It is a ridiculously hopeful, cheerful record,” she says, in light of some of the album’s more serious subject matter. The secret, according to Ball “is to set the political songs to a good dance beat.”

Born in Orange, Texas in 1949 to a family whose female members all played piano, Ball grew up in the small town of Vinton, Louisiana, right across the border from Texas. Seeing an Irma Thomas performance in 1962 and falling under the spell of Professor Longhair’s piano playing convinced Ball to seek out a career in music. She led a couple of early psychedelic country rock bands before pursuing her solo career from her adopted hometown of Austin, Texas.

After her 1978 Capitol Records debut, Circuit Queen, and a series of successful albums on Rounder Records, Ball joined Alligator in 2001 with the release of the critically acclaimed Presumed Innocent, the first of her six releases for the label, four of which are Grammy nominated. Altogether she holds eleven Blues Music Awards, thirteen Living Blues Awards, and five Grammy Award nominations. She has been inducted into both the Gulf Coast Music Hall Of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame. The Texas State legislature named her the official 2018 Texas State Musician. As her hometown Austin Chronicle says, “What’s not to like about Marcia Ball?”

Since joining Alligator, Ball has blossomed as a songwriter. Each album has been filled with fresh, original songs, never more so than on Shine Bright . Ball easily draws her

listeners deep into her music with instantly memorable melodies and imaginative imagery. Her songs paint vibrant musical pictures richly detailed with recognizable characters, regional flavors, universal themes and colorful scenes, both real and imagined. Living Blues declares, “Her originals sound like timeless classics and southern soul masterpieces that no one else can imitate.”

Now, with Shine Bright, Ball’s aggressively hopeful songs are energized by Steve Berlin’s inventive and exciting production, creating electrifying music that is daring, inspired, poignant and timely. The Boston Globe calls Ball “a compelling storyteller” who plays “an irresistible, celebratory blend of rollicking, two-fisted New Orleans piano, Louisiana

swamp rock and smoldering Texas blues.” The New York Times says, “Marcia Ball plays twofisted New Orleans barrelhouse piano and sings in a husky, knowing voice about all the trouble men and women can get into on the way to a good time.” The Houston Chronicle says simply, “She’s as perfect as an artist can be.”

“I still love the feel of the wheels rolling,” Ball says of her love of touring, “and the energy in a room full of people ready to go wherever it is we take them.” With both Shine Bright and her legendary live performances, Marcia Ball will shine a light into the darkness, making the world a brighter place one song at a time.

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Ghostland Observatory Returns To White Oak Music Hall December 28th Austin’s Ghostland Observatory wil be returning to White Oak Music Hall this month on Saturday, December 28th.

Ghostland Observatory is a funky, electro pop twosome based out of Austin, Texas. The duo includes Thomas Ross Turner on synthesizer and drums and singer Aaron Behrens, the latter of who has a voice comparable to a modern day Rick James.

Together, these 2 musicians have been creating a danceable blend of music sounds since the 2005 release of delete.delete.i.eat.meat. and since that time they have released 3 other albums, Paparazzi Lightening, Robotique Majestique and Codename: Rondo. Ghostland Observatory truly comes alive when they play in concert. Thomas Ross Turner usually wears a cape as he provides the background sounds to the super funky voice of Aaron Behrens who along with singing, livens up the audience, and the stage, with his stellar dance moves. Since becoming a band, Ghostland Observatory has played on tour and has made appearances at both the Austin City Musical Festival and Coachella.

Thomas and Aaron of Ghostland Observatory are happy to officially release their new EP, “Channels,” available now on all digital platforms!

The four track record is accompanied by four new videos, all made by the band using analog equipment and found footage.

This marks a new, creative and inspired period for Ghostland Observatory and the project has revitalized the duo’s creative spirit. The guys are thankful and happy to share these captured creative moments with all the fans! Much love and light to all and enjoy!

After four records and years of headlining shows across the country, Ghostland took an extended hiatus to reset and get the creativity flowing like never before. Thomas and Aaron returned wtih a bang in 2018

and invite you for a wild ride with a full tourand a fresh album.

“We worked hard on this record, and it’s just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come,” Aaron says. “This is our rebirth, the phoenix rising from the ashes, and we have no plans to slow down. We’re stepping out of the weird simulation we’ve been in, and coming back into the world for the beginning of round two.”

The band released their first fulllength album, delete.delete.i.eat.meat, in 2005 on Turner’s Trashy Moped Recordings. They also released their second CD, Paparazzi Lightning, on the same label in January 2006. On October 16, 2007, they made their national television debut on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien, performing the song “Sad Sad City”. They appeared on Austin City Limits in 2007, and released their first live DVD, Live from Austin, TX on November 13, 2007. In a video shot at the Vegoose Music Festival, they announced their album Robotique Majestique, later released on March 4,

2008. On December 26, 2007, Austin newspaper, the Austin American-Statesman, announced Ghostland Observatory as their band of the year. They performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, in Austin, TX in 2006, 2007, and 2009. During their 2007 Austin City Limits performance of “The Band Marches On”, the “University of Texas”” marching band accompanied the duo on stage for a lights out performance. They have appeared at Coachella in Indio, CA and Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, LA. October 26, 2010 saw the release

Ghostland Observatory’s fourth album, Codename: Rondo, which was introduced with a show at the Cedar Park Center, in Texas, on October 28, 2010. At that time they took the laser show to another level, having 16 lasers and a sophisticated assemblage of mirrors scattered around the stage to produce visual effects in real time usually only seen in movies. On Thursday March 17, 2011 they participated in a friendly battle against Snoop Dogg live at the Red Bull SoundClash on South Padre Island, Texas. On August 13, 2011 they performed at Pacific Festival in Orange County, CA alongside Cut Copy and Steve Aoki.

They played in the Beat Tent on night 3 of CounterPoint Music Festival in Fairburn, GA. On April 10, 2013, they posted on their Facebook page “Yes it is true. We are on hiatus right now. Bathing and relaxing in the cosmos. Rejuvenating our spirits and soaking in the cosmic rays. Much love to all our GLOheads out there. See y’all in the future.”

They returned for one show on January 31, 2014, opening for Jurassic 5 at the Icelantic Winter on the Rocks concert at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

They also returned to play several shows during South by Southwest (SXSW 2016) in Austin, Texas.

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