Thursday, September 09, 2010

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Our Sim Redmond Band Contest Winner!

srb
 
Congratulations to our contest winner,
Michael Perl
He correctly identified the most of the SRB songs in our mashup.  For those of you playing along at home, we did splice in one Thousands of One song.  Michael correctly identified 7/10, which is pretty darn good considering even Sim Redmond himself could only get 8 of the 10!
Here's the mashup in case you missed it, and the answers are below.
Roll a Few
In an Instant
1000 Years
Runaway Train
Train Song
Potholes
Pink Guitar
No Separation
Blue as the Ocean
Corruption
 
Michael went to the Sim Redmond Band NYE concert with Thousands of One and The Makepeace Brothers for FREE, and we hope he enjoyed the heck out of it!
We'll have lots more contests in 2009, and we look forward to helping bolster the local Ithaca music scene.  Thank you from the bottom of hearts for your support so far, and have a safe, healthy, and happy new year!
 
From all of us here at IthacaMusic.com
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Thousands of Thousands of One

Thousands of One
Thousands of Thousands of One?  Well it seems like Thousands of One is everywhere these days, in part because they are!  Here's what's going on with these Ithaca bigshots.

Dec 18 2008 10:00P
Lovin’ Cup Rochester, New York
Dec 19 2008 10:00P
Middle East w/ Void Union Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 20 2008 10:00P
Matt Murphy’s Pub Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 27 2008 9:30P
Mercury Lounge NYC, New York
Dec 31 2008 10:00P
Castaways with Sim Redmond Band Ithaca, New York
Jan 23 2009 10:00P
Water Street Music Hall w/ Sim Redmond Band Rochester, New York
 
Towards the end of the month Thousands will be rocking Boston and NYC playing at some serious venues, so if you're in or around those areas visiting friends and family for the holidays, why not treat a non-Ithacan to some Ithaca music magic?  Not to mention, on a matter of personal taste, the Dec. 19th show in Boston features The Void Union, and they're awesome.  Go dig on that!
 
In addition to playing everywhere, of course you remember that Thousands did release a great, new record this year called "Soul Force", featuring some hot-shots such as Mbusi, Speech from Arrested Development, and Elliot Martin from John Brown's Body.  This regional tour will include over a half dozen new tunes for your listening pleasure.  So as we like to say here at IthacaMusic.com, Plug in and GO!
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The Flies Are Back!

**Special Congrats to The Horseflies for having their album Until the Ocean named as  one of the best folk albums of 2008!**

I did 2 HorseFlies gigs recently and wow. Just wow. Thursday 11/20 they played at The Corning Museum of Glass, and Saturday 11/22 at the wonderful Elk Creek Cafe in Millheim, PA.

The Corning gig was a hi tech extravaganza with a full light and video show. I got to mix the band on a new Yamaha digital console. But better than all that The HorseFlies played a great set.

But that was apparently just a set up for the stunning performance they did on Saturday night at the Elk Creek Cafe in Millheim, PA. The Elk Creek Cafe is a very cool cafe and micro-brewery kinda in the middle of nowhere, 25 miles from State College. The drive there was nice, the food delicious, and we stayed in a nice bed and breakfast. All really nice. BUT, the Flies freakin rocked! The room was sold out with folks young and old moving and churning to the HorseFlies grooves, and the band rallied, burning through fiddle/banjo grooves driven by Jeff's relentless uke, Taki's percolating world rhythms, Ricks pumping accordion and smoothly supported by Jay's awesome bass lines.

DO NOT MISS THE HORSEFLIES AT CASTAWAYS ON SAT DEC 13! THIS BAND IS ON FIRE!

 

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Something Special

Soulive
 
So good.  So talented.  Soulive.
 
We've teamed up with NextAid to help bring you a fantastic concert in observance of World AIDS Day 2008 to raise funds and awareness for kids in Africa who have been orphaned due to the AIDS pandemic.  NextAid has connected 17 + events to recognize the 20th annual World AIDS Day during the month of December. Each event will donate a portion of their proceeds to NextAid to raise the minimum goal of $29,000. These funds will be used to complete one of the homes at the NextAid/Youth with a Vision Community Center and Children’s Residential Village.
 
The Syracuse event, produced by two NextAid interns from Syracuse University, happens on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the Westcott Theater (524 Westcott Street Syracuse, NY 13210  
(315) 299 - 8886).  The concert starts at 8p and features Soulive and Thousands of One.  Presale tickets are $20; at the door it will be $25. All proceeds benefit NextAid.  For more information please visit www.thewestcotttheater.com.  

Both bands are very popular in Upstate New York.  Since forming Soulive in 1999, guitarist Eric Krasno, organist Neal Evans and drummer Alan Evans have developed a reputation as one of the most sought-after instrumental soul-funk trios around and a hard-touring live act that's thrown down everywhere from small rock clubs to opening arena shows for the Rolling Stones.  Soulive has performed with such esteemed artists as Chaka Khan, Ivan Neville and Robert Randolph. “After a great year in 2007 in which we released 'No Place Like Soul', which featured the vocals of Toussaint [Yeshua], we are returning to the trio format for the foreseeable future. We are very excited about some of the new material we are writing and for ragin' on some of the classic tunes at the upcoming shows.”  While in Syracuse, the trio will be joined by a powerful horns section. 

Thousands of One is an Ithaca, NY, based socially-minded soul/hip-hop group.  The collective assembled around a weekly jam known as Steppers Lounge, held weekly for one year in the fertile music scene of Trumansburg, New York. In a miraculous movement that is unparalleled in stories of young bands, within a year of naming the band, Thousands of One was able to build itself a massive following in and around Ithaca. Coupling ridiculous dance parties with social movements concerning the eradication of racism, sustainability and reestablishing connection to the source, they have proven that music is a powerful vehicle for change when driven right.
 
We want to send you to the concert!  If you want in, here's all you need to do.  Click here to visit our contact page.  Fill out your name, email address, and the subject "Soulive Tickets".  It's that easy!  Two lucky winners will win a pair of tickets to attend this wonderful event.  We'll announce our winners on November 31st.  You gotta get in it to win it!  Best of luck from all of us here at IthacaMusic.com, Plug in and Go!
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Dan Smalls Presents

Dan Smalls Presents

We wanted to let you know about another great new website for lovers of music in Ithaca.  Dan Smalls, former Executive Director of the State Theatre, has left his post to create the ultimate super group of Ithaca music fans.  We're proud to be working with his new company, Dan Smalls Presents, on lots of exciting, upcoming projects to drum up some sweet artists to town.  For now, check out the DSP website for cool stuff written by cool people.  Also, feel free to check out our latest section, Smalls World, for their most recent updates.

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