November 23, 2009
This Year’s LEHIGH VALLEY MUSIC AWARDS December 1st at Allentown Symphony Hall. The Voting is over now you must be at the show to find out the winners, over 4000 of the Lehigh Valley music lovers voted. And if you are a Band Or a local Venue, or Business that would like to reach 1200 of the Lehigh Valley’s Music Community you still have a chance to Advertise or Sponsor the Lehigh Valley Music Awards. Go to www.lehighvalleymusicawards.org. If you need tickets for the show (Dec.1st at the Allentown Symphony Hall, $10 Advance - $15 at the door) See one of the local bands, many of them have tickets and we are offering a reward for whoever sells the most {$100}, or you can see any board member or me. Check out the Morning Call article at the bottom of the page.
(There is
going to be Silent Auction so check the LVMA site for more information)
The local Clubs are doing their best to offer you enjoyable venues to
come out and hear LIVE music. These are
great LIVE performances, not the same reconstituted recordings that you listen
to each day on your player or radio, but LIVE presentations just for you.
Many of you have asked me to put your band on the artist list. I have updated some so if your band is not
listed please let me know or if it is the wrong link let me know that also.
Below is a list of just some of the entertainers and venues that are
offering you the chance to listen to great Live Music. If it’s not LIVE music, it’s dead.
See note from the Ravens Nest at the
bottom... I was informed that we have
lost another music venue; the Pub on Main will no longer have live music.
11/22/2009 The Lehigh Valley Blues Network’s Sunday Jam, hosted by Doc Z and Bob Hall, Will be back in the fallowing weeks, it is located at the Salisbury Fire Company Social Hall, 1226 Marlow Street, Allentown, Pa. They invite everyone to come Sundays at 7 PM for Live Music and Friends. Check The Lehigh Valley Blues Network’s site to make sure of the jam schedule. Phil Stahl is at the Candlewyck Lounge with an open Mic. Arianne Rox is at the Blue Mountain Vineyards.
11/23/2009 The Wildflower Café has
an open Mic.
11/24/2009 Phil
Stahl’s open Mic is at Center
Valley Tavern, The Leather
Corner Post Bar & Grill Jam with Glenn
Wasserman & Friends. The Wildflower Café has
and open Mic. Matt Roman hosts a Jam at the Washington House. The Dynamic Duo are
at Magnolia Vineyards
and Alex Radius is at Starfish
Brasserie.
11/25/2009 Your normal Wednesday Jam’s will resume next
week, many are canceled this week for Pre Thanksgiving events. Please check before going to the jam this
week. (Todd Wolfe & Friends Jam at Pearly Bakers Ale House,
The Ravens Nest their Jam hosted by Don Mayer.
Open Mic at Magnolia
Vineyards with Jeff Roberts.
There is an Open Mic at the Sterling
Hotel and Open Mic at the Bally Inn (More of an Acoustic thing) hosted by
Steve Walker. Jazz (JAZZ Music) is at Starfish Brasserie
(Patrick Poladian). Craig Thatcher is Solo at the Spinnerstown Hotel.)
Todd
Wolfe Is at Riegelsville
Inn and The Aardvarks are at Mezza Luna. Common
Bond is at The
Blue Monkey and Plan
B is At Fossils. Tower Suites is at The Club at Morgan Hill and Big Bone Daddy is at the Seemsville
Hotel. Brotha from Anotha is at the Garfield Hotel
and Soul Shine is at The Leather Corner Post Bar &
Grill. Scott Marshall is at Lupo’s and Sarah Ayers Band is at The Tap and Table Gastropub. Trophy Husbands are at the Saengerbund
and Cree is at Glacier. The James Supra Blues Band is at the Lighthouse and
Becky & the Beasts are at J.T.’s Steakhouse. Ricky Bell & Ian Frey are at the Center Valley Tavern and Steve Brosky & Jimmy Meyer are at Magnolia Vineyards. Lou Franco Project
is at the Pig Pen and Frog Holler is at the Kutztown Fire
Co.
11/26/2009 Your normal Thursday evening jams will return next week, enjoy the holiday with your Family and Friends.
(Matt Roman Host the open
Jam at Grumpy’s. Eddie Bluestone has
a Jam at The Leather Corner Post Bar &
Grill. Spencer Reed or Jesse Green Host the Jam at The Deer Head Inn. The Rising Sun Blues Jam is
hosted by Rollin
the Dice. Open Mic with Phil
Stahl at The
Pub On Main and there is an open Mic at
Porters Pub. Open Mic at the Hard
Bean Café. Open Mic with Thom Palmer at Hawkeye Country Tavern.)
11/27/2009 The Remainders are at Mezza Luna and Leechboy is at Rookie’s. Lou Franco Project is at The Center Valley Tavern and Steve Brosky & Jimmy Meyer are at Riegelsville Inn. Bottleshot is at The Leather Corner Post Bar & Grill and the Lou Franco Project is at the Center Valley Tavern. Jake Kaligis is Solo at the Terrace Restaurant. Blue City Blues Band is at the Bistro on the Green. The Chas Band is at The Blue Monkey and Mad Dog & Blues Night Out is at Grumpy’s. Hill Billy Souls are at Foulker’s and Notorious Groove is at the Top Diner. Scott McKenna is at the Blue Grillhouse and The Big Wahu is at Glacier. Addiction is at the Starfish Brasserie and Leechboy is at Rookie’s. Craig Thatcher & Eric Steckel are at Godfrey Daniels.
11/28/2009 Lou Franco Project
is at Widow’s Tavern and Grille and Leechboy is at Pub on Main. Scott Marshall is at Max
Regal and Bluzin is at Lazy Dog Coffeehouse. The Remainders are at The Blue Monkey and the James Supra Blues Band is at the
Center
Valley Tavern. Steve Brosky &
Jimmy Meyer are at The Tap and Table Gastropub and
Impact is at The
Leather Corner Post Bar & Grill.
Midnight Shift is at Stefano’s Sicilian Grille and
Four Blind Mice are at the
Nazareth Legion. Notorious Groove is at the
Top Diner and Blackwater
is at the St. James Gate. The Go Trio is
at Starfish Brasserie and SLIM BOB and the NEW ELECTRICS
are at Glacier and Becky &
The Beast are at the Jim Thorpe Memorial Hall.
If you are looking to see and hear great music, that is not necessarily
with an established band. Just music
that comes from the heart and preformed, by players who want to do their best
to please you, and a place you might find a future Star. One of our local jams might be your answer.
Here are a Few.
Sunday:
LVBN has their Jam, at the
Salisbury Fire Company and the open Mic at Godfrey Daniels. Phil Stahl Open Mic at Candlewyck Lounge,
Mountain Jam at Blue Mountain Summit, Sebastiano's 2-7 (RT57, NJ), John &
Peters .
Monday: The Funhouse Open Jam every other week, The Wildflower Café hosted by "Garfield" William Medei.
Tuesday: The Leather Corner Post, Mezza Luna, Fossils Last Stand (1st & 3rd), Havana’s, Ship Inn (Milford NJ), Washington House the 4th Tuesday of the month.
Wednesday: Ravens
Nest, Todd Wolfe & Friends’ Jam at Pearly Baker’s Alehouse, Open Mike at
Magnolia Vineyards, Open Mike at the Sterling Hotel and Open Mic at the Pa.
Roadhouse, Open Mic with Phil Stahl
at the Buckeye Tavern, Leechboy is at the Leather Corner Post, Puck Live, Open
Mic at the Bally Inn and Pub, Open Jam night at Crocodile Rock Cafe from 8-12
With Tom Kat, Godfrey Daniels the last Wednesday of the month.
Thursday: Grumpy’s, The Deer Head Inn, Porters Pub, Stanhope House, Eddie Bluestone has a Jam at The Leather Corner Post Bar & Grill. Phil Stahl has an open Mic at the Pub on Main. Open Mic at the Hard Bean Café. Open Mike at Hawkeyes Country Tavern, Hosted by Thom Palmer.
Saturday: Jam at the Hard Bean Cafe
As they say at the Rum Boogie Café; “Eat, Drink, Boogie, Repeat”.
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The
Lehigh Valley Music Awards #11, will be held this year at the Allentown Symphony Hall on December 1st.
The LVMA http://www.lehighvalleymusicawards.org/
Tickets for the show will be available through the Board Members, or on the LVMA web site and many of your favorite bands will have them available. Tickets are $10.oo in advance and they will be $15.oo at the door the night of the Show. Just let me know if you need them and how many.
The LVMA is a Non Profit organization and in order to put this show on again this year as in the past 10 years, we look for sponsorship from all the local bands, Clubs & Venues, Business and Industry, and most important you the fans of Lehigh Valley Music.. For more Sponsor information, please contact any of the LVMA board members or check out the information on the LVMA web site http://www.lehighvalleymusicawards.org/.
Feel free to cut and paste this announcement on your web site, or send it to your favorite area band or venue.
The Music is there for you, all you have to do is go and enjoy it.
If you want to see some of the fun from the past area, jams check out: JB’s Jamerama. Always check http://www.hayblue.com & News and Notes for updates. If you are across the New Jersey Border and looking for something send an e-mail here Jim JAMO Flynn jamo@att.net and he has the NJ list.
Looking for some other things to do in the Lehigh Valley area? Check out; Real Rock for Rockabilly in the area http://realrock.5u.com/, The Blues Collaborative http://www.bluescollaborative.com/bc_schedule.html, The off the Couch Gang http://www.offthecouchgang.com, another location to check out is www.somethingeye8.com.
In addition, I am starting my list of who is playing for our New Year’s enjoyment. Therefore, if you or your band are playing in the Lehigh Valley Area, and if it is available to us let me know. Please make sure that there is a web site or some way that our friends can obtain tickets if needed.
The Low Country Blues Bash February 5Th – 6th 2010 http://www.bluesbash.com/
Millennium Music February 18th, 19th, 20th,
21st 2010 http://www.musicconference.net/index.html
Acoustic Blues
Festival February 27th 2010 http://www.columbusblues.com/TF.htm
River City Blues
Fest March 19th, 20th 2010 http://www.bjfm.org/Templates/festival.htm
The Berks Jazz Fest- March 19th thru March 28th 2010 www.berksjazzfest.com
The Ravens Nest Annual Blues Fest – March 2010 215-536-5369
Pickles Blues Extravaganza - March 5th, 6th
2010 http://www.bluescommittee.com/index.php
Tampa Bay Blues Fest April 9th, 10th,
11th 2010 http://www.tampabaybluesfest.com/
SOME KIND OF JAM 2 April 23rd, 24th, 25th 2010 http://www.jibberjazz.com/
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival- April 23rd, Through May 2nd 2010 http://www.nojazzfest.com/
Carolina Blues Fest May 8th 2010 http://www.piedmontblues.org/
Beale Street Music Festival April 30th, Through May 29th
2010 http://memphisinmay.org/bsmf.htm
Joshua Tree Music Fest May 14th thru 16th 2010 http://www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com/
Blues Fest & Mustang / Muscle Car Rally May 29th 2010 http://www.spyglassridgewinery.com/events.htm
Spring Gulch Folk Festival- May 20th thru 23th 2010 http://www.springgulch.com/folkfestival.cfm
Apple Farm Arts & Music Festival March 2010 http://www.appelfarm.org/festival/index.html
Western Maryland Blues Fest- June 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th 2010 http://www.blues-fest.org
The Crawfish Fest- June 3th, 5th, 6th, 2010 www.crawfishfest.com
State Street Blues Festival June 2010 http://www.statestreetblues.com
The Chicago Blues Fest June 10th thru June 13th 2010 http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/event_landing/special_events/mose/chicago_blues_festival.html
The Billtown Blues Festival June 13th 2010 http://www.billtownblues.org
Lehigh River
Blues Jam June 18th, 19th, 20th 2010 http://lehighriverbluesjam.com/
The NEARfest- June 18th, 19th, 20th 2010 http://www.nearfest.com/
Great Pa. Wine and Food Fest June 12th, 13th 2010 http://www.splitrockresort.com/winefest/index.php
Briggs Farm Blues
Festival July 9th & 10th 2010 http://www.briggsfarm.com/
Carolina Festival
of Discovery July 8th, 9th, 10th 2010 http://www.uptowngreenwood.com/Events_FestivalofDiscovery.aspx
NY State Blues Fest July 17th, 18th 2010 http://www.nysbluesfest.com/
State College Jazz Festival July 24th 2010 http://jazzpa.com/home.html
Fleetwood Blues Festival July 25th 2010 http://www.fleetwoodbluesfestival.com/
The Blues Lovers Fest (the Pocono Blues Fest) - July 23rd,
24th, 25th 2010 http://www.jfbb.com/events/2009/07/23/pocono-blues-festival
Oswego NY’s Harborfest July 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th 2010, http://www.oswegoharborfest.com/
Musikfest- August 6th thru 15th 2010 http://www.musikfest.org/
Das Awkscht
Fescht - Aug. 6th, 7th, 8th 2010 http://www.awkscht.com/
Heritage Blues Fest W. Va. August 13th, 14th & 15th 2010 http://www.heritagemusicfest.com/
Skyland Music & Arts Fest August 20th, 21st, 22nd 2010 http://www.skylands.org/
The Philadelphia Folk Fest – August 20th, 21st, 22nd 2010 http://www.folkfest.org/PFF.php
Pocono Garlic
Festival September 4th, 5th 2010 http://www.poconogarlic.com
Delaware Water
Gap Jazz & Arts Festival – September 11th, 12th, 13th
2009 http://cotajazz.org/
The Pepper Fest- September 10th & 11th 2010 http://www.pepperfestival.com/
The Celtic Fest- September 24th, 25th, 26th 2010 http://www.celticfest.org/
Lehigh Valley BrewFest – October 16th 2010 www.lvbrewfest.org
Great American Brew Fest November 21st, 22nd 2009
http://www.splitrockresort.com/gba.php
The Lehigh Valley Arts Council has
many other things of interest to do. http://www.lvartsboxoffice.org
This is a note from the Ravens nest.
As many of you already know, Don Mayer will no
longer be a part of our house band. He was a vital member of our
"open mic" and we appreciate the time and effort he put into making
it a success. We want to wish Donnie the best in whatever he does.
We are pleased to announce that Mitch Shelly and Don Plowman will
remain with us. We will be auditioning
guitar players/vocalist in the upcoming weeks. This next Wed. we will
have Christopher Dean. If any of you are interested in an audition or
know someone who might be please get in touch with us.
We have had an "open mic" for 20 years and have created
a scene known for having the best musicians in the area. Over the years,
we have had many great members join our house band, Mike Dugan, Craig Thatcher,
Kevin Vannoy, Mark Walsh, Billy Wear and the list goes on. My point in
this is that each one added a unique part to the band. We are confident
that the new member we select will also give his/her's
best and become a welcome addition to the music along with the very talented
Mitch and Don.
We look forward to many more of the great nights that we have had in the
past.
Thanks for your support!
Rena & Al