FREE TRACK TUESDAY! 'Taint Nobody's Business

Howdy! The next two weeks are going to be crazy with several PHJB performances at Jazz Fest, Two weekends of Midnight Preserves, A special Crescent City Revue at the Joy Theater, and a special record release. I'm getting excited just typing it! Before the musical chaos begins, let's take a quick break with this weeks FREE TRACK TUESDAY!

Today's free track is entitled, 'Taint Nobody's Business, featuring the PHJB with the impeccable Steve Earle. The track is from the 2010 release, PRESERVATION: AN ALBUM BENEFITING PRESERVATION HALL AND ITS MUSIC OUTREACH PROGRAM.

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PRESERVATION is AVAILABLE on iTUNES ($13.99), including 6 BONUS TRACKS

TRACK LISTING:

1. Andrew Bird – "Shake It and Break It"
   
2. Paolo Nutini – "Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea"
   
3. Tom Waits – "Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing"
   
4. Yim Yames – "Louisiana Fairytale"
   
5. Del McCoury – "After You've Gone"
   
6. Ani DiFranco – "Freight Train"
   
7. Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez-Seeger – "Blue Skies (Comin My Way)"
   
8. Jason Isbell – "Nobody Knows You"
   
9. Brandi Carlile – "Old Rugged Cross"
   
10. Richie Havens – "Trouble in Mind"
    
11. Merle Haggard – "Basin Street Blues"
    
12. Blind Boys of Alabama – "There is a Light"
    
13. Dr. John – "Winin' Boy"
    
14. Louis Armstrong – "Rockin' Chair"
    
15. Amy LaVere – "Baby Won't You Please Come Home"
    
16. Steve Earle – "Tain't Nobody's Business"
    
17. Cory Chisel – "Some Cold Rainy Day"
    
18. Buddy Miller – "I Ain't Got Nobody"
    
19. Angelique Kidjo with Terence Blanchard – "La Vie En Rose"
    

*Bonus Tracks (Only on iTunes):

1. Anita Briem – "C'est Si Bon"
   
2. Paolo Nutini – "Pencil Full of Lead"
   
3. Yim Yames – "St. James Infirmary"
   
4. Tom Waits – "Corine Dies On The Battlefield"
   
5. Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez-Seeger – "Sailin' Up Sailin' Down"
   
6. Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez-Seeger – "We Shall Overcome" 

LEARN MORE ABOUT 'PRESERVATION' HERE!

PURCHASE 'PRESERVATION' DIGITALLY (w/ bonus tracks) @ iTUNES

A Midnight Preserves Roundup: Tangiers Blues Band 5/3 and 5/5

Join the Pres Hall family Thursday, May 3rd at Midnight for a special Midnight Preserves performance by Tangiers Brass Band. Tangiers will also be opening for Lil' Band O' Gold Saturday, May 5th.

Not familiar with Tangiers Brass Band? Here ya go!

The Tangiers Blues Band was formed in 1998 after guitarist Chris Scianni (Dangerman, Echobrain with Jason Newsted) and drummer Dave Borla (Dangerman, Echobrain) met photographer/harmonica player Danny Clinch and discovered their mutual love for blues music. The first Tangiers Blues Band jam session took place on Thanksgiving night that year with other musicians and friends, including Huey from the Fun Lovin’ Criminals, King from Cooley High, Mick Jones from Foreigner and tennis palyer/guitarist John McEnroe. The original line-up was formed after that with Chris (guitar), Dave Borla (drums), Danny (harmonica), Huey (lap steel), King (vox and guitar) adding their long time friends Dave Sellar (bass) from Darla Hood and Peter Levin (keys) who had played in various bands in New York City and currently tours with The Blind Boys of Alabama.

The TBB line-up changes from show to show, with a deep rotation of musicians they have known and jammed with for many years, and in many different configurations. In addition, they have many “special guests” who will sit in with them for a night when they are around including G-Love, Phil Lesh, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Charlie Giordano (Bruce Springsteen) and Chris’ father, Joseph Scianni. The line-up on the TBB studio recordings consists of Chris, Danny, Pete, King and Dave Sellars with Jon Graboff (Ryan Adams and The Cardinals) on lap and pedal steel guitars and Mo Roberts (Shemeka Copeland) on drums. The recording was done in one day at Moon Palace Studios, mixed and produced by Tim Latham (Lou Reed, Tribe Called Quest) a long time friend of all the guys.

Here are some highlights from the 2011 Midnight Preserves performances featuring Tangiers Blues Band.

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Thursday, May 3

MIDNIGHT

TANGIERS BLUES BAND playing with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

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Saturday, May 5

8:00pm

Lil’ Band O’ Gold (CC Adcock, Steve Riley, Warren Storm, 'Dickie' Landry, David Egan, Tommy McLain, Lil' Buck Senegal, Pat Breaux, Richard Comeaux)

plus Tangiers Blues Band

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FREE TRACK TUESDAY! Blue Skies (Comin My Way)

Although it's pouring outside, the Hall family is lookin' forward to some Blue Skies in another installment of FREE TRACK TUESDAY!

Today's free track is entitled, Blue Skies (Comin My Way), featuring the PHJB with the legendary Pete Seeger and Tao Seeger. The track is from the 2010 release, PRESERVATION: AN ALBUM BENEFITING PRESERVATION HALL AND ITS MUSIC OUTREACH PROGRAM.

Download Blue Skies HERE 

 Copy and Paste download to SHARE with FRIENDS:

http://soundcloud.com/preservationhall/blue-skies-comin-my-way/download/s-6Sogi

PRESERVATION is AVAILABLE on iTUNES ($13.99), including 6 BONUS TRACKS

*Join the Pres Hall family Friday, April 27th at midnight for our first Midnight Preserves installment: Preservation Hall Jazz Band Together with Tao Seeger*

 PURCHASE PRESALE TICKET for PHJB Together w/ TAO SEEGER 

TRACK LISTING:

1. Andrew Bird – "Shake It and Break It"
   
2. Paolo Nutini – "Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea"
   
3. Tom Waits – "Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing"
   
4. Yim Yames – "Louisiana Fairytale"
   
5. Del McCoury – "After You've Gone"
   
6. Ani DiFranco – "Freight Train"
   
7. Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez-Seeger – "Blue Skies (Comin My Way)"
   
8. Jason Isbell – "Nobody Knows You"
   
9. Brandi Carlile – "Old Rugged Cross"
   
10. Richie Havens – "Trouble in Mind"
    
11. Merle Haggard – "Basin Street Blues"
    
12. Blind Boys of Alabama – "There is a Light"
    
13. Dr. John – "Winin' Boy"
    
14. Louis Armstrong – "Rockin' Chair"
    
15. Amy LaVere – "Baby Won't You Please Come Home"
    
16. Steve Earle – "Tain't Nobody's Business"
    
17. Cory Chisel – "Some Cold Rainy Day"
    
18. Buddy Miller – "I Ain't Got Nobody"
    
19. Angelique Kidjo with Terence Blanchard – "La Vie En Rose"
    

*Bonus Tracks (Only on iTunes):

1. Anita Briem – "C'est Si Bon"
   
2. Paolo Nutini – "Pencil Full of Lead"
   
3. Yim Yames – "St. James Infirmary"
   
4. Tom Waits – "Corine Dies On The Battlefield"
   
5. Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez-Seeger – "Sailin' Up Sailin' Down"
   
6. Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez-Seeger – "We Shall Overcome" 

 LEARN MORE ABOUT 'PRESERVATION' HERE!

PURCHASE 'PRESERVATION' DIGITALLY (w/ bonus tracks) @ iTUNES

A Midnight Preserves Roundup: Leo Nocentelli with Friends Funk Guitar Clinic (5/3)

Join the Pres Hall family Thursday, May 3rd at 5:30 for a special Midnight Preserves guitar clinic lead by legendary funk guitarist, Leo Nocentelli with friend, Bill Dickens.

Not familiar with Leo Nocentelli? Here ya go!

Known throughout the music industry as the "funkiest, fast-fingered" guitarist there is, a musician who can control your mind, body and soul with his experience, superior talent, musical mastery and inimitable style, he is LEO NOCENTELLI.

Leo is the lead guitarist, composer, innovator and the musical originator of the syncopated funk-style that won international acclaim for him and the band known as the "Pioneers of Funk", The Meters, the 2001 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners.

In the two decades plus, Leo's sound and styles, ranging from Funk, Blues, Jazz, Hip-hop, Rap to Rock, have added to the creation of his own unique brand of blazing musicianship. He has accompanied and collaborated with artists as varied as his style.

As the sole writer of such hits as Cissy Strut, Look A Py Py, Same Ol' Thing, Rigor Mortis, Funky Miracle, 9 to 5, Ease Back, Lonesome and unwanted People, The World Is A Little Bit Under The Weather, and Cordova, Nocentelli gained early recognition among his peers.

Leo has recorded with a list of Grammy Award Winners such as, Stevie Wonder, Bonnie Raitt, The Winans, The Supremes, The Temptations, Paul McCartney, Dr. John, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Robert Palmer, George Duke, The Dells, Jack Bruce, Manhattan Transfer, Bobby Womack, Al McKay, and Robbie Robertson.

Join and SHARE the Facebook Event for Leo Nocentelli's Guitar Clinic

Thursday, May 3

5:300pm – 6:30pm

A Special Funk Guitar Workshop with Leo Nocentelli (of The Meters)

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A Midnight Preserves Roundup: PHJB Together with Theresa Andersson (4/28)

Join the Pres Hall family Saturday, April 28th at midnight for our Midnight Preserves installment featuring Theresa Andersson.

Not familiar with Theresa Andersson? Here ya go!

Theresa's life had not wanted for highs in the years immediately preceding. Hummingbird, Go! garnered accolades from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Paste, and the Los Angeles Times. Conan O'Brien and Craig Ferguson showcased her musical abilities on their late night TV shows, and Nic Harcourt picked her KCRW "Morning Becomes Eclectic" in-studio as one of his "Top 10 Live Performances of 2009." She sang "Ladies In Blue" on Here Lies Love, the 2010 concept album by David Byrne & Fatboy Slim. Allen Toussaint, one of the only outside players on Hummingbird, Go!, joined her onstage for a performance preserved on her recent concert DVD Theresa Andersson: Live at Le Petit.

Many artists are paralyzed when the non-stop action of an album cycle or tour winds down, but Andersson felt strangely inspired by not knowing what would come next. Over the past few years, looping pedals and effects had become an integral part of her unique one-woman shows. Now she began using them as composition tools, fashioning songs that would eventually form her new album, Street Parade. She conjured forth melodies and countermelodies, harmonies and rhythms, painting with her own voice as the primary instrument, building up panoramas of sound layer by layer.

Inspired by jazz innovators including Duke Ellington and Gil Evans, Andersson heard new sounds running through the arrangements in her head. No need to let a lack of formal training prohibit her from writing for horns and woodwinds. "I'd record the trombone player who lives down the street, or a friend who plays clarinet, just experiment with the music that way. I didn't worry about how things should be, but more how I was feeling." Hearing a sousaphone play one line might suggest using a flute for another. "I would keep molding it like that."

The final outcome was worth the wait. Opener "Street Parade" hints at the heyday of '60s sunshine pop in its introductory fanfare, then detours in a more introspective direction that underscores why Rolling Stone likened Andersson to "a spacier, sultrier Feist." The syncopated rhythms of New Orleans brass bands are reflected in the soft, percussive pulse of "Injuns," while "Fiya's Gone" percolates ever-so-slowly, like a Motown classic dipped in molasses. With their innovative combinations of timbres and distinctive harmonic resolutions, "Listen To My Heels" and "Plucks" show how richly her experiments with arrangements paid off.

"When I'm experiencing a moment of happiness or excitement, that doesn't inspires me to write," Andersson explains. "I'm just living in that moment. And if I'm really sad or angry, that's not the time to be creative, either. It's the spaces in between that are interesting, and that's what this moment between parades represented."

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Saturday, April 28

MIDNIGHT

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

THERESA ANDERSSON

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Midnight Preserves, 2012: At a Glance

Friday, April 27

MIDNIGHT

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

TAO SEEGER

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Saturday, April 28

MIDNIGHT

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

THERESA ANDERSSON

PURCHASE TICKETS for APRIL 28

Sunday, April 29

MIDNIGHT

TREME BRASS BAND

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Thursday, May 3

5:300pm – 6:30pm

A Special Funk Guitar Workshop with Leo Nocentelli (of The Meters)

PURCHASE TICKETS for LEO NOCENTELLI GUITAR CLINIC

MIDNIGHT

TANGIERS BLUES BAND playing with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

PURCHASE TICKETS for TANGIERS BLUES BAND

Friday, May 4

MIDNIGHT

HENRY BUTLER solo performance

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Saturday, May 5

8:00pm

Lil’ Band O’ Gold (CC Adcock, Steve Riley, Warren Storm, 'Dickie' Landry, David Egan, Tommy McLain, Lil' Buck Senegal, Pat Breaux, Richard Comeaux)

plus Tangiers Blues Band

PURCHASE TICKETS for MAY 5

Sunday, May 6

MIDNIGHT

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

STEVE EARLE

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A Midnight Preserves Roundup: PHJB Together with Tao Seeger (4/27)

Join the Pres Hall family Friday, April 27th at midnight for our first Midnight Preserves installment featuring Tao Seeger.

Not familiar with Tao Seeger? Here ya go!

 ao is co-founder of the folk/rock groups RIG (Rodriguez/Irion/Guthrie) with Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion and The Mammals with Mike & Ruthy Merenda.   The Tao Seeger Band is a revolving cast of wonderful characters including Laura Cortese on fiddle and vocals, Jason Crosby on keyboards, Charlie Rose on pedal steel and banjo, Jake Silver on bass and Robin MacMillan on drums.  Their music can be described as a fusion of rock'n'roll and folk with a “rootsy and psychedelic” sound.  The newly formed band has performed at an impressive lineup of events including the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Newport Folk Festival and The Clearwater Concert: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders at Madison Square Garden where they stood in as the evening’s house band.  Together they have also toured throughout the northeast and Denmark.  You can catch the Tao Seeger Band on tour this summer and at the Mountain Jam festival, Hudson River Clearwater festival, Winnipeg Folk festival, Vancouver Folk festival and the Newport Folk festival.

   

• Three-week tour of India with Pete Seeger in 1996
• Performed with the Salt Lake City Children’s Dance Company for the 2002 Winter Olympic opening ceremonies
• Organized the Free Speech Festival in 2006
• Singing at the annual School of the Americas rally in Columbus, GA for tens of thousands of protesters who’d taken a vow of peaceful assembly
• Precious Friend recording at Wolf Trap w/ Arlo & Pete
• Tao performed at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration with Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen
• Performed to a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden for The Clearwater Concert: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders, an event celebrating his grandfather’s 90th birthday.
• Has performed dates all around the world and headline some of the biggest festivals with his Grandfather Pete Seeger
• Recorded 2 songs for Plaza Sesamo (Spanish version of Sesame Street) and will be a special guest on the show for an upcoming episode (fall 2009)

MIDNIGHT PRESERVES 4/27 SCHEDULE:
8:00pm-Preservation Hall Jazz Band
MIDNIGHT-Preservation Hall Jazz Band Together with Tao Seeger

Join the 4/27 Midnight Preserves event on FACEBOOK!

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Pres Hall announces Midnight Preserves lineup, show at The Joy Theater, special shows at Jazz Fest and brand new record

Preservation Hall announces the 8^th Annual Midnight Preserves 2012 Lineup and Special 50^th Anniversary performances and events during Jazz Fest Preservation Hall is excited to announce our Jazz Fest events in accordance with the continued celebration of the Hall’s 50^th Anniversary - The 2012 Midnight Preserves lineup, The Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue at The Joy Theater, special performances and exhibition at Jazz Fest, and a brand-new record release...

Preservation Hall’s 8^th Annual Midnight Preserves Lineup:

We are proud to announce this year’s Midnight Preserves Lineup, featuring intimate limited-seating performances at Preservation Hall featuring both national and local artists. This year’s lineup includes Steve Earle, Theresa Andersson, Henry Butler, Tao Seeger, and much more! The Midnight Preserves series will also feature the Hall’s most admired bands paying tribute to legendary Hall musicians. Proceeds from the series will benefit The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program.

Friday, April 27

8:00pm

The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters featuring Leroy Jones

MIDNIGHT

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

TAO SEEGER

PURCHASE TICKETS for APRIL 27

Saturday, April 28

8:00pm

Tornado Brass Band featuring Darryl Adams

MIDNIGHT

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

THERESA ANDERSSON

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Sunday, April 29

8:00pm

Lars Edegran and The St. Peter Street All-Stars present a Tribute to George Lewis

MIDNIGHT

TREME BRASS BAND

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Monday, April 30 – May 1

New Orleans Jazz Concerts from 8pm-11pm

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Wednesday, May 2

8:00pm

Mark Braud and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band present a Tribute to John Brunious

Thursday, May 3

5:30pm – 6:30pm

A Special Funk Guitar Workshop with Leo Nocentelli (of The Meters)

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8:00pm

New Birth Brass Band pays Tribute to Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band

MIDNIGHT

TANGIERS BLUES BAND playing with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

PURCHASE TICKETS for TANGIERS BLUES BAND

Friday, May 4

8:00pm

The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters featuring Leroy Jones

MIDNIGHT

HENRY BUTLER solo performance

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Saturday, May 5

8:00pm

Lil’ Band O’ Gold (CC Adcock, Steve Riley, Warren Storm, 'Dickie' Landry, David Egan, Tommy McLain, Lil' Buck Senegal, Pat Breaux, Richard Comeaux)

plus Tangiers Blues Band

PURCHASE TICKETS for MAY 5

Sunday, May 6

MIDNIGHT

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

STEVE EARLE

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The Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue at The Joy Theater, May 5

Part of the Superfly During Jazzfest Concert Series, Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue featuring Preservation Hall and Friends will perform on Saturday, May 5th at the brand new Joy Theatre, located in downtown New Orleans on Canal Street. Reminiscent of the revues of the 1920s, this special multi-media performance will celebrate the music that has made the venue and band famous for a half-century. Special guests from near and far will be in attendance, and more info on these special folks will be announced in the coming weeks so stay tuned.

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Preservation Hall at New Olreans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2012

The Preservation Hall Jazz band will be performing TWICE at this year’s Jazz Fest.

The Hall Band’s first performance will be starting at 4:25pm, Saturday, May 5^th at the Economy Hall Tent.

On May 6^th, the Preservation Hall band and friends will close out Jazz Fest on the Gentilly Stage with a mega performance featuring a number of special guests:

Steve Earle

Jim James of My Morning Jacket

Ani Difranco

Allen Toussaint

Trombone Shorty

Bonnie Raitt

Wendell Eugene

Lionel Ferbos

...and More to be Announced

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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band LIVE at Carnegie Hall limited 10” release at Jazz Fest

Rounder Records is releasing a limited edition 10” vinyl of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Live at Carnegie Hall in advance of the full-length concert to be released later this year.

-Vinyl will be released at JAZZ FEST! (more info coming soon)

-504 LIMITED copies

-33 1/3, 10” vinyl

Tracks Include:

"Sweet And Low Down,”

"That's Enough,"

"Saints Go Marchin In,"

"Bourbon Street Parade,"

"Tootie Ma"

50 Years of Preservation Hall Exhibit

Take a glimpse into the history and evolution of Preservation Hall, and of the bands that have performed in the Hall and on tour since its inception in 1961. The exhibit features rare photographs, artifacts, music and video from the Hall's archives, as they continue to celebrate 50 years of preserving, cultivating, and perpetuating Traditional New Orleans Jazz. The exhibit coincides with the more expansive "Preservation Hall at 50" exhibit currently on display at the Old U.S. Mint.

The exhibit will be on display in the Grand Stands during Jazz Fest.