ARISTOCRATS TOUR DATES

A message from the Aristocrats

Having recently wrapped an exclusive run of completely sold out dates on the west coast of the United States (the “Duckling” tour) around the DUCK album’s release, guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Bryan Beller and drummer Marco Minnemann will now bring their trademark musical virtuosity and inherent absurdity back to stages all across the United States, as well as Canada and Mexico. They’ll be playing (and perhaps even explaining) a sizeable chunk of their new album DUCK, as well as classic cuts from their five-album catalogue.

Of the upcoming tour, Guthrie commented, “Our new concept album tells the tale of a Duck who travels thousands of miles from his home on a small island and ultimately finds himself in the US… As the sole UK-based member of The Aristocrats, I’m particularly looking forward to retracing his anatine steps this summer!". Marco adds, “It was exciting experiencing the great response and equally great fun we had taking our newest ‘Duck’ material briefly out on the road for a test drive. I cannot express more how much I look forward to presenting our most recent offerings to all of you wonderful people around the globe.” Bryan concludes, “We’re extremely proud of the DUCK album, but live onstage is where our music always truly comes alive. With that said: North America, we’ll see you soon!”

• Tuesday, July 2 - Monterrey, MX - Cafè Iguana
• Thursday, July 4 - Guadalajara, MX - C3 Stage
• Saturday, July 6 - Mexico City, MX - Foro 28
• Thursday, July 11 - Ramona, CA - Ramona Mainstage
• Friday, July 12 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
• Monday, July 15 - McKinney, TX - Guitar Sanctuary
• Tuesday, July 16 - McKinney, TX - Guitar Sanctuary
• Wednesday, July 17 - Austin, TX - Empire Control Room
• Thursday, July 18 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
• Sunday, July 21 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
• Monday, July 22 - Orlando, FL - The Abbey
• Tuesday, July 23 - Tampa, FL - Crowbar
• Thursday, July 25 - Atlanta, GA - Vinyl
• Saturday, July 27 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
• Sunday, July 28 - Raleigh, NC - The Pour House
• Wednesday, July 31 - Washington, DC - Howard Theater
• Thursday, August 1 - Phoenixville, PA - Colonial Theater
• Friday, August 2 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater
• Saturday, August 3 - Somerville, MA - Crystal Ballroom
• Sunday, August 4 - Portland, ME - Portland House Of Music
• Tuesday, August 6 - Montreal, QC - Les Foufones Électriques
• Thursday, August 8 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
• Friday, August 9 - Buffalo, NY - Electric City
• Saturday, August 10 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
• Sunday, August 11 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
• Tuesday, August 13 - Kansas City, MO - Recordbar
• Thursday, August 15 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
• Sunday, August 18 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
• Wednesday, August 21 - Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theatre
• Thursday, August 22 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
• Friday, August 23 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
• Sunday, August 25 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's
• Tuesday, August 27 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
• Friday, August 30 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex

Haven't got your copy of DUCK yet? It's available now on CD/Deluxe/Vinyl and hi-res audio - visit linktr.ee/aristocratsband for all the links.

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH

Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017)

GARY LUCAS AT THE BRIDGE GUITAR FESTIVAL IN EINDHOVEN

HEROES NIGHT: THE MUSIC OF GARY LUCAS & JEFF BUCKLEY

BRIDGE Guitar Festival

Saturday, June 01, 2024
at the Kleine zaal at the Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven, NL

https://www.muziekgebouweindhoven.nl/en/agenda/6465/heroes-night/the-music-of-gary-lucas-jeff-buckley

LOUISE VAN DEN HEUVEL - SONIC HUG

Dutch bass player Louise van den Heuvel has just released 'Sonic Hug'.

I received a digital copy of the album earlier today and I really enjoyed listening to the album.

Bandcamp adds
Louise van den Heuvel is a dynamic Dutch bass player and composer. She's known for blending modern music technologies and effect pedals in her compositions rooted in the contemporary electronic/jazz scene. Louise founded the up-and-coming Belgian electronic jazztrio Dishwasher_, collaborated with renowned artists on stage such as Zwangere Guy & Lander Gyselinck and Bruno Vansina Orchestra, and is part of Stéphane Gallands’ The Rhythm Hunters, The Gallands, and the neo-soul group STACE.

Lovely.

DUTCH BAND SJAKO! RECORDED AND RELEASED FRANK ZAPPA'S 'I'M THE SLIME'

Dutch rock band Sjako!'s latest album, 'Megaliths', includes a superb version of FZ's 'I'm The Slime'.

Out on vinyl.
Released by Sounds Haarlem Likes Vinyl.

Also out on digital music channels.

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

RICK BEATO TALKED TO JOE SATRIANI & STEVE VAI

April 4, 2024

JOE SATRIANI & STEVE VAI - - - LIVE AT THE BEACON THEATRE - - - APRIL 6, 2024

The entire Beacon Theatre New York City 4/6/2024 concert

 

JOE SATRIANI & BRIAN TARQUIN

Joe Satriani and Brian Tarquin backstage after Joe’s show with Steve Vai at the Hard Rock, Orlando on March 22.

Joe is going to record a new song with Brian this year for a Brian Tarquin & Heavy Friends’ EP he’s producing. And Steve Vai wrote to Brian about “Speed of Sound,” the track which Joe played with Brian on his “Brothers in Arms” album released in 2023. Steve praised, “I really like the track (Speed of Sound) you and Joe Satriani did together. It rocks hard, and for such a great cause.” Joe and Brian won "Best Video" in the Joisey Awards.

-- info: LeightonMedia

PETE GRIFFIN & TONY MACALPINE

Pete Griffin (bass player for the Zappa Plays Zappa band) can be heard on Tony MacAlpine's 2017 "Death Of Roses" album.
Pete also payed on Tony's previous album, "Concrete Gardens", from 2015.

IAIN BALLAMY / ANORAK - MORE JAZZ

Iain Ballamy's Anorak quartet released "More Jazz" in 2007.
Rather standard in its setting and in is choice of classic jazz tunes, Anorak delivered a very playful and fun album with "More Jazz".

Recommended listening.

From the record label's website:
Iain Ballamy rediscovers his jazz roots in an album that came out of a commission for the Cheltenham Jazz Festival with support from the Jerwood Foundation. In the sleeve notes to the album he writes:

“Over the past 20 years my music has been described variously as ‘eclectic, contemporary and English’– certainly not as ‘retro, straight-ahead or in the American style’. So what marks this return to the ‘classic’ jazz format with ‘More Jazz’?

Although my true ‘jazz roots’ have never been too deeply concealed, some aficionados might argue that much of my past output is not strictly ‘jazz’. Who decides the criteria, I wonder, by which jazz can be deemed authentic? Regardless of the argument or the answer, it felt like the right time to look both backwards and forwards at the same time and to create ‘a modern jazz record with traditional sensibilities. By re-working classics such as ‘All The Things You Are’, ‘I Got Rhythm’ and ‘Stella By Starlight‘, I’m striving to create a bridge between jazz past and present. I can empathize with a well seasoned jazz listener who might feel that in much contemporary jazz, discernable points of reference are rather thin on the ground or even absent altogether. Equally, forward thinkers could argue that the current re-kindling of ‘the tradition’ often lacks freshness, risk or originality – as if the music is simply stewing in the rich juices of its own history and crying out for re-invention. Re-invention is in the true tradition of jazz – the forward momentum that has always kept the music evolving and sounding ‘of its own time’.”