CEDAR CITY, UTAH
MUSIC
& Related Events CALENDAR for the week of July 9, 2012
From
the desk of Tim Groove
GROOVACIOUS/GROOVEFEST
AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
173
N. 100 W. Cedar City, Utah 84720
435-867-9800
View
daily Groovacious updates on Facebook and if you are interested in other
happenings around town – please take a look at the Cedar City Brian Head
Tourism Bureau’s calendar at http://www.scenicsouthernutah.com/calendar/
The
Groovacious Top Dozen - our Best Sellers for July 2 – July 7, 2012:
1-
Beachwood Sparks “Tarnished Gold”
2-
Linkin’ Park “Living Things”
3-
Nile “At the Gate of Sethu”
4-
Soundtrack of Our Lives “Throw It to the Universe”
5-
Father John Misty “Fear Fun”
6-
Kenny Chesney “Welcome to the Fishbowl”
7-
Rhett Miller “Dreamer”
8-
Motion City Soundtrack “Go”
9-
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals “Lion the Beast the Beat”
10-
Trevor Green “Sacred Seed”
11-
Brandi Carlile “Bear Creek”
12-
Maroon 5 “Overexposed”
Upcoming
future shows ---------------------------------
Saturday, July 21, 8:00PM: SEVERIN BROWNE (younger brother of Jackson Browne) at The
Parowan Music Barn www.severinbrowne.com
Saturday, July 21, 7:00: BOTTLED MONKEY at Artisans Gallery for Melissa Sullivan’s going
away party at 94 W. Center St.
in Cedar City.
www.artisansartgallery.blogspot.com
Friday, July 27, 8:00PM: DICK EARL’S ELECTRIC WITNESS and STILLHOUSE ROAD at the SWF Campfire
Concert in the Canyon. www.facebook.com/groups/85218228664
Here’s
what we found happening for this week
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Monday,
July 9, 8:00PM:
SO MUCH LIGHT, HAIL THE SUN, THE SPEED
OF SOUND IN SEAWATER, INLAND at Off The Cuff Comedy Improvisation at 913 S. Main St. in Cedar City. www.facebook.com/events/238349162947211
Tuesday,
July 10, all day:
NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! Here
are this week’s highlights:
AESOP ROCK, ZAC BROWN, CHATHAM COUNTY LINE, DITY PROJECTORS, DURAN DURAN, EARLY
NOVEMBER, JIMI HENDRIX, HUSKY, MARINA & THE DIAMONDS, P.O.D., STAIND, SERJ
TANKIAN, RHONDA VINCENT, HANK WILLIAMS, JR. As usual, many of these titles
are arriving on vinyl.
Wednesday,
July 11, 8:00PM:
Open Mic Night at Groovacious! FREE - sign-ups at 7:30; music, spoken
word, comedy, dance etc. Participants are selected at random and limited to 2
songs each or about ten minutes. Groovacious is Cedar City’s only record store
and one the most unique and complete in the western region and located at 173
North 100 West, Cedar City, Utah 435-867-9800. www.groovacious.com
Wednesday,
July 11 – Saturday, July 14: Utah Midsummer Renaissance Faire. www.umrf.net
Friday,
July 13, 9:00PM:
DUELING PIANOS at Toadz at 432 N.
100 W. in Cedar City. Tickets on sale at Groovacious. 435-867-8988 www.clubtoadz.com
Saturday,
July 14, 3:00 – 10:00PM: LOOSE CONNECTION,
SPILBEEDOG and THE CLIQUE at July Jamboree on Main Street
Cedar City. www.julyjamboreecc.com
Saturday,
July 14, 8:00PM:
THE DRIFTWOOD SINGERS at Groovacious
at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar
City. Admission is $5.00
at the door. 435-867-9800. www.thedriftwoodsingers.com www.facebook.com/events/308475755914203
The Driftwood Singers unassumingly take the
stage and sing songs that could have been written ages ago but were more likely
written in the last few weeks. Just barely in their 20′s The Driftwood Singers
are prolific writers immersed in the folk tradition building on songs and
stories that at their heart are observations of the human condition in all it’s
gruesome variations and beautiful splendor.
Constantly on the road since beginning the band nearly two years ago at the age of 19, playing all over the country and Canada, The Driftwood Singers are quite a surprising contrast to what one might expect from two kids born and raised in the heart of Los Angeles. They prove that one can love the Carter Family and traditional music and still be firmly in the present with songs as vibrant and alive as any we’ve heard and an attitude that embraces the anti-elitist and DIY ethos of the punks we love
Their debut, 5-song EP, Look! beautifully exemplifies their determination. After experimenting with some big studios and becoming frustrated with the intervals of multi-tracking and the stale output of Protools, they decided one night to pare everything down to its stark essence and begin recording it on a Sony Walkman which they did by laying it on their living room table and pressing record. What’s captured is the immediacy of their performances and what they call “the transparency of sound”.
How can you go wrong with songs of death and hope, murder and love, lechery and splendor, transcendence and cruelty and all points in between! We’re looking forward to being a part The Driftwood Singers story as it winds it’s way through the hills, hollers, canyons and caves out of the shadows of the blue ridge mountains of Pocahontas, West Virginia to wide open starlit skies of Joshua Tree, California.
Constantly on the road since beginning the band nearly two years ago at the age of 19, playing all over the country and Canada, The Driftwood Singers are quite a surprising contrast to what one might expect from two kids born and raised in the heart of Los Angeles. They prove that one can love the Carter Family and traditional music and still be firmly in the present with songs as vibrant and alive as any we’ve heard and an attitude that embraces the anti-elitist and DIY ethos of the punks we love
Their debut, 5-song EP, Look! beautifully exemplifies their determination. After experimenting with some big studios and becoming frustrated with the intervals of multi-tracking and the stale output of Protools, they decided one night to pare everything down to its stark essence and begin recording it on a Sony Walkman which they did by laying it on their living room table and pressing record. What’s captured is the immediacy of their performances and what they call “the transparency of sound”.
How can you go wrong with songs of death and hope, murder and love, lechery and splendor, transcendence and cruelty and all points in between! We’re looking forward to being a part The Driftwood Singers story as it winds it’s way through the hills, hollers, canyons and caves out of the shadows of the blue ridge mountains of Pocahontas, West Virginia to wide open starlit skies of Joshua Tree, California.
Sunday,
July 15:
JOHN
HOUSTON’S GOSPEL CHOIR at St. Jude’s Episcopal Church at
70
N. 200 W. in Cedar City This is a free admission concert! www.facebook.com/events/424791224209804
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