The GROOVACIOUS WEEKLY EMAIL BLAST! Monday January 12, 2015

The GROOVACIOUS WEEKLY EMAIL BLAST!

Music and Art News and Schedule for Monday, January 12, 2015

From the desk of Tim Groove

Groovacious – 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City, Utah 84720

435-867-9800   groovacious@groovacious.com

For non-art related events go to www.scenicsouthernutah.org and click on “Calendar”.

Happy New Year everyone! This is my first blast for 2015 – let’s hope it’s the best yet! Last year was a crazy year and I’m hoping that 2015 will be a little more tame for me. However, we do have some CRAZY news coming up very soon, so stay tuned!

We do have an event coming up that I’d like to talk about right now and that is the Bottled Monkey CD Release Show scheduled at Groovacious for February 6^th. We’re very happy about this as we thought for awhile that we my never see them perform again – so exciting!! We do have the new CD in stock right now if you’d like to hear the songs before you come to the show.

Don’t forget that the 2015 edition of the Groovefest Music & Art Festival is coming up June 22 – 28 and we are currently looking for Festival Partners to advertise with us. Please take a moment to www.groovefestutah.com and check out the levels to get you/your business on board.

Instead of this weeks Top 30, I am going to present you with our top 20 Albums of 2014. There were so many great albums this past year and we could have come up with a top 50, but you have to draw the line somewhere, so this is what we came up with. What were you’re faves?

Tim’s Top Twenty of 2014 (in order):

1. Spoon “They Want My Soul”
2. Chuck Prophet  “Night Surfer”
3. The GOASTT (Sean Lennon) “Midnight Sun”
4. The Family Crest “Beneath the Brine”
5. Sean Rowe “Mad Man”
6. Luther Dickinson “Rock N Roll Blues”
7. Trampled By Turtles “Wild Animals”
8. Robert Plant “Lullaby & Ceaseless Roar”
9. Chris Robinson Band “Phosphorescent Harvest”
10. Various Artists “The Art of McCartney”
11. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Hypnotic Eye”
12. The Notwist “Close to the Glass”
13. Temples “Sun Structures”
14. The Black Keys “Turn Blue”
15. Camper Van Beethoven “Camino Real”
16. King Tuff “Black Moon Spell”
17. Kongos Lunatic”
18. J. Mascis “Tied to a Star”
19. Twin Peaks “Wild Onion”
20. Old 97’s “Most Messed Up”

Lisa’s Favorite Records of 2014:
1- Spoon “They Want My Soul”
2- Sean Rowe “Madman”
3- The Black Keys “Turn Blue”
4- Luther Dickinson “Rock ‘n Roll Blues”
5- Trampled By Turtles “Wild Animals”
6- Lucinda Williams “Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone”
7- Jessica Lea Mayfield “Make My Head Sing…”
8- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Hypnotic Eye”
9- J Mascis “Tied to a Star”
10- Chuck Prophet “Night Surfer”
11- Maggie Bjorklund “Shaken”
12- Notwist “Close to the Glass”
13- Luke Winslow-King “Everlasting Arms”
14- Spanish Gold “South of Nowhere”
15- Luluc “Passerby”
16- Dom Flemons “Prospect Hill”
17- Lost in the Trees “Past Life”
18- Cracker “Berkeley to Bakersfield”
19- The Delines “Colfax”
20- Chad Vangaalen “Shrink Dust”

Now, here’s what’s happening for this week:

Tuesday, January 13, 9:00AM: New Releases at Groovacious, including many being released on vinyl. The year usually starts out pretty slim and builds throughout the yer. This is what’s coming this week: DMX, JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, GUSTER, LITTLE FEAT, PANDA BEAR, THE TING TINGS, MEGHAN TRAINOR..

Tuesday, January 13, 9:00AM: Parowan Birthday Celebration with song and dance by school children in the Parowan High School with free luncheon in the auxiliary gym for the town at 11:00AM followed by a town meeting with featured speaker Fred Adams in the auditorium. Call the Parowan Visitor Center at 435-477-9022 or 435-477-8190.

Tuesday, January 13 – Saturday, January 17, 12:00PM – 7:00PM: SUU Art & Design Faculty Exhibition: Artwork using a variety of media including painting, drawing, printmaking, digital imagery, ceramics, photography, & illustration. Held on the SUU campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is free and more information can be had by calling 435-586-5432.   www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery/

Friday, January 16, 7:30PM: CEDAR CITY MUSIC ARTS: ST. PETERSBURG SYMPHONY at the Heritage Center Theater, 105 N. 100 E. IN Cedar City. Tickets are available through the Heritage Theater Box Office and are $40 for adults, Iron County & SUU students with I.D. are $15.  For more information, call Melody Hughes at 435-586-3336 or 435-592-9200, or call the Heritage Theater Box Office at 435-865-2882.   www.cedarcitymusicarts.org

Friday, January 16, 9:00PM: OFF THE CUFF COMEDY IMPROVISATION 11^th Birthday Celebration at the OTC Training Center at 913 S. Main in Cedar City. A special 3 hour extravaganza to celebrate!   Admission is $5.    210-446-7768   www.facebook.com/events/669261073183191/

Friday, January 16, 9:00PM: BEANS N WHEELS with FULL TILT BOOGIE at Toadz, 432 N. 100 W. in Cedar City. This is St. George band Beans N Wheels first show at Toadz, supported by Steven, Rhett, Chuck and Kyle of Cedar City favorite FTB. Admission is $5.   435-867-8988   www.facebook.com/events/741538419255835/   www.facebook.com/events/793654430702251/?ref=br_tf

Saturday, January 17, 10:00AM – 11:00AM: Arts Lab Series: Hands & Feet at Artisans Art Gallery, 94 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. A free admission interactive event for children ages 11 – 15; space is limited. Registration is available at www.cedarcityartscouncil.org

Saturday, January 17, 9:00PM: XLNT at Mike's Tavern, 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City. Live music by this new band playing all your favorites from the 80's, 90's and now. Support your local live music scene and check out the new and improved Mike's Tavern with more bathrooms and seating, and new game room! Admission is $5.   435-867-5990   www.facebook.com/events/318606195013382/

Sunday, January 18, 3:00PM – 6:00PM: THE SUNDAY JAZZ SHOW with your host Bob Gordon, on KSUU Thunder 91. The best in Jazz every week.         www.power91radio.com/

And coming up in the near future:

Friday, February 6, 7:00PM: BOTTLED MONKEY CD Release Show at Groovacious, 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City.   435-867-9800    www.bottledmonkeymusic.com