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By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dave Koz and Larry Graham Jr.<\/p><\/div>\n

There are people who never seem to wear the same outfit twice. Dave Koz seems that way when it comes to touring his live shows. Koz\u2019 tours come in many different formats and are presented at a wide variety of venues.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Koz has visited this area with an assortment of different shows and an array of guest performers such as Bebe Winans, Sheila E and Jonathan Butler. Sheila E will also be a performer at this year\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

On August 17, the veteran smooth jazz saxophonist will bring his \u201cDave Koz and Larry Graham Jr. Side By Side 2017 Tour\u201d to Dell Music Center (33rd Street and Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-685-9560,www.ticketmaster.com<\/a>) as part of Dell Music Center\u2019s 2017 Essence of Entertainment Concert Series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started doing these Side By Side tours about 6-7 years ago,\u201d said Koz, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing a summer tour every year since 1991 — except for 2006 after the passing of my mom in 2005. Last year, I was on tour with David Sanborn, who is my Number One sax hero.\u201d<\/p>\n

A nine-time Grammy Award nominee, Koz has charted nine Number 1 albums on Billboard\u2019s Current Contemporary Jazz Album chart, including 2015\u2019s \u201cCollaborations: 25th Anniversary Collection\u201d (Concord Records), which features some of his most memorable creative partnerships \u2013 including duets with such artists as Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Michael McDonald, Barry Manilow and Luther Vandross.<\/p>\n

Another chart-topping album for Koz was \u201cSummer Horns,\u201d his 2013 collaboration with Gerald Albright, Richard Elliot and Mindi Abair which paid tribute to the horn-fueled, rock\/funk\/soul bands of the 1960\u2019s and 70s.<\/p>\n

On this tour, Koz is teaming up with one of the most cel4ebratede bass players in the world of rock, funk and R&B — Larry Graham Jr.<\/p>\n

As bassist for Sly & The Family Stone, Graham helped give the band its distinctive sound with his \u201cthumping and plucking\u2019\u201d technique (widely known as \u201cslapping\u201d). He also contributed vocals on hits such as \u201cDance to the Music\u201d and \u201cEverybody is a Star.\u201d<\/p>\n

Together with the other members of Sly & The Family Stone, Graham was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and also received the Rhythm & Blues Pioneer Award. He has been honored with Grammy nominations for his work as a founding member of Graham Central Station and as a solo artist.<\/p>\n

The world-famous bassist has also recorded with Aretha Franklin, led Psychedelic Psoul (Eddie Murphy\u2019s band) and performed alongside Prince.<\/p>\n

Koz has found a way to turn hero worship into one of the hottest shows of the season. After last summer\u2019s hugely successful \u201cSide By Side\u201d tour with Sanborn, is now touring with Graham, another one of his all-time idols.<\/p>\n

\u201cLarry Graham Jr. revolutionized music with his bass guitar and his soul,\u201d said Koz. \u201cHe is an amazing human being.<\/p>\n

\u201cA few years ago, he was a guest on one of my music cruises. We became friends back then and played together. Later, we decided to do it on land.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmazingly, Larry didn\u2019t even start playing music on bass. He was a guitarist. He played bass out of necessity in his mom\u2019s band. Once he started playing bass, he developed his signature way of playing the instrument \u2018slap style\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graham pioneered the art of slap\/pop playing on the electric bass in part to provide percussive and rhythmic elements in addition to the notes of the bass line when his mother\u2019s band lacked a drummer — the slap of the thumb being used to simulate a bass drum and the pop of the index or middle finger<\/p>\n

Slap-pop playing melds a percussive thumb-slapping technique of the lower strings with an aggressive finger-snap of the higher strings. The slap and pop technique incorporates a large ratio of muted notes to normal notes in order to add to the rhythmic effect.<\/p>\n

According to Koz, \u201cI\u2019ve been a huge fan of Larry\u2019s since my earliest days discovering music. This man has literally set musical history in motion several times in his illustrious career.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been great friends for a long time, but to finally get to share the stage with him in this intimate way is truly a dream come true — a perfect summer, if you ask me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this show, I come out and play a half-hour of my stuff. Then, he comes out and plays his music and we play together. He\u2019s such a performer \u2013 five decades of non-stop performing. He\u2019s such a rock star \u2013 dance, music and moves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Dave Koz and Larry Graham, Jr. \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/f3t5wR0EVVw<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Dell, which also has Sheila E as a co-headliner, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $32<\/p>\n

The remaining show on the Dell\u2019s 2017 Essence of Entertainment Concert Series features Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly on August 24.<\/p>\n

The world of Hollywood and the world of music have always been intertwined \u2013 especially when actors venture out to try their hand as recording artists.<\/p>\n

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The Bacon Brothers<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s 2017 and you can find recent music tracks by such actors and actresses as Kiefer Sutherland, Priyanka Chopra, Hugh Laurie and Jennifer Lopez.<\/p>\n

The Hollywood\/music world merge that has the most longevity and has produced the best canon of good tunes is the Bacon Brothers.<\/p>\n

The Bacon Brothers, who grew up in Philadelphia, will return to the area on August 18 for a show at the Valley Forge Casino (1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, 610-354-8118, vfcasino.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Kevin Bacon is an award-winning actor with 80 films and dozens of television and stage credits to his name, resulting in numerous Emmy and Screen Actor\u2019s Guild nominations cited in his resume.<\/p>\n

Older brother Michael initially began making music in Philadelphia before moving to Nashville where his songwriting career blossomed. An Emmy-winning composer, he most recently scored the documentary \u201cThat Way Madness Lies\u201d currently on the festival circuit.<\/p>\n

Other recent works include the audiobook: \u201cYou Don\u2019t Look Your Age\u2026And Other Fairytales\u201d and the\u00a0HBO documentary \u201cUnderfire: The Untold Story of Private First Class Tony Vaccaro.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe grew up in Center City Philadelphia \u2013 21st<\/sup> and Locust,\u201d said Kevin Bacon, during a phone interview last week from Manhattan. \u201cMike went to Central High and I was at the Parkway Program and then Masterman High.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Bacon said, \u201cThe first songs we wrote were in the late 1960s. Kevin would sing me a melody and I\u2019d do the chords. Gradually, our skills went up.\u201d<\/p>\n

As time went on, Kevin built up his acting resume but the the Bacon Brothers also moved forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had been writing to try to pitch songs to other people or to put the songs in my movies,\u201d said Kevin. \u201cWe did a demonstration tape. A friend invited us to sing at his venue \u2013 the TLA.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was me and Mike on acoustic guitar. After the show, we got invited to do another show. It just evolved from there. It\u2019s really about writing a song and playing it in a band.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two siblings share a singular body of work that\u2019s found them spending more than 20 years of working the road and paying their dues, resulting in seven albums \u2013 \u201cForosoco\u201d (1997), \u201cGetting There\u201d (1999), \u201cCan\u2019t Complain\u201d (2001), \u201cLive: The No Food Jokes Tour\u201d (2003), \u201cWhite Knuckles\u201d (2005), \u201cNew Year\u2019s Day\u201d (2009), \u201cPhiladelphia Road\u201d (2011) and \u201c36 Cents\u201d (2014).<\/p>\n

Sold-out gigs in New York, LA, Nashville, Chicago and San Francisco followed, as well as a high-profile show opening for The Band at Carnegie Hall and appearing alongside the likes of Shania Twain and Wyclef Jean on the TNT Network\u2019s \u201cThe Gift of Song\u201d special. In eight years of recording and touring, the band has become a top live draw and continues to build momentum. Now, following on the heels of last year\u2019s \u201cDriver,\u201d a resilient tale of lost youth imbued with tender memories, the Bacon Brothers\u2019 new single \u201cBroken Glass\u201d also echoes that personal resolve. Written by Kevin and recorded at Lehman College studio where Michael teaches, the song was co-produced by both Bacon brothers.<\/p>\n

According to Kevin, \u201cIt\u2019s a very personal song. I think that the songs are strong when they are personal. It took a long time. Some come easy, some not. But I\u2019m proud of it and very happy with what Mike and the guys brought to the mix.\u201d<\/p>\n

That song will be followed by Michael\u2019s composition \u201cTwo Rivers,\u201d a tender reflective ballad recorded during the Lehman sessions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cut \u2018Two Rivers\u2019 about four months ago,\u201d said Kevin. \u201cWe recorded it at the same time we did \u2018Broken Glass.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that three years have passed since the release of their last full-length, the brothers are looking ahead to a new album.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been building up songs,\u201d said Michael. \u201cWe\u2019ve been in the songwriting zone. We have nine or 10 that are good and four or five in the backlog. If we can get them done, we\u2019ll be ready for a new CD.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, each CD is a milestone. It\u2019s what we\u2019ve done up to that point in our career.<\/p>\n

Kevin said, \u201cWe want to record but we don\u2019t know where yet. A lot of studios in New York are closed down. We really like being in a real old-fashioned studio and be playing in the same room.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been staying busy this year \u2013 chop wood, carry water. We have a strong work ethic. We\u2019ve played quite a lot of shows this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike is also busy as a full-time music professor at Lehman College and I\u2019m finishing an HBO documentary about Sandra Lee, the Food Network star who has breast cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for the Bacon Brothers — https:\/\/youtu.be\/KQZcNuAcf7I<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Valley Forge Casino will start at 9 p.m. Tickets are $60.<\/p>\n

There is another family music act playing in the area tonight \u2013 a family act with a completely different story.<\/p>\n

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Grown Up Avenger Stuff<\/p><\/div>\n

Grown Up Avenger Stuff will headline a show at The Barbary (951 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-634-7400, www.facebook.com\/thebarbary<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Grown Up Avenger Stuff is a powerhouse unit driven by veteran guitarist John Thomsen and his sons — Hunter Thomsen (bass, vocals) and Tyler Thomsen (drums\/percussion, vocals).<\/p>\n

They have extensively toured the states including appearances at one of the largest music festivals Summerfest (Milwaukee), NoDa Summerfest (Charlotte), Center of the Universe Fest (Tulsa) and batches of shows at SXSW.<\/p>\n

Their freewheeling, high-energy live shows have gone international with dates at K-Days in Edmonton (one of Canada\u2019s top festivals), and Indie Music Week and Canadian Music (Toronto). They have also performed in European cities in Italy, Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Finland.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s sound comes from the unique histories of the GUAS band members — John\u2019s years of pure rock guitar work, combined with Tyler and Hunter\u2019s gospel roots playing in church every week starting at 12 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids lived with their mom,\u201d said John Thomsen, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were three and six when their mom and I separated. They were raised in a very serious and somewhat-restricted religious environment. It was Pentecostal and they were not allowed to listen to rock-and-roll music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they would visit me, I\u2019d play music by the Beatles and Pink Floyd for them and they didn\u2019t like it. I bought them instruments so they\u2019d appreciate rock music \u2013 but they didn\u2019t. Still, Dave Grohl is gonna get you sooner or later \u2013 same with the Beatles.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother was in a serious band back then and I was playing music too. My son Tyler started playing drums in church. I went to the church to hear Tyler play and he was really good. And, Hunter had a great ear.<\/p>\n

\u201cStill, I didn\u2019t want them in my band. Drawing your kids into a life in music is not what they\u2019d consider being a responsible parent.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, with the Thomsens being musicians and being family, it was almost inevitable that they would start playing together at some point.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver time, we\u2019d play in our basement together,\u201d said John, who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. \u201cI had them help me record some music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was looking for people to join me in my band. I wanted my own band so that I\u2019d have control. I wanted to find serious people to put together a really good band. I had a good starting line-up \u2013 but they all left.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther people auditioned but none of them were as good as Tyler and Hunter. I realized then that it would work with them in the band. They wanted to do it and they were the best option.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis line-up came together around 2011. Hunter was the last to join. He was so young and he wanted to stay so young.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hunter explained the band\u2019s history from his perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cTyler and I started playing music in church,\u201d said Hunter. \u201cEventually, we were transitioning as teenagers \u2013 transitioning with rebel ideas and rock music. We played three times a week from when we were around 12. We\u2019d always played together as a rhythm section.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyler said, \u201cI have filled in with other bands. But, there has never been the tightness that I have when I play with Hunter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grown Up Avenger Stuff\u2019s most recent recordings are the \u201cEclectica\u201d album, which was released in February 2016, and the \u201cA.I.M.\u201d single, which came out in January 2017. A new album is on the horizon but, in the meantime, GUAS is happy to be tearing things up on stage.<\/p>\n

According to John, \u201cWhat you get from us live is pure fun rock and roll. The connection and chemistry between us is so strong, especially between Hunter and Tyler, that there are times when it feels like magic on stage \u2013 and there\u2019s no better feeling than when we\u2019ve got the energy going and we\u2019re connecting with the audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taken us a few recordings to emerge with our own sound free from the references to our influences, and there\u2019s freedom in knowing who we are and being able to express everything in our own unique way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Grown Up Avenger Stuff \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/LAt2CmYq6Oc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at The Barbary, which also features Canyon, Everlit, and Belmont, will start at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $10.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re heading to the shore this weekend, you might be thinking about fish \u2013 fishing in the ocean or the bay or enjoying fish at a seafood restaurant.<\/p>\n

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Samantha Fish<\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019re heading to the Philadelphia Folk Festival this weekend, you\u2019re probably thinking about music \u2013 and about dealing with the heat at the festival grounds in western Montgomery County.<\/p>\n

You might also be thinking about fish. Fish and a festival in the country don\u2019t seem like they could occupy the same sentence.<\/p>\n

But, they do.<\/p>\n

On August 18, one of the headline attractions at the evening concert will be Samantha Fish.<\/p>\n

Samantha Fish is a guitarist. She\u2019s also a talented singer and an adept songwriter. But, more than anything, she\u2019s a guitarist with roots in rock, blues and Americana.<\/p>\n

This week, Fish is headed to the Philadelphia Folk Festival (Old Pool Farm,<\/p>\n

Clemmers Mill Road and Salford Station Road, Upper Salford, pfs.org\/<\/a>) with her searing lead guitar style and expressive voice. Her latest album, which was produced by Bobby Harlow, is titled \u201cChills and Fever.\u201d It was released March 23 on Ruf Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the album at the end of last year in Detroit,\u201d said Fish, during a phone interview Monday during tour rehearsal sessions in New Orleans. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s a rock-and-roll\/soul album with blues as its foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fish has music in her DNA.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad played and my mom sang in church,\u201d said Fish. \u201cMy dad\u2019s friends all played music. They\u2019d come over to our house and play. It was a social thing. My uncles played metal with heavy guitar. My dad\u2019s friends played country-and-western and blues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started with drums and did that for a couple years. I\u2019m glad I did because it gave me the rhythmic foundation. When I picked up guitar \u2013 that\u2019s when I started singing. Not long after, I started writing songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cSongwriting is something you have to work on if you want to learn how to write good songs. I still play songs today that I wrote when I was 20. My songs are rock, country and soul \u2013 all bluesy even though I\u2019ve never written a standard blues song.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musical diversity has always been crucial for Fish \u2013 listening and playing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI listened to a lot of soul music — people like Otis Redding and Ray Charles,\u201d said Fish. \u201cI was also influenced by blues acts — especially North Mississippi blues — people like R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith my guitar playing, I felt accomplished on guitar when I played as a trio and felt up to par. With a trio, there is no place to hide.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, I\u2019m playing with a six-piece band. I\u2019ve been doing a trio my entire career \u2013 playing with a trio for a decade. I\u2019ve always wanted to have a bigger band with lap steel and pedal steel. I could hear it when I was writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe band I have now has two horns, keys, bass, drums and guitar. It was the right time to do it. It\u2019s exciting because I can do other things. I can really focus on singing a little more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Samantha Fish \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/TRILQk5ydU0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Samantha Fish\u2019s live set at the Philadelphia Folk Festival will be in the evening on August 18. The concert, which also features David Amram,
\nThe Infamous Stringdusters and Old Crow Medicine Show, will start at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The line-up for the evening concert on August 19 includes Wesley Stace, RUNA, John McCutcheon, Cry Cry Cry, Sierra Hull, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Ranky Tanky, Graham Nash, and The Weight Band with The King Harvest Horns.<\/p>\n

The evening concert on August 20 will feature The Great Groove Band, Tift Merritt, Eric Andersen, Baile An Salsa, Susan Werner, and TajMo: The Taj Mahal & Keb’Mo’ Band.<\/p>\n

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Con Brio<\/p><\/div>\n

Con Brio, which is performing August 18 at the Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>), has been touted by many critics as \u201cthe best new live band in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fresh off a stream of sold-out shows touring in support of their latest album, \u201cParadise,\u201d the band has been making new fans as well as devoted fans across the west. Now, the funk ensemble is heading east and will make its area debut this weekend.<\/p>\n

Formed in 2013, Con Brio — Ziek McCarter, Vocals; Brendan Liu, Trumpet; Marcus Stephens, Tenor Saxophone; Benjamin Andrews, Guitar; Patrick Glynn, Keyboards; Jonathan Kirchner, Bass; Andrew Laubacher, Drums — is the offspring of seven musicians with diverse backgrounds but a shared love for the vibrant Bay Area funk and psychedelic-soul sound pioneered by groups like Sly & the Family Stone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe band was formed organically \u2013 jam sessions, recording sessions and playing around,\u201d said McCarter, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon as the band was driving through Nebraska on its way to a show in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tight-knit music community in the Bay Area. At the start, myself, the sax player, the drummer and the bass player all were in multiple bands and we played with each other in passing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started a band and picked up members along the way. This line-up has been together for two years now. We did covers at the beginning. Now, we have a lot of originals. But, we still do covers to this day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith con Brio, whether it\u2019s a cover song or an original, it\u2019s our music. The first Con Brio show was early in 2013 at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n

By 2015, when the band self-produced its debut EP \u201cKiss the Sun,\u201d Con Brio had already become a West Coast institution on the strength of their magnetic live show.<\/p>\n

After a busy 2015 spent touring the U.S. and Europe, Con Brio headed home to parlay the momentum, chemistry and tight live sound into a full-length record. The result was Con Brio\u2019s new album \u201cParadise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded demos when we toured in 2015,\u201d said McCarter. \u201cWe came back and went into the studio in June 2016. We re-recorded all those songs and some newer songs with producer Mario Caldato, Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew even before our first show that we had something good. We wrote songs that we were passionate about. We had a community. Now, we\u2019re taking it to the next level.\u201d
\nVideo link for Con Brio \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/86hPhh14VdI<\/a><\/p>\n

The show in Ardmore, which also features Dumpstaphunk and The London Souls, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Ardmore Music Hall are Alejandro Escovedo and Joe Ely on August 19; Splintered Sunlight on August 19; Steal Your Peach and Brown Sugar on August 20; and Brett Dennen on August 23.<\/p>\n

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Dustbowl Revival<\/p><\/div>\n

On August 18, the Dustbowl Revival will return to the area to headline a show at the World Caf\u00e9 Live (3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Dustbowl Revival, which is based in Venice, California, merges old school bluegrass, gospel, pre-war blues and the hot swing of New Orleans and bravely brings together many styles of traditional American music. Known for their high energy live shows, the Dustbowl Revival has been described as a \u201cstring band-brass band mash-up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lively group\u2019s line-up includes Zach Lupetin (guitars, vocals), Liz Beebe (vocals, washboard), Daniel Mark (mandolin), Connor Vance (fiddle), Matt Rubin (trumpet), Ulf Bjorlin (trombone), Josh Heffernan (drums) and James Klopfleisch (bass).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe band started in 2008 and expanded over the years — from a string band at first to eight people down the road,\u201d said Lupetin, during a recent phone interview last week from a tour stop in Tampa, Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first expansion was fiddle and mandolin. It\u2019s like a little traveling circus. The full big band line-up has been going strong for about four years. It can expand or contract at times.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m from Chicago and was playing folk and blues when I was in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The idea for a band like this came to me when I was in college at the University of Michigan. I was dreaming about a band that played songs in different genres at once.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in a blues-rock band and started listening to pre-war jazz. I moved from Chicago to Los Angeles. Once I got to L.A., I placed an innocent ad on Craigslist for musicians who loved music from that era. From that, I got together instruments that don\u2019t usually go together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to do something authentic and high energy. I think American music has a lot of different roots. For me, it all starts with the blues and branches out from there. Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Bob Wills, Mahalia Jackson — all playing this very heartfelt soulful music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe try for that. I started learning traditional songs that were the seeds of rock and roll. Music should be real. I don\u2019t want to make over-produced empty music. And, we want to have family appeal. Our audience is a pretty wide mix.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2013, the Dustbowl Revival was named \u201cBest Live Band in LA\u201d by The LA Weekly.<\/p>\n

\u201cAround 2013, we decided that we were going to do it for real,\u201d said Lupetin. \u201cLiz Beebe joined the band and we began doing 150-200 gigs a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had different musicians come and go but the core members have been around for a long time. To play around the country, you need a dedicated group.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really just old-time party music. It\u2019s just a matter of putting it in a different environment. This band is a work-in-progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the Dustbowl Revival is touring in support of its new self-titled album. The album was released on\u00a0Signature Sounds<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0June 16<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album came out in June,\u201d said Lupetin. \u201cWe\u2019ve been introducing this new sound. We recorded the album in stages. We went into the studio in December, did about 20 songs and then cut it down to 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, we recorded the album in January with our own producer Ted Hutt. It was an exciting few weeks. It was our first time to be steered by a passionate producer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mixing of roots music and funk\/soul was our goal and Ted understood how to do it. He brought out this brash, raw, emotional sound from the band. He knew what it should sound like.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese songs are really fun to play. A lot of them are upbeat, dance-friendly songs. But, there are also dark, emotional love songs that before we didn\u2019t have the courage to record. We\u2019re playing all the new songs in our shows now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Dustbowl Revival \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/LkowartIvJg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the World Caf\u00e9 Live, which has Heather Maloney as the opener, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $14.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the World Caf\u00e9 Live are A.J. Croce and Robbie Fulks on August 19, Stu Larsen and Lily Mae on August 19, MIKNNA and Red Giant on August 20, Delta Rae and Lauren Jenkins on August 22, Jonny Lang and Jack Broadbent on August 23 and Fireside Collective and Matt Wheeler on August 23.<\/p>\n

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Arlen Roth<\/p><\/div>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/em><\/a>) will have Arlen Roth on August 17, Jackie \u201cThe Joke Man\u201d and Rich Harkaway on August 19, and Open Mic with guest host Jason Ager on August 20.<\/p>\n

The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/em><\/a>) will host The Julian Hartwell Project with Joe Kenney on August 19.<\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents \u201cBeatles vs. Stones \u2013 A Musical Showdown<\/em>\u201d on August 18.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/em><\/a>) will host Eric Gales along with David Jacobs-Strain & Bob Beach on August 17, Close To You (The Music Of The Carpenters) on August 18, Tony Sands: It Was A Very Good Year<\/a> on August 19, Ray Wylie Hubbard<\/a> and The Grahams<\/a> on August 19, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience on August 20, and Jarekus Singleton & Selwyn Birchwood on August 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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