NEWS FLASH: Allan Holdsworth will be performing with Zappa Playa Zappa at the following two shows next month in Southern California.
Feb 14, 2012 at 07:00 PM House of Blues - Anaheim, CA (Tickets)
Feb 19, 2012 at 07:00 PM Canyon Club - Agoura Hills, CA (Tickets)
Legendary 70s prog-rock band Brand X is reforming after a 15 year hiatus for a 2012 US tour with John Goodsall on guitar, Percy Jones on bass, David Sancious on keys, and Ronnie Ciago on drums. Stay tuned for more details. Many thanks to Anil Prasad for this exciting news!
Here is an updated list of 2012 tour dates for The Aristocrats (Guthrie Govan - guitar, Bryan Beller - bass, Marco Minnemann - drums). See the band's official website for more info.
01/21/12 San Pedro, CA USA Alva's Showroom
01/22/12 San Pedro, CA USA Alvas Showroom
01/24/12 Hollywood, CA Musician's Institute (for students and faculty only)
01/27/12 San Francisco, CA Biscuits & Blues
01/28/12 Seattle, WA The Rendezvous
01/29/12 Seattle, WA The Rendezvous
02/25/12 San Jose, Costa Rica Pepper
03/02/12 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
03/04/12 Hollywood, CA The Roxy (WesFest 7)
03/07/12 London, UK The Peel
03/08/12 Bilston UK The Robin 2
03/09/12 Manchester UK Night and Day
03/10/12 Newcastle UK The Cluny
03/11/12 Edinburgh UK The Voodoo Rooms
03/13/12 Zoetermeer NL Boerderij
03/17/12 Madrid, Spain Sam Ramdall
03/19/12 Barcelona, Spain Sala Bikini
03/20/12 Bilbao, Spain Sala BBK
03/22/12 Istanbul, Turkey Old City / Indigo Pub
03/23/12 Tel-Aviv, Israel Reading 3
Wayne Krantz will release his latest album How The West Was Left in April 2012 on Abstract Logix. In support of the new release, Krantz will be touring Europe next Summer and Fall with a new quartet featuring Nate Wood on drums,Geoffrey Keezer on keys, and Anthony Tide on bass. I'll post the date and venue details when they become available. Click here for more information.
Kurt Rosenwinkel will be playing the following US dates in early 2012. See Rosenwinkel's official website for more info.
02/22/12 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin Conservatory of Music
02/24/12 San Diego, CA - Athenaeum School of the Arts San Diego Studio
02/25/12 Hollywood, CA - Musicians Institute
02/28/12 - 03/04/12 New York, NY - Village Vanguard
03/13/12 - 03/14/12 Cambridge, MA - Regatta Bar
03/15/12 - 03/18/12 Chicago, IL - Jazz Showcase
Several shows coming up on the west coast with Chris Poland's bands OHM, OHMphrey, and his latest project Polcat (Look for Polcat's debut album in 2012). See dates and locations below. Also, OHM will be calling in to Mark Torres' "Travel Tips for Atzlan" show on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles on November 26th.
Dec 1st, 2011 OHMphrey Winston's - San Diego, CADec 2nd, 2011 OHMphrey Viper Room - Hollywood, CA Cancelled
Dec 3rd, 2011 OHMphrey Slim's - San Francisco, CA
Jan 20th, 2012 OHM & Polcat (Double Bill) Alva's - San Pedro, CA
Jan 22nd, 2012 Polcat Salvador's Jazz Suite - Los Angeles, CA
Jan 24th, 2012 OHM & Polcat (Double Bill) Baked Potato - Studio City, CA
The Lineups
OHM: Chris Poland - Guitar, Robertino "Pag" Pagliari - Bass, David Eagle - Drums
OHMphrey: Chris Poland - Guitar, Robertino "Pag" Pagliari - Bass, Jake Cinninger - Guitar, Joel Cummins - Keys, Kris Myers - Drums
Polcat: Chris Poland - Guitar, Frank Catalano - Tenor Saxophone, Sean O'Bryan Smith - Bass, Jim Gifford - Drums
The Steve Morse Band will be playing the following dates on the west coast in January (during NAMM week).
Jan 19, 2012 Agoura Hills, CA The Canyon Club
Jan 20, 2012 San Juan Capistrano, CA Coach House
Jan 22, 2012 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up
Jan 23, 2012 Orangevale, CA Boardwalk
Jan 24, 2012 San Francisco, CA Slim's
Here is an updated list of dates for the 2012 G3 tour of Australia and New Zealand featuring Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Steve Lukather.
24 March 2012 Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
25 March 2012 Logan Campbell Centre, Greenlane Auckland, New Zealand
27 March 2012 Royal Theatre, Canberra, Australia
30 March 2012 Hordern Pavillion, Sydney, Australia
31 March 2012 Palais Theatre, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia
03 April 2012 Festival Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
05 April 2012 Convention Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
06 April 2012 Byron Bay Bluesfest, Byron Bay, Australia
Remember Shakti will be touring India in 2012. See below for dates and locations. The band will include all of the original members - John McLaughlin (guitar), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Shankar Mahadevan (vocals), U. Srinivas (mandolin), and V. Selvaganesh (kanjira, ghatam, mridangam). Next year marks the the 35th anniversary of the first incarnation of the band - Shakti.
Remember Shakti - 2012 India Tour Dates
Feb 5 Pune
Feb 7 Mumbai
Feb 9 Kolkata
Feb 10 Bangalore
Feb 11 Chennai
Feb 12 Mumbai
