"The Local Scene"
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Denver, CO
Now, I don't mean to start music fans scrambling to attend fiberoptics
conferences or anything, but NFOEC 2000 in Denver was a treat, musicially
speaking, as it featured the return of outstanding blues keyboardist Lonnie
Bennett (LBennett@BURLEIGH.com)
to the Burleigh Instruments booth. It's worth sticking around during cleanup
to hear a few more tunes.
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the styles of music in which you have knowledge at clubs in your area and/or
clubs you attend frequently.
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Band Guide
Metro Philadelphia, PA
Special Blendz: "Special Blendz is an exciting Soul/R&B/Oldies
and Originals showband featuring four vocalists with amazing harmonies,
and five musicians with dynamic arrangements."
Bands: Read the "Hey Bands" section for
information on how to be included in the Band Guide section.
Music News
Los Angeles, CA
Neon Venus was nominated for best Rock en Espanol band at the LA
Music Awards, celebrated at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills this
past November.
Chicago, IL
Michael McDermott opened for The Wallflowers on October 12th at
Cabaret Metro in Chicago.
Boston, MA
The Syphlloids were nominated for Boston’s Best Band as part of
The Boston Nightlife Awards sponsored by Jim Beam and BackBayBeat.com.
Southbridge, MA
Enemy Glory, Book One of Karen Michalson’s new dark fantasy
series of the same title, is due out from Tor Books in January 2001.
Amazon.com is now taking orders and will ship copies as soon as they are
available. Enemy Glory is the novel that was the inspiration for
Point
Of Ares’ debut album of the same name. Karen is Point Of Ares’
bassist-lead vocalist.
Lapeer, MI
Sin Embargo’s "In Need" is featured on Bad Dog Records’ compilation
CD.
New Hampshire
Saje has found a new drummer. His name is Geoff Beyrent.
New York, NY
Amelia’s Dream's song "Footprints" was featured on Paul Sorvino’s
new series That’s Life. Also, at the New York City Marathon on Sunday,
November 5th, Amelia’s Dream was the featured band at 79th Street and 1st
Avenue.
Cincinnati, OH
Big in Iowa was nominated for the CityBeat Cincinnati Entertainment
Awards in the categories of Best Rock Band and Artist Of The Year.
Cleveland, OH
In October, The Mike Farley Band co-headlined with the Tony Lang
Band and special guests Domestic Problems from Michigan and Columbia Recording
artists Neve. Also, Jim Simonian replaced Joe Rohan as The Mike Farley
Band's drummer. And The Mike Farley Band won modern rock song of the year
("Imagination") and modern rock album of the year (On The Edge of Somewhere)
in the Just Plain Folks music awards for 2000.
Dallas, TX
In late September, Eden Automatic opened for Missing Persons.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Steve Cochrane, amid several other side projects, is currently performing
with keyboardist/vocalist Ken Baird and vocalist Sue Fraser in a group
called Kaleidoscope.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Julie Kryk was featured on CBC National Radio. The CBC National
website also contains photos/bio and music from Julie; it is part of a
Canadian package about outstanding young Canadians.
Bands: Read the "Hey Bands" section for
information on how to be included in the Music News section.