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Buzzing Around Town - by Nora Spitznogle
posted: May 13, 2016
Virginia Avenue Folk Fest
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Fountain Square and Fletcher Place
all-ages, 9 am - 10 pm, free (VIP tickets available)
The Virginia Avenue Folk Fest will feature 100 bands on thirteen stages. The day kicks off at 9:00 am with the Upright Willies featuring Chad Mills at Rocket 88 Doughnuts Stage (847 Virginia Ave) and continues through the day - thirteen hours of music! Plan on spending the day on Virginia Avenue, there are plenty of places to eat (and drink).
For the full lineup visit the website.
Americana Sunday featuring Noble Roots
Sunday, May 22, 2016
The Jazz Kitchen
5377 College Ave. - 21+, 7 pm, $10
Noble Roots is this month's featured band for Frank Dean's Americana Sundays at The Jazz Kitchen. The series will include the wide variety of different musical styles and genres to make that comprise the Americana sound.
Noble Roots is a most excellent example of the Americana vibe. The band is: Kelli Ray Yates (vocals and guitar), John Gilmore (guitar, mandolin and vocals), and the Awesome (Gary) Wasson (bass and vocals).
The food at The Jazz Kitchen is most excellent - plan on having dinner.
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Saturday, June 11, 2016
The Vogue
6259 College Ave. - 21+, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, $20
I'm giving you plenty of notice for Charles Bradley's first Indianapolis show - buy your ticket now.
I had the pleasure of interviewing him in 2010 and seeing him perform at the Austin City Limits Festival in 2011. Charles' humbleness and lack of pretention was totally charming, but it took a tremendous amount of cajoling on my part to get his story. And a good story it is.
Charles earned his made-for-soul raspy voice the hard way. His music is very personal. His first-ever album, No Time for Dreaming, released in 2010, is "based on true stories that I lived," he said.
He was inspired by seeing James Brown at the Apollo Theater in 1964 when he was 16 years old. "When I saw him I was completely amazed and wanted to be like him." But Charles had to make do with a broomstick as a microphone and the rooftops as his stage in Brooklyn; as the youngest of eight, he spent a lot of time wandering the streets.
He eventually found a career in cooking, which took him from Maine to Alaska to California, where he made his home for decades. "Music and being a chef have been my whole life." Bradley was able to squeeze in occasional music gigs and a little studio work along the way and was ready to buy his first house. "Then life hit me real hard." He was laid off of his restaurant job after 17 years.
Charles decided to return to Brooklyn. "I learned to be a handyman. I always fix things the right way. Give me the opportunity and I will do it right, that's the way I am." He also had more time for music. He started performing his James Brown routines under his alter ego, "Black Velvet," when Gabriel Roth of Daptone Records happened to catch his show and recognized Bradley's raw talent. And the rest, as they say, is history. For the first time in his life he was able to perform full-time.
He opened the ACLF show with the heart-wrenching song, "Heartache and Pain," about his brother's death. In the interview Charles told me that he puts his whole essence into this music. "If you're watching me on stage sometimes I turn away, I've got to catch myself and let the lyrics out, because I'd be so full of emotion." He wasn't kidding. I've never seen such an expressive performance. The audience was re-living the day his brother died with him.
You can purchase tickets at The Vogue during office hours Monday - Friday from noon to 5:30 pm, or through the website.
Not-for-profit director by day, music writer by night, Nora Spitznogle reviews music that happened and previews music and events around Broad Ripple Village. Nora managed CATH Inc coffeehouse at 54th Street and College Avenue for seven years. During that time she hosted hundreds of local and touring musicians, both at the coffeehouse and her home. When CATH closed in 2004 and the music was no longer coming to her, she had to wander from her corner of Broad Ripple to see what is happening elsewhere. You can find her at Second Helpings during the work day, waitressing at the Red Key on Saturday nights and prowling Broad Ripple music venues the rest of the time. Visit Nora's Web site nora-leona.blogspot.com, send any questions, comments or suggestions to Nora@BroadRippleGazette.com
nora@broadripplegazette.com
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