More about guitarist  Paulinho Garcia

More about saxophonist  Greg Fishman

F Y I – - Click on pic for more about this LIVE MUSIC event!

Mick tells us that his " MUSICPERSON" CD cover photo was taken by

Loren Fay. Click on it to find out more about Mick Scott. Also, be sure to

check Mick out at Potbelly’s at 2264 N. Lincoln Avenue in Chicago,

where he performs regularly.

Ollie and John will be performing in Chicago again, with The Rattlers,  Monday, March 1st (first), 2010, Martyrs’, 3855 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL at 8:00 pm. Tickets: $7.00.

Tue, Feb 2nd 2010
10:30 pm
Von Freeman Quartet
The New Apartment Lounge
Chicago, IL
Map
The famous session on Chicago’s South Side.

Fri, Feb 5th 2010
9:00 pm
The Mike Allemana Organ Trio
Pete Miller’s
Evanston, IL
Map

Sat, Feb 6th 2010
9:00 pm
The Mike Allemana Organ Trio
Pete Miller’s
Evanston, IL
Map

Tue, Feb 9th 2010
12:00 pm

Come Sunday
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Map
Lunch time show at the Randolph Cafe in the Chicago Cultural Center. 

Tue, Feb 9th 2010
10:30 pm
Von Freeman Quartet
The New Apartment Lounge
Chicago, IL
Map

Tue, Feb 16th 2010
10:30 pm
Von Freeman Quartet
The New Apartment Lounge
Chicago, IL
Map

Mon, Feb 22nd 2010
8:30 pm
Duo w/ Tony Do Rosario
Katerina’s
Chicago, IL
Map
Jazz guitar series at Katerina’s run by fellow OTS teacher, Tony Do Rosario.

Tue, Feb 23rd 2010
10:30 pm
Von Freeman Quartet
The New Apartment Lounge
Chicago, IL
Map

Tue, Mar 2nd 2010
10:30 pm
Von Freeman Quartet
The New Apartment Lounge
Chicago, IL
Map
The famous New Apartment Lounge set with Von and his horses.

Tue, Mar 9th 2010
10:30 pm
Von Freeman Quartet
The New Apartment Lounge
Chicago, IL
Map

Tue, Mar 16th 2010
10:30 pm
Von Freeman Quartet
The New Apartment Lounge
Chicago, IL
Map

Sat, Mar 27th 2010
9:00 pm
The Regulators
Nick’ Beer Garden
Chicago, IL

Check Mike’s calendar often :

http://www.mikeallemana.com/component/option,com_gigcal/Itemid,90/

Also seen in this video: PHIL GRATTEAU (drums) and MATT FERGUSON (upright bass).

Mark Lester

Labrador Dali Booking and Promotion

847-529-9434

Email: mark@labradordali.com or: marke@marke-lester.com

Visit: www.labradordali.com   and www.marke-lester.com  and www.myspace.com/labradordali 

As you can see at the bottom of this photo, there on the stage,

right by Marke’s foot is the CD seen at the top of this page,

  FOR SALE!

In this video Marke is singing one of the original songs that he wrote

(which is included on his CD shown at the top of this page)!

Visit Marke’s YouTube channel!

Click on pix . . . you MAY go places!

Murphy’s Bleachers Open Mike host Stolie helps

singer-songwriter Nate Zaremba get set up.

Nate Zaremba close up.

F Y I -  – Click on pix .  .  . you may go places!

10:00pm

 Pete Special

Jon Spiegel

Roberto Aguilera

Tom Leddy

at

The Hollywood Lounge

3303 w. Bryn Mawr Ave.

Chicago, IL

773 – 588 – 9707

lee@thehollywoodlive.com

The Hollywood Lounge, 3303 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, IL / USA.

HBD 2010 PS!

Love, hugs & kisses 2 U!

AS & TS

Underground Wonder Bar

Sun., December 27, 2009

8:00 – 10:30 pm

10 E. Walton St.

Chicago, IL.  60611

Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble

being recorded by

 House of Blues Radio Hour

Saturday, January 16, 2010

7:30 – 9:00 pm

Levon Helm Studios

Woodstock, New York

Other than our friend Pete Special, the guest bands also include:

Little Sammy Davis &

Fred Scribner.

Gates open at 6:00 pm, studio doors open at 7:00 pm and the show starts at 7:30 pm.

Get Tickets Here!! 

Joe "The Blue Shadow" Kelley LIVE!

Sat., Dec. 12, 2009

8:30 – 10:30 pm

Margaret’s
5134 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago, IL 60641
(773) 685-4493

(The OLD sign still says "Mike’s".  We are located at the corner of Irving and Leamington – North side of street, just East of Laramie).

J.B. Ritchie

Mark’s House of Rock and Roll

Sat., Dec. 12, 2009

9:00 pm

322 N. Milwaukee

Wheeling IL

224-676-0327 

This thirty five year veteran of the Chicago Blues Scene draws interest through his original style. Paying tribute to the masters of the genre, including Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Willie Dixon, and Howlin Wolf. J.B. Ritchie’s "Power Blues" is a good crash course in leather and jeans blues. It’s been a long time coming for this Chicago area blues man, but wait no more, J.B. Ritchie and Power Blues is here!

Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009

9:00 pm – 1:00 am

Mark Madsen on guitar and vocals

  Some of Mark Madsen’s (11/21 & 28) supporting players:  Jim Widlowski, Kelly Sill, Jim Ryan and Jim Cox

Pop’s for Champagne / 601 N. State St. at Ohio / 312-266-7677

Jazz Club Hours: Thursday-Saturday 8:00 pm – 2:00 am / Music begins at 9:00 pm.    $15.00 for this event.

Experience LIVE MUSIC and keep it REAL.

The Mike Allemana Organ Trio

Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

7:00 pm

LIVE in:

 Space

1245 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL 847-492-8860  According to the Evanston SPACE website: "The best musicians tend to display at least a bit of their roots in everything they do, and jazz guitarist Tony Do Rosario is no exception.  While himself a product of the Atlantic City area of southern New Jersey,  Tony’s appreciation for music came at an early age growing up as a first-generation American amid a family whose native Brazilian culture was a regular part of the household.  It was on family trips to Brazil that he recalls finding his love for life and music.

After graduating from Northern Illinois University in 1991 Mike Allemana spent two years playing in Cincinnati, Ohio where he spent many nights listening to and absorbing the playing of legendary guitarists Cal Collins and Kenny Poole.  In 1994, Mike decided to move back to Chicago where he has become one of the most in-demand guitarists on the jazz scene."

Tony do Rosario-Guitar
Nathan Kawaller-Bass
Geof Bradfield- Sax
Todd Howell-Drums

Mike Allemana-Guitar
Dan Trudell-Hammond organ
Mike Schlick-Drums

These videos have a teeny, tiny taste of Mike Allemana’s guitar excellence and drummer Mike Schlick’s ever ready hot chops – for you to peruse before you buy tickets and get THEM close up and in person.

$10 in advance // $15 day-of // $20 reserved table seating 

LIVE MUSIC keeps it REAL.

Petra van Nuis and Andy Brown

Jazz voice/guitar duo

8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

You may think you are Far away, Rome, Italy perhaps?

Along with the superb cuisine, this friday the 13th

be safe, sound and serenaded by this award winning duo!

 Va Pensiero Restaurant

1566 Oak Ave. / Evanston, IL / 847-475-7779

No cover, no minimum.   Get out and hear some LIVE MUSIC!

These Jon Spiegel photos were taken at a recent (July 2009)

live music event at Martyrs’ with Pete Special. 

Contact Jon  Spiegel / Phone #’s: 773-395-0553  /  773-368-0616 

Address: Brother Brother / 2506 N. Clark St. / Chicago, IL 60614.

 Email: info@brotherbrother.net

F Y I – - Click on pix . . .  you MAY go places! 

” My new CD “Minutes To Circle” continues to get some great attention. I hope you’ll give it listen at: http://www.myspace.com/philcircle . I’ve even had various tracks played on WLUW 88.7FM in Chicago. I’d love it if you’d call them and request your favorite track from the new album. 773-508-WLUW (9589).

Making anything work in the Chicago music scene is difficult, so getting local radio play and having to order another 1000 more CDs is a fantastic start! I’ve been doing a lot of promoting, and one of my resources for ideas has consistently been Bob Baker the guru of Indie promotion. If you’re a musician too and looking for great ways to get your work out there, check him out. I’ve also found my personal Facebook page to be helpful, both in promoting shows and finding old friends, not to mention keeping up with current and new ones. If you’re not in my network there, please join. I’ll keep you up on various daily goings on in my life and music, and my friends and I always manage to keep up some interesting and funny threads.

If you come out to a show, I have new t-shirts, as well as CDs and download cards. These little cards are great for the person who prefers to have their music go directly to an MP3 player, and they cost less then the CDs. also, when you’re at one of my shows, and buy a t-shirt ($10) and a CD (also $10), I’ll throw in a FREE download card ($5 value) for you to pass on to a friend. My available CD’s include the new one, “Minutes to Circle” and a compilation with tracks from several previous releases. And everyone always gets FREE stickers. By visiting me on CD Baby  you can hear and purchase many past CDs of mine, including work my old band Guilty. I am working on setting up more online listening opportunities for music from these past releases and will be sure to let you know as they go up. I’ll also be adding another compilation that will include covers, previously unreleased material, and live tracks from shows. Speaking of shows, here are some upcoming events:

Sundays: November 1st, 2009 and November 15th, 2009 

I host and play the *Open Mic Night* from 9pm til 1am at
Hops and Barley
4359 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. That’s two doors south of Montrose. On other Sundays, Stolie  is the host. She’s a great songwriter, very dedicated to Chicago’s scene, and doing quite well. Parking at Hops and Barley is easy and under 21 can attend with someone of legal drinking age, since they serve food. Each week, there’s a featured act from 9-10pm, followed by performances by myself (or Stolie) and whomever else signs up to play.

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 9:30pm
I’m playing a set as part of the Local Music Showcase at

Cubby Bear
1059 W. Addison in Chicago
That’s kitty corner from Wrigley Field (which should be draped in black after last season) at Clark St. You’ll hear several other local acts in a great cross section of Chicago talent. This is put together by a favorite local musician of mine named Patrick Gemkow. He always puts together serious talent for these events, so I hope you can make it!

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 10pm (doors open at 8pm)
I’ll be accompanied by two other band mates for a set at

Tonic Room
2447 N. Halsted St. in Chicago
Come early and stay late, since 3 other acts will be playing. It’s a $5 cover, so get your money’s worth! Of course I’m worth at least that, right? It’ll be a nice trimmed down line up of my band with Bill Corse on keys and Matteo on harmonica, so there’ll no doubt be some blues and some keys-based tunes. I’ll be playing some new tunes of my own, as well…stuff that will be on my next release.

 
So, I really hope you can make it to a show and experience my music live, pick up some deals on Phil Circle merchandise, make some new friends and catch up with me. As always–keep supporting live music in Chicago, land of 35,000 bands. In preparation for your next visit to one of my shows, you can visit my youtube page  to see live video performances of me solo and with a band.

Thanks and see you soon!  Phil Circle – Guilt By Association Records / GBA Music Studio
http://www.myspace.com/philcircle / http://www.youtube.com/philcircle ”

Ted Wulfers Band

MON., OCT 26, 2009

  9:00 pm

Reggie’s Live

2109 S. State St.

Chicago, IL

Opening for Uncle Lucius

21 + over / $5.00 cover

Ted Wulfers Band

FRI,, OCT 30. 2009

9:00 p.m.

Halloween Bash 

Galvin’s Public House

5901 W. Lawrence Ave.

Chicago, IL 

Ted Wulfers

9:00 p.m.

The Barley House 

1520 S. Randall Rd. / Algonquin, IL

More Ted at: http://www.myspace.com/tedwulfers Buy Ted’s music at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tedwulfers3

Sunday, October 25, 2009

How’s this sound? 300 beers to choose from    . . . tasty food served ’til midnight a great saloon-like atmosphere & a 9:00 pm set by . . .

Singer-Songwriter

 Phil Circle

Quencher’s

2401 n. Western Ave. – Chicago, IL

Quenchers, 2401 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL.

(the northeast corner of Western and Fullerton)

$5 Cover.   21 & over.

F Y I – - Click on pix . . . you MAY go places!

Frank Bandy poses with some blues fans from Helsinki Finland.

Frank Bandy signs autographs for the Finnish Blues Fans.

Teardrop recording artists Frank Bandy and J.B.Ritchie chat with one of their biggest blues fans who came to the Harlem Avenue Lounge specifically to meet J.B. and Frank that very night . . . from Finland!!

Left to Right:  Frank Bandy, a Fin fan &  J.B. Ritchie!