Monthly Archives: April 2009

LEO Music ’Cast: D. Mawl

With a new album, download-only free mixtape and a special Derby appearance, D. Mawl is making substantial movements in the often fickle and saturated hip hop and soul scenes. He joins to talk about his philosophies, how down-to-earth the Grammys are and what he means by “The Lost 16.”
Music ’Cast: D. Mawl

Leonard

Leonard Cohen
Live in London
(Columbia)
Leonard Cohen’s earlier songs featured a higher-pitched, less jaded Cohen singing about love and loss. Later, as his voice grew gravelly and Tom Waits-esque, he began singing about the decline of western civilization and the pride of man, no doubt influenced by his time in a monastery. I have always wanted to [...]

P.J.

P.J. Harvey & John Parish
A Woman A Man Walked By
(Island)

A Woman A Man Walked By displays, perhaps more acutely than her last few releases, the range of P.J. Harvey’s talent. She is an artist with many sides, from folk angel to rock goddess. The vocals are more girly at parts than her other records, a [...]

Quarter Pole Lounge

Harold Gilbert
4/30-5/2

National Finger-style Guitar Champion Richard Smith

Monday, May 4
Steilberg String Instruments
4029 Bardstown Road
$10; 7:30 p.m.
He’s finger pickin’ good! Just ask some of the best guitar players in the known world. Richard Smith hails from Great Britain and played with the great Chet Atkins when he was only eleven years old. Over the past 25 years he has become one of the [...]

May @ MYBar

5/1-2 DJ Donovan
5/4: MYbar Showcase: Quals, DeeJay Woody
5/5: MYbar Showcase Finals: DeeJay Woody
5/6: Sonoma Red
5/7: DeeJay Woody
5/8: Loc-Moe-Tion, Robert Shaw and the Rockabilly Allstars
5/9: Alternate Ending
5/11: DeeJay Woody, Karaoke
5/13: Open Mic Night
5/14: DeeJay Woody
5/15-16: Wax Factory

Liberation Prophecy

Liberation Prophecy
Sandpaper Dolls
Wednesday, 4/29
The Nachbar
Free; 10 p.m.

Live Lunch: Honeyhoney

May 1
noon; free
WFPK Studios
first-come, first seated
priority seating for station members
619 S. Fourth St.
814-6500

D.L. Hughley @ The Improv

Showtimes
May 8 at 8, 10 p.m.
May 9 at 7, 9, 11:30 p.m.
May 10 at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $23
The Improv

Riverfest announces tentative lineup

The 8th annual Riverfest
Saturday, June 27
Noon
Shady Glen Club in Prospect
Proceeds help fund EDGE Outreach of Louisville. EDGE works with individuals and organizations offering help with a variety of water solutions, vision clinics and local humanitarian efforts in the Kentuckian area.
The tentative schedule is:
3:15 - 4:15 p.m.: Trinity (Christian rock)
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.: The Standstill (Youth [...]