Stars slated to play 2-night bash include Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, Derek Trucks Band, Steve Earle, Johnny Winter, Travis Tritt &Marty Stuart, Joan Osborne... plus a Comedy Jam! Ticket pre-sale set for Nov. 5.      .

By Fred Mills; photos by Allie Goolrick

As promised in this space earlier today, we've got the details on the 2008 Warren Haynes Christmas Jam which takes place on December 12 & 13 at the Civic Center in Asheville, NC.

Just announced at the official Christmas Jam website and over the airwaves via selected radio stations with which Haynes conducted interviews earlier this week (such as THIS ONE) is the all-star lineup for what marks the 20^th anniversary of the Jam. Among the big names this year: the Allman Brothers Band, Steve Earle, Travis Tritt & Marty Stuart, Michael Franti, the Del McCoury Band, Johnny Winter, JJ Grey (sans Mofro), Joan Osborne, Ruthi Foster,   - and of course Haynes himself, multitasking, as always, as host, ringmaster and featured performer (both solo and with the Allmans).

See below for the full roster - and note that, typically, there are always last-minute additions to the bill.

Tickets officially go on sale on  Saturday, Nov. 15 via Ticketmaster and the Asheville Civic Center box office. There will also be an exclusive ticket pre-sale starting  Nov. 5 at 10 a.m. for folks who register at the Christmas Jam Ticketing site. Tickets will be available as single day, two day and VIP packages.

As always, proceeds from the Jam will go to benefit Habitat For Humanity, Haynes' charity of choice. In Asheville there's even a Warren Haynes Boulevard located on the west side of the city; it leads to a beautiful country enclave of Habitat-built houses. To date the Jam has raised over $650,000. (Haynes is a native of Asheville and still has plenty of family and friends there.)

The Jam has been expanded to two nights partly because it's the event's 20^th anniversary, but even as far back as 2006 there had been discussions of broadening its scope because it never fails to sell out - more than 7,000 fans attend each year, coming from all corners of the country and even from overseas - and the reasoning went along the lines of, "why not do it for more than just one evening and thereby allow more folks to attend while raising even more money for Habitat?"

In a conversation I had with Haynes last year he mentioned that they had even talked about possibly doing a related event in New York to mark the 20^th anniversary, but ultimately the feeling was that it's important to retain a local, Asheville-focused flavor. The 2007 Jam did offer up a wealth of ancillary Jam-related activities, among them an art show and some informal afternoon mini-Jams held at local watering holes. Also, it's been the custom in recent years for there to be what's called the "pre-jam Jam" held the night before the Jam proper. Local venue the Orange Peel (voted earlier this year by Rolling Stone as one of America's top five clubs) has a 900+ capacity and has proved a reliable host for the pre-jam, which is an invite-only event; regional radio station WNCW-FM broadcasts the pre-jam live, and it's also an opportunity for additional funds to be raised for Habitat via raffles of autographed guitars and solicitations of donations from listeners.

This year's pre-jam Jam will take place at the Orange Peel on Thursday, Oct. 11.

Also, according to the organizers, "Building on the tremendous success of last year's inaugural Christmas Jam By Day, we will not only return with daytime concerts featuring many of the performers mentioned above as well as some of the best and hottest new bands in the country, an art show, and movie screenings, we will have the first Christmas Jam Comedy Show which will feature none other than Lewis Black."

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Over the years Haynes has received enough local accolades to qualify him as Asheville's singular most famous citizen - even better known that author Thomas Wolfe. I moved to Asheville myself in 2002 and have attended five Jams to date and watched him receive the key to the city from the Mayor, have the day of the Jam proclaimed "Official Warren Haynes Day" and many more kudos. It's unusual for a world-famous musician to retain such close ties with his hometown, but it's clear that he's never forgotten this beautiful mountain city even though he had to move away in the ‘80s in order to get his career firmly in gear.

He started the Jam in 1988 at a now-defunct club called 45 Cherry. Back then it was just a low-key gathering of friends and fellow local musicians, but it quickly earned a reputation as a must-attend event. As it expanded in size and scope it moved first to an also-defunct, but fondly remembered, club called Be Here Now, then to the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (cap.: around 2500), before winding up at its permanent home, the Civic Center. Compared to pretty much every modern-day arena, the Civic Center is small, and Haynes also told me once that they'd considered relocating the Jam to a nearby city with a larger, more up-to-date facility. But again, his organization felt it was important to keep things local.

Why is the Jam musically significant? Aside from it being for a damn good cause, and the fact that return-attendees help give it almost a gather-round-the-communal-fire vibe where old friends are able to reunite year after year, the selection of artists is always an eclectic one, and the potential for mind-bending onstage collaborations is always high. From Haynes sitting in with most of the acts (last year saw him and Peter Frampton, no less, in an incendiary guitar duel) and an ad-hoc supergroup one year featuring Marty Stuart and members of Widespread Panic and Gov't Mule, to a similar set that same year with Jorma Kaukonen serving as a bandleader and serving some of the most cortex-tickling psychedelia since his Jefferson Airplane days, there's never a dull moment and always a slew of surprises. Going to one of the Jams is like attending a mini-Bonnaroo, minus the bugs, rainshowers and heatstroke that comes with sitting out in a field in Tennessee in the middle of the summer.

Too, Haynes has consistently demonstrated an uncommon intuition in picking up-and-coming acts to play at the Jam who go on to become major artists in their own right. A few years ago a young singer-songwriter going by the name of Ray LaMontagne came out and won over a Civic Center crowd with a brief-but-memorable 4-song set; last year Grace Potter and the Nocturnals brought the house down on successive evenings at both the pre-Jam and the Jam; and also last year, attendees were introduced to a band from Athens called Dead Confederate who at the time were just readying their debut EP and have since released a critically-acclaimed full-length.

But if you've read this far, you're already knowledgeable about Haynes and don't need me to tell you how special the music is. Plus, you can get a pretty in-depth overview of the Jam as it's evolved over the years at the official site. Here's some links to first-hand reports from past Jams from when BLURT was a little ol' rock mag called Harp. Watch the BLURT site for upcoming coverage of the 2008 Christmas Jam both pre- and post-event.

And don't forget to order your tickets early - last year they sold out fast. It's for a good cause. Or did I mention that already?

16^th Annual Jam (2004):

www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/concert_reviews/detail.cfm?article=10317

17^th Annual Jam (2005): www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/concert_reviews/detail.cfm?article=10350

18^th Annual Jam (2006):

www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/concert_reviews/detail.cfm?article=10395

19^th Annual Jam (2007):

www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/concert_reviews/detail.cfm?article=10486

2007 Pre-Jam Jam:

www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/concert_reviews/detail.cfm?article=10485

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2008 WARREN HAYNES CHRISTMAS JAM LINEUP:

Allman Brothers Band
Del McCoury Band
Derek Trucks Band
Steve Earle
Ruthie Foster
Michael Franti Acoustic Featuring Jay Bowman
Gov't Mule
JJ Grey
Col. Bruce Hampton
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Robert Kearns
Kevn Kinney
Eric Krasno
Joan Osborne
Mickey Raphael
Travis Tritt & Marty Stuart
Johnny Winter
+ Additional Performers, And Each Days Schedule, To Be Announced Shortly

Compiled by Blurt Staff

206 digital, satellite and hi-def channels and nothin' on? Not likely. Here are BLURT's top music television picks of the day. The time is followed by the network/cable/satellite channel, then the name of the program and/or featured artist(s). All times are EST. For a comprehensive hour-by-hour listing, go to the VH1 Rock On TV site. Note that for certain channels, shows frequently repeat during the day on or subsequent days.

TIME (EST) / CHANNEL / PROGRAM / ARTIST(S)

7:00 AM ABC: Good Morning America: k.d. lang

8:00 AM TVONE: Tom Joyner Sky Show: Stevie Wonder

9:00 AM SYN: The Bonnie Hunt Show: Labelle

11:30 AM NICK: Yo Gabba Gabba!: Paul Williams

1:00 PM RAVE HD: Other Voices: Ray Davies , Candie Payne , Mick Flannery , Glen Hansard , Markéta Irglová

2:30 PM FUEL: The Daily Habit: Jamie Anderson, Darker My Love

3:30 PM Smithsonian: The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice: Wanda Jackson , Elvis Presley , Buddy Holly , Johnny Cash , Jerry Lee Lewis , Elvis Costello

5:00 PM PLD HD: SoulStage: The Roots

6:00 PM BET: 106 & Park: John Legend

7:00 PM Great American Country: Opry Live: Keith Urban , Marty Stuart , Carolina Chocolate Drops

9:00 PM Rave HD Concerts: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live from Gatorville

11:35 PM CBS: The Late Show With David Letterman: Ryan Adams

11:35 PM NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: The Kooks

12:05 AM ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: The Whigs

12:35 AM NBC: Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Last Shadow Puppets

12:37 AM CBS: The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: The New York Dolls

1:35 AM NBC: Last Call with Carson Daly: Gavin DeGraw

Blah-blah-blah-incendiary-blah-blah-brilliant-blah-blah-blab-blah-blab...

By Fred Mills

The Killers have a spiffy new promotional photo they are showing off. They've also got a new single, hey! And they've announced an early 2009 tour in support of what we are being told is a "brilliant forthcoming album, Day & Age, due November 25^th on Island. We are also being advised of the "incendiary, exuberant performances for which the Vegas four-piece are known" and....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..... thud.

For those of you still awake, there's pre-sale for these shows beginning today at the band's website. What's that URL again?

For the rest of us, we think we'll be washing our hair or something in early 2009.

Tour Dates:

1/17/09                       Denver, CO @ Magness Arena - Ritchie Center

1/19/09                       Minneapolis, MN @ Northrop Auditorium

1/20/09                       Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion

1/22/09                       Ypsilanti, MI @ EMU Convocation Center

1/23/09                       Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

1/25/09                       New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

1/26/09                       Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena

1/28/09                       Fairfax, VA @ George Mason University Patriot

1/29/09                       North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues

1/30/09                       Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Civic Center

1/31/09                       Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry House

2/2/09                         Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater

2/3/09                         Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center

2/4/09                         Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie

Promoting collaborative record on the road

By Mandy Rodgers

Released on Orange Twin Records this week, Dark Developments is Vic Chesnutt's new album featuring Elf Power: Andrew Rieger, Jimmy Hughes, Derek Almstead, Eric Harris and Laura Carter. Recorded in Chesnutt's attic studio by Chesnutt and Almstead, the album possesses an intimate feeling and mixing of Chesnutt and Elf Power's musical mainstays, including Carter's improvising with an accordion and Hughes and Rieger's subtle guitar playing. Dark Developments is also Josh Lott's final appearance as a member of Elf Power.

The track list creates a range of emotions from Chesnutt's past and present with eclectic titles like "Stop the Horse," "The Mad Passion of The Stoic," "Mystery" and "Teddy Bear."

According to the label, "it's that friction extant between Chesnutt's shadowy worldview and the inventive bounce and bray of Elf Power's euphonious intra-band chemistry that buoys Dark Developments, provides its freshness, and makes for rewarding and repeated listening."

Both reigning from Athens, Chesnutt and Elf Power are touring cities together this fall. Elf Power will open the shows with songs from its previous record In a Cave and then join Chesnutt to perform songs from the newest release.

Tour Dates:

10/29 Oxford, MS Proud Larry's

10/30 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack's

11/01 Dallas, TX Club Dada

11/02 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves

11/03 Austin, TX The Parish

11/05 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Brewing Company

11/07 Tucson, AZ Club Congress

11/08 Phoenix, AZ Modified

11/09 San Diego, CA Casbah

11/10 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex

11/11 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

11/12 Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp

11/13 Eugene, OR Sam Bond's Garage

11/16 Seattle, WA Chop Suey

11/17 Boise, ID Neurolux

11/18 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court

11/19 Denver, CO Hi Dive

11/21 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Saloon

Still bangin' and twangin' after 22 memorable years. Salute, Doc!

By Fred Mills

Last night during a special broadcast over WNCW-FM in North Carolina the organizers of the beloved annual Merlefest informally announced the lineup of artists scheduled to play the 2009 festival - the 22^nd such event. Among the big names: Emmylou Harris, Tift Merritt, the Del McCoury Band, the Waybacks, Rory Block, BeauSoleil, David Bromberg, the Duhks, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Grascals, Jim Lauderdale, Ollabelle, festival perennials Sam Bush, John Cowan, Peter Rowan, and Donna the Buffalo, and of course founder Doc Watson, whose late son Merle Watson is the festival's namesake.

The 2009 Merlefest will take place Aprill 23-26 at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, NC. Go to the official website for complete details about the festival and the full lineup, along with the tentative day-by-day performance schedules. Over 90 acts are scheduled to play, and a tantalizing "TBA" appears in the headlining spot for the closing Sunday night set.

During the Merlefest special John Adair, who handles artist relations for the festival, and Wilkes Community College Public Information Officer Christie Hutchens, joined WNCW host Martin Anderson in talking about some of the artists who will, in the organizers' words, "deliver the eclectic mix of traditional, acoustic and roots-oriented sounds that are the hallmark of the event." Selected tunes by the artists were also aired.

Merlefest is a big deal in Western North Carolina, of course. It's been a mainstay of the region since the elder Watson started it in 1988 using the flatbed of a truck as a makeshift stage. It's also a mecca for roots music fans - not just bluegrass fans either, as evidenced by the occasional wild card such as Elvis Costello that lands on the bill. In 2008 the paid attendance, according to the official website fact sheet, was over 38,000.

Tickets go on sale Nov. 11 at the festival website or by phone at 1-800-343-7857.

List of performers (as of Oct.29):

Doc Watson (http://www.docsguitar.com/)

Richard Watson

Susana and Timmy Abell (http://www.timmyabell.com/)

The Alberti Flea Circus (http://albertifleacircus.com/)

Angel Band (http://www.angelband.net/)

Banknotes

Buffalo Barfield (http://www.buffalobarfield.com)

Bearfoot (http://www.bearfootbluegrass.com/)

BeauSoleil (http://www.rosebudus.com/beausoleil/)

Rory Block (http://www.roryblock.com/)

Blue Highway (http://www.bluehighwayband.com/)

Roy Book Binder (http://www.roybookbinder.com/)

Laura Boosinger (http://www.lauraboosinger.com/)

Bob Bovee and Gail Heil (http://www.boveeheil.com/)

Broken Wire (http://www.brokenwireband.com/)

David Bromberg (http://www.davidbromberg.net/)

Sam Bush http://www.sambush.com/)

Cadillac Sky (http://www.cadillacsky.net/)

The Carolina Chocolate Drops (http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/)

The Circuit Riders (http://www.thecircuitriders.com/)

Clack Mountain String Band (http://www.clackmountain.com/)

T. Michael Coleman (http://www.tmichaelcoleman.com/Home.html)

The John Cowan Band (http://johncowan.com/site.php)

Dailey & Vincent (http://www.daileyvincent.com/)

The Dixie Beeliners (http://www.dixiebeeliners.com/)

Donna The Buffalo (http://www.donnathebuffalo.com/)

Pat Donohue (http://www.patdonohue.com/)

Robert Dotson

The Duhks (http://www.duhks.com/)

The Farewell Drifters http://thefarewelldrifters.com/)

Benton Flippen Band

Full Throttle Bluegrass Band (http://www.fullthrottlebluegrass.com/index.cfm)

Rayna and Dan Gellert (http://www.rayna.utopiandesign.com/)

The Grascals (http://www.grascals.com/)

The Gravy Boys (http://www.gravyboys.com/)

Great Big Sea (http://www.greatbigsea.com/)

The Greencards (http://www.thegreencards.com/)

Mitch Greenhill (http://www.thegreencards.com/)

George Hamilton IV (http://www.georgeiv.net/home.html)

Emmylou Harris (http://www.emmylouharris.com/)

Wayne Henderson (http://www.waynehenderson.org/Wayne/AboutWayne.htm)

Violet Hensley (http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-9/9-5/violet_hensley.html)

Willette Hinton and Family

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes (http://www.arts.state.ms.us/folklife/artist.php?dirname=holmes_jimmy)

David Holt (http://www.davidholt.com/)

Sierra Hull and Highway 111 (http://www.sierrahull.com/)

The InterACTive Theater of Jef (http://jefthemime.com/index.shtml)

Phil Jamison (http://www.oldtimeherald.org/dare-to-be-square/index.html)

The Kruger Brothers (http://www.krugerbrothers.com/)

Jim Lauderdale (http://www.jimlauderdale.com/)

Jack Lawrence (http://www.jacklawrence.com/)

Mark Lippard (http://www.marklippard.com/)

Jeff Little (http://www.jefflittle.net/)

The Local Boys

The Lovell Sisters (http://www.lovellsistersband.com/)

Doug MacLeod (http://www.doug-macleod.com/)

Andy May (http://www.andymay.com/bio/)

Del McCoury Band (http://www.delmccouryband.com/)

Tift Merritt (http://tiftmerritt.com/)

Mountain Heart (http://www.mountainheart.com/)

Nashville Bluegrass Band (http://www.keithcase.com/profiles/Nash/bio.html)

The Neighbors (http://www.myspace.com/theneighborspage)

New North Carolina Ramblers

Ollabelle (http://www.ollabelle.net/index.cfm)

Out on the Ocean

Polecat Creek (http://www.polecatcreek.net/)

Missy Raines and the New Hip (http://www.missyraines.com/)

Loretta and Lindsay Rice

Todd Haynes and Richard Linklater among the initial confirmations.

By Blurt Staff

For next year's South by Southwest (SXSW) Film  Conference & Festival - which takes place March 13-21, partly overlapping with the Music Conference on March 18-22 - the first round of speakers has been confirmed. The event will feature acclaimed writer/directors Todd Haynes and Richard Linklater in conversation together, as well 
as a rare appearance by Col Needham, Founder and Vice President of  IMDb Service Limited to discuss the nature of information in the  entertainment industry.  Longtime Stanley Kubrick producer, Jan Harlan rounds out the group and will speak on his vast filmmaking  experience.

"I couldn't be more pleased with this first round of speaker announcements, "said Janet Pierson, Producer of SXSW Film Conference and Festival, in a statement. "These are vital innovators, and true ambassadors for  the spirit of SXSW.  In these turbulent times we feel this is more  important than ever as we head further and faster into unknown territory."

This will be the 16^th SXSW Film Conference & Festival, and the usual Call for Entries is currently open with an early deadline of November 14, 2008 and a final deadline of December 12, 2008. More information can be found at: sxsw.com/film.

What's that sound outside the house, ma? Why, it's that cute little Koster boy from down the street...

By Blurt Staff

Julian Koster of the Music Tapes and Neutral Milk Hotel wants to come to your house and sing Christmas carols. Specifically, he's taking his Singing Saw Symphony on the road in two weeks and is soliciting invites from YOU, gentle readers. It's all part of an intriguing promotion for the SSS's holiday album, The Singing Saw at Christmastime, which dropped recently courtesy Merge.

If you sign up for the tour, Koster & Co. will literally carol you into a state of ecstatic Christmas Cheer - all you have to do is invite them.  He'll play songs of The Music Tapes and the Saws will play their holiday favorites for hosts and their assembled guests.

Households who would like to invite Julian and his friends to come carol may do so by sending an invitation to musictapescaroling@gmail.com  or by mailing a written invitation to:  

MUSIC TAPES CAROLING

C.O. G.Stewart

175 Talmadge St

Apt 1

Athens, GA 30605

Written invitations will be given priority, as well as invitations where the invitees indicate that they would be willing to entertain outside guests on caroling night.  Once the limit on houses on a given night has been reached, the addresses of each of the houses that will welcome guests will be distributed via email to all others who wish to attend. The addresses of the houses will not be posted online.

Check orbitinghumancircus.com for updates and further details.

Tentative list of cities:

November 14th   Atlanta, GA

November 15th   Savannah, GA

November 16th   Northern Florida

November 18th   Baton Rouge / New Orleans, LA

November 19th   Houston, TX

November 20th   Austin, TX

November 21st   Denton, TX

November 22nd   Oklahoma City, OK

November 24th   Lawrence / Kansas City, KS

November 25th   Ames, IA / Iowa City, IA

November 26th   Minneapolis, MN

November 28th   Madison, WI

November 30th   Ann Arbor, MI

December 1st    Toronto, ON

December 4th    Montreal, QC

December 6th    Bennington, VT

December 7th    Providence, RI

December 8th    Tivoli, NY

December 10th   Northhampton, MA

December 12th   New York City, NY 

December 14th   Philadelphia, PA

Compiled by Blurt Staff

206 digital, satellite and hi-def channels and nothin' on? Not likely. Here are BLURT's top music television picks of the day. The time is followed by the network/cable/satellite channel, then the name of the program and/or featured artist(s). All times are EST. For a comprehensive hour-by-hour listing, go to the VH1 Rock On TV site. Note that for certain channels, shows frequently repeat during the day on or subsequent days.

TIME (EST) / CHANNEL / PROGRAM / ARTIST(S)

7:00 AM NBC: Today: Pink

8:00 AM Rave HD Concerts: The Rapture - Live at the Trabendo in Paris

9:30 AM Noggin: Jack's Big Music Show: Laurie Berkner

10:00 AM PBS: Sesame Street: Sugarland

10:30 AM Comedy Central: The Colbert Report: Yo-Yo Ma

11:00 AM ABC: The View: Duffy

12:00 PM VH1C: Classic 60 Minutes: U2

12:30 PM VH1C: Rock Fest: U2

1:00 PM VH1C: Classic 60 Minutes: Bruce Springsteen

1:30 PM VH1C: Rock Fest: Bruce Springsteen

2:00 PM FUSE: Steven's Untitled Rock Show: Taking Back Sunday

4:35 PM Starz Edge: Across the Universe (2007)

5:30 PM Noggin: Yo Gabba Gabba!: Sugarland , Biz Markie

6:00 PM BET: 106 & Park: Isaac Hayes

6:00 PM VH1C: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

9:00 PM FUEL: The Daily Habit: Darker My Love

9:15 PM IFC: The Henry Rollins Show: Marilyn Manson , Peaches

11:30 PM PBS: Tavis Smiley: Raphael Saadiq

11:35 PM CBS: The Late Show With David Letterman: James Taylor

11:35 PM NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Cold War Kids

12:05 AM ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Alkaline Trio

12:35 AM NBC: Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Black Crowes

12:37 AM CBS: The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: X

1:35 AM NBC: Last Call with Carson Daly: The Knux

3:00 AM BBCA: The Graham Norton Show: Minnie Driver

Musician/visual artist promotes album with shows

By Mandy Rodgers

Joseph Arthur has hit the road this week for a short tour promoting Temporary People, released in September. The album is the second with Arthur's backing band, The Lonely Astronauts. Four EPs were released before the album dropped: "Could We Survive," "Crazy Rain," "Vagabond Skies" and Foreign Girls. "Could We Survive" played during TV's popular medical drama, House last week. The single is available on iTunes for downloading.

Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts are touring this fall solo and then join Tracy Chapman's tour through December opening for the singer, which Arthur first did in 2003. Said to connect expressionism and graffiti, along with the music tour, Arthur plans to show a collection of paintings called "Wig" in Montreal through Nov. 16.

Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts Tour Dates:

Oct 26         Covington, KY         Molly Malone's
Oct 28-29    Chicago, IL               Schubas
Oct 30         Milwaukee, WI         Shank Hall
Oct 31         Akron, OH                 Musica
Nov 1          Toronto, ONT            Lee's Palace
Nov 5          Boston, MA               Middle East
Nov 6          Brooklyn, NY            Music Hall of Williamsburg

Joseph Arthur Videos at Blurt:

"Temporary People":  www.blurt-online.com/video/view/122/

"Second Sight": www.blurt-online.com/video/view/70/

"She Paints Me Gold": www.blurt-online.com/video/view/71/