Post by jptheprofessor on Feb 18, 2008 17:00:42 GMT -5
In Local Music News…
The State College-based blues band BluesMoon has been selected to compete in the 16th Annual Billtown Blues Challenge Festival Audition Concert, which will take place on Sunday, March 30th at the Genetti Hotel Ballroom in Williamsport. The winner will be the opening act for the 19th Annual Billtown Blues Festival on Sunday, June 8th, and will be eligible to represent the Billtown Blues Association at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2009 in the band category. The “Backyard Rocker” wishes singer Trace Baker and BluesMoon the best of luck.
A special benefit concert will happen at the end of next month at The Cantina in Altoona to help out an area youngster battling liver cancer. The Benefit for Chance will take place on Saturday, March 29 at The Cantina, with proceeds helping out 8-year-old Chance Dull from the Bedford area, who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer. The show will start at 7 PM, and will feature performances from the bands Sever, FedUp, thingy Shack Posse, The Embalmed, Dragon Fire and The Marauders. Donation at the door will be $5, and there will be door prizes and giveaways.
Some students at Mount Union Area High School have organized a day-long benefit concert in April to help out the Red Cross. The Rock4RedCross Benefit will happen on Saturday, April 12 at the Huntingdon County Fairgrounds Grandstand, and will feature a day-long slate of entertainment starting at 10 AM. Bands and performers who are donating their talents on that day include The Potters Band, The Four of Us, Shattered Ice, Among the Voices, Downstairs Push, Take It Further, Gift Of The Hour, Send Her to the Grave, The Hope Fallacy, Biasred, Fancy Nancy, Way Down East, Cyphin and Brianna Sheeder. The rain date for the event will be April 19.
Former “Backyard Rocker” guests, Harrisburg jam rockers Herbie, are set to release a new live album. The album, Left Of Center, will be officially released on March 8 with a special CD release event at the Appalachian Brewing Company in Harrisburg. Herbie will follow up the CD release with a companion DVD release later in the year. The CD is also the group’s first release with new guitarist Andy Mowatt.
And some sad news to report from the northeastern part of the state…John Marshall, the lead singer of popular Lehighton-based cover band Psycho Bettie, died suddenly of natural causes at his home on February 7; he was 42. A special benefit concert to help out John’s surviving family will take place at a venue in Lansford on March 15.
The State College-based blues band BluesMoon has been selected to compete in the 16th Annual Billtown Blues Challenge Festival Audition Concert, which will take place on Sunday, March 30th at the Genetti Hotel Ballroom in Williamsport. The winner will be the opening act for the 19th Annual Billtown Blues Festival on Sunday, June 8th, and will be eligible to represent the Billtown Blues Association at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2009 in the band category. The “Backyard Rocker” wishes singer Trace Baker and BluesMoon the best of luck.
A special benefit concert will happen at the end of next month at The Cantina in Altoona to help out an area youngster battling liver cancer. The Benefit for Chance will take place on Saturday, March 29 at The Cantina, with proceeds helping out 8-year-old Chance Dull from the Bedford area, who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer. The show will start at 7 PM, and will feature performances from the bands Sever, FedUp, thingy Shack Posse, The Embalmed, Dragon Fire and The Marauders. Donation at the door will be $5, and there will be door prizes and giveaways.
Some students at Mount Union Area High School have organized a day-long benefit concert in April to help out the Red Cross. The Rock4RedCross Benefit will happen on Saturday, April 12 at the Huntingdon County Fairgrounds Grandstand, and will feature a day-long slate of entertainment starting at 10 AM. Bands and performers who are donating their talents on that day include The Potters Band, The Four of Us, Shattered Ice, Among the Voices, Downstairs Push, Take It Further, Gift Of The Hour, Send Her to the Grave, The Hope Fallacy, Biasred, Fancy Nancy, Way Down East, Cyphin and Brianna Sheeder. The rain date for the event will be April 19.
Former “Backyard Rocker” guests, Harrisburg jam rockers Herbie, are set to release a new live album. The album, Left Of Center, will be officially released on March 8 with a special CD release event at the Appalachian Brewing Company in Harrisburg. Herbie will follow up the CD release with a companion DVD release later in the year. The CD is also the group’s first release with new guitarist Andy Mowatt.
And some sad news to report from the northeastern part of the state…John Marshall, the lead singer of popular Lehighton-based cover band Psycho Bettie, died suddenly of natural causes at his home on February 7; he was 42. A special benefit concert to help out John’s surviving family will take place at a venue in Lansford on March 15.