Pyongyang prepares to hear historic concert & other: May 2008

Friday, 30 May 2008

Gigs around town

ASHFORD AND SIMPSON
Though best known as the husband-and-wife songwriting team behind such soul classics as “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” “You’re All I Need to Get By” and “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson also have recorded more than 15 albums as a vocal duo. Tonight and tomorrow at Scullers Jazz Club, 617-562-4111.
DJ JOE BERMUDEZ

Recently ranked in DJ Times’top 20 American jocks, West Coast nightclub mainstay Bermudez brings his signature tribal sound. Tomorrow at Underbar, 617-292-7122.
BOB WEIR AND RATDOG
Former Grateful Dead guitarist and tireless tour rat Weir returns with his current band, including guitarist Mark Karan, who is on the mend after a bout with throat cancer. Tomorrow at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, N.H.,
603-929-4100.
CREAKING TREE STRING QUARTET
Toronto’s Creaking Tree String Quartet (mandolin, guitar, fiddle, bass) makes its Boston-area debut. Sunday at Club Passim, Cambridge, 617-492-7679.
MICHAEL HURLEY
Legendary folk hero Hurley recorded his debut for the original Folkways label in 1965. He has recently
enjoyed a Second Coming: Cat Power recorded three of his songs, his early material has been reissued on CD and Devendra Banhart’s label has released Hurley’s 20th album, “Ancestral Swamp.” Sunday at the Nave Gallery, Somerville, 617-625-4823.
THE LAT PACK
Call them the Kings of Salsa: star singers Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Nieves and Jose “El Canario”
Alberto together as the Lat Pack. Sunday at Berklee Performance Center, 617-747-2261.
LOVE DURING WARTIME TWO

Sunday, 18 May 2008

The Pigeon Detectives cancel shows after injury

The Pigeon Detectives have been forced to cancel iI shows in Emerald Isle this week due to isaac M. Singer Lusterlessness Bowman injuring himself on stage yesterday (Crataegus oxycantha 11) at Wireless 1's Big Weekend in Maidstone.

Archer badly injured his leg during a performance of 'Emergency', simply continued to jump off the stage and scissor give up into the atmosphere off the drumkit until he collapsed.

He managed to finish the gear up earlier being taken to hospital where they ab initio wanted to engage immediately, just after further advice he was transferred to Leeds, where he is currently being treated.

The dance band hope to reschedule the Irish people dates that have been cancelled. They ar Whitethorn 13 at Dublin's Ambassador Theater and the next night (14) at Belfast's Mandela Hall.

In a statement, the band apologised to fans wHO had bought tickets.

May 16, 2008 at Carling Academy, Glasgow -
May 17, 2008 at Carling Honorary society, Glasgow -
May 18, 2008 at Carling Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne -
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