Showing posts with label rhythm and ribs festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhythm and ribs festival. Show all posts

Friday, October 2, 2009

TNLD Podcast 02: Rhythm and Ribs Flashback

Drum roll, please…

The New Low Down podcast is back!

This time around we take a trip back in time to the 2007 Rhythm and Ribs Festival in Kansas City, MO. Why? Because I was there, microphone in hand.

And why now? Sadly, the 2009 edition of the festival was canceled. But TNLD wishes the organizers the best of luck in 2010.

Also in this podcast, new summer mood music from The Sons of Brazil, Kansas City's longest-gigging Brazilian jazz combo. Their sunny 2009 release While You Were Out is available for order from Stan Kessler's website.

Listen now:









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You'll also be interested to know that my friend Michael Byars, who appears in this podcast, has a weekly new music podcast of his own called The Mailbox. TNLD says check it out!

Notes on TNLD Podcast
I plan to get these podcasts onto a regular schedule, which will take a little doing. The logistics of equipment and editing and feeds and so on, have proven to be a big time suck, particularly when I've got paying work to do. So while that's all getting sorted out, I thank you for your patience.

Comments please
I would love to hear any feedback you have, either in the comments or emailed to lowdown@newlowdown.com.

Finally a loudly hollered thank you to Jake Blanton for our theme music. Jake, wherever you are, you are awesome (but you already know that).

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

2007 Rhythm and Ribs - Headliners


Attention KC readers.

Happy-Go-Global-Local Pat Metheny will headline the 3rd Annual Rhythm and Ribs Festival. The American Jazz Museum made the announcement today. The other headliners are a pair of smoothies: George Benson and Al Jarreau.

(I don't care what anybody says: "Breezin'" makes me happy for a least a half an hour.)

Organizers are promising 40 other national and local musical acts. The only one named so far is Javon Jackson, but that's good news to me. The young (a.k.a., my age) sax player is definitely one to watch. And his website says he'll be playing with two keyboard greats: Dr. Lonnie Smith and Les McCann. So that will definitely be worth it.

Rhythm & Ribs will also bringing back its amateur BBQ contest. I can already smell the woodsmoke.

Dates:
June 15-16, 2007
Location: 18th & Vine

» More info to come on the Rhythm & Ribs website.