Geoff Berner among cool shows this week

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It is klezmer week at Henotic, as they are bringing in not only the Geoff Berner trio, Feb. 4 but on Feb. 5 are welcoming Calgary’s Plaid Tongued Devils, who are rescheduling a December visit which was canceled because of a blizzard.
 Living luca frontwoman Bridgette Yarwood played laid back jazz and pop at the Mocha Cabana, Jan. 29. Both are going to be high energy shows. Especially Berner’s politically charged and humour filled performance which also features Rae Spoon.
 L.A Beat  gave away a pair of tickets to Berner’s show, to Jana McKenzie who was the first person to e-mail the answer to the question “Where is Geoff Berner from?” to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Geoff is from Vancouver. He also  once ran for the Rhino party and the Green party. Also at Henotic the same night, the Living Luca will be performing. The Living Luca are a revamped version of local hard rock band/ classic rock riff heavy inspired band NSR fronted by Bridgette Yarwood.
Acclaimed roots players Dan Mangan and Aidan Knight hit the Slice on Feb. 4. Tickets are $15 or $12 in advance. Mangan’s CD  “Nice, Nice, Very Nice” hit number one on iTunes’ roots chart and #7 on Earshot! (college and Co-Op radio) chart. And Mike Grabow is back from Mexico for a while. He’ll be playing a Feb. 6 gig at Mood with the Ben Brown Trio.
The Slice has a couple excellent blues gigs, Feb. 6 with Darryl Düus and Papa King. Admission is five dollars. And Paul Kype and Texas Flood host a blues jam, Feb. 9.
The Lethbridge Folk club has an excellent, laid back blues gig, Feb. 6.
Lester Quitzau, who was last here with Tricontinental, will be playing with bassist Farley Scott.
Also don’t forget about an excellent fundraiser for the Kidney Foundation of Canada featuring New West Theatre veterans and fantastic singers Nicole Higgenson and Jordana Kohn and some special guests. (see related article in music beat) It takes place at the Sterndale Bennett Theatre, Feb. 5 and 6. There will be a silent auctions and refreshments. Tickets cost $25. As always, there are a plethora of open mics this week. David Renter hosts a jazz jam at the Slice tonight, Murray Nelson hosts Henotic’s open mic on Wednesday, Greg Gomola and Paul Kype and friends host Beaches open mic on Thursday and Jon Vornbrock is hosting a brand new open mic at the Sandman Inn on Sunday, Jan. 7. So check them out.

— by Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 10:14 )