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Pazfest II: A New Orleans Tribute to Joni Mitchell

31 Aug
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Later this week, Mr. Michael Paz (who seems to be on a first-name basis with every musician that’s ever come through New Orleans) is hosting Pazfest II, a tribute to Joni Mitchell featuring some of the Big Easy’s finest musicians… and l’il ole moi. Funds raised will help the Ruth Paz Foundation to provide life-changing […]

MotherJudge

21 Feb
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Listen “It’s like Prince and Lowell George invited William Kennedy over to jam.” – Casey Seiler, Times Union. Video Photos Photos of the usual suspects at the “Best Damn Open Mic” taken by Jean Luc at Tess’ Lark Tavern Dec. 6, 2007, for TheHiddenCity.com. More at Flickr. Lyrics There’s a party going on at Tess’ […]

Reviews

21 Feb
1369 Lights

SMART ROCK: Bryan Thomas, Ten 27 Push the Musical Envelope Greg Haymes, Times Union “With One Three Six Nine Lights, [Thomas] rocks harder than on any of his previous five albums, all of which are first-rate. With Prince as his primary musical touchstone, Thomas’ uncompromising songs are specifically local, yet gloriously global. He writes smart, […]

Shows

17 Feb
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Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 Paz Fest IV Preview Ogden Museum of Southern Art New Orleans, Louisiana 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Sep. 3, 2017 Paz Fest IV: A New Orleans Tribute To Joni Mitchell Civic Theater New Orleans, Louisiana 7-11 pm Photolicious Archive 2016 Fantastic Negrito w/s/g Bryan Thomas. Cohoes Music Hall. Cohoes, NY. JoniFest 2016. Ruby Lake […]

The reviews are in…

09 Mar
1369 Lights

SMART ROCK: Bryan Thomas, Ten 27 Push the Musical EnvelopeGreg Haymes, Times Union“With One Three Six Nine Lights, [Thomas] rocks harder than on any of his previous five albums, all of which are first-rate. With Prince as his primary musical touchstone, Thomas’ uncompromising songs are specifically local, yet gloriously global. He writes smart, and he […]

The MP3 of the Week is 'MotherJudge'

27 Oct
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The free MP3 of the Week leading to the big official release of 1369 Lights continues with: DOWNLOAD: Track 7: MotherJudge.mp3 "It’s like Prince and Lowell George invited William Kennedy over to jam." – Casey Seiler, Times Union. Backstory The Hidden City community of misfit musicians and poets and artists gets unhid every Wednesday night […]

Save the Date: CRUMBS Nite Out + Why Can't I Be You

23 Oct
1369 Lights

They write press releases. Soul Rocker Bryan Thomas is “CRUMBS Nite Out” Guest for October ALBANY, NY — 10/23/2008 — Albany soul rocker Bryan Thomas will perform a solo-acoustic set and take questions as part of the October 2008 edition of “CRUMBS Nite Out at the Linda,” Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. The event […]

The Bootleg Blog

27 Apr
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I’m so old I remember when I had to host and post all of my MP3 files on a separate site called the Bootleg Blog. It was the spot for posting some of the in-between-records music. Back when I used to make records. So anyway: Here it is, all on one page. Backdated to the […]

I'm rockin the M-I-C…

09 Sep
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Why? Because I’m in the mother effin’ H-O-U-S-E. So, apropos of this week’s adventures in TV propaganda, the Bootleg Blog now offers Diznee for download, written and recorded in 2000 for the previously unreleased Tele Sessions. Photo: Jesus’ General.