Bock, BBQ, & the Blues: The Spencer Thomas Band
Wednesday, February 3, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Every Wednesday the Café is offering a recession-proof evening of entertainment. Mouth-watering barbecue café specials, $2.00 Shiner pints, and blues from local legends.Central Market in conjunction with the Austin Blues Society presents The Spencer Thomas Band. One of the winners of the Heart of Texas Blues Challenge Finals.
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Live Music: The Ruby Jane Show
Friday, February 5, 6:30 - 9:00 PM A sensational top notch fiddle player who leads a great band. Ruby Jane has performed with Asleep at the Wheel and Willie Nelson. She is a true Texas treasure.
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Live Music: Jonas Alvarez
Saturday, February 6, 6:30 - 9:00 PM People can easily identify with Jonas’ songs and music. He combines Latin sounds and rhythms from around the world with his passionate vocals and inspiring lyrics. His words and melodies are a fusion of Latin and Americana styles and of musical genres, cultures and ideas that all people can understand.
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Live Music: Milkdrive
Sunday, February 7, 12:30 - 3:00 PM What a great bunch of talented guys! Former members of the South Austin Jug Band bring a project that blends the best of the jazz world with that of bluegrass. Some great swinging pickin.
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Bock, BBQ, & the Blues: Jimi Lee Trio
Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Central Market in conjunction with the Austin Blues Society presents Jimi Lee Trio. One of the winners of the Heart of Texas Blues Challenge Finals.
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Live Music: John Arthur Martinez
Thursday, February 11, 6:30 - 9:00 PM “I tell people I went to the Hank Williams school of songwriting: I always try to capture his ability to marry a lyric with a melody,” says John Arthur Martinez. With
PURGATORY ROAD, Martinez has definitely earned himself an A. His flowing melodies carry stories told by a true Texas songwriter, with evocative lyrics inspired by wide open spaces, friends, family and the wayfarers who populate our lives in unexpected ways.
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Live Music: Betty Soo
Friday, February 12, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Betty Soo is a singer/songwriter with a large voice and an even larger musical spirit.If her first album since adding “Kerrville New Folk Winner” to her resume isn’t quite the revelation that Betty-Soo’s second album was, that’s only because 2007’s Little Tiny Secrets didn’t leave a whole lot of room for improvement. She is a fine folk singer/songwriter that deserves a listen.
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Live Music: Rumbulliom
Saturday, February 13, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Rumbullion plays Parisian Cafe music that was popular in the late 1930s. Their sound is a mixture of early European jazz, French folk, & tango dance rhythms
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Live Music: Kris Kimura Quartet
Sunday, February 14, 12:30 - 3:00 PM The Kris Kimura Quartet has become one of Texas' most respected and in-demand groups. With 300 plus shows a year, this well seasoned group plays a mixture of the classic American song book: hot jazz to dance to cool timeless jazz to sit back and relax.
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Bock, BBQ & the Blues: Mike Milligan & the Alter Boyz
Wednesday, February 17, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Central Market in conjunction with the Austin Blues Society presents the Mike Milligan & the Alter Boyz. One of the winners of the Heart of Texas Blues Challenge Finals.
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Live Music: Will Taylor & Strings Attached
Thursday, February 18, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Will Taylor & String Attached will be performing the Beatles "Rubber Soul Album".
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Live Music: The Boxcar Preachers
Friday, February 19, 6:30 - 9:00 PM This old timey string band brings music from the Appalachian trail, the dust bowl, honk-tonks and Sunday morning salvation to your back porch. Complete with a jug, washboard and wicked harmonies too boot!
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Live Music: The Lost Pines
Saturday, February 20, 6:30 - 9:00 PM The Lost Pines evoke old-timey Americana music with heavy bluegrass, country, and folk influences. These folks have put together a terrific CD called “Middle of the Morning”. Featuring twelve original tunes ranging from the somewhat Bluesy/Bluegrassy Gospel “Bible Down” to the haunting “Valley Forge” featuring some very soulful piano and Talia’s beautiful vocals. A talented group that’ll set your Americana hearts on fire!
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Live Music: Acoustic Jungle
Sunday, February 21, 12:30 - 3:00 PM A premier tropical Latin jazz group.
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Bock, BBQ, & the Blues: Soul Proprietors
Wednesday, February 24, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Central Market in conjunction with the Austin Blues Society presents the Soul Proprietors featuring Eve Monsees and legendary. drummer Mike Buck.
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Live Music: The Tea Merchants
Thursday, February 25, 6:30 - 9:00 PM This is Irish Celtic trio will take you on a memorizing journey back to the emerald island. Their lively up-beat performance will make you want to get up and do a jig.
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Live Music: Floyd Domino
Friday, February 26, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Floyd Domino brought home his second Grammy Award in 2000 for his featured work with Asleep at the Wheel. Floyd Domino has recorded and performed with Merle Haggard, George Strait, The Texas Playboys, Waylon Jennings, jazz guitarist Herb Ellis, Kelly Willis, Bruce Robison, Monte Warden, Don Walser and others. His boogie-woogie styling is known to audiences around the world.
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Live Music: Leeann Atherton
Saturday, February 27, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Leeann's musical suitcase is full of twang, soul, gospel, and blues from a life well lived. Her full moon barn dance concerts are legendary. She just might be the official or unofficial queen of South Austin twang culture.
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Live Music: The Peter Stoltzman Trio
Sunday, February 28, 12:30 - 3:00 PM A monster jazz piano player, his style encompasses all manners of creative jazz music. His musical highlights include touring Japan and recording with drummer Steve Gadd, bassist Eddie Gomez and marimba virtuoso Mika Yoshida. Peter has two releases on Blue Canoe Records - with the jazz quintet, The New Five (2009), and the Ron Westray/Thomas Heflin project (2010). Peter has independently released a 3-CD package of all original music (a finalist for the 2005 Independent Music Awards), a solo piano CD and a CD of piano and clarinet repertoire with his father, Richard Stoltzman. His new trio record, “Walk the Path,” was released in October, 2009, to rave reviews in Austin. Peter has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, and concert halls around the world.
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