Music Roundup:

Chris Heim’s Music Roundup 3.10.10

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It took a little while, but finally a flurry of new releases help mark the centennial birthday of pioneering gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.

CDs reviewed:
Frank Vignola - 100 Years of Django (Azica) Hot Club Sandwich - And If Only (due out this spring) Babik - American Gypsy (Babik Productions) John Jorgenson - One Stolen Night (J2 Records) Hot Club of Detroit - It's About That Time (due out in April) Hot Club of San Francisco - Hot Club Cool Yule (Azica)

Listen to the Music Roundup Wednesdays on Morning Edition for selected concert picks and a variety of music-related features, reviews and special reports – and check here for the area’s most comprehensive regional concert listings.

CONCERT LISTINGS:
MARCH
10: Great Big Sea - Stiefel Theatre, Salina
Shidara - Lied Center, Lawrence
WSU Concert Band - Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex Wichita
Mike Zito - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
11: Bon Jovi - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
North Mississippi All Stars - Bottleneck, Lawrence
12: Chubby Carrier - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City (ALSO 3.13)
Stylistics/Emotions - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
Tia Fuller CD Release Show - Blue Room, Kansas City (ALSO 3.13)
Willie Nelson - Star Pavilion, Kansas City
Terry Quiett Band - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Ruthie Foster - Sooner Theatre, Norman
13: Brazilian Night: the Music of Jobim - Folly Theatre, Kansas City
Ruthie Foster - All Soul Acoustic Coffeehouse, Tulsa
Final Straw - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Chris Duarte - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Wichita Symphony Orchestra: Fanfare for Two - Century II, Wichita (ALSO 3.14)
Richard Gilewitz - Iron Horse Concert Hall, El Dorado
14: Hot Club of Cowtown - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Annual Pat Bash - Margarita's Cantina, Wichita
Okies for Healing Haiti - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
15: Bon Jovi - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Ray Davies - Liberty Hall, Lawrence
17: David Gray - Uptown Theatre, Kansas City
John Doe - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
Watermelon Slim - Oklahoma City Limits, Oklahoma City
Josh Vowell and the Rumble - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
18: Yo-Yo Ma - Folly Theatre, Kansas City
Super Chikan - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
John Lee Hooker, Jr. - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
Watermelon Slim - Flytrap Music Hall, Tulsa
Glenn Miller Orchestra - Bethel College Memorial Hall, North Newton
KAAA Winter Concert Series with the Mudbugs and the Medicine River Boys - Murdock Theatre, Wichita
19: Tab Benoit - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Travis Tritt - Memorial Hall, Kansas City
Reckless Kelly - Cotillion, Wichita
The Insomniacs - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
John McCutcheon - Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
20: Tab Benoit - Cotillion, Wichita
Flatland String Band - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
K.C. and the Sunshine Band - Osage Event Center, Tulsa
Black Eyed Peas - BOK Center, Tulsa
Debbie Davies/Robin Rogers - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Oleta Adams - Gem Theatre, Kansas City
Mary McCaslin - Iron Horse Concert Hall, El Dorado
Jimmy Webb - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
21: Yo-Yo Ma - Lied Center, Lincoln
Tab Benoit - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
John Lee Hooker Jr. - Flytrap Music Hall, Tulsa
22: John Mayer - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Stone Temple Pilots - Midland Theater, Kansas City
23: Rie Bloomfield Organ Series presents: Ludger Lohman - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
Barrage - Century II, Wichita (ALSO 3.24)
24: Black Eyed Peas - Sprint Center, Kansas City
25: Bill Lupkin - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
26: Joe Bonamassa - Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City
Original Wailers - Voodoo Lounge, Kansas City
Del Castillo Band - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
Eric Church - Cotillion, Wichita
Michelle Monger - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
TUF - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Kinsey Report - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Uche - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
27: Patty Griffin/Buddy Miller - Liberty Hall, Lawrence
Wanda Jackson - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Marley's Ghost - Iron Horse, El Dorado
Twitzid - Cotillion, Wichita
The Original Wailers - Flytrap Music Hall, Tulsa
Josh Garrett and the Bottom Line - Uncle Bo's, Topeka
Angela Hagenbach - Blue Room, Kansas City
100 Years of Broadway - Fox Theatre, Hutchinson
Jason Boland and the Stragglers - Granada, Lawrence
Nikki Moddelmogg - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
28: Mike Moreno Quartet - Downtown Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, Topeka
31: Taylor Swift - Ford Center, Oklahoma City
Wednesdays In Wiedemann with Lynne Davis - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita

APRIL
1: Sara Hickman CD release show - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Damon Fowler - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Faculty Artist Series presents The Wichita Brass Quintet - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
2: G. Love and Special Sauce - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
KAAA Acoustic Showcase - City Arts, Wichita
Jade Smith and Preston Girard - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Zoso - Cotillion, Wichita
Taylor Swift - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Raul Malo - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
3: True North - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Jed Marum - Iron Horse, El Dorado
Watermelon Slim, JP Soars, TUF - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
6: Castro, Klein, Young Trio - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
7: Walter Trout - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
8: Tim McGraw - BOK Center, Tulsa Karrin Allyson - Jardine's, Kansas City
Leon Redbone - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
9: Monte Montgomery - All Soul Acoustic Coffeehouse, Tulsa
Elliot Road
Marcia Ball - Sooner Theatre, Norman
George Strait/Reba McEntire - Sprint Center, Kansas City
10: Bayley Kate & the BlueGills - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Omar Dykes - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Diane Schuur - Fox Theatre, Hutchinson
Cosy Sheridan and TR Ritchie - Iron Horse, El Dorado
11: Fred Eaglesmith/Ginn Sisters - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
AC/DC - Sprint Center, Kansas City
12: Nicholas Altobelli - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Arctic Monkeys - Liberty Hall, Lawrence
13: Fred Eaglesmith - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Rowan - Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City
Kronos Quartet - Lied Center, Lawrence
WSU Symphony Orchestra with Dr. Andrew Trechak, Piano - Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita
Arctic Monkeys - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
Bon Jovi - BOK Center, Tulsa
14: Puddle of Mudd/Saliva - Cotillion, Wichita
15: Cross Canadian Ragweed - Cotillion, Wichita
16: Ani Difranco - Beaumont Club, Kansas City
Junior Brown - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Jason Boland and the Stragglers CD release show - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
17: Clayton Brothers Quintet - Gem Theatre, Kansas City
Raging Sea - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Alison Brown - Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
Split Lip Rayfield - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
Citizen Cope - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton - Iron Horse, El Dorado
18: Bernard Allison - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
The Whigs - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
Lupe Fiasco - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
20: Faculty Artist Series: Lieurance Woodwind Quintet - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
21: Jimmy LaFave - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Mark Knopfler - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
The Former Texas Playboys - Sooner Theatre, Norman
Phoenix - Uptown Theatre, Kansas City
22: Smokin' Joe Kubek - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Steve Martin - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
23: Les Claypool - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
Flaming Lips - Sandstone, Bonner Springs
Hot Club of Cowtown - Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
24: Nickelback - BOK Center, Tulsa
Bill & Kate Isles - Iron Horse, El Dorado
Leon Russell Birthday Bash - Osage Event Center, Tulsa
Christian McBride Inside Straight - Folly Theatre, Kansas City
25: Chris Botti - Stiefel Theatre, Salina
Anne Hampton Callaway - Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
26: Nickelback - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Public Image Limited - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
27: Jeff Beck - Brady Theatre, Tulsa
WSU Madrigal Singers, Chamber Singers and Women's Ensemble - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
28: Jeff Beck - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
29: Ronnie Baker Brooks - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Faculty Artist Series: Harold Popp, Trombone - Wiedemann Hall/WSU, Wichita
30: Tribute to Duke Ellington - Gem Theatre, Kansas City
Split Lip Rayfield - Bottleneck, Lawrence
Leon Russell - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra: Sweet Kansas City - Folly Theatre, Kansas City

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