Welcome to my parade of home(page)s, fifth edition, perpetually under construction. It's based on my IBM Intranet home page, which was created in December 1994. My fourth edition on Earthlink was frozen and deleted in 2020 (no reason given), so I've migrated it here and added many links and videos discovered during my pandemic years of staying at home and beyond.
Archive – Performances
Archived Performances – Concerts and more to stream (all times ET, of course) – recording usually available to watch later; new and recent performances can be found on the home page
Dave Koz: All-Request Shelter At Home Music Party (Fridays, 6:30) – recent episodes: April 3 | April 10 (with Richard Elliott) | April 17 | April 24 (with Gerald Albright) | May 1 (with Keiko Matsui & Michael Lington) | May 8 (with Rick Braun & Javier Colon) | May 15 (with Kenny Lattimore & David Benoit) | May 29 (2020 Virtual Sailaway Party with Brian McKnight, Peter White, Vincent Ingala, Sinbad, Jonathan Butler, Eric Darius, Nick Colionne, JLS Experience)
California Bluegrass Association: Turn Your Radio OnLINE (Saturdays, 9:00) – recent episodes: May 23 – Frank Solivan, Crying Uncle, The BettyJacks | May 30 – The Kody Norris Show, The GillyGirls, The Plaid Strangers | June 6 – The Kathy Kallick Band, Solid Gold Stranger, Boston Ravine, Green Mountain Bluegrass Band | June 13 – Joe Newberry and April Verch, North Country Blue, Pacific Drive, Tony Kamel | June 20 – Tim O’Brien, Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis, Molly Tuttle, Della Mae, Leroy Troy, Lonesome River Band, Special Consensus, The Bucking Mules, AJ Lee and Blue Summit, Thompsonia, Scott Gates, Rose Valley Thorns
NC Museum of Art: Offstage Live: Music at the Museum (Tuesdays at 8:00 ET, starting September 1) – (excerpted from the website)We’re going offstage and into the galleries with music at the Museum! Presented with Come Hear North Carolina, this series showcases a diversity of North Carolina bands that represent our state’s rich musical landscape. These free live-streamed concerts kick off September 1 and will also be broadcast on UNC-TV in the coming months. Events in the series:
NC Folk Fest: Virtual Concert Series (September 11-13) – (excerpted from the website) The North Carolina Folk Festival is proud to announce our 2020 Virtual Concert Series is coming to a monitor near you September 11th through 13th! Join us via television broadcast, the internet, or good old fashioned radio for three days of our socially distanced celebration of North Carolina’s rich cultural heritage through music, dance, crafts, and more! Here is What You Can Expect: 3 concerts, each 2 hours long, over 3 nights (September 11th-13th). World-class video production and streaming from our EMMY Award winning partner 7 Cinematics. Over 10 live performances by some of your favorite North Carolina artists filmed at iconic Greensboro locations:
Duke Performances: Music In Your Gardens (Wednesdays at 7:00 starting July 1) – We are proud to announce Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call Durham and the surrounding area home. This series shifts our longtime summer series, Music in the Gardens, normally held outdoors at Sarah P. Duke Gardens on Duke’s campus, to an online format in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are presenting this series in collaboration with Duke Arts, WXDU, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke Continuing Studies, and Duke Summer Session. Hospitality partners include The Palace International and Locopops. Every Wednesday night at 7 PM ET, from July 1 through August 19, we will premiere a new, specially recorded performance online, free of charge, on our website and on our YouTube page, featuring a different artist each week. All participating artists will be paid for their performance. The films in the series, pre-recorded in a socially-distanced manner in a garden setting, are made by a team of Durham artists, including KidEthnic (filmmakers Saleem Reshamwala and John Laww) and sound engineer Ryan Pickett, and audio technician Christopher Scully-Thurston. Each performance will be accompanied by a live YouTube chat, and the featured artist will join the chat to answer questions from viewers.
Recording Academy/GRAMMYs: Pickathon – A Concert A Day – 60 concerts in 60 days (Daily, starting on April 8, 4:00)
Comic-Con: Comic-Con@Home (July 22-26, programming schedule) – (excerpted from the website) San Diego Comic Convention (SDCC), the organizers behind the annual comics and pop culture convention Comic-Con, today shared details for an initiative in the works, Comic-Con@Home, an online event that will combine aspects of the convention experience with the comforts of home. Circumstances involving the COVID-19 pandemic and California’s restrictions against large gatherings have forced SDCC to cancel their 2020 international celebration that brings fans and professionals from all over the world to San Diego. Comic-Con@Home was first teased in early May with a short video announcement and a promise of details to come. Pop culture enthusiasts will note that this initiative joins the Comic-Con Museum’s virtual endeavor, Comic-Con Museum@Home, already ongoing. Although conditions prevent celebrating in person, the show, as they say, must go on. With Comic-Con@Home, SDCC hopes to deliver the best of the Comic-Con experience and a sense of its community to anyone with an internet connection and an interest in all aspects of pop culture. Plans for Comic-Con@Home include an online Exhibit Hall complete with everyone’s favorite exhibitors offering promotions, specials, and limited-edition products unique to the celebration. As well, Comic-Con@Home promises exclusive panels and presentations about comics, gaming, television, film, and a wide variety of topics from publishers, studios, and more. As if that weren’t enough, Comic-Con@Home will also have a Masquerade, gaming, and many other activities in which fans can participate from their own homes.
Grey Fox Bluegrass:Spirit of Grey Fox – concert links also on excellent summary page – (July 16, 17 – part 1 and part 2, 18, 19) – We’ll have unique, one-of-a-kind performances by our 2020 artists, photos and videos from over the years, and some of the most memorable sets from the recent past, all streamed to you in your living room, back yard, patio, or wherever you choose to be. Some of you have asked how to get tickets. Well, it’s FREE. You can watch on NUGS.TV, YouTube, and Facebook. It’s a fundraiser for the IBMA Trust Fund for COVID-19 Relief (ibma.org) and if you’re extra generous, you can also donate to keep Grey Fox going through this “dry spell.”
Festival for the Eno: OneEno – EnoFest 2020 (Friday, July 3) – OneEno is a live broadcast originating from the historic Carolina Theatre of Durham on Friday, July 3, 2020. The spirit of the Festival inspired us to get creative on how to support local organizations, venues and artists — and bring them together for a great community event. We hope you’ll join us too!
We’re pleased to announce that the Eno River Association will present OneEno – EnoFest 2020, a live broadcast originating from the historic Carolina Theatre of Durham on Friday, July 3, 2020.
Hosted by Joe Newberry, the event will feature live and recorded musical performances by: The Hamiltones, Indigo De Souza, Jon Shain & Mark Simonsen (of the Flyin’ Mice), Sonny Miles, Dwight Hawkins and special guests: The Chatham Rabbits, Lakota John with John Dee Holman, Violet Bell and more…
Plus a virtual crafts market, information about local foodways, profiles of local artists & venues, environmental education, and of course, the Eno River.
Music Maker Relief Foundation: Freight Train Blues Music Series (Fridays, 6:00) – Mandolin Orange (May 22) | Phil Cook (May 29) | Lightnin’Wells (June 12) | Thomas Rhyant (June 19) | Hiss Golden Messenger (June 26) – The series, which typically takes place at Carrboro Town Commons, will be hosted by Hillsborough, N.C. based nonprofit Music Maker Relief Foundation, whose mission is to promote and preserve American musical traditions by partnering directly with elderly musicians and be broadcasted on Facebook, YouTube, and WCHL 97.9FM. Freight Train Blues celebrates the life and legacy of Piedmont blues legend Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten, born in 1893 in Carrboro, N.C. Cotten’s style was unique and highly regarded by many musicians. Some of her best known compositions, like “Freight Train” and “Shake Sugaree,” have been canonized into the repertoires of American popular culture. Her enduring legacy was featured earlier this year in a piece from Good Morning America, who said she was, “a master storyteller.”
Denver Bluegrass Allstars (Friday, June 26, 9:00) – Arnold Shultz, the son of a former slave, in large part paved the way for modern day bluegrass. Having influenced the likes of Bill Monroe, Chet Atkins and Doc Watson, we still reap deeply in the intention and foundation he set forward. Today we’re excited to announce a collaboration of Denver-based musicians (@phoffmanmusic, @AndyHallmusic, @tradplus, @greggarrisonbass and @flatpicktyler), who’ll come together at @mightyfinestudios for a 90-minute livestream next Friday, 6/26 at 7p MT, to benefit the newly launched Arnold Shultz Fund backed by the IBMA Foundation. The stream will be available to view on @nugsnet and is being made possible by our friends at @upslope. It will be free to view with a percentage of funds raised going straight to help kickstart this fund. Stream details can be found at http://2nu.gs/DenverBluegrassAllstars and donation info at https://www.paypal.me/dballstars.
Green Fields of America: Infinite Hope: Irish traditional musicians, singers and dancers (Wednesday, June 24, 6:00) – Infinite Hope: Irish traditional musicians, singers and dancers performing in support of our Black and Brown brothers and sisters in their long struggle for social justice, human rights and freedom from oppression. Featuring: Kahiry Bess, Timmy Britton, Liz Carroll, Donie Carroll, Karan Casey, Jimmy Crowley with John Crone, Tony DeMarco, John Doyle, Seamus Egan, Liz Hanley, Jake James, Kieran Jordan with Matt and Shannon Heaton, Jimmy Keane, James Keane, Joanie Madden with Joe Dwyer, Gabriel Donohue, Josh Dukes and Emedin Rivera, Billy McComiskey with Mikey and Sean McComiskey, Mick Moloney, Michelle Mulcahy, Dan Neely with Eugene Bender and Seagda Coyle, Robbie O’Connell, Niall O’Leary, Dan O’Rourke, Haley Richardson, John Roberts, Tommy Sands, Leni Sloan, Eve Telford, Athena Tergis, and Gerry Timlin.
4 Peaks Music Festival: Virtually 4 Peaks Music Festival (June 18-21) – From Thursday to Sunday, June 18 – 21, 4 Peaks Presents will showcase some of their favorite 4 Peaks sets from the past 13 years at 4PeaksMusic.com. Viewers will enjoy past 4 Peaks performances from Poor Man’s Whiskey, Greensky Bluegrass, Billy Strings, Moe., Railroad Earth, and more. 4 Peaks Presents offers this gift to you free of charge as a way to say thanks for the generous support the 4 Peaks Music Festival has seen over the years. Their goal is to join together the people of our community and yours through music.
“Please join us—from the comfort of your own home, or anywhere—to relive some of the great musical moments 4 Peaks has brought to Bend, Oregon!” Says Festival Director Stacy Koff.
Thanks again for your love and support of world-class live music, camping, local businesses & nonprofits, family, friends, and fun! Please check the website and social media channels for all details and updates on the 2020 “Virtually 4 Peaks” Music Festival.
Dropkick Murphys: Streaming Outta Fenway (May 29) – We’ll be streaming out to you a FREE FULL ELECTRIC livestream performance from the hallowed grounds of FENWAY PARK IN BOSTON! That’s right – we are gonna be the first band in HISTORY to play right on the dirt and grass of the infield diamond – and we will be doing it FREE – for YOU, THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD !! To make sure this is a night to remember, our friend Bruce Springsteen will be joining us remotely for a FENWAY DOUBLE PLAY…. We’ll play together – one of ours + one of his…
This free live stream will have NO AUDIENCE in the stands…. That’s another first – no band has ever played a full show in an empty sports stadium !! This means you get to take part in this show with your rowdy kids and neighbors right from your own living room or backyard…
Merlefest: #DocWatsonWeek (May 25-29) – MerleFest, presented by Window World, is pleased to share that artists and friends alike will join us in honoring music legend Doc Watson during the week of May 25 – 29, 2020. A list of artists participating each day is on the Merlefest Facebook page. (YouTube archive of the videos) Doc Watson passed away on May 29, 2012. MerleFest artist relations manager Lindsay Craven reached out to see if some artists would like to share a special song and a memory of Doc Watson. “The response was amazing,” she said. “We have over 60 artists that have taken time to record a video and send in a song for us to share with our fans.It was only fitting to call this remembrance #DocWatsonWeek.” The event will close out with Doc’s final performance on the Creekside Stage in 2012.
To view the event, you can tune into MerleFest’s Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram accounts during the week. The videos will go out each hour, starting at 9 a.m.
@TT Michael Coleman: “I’ve been trying to write a song about my time with Doc and Merle for awhile. It took me years to finish this song because it was so deep inside me I had to wait for it to surface. When recording it took me a few tries because I’d choke up on the last verse and couldn’t go on to finish. I’d sob for awhile and try again. So here ‘tis. 15 years in 3 minutes and a lifetime of feelings in the key of D. I miss my friends. It’s called Sittin’ In The Middle.”
DelFest At Home (May 21-24) – With Memorial Day weekend around the corner, we wanted to give you something to look forward to and enjoy in lieu of gathering together this year. We are so pleased to present: DELFEST AT HOME! Starting Thursday 5/21, we’ll be airing sets from years past and celebrating the spirit that you all bring to this event. Everything will be airing via Nugs.tv and on the DelFest Facebook and YouTube pages.
The Bluegrass Situation: Ed Helms and Bluegrass Situation present Whiskey Sour Happy Hour – (Wednesday, 8:00) a 21st-century online variety show to benefit MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund and Direct Relief – recent concerts include Episode 1 – April 22 with Madison Cunningham, David Garza, Watkins Family Hour, Yola, Aubrie Sellers and Lee Ann Womack, and Billy Strings as well as New Yorker cartoonist and humorist Matt Diffee | Episode 2 – April 29 Matt the Electrician, Robert Ellis, Margaret Glaspy and Julian Lage, Sierra Hull, Rodney Crowell, Ben Harper, plus a couple of surprises, too! | Episode 3 – May 6 with Caitlin Canty & Noam Pikelny, Avi Kaplan, Shakey Graves, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, Jerry Douglas, Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi, and Jim Gaffigan! With a couple of surprises in store, too. | Episode 4 – May 13 – last episode with Valerie June, Chris Eldridge, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Molly Tuttle, Langhorne Slim, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Indigo Girls, Chris Thile, Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith, Matt Diffee, Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal, Stephen Colbert, and more! | BONUS Episode – May 20 – This week, bonus performances from artists and musicians formerly featured on WSHH including: Watkins Family Hour, Madison Cunningham, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Davíd Garza, Matt the Electrician, Valerie June, Ben Harper, Billy Strings, and Rodney Crowell.
Whiskey Sour Happy Hour SUPERJAM: “The Weight” with Chris Eldridge, Ed Helms, Sean Watkins, Ted Poor, Sierra Hull, Jerry Douglas, Noam Pikelny, Jeff Picker, Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, Robert Ellis, Aoife O’Donovan, Madison Cunningham, Matt the Electrician, Caitlin Canty, Molly Tuttle, and I’m With Her.
Berklee College of Music: Berklee Virtual Commencement Concert (May 8) – Watch graduating students perform in tribute to this year’s honorary degree recipients: Mikhail Baryshnikov, André De Shields, Sheila E., John Legend, Cassandra Wilson (concert program).
One World: Together At Home – April 18 – broadcast on CBS, ABC, ABC News, ABC News Live, Freeform, Nat Geo, NBC, Bravo, E!, MSNBC, NBC News, NBCNews.com, NBC News on YouTube, Peacock, Syfy, USA, and iHeartMedia; also a multi-hour digital broadcast streaming online on multiple global platforms, including: Amazon Prime Video, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, LiveXLive, Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, TIDAL, TuneIn, Twitch, Twitter, Yahoo and YouTube
Americares: COVID Is No Joke (May 1) – Will Ferrell, Chelsea Handler, Patton Oswalt, Bryan Cranston, Kerry Washington, Elizabeth Banks, Jack Black and Tenacious D, Mindy Kaling and many others will put on sketches, perform stand-up sets and more, as well as offer personal messages, to raise money for the Americares Covid-19 efforts. Sia will close the show, which is hosted by Tony Goldwyn.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Space Songs: Through the Distance – April 30 – a YouTube concert event, sharing songs about space and isolation to celebrate how extreme situations can bring out the very best in us all and why there’s no challenge we can’t face together. This recorded concert, hosted by Tested’s Adam Savage, will feature special guests and performances by Sting, Clipping, Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast, Dan Deacon, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Valerie June, Lukas Nelson, Grace Potter, and Vagabon.
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration – April 26 – Hosted by Raul Esparza, featuring musical performances by Meryl Streep, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, Audra McDonald, Christine Baranski, Donna Murphy, Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O’Hara, Aaron Tveit. Also Maria Friedman, Katrina Lenk, Michael Cerveris, Brandon Uranowitz, Elizabeth Stanley, Chip Zien, Alexander Gemignani, Iain Armitage, Stephen Schwartz and, from the cast of Pacific Overtures at Classic Stage Company, Ann Harada, Austin Ku, Kelvin Moon Loh and Thom Sesma. And Annaleigh Ashford, Laura Benanti, Melissa Errico, Beanie Feldstein, Josh Groban, Jake Gyllenhaal, Neil Patrick Harris, Judy Kuhn, Linda Lavin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Platt, Randy Rainbow and Lea Salonga. In addition, there will be special appearances from Victor Garber, Joanna Gleason, Nathan Lane and Steven Spielberg.
Come Hear North Carolina: Under One Roof – A Benefit For North Carolina Artists
April 24 – The Harvey Cummings Project (Charlotte), Mandolin Orange, Ben Folds (Winston-Salem), The Hamiltones (Morrisville, Charlotte, Greensboro), Little Brother
April 25 – Brooke Simpson, Tift Merritt (Raleigh), Chatham County Line (Raleigh), Rapsody, Steep Canyon Rangers (Asheville), 9th Wonder
April 26 – Joe Troop of Che Apalache (Winston-Salem), Jim Lauderdale (Troutman), Petey Pablo (Greenville), Fantasia (Barrino) (Charlotte), Anthony Hamilton (Charlotte)
Sierra Hull: Reverb.com Gig From Home – April 14 – “I’ll play my new album ‘25 Trips’ from start to finish (solo) with some stories!”
92nd Street Y: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano – April 14 – live-streams a marvelously eclectic (C.P.E. Bach, Enescu, Faure, Scriabin, Liszt, Debussy) program from his home near Boston, Massachusetts
92nd Street Y: Remembering Bucky Pizzarelli – April 13 – Online Video Premiere of the 2011 Lyrics & Lyricists Concert Frank and Tony and Peggy and Me
The Pour House Music Hall and Record Shop: A Tribute To John Prine – Facebook and YouTube, April 13 – featuring BJ Barham, Kate Rhudy, John Howie Jr (of John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff), Lydia Loveless, Chip Robinson, Billie Feather (of Hank, Pattie & The Current and other ensembles), Jonathan Parker, and Craig Thompson (of The Longleaf Pine Nuts and other ensembles), with a special intro by Eddie Huffman and David Menconi
Carolina Performing Arts: CPA At Home – while we can’t present arts experiences as we normally would, we’ll be updating this little corner of the internet with content for every scheduled performance from this spring, videos, playlists, staff highlights, and more
Cirque du Soleil: #CirqueConnect – Videos, virtual reality, CirqueFit workout programs, Color Me Cirque makeup tutorials, The World Of … behind the curtain programs, Big Top Academy, playlists, Making Of Alegria and Crystal
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