Orpheus follows the character of Django Reinhardt on the 80th anniversary of the founding of jazz group Quintette du Hot Club de France. http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/11012815.Battersea_Arts_Centre_transformed_into_Parisian_music_hall_in_Orpheus/?ref=var_0
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Battersea Arts Centre transformed into Parisian music hall in Orpheus (From Your Local Guardian)
Posted by admin on February 16, 2014
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Famed gypsy jazz guitarist Robin Nolan performs Feb. 13 at Bay City’s State Theatre | MLive.com
While he says he has developed a wide range of musical tastes, it was at a Django Reinhardt Festival in France he attended with his father where the musician found his passion. via Famed gypsy jazz guitarist Robin Nolan performs Feb. 13 at Bay City’s State Theatre | MLive.com.
Posted by admin on February 13, 2014
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‘Sunday Concert Series’ in Waynesville, Canton
Gypsy jazz band One Leg Up will perform at the Canton Public Library. The trio plays “hot club” jazz selections from the 1930s and 1940s Parisian café scene, with numbers also from the “American Songbook” and the Big Band era. via ‘Sunday Concert Series’ in Waynesville, Canton.
Posted by admin on February 13, 2014
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Gypsy Jazz comes to Cayman – Cayman 27
self-taught guitarist is praised for his swift and precise style and sense of ‘pompe’ via Gypsy Jazz comes to Cayman – Cayman 27.
Posted by admin on February 13, 2014
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Steampunk bluegrass
If the words “bluegrass music” conjure images of old men in overalls and flannel and women wearing aprons over housedresses, Harpeth Rising is here to challenge those preconceptions, with a sound that takes bluegrass, classical, rock and blues and throws it in a Gypsy-jazz blender, to create a sound that is truly unique http://www.springvillejournal.com/journal_scene/405-Harpeth_Rising_brings_its_particular_brand_of_steampunk_bluegrass_to_Springville_Center_for_the_Arts.html
Posted by admin on February 3, 2014
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Caravan Gypsy Swing returns to the Holiday | Door County Advocate | doorcountyadvocate.com
Caravan is an instrumental group based out of Madison and primarily influenced by legendary Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, who was at the forefront of an entirely new sound called “Gypsy jazz” http://www.doorcountyadvocate.com/article/20140127/ADV05/301270336/Caravan-Gypsy-Swing-returns-Holiday
Posted by admin on January 28, 2014
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Fort Worth Weekly – News, Entertainment, Restaurants, MusicA5A Presents Django Reinhardt Festival 2014 » Fort Worth Weekly
Arts Fifth Avenue (1628 Fifth Ave, FW) presents its2014 Django Reinhardt Festival FW Fri-Sun Jan 24-26. Tix are $20-$45 and include food, documentaries, guitar lessons, and live performances by the likes of Gypsy Moon, Ginny Mac, String Theory Manouche, and Slim Richey’s Stray Gypsies. http://www.fwweekly.com/2014/01/23/a5a-presents-django-reinhardt-festival-2014/
Posted by admin on January 24, 2014
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Hot Club of San Francisco mixes gypsy jazz and vintage films on Saturday in Germantown — Gazette.Net
The tradition has died out, but the Hot Club of San Francisco band preserves the memory in its show “Cinema Vivant,” featuring Gypsy jazz music and vintage shorts on Saturday at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown via Hot Club of San Francisco mixes gypsy jazz and vintage films on Saturday in Germantown […]
Posted by admin on January 21, 2014
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Global Village Celebrates The Birthday Of Django Reinhardt And Continues With The Best Of 2013 | KMUW
Global Village celebrates the birthday of gypsy jazz guitar great Django Reinhardt with music from the master himself via Global Village Celebrates The Birthday Of Django Reinhardt And Continues With The Best Of 2013 | KMUW.
Posted by admin on January 21, 2014
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Caravan of Thieves
…a quartet of Gypsy Swinging Serenading Fire Breathing Circus Freaks. If Django Reinhardt, the cast of Stomp and the Beatles all had a party at Tim Burton’s house, Caravan of Thieves would be the band they hired http://mobile.boston.com/yourtown/news/marblehead/2014/01/caravan_of_theives_return_to_the_methee
Posted by admin on January 17, 2014
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