Dawes will star on Sunday’s (27) episode of Guitar Center Sessions on Directv’s Audience Network, but you don’t have to wait until then to get a sneak peek at the Southern California’s folk rockers’ appearance. HitFix has an exclusive clip of the band performing “Someone Will,” the shuffling tale of unrequited love from 2013’s “Stories Don’t End.” The song starts off with Taylor Goldsmith telling a woman that someone will love her the way she deserves to be loved, and if she’d actually look right in front of her, she might see that it’s he’s in love with her. The song has a nice little twist at the end. Hosted by Nic Harcourt, Guitar Center Sessions features artists performing and talking about the inspiration behind their songs. Past artists have included Soundgarden, The 1975, Damon Albarn, The Wild Feathers, Snoop Dogg, 311, and LP. Upcoming...
- 7/25/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
Director/Producer Ramin Naimi’s new feature documentary opens Friday April 5 at Laemmle Santa Monica with live blues performances also every night after the screenings in the cinema. This is the story of L.A.'s legendary L.A. blues club Babe and Ricky’s Inn.
The film won the Programmers Award at the Pan African Film Festival in L.A. in February where it was the Centerpiece Gala presentation on Valentine's day with a concert and party and that it was picked up for all digital rights and TV by New Video/ Cinedigm. The film will be released around the country theatrically in other blues loving cities and in connection with Blues Festivals, live performances and even blues cruises and it will be released on premium VOD April 9 on iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, Youtube, Playstation, XBox, CinemaNow.
It will be an unusual and fun week of events at Laemmle particularly because of the live blues music performances incorporated into the screenings. Ramin has done a lot of radio for the release such as an hour and a half show playing music from the film and talking about the film with Ann the Raven on the Cal State Northridge radio (the one Nic Harcourt works for now) last Sunday with a ticket giveaway. He will have two interviews with Kpfk this week and he had two other radio interviews last week . Kcet is looking at coverage also. The trailer is at the website www.babesandrickysinn.com
It is getting good press thanks to the Laemmle publicist who sent it to be reviewed by some of the outlets including the L.A. Times , L.A. Weekly, Hollywood Reporter etc.
I can't wait to see the film and hear Mama Laura’s story.
Here are the details of the La screenings and a ‘pitch letter‘ from Ramin re the film below:
Friday, April 5 – Thursday April 11, 2013
At Laemmle Monica 4-Plex,1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica 90401
(310) 478-3836.
Tickets: www.laemmle.com
Daily Screenings: 1pm ● 4pm ● 7pm ● 10pm
A live blues performance and Q&A will follow each 7 pm evening screening Friday, April 5 to Thursday, April 11 inclusive (and also 4 pm screenings on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7). No additional charge for live music!
The current line up for live shows as part of the screenings of the film at the times listed below:
Ray Bailey Friday 4/5 (7pm); Gregg Wright Saturday 4/6 (4pm); Dennis Jones Saturday 4/6 (7pm); Deacon Jones Sunday 4 /7 (4pm and 7pm), Southsideslim Monday 4/8 (7pm); George Dez Tuesday 4/9 (7pm); Richard Martin-Ross Wednesday 4/10 (7pm), Suzanne Thomas Thursday 4/11 (7pm).
The director Ramin writes to us:
I am the director and producer of the upcoming film Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn, a feature-length documentary. For more than three years, I gathered the stories of the legendary L.A. blues club Babe and Ricky’s Inn, its owner Laura Mae Gross (“Mama Laura”) and its amazing collection of musicians. As an Iranian-American filmmaker (who along with along with my co-producer Behrouz Arshadi came to be known as the “Iranian Blues Brothers”), I take particular pride in having earned the trust of the community in South Central to document this important piece of L.A. blues and music history.
For fifty-three years, Mama Laura, a woman from Mississippi, brought well-known and up-and-coming musicians together, regardless of race, age, or gender. Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn was originally located on legendary Central Ave, in South Central La. drew world-famous musicians like Johnny Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Albert King, who often dropped in to the club and jam with best of La blues artists, Guitar Shorty, Keb’ Mo’, Zac Harmon, Deacon Jones and Ray Bailey. The film features original music by some of the most important blues artists alive. Stunning guitar performances and personal stories about the hard blues life come together in a film about what it means to devote your life to music. I feel privileged to have captured the unique sounds, atmosphere and people of this gem of a blues club in its last days.
Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn premiered as the centerpiece of the Pan African Film Festival in La last month and took home the Festival’s Programmer’s Award. The theatrical premiere run will be at the Laemmle Monica 4-plex in La commencing Friday, April 5th. It will have a one-week engagement, and will feature live blues performances and a Q&A each weeknight and twice a day on the weekend. Further theatrical dates follow around the country including at blues focused events and venues. The digital release of the film is being facilitated by Cinedigm and it will be released on VOD on April 9th on iTunes Premium, Amazon, YouTube and others.
And visit our website for more info: http://babesandrickysinn.com
By the way, I’m also in the process of finishing my new upcoming feature film Shirin in Love, a romantic comedy set in world of “Tehrangeles”, the Iranian American community in Los Angeles.
The film won the Programmers Award at the Pan African Film Festival in L.A. in February where it was the Centerpiece Gala presentation on Valentine's day with a concert and party and that it was picked up for all digital rights and TV by New Video/ Cinedigm. The film will be released around the country theatrically in other blues loving cities and in connection with Blues Festivals, live performances and even blues cruises and it will be released on premium VOD April 9 on iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, Youtube, Playstation, XBox, CinemaNow.
It will be an unusual and fun week of events at Laemmle particularly because of the live blues music performances incorporated into the screenings. Ramin has done a lot of radio for the release such as an hour and a half show playing music from the film and talking about the film with Ann the Raven on the Cal State Northridge radio (the one Nic Harcourt works for now) last Sunday with a ticket giveaway. He will have two interviews with Kpfk this week and he had two other radio interviews last week . Kcet is looking at coverage also. The trailer is at the website www.babesandrickysinn.com
It is getting good press thanks to the Laemmle publicist who sent it to be reviewed by some of the outlets including the L.A. Times , L.A. Weekly, Hollywood Reporter etc.
I can't wait to see the film and hear Mama Laura’s story.
Here are the details of the La screenings and a ‘pitch letter‘ from Ramin re the film below:
Friday, April 5 – Thursday April 11, 2013
At Laemmle Monica 4-Plex,1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica 90401
(310) 478-3836.
Tickets: www.laemmle.com
Daily Screenings: 1pm ● 4pm ● 7pm ● 10pm
A live blues performance and Q&A will follow each 7 pm evening screening Friday, April 5 to Thursday, April 11 inclusive (and also 4 pm screenings on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7). No additional charge for live music!
The current line up for live shows as part of the screenings of the film at the times listed below:
Ray Bailey Friday 4/5 (7pm); Gregg Wright Saturday 4/6 (4pm); Dennis Jones Saturday 4/6 (7pm); Deacon Jones Sunday 4 /7 (4pm and 7pm), Southsideslim Monday 4/8 (7pm); George Dez Tuesday 4/9 (7pm); Richard Martin-Ross Wednesday 4/10 (7pm), Suzanne Thomas Thursday 4/11 (7pm).
The director Ramin writes to us:
I am the director and producer of the upcoming film Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn, a feature-length documentary. For more than three years, I gathered the stories of the legendary L.A. blues club Babe and Ricky’s Inn, its owner Laura Mae Gross (“Mama Laura”) and its amazing collection of musicians. As an Iranian-American filmmaker (who along with along with my co-producer Behrouz Arshadi came to be known as the “Iranian Blues Brothers”), I take particular pride in having earned the trust of the community in South Central to document this important piece of L.A. blues and music history.
For fifty-three years, Mama Laura, a woman from Mississippi, brought well-known and up-and-coming musicians together, regardless of race, age, or gender. Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn was originally located on legendary Central Ave, in South Central La. drew world-famous musicians like Johnny Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Albert King, who often dropped in to the club and jam with best of La blues artists, Guitar Shorty, Keb’ Mo’, Zac Harmon, Deacon Jones and Ray Bailey. The film features original music by some of the most important blues artists alive. Stunning guitar performances and personal stories about the hard blues life come together in a film about what it means to devote your life to music. I feel privileged to have captured the unique sounds, atmosphere and people of this gem of a blues club in its last days.
Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn premiered as the centerpiece of the Pan African Film Festival in La last month and took home the Festival’s Programmer’s Award. The theatrical premiere run will be at the Laemmle Monica 4-plex in La commencing Friday, April 5th. It will have a one-week engagement, and will feature live blues performances and a Q&A each weeknight and twice a day on the weekend. Further theatrical dates follow around the country including at blues focused events and venues. The digital release of the film is being facilitated by Cinedigm and it will be released on VOD on April 9th on iTunes Premium, Amazon, YouTube and others.
And visit our website for more info: http://babesandrickysinn.com
By the way, I’m also in the process of finishing my new upcoming feature film Shirin in Love, a romantic comedy set in world of “Tehrangeles”, the Iranian American community in Los Angeles.
- 4/4/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Tom Morello: The Watchman is part of the new season of The Guitar Center's award-winning Directv series. This "musical call to arms" premieres Saturday, December 17 at 9pm Et/Pt in 2D hi-definition on Directv's Audience Network (channel 239) and in 3D on Directv's in 3D™ powered by Panasonic.
The show features an intimate conversation with Morello about the "high-wire act" of embarking on a solo career, the impetus behind his storied musical career and how his definition of "heavy music" has changed over the years with host and esteemed musical tastemaker Nic Harcourt.
Here is The Huffington Post's exclusive...
Ani Difranco 's Latest...
¿Which Side Are You On?, in stores January 17th, will be Ani Difranco's first studio album in more than three years. The title track is her unique reworking of the famed protest anthem, written in 1931, but made famous by Pete Seeger, who Difranco calls, "my elder,...
The show features an intimate conversation with Morello about the "high-wire act" of embarking on a solo career, the impetus behind his storied musical career and how his definition of "heavy music" has changed over the years with host and esteemed musical tastemaker Nic Harcourt.
Here is The Huffington Post's exclusive...
Ani Difranco 's Latest...
¿Which Side Are You On?, in stores January 17th, will be Ani Difranco's first studio album in more than three years. The title track is her unique reworking of the famed protest anthem, written in 1931, but made famous by Pete Seeger, who Difranco calls, "my elder,...
- 12/16/2011
- by Mike Ragogna
- Aol TV.
"You're on the air" takes on a whole new meaning with Jelli radio, which is creating traditional radio stations in Las Vegas that are entirely sourced from the social web.
Two old-school radio stations are getting a decidedly modern twist next month, deriving all their programming from the social web. Khij-fm and Kvbe-fm, a pair of Las Vegas stations, will be entirely sourcing their music content from listeners, who will vote for the next song online. A company called Jelli is behind the venture, and both stations will be re-branded as "Jelli" stations.
"Jelli is the most significant innovation in radio-format programming in a decade," Gerry Schlegel, president of the Lkcm Radio Group, one of the owners of the two stations, said today in a release announcing the venture. "We want to transform the market in Las Vegas by engaging with our listeners directly through the web and mobile, and...
Two old-school radio stations are getting a decidedly modern twist next month, deriving all their programming from the social web. Khij-fm and Kvbe-fm, a pair of Las Vegas stations, will be entirely sourcing their music content from listeners, who will vote for the next song online. A company called Jelli is behind the venture, and both stations will be re-branded as "Jelli" stations.
"Jelli is the most significant innovation in radio-format programming in a decade," Gerry Schlegel, president of the Lkcm Radio Group, one of the owners of the two stations, said today in a release announcing the venture. "We want to transform the market in Las Vegas by engaging with our listeners directly through the web and mobile, and...
- 5/5/2011
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
Getty Cake Singer John McCrea
The latest episode of “Guitar Center Sessions” on DirecTV features the California band Cake, whose music is almost uncategorizable (trumpet-infused rock pop?). The series, a kind of hybrid between “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Storytellers, is hosted by Nic Harcourt and features performances and probing, insider-y interviews with musicians. Cake singer John McCrea talked to Harcourt about his contempt for ’90s grunge music and the band’s decision to release their records independently.”John’s take on the music business,...
The latest episode of “Guitar Center Sessions” on DirecTV features the California band Cake, whose music is almost uncategorizable (trumpet-infused rock pop?). The series, a kind of hybrid between “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Storytellers, is hosted by Nic Harcourt and features performances and probing, insider-y interviews with musicians. Cake singer John McCrea talked to Harcourt about his contempt for ’90s grunge music and the band’s decision to release their records independently.”John’s take on the music business,...
- 2/25/2011
- by Steven Kurutz
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Five Albums You Should Be Listening To Right Now Every two weeks, titans of the mediasphere give Nerve their music recommendations. This week: Nic Harcourt, long-time Kcrw DJ, film/TV music supervisor, and creator of The LiveBuzz, a new site from Buzzmedia specializing in live performance sessions, interviews by Harcourt, photograpy and concert reviews. Check out LiveBuzz sessions with My Morning Jacket, The Drums, David Gray, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Pete Yorn. Delta Spirit, History From Below I've liked these guys since a couple of years ago when I heard their first record, I Think I've Found It. There's a no-nonsense attitude from these guys, and anyone who's seen them live will attest to that. Their second album, History From Below, (with songs like "Bushwick Blues" and "White Table") steps it up and delivers on the San Diego natives' early promise. [...]...
- 11/17/2010
- by Nic Harcourt
- Nerve
Previously known as Sandman: At Your Service, the upcoming documentary about the life of iconic bassist Mark Sandman and his trio Morphine is finally complete and priming itself for a run on the festival circuit. And with things now wrapped up the film has been rechristened as Cure For Pain: The Mark Sandman Story - a far superior title, I think you'll agree - and released a new trailer.
Cure For Pain examines the life and work of Mark Sandman, deceased frontman of Boston "low rock" band Morphine. From his Newton, Mass., roots to his travels across America and around the globe, Sandman left an indelible imprint as one of the most distinctive musicians of his generation. Along with revisiting the "unique and sultry sound" of his music, Cure For Pain explores the meaning of family through this critically praised and personally conflicted singer, songwriter and innovative instrumentalist.
The...
Cure For Pain examines the life and work of Mark Sandman, deceased frontman of Boston "low rock" band Morphine. From his Newton, Mass., roots to his travels across America and around the globe, Sandman left an indelible imprint as one of the most distinctive musicians of his generation. Along with revisiting the "unique and sultry sound" of his music, Cure For Pain explores the meaning of family through this critically praised and personally conflicted singer, songwriter and innovative instrumentalist.
The...
- 10/19/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Will the former Kcrw "Morning Becomes Eclectic" tastemaker and "Star Maker of the Semipopular" find the next Coldplay, Interpol, or Norah Jones -- or just offer sweet relief from bland Internet music video?
Buzzmedia has just launched a new music video site called The Live Buzz, under the curatorship of Nic Harcourt. How famliiar you are with Harcourt depends on whether you buy your CDs from Walmart or stream music from Hype Machine.
Harcourt rose to indie-rock prominence over the last decade or so with his program "Morning Becomes Eclectic" on Kcrw, the Los Angeles public radio station, by showing a knack for spotting up-and-coming talent. The New York Times dubbed him "The Star Maker of the Semipopular" in 2005. "He has impeccable taste," the Times quoted Coldplay's Chris Martin as saying--perhaps self-servingly, since Harcourt was the first to put Coldplay on American radio. He also was an early champion of Interpol,...
Buzzmedia has just launched a new music video site called The Live Buzz, under the curatorship of Nic Harcourt. How famliiar you are with Harcourt depends on whether you buy your CDs from Walmart or stream music from Hype Machine.
Harcourt rose to indie-rock prominence over the last decade or so with his program "Morning Becomes Eclectic" on Kcrw, the Los Angeles public radio station, by showing a knack for spotting up-and-coming talent. The New York Times dubbed him "The Star Maker of the Semipopular" in 2005. "He has impeccable taste," the Times quoted Coldplay's Chris Martin as saying--perhaps self-servingly, since Harcourt was the first to put Coldplay on American radio. He also was an early champion of Interpol,...
- 9/29/2010
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
While the title may suggest otherwise, there's nothing particularly stirring about "Wake", a dysfunctional drama about four bickering brothers who reunite in their boyhood home while their mother lies dying upstairs in bed.
It's not hard to see that first-time director Henry LeRoy Finch was aiming for something along the lines of Sam Shepard or Edward Albee, but the closest he gets to the theatrical world is that his film actually feels like a stagy adaptation of an already contrived play.
Descending upon their humble Bath, Maine, home with plans to end their mother's suffering and/or to search for their dead father's insurance money, Raymond Blake Gibbons), an escaped con with the sideburns to match, the brooding Sebastian (Dihlon McManne), the partying Jack John Winthrop Philbrick) and emotionally fragile baby brother Kyle ("Queer as Folk"'s Gale Harold), face-off in their cluttered living room.
Accusations are leveled, old wounds are reopened, scores are settled and, ultimately, bullets fly. But in the end, all that raging angst, backed by a echoey chorus of disembodied voices from the past, verges into unintended parody.
Things look up a bit on the soundtrack front thanks to the involvement of NPR's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" host Nic Harcourt, who heightens the atmosphere with some rootsy folk-rock selections.
Appearing in two book-ending sequences as a much older Sebastian reflectively tapping his recollections into an old upright typewriter is Oscar winner Martin Landau, whose presence here may be explained by the fact that he happens to be the director's father-in-law and the producer's dad.
It's not hard to see that first-time director Henry LeRoy Finch was aiming for something along the lines of Sam Shepard or Edward Albee, but the closest he gets to the theatrical world is that his film actually feels like a stagy adaptation of an already contrived play.
Descending upon their humble Bath, Maine, home with plans to end their mother's suffering and/or to search for their dead father's insurance money, Raymond Blake Gibbons), an escaped con with the sideburns to match, the brooding Sebastian (Dihlon McManne), the partying Jack John Winthrop Philbrick) and emotionally fragile baby brother Kyle ("Queer as Folk"'s Gale Harold), face-off in their cluttered living room.
Accusations are leveled, old wounds are reopened, scores are settled and, ultimately, bullets fly. But in the end, all that raging angst, backed by a echoey chorus of disembodied voices from the past, verges into unintended parody.
Things look up a bit on the soundtrack front thanks to the involvement of NPR's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" host Nic Harcourt, who heightens the atmosphere with some rootsy folk-rock selections.
Appearing in two book-ending sequences as a much older Sebastian reflectively tapping his recollections into an old upright typewriter is Oscar winner Martin Landau, whose presence here may be explained by the fact that he happens to be the director's father-in-law and the producer's dad.
While the title may suggest otherwise, there's nothing particularly stirring about "Wake", a dysfunctional drama about four bickering brothers who reunite in their boyhood home while their mother lies dying upstairs in bed.
It's not hard to see that first-time director Henry LeRoy Finch was aiming for something along the lines of Sam Shepard or Edward Albee, but the closest he gets to the theatrical world is that his film actually feels like a stagy adaptation of an already contrived play.
Descending upon their humble Bath, Maine, home with plans to end their mother's suffering and/or to search for their dead father's insurance money, Raymond Blake Gibbons), an escaped con with the sideburns to match, the brooding Sebastian (Dihlon McManne), the partying Jack John Winthrop Philbrick) and emotionally fragile baby brother Kyle ("Queer as Folk"'s Gale Harold), face-off in their cluttered living room.
Accusations are leveled, old wounds are reopened, scores are settled and, ultimately, bullets fly. But in the end, all that raging angst, backed by a echoey chorus of disembodied voices from the past, verges into unintended parody.
Things look up a bit on the soundtrack front thanks to the involvement of NPR's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" host Nic Harcourt, who heightens the atmosphere with some rootsy folk-rock selections.
Appearing in two book-ending sequences as a much older Sebastian reflectively tapping his recollections into an old upright typewriter is Oscar winner Martin Landau, whose presence here may be explained by the fact that he happens to be the director's father-in-law and the producer's dad.
It's not hard to see that first-time director Henry LeRoy Finch was aiming for something along the lines of Sam Shepard or Edward Albee, but the closest he gets to the theatrical world is that his film actually feels like a stagy adaptation of an already contrived play.
Descending upon their humble Bath, Maine, home with plans to end their mother's suffering and/or to search for their dead father's insurance money, Raymond Blake Gibbons), an escaped con with the sideburns to match, the brooding Sebastian (Dihlon McManne), the partying Jack John Winthrop Philbrick) and emotionally fragile baby brother Kyle ("Queer as Folk"'s Gale Harold), face-off in their cluttered living room.
Accusations are leveled, old wounds are reopened, scores are settled and, ultimately, bullets fly. But in the end, all that raging angst, backed by a echoey chorus of disembodied voices from the past, verges into unintended parody.
Things look up a bit on the soundtrack front thanks to the involvement of NPR's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" host Nic Harcourt, who heightens the atmosphere with some rootsy folk-rock selections.
Appearing in two book-ending sequences as a much older Sebastian reflectively tapping his recollections into an old upright typewriter is Oscar winner Martin Landau, whose presence here may be explained by the fact that he happens to be the director's father-in-law and the producer's dad.
- 5/28/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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