Sights and Sounds: Gary Clark Jr., First Aid Kit, The Ramones, Herb Alpert

Good morning. Here is the latest roundup of gems plucked from my inbox, including news on singer-songwriter-guitarist Gary Clark Jr....If you missed my review of the Austin-based artist's recent performance at House of Blues Anaheim, click here to read it on the Music News Nashville site. Now on with all the news...

GARY CLARK JR. APPEARS IN RON HOWARD-DIRECTED DOCUMENTARY MADE IN AMERICA, PRODUCED BY JAY Z, BRIAN  GRAZER, AND RON HOWARD MADE IN AMERICA PREMIERES THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013 ON SHOWTIME AT 9 p.m. ET/PT CATCH GARY CLARK JR. ON THE QUEEN LATIFAH SHOW THIS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9, AND ON THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN ON NOVEMBER 7

October 8th, 2013 - (Burbank, CA.) - Singer, songwriter, and guitarist extraordinaire Gary Clark Jr. is featured in the upcoming documentary Made In America, which will have its world premiere this Friday, October 11th, on Showtime at 9 p.m. PT/ET. Directed by Oscar-winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, etc.) and produced by Howard, Grammy Award-winning music icon artist Jay Z, and Oscar winner Brian Grazer, the film captures Jay Z uniting the biggest names in music - including Clark, D'Angelo, Janelle Monáe, Pearl Jam, Skrillex, Run-D.M.C., Kanye West - to perform at a star-studded, multi-genre, two-day "Made in America" festival in Philadelphia. The film chronicles the inspirational event, which emphasizes "the diversity of musical genres that appeal to today's youth, the cultural heterogeneity of the festival's target audience - and, perhaps most important, the myriad possibilities for success that exist for those willing to do the hard work of making dreams come true," as Variety put it in its review. Watch a trailer here. In other news, Clark has been dominating network television as of late, having made recent appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live (for the second time), The Queen Latifah Show (which airs tomorrow, October 9th), The Arsenio Hall Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (his third appearance), and The Late Show With David Letterman (his fourth appearance, this time solo, which airs on November 7th). Check local listings for details. Clark is currently on the road supporting his major-label debut album Blak And Blu. All upcoming tour dates are listed below. 10/10    Salt Lake City, UT         The Depot 10/11    Denver, CO                  Ogden Theatre 10/13    Mexico City                  Corona Capital Festival 10/15    Nashville, TN                Marathon Music Works 10/16    Atlanta, GA                  Tabernacle 10/18    Charlottesville, VA         Jefferson Theater 10/19    Atlantic City, NJ            Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa - Music Box 11/10    Boston, MA                  Royale Nightclub 11/11    Boston, MA                  Royale Nightclub 11/12    Washington, DC            9:30 Club 11/13    Washington, DC            9:30 Club 11/14    New York, NY               Apollo Theater 11/16    New York, NY               Terminal 5 11/18    Toronto, ON                 Danforth Music Hall 11/20    Minneapolis, MN            First Avenue 11/22    Indianapolis, IN             The Vogue Theatre 11/23    Columbia, MO               The Blue Note 11/25    New Orleans, LA            House of Blues 11/26    Houston, TX                 Warehouse Live - Ballroom 11/27    Dallas, TX                    House of Blues 11/29    Austin, TX                    Stubb's

For more about Made In America: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3394200/jay-z-made-in-america#/index For more about Gary Clark Jr., visit: http://www.garyclarkjr.com/ http://www.facebook.com/GaryClarkJr http://twitter.com/#!/garyclarkjr http://www.youtube.com/user/garyclarkjr

First Aid Kit, photo credit: Annika Berglund FIRST AID KIT PERFORM "EMMYLOU" ON THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN OCTOBER TOUR CONCLUDES THURSDAY WITH RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL SHOW SUPPORTING RODRIGUEZ DRUNKEN TREES DEBUT EP VINYL REISSUE OUT OCTOBER 15TH, 2013 VIA WICHITA RECORDINGS

Stockholm, Sweden's First Aid Kit performed their celebrated single "Emmylou" last Tuesday night (October 1, 2013) on The Late Show with David Letterman, and the heartwarming rendition can now be seen online here: http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/FtkmWuPa1HhmuB4IJH9ehi30CqqhXPQQ/david-letterman-first-aid-kit-emmylou/.  "Emmylou," chosen by Rolling Stone as the magazine's #10 'Single of the Year' in 2012, is off the duo's acclaimed sophomore album The Lion's Roar. Released on January 17th, 2012 via Wichita Recordings, the album has sold over 75,000 copies in the US to date. First Aid Kit - sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg - began their run of October US tour dates last week with a headlining show at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA on October 3rd. Over the weekend, they also performed at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco (about which the SF Weekly's All Shook Down blog wrote "...Söderberg sisters sounded bright and energetic during the penultimate set of the day") and the Way Over Yonder Festival in Los Angeles, CA. They return to New York City this Thursday, October 10th, to support Rodriguez at the historic Radio City Music Hall. A current itinerary is below. On October 15th, First Aid Kit's debut EP Drunken Trees will be reissued on 180 gram white vinyl in the US via Wichita Recordings. Drunken Trees was first released by The Knife-owned label Rabid in 2008 when the Söderbergs were only teenagers, and re-released by Wichita Recordings in 2009. First Aid Kit tour dates: OCT. 10           NEW YORK, NY                       RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL* * supporting Rodriguez www.thisisfirstaidkit.com www.facebook.com/firstaidkitofficial www.twitter.com/firstaidkitband www.instagram.com/firstaidkit www.wichita-recordings.com www.cobracamanda.com

Music Minded blog features timely updates on The Ramones and Herb Alpert

George A. Paul has posted an update about The Ramones' collected works being reissued. Click here to read his post on Music Minded. In addition, he has a post about the release of new music from Herb Alpert; click here to read that update.

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