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  <title>The Jayhawks + Chuck Prophet at Voxhall, &#xC5;rhus C on 3 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Voxhall

The Jayhawks (US)

The Jayhawks blev dannet i midten af 80'erne og var allerede fra starten af et band der gik sine egne vegne. På det tidspunkt var det ikke højeste mode at spille amerikansk roots-rock og country. Derfor tog det også en rum tid før de fik noget, der lignede et gennembrud. De to albums "Hollywood Town Hall" (1992) og "Tomorrow The Green Grass" (1995) er de to mest kendte albums, der lige præcis ikke gav dem det store gennembrud. Men ser man på The Jayhawks som en eksponent for Americana-genren, så var The Jayhawks de fremmeste i skoene.

Bandets evne til at kombinere vokal-harmonier med fantastisk sangskrivning er legendarisk og skal først og fremmest findes i Mark Olson og Gary Louris' talent. Men The Jayhawks som helhed gør det ud for et virkelig velspillende band. Mark Olson var dog nok hovedpersonen i dramaet og da han forlod bandet i 1996, var The Jayhawks ikke de samme længere. Seneste studio-album blev udgivet i 2003.

Der skulle gå 7 år før at der var nyt om bandet, der tilsyneladende var lagt på is. Til gengæld var det så meget mere glædeligt at bandet igen var forenet med den potente besætning fra midt-90'erne. Der var af indlysende grunde stor interesse for dette comeback da bandet i august 2011 gav koncert i Amager Bio. Det bliver for alvor spændende at høre deres comeback-album "Mockingbird Time", der udgives 20. september.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-03T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-03T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>The Jayhawks + Chuck Prophet at Tivoli Oudegracht, Utrecht on 5 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Tivoli Oudegracht

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/2048105+The+Jayhawks+at+Tivoli+Oudegracht+on+5+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-05T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-05T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>The Jayhawks + Chuck Prophet at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels on 6 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Ancienne Belgique

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/2047164+The+Jayhawks+at+Ancienne+Belgique+on+6+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-06T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-06T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>The Jayhawks + Chuck Prophet at Barbican Centre, London on 8 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Mockingbird Time is the brilliant new Jayhawks record capturing the ultimate lineup of this great American band in full flight. This CD marks the first time all five of these musicians—Gary Louris and co-leader Mark Olson, bassist Marc Perlman, keyboard player Karen Grotberg and drummer Tim O’Reagan – have been in a recording studio together.

During their heyday in the first half of the 1990s, The Jayhawks perfected a captivating sound that seamlessly blended the elegant folk-rock of the Byrds, the adventurousness of Buffalo Springfield, the hippiebilly soulfulness of the Flying Burrito Brothers and the soaring harmonies of the Beach Boys. So it’s richly ironic that their reappearance coincides with a dramatic resurgence of the musical approach they played such a central role in perpetuating—but this time around, The Jayhawks themselves are revered as icons by the young bands carrying on those same traditions, and it’s their own legacy that they’re advancing.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-08T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-08T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Chuck Prophet at The Turf Club, Saint Paul on 25 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: The Turf Club

Chuck Prophet and The Mission Express]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3167521+Chuck+Prophet+at+The+Turf+Club+on+25+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-25T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-25T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Chuck Prophet &amp; The Mission Express on 30 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: The Great American Music Hall

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3177620+Chuck+Prophet+-+The+Mission+Express</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-30T21:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-30T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Chuck Prophet at Dingwalls, London on 12 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Dingwalls

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3164601+Chuck+Prophet+at+Dingwalls+on+12+April+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-12T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-12T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>CHUCK PROPHET &amp; THE MISSION EXPRESS on 19 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Quasimodo

Vorverkaufspreis bis einen Tag vor dem Konzert:
20,00 € zzgl. 0,50 € CTS Systemgebühr,
ohne Vorverkaufsgebühr beim Kauf der Tickets im Quasimodo Café.
Tageskasse: 24,00 €
 
http://www.chuckprophet.com/]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3176085+CHUCK+PROPHET+-+THE+MISSION+EXPRESS</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-19T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-19T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8787182+Quasimodo</xcal:location>
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  <title>Chuck Prophet at El Lokal, Z&#xFC;rich on 23 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: El Lokal

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3191342+Chuck+Prophet+at+El+Lokal+on+23+April+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-23T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-23T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Chuck Prophet at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds on 1 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Brudenell Social Club

http://www.chuckprophet.com/

Chuck Prophet shapes his restless career with inimitable subtle flair: a vivid parade of razor-edged one-liners camouflaged in a slack-jawed drawl, songs about heartbreak and everyman heroism, drenched in twisted lines of rude Telecaster.

When the early stages of a financial melt-down coincided with a rare San Francisco heat wave in the summer of 2008, with the window open wide and Dwight Twilley, Iggy, Thin Lizzy and the Knack blaring out the hi-fi, Prophet wrote a collection of political songs for non-political people. Later, in April 2009, he journeyed to Mexico City, where, in the clutches of a Swine Flu panic and earthquakes, he recorded ¡Let Freedom Ring!, his most incendiary record, every bit as urgent as the title demands.

His search for a new perspective paid off, much like at eighteen when he left his native Whittier, CA for San Francisco, which he still calls home, and before too long joined Green on Red, a gang of interloping Arizonans with no small impact on L.A.'s Paisley Underground. During an eight-year run with Green on Red, he cut his first major label session with legendary Memphis producer Jim Dickinson, burned through a couple of big record deals, and ventured a debut solo effort, Brother Aldo (1990). These were the first steps in the career that shaped Prophet into a prolific rock 'n' roll classicist.

But now, he has created his career high-water mark. ¡Let Freedom Ring! wanders into the fractured, surreal state of the American Dream and emerges with the most vital document of Prophet's vision, a reflection of life and love for troubled times.

To untangle topics so knotted, Prophet uses only the most essential language: little else but whip-smart one-liners, a guitar in each channel and a backbeat. There are glimpses in the rear-view mirror of American rock 'n' roll – names like Eddie Cochran and an instinct for lean guitar tunes – but the meat's fresh. There's everything from the capitalist hustle and the immigrant struggle to the impulse to forget it all with a lusty Saturday night.

For his journey south of the border, Prophet put together a band with guitarist Tom Ayres, bassist Rusty Miller and drummer Ernest "Boom" Carter (who supplied Springsteen the beat for "Born To Run"). Over an eight-day session, his ninth solo studio record was born among the gnarled chaos of Mexico City. Outside the doors were warring drug cartels, a crippling recession and the panic of Swine Flu that sent a city of 25 million cowering behind surgical masks. Inside, producer Greg Leisz (Wilco, Beck, Emmylou Harris) used Eisenhower-era gear and did little else but roll tape. It was Mexico City. It was panicked and paranoid. It was chaotic, beautiful, and hopeful. To gain a fresh perspective on his homeland from high on a flat foreign hill, it was perfect.

Opening with "Sonny Liston's Blues," Prophet gives voice to a man with a heart recognized by few, who many thought a monster, equal parts myth and reality – much like the American Dream. The shuffling gait of "Barely Exist" glances at that dream through the lens of immigration: a father's dog-eared photograph of a kid left behind in a world of "asbestos in your Kool-Aid for breakfast." Prophet's own country, run by Georgetown barflies that rage through "American Man" and the wild markets under the Stonesy strut of "¡Let Freedom Ring!," is a place where solace can only be found in grabbing the nearest body and plunging headlong onto the dance floor, or waking late with the windows open.

Eleven songs later, Prophet's Freedom stares into the incalculable divide of America's haves and have-nots and offers neither answers nor condolences; the grit and glory of his country – like the devils he wrestles – are all in the details.

When you dig the details that have shaped Prophet's career, ¡Let Freedom Ring! is merely the latest highlight in career of many. He has written with a wide rage of artists from Dan Penn to Alejandro Escovedo (the 2008 LP, Real Animal), laid down tracks on sessions for everyone from Warren Zevon to Kelly Willis and taken the stage with Jim Dickinson, Lucinda Williams and Aimee Mann, to name a few. Prophet's production credits include Willis' Translated From Love (2007) and working on Jace Everett's ("Bad Things" / True Blood) new release Red Revelations. He's heard his own tunes performed by legends like Solomon Burke and Heart and his songs have charted on both country ("I'm Gone," a co-write with Kim Richey, on the debut album of country starlet Cyndi Thompson) and AAA radio ("Summertime Thing," from 2002's No Other Love, was a lazy radio anthem).

National television appearances include Austin City Limits in support of No Other Love, as well as Letterman and Carson Daly, supporting 2007's Soap & Water. His music has increasingly been featured in film and television, most recently as the closing track to episode two of True Blood.

Tickets £12.00 Advance
Available: 

Crash Records - 0113 2436 743 -  http://crashrecords.co.uk/online/product.php?xProd=11735&xSec=209

Seetickets - http://www.seetickets.com/Event/CHUCK-PROPHET/Brudenell-Social-Club/616143

Wegottickets - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/154071

Ticketweb - http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_northeast&query=detail&event=490760&interface=]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3183839+Chuck+Prophet+at+Brudenell+Social+Club+on+1+May+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-01T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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