DYLAN TO BAEZ: ROSS ALTMAN’S “TOP TEN+++”
Dylan to Baez:
Ross Altman’s “Top Ten+++” FolkWorks Reviewed Concerts for 2016
Note to the Reader: I strongly believe in the power of live music to best express what an artist has to offer. We live in an age of digital magic; so many studio effects are now routinely used to enhance a recording I don’t believe a song until I hear it live!
1. VAN MORRISON AT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM – FRIDAY JANUARY 15, 2016
2. MARC COHN AT PEPPERDINE SMOTHERS THEATRE – JANUARY 16, 2016 REFLECTIONS ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARYOF WALKING IN MEMPHIS
3. TOMMY EMMANUEL AT PEPPERDINE SMOTHERS THEATRE – JANUARY 20, 2016
CERTIFIED GUITAR PLAYER AND A CLASS ACT
4. JOHN HAMMOND JR. AT THE LATE SHOW AT MCCABE’S – JANUARY 29, 2016
5. THE JONES FAMILY SINGERS AT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016
FROM RUSSIA TO MALIBU WITH LOVE
6. KRIS KRISTOFFERSON AT THE SABAN THEATRE IN BEVERLY HILLS – FEBRUARY 11, 2016
7. JUDY COLLINS AT THE ROSE IN PASADENA – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2016
8. BONNIE RAITT AT THE VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER – FEBRUARY 22, 2016 NO TICKET, NO SEAT, NO PROBLEM
9. BOB DYLAN AT THE CAÑA RUM BAR – FEBRUARY 19, 2016
10. DION AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM – FEBRUARY 24, 2016
11. BILL FRISELL AT THE SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER – FEBRUARY 25, 2016
12. LUCINDA WILLIAMS AT UCLA ROYCE HALL – MARCH 4, 2016
13. ERIC ANDERSEN: A BARD BY ANY OTHER NAME – APRIL 23, 1616—APRIL 23, 2016
14. BOB DYLAN IN CONCERT AT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM – JUNE 16, 2016
15. GERMAN LOPEZ AT PRVATE HOME IN BRENTWOOD SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 (PREVIEW OF PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY CONCERT AT RAITT RECITAL HALL – SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
16. IRIS DEMENT AT THE SMOTHERS THEATRE, PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY – SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 THE BEST SINGER MERLE HAGGARD EVER HEARD
17. TIME JUMPERS AT THE SMOTHERS THEATRE, PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY – SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
18. JOAN BAEZ AT DISNEY HALL – NOVEMBER 5, 2016
Folk singer Ross Altman hosts “Viva Fidel! A Memorial for Fidel Castro” at the Los Angeles Workers Educational Center, 1251 S. St. Andrews Place, CA 90019 on the 58th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, Sunday January 1, 2017, 2:00 to 5:00pm; $5; SoCal Los Angeles Cpusa | Facebook with Open Sharing, Songs, Poetry and Spoken Word; bring your memories and mementos of all things Cuban; street parking.
Ross Altman has a PhD in Modern Literature from SUNY-Binghamton; Ross may be reached at greygoosemusic@aol.com