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Holiday Tunes from Ball of Wax Friends
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Etc.! If you think you’re sick of listening to holiday-themed music, I implore you to open your mind and your ears and check out these wonderful new additions to the genre from some of our … Continue reading
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Tagged carols, heatwarmer, holiday music, matt menovcik, oc notes, prairie empire, xmas
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Celebrating Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music This Friday
A Tribute to Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music Hosted by Greg Vandy With performances by: Baby Gramps / The Horde and the Harem / The Sumner Brothers / Led to Sea / The Washover Fans / Annie Ford Band … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 30: November 24th at Conor Byrne
Ball of Wax Volume 30 Release Show w/ Scriptures, Levi Fuller & the Library, La Luz, Proud Wonderful Me, Sam Russell Saturday, November 24 [facebook event page] Conor Byrne Pub, 5140 Ballard Ave. NW 9pm / $7 / free copy … Continue reading
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Submit to Ball of Wax 30!
It seems that fall is upon us. Later the season will bring us the Fall 2012 installment of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly– the 30th (!) such installment to be released to the world. But before that happens, it needs … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 29 Release Show Tonight at the Comet! Listen Here Now.
Tonight’s show at the Comet Tavern should be loads of fun (and many many thanks go to the Comet for saving our butts after the untimely implosion of the Rogue & Peasant). Come on down for guitarless sets – many … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 29: No Guitars! Friday, September 7 at the COMET
Ball of Wax Volume 29 Release Show: No Guitars Gems; Rosyvelt; Werebearcat!; Caitlin Sherman (Slow Skate); Town Forest (Mark Johnson, Amateur Radio Operator); Mark Schlipper; Levi Fuller Friday, September 7th, 8pm $7 / free Ball of Wax 29 CD with … Continue reading
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Submit to Ball of Wax 29. Hold the Guitars.
Well, I’ve been threatening it for a while, so I figured I’d go ahead and pull the trigger on the “no guitars” installment of Ball of Wax. For the purposes of this compilation, I will define a “guitar” as any … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] Made in Iceland
You would be daft if you think you could go to Iceland and not come into contact with incredible music. Unless you listened to nothing but the radio stations, that is. Iceland in May is a curious concoction of near … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax DANCE PARTY! 6/2 at the Black Lodge
Details first. Here’s what we have cooked up for you: Ball of Wax Dance Party (Vol. 28 CD Release) Saturday, June 2nd, 8pm The Black Lodge w/OC Notes, Pufferfish, Poor Neighbors, Everything Points Up, Strong Like Woman, Foreign Friends, Bertolt … Continue reading