Leilani joins Stephen and Joran in the studio to welcome Jim Morey and his band as they perform two tracks live and talk about their strange brand of Neo-ragtime, NOLA jazz, stumblin’ roots rock.
Yes, they brought in a monkey, and yes, we got it on video.
Download the MP3s of Gypsy Wind and Wishing Well after the break.
Read Leilani’s interview with the band here.
Watch the Video for “Gypsy Wind”
MP3s:
On Sunday, April 19, Skipper’s Smokehouse will host the 4th annual Alchemy Fest – an all-ages, family-friendly, outdoor event that’s like Easter, Earth Day and 4:20 all rolled into one.
This year, the concert will feature performances from Thomas Wynn and the Believers, Geri X, The Sheaks, Sons of Hippies and The Jim Morey Band.
There will also be face painting, tarot card reading by Natty Moss Bond, henna tattoos by Aleka Phoenix, arts and crafts activities for the kids and “many more surprises.”
The event starts at 2 p.m. and goes until 6 p.m. Admission is $10. Children 10 and under get in free. Skipper’s Smokehouse is also a restaurant that serves some of the best Florida/Cajun staples around such as hush puppies, crawfish and gator tail bites.
What: Alchemy Fest 4
When: Sunday, April 19
Where: Skipper’s Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Rd. Tampa
More: 2 – 6 p.m. | $10 | All Ages | 10 and under free
WIN TICKETS: Send MIXTAPE to 50618 for your chance to win a pair of tickets to Alchemy Fest 4.
Congratulations to our winners!
TWO VIDEOS AFTER THE JUMP …
I dropped into the I Love St. Pete Art Show this Saturday night, took a quick look-see at some pretty great St. Pete-inspired art – didn’t stay inside artPool too long as it was jam-packed and hotter than the dickens – 
and almost snagged a pair of retro sunglasses I spotted from across the room but actually talked myself out of buying by the time I could see myself in their reflective lenses. Had a chat with Bluelucy artists Chad Mize and Phillip Clark about their upcoming appearance in Manifest Hope: DC (a pre-Presidential Inauguration art show held January 17-19 in Washington D.C.), got a little dazzle from the graphics projected onto the flat top front of artPool’s facade, and was thoroughly impressed by a four-song set of live music by the Jim Morey Band performed in the gallery parking lot.
Jim Morey Band fuses vagabond jazz and muddy river Creole with that Tom Waits style of stumblin’, rootsy rock n’ roll, sly gypsy rhythms swaggering and swinging and stomping and grooving along. Read the rest of this entry »
