December 6th at Cowboy Monkey "What Matters" WRFU benefit
DECEMBER 6, 2008-CHAMPAIGN, IL- What matters, Champaign-Urbana? WRFU 104.5fm, Champaign-Urbana's low-power community radio station, will host a “What Matters” themed benefit show on Saturday, December 6 at the Cowboy Monkey, 17 E .Taylor Street in downtown Champaign from 6pm until 2am. Featuring over 16 local poets and musicians, this show will raise funds for a new permanent tower for the station. Admission is four dollars at the door, with all proceeds benefiting WRFU.
In the spirit of the station, the night will be filled with short sets by each performer containing pieces related to the show theme, “What Matters?” Those appearing include singer-songwriters Joseph Donhowe, Kevin Elliott, Paul Kotheimer, Eleni Moraites, and Beth Simpson, hip-hop artist Krukid, rock bands Common Loon, New Ruins, Golden Quality, and History of the Future, poets William Gillespie and Crystalline Scoggins, world musicians Ferrocene3 and The Turinos, and twang artists The Duke of Uke and his Novelty Orchestra and Dottie and the 'Rail. More information available in band bios at the end of this release.
WRFU is a progressive radio station collective committed to social justice, focusing on public affairs issues and the arts. WRFU airs opinions and debates in an open and diverse forum that focuses on educating and empowering the public. WRFU provides an accessible venue for an eclectic mixture of arts programming, and is a project of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (U-C IMC). The U-C IMC is a federal tax-exempt 501c3 that has been empowering the people to “Become the Media” for more than half a decade by providing public, democratic access to information, making available technologies and equipment, training, production services, and media distribution.
For more information on this event, please contact WRFU volunteer Aimee Rickman at whatmattersbenefit@yahoo.com, call (646) 250-3226, or visit www.myspace.com/whatmattersbenefit.
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Band bios
New Ruins: Local Hidden Agenda Records band to show off what matters. www.myspace.com/newruins
Common Loon: 60s psychedelic weirdo duo. commonloonmusic.com
Ferrocene3 is an ambient, avant world trio featuring Urbana Champaign improvisers Jason Finkelman (laptop electronics + percussion), Jay Eychaner (synthesizer), and Nick Rudd (electric guitar). They have enjoyed recent collaborations with dance improv artist Kirstie Simson and Philadelphia area saxophonist Jack Wright.
Dottie and the 'Rail plays two-tapping country standards that Dottie's mean ex-husbands used to forbid her from singing in the 1960s. Good riddance to them. Some originals, too. www.myspace.com/dottieandtherail
Paul Kotheimer: Making his own hand-made brand of poetical and political acoustic music for over 20 years, Kotheimer is locally world-famous as "One of the best songwriters you've never heard of." www.handmaderecords.com
Cristy Scoggins and William Gillespie intend to present the latest findings from their rock scholarship research, in a short reading comprising fiction, poetry, and vitriol. RIYL: King Crimson. http://rockgeekchic.com
Eleni Moraites: Acoustic rock with thoughtful lyrics and folk-bent harmony. Music to remind you. www.cdbaby.com
Kevin Elliott's music consists of original folky songs with just vocals & acoustic fingerstyle guitar ... lots of little stories & social commentary with quirky characters & pretty melodies ... a touch of blues too. www.kevinelliottmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/krukid
http://www.myspace.com/goldenquality
http://www.myspace.com/dukeofuke