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Episode 2 of my Mixcloud show is live -HERE
I changed the name to Whatever This Is as that is how it comes out when I think about it.
Thanks to everyone who listened to the first one-it was a lot more than I expected.
On this episode I play some new songs from this week and next weeks releases and go through my trip to New Orleans with some stories of meeting and hearing some musicians and play some songs from them
You can check out myself and Dave Leibowitz latest Against The 90’s Podcast Below and see other episodes HERE
HERE are the shows that went on sale last week
HERE is the album list for last week.
HERE is this weeks full calendar
Playing With Fire kicks off Thursday with a FREE show at Slowdown. Tonight you will see the energetic blues rock band from Scotland, King King. King King has toured with both blues legend John Mayall and rock bands Thunder and Europe (Final Countdown!), so you know they are going to cover some wide ground tonight. There will be kilts.
Also on the lineup is Will Wilde, who I met this afternoon at Homer’s as he and the band bought some albums. Wilde is a blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter from England. He is the 2026 Instrumentalist of the Year at the UK Blues Awards. His latest album is Blues Is Still Alive and features a favorite of our area, Walter Trout. A couple weeks after Will’s Playing With Fire show he will be slumming it opening up for some guys named Eric Clapton and Ronnie Wood in the UK.
Also on the lineup are the Pocket Architects, who are the Nebraska Blues Challenge winners for 2025.
MONSTER bassist Mohini Dey will kick off NOMA Fest 5 with a ticketed performance at North Omaha Music and Arts. The performer from Kolkata, West Bengal, India has worked with legendary cats like Steve Vai, Greg Howe, Dennis Chambers and Dream Theater, but also current artists such as WILLOW, who appears on her new album The Dey Way. This show happens on Thursday evening.
Popular blues artist Mike Zito is making another run through Nebraska this week. Zito was a member of the Royal Southern Brotherhood, along with Cyril Neville and Devon Allman. He is a member of the Blood Brothers with Albert Castiglia. He has number one blues albums, has recorded with everyone from Tracii Guns to Joe Bonamassa, and is touring on his latest album, Outside Or The Eastside.
He is at The Waiting Room on Thursday. The start time of the Thursday show got bumped up to 9PM as the Playing With Fire event is happening at Slowdown, and they are hoping Omaha blues fans will make a whole night of it. If you pre‑order tickets you will get a free copy of his new CD as well. Check his Facebook page for details.
Theatrical Los Angeles alt. rock band The Toxhards are going to Reverb Lounge on Thursday in support of their debut album Your Neighborhood. They will be joined by digital-meets-analog side project of musician and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Barnett who goes by Lakeside Effects.
Braxton Cook is next up at the FREE Jazz on the Green series at Turner Park. Cook is a saxophonist who has played with Christian Scott, Jon Batiste, Butcher Brown and more. Cook released Not Everyone Can Go in 2025. This show happens on Thursday.
Foreigner is celebrating 50 years, and you know that a Nebraska stop was going to happen. It will happen on Thursday at Pinewood Bowl Theater.
CJ Solar is a county rocker who has written for Jason Aldean, Jerrod Niemann, Justin Moore and more. He has opened for Skynyrd, Hank Jr., Chris Janson and others. You can catch him at Bucks Bar and Grill on Thursday evening with Rick Huckaby and Dan Olsen.
Thursday August 13th
NOMA Fest-Mohini Dey-at North Omaha Music and Arts 7PM (Omaha)
Playing With Fire-King King, Will Wilde, Pocket Architects at Slowdown 6PM (Omaha) FREE
Mike Zito at Waiting Room 9PM (Omaha)
The Toxhard with Lakeside Effects at Reverb Lounge 8PM (Omaha)
Braxton Cook at Jazz on the Green 7:30PM (Omaha) FREE
Foreigner at Pinewood Bowl Theater 7PM (Lincoln)
CJ Solar and The Old Souls with Rick Huckaby and Dan Olsen at at Bucks Bar and Grill 8PM (Venice)
John Till at Brokedown Palace 8PM (Omaha)
Josh Hoyer’s Colossal Four at Elmwood Park 6PM (Omaha)
Top, Alex Jacobson, Wesley Groves at Kaitei 9PM (Omaha)
Chris Leach at Red Lion Lounge 7PM (Omaha) FREE
Chad Lee at Copacabana Cocktail Lounge 9PM (Omaha)
Tom Peaver at Zipline 7PM (Lincoln)
Billy McGuigan & The Family Band at SumTur Amphitheater 8PM (Papillion)
Aly Peeler at Salted Edge 5PM (Waterloo)
Songwriters Open Mic at Crescent Moon Coffee 6:30PM (Lincoln)
Open Mic at Hub Cafe 5PM (Lincoln)
Open Mic at Crescent Moon Coffee 6:30PM (Lincoln)
Open Mic Night at the Hub Cafe 5PM (Lincoln) FREE
Singer-Songwriter Open Mic at Tanks Country 8PM (Lincoln) FREE
Artists Anonymous Open Mic at Beach House Bar 9:30PM (Omaha)
Jenkins-Kilgore Quintet at Dundee Dell 7PM (Omaha)
Chris Leach & Friends at Red Lion Lounge 7PM (Omaha) FREE
Joe McCarthy at Habitat Restaurant & Bar 6PM (Omaha)
Jake Bellows at Pageturners Lounge 8PM (Omaha) FREE
Witches Brew Open Mic Night 8PM (Lincoln) FREE
Open Mic at Shakedown Street 8PM (Omaha)
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