Alfred James Band: news

Visit our Official Facebook page - www.facebook.com/alfredjamesband - to check out all of our latest photos and news!

AJB is thrilled to be performing on Wednesday, 7/14 (tonight!!) at the beautiful and historic Elkin's Estate in Elkins Park, PA - www.elkinsestate.org.

The event is hosted by Animus Music and we'll be joined by the amazing and talented John Grecia Band and Heidi Winzinger.

Wow - it's going to be quite a night!!

Tickets info and details at www.animusmusic.com/animus/Concerts_@_Elkins_Estate.html

Don't miss this one! We'll be doing a video shoot and celebrating Hil's Birthday all at once! Our last few Burlap & Bean shows have Sold Out, so we recommend getting your tickets in advance! http://www.burlapandbean.com/events.htm#20100522 See you on Saturday!!

We're thrilled to be heading back to Appel Farm for their First Fridays at the Gallery Series! Check out the details and get your tickets here...
http://www.appelstore.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AS&Product_Code=MAY_07_FF&Attributes=Yes&Quantity=1 and check us out at...
http://www.youtube.com/user/AppelFarmArts 8:00 pm, Appel Farm, Elmer, NJ

We're super excited to have been asked by the fantastic Earbuzz.com to perform for the pregame show for the opening game of the Philadelphia Independence - Philly's new professional women's soccer team!! Come on out and enjoy the music, the game, and a beautiful day!! And check out our music and discover new artists at www.earbuzz.com!
http://www.wpsphillyindependence.com/

Follow the link below and vote for Alfred James Band for Best Live Band for this year's Best of the Main Line!! Let's get it going!!! :) Thanks for your vote!!

http://forms.journalregister.com/allaroundphilly/MainlineRC/

Our 2/6/10 show at Barrington Coffeehouse has been POSTPONED due to the snow storm! We'll be rescheduling for a later (warmer) date, so stay tuned!! In the meantime, hunker down and enjoy a couple of snow days!! I see snow forts in our future...

2010 will hopefully bring a more organized year overall, but especially with the posting of AJB photos! All 2009 photos are now on our photo page -- check em out!

Thanks Will for writing this awesome review of our show at Swarthmore College on 11/12/09. The band had an amazing time and we were honored to share the stage with the fabulous Chaverim!! Can't wait to do it all again! In the meantime, check out this review!!

http://www.creativeanomalies.com/blog/2009/11/12/alfred-james-band-plays-swarthmore/

This past Sunday night (11/8), Alfred, Avery, and Chris headed over to the 93.7 WSTW studios for an on air performance and interview on Hometown Heroes - hosted by the excellent Mark Rogers. Check out the podcast of the show at http://www.wstw.com/heroes/ Scroll down for the 11/8 show and listen! The guys played Dream Alone, Light of My Life, Up Up Down Down and Chris Despo's Don't Be Fooled...

After band mutiny due to our beloved Phillies and the World Series Game 2 occurring on the same night as an AJB show... our show tonight (Thursday, 10/29/09) at Milkboy Acoustic Cafe in Bryn Mawr has been postponed (to December probably)... Stay tuned for the reschedule date and GO PHILLIES!!!!!

Despite the rain and thunderstorms, our show tonight at Grounds for Sculpture - www.groundsforsculpture.org - is still ON! We'll be moving the performance indoors! See you there!

This coming Sunday, 8/16, we'll be performing Downstairs at World Cafe Live for the Earbuzz 10th Anniversary Show! Check out their site - www.earbuzz.com and discover some fantastic new artists!
Tickets are $10 at the door, but if you e-mail us (hilary@alfredjamesband.com), we'll send you a voucher for $3 off your ticket!

For the latest tour, album, and insider AJB info, join our Facebook Group! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=63f85b6142793f92236052bf9543799b&gid=35611969493&ref=search

Alfred will be playing solo cello at Carnegie Hall on March 30, 2009 accompanying The Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale (and singing too!) Ticket and event info can be found at: http://www.carnegiehall.org/SiteCode/Intro.aspx

Next up for AJB is an opening spot for the amazing GrooveLily at the historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA. Proceeds benefit the Phoenix Village Art Center and Adesha Village. Ticket and event info can be found at http://steelcitycoffee.stores.yahoo.net/3gratcoth8pm.html

A very special thanks to everyone who came out for our show at The Kimmel Center opening for Rufus Wainwright on Valentine's Day! You made it one heck of a spectacular evening, you helped us to sell out of CD's 3/4 of the way through our show, and we loved seeing our friends and fans old and new! Looking forward to seeing all of you very soon!!!

We wanted to send a special thank you to XPN and Sleepy Hollow for playing our new instrumental, Sleep, on the show! If you like what you hear, please request Alfred James at www.xpn.org!! Thanks!! :)

We are beyond excited about this one!!! We'll be an opener for Rufus Wainwright at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, February 14th! We'll be playing before and after the show in the Commonwealth Plaza... Details/ ticket info can be found at www.kimmelcenter.org/free

On October 22nd Alfred and Reed did an acoustic show at The Kimmel Center following the Chris Thile (Nickel Creek) and Edgar Meyer concert for the Kimmel Center's new young professional's networking group - Forte. Check out some video here! http://streettalkin.com/entertainment/philly-performing-arts/ also... Forte is a fantastic organization for music lovers! Check them out at http://www.kimmelcenter.org/forte

We wanted to thank all of our family and friends who came out to see us at Dogfish Head in Gaithersburg last night... and unfortunately never got to see us play since we weren't able to get there! We were really bummed about missing everyone... Sadly here's what happened... We got stuck in a traffic jam on the way to the show that shut down I-95 for about 2.5 hours Sat. night. 2 motorcycles collided about 1/4 of a mile ahead of us, killing one motorcyclist and critically injuring another. It was a scary experience being that close to such a serious wreck - maybe Julie getting held up at the Wawa or the bathroom stop at the Maryland House was a blessing in disguise. Really puts things into perspective when you're that close to tragedy. So... thanks to everyone who came out and we'll be rescheduling the show, so stay tuned... Thanks also to the management and folks at Dogfish Head who were so understanding...

Thanks for that great F# to G...

Alfred

More press! :) Our thanks to Will Bancroft for his article on AJB in Princeton's US1 newspaper. Check out the article here!...
http://www.princetoninfo.com/index.php?option=com_us1more&Itemid=6&key=07-02-2008+Alfred+James&more=1

Our thanks to Megan Sullivan at The Princeton Packet who did a cover story on AJB for the June 25th edition of the newspaper! Check out the full article here!... http://packetonline.com/articles/2008/06/26/time_off/entertainment_news/doc48625aaf76528131421740.txt

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Check out this awesome Shout Out from our friend, Russ Starke, at UsedWigs.com in a review for the fantastic Ben Sollee's new album... Thanks Russ!!