Russ & Julie's House Concerts

PRESS COVERAGE

We would like to thank FolkWorks, the newspaper about the happenings in and around the greater Los Angeles folk community, for including us in their calendar.

Also, @LA: The Guide to Greater Los Angeles and Southern California for including us in their directory of the best in entertainment in the greater Los Angeles area.

Our very special thanks to Roz Larman of FolkScene, and Sonnie Brown at KCBX-FM in San Luis Obispo for including us in their on-air calendars of upcoming events.

In November 2004, 92.7 Lite FM (in Thousand Oaks, California) sponsored our House Concert with Jeff Black and Eric Hansen. DJs Paul Freeman and Tara McNamara interviewed Russ & Julie as well as Jeff Black.
They also gave away two places at the show and then talked about the House Concert the following Monday morning. You can listen to these MP3 files of everything! (Files are 1-4 MB in size.)

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

In March 2001, KCBS Channel 2 News (out of Los Angeles) did a "Special Assignment" story on house concerts which featured our show that month with jazz vocalist Laurel Massé (founding member of The Manhattan Transfer). The segment was hosted by reporter Drew Griffin.

Please view the following newspaper articles about our House Concerts:

The Acorn Coverage of our 10th Anniversary House Concert January 2007		The Leftsetz Letter June 14, 2007
FolkWorks November/December 2002	Ventura Life & Style Magazine Fall 2004	Conejo Valley Examiner April 15, 2004
The Los Angeles Times February 3, 1999	The Thousand Oaks Star August 5, 1999	The Acorn April 15, 2004
The Acorn May 13, 1999	The Los Angeles Times February 23, 1999	The Los Angeles Times July 22, 1999
The Acorn February 7, 2002	The Beverly Hills Outlook July 4, 2002	The Acorn August 2002

In April 2002, NPR's "Marketplace" did a story on house concerts which featured our February 2002 show with Kate Bennett & Amilia K. Spicer. For his story, reporter Christian Bordal interviewed us as along with singer-songwriters Darryl Purpose and Dar Williams!!

You can hear this story by going to http://www.marketplace.org/shows/2002/04/12_house_concert_mpp.html Click on the link in the 3rd line down which says "Listen" which will key up a RealAudio file in ".ram" format. Then move the counter to the 20:15 mark... about 3/4 of the way through the half hour program. The story is about 5 minutes long.

*The New York Times* published a wonderful article about House Concerts on the front page of their November 8, 1999 edition. It's worth a read, so we've scanned it in for your reading pleasure: New York Times Article.	In March 2000, *Acoustic Guitar Magazine* published a great article on House Concerts from a performer's perspective. We've also scanned it in for your reading pleasure: Acoustic Guitar Magazine Article.
Lastly, check out a February 2000 article on House Concerts (that quotes us!) from *Wired News* at: Wired News Online Article.	A number of our performers also jam at Kulak's Woodshed in North Hollywood and on the Tied To The Tracks radio program.
On April 29, 2007, the Chicago Sun-Times published an article called "Living Room Shows Bring It All Back Home" written by Mary Houlihan: Read Article.	In June 2007, Musicians Atlas published an article called "House Concerts - Promoting Music & Freedom of Speech": Read Article They also included a page of "Interviews with House Concert Presenters" which includes an interview with Russ & Julie about 1/3 of the way down the page: Read Interviews
Fox 5 out of Washington, DC did a report on House Concerts in January 2007, which you can see at: www.myfoxdc.com.
Present Magazine out of Kansas City did a great story about house Concert in June 2008, which you can read at: www.presentmagazine.com.	In June 2008, The New York Times did a nice story on Pat DiNizio from the Smithereens performing at house concerts, which you can read at: www.nytimes.com.