BACK TO MALI: FESTIVAL AU DESERT 2011- SOULNOW
JeConte & The Mali Allstars has been officially accepted to Le Festival Au Desert. Check it out here We are planning on returning to Mali to help our Malian music family this Winter. It is an exciting time and we look forward to finishing productiuon on the film 'Search for the Soul,' and sharing with all of you the beauty we have discovered in Mali.
SOULNOW.ORG: IT BEGINS... SOULNOW.ORG is now officially on it's way to becoming a full 501C3. SOULNOW (Save Our Universal Language NOW) is a nonprofit organization that brings green technologies to compromised cultures in order to help preserve their musical heritage... Learn more here...
10.05.10 - JAPAN TOUR OFF THE HOOK
Japan was amazing and JeConte / Cohen took it to another level. With the help of 'SOUL IT' our backing support band from Tokyo we were able to have a bunch of great shows and the band was polished and very well received. Japan is a great country to tour. A big shout out to Keiji at Cafe Goatee for a great gig as well in Kamakura. We had an enthusiastic turn out and everyone there bought CD's to help us with the travel costs, which was great. If you make it to Japan, make sure to hit Kyoto. Mattey Cohen and JeConte played and impromtu gig at the Piano bar which was a lot of fun. Media on it's way...More to come...
9.11.10 - ROCKED POINT RICHMOND
Point Richmond Concert series was a big turn out and a great success. The town loved the band and we were able to return to the neighborhood where we recorded 'Sweet Nortghern California.' Sugar Studios has now moved south, we look forward to connecting with Mike Sugar for the next JeConte release in 2011...
8.13.10 - CREEKSIDE LOVED THE BAND
Creekside in Mill Valley had a a huge turn out this year and we ended the series on a high note. It was a double header that day as we played The Sea Horse later that night, but the turn out at Creekside was great. Thanks to all the people that enthusiastically supported the band as they asked us to return next year. bring it!!!
8.1.10 - RAISED $550 FOR GULF VICTIMS
YES WE DID!!! We raised some good dough for those in need and we will do it again. The money we raised went directly to the following: South Louisiana in Lafourche, Plaquemines and Terrebonne Parishes.
Forthebayou.org is working with a variety of agencies for both humanitarian and environmental assistance in providing 100% of our money to: basic food needs, community assistance through mental and spiritual support, transportation assistance, school uniforms for children and developing long term job skills retraining.
Environmental money is going to purchasing special plants for wetland and dune restoration and for a temporary bird habitat set up in Grand Isle to lure birds away from oiled areas.
JAPAN TOUR IN THE WORKS:
Yes it is true we are planning a Fall Tour to Japan. We are very much looking forward to this opportunity and right now we have 5 gigs planned in and around Tokyo and will be working with our friends SOULIT from Tokyo. We will keep you posted...
7.15.10- SOULNOW.ORG IS HERE SOULNOW (Save Our Universal Language NOW) is a nonprofit organization that brings green technologies to compromised cultures in order to help preserve their musical heritage... Learn more here...5.10 - GREAT ALBUM REVIEWS
Thanks to our marketing partners Platform One for getting the word out. Here is another great review of our debut Album "SWEET NORTHERN CALIFORNIA..."
http://www.muzikreviews.com/reviews.php?ID=1158
5.10 - HIGH SIERRA MADNESS
20 years thanks Dave Margulies and everyone at High Sierra for making it such a great one. Can you say JeConte & the SLIP....Wowza!!! Check it out on YouTube... What a hit thanks to The Brothers Barr for such a great way to close out the festival...Also big Love to Tracorum, The Heavy Guilt, Sean Leahy, and the rest of the late night jams, yeah you know it...
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5.10 - JAZZAWOWZA
We had a grea time in Jazz Fest playing and hanging with Anders Osborne, Honey Island Swamp Band, Josh Clark & Friends, Eric McFadden, Wally Ingram, The Monophonics and many more...See ya next year fo sure, maybe even with a new Nawlins album in hand...Yeah You Right!!!
4.26 - JAZZ FEST HERE WE COME
JeConte will be heading down to New Orleans Jazz Fest and jumping around town with many great acts. Check out his facebook page to learn about up to the minute posts about where to go tro check out some great music...
4/2/10 - BACK TO EGYPT TOUR
JeConte, NEGMO, Asher Fulero, Derek Brooker & Ther Awadi Bros will take back Cairo in a great gig on the Nile...Check out Buto Beat for all the details...
2.22 - SXSW HERE WE COME
JeConte was selected out of 400+ bands to work with Platform One based on our new record 'Sweet Northern California.' We are headed to Austin Texas to play multiple showcase gigs and meet our new marketing partners. We will be playing on March 19th at 2PM at Molatov's and at 10PM at The Armadillo Fest.
12.4.09 - JeConte Tour of Egypt & Mali - Festival in The Desert Mali Africa
JeConte is off to play at the festival in the Desert and throughout Egypt in an Africa tour that will support JeConte's 'Search for the Soul' non-profit. Click here to learn more about this incredible journey...
11.02 - THE ALBUM IS HERE
It is official this week we will have the bound hard copy in hand and ready for distribution on the 6th. Looking forward to the ride... >>more info
'Sweet Northern California'
The album features: JeConte - Vox, Harmonica, Guitar Mattey Cohen - Vox, Guitar Lex Razon - Drums (Vinyl) Mike Sugar - Bass (JamBay)
10.28 - ALBUM RELEASED ON ITUNES
It is official people. You can buy the JeConte Album on iTunes. We are compiling the announcement email and about to send it out to all of you. Please buy the album . We know you will love it... Come on out to the CD Release party on Nov 6th...
10.6 - MASTERING SNC
It is official we are in the final throws of the album release. We are dropping off final mixes Today followed by mastered tunes in teh can this Friday... Yeah. We are soo looking forward to getting this music to ya... Stay tuned... The train is a coming...get on or get out of the way...
Much Love... - JeKontz
9.3 - FINISHING UP SNC
It is official we are in the final throws of the album release. One last fixer up session on Friday and also getting the lovely Miss Robin Comer to track her vocals and we are good to go. It has been a long time coming and a very difficult year. Really hope you like what we have done...
Much Love... - JeKontz
8.20 - THE GUESTS
The upcoming album 'Sweet Northern California' is Inspirational Northern California Rock 'n' Roll with a seductive soulful New Orleans Blues/Jazz/Funk influence. It will be coming out October, 2009, and has been recorded at Sugar Studios. The album features: JeConte - Vox, Harmonica, Guitar Matty Cohen - Vox, Guitar Lex Razon - Drums(Vinyl) Mike Sugar - Bass, Producing, Engineering(JamBay)
GUESTS: We are doing a last push here in August and getting the rest of these payers to come on into Sugar Studios. Steve and Chis are all set and we are getting everybody else in this last week here...should be a buys one indeed... Steve Adams(ALO)
Robin Coomer(LOOP!STATION)
Glenn Hartman (Klezmer Allstars)
Chris Haugen (Melvin Seals, Jambay)
Wally Ingram(Sheryl Crow)
Sean Leahy (Boomshanka)
Alan Williams (Manicato)
7.30 - THE ALBUM
JeConte will be releasing the upcoming album 'Sweet Northern California' this October, 2009. The album features JeConte on Harmonica/Vocals/Guitar, Mattey Cohen on Guitar/Vocals, Mike Sugar(JamBay) on Bass and Lex Razon(Vinyl) on Drums. The music is high vibrational Northern California Rock n Roll with a seductive New Orleans influence. The album also has a smattering a great special guests from Chris Haugen (Melvin Seals, Jambay), and Steve Adams(ALO) to Glenn Hartman(Klezmer Allstars) and Wally Ingram(Sheryl Crow), and many more...
"This recording process at Sugar Studios has been an inspiration and a gift and the performances captured reflect a raw emotion that reflects who we are and why we do what we do. There are times in Life when we get an opportunity to put our heart and soul into a project and it is when we do that the magic happens. This has been exactly what SNC i all about. We hope you like it..." - JeConte
7.15 - IN THE STUDIO
Have been in the studio with the full band on and off since the end of May and the record is coming along nicely. We are slated for a Fall release of the upcoming album 'Sweet Northern California.' Stay tuned and take a listen. We are recording at Sugar Studios in Inner Richmond and Mike Sugar is wearing all the hats from Producer, to Engineer to Bass player extraordinaire.
