Subject: Courtney Marie Andrews

• Bounty Hunter: The (Shopping) Holy Grail at First Friday

  If you're looking for something different (read: not mass merchandised, made-in-China crap) for your sweetie, or Aunt Ida, or your boss, this is the last First Friday before Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa. Yes, the last one. Since First Friday can be a zoo, especially before major holidays, we've culled the offerings down to 5 hotspots you'll definitely want to visit in your quest to find the  Holy Grail of holiday shopping: The elusive "perfect" gift. [Insert angelic choir of "ahh's" here.

  December 5, 2008

• New Shows: Black Label Society Coming to PHX in April

  It's not often that a bassist leaving your band can make you somehow much more popular, but that's just what happened to Black Label Society. Of course the situation wasn't exactly normal, what with Robert Trujillo leaving the band to join The Beatles of Metal, Metallica. Soon after Bobby T left, the band fronted by Ozzy's old guitarist Zakk Wylde took off, with their shirts appearing everywhere at metal shows.So, anyway, that (hopefully) interesting aside our way of pointing out that BLS is com

  December 12, 2008

• Concert Calendar for This Weekend: Gilby Clarke, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Sarah Brightman, Agnostic Front, And More

  Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is scheduled to perform on Friday, December 19, at the Celebrity Theatre. As we get closer and closer to Christmas (just seven days to go), the number of regular concerts tends to dwindles off, and the number of holiday-themed performances increases substantially. Which means, if you're into carols and choral groups, then right now is truly the most wonderful time of the year. But for rock and hip-hop gigs? Eh, not so much. Still, there are a handful of noteworthy shows h

  December 18, 2008

• A Rundown of Today's Light Rail Celebrations (Both Official and Unofficial)

  Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers are scheduled to perform this afternoon at the "Destination Tempe" celebration at the Tempe Transportation Center."I hear the train a-comin'/It's rolling round the bend" -- Johnny Cash Plenty of partying is planned for today's long-awaited debut of the Valley Metro Light Rail system, with fetes and fiestas happening in both the east and west Valley. More than a dozen different celebrations (both official and unofficial) will occur, so to help make sense of all th

  December 27, 2008

• Andrew Bird, Franz Ferdinand, Bon Iver, and Courtney Marie Andrews are Just Some of What's Selling at Stinkweeds Record Exchange

  The phenomenally talented Andrew Bird. It sucks pretty hard that Tucson gets all the cool shows these days. Like Andrew Bird, who's making a stop in the Old Pueblo this Saturday to gig at the Rialto, but won't make a stop in Phoenix. This truly blows, since we've been digging on the talented singer/songwriter since we first saw him perform "Plasticities" on Letterman last year. Since our hectic schedule doesn't permit a five-hour round trip down to Southern Arizona, we'll have to console ourse

  February 11, 2009

• Peace Offering

  Phoenix neo-hippies play music that’s outta sight

  December 18, 2008

• Semper Lo-Fi

  June 26, 2008

• Stinkweeds Offers a Killer Comp of Local Music for Record Store Day

  The unique CD artwork for Phoenix: We Love It Just in case you weren't already enticed into participating in tomorrow's Record Store Day after reading Steve Jansen's and Michael Lopez's scribblings on the nationwide event (which celebrates the independent spirit of mom-and-pop music emporiums), we've got one more reason for you. And it's kinda teh awesome. Kimber Lanning and the kids down at Stinkweeds Record Exchange (12 W. Camelback Road, 602-248-9461) are putting out a special compilatio

  April 17, 2009

• Other People's Blogs: New Courtney Marie Andrews, Kings of Leon in Mesa Sold Out, Wilco Record Streaming, M.I.A. Not A Terrorist

  Electric Mustache: Courtney Marie Andrews Announces New AlbumSo Much Silence: Kings of Leon/The Walkmen on May 19 SOLD OUTRolling Stone: Wilco Streaming Entire New "Wilco (The Album)" On WebsiteIdolator: "Paste" Throws A Hail Mary PassPitchfork: M.I.A. Responds to Sri Lanka Terrorist Accusations Once AgainPitchfork: Ex-Shins Drummer to Open Taco Cart

  May 13, 2009

• The Sun Sessions: Courtney Marie Andrews Plays Lucinda Williams

  Jonathan McNamaraCourtney Marie Andrews Courtney Marie Andrews just graduated from high school last week, but the Raven-haired teen already has a second album being mixed by esteemed local producer River Jones. The folkie singer-songwriter also has a big tour coming up, including a show at Modified Arts' Summer Folk Festival on June 18.You know who else has a show coming up? "America's Best Songwriter," according to Time, Lucinda Williams, who comes to Mesa Arts Center Saturday.We were tickled t

  May 28, 2009

• May 28 In Blogs: Marcia Powell, The Offspring, Tracy Dempsey and More

  In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Medical Examiner Holds Marcia Powell's Remains as Fiduciary Seeks Next of Kin Up on the Sun: The Offspring Switched From Mesa Amp to Marquee Theatre The Sun Sessions: Courtney Marie Andrews Plays Lucinda Williams Chow Bella: Summer Beer Quest Week One Tracy Dempsey Set to Leave Cowboy Ciao

  May 28, 2009

• Michelle Blades Welcomes Your Sounds to Her Ukulele Improvisation

  June 18, 2009

• Courtney Marie Andrews Offers Free Mp3 From New Album

  Local folk standout Courtney Marie Andrews has made a song from her new album -- which will be availible July 31. "The Buffalo and the Bird" is one of a few songs I really like on her sophomore effort, Painters Hand and Seventh Son, so be sure to check it out. You might also want to check out Courtney's take on Lucinda Williams' "Right In Time" for The Sun Sessions.Download "The Buffalo and the Bird."Hat tip to Electric Mustache.

  July 1, 2009

• Courtney Marie Andrews Gives a Glimpse into a Teen Girl’s World

  July 30, 2009

• Courtney Marie Andrews: You Asked For It

  ​ Courtney Marie Andrews Painter's Hands and a Seventh Son (River Jones Music Label) Grade: B Legend has it that Courtney Marie Andrews first tried her hand at songwriting when only 13 years old. Now 18, under the tutelage of River Jones and his music label Andrews has released two full-length albums including her newest, Painter's Hands and a Seventh Son. Painter's is the work of a teenage girl with some noticeable vocal chops. Andrews has the wholesome and straining vibrato of a siren, a

  September 1, 2009

• Incoming: E-40, MDC, Big D and the Kids Table, Joe Firstman, and More

  E-40 is scheduled to perform on November 14 at the Venue of Scottsdale.​This week's crop of just announced concerts are quite diverse, to say the least. Not only will blues-rock legends like Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Kim Wilson be making a stop at the Rhythm Room in the coming weeks, but hip-hop superstar E-40 (a.k.a. the "Ambassador of the Bay Area" and the cat who introduced "ghost riding the whip" into the national consciousness) hits up the Venue of Scottsdale next month. East Phoenix punk

  October 12, 2009

• Scare City: What To Do and Where To Go on Halloween

  October 22, 2009

• Mill Ave Hosts Halloween Music Fest

  Sydney Sprague​Tempe's Mill Avenue, the Phoenix area's biggest Halloween destination, is kicking things up a bit this year. Local promoter VIP Events is putting together the "1st Annual Mill Avenue Halloween Music Festival" to benefit the St. Mary's Food Bank on SaturdayThe show, which features local singer-songwriters Sydney Sprague and Courtney Marie Andrews and Mary Hoffman along with Poem, Manufactured Defects and more will, incongruously, be MCed by country radio DJs Tim and Willy of KMLE

  October 26, 2009

• Incoming: 311, Badfish, Bowerbirds, Eyehategod

  ​Did you miss Phish's festival in Indio, California last weekend but just really, really want to be at a show where everyone is high? You're in luck, as 311 comes to The Marquee on Dec. 10. If smack is more your speed there's also a Sublime cover band coming through as part of this week's announcements. Read on.

  November 2, 2009