LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Traveler’s Dream, a West Lafayette based folk music duo, will perform a holiday concert and host a CD release party on December 19 at 7:00pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church 333 Meridian Street in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Traveler's Dream (Michael Lewis and Denise Wilson)

The concert will feature music from the duo’s new CD entitled Cold Blows the Day: Songs and Carols of the Winter Season. Rich vocal harmonies and various combinations of guitar, Irish flute, mandolin, concertina, bouzouki, and tin whistle will capture the spirit of holiday musical traditions from the Celtic lands, England and France. Classic favorites rooted in Old World Europe include I Saw Three Ships, Good King Wenceslas, and Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella.

The concert will also feature some of Michael Lewis’ original songs from Cold Blows the Day. His poetic lyrics will strike a chord with everyone who shares his love of midwestern winter landscapes and his appreciation of the magical qualities of the winter season.

Several guest musicians will join Traveler’s Dream in making this a festive and memorable holiday event. Warm wassail and seasonal treats will be shared at a reception following the concert.

Tickets are $8.00 for adults, children 14 and under are free. Copies of the CD will be available for purchase at the concert and may also be purchased directly from their Web site.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Bringing their unique mix of Mongolian folk and alternative country music, the Beijing-based band Hanggai, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, in Purdue Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse.

Hanggai, a folk band comprised of ethnic Mongolians, is captivating the Beijing music scene with its innovative blend of traditional Mongolian music with a contemporary feel.

The event is presented by Purdue Convocations in partnership with the Confucius Institute at Purdue University.

While China’s capital may seem an unlikely place for a Mongolian folk revival, Hanggai (pronounced HAHNG-guy), a folk band comprised of ethnic Mongolians, is captivating Beijing’s music scene with its innovative blend of traditional Mongolian music with a contemporary feel. Led by a singer Ilchi, the former lead singer for the punk band T9, the band members dress like men of the Mongolian steppes and perform on traditional instruments, such as the morin khuur, a horse-head fiddle, and the tobshuur, a two-stringed lute. Their music also features hoomei, an age-old traditional Mongolian throat-singing technique.

Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for children 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices at 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster outlets. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more can be ordered at 765-496-1977.

Initiated in 1902, Purdue Convocations is among the oldest collegiate professional performing arts presenters in the United States. Each year, Convocations offers the region 30 to 40 performances of widely varying genres: Broadway-style shows, theater, dance, children’s theater, world music, jazz, and chamber music, along with rock, pop, country and comedy attractions. With a vision for connecting artists and audiences in artistic dialogue and for drawing in academic discourse, Purdue Convocations aims to promote frequent exposure to and familiarity with human cultural expression in a multitude of forms and media.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, — The Taste of Tippecanoe is accepting press kits and promotional material from musicians for the 28th Taste of Tippecanoe until September 30, 2008. The Taste of Tippecanoe is the annual fundraising event for the Tippecanoe Arts Federation. Proceeds from the Taste benefit over 100 arts and cultural organizations in fourteen counties in North Central Indiana.

The Taste will be held on June 20, 2009. The annual street festival highlights various genres of music and draws tens of thousands of people each year. Musicians, bands, etc. that have an interest in performing at the 2009 Taste, should submit a press kit (recording, photo if possible, a short biography and references) to:

Taste of Tippecanoe
638 North Street
Lafayette, IN 47901
Attn: 2009 Bands

A selection process will take place in October and musicians will be notified by October 31st.