Django Centennial !

We Frenchmen keeping the vurdon rolling in celebration of Django Reinhardt's one hundredth birthday  this Friday February 5 in Lexington with an 8pm show at Natasha's.

In January we performed on WNKU FM's Music With Brian O'D, at Xavier University's Masters of Swing concert series, a Midday Music in Oxford concert, and in Lexington for WUKY's "Heard It Thru the Grapevine."

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Tink's Mondays

We're in our eighth year of Monday residency at Tink's Cafe in Clifton.  Hear us weekly from 6:30-9pm. Great food, Gypsamerican jazz, rarely an authentic Frenchman or gypsy within miles, and you never know when Lee Konitz, Mayor Mallory, Joe Lukasik, Kathleen Sebelius, Melodica Virtuoso Steve Schmidt, or self-espoused harmonica legend Jim Tarbell will pop in. 

Tink's is at 3410 Telford Avenue, just off Ludlow Avenue near Graeter's and the Esquire Theatre.  See Tink's menu at www.tinkscafe.com. 

Reservations at (513) 961-6500

Our Psychedelic Psyster Troubadour Dali is at Tink's every Thursday, 6:30-9pm, featuring Frenchies Don Aren and Brian Lovely and ever-immaculately chapeaued vocaliste Annette Shepherd.

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Frenchmen CDs

Our latest CD, Oblivion, received a Cincinnati Entertainment Awards  nomination in the "Album of the Year" category.  Seven of Oblivion's eleven tracks are original Frenchmen compositions.  Available for online purchase or download here.

Our first CD features the eclectic mix of 30's jazz, pop gems, and cartoon music our fans and friends know from our live performances.  Available  online here.

Both discs are also available in Cincinnati area stores including Shake It Records in Northside, Everybody's Records in Pleasant Ridge, Joseph Beth Booksellers, Borders Tri-County, Barnes & Noble stores at Kenwood, Newport on the Levee and West Chester, and at Tink's Cafe in Clifton and all of our live shows.  Thanks to Greg Hauser for his assistance and unparalleled tire maintenance.  We're also available for download on iTunes and Rhapsody.

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WoodSongs

Our January '09 appearance on Michael Johnathon's "Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour" with the Katie Penn Band is now airing on public television stations across the country.  Woodsongs is heard on nearly 500 radio stations worldwide and is telecast across the U.S. on public television stations.  

Watch the show online here;  Ours is show number 513.

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The Jazz Half

Hear a new interview with Brian, George and Don at The Jazz Half, a swingin' website/newsletter chronicling Cincinnati's jazz scene.

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Me and Paul and Our

MySpace

   At our Patterson-pimped Myspace site you can hear our music, gawk at Michael Wilson Faux-toes, read George's blog, and ponder why so many people spend so much time on their computers. 

Xavier's Masters of Swing

Concerts

Each year the Xavier University Masters of Swing series  presents seven regional and national swing and jazz performers of the highest order.  Emphasis is on mainstream swing, big band, and traditional jazz.  To learn more about this series and be added to their (ground) mailing list, email your name and address to huber@xavier.edu.

More on the Masters of Swing series at: http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100042&sid=153014

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The Guys (and Girls) Get

 Shirts

Cathryn Lovely's cover design from our first CD (she also designed our "Oblivion" cover) is available on a swellegant t-shirt, in men's and women's styles and sizes in black or white.  Available wherever Faux Frenchmen are found.