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Saturday Songwriter Sessions

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The Hill Street Cafe, 524 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside

Join Glen Hernandez, Willowspring (Vicky Tarr Jans & Diane), Breakfast Wine (Renee Azzari and Nathan Conn), and Corrina Carter for some original music and fun in the relaxed atmosphere of the Hill Street Cafe. Enjoy the music, along with great organic food, refreshing beverages, or a glass of wine, cider, or beer, and if you're so inclined, join in by playing provided percussion instruments, singing along, or just tapping your feet! The fun is free!

Oct15

The Living Tradition

The Downtown Anaheim Community Center, 250 E Center Street, Anaheim, CA

Beginning at 7:30pm, Corrina Carter will be playing a full set. If you don't already have a copy of her "Lady in the Moon" CD, this would be a good time to pick one up. Come down to this beautiful OC venue. Tickets are $16 (kids under 18 are free with each paid adult. How cool is that?). There is also free parking.

Opening for Jeni and Billy you will be transported to the Appalachian coal country.

Presented by The Living Tradition, a non-profit organization working to support and preserve traditional music and dance in Southern California.

http://www.thelivingtradition.org/tltbodyconcerts.html

Singer Songwriter Salon

*Exact location given upon ticket purchase, Los Angeles

In the spirit of promoting arts advocacy and creating inspiration and community through the art of live music

Reall Sweet Jazz productions presents:

...an autumn afternoon of ambiance and eclectic original music, rare covers and a touch of jazz. Host Jean Camille Bianic will delight you with his vintage, french, art deco collection of furniture and objects of interest...

Music will consist of 4 - 20 minute sets featuring:

Home Grown Southern California Minstrel - Jo Nita Beede

LA Singer/Guitarist - Corrina Carter

LA native, pianist, composer, songwriter - Karen Hammack

and a touch of Reall Sweet Jazz ala Maryanne

Limited seating $20, includes light refreshments, purchase Exact location given upon ticket purchase

Your ticket purchase supports the art of live music & we thank you

LEAF Harvest Music Festival

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Stone Garden, Mission and Mowrey, Fremont, CA

Outdoor music with four bands, BBQ picnic. Location and TIX require ADVANCED RSVP. More info to come. Featuring Sandi & the Rockerfellers (Colfax CA), Bettman & Halpin (Denver CO), Corrina Carter (Covina, CA), Tim Fleming (South Pasdadena, CA), Michael McNevin & The Spokes w/ Patrick McClellan and others. — with Corrina Carter, Stephanie Bettman, Luke Halpin, Skip Snyder, Bob Nelson, Sandi Perron-Snyder, Tim Fleming and Patrick McClellan.

The DasBrew Tasting Room

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The DasBrew Tasting Room, 44356 South Grimmer Blvd, Fremont, CA

Come out for an afternoon of Das Brew bliss in south Fremont. Michael McNevin, Corrina Carter, Tim Fleming, and Patrick McClellan will be playing at "The DasBrew Tasting Room". It'll be casual and fun. Das Brew is an award winning craft brewery in the industrial area of Grimmer Blvd. Very comfy bar, regulars sit in and out at cafe tables and couches, a couple TVs, feels like you're on a Baja beach, but instead of the ocean you look out on a beautiful grey parking lot. Nice people and GREAT beer. They'll also be pouring the beer at our 9/11 LEAF Harvest Music Festival in Niles! http://www.dasbrewinc.com

Aug25

Levitt Pavilion

Levitt Pavilion at Memorial Park, 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena, CA

Free concert, August 25th, at the fabulous Levitt Pavilion, an outdoor venue, located in the center of Memorial Park in Pasadena (a convenient Gold Line stop). Starting at 6:00pm, on the side stage, Corrina Carter will be playing a full set, including many songs from her debut album, "Lady in the Moon".

On the main stage will be Marley’s Ghost, nothing less than a national treasure, the capable inheritors of the archetypal Americana blueprint drawn up by The Band.

Bring lawn chairs and have a picnic under the stars.

http://www.levittpavilionpasadena.org

Jun18

Corrina Carter

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The Fret House, 309 N Citrus Ave,, Covina

Corrina Carter has been finding wonderful and amazing songs and interpreting them and sharing them for 40 years. Much of that selecting and honing was done here at the Fret House. So we are very happy to have Corrina playing this “Underground CD release show” here where she first played so many of these songs. Come join us for a very special evening.

May11

Wine & Song

Arroyo Seco, South Pasadena

The fun starts at 7pm. $15 table seating, $10 general admission. Arroyo Seco Grill has food, wine, and full bar. Or bring your own bottle for a $10 corkage fee. Kitchen is open until 8:30. Come early and join Brad, Mike, Nathan and Gary Pia for a rocking round of par-3 golf. Meet us on the 1st tee box at 5pm.

Mar19

Official CD release show with full band and probably cake! Assorted drinks and other desserts available for purchase at the coffee bar. Let's celebrate my first record together!

See y'all there,

Corrina

When Saturday, March 19, 2016 from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM (PDT) - Add to Calendar . WhereThe Coffee Gallery Backstage - 2029 N Lake Ave, Altadena, CA 91001 -

"Music Emerging" Livestream 4/5 11 a.m. 

 Hi All, 

Checking in with some "live" music news.  First though, I hope everyone is doing ok during this time of physical distancing and isolation.  Thanks to Facebook, Zoom, etc. we don't have to stay socially distant while life as we know it has turned upside down.  It's been hard on music lovers who attend live shows, and the artists who perform them.  I've been tuning in to FB live shows to support some of the musicians whose livelihoods depend on touring and running music venues.

I was scheduled to be a guest on Cynthia Brando's “Music Emerging” livestream show from her home,  but like every other live music event, we've had to get creative with the "live" part.  So this Sunday I'm sharing a few songs from my record, “Lady in the Moon” and will talk a little about playing music in the Los Angeles area.  I'll be reading the live comments so if you have a question for me I can answer by text on the feed.  Also on the show will be award winning singer songwriter, Ric Taylor. Hope you can tune in, Sunday, 4/5  11 a.m.  

Follow this link--> Music Emerging Live Stream

I’ll be returning on a future show when Cynthia and I can visit live and in person. 

Take Care, 

Love, Corrina 

 

“Solar System”, opens my 2016 “Lady in the Moon” record. 

Greetings, 

Checking in for a little music talk, and show reminder. 
This song grabbed my attention years ago, and it, “Solar System”, opens my 2016 “Lady in the Moon” cd. Thought you might like to hear the wonderful songwriter Bill Mallonee doing the version that literally stopped me in my tracks when I saw him live. 
We tried to make my studio recording of it “wide and spacey”, 
??? ......I’ll be doing it, just me and a guitar at The Fret House show in Covina, CA this Saturday night. 3/30/19 Please consider this a personal invitation to everyone on my fan site, and beyond, to join me as I co-bill with local singer songwriter Jeannie Willets. 


Jeannie Willets Fan Page 

Take Good Care, Listen Live, and often! 

Corrina 

P.S.—- FYI....My CD is available here: Buy some music!

 

Bill Mallonee - Solar System

Lady in the Moon 

Well here it is, the new website, with all the updated information to keep track of what I'm up to, where I'm playing, and how to order my new CD "Lady in the Moon". 
I will try and write something as often as I can;  my idea is to take a song each time, and talk about why I chose to include it on the record. 

Let me begin by saying that I do not consider myself a songwriter, which is why there are no songs on the album written by me.  I am however part of a songwriting community that I adore and who are so generous to share their songs with me.  Usually I'll be out listening to music and stumble upon a song that I feel like I can wrap my heart around; and wait to see if it continues to take root, . 

I'll begin with "Lady in the Moon"; the title cut.  I knew that one day I would record it;  way back 30 years ago, I knew.  That was when I first heard it from the songwriter, my friend, Ray De La Paz, who had a love for melodic Paul McCartney songs.  I always loved singing it with him; and when the harmony kicked in on the chorus, I felt like this was a song written just for me and filed it under: "songs I would love to record". 

Well in those days I was a pretty new guitar player and the chords he used were way out of my 'folky songs of the day', wheelhouse, so for many years I was content with the special treat of singing it together at parties we both attended.  As time went on and I improved on guitar, I knew I needed to have it in my back pocket;  and I was not about to lose track of this song!  Kids, family, life; the times of running into Ray were few and far between as things got busier for both of us and eventually I lost track of him. 

I was however in touch with a mutual friend who knew how to play it and agreed to show me; so I could write out the structure of these elusive chords.  For years I was missing two chords in the chorus; Ray unfortunately passed away in 2011 and in the meantime I  lost track of our mutual friend. 

Enter the age of Facebook and reconnecting with my last hope to the missing chords for "Lady in the Moon".  To this day I don't know their names....but I can play 'em, and I still have the scribbling of the chord shapes from the 80's where the journey began. 

Before computers and search engines, this is how it was done, and the collection of such material was my lifeline for hanging on to a precious song that naturally fit as the title for the album, Lady in the Moon.  Rest in peace, Ray,  I'll take good care of "her". 

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