Great Ideas! The Official Blog of Singer-Songwriter Christian Beach

A short, sweet review of Christian Beach’s self-titled CD appears in the August 2010 issue of Origivation Magazine. You can also check it out online here.

And if the review piques your interest, “Christian Beach” is available for purchase at CDBaby.com, iTunes and Amazon.com.

Christian Beach on New York Rocks (May 2010 Studio Show)

Here is video of Christian Beach, accompanied by Gorgo on mandolin and backing vocals, performing “Don’t Want to Be a Lonely Man” and “Taking It Real Slow” on New York Rocks (May 2010 Studio Show). To watch the full episode of the show, which includes a brief interview with Christian, visit http://vimeo.com/12519476.

Christian Beach will be among the acts on the bill for a Wishlist Foundation benefit show at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ, on April 10.

Christian will be appearing with headliners Heat as well as The WTF Band, James Fagan, Lisa Bouchelle and a reunited Sinopoli.

Tickets are just $15 and proceeds benefit Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness and The Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

This is an ALL AGES show (21 to drink in bar area). Doors open 5 p.m.

Here are the details from The Stone Pony web site:

A Global Benefit Hosted by The Wishlist Foundation

featuring one of the tri-state area’s hottest new rock acts

HEAT

also…

CHRISTIAN BEACH, LISA BOUCHELLE
SINOPOLI (REUNION!), JAMES FAGAN

Special late set with
THE WTF BAND (with Dennis Coughlin)

Donations: firstgiving.com/lisacressman
Raffle and auction items

Doors at 5 p.m.
Tickets: $15
ALL AGES ADMITTED

21 TO DRINK (IN BAR AREA)

myspace.com/classicheat
Proceeds benefit: Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness and The Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties

Cover of "This Album Kill Cancer"

A “lost” track by Christian Beach appears on “This Album Kills Cancer,” a 3-disc benefit album that has just been released by Lazlo at BlowUpRadio.com to help defray the medical costs of Future Kings of Nowhere’s Shayne Miel, who is currently fighting Stage IV lymphoma.

“Baby’s Back in Town,” a previously unreleased track from 2005, appears on Disc 2 of the 3-CD compilation, which also features The Future Kings of Nowhere, The English Beat, Cucumbers and many others.

More information about “This Album Kills Cancer”

Also, Christian Beach will be performing at a companion benefit show — This Concert Kills Cancer — that will be taking place at Buddies Tavern in Parlin, N.J., on Saturday, March 27, 7 p.m. Here are the details:

Saturday, March 27, 2010 – 7 p.m. – $10
THIS CONCERT KILLS CANCER
Buddies Tavern
277 Johnsons Lane
Parlin, NJ 08859
www.blowupradio.com

The last weekend of March will be a busy one for Christian Beach.

On Friday, March 26th, Christian will be appearing at Aleathea’s (7 Ocean St.) in Cape May, NJ, as part of the Singer-Songwriter Cape May Showcase. Doors open at 8 p.m.

The next night, Saturday, March 27th, Christian will be playing at Buddies Tavern (277 Johnsons Lane) in Parlin, NJ. The evening is a benefit show for Shayne Miel of The Future Kings of Nowhere, who is currently fighting Stage IV lymphoma. Doors open at 8 p.m.

And don’t forget…Christian will be performing Friday, February 19th, at Carley’s Ristorante & Piano Bar (204 Locust Street) in Harrisburg, PA, as part of the Millennium Music Conference & Showcase. Christian hits the stage at 10:15 p.m.

Millennium Music Conference - Harrisburg, PA - Feb. 18-21, 2010

Christian Beach will be performing at Carley’s Ristorante & Piano Bar (204 Locust Street) in Harrisburg, Pa., on Friday, February 19, 2010, at 10:15 p.m. The show is part of the 14th Annual Millennium Music Conference & Showcase taking place Feb. 18-21 at 30 venues throughout the Harrisburg area.

Friday, February 19, 2010 – 10:15 p.m.
MILLENNIUM MUSIC CONFERENCE & SHOWCASE
Carley’s Ristorante & Piano Bar
204 Locust Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(Google Map)

Jersey Beat’s Phil Rainone reviews the upcoming 2-CD tribute to Queen from Main Man Records, “Horse Feathers & Animal Crackers,” in his latest Pop Vulture column for the music fanzine.

Christian Beach’s dirge-style cover of Queen’s “All Dead, All Dead” is acknowledged in the review…

Several near-misses like little-known Queen cuts like “The Loser in the End” by JISM, “Fight From the Inside” by FourYearBeard, or “All Dead, All Dead” by Christian Beach actually serve as a backbone to this tribute album. Although pretty much unknown, you’re going to want to delve into the band’s catalog (iTunes is a good place to start), and dig out their originals.

Here’s a sample of Christian Beach’s cover of “All Dead, All Dead” from “Horse Feathers & Animal Crackers,” which is scheduled for a January 26 release and is available for pre-order now on MainManRecords.com.

Christian Beach – “All Dead, All Dead” (:45 sample)

It’s a little late, but Happy New Year!

Just wanted to pop in and let you all know that I have a show coming up at the Twisted Tree Cafe (609 Cookman Ave.) in Asbury Park, NJ, on Friday, January 29, 2010, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. I will be performing with the very talented Joe Whyte.

Hope to see you there!

Again, here are the details:

Friday, January 29, 2010 – 7 p.m.
TWISTED TREE CAFE
609 Cookman Ave.
Asbury Park, NJ
(Google Maps)
732-775-2633

"Horse Feathers & Animal Crackers - A Tribute to Queen," featuring Christian Beach's cover of "All Dead, All Dead," is available for pre-order now from Main Man Records.

Christian Beach’s dirge-style cover of Queen’s “All Dead, All Dead” (News of the World) will appear on the upcoming Main Man Records CD release, “Horse Feathers & Animal Crackers – A Tribute to Queen.”

The 2-disc compilation is now available for pre-order at MainManRecords.com.

“Horse Feathers & Animal Crackers” is scheduled to be released January 26.

To update an earlier post here on Great Ideas, Christian Beach’s self-titled CD came in at No. 23 on the Top 60 Albums of 2009 list compiled by the Lazlo’s Den Internet radio program at BlowUpRadio.com.

Lazlo played “Poet of the Great Plains” on the Dec. 29, 2009, edition of his program to represent the CD. The countdown continues with albums 20-11 tonight and concludes with a top 10 countdown on New Year’s Eve.

Lazlo’s Den airs Mondays through Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on BlowUpRadio.com and at 9 p.m. ET and 1 a.m. ET (replay) on ThePenguinRocks.com.