Coming to a City Near You: Kev Choice Joins Souls Of Mischief’s 50 City ‘Still Infinity’ Tour

In celebration of their 20th anniversary, Souls of Mischief (Tajai, Opio, Phesto and A-Plus) are going on a national 50 city Still Infinity Tour starting in Nebraska on June 18th. Souls will tour with a 7- piece live band under the musical direction of Kev Choice, and perform the entire album from beginning to end plus rare cuts and new tracks.  We’re excited to announce that Kev will be doing double-duty as opening act for the tour. You can look forward to him performing an opening set (solo) of his own material when he comes to a city near you!

Still Infinity Tour Dates:

Purchase tickets at www.stillinfinity.com

6/18 Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
6/19 Madison, WI @ Majestic Live
6/20 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
6/21 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
6/22 Rock Island, IL @ The Rock Island Brewing Co.
6/23 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
6/24 Columbus, OH @ The Basement
6/25 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Stache
6/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
6/28 Patucket, RI @ The Met
6/29 Edgartown, MA @ Flatbread Company
6/30 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
7/03 New York, NY @ SOBs
7/05 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
7/09 Baltimore, MD @ Sound Stage
7/11 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
7/12 Virginia Beach, VA @Jewish Mother
7/13 Raleigh, NC @The Pour House Music Hall
7/14 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
7/15 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
7/17 Winston Salem, NC @ Ziggys
7/18 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
7/19 Charleston, SC @ The Pour House
7/20 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
7/25 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
7/26 Orlando, FL @ The Social
7/27 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
7/28 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
7/30 Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s
7/31 New Orleans, LA @ Hi Ho Lounge
8/01 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
8/02 Austin, TX @ Red 7
8/03 Dallas, TX @ Trees
8/04 El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
8/06 Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater
8/07 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up
8/08 Fort Collins, CO @ Hodi’s Half Note
8/09 Denver, CO @ Casselman’s
8/10 Durango, CO @ Animas City Theatre
8/12 Alburqurque, NM @ Sister Bar
8/13 Flagstaff, AZ @ Green Room
8/14 Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red
8/15 Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
8/16 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
8/22 Vancouver, BC @ Venue Night Club
8/23 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Cafe
8/24 – 8/25 Eugene, OR @ Kaleidoscope Festival
9/02 Oakland, CA Hiero Day 2013 @ TBA Venue

The Still Infinity Tour will culminate for the hometown show at Hiero Day, which will take place at a TBA venue. It promises to be epic.  Check out the video (below) of the inaugural Hiero Day where thousands of fans gathered last year to celebrate Oakland’s Hip-Hop legends Hieroglyphics on a day filled with music, art, food and Hip-Hop culture.

Follow Kev Choice on Twitter @KevChoice and Souls Of Mischief at @SOMHiero for Still Infinity tour tweets.

Event – MAKING THE BAND: Kev Choice Joins Souls of Mischief as Musical Director & Keyboardist for Live Band Debut at the Paid Dues Festival in San Bernardino, CA – Today!

Murs 3:16 and Guerilla Union present
2013 PAID DUES INDEPENDENT HIP HOP FESTIVAL

Saturday, March 30, 2013
Doors 12:00 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
General Admission is $76-$186
This event is all ages

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VENUE INFORMATION:
San Manuel Amphitheater
2575 Glen Helen Pkwy
San Bernardino, CA 92407

LINKS:
Paid Dues Festival
Souls of Mischief
San Manuel Amphitheater

WATCH: Souls Of Mischief – “93 Til’ Infinity“

At this year’s Paid Dues Festival, Souls of Mischief (A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai) headlines the Monster Energy Stage (9:30-10:30 p.m.) and will make history by being backed by a LIVE BAND for the FIRST TIME ever.  SOM will be performing classic songs from their catalogue while highlighting the already prevalent musical influences of the group’s style, ranging from classic jazz and soul samples.

READ: The Many Sounds Of 1993 Bay Area Rap (NPR)

The SOM band will be under the musical direction of Kev Choice who has served as Musical Director and Keyboarist for Lauryn Hill and has played as sideman with the likes of The Coup (current), Too $hort (current), DJ Quick, Dwele, Goapele, Zion I and more.

SOM/BAND:
Emcees – A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai
Musical Director/Keyboardist – Kev Choice
Drums – DJ Toure
Bass – Scott Thompson
Guitar – B’nai Rebelfront
Saxophone/Flute – Marcus Stephens
Trumpet – Henry Hung
DJ – DJ Lex

Watch Kev Choice Playing Keys with The Coup on Last Call with Carson Daly — Airs on Wed. 3/20 & Fri. 3/22!

Many of you have probably noticed by now that Kev Choice has been performing live with Oakland’s The Coup as the band’s keyboardist.  On March 13th, The Coup embarked on an eventful — and literally lively — journey to Austin, Texas to play six scheduled shows for their SXSW debut. The first of these shows was Last Call with Carson Daly‘s SXSW Showcase, “this year emphasizing rock bands that have not made their television debuts” as reported by Billboard Magazine.

WATCH: Carson Daly on the Last Call Showcase – SXSW (Video)

The pre-taped on-location musical performance — also The Coup’s television debut — airs Wed. March 20th and Friday March 22nd.  Kev will hit the road with The Coup in April for their highly anticipated European Spring Tour.

The Coup on Last Call with Carson Daly airs on weeknights on NBC at 1:35 a.m. / 12:35 a.m. Central.

Daily Dosage: Euro Edition #12 – Kev Choice – “Give It Up” Live at The Trinity Centre, Bristol (Video)

Kev Choice rocking and getting the crowd hype with his opening song, “Give It Up,” live at The Trinity Centre in Bristol, England.

Daily Dosage: Euro Edition #11 – Kev Choice – “Kill That/Blues Piano Interlude” Live at Mains-D’Oeuvres in Saint-Ouen, France (Video)

In this video, I bust into a blues interlude coming out of the song “Kill That.”  This footage was shot live at Mains-D’Oeuvres in Saint-Ouen, which is located right outside of Paris.  The journey continues on tour as opener and keyboardist for The Coup’s Sorry To Bother You European tour.

Daily Dosage: Euro Edition #10 – Kev Choice – “Brussels Hustle” (Free Download)

While chilling in Brussels, I asked the promoter what music was from Brussels.  He told me something about “New Beat,” a style of house/techno that came from Belgium in the 80′s.  I looked it up and came across this song “Phantasia Forever” by Belgian techno musician, Praga Khan.  I liked the synth intro so I took it and flipped it!

Daily Dosage: Euro Edition #9 – Kev Choice – “Parisian Dawns” Feat. Emilie Lesbros (Free Download)

Missed a day of Daily Dosage yesterday due to technical problems at hotel in Holland, so today will be a DOUBLE DAILY DOSAGE DAY!!

Was at a club the other night, that didn”t start til 4am!!  They were rocking to a lot of dub step, techno, and house music.  That Euro vibe starting to sink in on me.  Had me thinking about making music to make people DANCE!!  Then, an adventurous night in the streets of Paris lead to this creation. I linked up with French vocalist/instrumentalist Emilie Lesbros, laid a beat and just let creative juices flow as the sun rose in Paris. The beat started off in one direction and I actually took it to a whole nother place.

Heres #1.

Daily Dosage: Euro Edition #8 – Kev Choice – “Windows” (Free Download)

Been taking long drives through France and Holland so far on tour. Looking out the window at everything from countrysides to inner cities to suburbia.  Also looking out my hotel window, seeing new environments, recognizing the similarities and differences between these places and back home.  Realizing the world is just full of people, trying to survive in their daily lives, and find a little sunshine.

I made this instrumental with those thoughts in mind, a cool sample and I added some drums, piano, and strings.  I made this beat while in Holland, and originally came across the song from this Dutch singer, Henny Vonk.  The version I sampled is from Dionne Warwick’s version, “Windows of The World.”

Daily Dosage: Euro Edition #7 – Kev Choice – “Good As Gold” (Free Download)

After talking to one of the opening act M.C.’s in Nijmegen, Holland, and realizing that a lot of the venues we were playing at in Europe the DJs were spinning mainly old school hip-hop, it had me reflecting on the Golden Era of hip-hop and how much it had impacted the world and still does so today. The art of sampling, digging, finding drum breaks, and spittin hard, clever rhymes, is still very much respected in Europe, almost more so than in the States.  A Lot of artists who are long forgotten in the states still are revered in Europe and some can still make money touring here. It just had me thinking about the Golden Era of Rap, late 80′s to mid 90′s, when there was consciousness and a certain respect of the skill level heavily present in Hip-Hop.  So I found a classic drum loop, chopped up a sample, and just spit, Old School style.

Daily Dosage: Euro Edition #6 – Kev Choice – “My Life” Live at Le Periscope in Lyon, France

Had to take advantage of the Grand Piano at this cool venue, “Le Periscope,” in Lyon, France.  Saw the piano in the back at soundcheck and was like, “y’all gotta pull that out for my set!!”  Always love any opportunity to sit down at a real piano, especially when I get a chance to rhyme as well. The people weren’t expecting it, but I think they appreciated it.