Record Fantasy Camp - Monday 17th to Wednesday 19th
Todd Rundgren is playing at this event in Sacremento, CA for these three days and Kasim Sulton, Jesse Gress and Prairie Prince will be the "house band" for the period. There are a number of different events at different prices including a webcast.

Utopia MK II Reunion concerts - Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th
These two dates at the Highline Ballroom in New York City are benefit gigs to help raise money for former Utopia member Moogy Klingman's cancer treatment. Former bandmembers appearing include Todd Rundgren, Moogy Klingman, Kevin Ellman, Ralph Schuckett and John Siegler as well as Kasim.

More details about these events will be added soon.

(Prior to that Kasim Sulton - A Fan's View was open for almost two years.)

The annual analysis of Kasim Sulton's past year is below.

The Glen Burtnik's Xmas Xtravaganza is an annual event (this was the 20th one) which "benefits area food banks and other worthwhile charities." Each year Glen gets together a (large!) batch of musicians to perform either individually or as groups and Kasim joins in which ever year he is free. He was advertised to appear last year but was unable to get there due to a heavy fall of snow.

Click here for more details (including videos) about this gig.

(Apologies for the delay in posting for 4 flights across the Atlantic in 6 days made me sick for two weeks!)

Tickets to attend the gig (including a chance to chat to Kasim and his band) afterwards are $50.

The webcast will be available to view an unlimited number of times afterwards for 60 days for $19.95.

Click here for more details about this event and the link to purchase either package.

The concert tonight starts at the later time of 10pm. Click here to view the venue website and here to purchase tickets which cost $20 (plus taxes) General Admission.

This will be Kasim Sulton's first gig at this venue.

The concert tonight starts at 7.30pm. Click here to view the venue website and here to purchase tickets which cost about $55 after all the charges.

The website describes the venue as "The 11,000 square-foot facility with 5 tiered levels, large balconies, 7 bars, and comfortable booths is both beautiful and practical in design". It was built in the 1920s and opened in 1925 as the Park Lane Vaudeville Theater. It was converted to the Town Theater movie theater from 1935 through until the 1960s and then it converted to Park West (a night club) in the 1970s.

The last time that Kasim Sulton played at this venue was on 12th and 13th September 2009. Prior to that he played here on Thursday 24th April 2009, Monday 6th October 2008 and the first time was two concerts here in January 2008 (as the first one sold out quickly). All of these were with Todd Rundgren.

Kasim has played at The Abbey Pub several times over the past 9 years (since he re-started his solo career). His last performance here was on Saturday 15th May 2010. Prior to that gig he played here on Friday 16th October 2009, Thursday 12th March 2009, Friday 21st March 2008, Saturday 27th January 2007, Saturday 16th February 2002 and Friday 10th August 2001. Kasim usually gets his largest crowds in this city - last time there was a long queue outside so it's advisable to eat beforehand in the restaurant as those people are allowed into the venue first.

This is also one of the best venues that Kasim plays as it's a relaxed bar so you can sit where you like but there are tables where people can eat snacks too either just before or during the gig. After the show Kasim always makes an appearance either in the room itself or in the bar area opposite the room (but still within the same building) so remember to stay around to talk to him and get photos!

The concert starts at 8pm with doors opening at 7.30pm. The opening act is Ellis Clark.

Tickets are $25 on the door or $20 in advance (recommended) at this link. The venue is located at 3420 W Grace Street, Chicago, IL 60618-4215 (telephone 773-478-4408).

Click here for more info about this gig. This is a 21 and over only gig.

This venue originally opened in 1937 as the Gramercy Park Theatre and, until recently, was mainly a movie theater. (It was also the location shoot for The Fugees video Killing me Softly.) In April 2007 it re-opened as a Live Nations venue for music gigs. It also hanged it's name to The Blender Theatre at Gramercy, named after Blender magazine.

Kasim Sulton's first appearance at this venue was on 11th and 12th December 2007 and he also played here on 26th and 27th December 2008.

Click here to purchase tickets for this gig. Tickets are $47.20.50 to $74.50 (plus charges). Doors open at 7.00pm with the concert scheduled to start at 7.30pm.

The address of the venue is The Record Collector, 358 Farnsworth Ave
Bordentown, New Jersey, 08505. Doors open at 7.30pm and the show starts at 8pm but it is not clear from the website whether or not there is an opening act.

Tickets for the gig are available from this link at $19.26 in advance or are $20 on the door.

Click here to read it but in case it disappears at some point, it says:

"Bassist to the stars takes center stage at Record Collector
Friday, December 03, 2010
By Lisa Rich

Kasim Sulton

When: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow

Where: Bordentown Record Collector, 358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown

Admission: $15 in advance; (609) 394-0880

He's got a bass out of hell, so to speak.

Bassist Kasim Sulton hasn't garnered the solo spotlight during his musical career, but the acts he's backed up certainly have: Meat Loaf, Hall & Oates, the Indigo Girls, Utopia, and the list goes on.

Tomorrow night, you can catch him in a solo performance at the Bordentown Record Collector. He's not only a coveted sideman, but a singer-songwriter who incorporates touches of country and rock into his collection.

His vocals, tender and far-reaching, carry charisma that one would think he gained through professional training. He's toured with enough professionals to learn a few things "" but along the way he managed to come out with his own original sound.

Before going solo, Sulton played bass on Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" album (25 million copies sold). He may likely be better known for his work with Todd Rundgren's Utopia "" he was the lead singer on "Set Me Free" "" the group's only top 40 hit in the states.

His vocals still have it, smooth and soft as he goes from a simple melody to the big and shiny chorus.

Take his song "Yellow Cab," for example. The medley starts off with catchy keyboards playing in chopstick-fashion, with Sulton's voice maintaining a simple yet pitch-perfect delivery. Then, as the electric guitar enters, his focus goes to a radio-ready chorus as he belts, "In your slow burning arms hello new, dark Broadway baby. Yellow cab, can you take me under the bridge to where she's waiting?"

Check him out for free at (myspace.com/kasimsulton).

From there, you can sample his latest songs off "All Sides," but also older tunes including "Quid Pro Quo" (2002) and "The Bassment Tapes" (1993).

Before his big break with Utopia in 1976, Sulton started out as a piano player for Cherry Vanilla. It wasn't until Utopia came around that he really showed his stuff on bass.

The bass is an interesting instrument. Few bassists receive fame for their talent, though many bands wouldn't be the same without the steady and rhythmic pulse of the low strings.

But Sulton's bass skills indeed have led him down a road of collaboration with icons and legends.

His work with Meat Loaf led him to the collaboration of "Lights On," co-written with Thommy Price.

One work led to another.

His talent was good enough for Meat Loaf to bring him back "" this time to sing backing vocals with backing band Neverland Express "" on "Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell."

Since then, he's been an unofficial member of the band "" most recently he joined the group in 2008 for its "Casa de Carne" tour.

Additionally, he played bass in the pit orchestra for the Billy Joel musical, "Movin' Out," on Broadway.

So let's just say the man gets around, he knows his music, and he's respected and trusted by some of the time's biggest artists.

"

The address of the venue is 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 so is only about a 30 minute drive for Kasim (if there is little traffic). The venue is at the end of the main street in Hoboken and has a great view across the river of Manhattan just around the corner from it.

Maxwell's offers a varied menu. The club was opened in August 1978 originaly as a restaurant but soon they started booking bands there too. Between 1995 and 1998 there was an attempt to change it to a brewpub but it reopened as a music venue (with a restaurant) on 26th July 1998. Bands such as Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Buzzcocks, Blue Öyster Cult, The Pogues and Rufus Wainwright have all played at Maxwell's over the years. Parts of the music video for Bruce Springsteen's Glory Days were filmed at Maxwell's in 1985. In the 2005 Village Voice Best of NY poll, Maxwell's was voted "Best Reason to Leave the State for Dinner and a Show." However one criticism of the venue is that it is considered "dark". The venue holds about 200 people.

Doors to the gig tonight open at 6.30pm with the opening act, Laura Cheadle (who describes herself as "not just a thoughtful singer-songwriter, and not just a soulful funk diva, musician Laura Cheadle offers audiences a lively performance filled with upbeat introspection"), starting at 7.30pm. Kasim is expected to take the stage at about 8.30pm.

Tickets for this gig can be purchased from this link for $17 (recommended) or are $22 on the door.

Click here for more info about this gig.