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Landau’s Graduation Ceremony in Logan, West Virginia

May 19, 2022 by Admin

Landau’s Got Talent (and a diploma)!

Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. was among the graduates at Tuesday night’s West Virginia Adult Education High School Equivalency Graduation Commencement.

Landau has been a spokesman for adult education in WV this past year appearing on billboards and other advertisements.

The event was in was held in the Savas Kostas Performing Arts Center at Southern WV Community & Technical College Tuesday evening.

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Landau Set to Play for Return of Famous Sternwheel Regatta

April 26, 2022 by Admin

Team Landau is thrilled to play a part in welcoming back Charleston, West Virginia’s iconic Sternwheel Regatta concert series. For decades the Regatta has served as a symbol of the incredible talent that has built up Charleston’s sensational riverfront concert venue, the boat is finally making its return this Summer.

Landau will be performing on July 3rd for the Sunday Brunch session of the late June-early July concert series!

“The public support for the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta has been overwhelming. Folks throughout the region, and some that have traveled in for Regatta’s past, have been asking for this event to come back since the day I took office,” said Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin. “The programming for this year represents a great balance of old favorites and new, soon-to-be favorites.”

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WV Governor’s Inauguration

January 11, 2017 by Admin

West Virginia’s own Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., the winner of NBC TV’s America’s Got Talent and Columbia Records recording artist, will be performing at the Governor’s official Inauguration festivities Monday night January 16th at the The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Murphy will close the evening with a special up close and intimate performance in the Greenbrier Casino.

Tickets and more information are available at www.inaugurationwv.com. This will mark Landau’s second inaugural performance; four years ago, he performed for Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and guests at the Culture Center at the State Capitol Complex.

Murphy, whose new album was released last month, wrapped up his annual holiday tour ringing in 2017 with a sold out New Years Eve performance with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston December 31st. His special guest for the West Virginia Inaugural festivities will be Postmodern Jukebox vocalist Maiya Sykes. The Los Angeles based vocalist was also a member of “Team Pharrell” on season seven of NBC TV’s The Voice in 2014.

Landau has maintained close ties to his home state, and continues to live in his hometown, the City of Logan West Virginia, and tour out of Charleston with his West Virginia-based Landau Big Band. This past summer, his CD single “Come Home To West Virginia” hit the Top 10 on the ITunes Jazz Chart.

Murphy said he’s looking forward to performing songs from his brand new album for the Governor and his guests, and added: “It’s a real honor for the band and me to be asked to perform for the Governor’s Inauguration, and at a beautiful location like The Greenbrier. I’m very proud to be from West Virginia, and I tell people all over the world when I’m on tour about how great our state and it’s people are. I’d especially like to thank David Dodd, Corey Warlick, Governor-elect Jim Justice and everyone involved for the invitation. Now, let’s get ready to have some fun!”

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“Little Jimmy Dickens” tribute concert at WV Music HoF

January 10, 2017 by Admin

“Little” Jimmy Dickens

Landau has been added as a special guest star at the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame tribute concert to Country Music Hall of Famer and West Virginia native “Little” Jimmy Dickens. The unique music event is this Friday night January 13th at Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg, West Virginia.

Tickets and more information are available HERE

Landau will be joined at the Dicken’s tribute concert by Mountain Stage radio host Larry Groce, Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys, The Carpenter Ants, Julie Adams, John Lilly and others.

Born and raised in Bolt, Raleigh County, “Little” Jimmy Dickens, who was 4’11” tall, was a permanent member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1949, and his name became synonymous with that musical institution. For many years, he performed as many 300 nights a year, and, in 1964, became the first country music star to circle the world on a tour. Dickens charted hits in every decade from the 1940s to the 1970s. Thanks to the support of fellow West Virginian Brad Paisley who featured his diminutive friend in several popular music videos, Dickens’ music reached a whole new generation of listeners. Dickens was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983 and was in the first class of inductees into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
Dicken’s last Opry performance was December 20, 2014, four days after his 94th birthday. He passed away just two weeks later on January 2, 2015. In the words of fellow Country Music Hall of Famer and WV Music Hall of Famer Connie Smith, “Jimmy Dickens was the essence of country music and the heart of the Grand Ole Opry.”

Landau has contributed a cover of Dicken’s biggest hit “May The Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose” to a tribute album scheduled for release in Spring 2017.

Friday’s “Little” Jimmy Dickens tribute concert is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.

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Landau Comes Home To West Virginia October 1st, 2nd and 3rd

September 18, 2015 by Admin

Landau Comes Home To West Virginia October 1st, 2nd and 3rd

America’s Got Talent Winner honored with Spirit of Coalfields Award at Tamarack October 1st, performs special Rocket Boys Festival concert in Beckley Oct. 2nd and Landes Arts Center fundraiser in Petersburg October 3rd

Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., the dreadlocked classic crooner vocalist who won season six of NBC Television’s America’s Got Talent, a one million dollar grand prize, and a Columbia Records contract, has spent most of 2015 on a nationwide sold-out tour that has taken him from New York City to California and all points in between. And before the year is out, he’ll be in Miami, Minnesota, Maryland, Boston, back to the Big Apple, Hollywood for an official Sinatra family event, and headlining a Christmas tour of the Northeast. So he’s happy to be back home in Southern West Virginia October 1st and 2nd in Beckley, just a quick trip over the mountains from his home in Logan.

First up, Landau will be honored as this year’s winner of the Spirit of Coalfields Award as part of the 2015 Miner’s Celebration event Thursday October 1st at Tamarack. Miners, community members, and others connected with the state’s coal mining industry will gather at Tamarack for a gala reception and dinner to celebrate the past, present and future of West Virginia’s coal mining enterprise, and to recognize those who play a role in it’s success.

Murphy grew up in the heart of the coalfields in a coal mining family; both his father and grandfather were miners. “I’m proud of our miners past and present and how hard they work for their families. I have lots of personal friends who are miners, and I’m humbled to even be in the same room as these great men and women.”

The Miner’s Celebration gala will begin at 5:00 p.m. with a free reception in the Tamarack atrium. The dinner and awards ceremony, which require a ticket, will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the ballroom. Tickets for the dinner and awards ceremony are $50 per person. To purchase tickets, call 304-696-4029 or e-mail spradlin13@marshall.edu.

At the Miner’s Celebration, best-selling author Homer Hickam will also present the Homer Hickam Collier Award to a working coal miner who epitomizes the spirit, dedication and skills of the mining profession. Hickam will be in town to speak to area students and to attend the weekend’s annual Rocket Boys/October Sky Festival. Hickam had seen Murphy perform at The Greenbrier and on America’s Got Talent, and invited his fellow West Virginia celebrity to perform at this year’s festival through their mutual manager, Burke Allen of Allen Media Strategies.

Landau happily accepted the invitation to stay in West Virginia a bit longer, so the following evening, Friday night October 2nd, Landau and his Big Band will perform a special “Rocket Boys Reunion” concert at the Tamarack Theatre. The show starts at 8:00 p.m., following a 6:00 p.m. screening of October Sky that will feature live appearances by Hickam and Rocket Boys Roy Lee Cooke, O’Dell Carroll and Billy Rose. You can purchase tickets for the concert, or concert and film, at landaumurphyjr.com, by phone at (703) 589-8960, or at the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, site of Saturday’s Rocket Boys/October Sky Festival activities. Please note that because of the small size of the Tamarack Theatre, the evening’s events are expected to sell out, so fans are encouraged to purchase their tickets right away.

Landau will then head to northern West Virginia to wrap up his homecoming weekend by headlining a special fundraising gala at the Landes Arts Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday night October 3rd. Tickets to the concert are $40 and $50 with proceeds being used for enhancements at the Landes Center. Tickets may be purchased at the Grant County Parks and Recreation Department office or by phone at (703) 257-1725. A very limited number of seats are still available.

Find out more about Landau’s upcoming events and appearances online at his official website: landaumurphyjr.com.

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WV Honor Flight

May 19, 2015 by Admin

Landau will be at the United States Capitol in Washington, District of Columbia this Wednesday May 20th alongside the WV congressional delegation saluting Mountain State veterans of WWII, Korea and Vietnam, including a Tuskegee Airman from Beckley, West Virginia.

The group will also tour the city’s monuments and receive VIP treatment during their all expense paid trip to the Nation’s Capitol courtesy of Always Free Honor Flight WV. Landau’s manager Burke Allen is a member of the Honor Flight Board of Directors, which is overseen by The Denver Foundation, Dreama Denver, and Honor Flight Coordinator Pam Coulbourne.

Landau will honor our veterans by performing The National Anthem at the ceremony. “It’s quite an honor for Team Landau to be able to participate, and pay our respects to these living legends,” said Murphy.

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