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Sat04Feb2023
Colin Babcock • Nick Pauly • Gregory Michael Jordan Feb 4
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Nick Pauly is a violist, composer, and improviser from Brooklyn, NY. After completing his M.M. from Manhattan School of Music, he served on faculty at the Third Street Music School from 2015 to 2021. A contemporary music enthusiast, Pauly focuses on extended techniques for strings, including performance with household objects and alternative tunings. Recent work features structured improvisation for singing bowls, waterphone, and viola.
Colin Babcock is a Trombonist, Composer, Improvisor, and Teacher living in New York City, originally from Columbus, Ohio. He regularly performs most genres of music, including classical, jazz, pop, electronic, free improvisation, and everything in between. He has performed with the Stormin’ Norman Band, Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, So Wrong It’s Right, SEM Ensemble, Brownstone Brass Quintet, various musical theater shows, numerous big bands and brass bands across the city and more. His 2020 album “Circle” and other original music encapsulates his diverse influences. He is a teacher with the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in the Music Partners division.
Gregory Michael Jordan writes and records orchestral pop out of his bedroom. Live, he is accompanied by a five-piece string and wind ensemble who bring his lush and sweeping arrangements to life. Songs about epilepsy, Judaism, and professional wrestling are all brought to you with a stunning combination of piano, orchestra, and uninhibited vocal affectation. Greg bounces between universes, going from imagining up fictitious characters to touching on the deeply personal. After a decade of playing shows and recording preliminary demos, Greg is releasing his first studio album in 2023. February 3rd at The Owl, Greg will be celebrating the release of his first single, Prom, as well as his 29th birthday.
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Sun05Feb2023
Maya Carney • Agrol Agra: A quartet • Frank London's ¡No Pasarán! Feb 5
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Maya Carney is a Brooklyn born and based vocalist. Maya enjoys working in artistic environments rooted in a variety of musical and performative traditions such as jazz, house, r&b, improvised and contemporary classical music. She primarily roots her practice in her spirituality, letting her music act as a form of release and personal expression before a performative act.Agrol Agra: A quartet (Deborah Carmichael, Kinga Cserjesi, Marisa Michelson, and Margot B. Silver) sing selected pieces from their a cappella program, Ágról Ágra, from Branch to Branch. Ágról Ágra is a program of unaccompanied choral pieces by Béla Bartók, as well as Hungarian traditional songs including new arrangements by the talented young Korean composer, Song Yi Jeon. Enjoy the magical world of modal music. This program honors the memory of Béla BartókFrank London’s ¡No Pasarán! is a brass trio plus percussion that blurs the borders between chamber & folk music, composition & improvisation, Jazz, latin & world music, traditional to avant garde. The group features London on trumpet, trombonist José Davila, tubist Ben Stapp, and conguero Onel Matos. London is co-founder of the Klezmatics and has performed with John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Torme, Lester Bowie‘s Brass Fantasy, LaMonte Young, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Jane Siberry, Ben Folds 5, and is featured on over 400 CDs. Called the “mystical high priest of Avant-Klez jazz” -
Thu09Feb2023
Sean Kiely • Kitba Feb 9
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
“Your Logo, My Logo has that quiet earnestness of an alt-folk record. Kiely’s sense of humor shines through, though. He’s able to call attention to some of the absurdities of our modern lives without resorting to “Put down your phone. Stop and smell the roses.” simplicity. Kiely is a clever songwriter, an excellent guitar player; and he’s given us an excellent 21st century folk album.” – Cool Dad Music
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Fri10Feb2023
Nicomo • Jackie West • Scout Gillett Feb 10
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Brooklyn-based Scout Gillett joins the Captured Tracks roster and shares her first release for the label: the title track of her debut EP one to ten, out April 29th, 2022. The five-song collection consists of four covers—of Broadcast, Blaze Foley, Ferrante & Teicher, and Brenda Lee—alongside the hypnotic original “one to ten,”“
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Sat11Feb2023
Jordan Tyson • John Cushing • Lily Talmer TBA Feb 11
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Jordan Tyson (vocals) is a choral nerd turned music and theater fairy on a mission to heal. As an actress, she has worked all over the country— in the Netflix limited series The Chair and the film Vampires Vs. The Bronx, and in the theater as Young Allie in the world premiere of the Notebook Musical and Kizette in LEMPICKA to name a few. Musically she grabs from theatre, folk, r&b, & pop. Audelco Rising Star Award.jordantyson.com | @curlybroad -
Sun12Feb2023
Nick Green • Dan Loomis Quartet Feb 12
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Nick Green‘s love for jazz music began when he attended the Frank Sinatra High School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens. He would go on to earn Bachelor’s and Masters degrees in Jazz studies at the conservatory of Music at Purchase College N.Y. Nick began a close mentorship with Alto Saxophone master Charles McPherson at the age of 17, also studying with Barry Harris, Lee Konitz, Mike Dirubbo and Bruce Williams. Nick has performed with Charles McPherson, Jon Faddis, Jerry Dodgion, Bruce Barth, Bruce Harris, Joe Magnarelli, Pasquale Grasso, Ari Roland, Michael Weiss, and Kenny Washington. His debut record, “Green on the Scene”, will be released on the Cellar Live label this April.
Dan Loomis, an innovative bassist and composer, brings a wild and unique artistic experience with REVOLUTIONS. With an all-star cast of Brooklyn creative musicians, and drawing upon minimalist to rock textures, REVOLUTIONS celebrates the people and ideals of the Haitian and Spanish-American revolutions. ” “straddling a fine line between understatement and aggression” –Downbeat Magazine,
Rodrigo Recabarren – Drums Mike McGinnis – Clarinet Sebastian Noelle – Guitar Dan Loomis – Bass & Composition
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Tue14Feb2023
special Valentine's Day show with The Point and Caleb Curtis
7:00 Door 7:30pm Show
The Point is a synchronized live performance of the entire Harry Nilsson opus with the charming film projected on the Owl’s new theater-size screen. A perfect date!
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Thu16Feb2023
Eleanor Buckland • Louisa Stancioff Feb 16
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Singer songwriter and guitarist Louisa Stancioff, backed by her bandmates Dave and Dan Kelly, is quickly establishing herself as one of the premier musical artists in Maine. Her intelligent and soulful writing pairs with a confident and catchy indie sound drawing on folk, rock, pop, and her own Bulgarian heritage. She has toured across the country with her previous band Dyado, and is now beginning on a whole new soundscape venture with this solo project. You can listen to Dyado anywhere, and keep an ear out for her debut LP, which will be released next summer.
Eleanor Buckland made her start as one-third of Lula Wiles, the Boston-based folk-rock trio that became an acoustic music scene favorite with their three critically hailed albums. Now living in Brooklyn, the singer songwriter has turned to a different side of her musical interests as a solo artist. Buckland’s debut album You Don’t Have To Know (released October 2021 on Soundly Music) sets her deeply personal songs against inventive indie rock arrangements.
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Fri17Feb2023
Zannie Owens • Cosmo. Feb 17
Cosmo is the instrumental project of Jesse Harris (guitar/composer), with Jeremy Gustin (drums), Will Graefe (guitar), James Buckley (bass) and Shahzad Ismaily (keys). All the music will be from a new, forthcoming album, produced by Shahzad.
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Sat18Feb2023
Ali Dineen• Jefferson Hamer • Fellow Pynins • Feb 18
7:30 Door 8:00 Show
Ali Dineen is a poet-composer born and raised in Queens, whose lyrics are poetic and deeply personal, and highlight the intersections between personal experience, larger histories, and systems of power. Ali has performed at the Museum of Art and Design, the Caramoor American Roots Music Festival, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Brooklyn Folk Festival, among other wonderful venues, and was awarded the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency in 2020. Ali is also the music director for local puppet troupe extraordinaire The Boxcutter Collective, arranges music and sings with Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir, and is part of a duet with the inimitable Feral Foster. Ali released a third album, Hold On, in 2020, and is currently working on a new piece about Joan of Arc.
Jefferson Hamer is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Brooklyn, New York. He has toured and recorded albums with Anais Mitchell (Child Ballads, winner of a BBC2 Folk Award), Sarah Jarosz (as guitarist and harmony singer on her Grammy-nominated Blue Heron Suite), and Session Americana. The Murphy Beds, his long-running traditional folk duo with Eamon O’Leary, has released two self-produced albums, about which the Huffington Post wrote, “[the album] bears repeated listening from start to finish, with ten beautiful, crystalline songs.” His original songs and lead guitar work are featured on Alameda, an acoustic and electric collaboration with bassist Jeff Picker and drummer John Fatum, featuring special guests from the NYC folk community and beyond.
Fellow Pynins embody the music they make. They travel the world with their two children collecting old songs and connecting with the generations who still sing them. Reworking the old ballads, they create a sound that can easily sit alongside the music that comes through the pen of their own hand. This is the band that you never knew you needed in your life. So soak in the stories and as Lisa Dunn from BBC says, let the music “transport you into their haunting and beguiling world of love tales and spine-tingling harmonies… They will have you traveling far and wide to hear them again.”
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Sun19Feb2023
Hank Roberts /TBA Feb 19
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
The Hank Roberts Trio with Aruán Ortiz on piano and Matt Wilson on drums will be performing their world premier concert at The Owl in Brooklyn, NY on Sunday evening February 19th, 2023. Over his 5-decade musical career, Hank Roberts has shared stages and recording studios with some of the most celebrated musicians in the world. He has forged a compelling original voice as a cellist and composer, and is considered a major innovator as an improvisational cellist.
Of his collaborators, critics say, “There are few more dazzling drummers working today, but almost nobody in Wilson’s peer group with a broader grasp of jazz or a more natural sense of time…” – Nate Chinen JazzTimes. “One of the most creative and original composers in the world, pianist Ortiz is an experimentalist and a tonal provocateur influenced by European modernism and contemporary jazz as much as by Afro-Cuban tradition.”
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Thu23Feb2023
Hasumi/Ishito/Togami • Stephen Becker • GADADU Feb 23
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
With a kaleidoscopic sense of time and texture, GADADU weaves odd-meter grooves, synth-spiked orchestral arrangements, and unorthodox song forms into a dreamy, soulful sound. Founded in 2013 by Hannah Selin (voice, viola) and Nicki Adams (keys/synths), GADADU also features the sounds and talents of bandmates Patrick Adams (trumpet), Ayumi Ishito (tenor sax), Daniel Stein (bass) and Arthur Vint (drums). GADADU has released three full-length albums: The Weatherman Is Wrong (2022), Outer Song (2018), and And I See Night (2015). Their new album moves between the natural and the supernatural, staying true to their live sound while traveling through expanded soundscapes of strings, field recordings, synths, and vocals.
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Sat25Feb2023
Katie Martucci • Akie Bermiss Feb 25
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Katie Martucci is a tall lady in Brooklyn, singing as much as possible and just trying to get good at music, ya know? Her latest release ‘Note to Self’ on La Reserve Records is a collection of songs about the “unspoken third thing in the room” — stories surrounding friendship, family history, imposter syndrome, her own personal journey with epilepsy and more. With Devon Yesberger (piano) Jacob Matheus (guitar) Dan Pappalardo (bass)
Akie Bermiss is affable, near-sighted, hirsute, and a nerd of the highest water. Nevertheless, he has also somehow managed to cultivate and live a double-life as cool and *very* hip musician. His favorite thing to do is write (and, subsequently, sing) songs about aliens and spaceships and falling in love.
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Fri03Mar2023
Bonomo • Adam Neely • Guitar Hearts Mar 3
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
BONOMO is an Indie acoustic outfit that pulls at the heart strings with symphonic resonance and a distinct take on Indie-Folk music. Influenced by the sounds of Folk, Jazz, Gospel and Classical music. BONOMO is a melting pot of true artistry and the finest pioneering genres of all time. On a mission to unify musical tradition and audiences alike, the ensemble is set of visionaries inspired by the sounds of yesterday while simultaneously crafting a resonance all their own.
Band Practice is an improvisational collective that plays jazz fusion, rock, funk and electronic music. Adam Neely, Josh Bailey, Shubh Saran and Eitan Kenner explore new modes of musical expression through completely improvised sets based on audience input.
Guitar Hearts is a group of emotional virtuoso jazz musicians led by Yoav Eshed, who fill audiences worldwide with awe and admiration with their captivating energy. The performance invites the listener to a fascinating journey of soundscapes derived from jazz and romantic-era melodies, ranging from highly energetic to the most delicate and slow moments.
Created by a duality of relaxed harmony and rhythmic intensity, Guitar hearts play with open heart, deep groove and brilliant execution. … “Gifted musician with emotional depth and brilliant technical abilities” Mick Goodrick -
Thu09Mar2023
The Choir Invisible • Gregg Belisle-Chi Quartet
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Fri17Mar2023
Martin Nevin • Scree Mar 17
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Sun19Mar2023
Zosha Warpeha • Cat Toren • Ochion Jewell Mar 19
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Thu23Mar2023
Hayfitz Farewell Show w Special Guests Mar 23
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
A self-proclaimed purveyor of ‘gentle folk’ Hayfitz crafts delicate songs about the most delicate of subjects. Fresh off of his self-produced 2020 debut, Capsules, the Brooklyn based multi-instrumentalist is now deep into a second full length record exploring the complex journey of coming into his new-found queer identity.
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Wed29Mar2023
Laura Veirs with Katy Pinke. $20 adv / $25 door
7:30 doors 8:00 Show
This special performance by Laura Veirs will gather those who played on her most recent album Found Light—co-producer Shahzad Ismaily (drums, keys), Sam Amidon (fiddle, vocals) Karl Blau (bass, vocals) and Charlotte Greve (sax, vocals)—together for their first live performance of the entire album, alongside a set of Veirs’ greatest hits. This is Veirs’ only State-side full band show.
“On the edge of this vibrant new world, Veirs names everything she feels and sees, with breakthrough frankness and the occasional whip-sting of vengeance, and it’s thrilling to share in that freedom with her.” – Pitchfork (10 Best Reviewed Albums of the Week)
“…Found Light plunges us headlong into Veirs’ discoveries, which she elucidates with trademark nuance as well as a newly honed way with a gut punch…Intimate and profound, it is a powerful document of self-discovery” – NPR Music
“…fittingly reinvigorated and inspired.” – The New York Times
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Thu30Mar2023
Laura Veirs with Jackie West March 30. $20 adv / $25 door
7:30 doors 8:00 ShowSold Out! See second show added for Wednesday the 29th.
This special performance by Laura Veirs will gather those who played on her most recent album Found Light—co-producer Shahzad Ismaily (drums, keys), Sam Amidon (fiddle, vocals) Karl Blau (bass, vocals) and Charlotte Greve (sax, vocals)—together for their first live performance of the entire album, alongside a set of Veirs’ greatest hits. This is Veirs’ only State-side full band show.
“On the edge of this vibrant new world, Veirs names everything she feels and sees, with breakthrough frankness and the occasional whip-sting of vengeance, and it’s thrilling to share in that freedom with her.” – Pitchfork (10 Best Reviewed Albums of the Week)
“…Found Light plunges us headlong into Veirs’ discoveries, which she elucidates with trademark nuance as well as a newly honed way with a gut punch…Intimate and profound, it is a powerful document of self-discovery” – NPR Music
“…fittingly reinvigorated and inspired.” – The New York Times
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Fri14Apr2023
Ryan Dugre • Chelsea Crabtree • Kitba April 14
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Sat06May2023
Rachel Baiman and friends May 6
7:30 door 8:00 Show $15.00 adv / $20.00 Door
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