DOORS @ 7:30 / SHOWS @ 8PM, UNLESS POSTED OTHERWISE
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Sat03Jun2023
Diskonife Records Triple CD Release Show June 3
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Diskonife Records Triple CD Release Show
Audible Spirits:
Matt Moran (vibes), Sarah Elizabeth Charles (voice), and Curtis Hasselbring (trombone/electronics) play jazz standards with live manipulation of Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Long tracks.
Darren Johnston’s Wild Awake:
Darren Johnston (trumpet/voice), Dayna Stephens (saxes), Jacob Sacks (piano), Sean Conly (bass), Vinnie Sperrazza (drums) play in and around Johnston’s eclectic original compositions.
Rossi/Hess/Moran:
Peter Hess(woodwinds) Matt Moran(vibraphone, percussion) Mick Rossi (piano, organ, synth, drums, percussion). Improvised and re-composed music for trio: hypothetical architecture in sound.
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Sun04Jun2023
Akie Bermiss • Kazemde George • Yotam Ben-Or June 4
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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.
Kazemde George is an African American jazz saxophonist, composer, and beat-maker based in Brooklyn who exhibits a gift for streamlined, emotionally direct melodies, articulated with a warm tone and a certain guiding restraint. Inspired in equal parts by the jazz canon and hip hop producers such as J Dilla, Madlib, Kaz has expanded his focus to a full spectrum of musical styles which blossomed from the African Diaspora, including Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, and African-American traditions. As he sees it, the study of these musical styles serves as a way to regain cultural histories that were lost through the processes of African-American Slavery. Today, his focus is aligned towards music, but Kazemde is also a biologist at heart, and his quest to understand this wide breadth of styles is driven by an analytical mind with a scientific approach.
Israeli-Belgian harmonica player Yotam Ben-Or and Brazilian guitarist Leandro Pelegrino come together to create a unique set of original music as well as their personal takes on some of their favorite Brazilian and Jazz tunes. Ben-Or and Pelegrino have been steadily developing their reputation as some of the finest musicians on their instruments and as composers. They both moved to the US upon receiving full scholarships to study at Berklee and The New School. They performed at venues and festivals such as: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Blue Note NYC, Montreux Jazz Festival, Festival da Jazz St. Moritz, and shared the stage with musicians such as: Dave Liebman, Danilo Perez, John Pattittuci, Terri Lyne Carrington, Eric Harland, Edmar Castañeda, and more. -
Thu08Jun2023
Cole Quest and the City Pickers • Wyndham Baird Jun 8
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Led by the charismatic Cole Quest, grandson of the folk icon Woody Guthrie, The City Pickers are a group of New York City musicians united by their love of bluegrass and their passion for bringing a fresh, innovative sound to the traditional genre. They’ve shared bills with some of the biggest names in bluegrass and Americana music, including Billy Strings, Sierra Hull, Sarah Jaroz, Della Mae, as well as featured in The Bluegrass Situation, Bluegrass Today, Folk Alley, WFUV, American Songwriter and many more.Cole Quest – resonator guitar. Christian Apuzzo – acoustic guitar. Matheus Verardino – harmonica / flatfoot. Mike Mulhollan – banjoCraig Akin – bassWyndham Baird authentically represents the folk trajectory from Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan with great voice, guitar, and harmonica. -
Fri09Jun2023
Sabeth Perez • Tal Yahalom • Martina Liviero June 9
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $15.00 adv / $20.00 DoorTickets:
https://www.venuepilot.co/events/75790/orders/new
Guitarist Tal Yahalom celebrates the release of his 4th solo recording. Inspired by the traditions of stride piano, gypsy jazz, folk guitar, and the solo playing of Thelonious Monk, Yahalom presents a diverse and personal take on classic jazz standards.Each arrangement spotlights a distinct sonic world and solo guitar approach, often making you wonder how many hands/musicians are involved.
Martina Liviero is a composer, guitarist and vocalist from Argentina, currently based in New York City. Her sound organically blends the sophistication and intimacy of South American songwriting with contemporary chamber music and jazz. Her music and arrangements were performed by internationally renowned ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic Strings and the Army Jazz Ambassadors Big Band. She was the recipient of the 2020 and 2019 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards and the 2019 JEN Young Jazz Composer Showcase Award. Martina holds a degree from Berklee College of Music, where she majored in Jazz Composition.
Sabeth Pérez is a German-Argentinian Jazz vocalist and composer living in NYC. With her background in large ensembles and a Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, Sabeth’s talent has led her to collaborate with internationally respected conductors, arrangers, and instrumentalists in both concert and studio productions. Sabeth’s voice is characterized by its silky precision and crystal-clear sound, which she employs in folkloric interpretations of Argentine prose, her own compositions, and arrangements of classics from the Great American Songbook. The music from her upcoming album is scheduled to be performed by the WDR Bigband in the fall of 2024.
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Sat10Jun2023
Strawberry Runners • Nicomo • Isaac Gillespie Jun 10
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Strawberry Runners is the project of Hudson River Valley-based songwriter, Emi Night. The richness of her music is in Emi’s tender and easy integration of the varied styles she’s called home: most of the songs maintain a humble faith in brevity; melody compels every word with the mystery and familiarity of a hymn. These are the kind of songs that ring true no matter how close or far they hew to the experience of the listener; they are pictures painted from a life too often troubled by brutality and grief, but also graced with an inheritance of compassion, resolve, and — best of all for us — music.Nicomo is a shot in the dark parallel park, a hole-in-one-in-a-million, needle in a full-stack flapjack of syrupy vocal lines and buttery fingerpicky guitar. Songs on your shoulder, impressionistic folk and strolling waves, shadows and conversations misunderstood. Nicomo is the songwriting project of Nico Osborne, Brooklyn-based musician and sound artist. Antiquated Future Records calls their first EP Views “An early-morning hangout album meets complex after-dark mood music.” Nicomo is working on an LP now, exploring brighter colors and tighter turns.Emerging from the antifolk scene of the late 2000’s, Isaac Gillespie is a NY-based songwriter, performer and man-about-town. Blending folk-song storytelling with the energy of punk and the elasticity of gospel, the Gillespie-fronted The Due Diligence was a mainstay of 2010’s Brooklyn DIY. All the while, Gillespie continued to write and perform (and in 2019 release) the more delicate songs of his acoustic beginnings. Over the years he’s had the honor to write and record with everyone from Shakey Graves to Landlady’s Adam Schatz as well as members of BLEACHERS, Phosphorescent, Son Lux and Ava Luna.
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Sun11Jun2023
Kristiana Roemer • Tobias Meinhart - The Painter Jun 11
7:00 Door 7:30 Show $12.00 suggested donation
German and American singer/composer/poet Kristiana Roemer integrates her influences of jazz, singer-songwriter, art song and poetry into her music and performs her originals and standards mostly in English, German and French. She released her debut record House Of Mirrors on Sunnyside Records which she will be presenting with her trio along with other songs and new material. To keep up with Kristiana Roemer’s work and performances, connect with her on Instagram @kristianaroemer and visit kristianaroemermusic.com
Tobias Meinhart – The Painter
Tobias Meinhart -tenor saxophoneEden Ladin – pianoMatt Penman – bassMark Whitfield jr. – drums -
Fri16Jun2023
Rocketsnail Live featuring Cassandra Jenkins June 16
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Sat17Jun2023
Talia Hannah • Alec Spiegelman • Koof Jun 17
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Talia Hannah’s intimate and explosive debut album “Grace for the Going” will be released in late fall 2023. Her music is a reflection of passionately eclectic taste, a reverence for the power of words and a deep love of connecting with people. In addition to being a songwriter, Talia is a radio host who has interviewed hundreds of artists between the 3 years she hosted the NPR-distributed radio show World Cafe and her time guest hosting Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin and CBC’s q with Tom Power. She also performed on the first national tour of Green Day’s American Idiot and in the original Canadian company of Queen’s We Will Rock You.
Alec Spiegelman is a producer & multi-instrumentalist in Brooklyn. He’ll sing songs from his Album Airplane Mode, along with newer songs and instrumentals on the clarinet.
Koof Ibi is a multi-instrumentalist in the Philadelphia area. You can find him strolling down Broad Street with brass bands like The West Philadelphia Orchestra, or sharing the stage with rockstars like Japanese Breakfast for their hometown gigs. Koof has played every genre of music Philly has to offer and incorporates all of it into his own musical style. When he’s not playing music he’s filming and editing the Random Tea Sessions, a music video series highlighting other musicians in Philadelphia, or he’s behind the lens covering live shows for the WXPN. At his solo shows Koof combines live instruments, loops, and guitar pedals to create surprising soundscapes, re-invented covers, and sonic liberation.
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Sun18Jun2023
Mike Gebhart, Katy Pinke, Alena Spanger, and Derek Weaving Jun 18
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 adv / $15.00 door May 20
A night of experiments and improvisations.
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Wed21Jun2023
Jules Olsen • The Ladles June 21
7:00 Door 7:30 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Jules Olson is a songwriter and musician currently based in New York. Weaving together elements of indie folk, alt-country, and soul, her music has developed a unique and refreshing sound. In the past couple years she’s shared the stage with artists like Margaret Glaspy, Florist, and Pinegrove, and is in the process of releasing her first full length album.
The Ladles have three part female harmony perfected – but their sound is more than that… They are an amalgamation of their respective histories and influences. With sophisticated arrangements, they create a dreamy otherworldly atmosphere that draws audiences in and demands attention. They quiet noisy bars and liven up staid concert halls. The Ladles are Katie Martucci, Caroline Kuhn, and Lucia Pontoniere.
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Thu22Jun2023
Leila Adu • Ali Dineen and Friends June 22
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Fri23Jun2023
Julia Easterlin • Innov Gnawa Jun 23
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Sat24Jun2023
Lila Blue • Jean Rohe • Noga June 24
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
“Not only does she make astoundingly beautiful music but she is thoughtful, reflective, and courageous.” – No Depression
Jean Rohe writes one-of-a-kind narrative songs, concerned as much with the interior lives of her narrators as with the wider world outside them. Jean recently won the 2022 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk songwriting contest with her deeply personal and timely song “Animal”. Her latest album as a bandleader, Sisterly, won best Adult Contemporary Album at the Independent Music Awards in 2019. Her writing and performance styles are the product of 20 years of experimentation and practice, learning on her feet as a side-person and bandleader in New York’s wide-ranging music communities. “I grew up in a household where music-making and storytelling––far from a rarified vocation for prodigies and professionals––was an act woven into the social life of our family and friends, ” she says. “I carry that spirit with me into the music I make today.” This year has seen the release of her duo Robinson & Rohe’s sophomore full-length album Into the Night (Righteous Babe Records), as well as the debut of her song cycle / memoir, 74 Corridor, a project for which Jean won a 2022 Brooklyn Arts Council Grant.
NOGA aka Noga Cabo is a singer-songwriter, composer, and creator of interdisciplinary art celebrating her soon-to-be-released debut EP. Her work moves through intricate rhythmic grooves interwoven with folk-jazz-inspired melodies, creating lively and dynamic soundscapes grounded by warm and earthy tones. NOGA’s deeply personal and emotionally resonant works speak to the complexities of discovering oneself and traversing the human experience. She is based in Beacon, NY, and will be releasing her EP in July 2023. With Adam Cabo – Drum kit & Vocals, Dassi Rosenkrantz – Bass
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Sun25Jun2023
Waveform* • Fish Hunt • Rugh June 25
7:00 Door 7:30 Show $12.00 suggested donation
waveform* is an Indie-rock band from Connecticut.
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Thu29Jun2023
TBA
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Fri30Jun2023
Relatives • .michael. • Mina Walker June 30
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Sun02Jul2023
Rick Rosato • Kyle Wilson • Martin Nevin Jul 2
7:00 Door 7:30 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Bassist Rick Rosato will be presenting the music from his recently released solo double-bass album “Homage” which features arrangements of classic Delta blues repertoire, originals compositions, and more.Multi-instrumentalist and improviser Kyle Wilson (under his electro-psych alias, SHWILSON) uses hand-manipulated tape loops and 4-track live performance to present music from his most recent release, Tape Loops for Cubicles. These ambient soundscapes were initially made to be listened to while conducting administrative work in cubicles and other traditional and non-traditional working spaces. -
Fri07Jul2023
Richard Sears and friends Jul 7
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Sat08Jul2023
Joh Chase • Syd and Nico • Brittany Ann Tranbaugh Jul 8
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Joh Chase is a veteran singer/songwriter, Seattle-born, Los Angeles based. Their music is indie, folk, rock in a constant haze of singer/songwriter vapors. Joh opened for Aaron Sprinkle at 13, and sold their 2nd CD to Noah Gundersen’s bandmate and Allen Stone’s girlfriend at 15 and opened for both artists down the road. After a long, independent, and crowdsourced career, the venerated label, Kill Rock Stars, has partnered with Joh and will be releasing multiple projects over the next couple years.
Brittany Ann Tranbaugh (pronounced TRAN-baw) is a Philadelphia-based musician whose queer Americana heartbreaker “Kiss You” won Song of the Year in the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Tranbaugh has been writing songs and playing shows as a side gig since she was a teenager, but in February 2023, at 31 years old, she finally quit her office job to pursue a full-time career in music. Her new EP Comets, produced by Grammy-winner Tyler Chester, will be released this fall.
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Sun09Jul2023
Doree Gordon • Lily Talmers • Mei Seimones Jul 9
7:00 Door 7:30pm Show
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Thu13Jul2023
Adeline Hotel • Dead Gowns • h. pruz Jul 13
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Adeline Hotel is the Brooklyn based musical collective led by Dan Knishkowy. Following 2020’s folk-rock opus Solid Love, 2021 saw the release of both Good Timing and The Cherries Are Speaking, each a daring shift away from Knishkowy’s previous work. Good Timing, a series of “exquisite acoustic guitar instrumentals”, received acclaim from Pitchfork, Aquarium Drunkard, and Stereogum, amongst others. Eschewing the intricate guitar work of Good Timing in favor of breezy piano lines inspired by Ethiopian jazz, Cherries is a series of miniature baroque pop songs and, quietly, his most ambitious work to date. Live, Adeline Hotel can be many things: a solo guitar, pastoral woodwinds, ambient free form and composed rock band alike. The one constant is the spirit of collaboration and exploration, a dream-like sense of seeking. @adeline.hotel | https://adelinehotel.bandcamp.com/
Dead Gowns is the project of Portland-Maine singer-songwriter Geneviève Beaudoin. In her latest collection, the HOW EP, she pushes “expressive arrangements and raw melodies into a glowing spectacle” (Foxy Digitalis). Both urgent and sincere, it’s “the sound of a songwriter coming good on all her promises and then some” (For the Rabbits). @voila_deadgowns | https://deadgowns.bandcamp.com/
h. pruz is the solo project of Brooklyn based singer-songwriter Hannah Pruzinsky (they/she). h.pruz released their debut EP “again, there” in late 2022 via Oof Records. The collection of songs is a front porch with wind chimes sounding; a nap on the couch on a summer afternoon; a pair of dirty hands in compost, letting dead things turn into something richer, kinder. h. pruz expects to release their first full length album very, very soon. @hanapruz | https://hpruz.bandcamp.com/
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Fri14Jul2023
Steve Salett and friends Jul 14
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Sat15Jul2023
Balance • Anna Webber & Matt Mitchell Jul 15
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Balance is a collaborative duo between saxophonist Marcus Elliot and pianist Michael Malis. Called “among the most compelling Detroit jazz musicians of their generation,” Elliot and Malis’ “intuitive improvisations” stand on the threshold of composed and improvised music. Their 2022 sophomore album, Conjure, was called “one of the best contemporary jazz records to come out of Detroit in quite some time” (Hour Detroit Magazine.) In 2017, they released their eponymous debut record, which was praised by the Detroit Metro Times as “contemporary jazz of the highest order, a benchmark for where the genre can go.”
Anna Webber (flute/tenor sax) and Matt Mitchell (piano) have been playing music together for over 10 years in various projects, including in Anna’s Simple Trio and Clockwise Septet, and Matt’s Pouting Grimace and Sprees. However, this is the first time that they have collaborated as a duo. They will be premiering a set of new music, with music written by both Matt and Anna.
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Sun16Jul2023
Carmen Rothwell, Andy Clausen and friends Jul 16
7:00 Door 7:30 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Andy Clausen’s SHUTTER project presents an evening of composition inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver. Recently released as SHUTTER, Vol. 2: https://andyclausen.bandcamp.com/album/shutter-vol-2 -
Thu20Jul2023
Lina Tullgren • Lentils • Wendy Eisenberg Jul 20
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Fri28Jul2023
Crosslegged • June McDoom • Alexia Avina Jul 28
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Born in Norristown, PA and raised between Pennsylvania and California, Crosslegged (aka Keba Robinson), is a songwriter, singer and guitarist. Currently living in Queens, NY, she finds inspiration in magical guitar players, folk, experimental pop and soul.
June McDoom is a question mark man, a snowflake alighting on a gravestone, a dilated crepuscule. -
Sat29Jul2023
Peter Stampfel and the Atomic Meta-Pagans Jul 29
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Sun30Jul2023
Marta Sanchez • Michael Blake's Chroma Nova Jul 30
7:00 Door 7:30 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Fri04Aug2023
Eliot Krimsky • KatytheKyng • The Schimscheimers
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
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Thu05Oct2023
Jackie West • Adeline Hotel • TBA Oct 5
7:30 Door 8:00 Show
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Sat21Oct2023
Matthew Fowler and friends Oct 21
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $15 adv/$18 door
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Thu26Oct2023
Trio Fadolín • Gadadu Oct 26
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Fri27Oct2023
Scree Oct 27
7:30 Door 8:00 Show tickets $20.00
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Sun05Nov2023
Marty O Reilly • Mama's Broke Nov 5
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