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Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014
Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com
between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St.
“a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987
This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe
Cornelia Street Cafe A Festival Of Festivals July And August 2005
Cornelia Street Cafe has been a haven for artists of every conceivable genre (and quite a few inconceivable ones) for 28 years. In the course of a typical year we now present some 700 events, ranging from Russian poetry to Latin jazz, from science to songwriting, from theatre to cabaret. Suzanne Vega started out here when we were one room with a toaster oven, Eve Ensler began her Vagina Monologues in the downstairs cabaret, where Senator Eugene McCarthy has read his poetry, Dr. Oliver Sacks his prose, and members of Monty Python and the Royal Shakespeare Company intermittently appear. This summer, in a break from our regular programming, we are presenting a series of weekly festivals, celebrating some of the incredible diversity of this astonishing city.
MONDAY JULY 4 8:30pm MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE: AMRAM AND CO--AMRAMICANA An American birthday event which explores in his highly personable, generous and informal style the astonishing variety of David Amram's interests and accomplishments—renowned composer of symphonic classical music, jazz compositions, improvisation, spoken word, scat, he sits at the piano, schmoozes about music, about the greats, the beats, the obscure, the legendary; plays the French horn, pulls out all kinds of instruments (flutes, drums, horns) gathered from his many circumnavigations of the globe, pulls in guests drawn from just about every artistic walk of life. Cover $10
Vessels Of Song Festival July 5-6 and July 8-10 The last few years there's been a surge of interest in the traditional music of Eastern Europe. Cornelia St. Cafe is celebrating all the different ways in which Klezmer and Gypsy traditions have worked themselves into the contemporary NYC music scene. The week-long festival includes Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, showing that the blend of Shtetl Klezmer and Down Home Bluegrass is smoother than you would imagine; Jeff Perelman with members of Romashka, Village Klezmer and Max & Minka, drawing upon their own travels throughout the former Soviet bloc to bring you infectious Eastern European Klezmer music, Gypsy (Rom) music, Balkan music and more; Jay Vilnai's Vampire Suit, exploring the interconnections of Balkan music, Middle-Eastern grooves and improvisation; and Susan Watts, the youngest generation of an exciting klezmer dynasty that reaches back to the Jewish Ukraine of the 19th century, bringing a rich repertoire of many original songs written for weddings, family members and joyous occasions.
All shows are $10, get a 3 shows discount card: $25
Tuesday Jul 05 8:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: MARGOT LEVERETT AND THE KLEZMER MOUNTAIN BOYS Margot Leverett, clarinet; Marthy Confurius, bass; Joe Selly, guitar; Kenny Kosek, fiddle
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
Klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett joins forces with today’s stars of klezmer and bluegrass to explore the shared musical spirit of two genres literally worlds apart. Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe, some newly discovered, and the resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, melancholic and footstomping. Their CD “Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys" was released to glowing reviews on Traditional Crossroads in Cover $10 www.KlezmerMountainBoys.com
Wednesday Jul 06
8:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: JEFF PERLMAN'S KLEZMER AND GYPSY (ROMA) MUSIC Jeff Perlman, clarinet & saxophone; Jake Shulman-Ment, violin; Jeanette Lewiscki, accordion; Ron Caswell, tuba; Timothy Quigley, drums & percussion
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
These musicians have been bringing their infectious Eastern European grooves to weddings, cafes and dance clubs around NYC. Drawing upon their own travels throughout the former Soviet bloc, their performance will feature Klezmer music, Gypsy (Rom) music, Balkan music and an exploration of the common ground in between. Cover $10 www.romashka.net
Thursday Jul 07 6:00PM ARTISTS’ SALON Robin, Angelo, Poul, and Valerie
This is a monthly opportunity for artists associated with the cafe--from every genre and every generation, past, present, and future--to gather informally, schmooze, re-invent the world, and hoist a glass of quelque chose (the only kind of chose to hoist). Our glorious curators are present, you can buttonhole them to find out what's cooking, you can introduce yourself to other toilers in the vineyard, invent projects and discover collaborators. All are welcome.
8:30PM ALL ABOUTJAZZ-NEW YORK PRESENTS 1S & 2S: MUSIC FOR SOLO & DUO Kate Bull, voice; Joe Fonda, bass CD release celebration of the Bull/Fonda duo's Cup of Joe No Bull (Corn Hill Indie Records) sets at 8:30pm and 10:00pm admission: $12, Students w/ID: $8
KATIE BULL is a jazz vocalist and multi-media performer living in New York City since birth. Outside of pianists, there are probably more female vocalists working in jazz then any other type of performer. But when counting the truly adventurous singers, that list becomes amazingly short, and with Katie Bull a new name can be added. She has sung with her divine mentors – her “jazz mothers" vocalist/composers Jay Clayton and Sheila Jordan.
Joe Fonda is a composer, bassist, recording artist, interdisciplinary performer, and producer. “There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music of Joe Fonda is part of a living tradition of belief and dedication. Future historians will be surprised at the breadth of Mr. Fonda's offerings. This is a real virtuoso and composer of the highest order." Anthony Braxton
Friday Jul 08 6:00PM PINK PONY POETRY Jackie Sheeler, host Pink Pony Poetry: Jackie Sheeler's open mic poetry series with featured reader Joshua Meander. arrive before 6 pm to sign up. $6 admission includes a *free* drink Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
8:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: RIBS & BRISKET Paul Shapiro, saxophone, vocals; Babi Floyd, vocals; Cilla Owens, vocals; Tony Lewis, drums; Booker King, bass; Brian Mitchell, piano
TONIGHT: TWO SHOWS - ONE COVER!! COME EARLY, STAY LATE
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
RIBS AND BRISKET Back in the 30’s and 40’s bluesy, comedic, swing musicians like Louie Jordan and Cab Calloway made some great music that still sounds fresh today. Yiddish was a pretty active street language in New York City at that time, and it was woven into the music. You had Slim Gaillard singing “Matzo Balls", Mildred Bailey recording “A Bee Gezindt", and Calloway’s hysterical yiddish/gibberish cantillation intro to “Ot Azoy" (That's the Way).
Paul Shapiro celebrates this interplay of 40’s hipster swing with some Yiddish thrown in at the Cornelia Street Café. Calling it the Ribs and Brisket Revue*, the saxophonist/composer features Babi Floyd, (of Keith Richard's Expensive Winos et al) and Cilla Owens (one of New York’s best kept secrets). They will be backed by musicians from Paul’s CD ”Midnight Minyan”, on Tzadik Records, which was released lastyear. *Paul was visited in a dream state by the ghost of Fats Waller who convinced him that R&B originally stood for Ribs & Brisket
10:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: VAMPIRE SUIT Jay Vilnai, guitar; Jeremy Powell, reeds; Skye Steel, violin; Mike Savino, bass; Kevin Garcia, percussion
TONIGHT: TWO SHOWS - ONE COVER!! COME EARLY, STAY LATE
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
Vampire Suit draws on Jay Vilnai's unique musical heritage as a Russian-Romanian-Polish descendant raised in Jerusalem around a mix of contemporary and traditional Jewish and Arab music, with a soul for rock n'roll and a BFA in jazz. Couple that with a passion for Bartok and Stravinsky and you end up with all original music that draws on all those influences to create something akin to traditional music for a generation that has so many traditions it calls his. Balkan and Middle-Eastern rhythms are prominent, backed by 20th century composing concepts and jazz improvising.
‘The music has enduring beauty that touches on the heart of the Middle East's musical culture while exhibiting western flair. Open improvisations and the spirit of the belly dance coexist, encouraging the traditional undulated hip movements as a supplement to the solid instrumentation....’ -Frank Rubolino Cadence Magazine
The result is a highly personal musical texture that takes you from the tribal dances of North Africa to the marshes of the Balkans. A musical journey that is at once personal and global, music that is at the same time unmistakably modern, yet feels old and familiar, a new tradition for a generation that hails from so many traditions.
'Vilnai and his vampires get high marks for their utter unpredictability from track to track, their sheer joy they get from and give to the music and the various textures and sounds that emerge.' - Budd Kopman, All About Jazz
To help create that sound Vampire Suit draws on the talents of young New York musicians that have had experience in different musical settings and cultures. The musical vision is realized with the help of players that have played jazz, rock, Arab music, Balkan music, African music and more. With a deep understanding and respect to all this music they are able to tap into something new that arises from all of these influences.
“If Bram Stoker's imaginary Transylvania had a jazz scene, the music would sound something like this." -jazzreview.com Cover $10 www.vilnaismusic.com
Saturday Jul 09 6:00PM ITALIAN-AMERICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION Maria Lisella, host
Italian American Writers Association, featured readers are: TBA, plus open mic, 5 minute limit. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
9:00PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII Sarah Alden, violin; Rima Fand, violin; Kaia Wong, violin; Sxip Shirey, resophonic guitar, melodica, bullhorn harmonica; Aaron Goldsmith, guitarron
photo: Larisa Fuchs
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII -music to make you dance, kiss and scream
An explosive mash of Romanian Gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle played on three violins, resophonic gitar, bullhorn harmonica and mariachi bass.
The members of the Orchestii come from different backgrounds and scenes in New York City but share a love of the music that people all over the world listen to while drinking, dancing and weeping. Sxip Shirey is an international circus composer, Sarah Alden is an old time Appalachian fiddle player, Rima Fand is an experimental theater composer, Kaia Wong plays MOOG in an electronic band and Aaron Goldsmith has played in goth, funk and old- world music ensembles.
“A punky five-piece string band, The Luminescent Orchestrii plays renditions of Appalachian and Gypsy tunes that run from lively and infectious to deeply melancholy. Its original compositions and varied interpretations of traditional melodies are like tiny, richly arranged musical adventures." –Time Out NY (NYC, NY) www.lumi.org
Sunday Jul 10 6:00PM MUSIC FOR THE FUTURE Claudia Zuluaga
Singer/ Songwriter Claudia Zuluaga & friends. we are awaiting confirmation on the lineup Cover $6 (includes one house drink) 8:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: SUSAN WATTS Susan Watts, trumpet ; Jay Vilnai , guitar; Ron Caswell, tuba
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
Trumpeter and vocalist Susan Watts represents the youngest generation of an exciting klezmer dynasty that reaches back to the Jewish Ukraine of the 19th century, beginning with her great grandfather, bandleader and composer, Joseph Hoffman.
A fourth generation musician, Susan is the sole living purveyor of a klezmer style trumpet and sound which electrified Jewish American audiences for decades. Her engaging voice and one of a kind vocal style will carry you through a full gamut of emotions, will inspire you www.susanwattsonline.com , www.vilnaismusic.com
Upcoming Shows:
Monday Jul 11 6:00PM “MARRIAGE, MARRIAGE, MARRIAGE" Cover $6 (includes one house drink) A dramatic reading of Marriage Marriage Marriage by Geoffrey Chaucer and Leonard Wolf, a 21st century play in which Chaucer's bawdy stories “The Miller's Tale" and “the Merchant's Tale" are fused with “The Wife of Bath's Prologue." The play, in modern English, is like Chaucer's tales themselves, lyric, hilarious, obscene, and insightful about the tragi-comedy of marriage between unequal partners. Directed by Christopher Cartmill, with Suzanne Toren as the Wife of Bath.
MONDAY JULY 11 8:30pm MINI-MUSICAL: SERENITY HAWKFIRE NEEDS TO SHARE A Highly Evolved, Interactive Musical Written and Performed by Suzanne Falter-Barns & Ryan Brown
Not only is Serenity Hawkfire an internationally recognized psychic songologist, she’s also an animal life coach, a Tantric sex consultant, an aura organizer, a licensed colon cleaner and fecologist, a gifted dental channeler, a tea leaf interpreter and a certified tax intuitive! Not surprisingly, she is also the author of a breakthrough self help book, Beyond Being, which happens to be entirely blank. Serenity Hawkfire is a narcissistic media ‘expert’ with an ego the size of Chicago … and she’s on her ‘Humble Guru Tour’ across America, determined to save souls, with her beleagured assistant, Wild Heart, who calls himself the ‘Urban Druid’ as he communicates freely with trees and ‘spirit of the wood.’ An evening of interactive theater that freely mixes scripted material, song and improvisation.
TUESDAY JULY 12 6pm MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: A TROUBADOUR'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: Singer, poet, chansonniere Beth Anne Cole accompanied by virtuoso guitarist David Acker. Quirks and quarks including original songs, musical tales, songs in French, Portuguese, Yiddish, Ladino—and English!
Wednesday Jul 13 6:00PM RUSSIAN POETS Andrey Gritsman, host Russian Poets of INTERPOEZIA, an Oslo-based intercultural literary journal. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
Thursday Jul 14 6:00PM POETRY: THE QUETZAL QUILL @ CORNELIA STREET CAFE Rigoberto Gonzalez, host poetry: Rigoberto Gonzalez hosts Michelle Valladares, Matthew Thornburn, Peter Covino, and Gabrielle Calvocoessi, all with new books of poems or one on the way. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
Friday Jul 15 6:00PM PINK PONY POETRY Jackie Sheeler, host
Jackie Sheeler's open mic poetry series with featured reader Trina Scordo. arrive before 6 pm to sign up. $6 admission includes a *free* drink Cover $6 (includes one house drink) http://www.poetz.com
Saturday Jul 16 6:00PM MUDFISH Jill Hoffman, host
Mudfish launches its new issue(#14), the great long-running Art & Poetry mag published by Jill Hoffman. Our annual bash to celebrate one of the leading downtown publications. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
Sunday Jul 17 6:00PM BEAT NIGHT Larry Simon & Ensemble
BEAT NIGHT READERS- Alice Klugherz, Mireya Perez, Roxanne Hoffman, and Kristen Hultsman Accompanied by- The Larry Simon Ensemble-Larry Simon-Guitar/music director, Cynthia Chatis-flute, Nate Edgar-Bass, Mike Barron & Frank Laurino- Percussion, and Special Guest: Patrick Grant-keyboard For more info email Larry Simon at: [email protected] Cover $6 (includes one house drink) http://[email protected]
Monday Jul 18 8:30PM ROGUES' GALLERY Songs by David Reiffel sung by Melissa Dye, David Frutkoff, Richard Roland, Peri Smilow, and Anne Tofflemire
Rachel Peters and David Reiffel, piano directed by Nell Balaban
Filled with people behaving badly, ROGUES' GALLERY is a collection of the theater and cabaret songs of composer-lyricist David Reiffel. For five years the composer-in-residence for the nationally-acclaimed Cornerstone Theater Company, Reiffel's songs have been performed across the country, from Eastport, Maine to Schurz, Nevada and from Marmarth, North Dakota to Port Gibson, Mississippi. (Not to mention Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.) ROGUES' GALLERY: bounders and fools, fanatics and blasphemers, Jean-Paul Sartre and the notorious Lili Gandolfi. Cover $10
Tuesday Jul 19 8:30PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Valerie Ghent, host Chris Belden; Bar Scott; Vicki Genfan; Valerie Ghent; Bill Grady; Sara Wendt
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Tuesday July 19 schedule includes: host, Valerie Ghent Chris Belden Bar Scott Vicki Genfan Valerie Ghent Bill Grady Sara Wendt
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Wednesday Jul 20 6:00PM POETRY poetry: Laurel Blossom & Amy Holman, host Angelo Verga Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
8:30PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Valerie Ghent, host Jesse Du Bey ; Martha Colby; Dan Gonzalez; The Lynch Brothers; Leni Stern; Michael Hill
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Wednesday, July 20 schedule includes: host, Valerie Ghent Jesse Du Bey Martha Colby Dan Gonzalez The Lynch Brothers Leni Stern Michael Hill
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html
Thursday Jul 21 6:00PM PO'JAZZ Golda Solomon, host
Po' Jazz, our monthly jazz & poetry program, presents... Jazz Vocalist Ayana Lowe's Jazz Combo Thursday, July 21st Cover $12 (includes one house drink) 8:30PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Randi Driscoll, host Elisa Peimer; Laura Berman; TBA; Randi Driscoll ; Natalia Zukerman
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Thursday, July 21 schedule includes: host, Randi Driscoll Elisa Peimer Laura Berman TBA Randi Driscoll Natalia Zukerman
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Friday Jul 22 6:00PM PINK PONY POETRY Jackie Sheeler, host
Pink Pony Poetry: Jackie Sheeler's open mic poetry series with featured reader El Extreme. arrive before 6 pm to sign up. $6 admission includes a *free* drink. Cover $6 (includes one house drink) http://www.poetz.com
9:00PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Valerie Ghent, host Ann Klein ; Kismet; Valerie Ghent; Morley; Paulette McWilliams Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Friday, July 22 schedule includes: host, Valerie Ghent Ann Klein Kismet Valerie Ghent Morley Paulette McWilliams host, Valerie Ghent Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Saturday Jul 23 6:00PM PERFORMANCE Phillip Levine
Performance: “approximate poet falls in love & can't get up" - pp levine with meredith levine. A theatrical, poetic performance piece tracing the overreaching arc of yearning. “What it all boils down to is this: I’m a boy prone to crushes.” Poet, playwright, actor, director Phillip Levine reveals the crux of his dilemma early on in his new play/poem/ story/album/one-man show (except for his wife, who plays a kind-of silent Gracie to Levine’s proverbial, hyperverbal, neurotic George Burns). “Approximate Poet Falls in Love and Can’t Get Up,” explains Levine, “is part memoir, part embellishment, and like all art, lies to tell the truth." As a performer and director, Levine got his start in the alternative New York City theater scene, also known as Off-Off-Broadway, where in the last 20 years crossing the lines between art forms became an art form unto itself. His focus became bringing work, “so-called poetry,” into different settings. “A lot of what you’ll see here, you’ll see in yourself,” he says about his newest work. The play is broken down into nine parts, with an “Overture,” an “Epilogue,” and six poems, which Levine described as being similar to “stations of the cross or stones in the stream.” Each vignette takes the audience on a heartbreaking and/or hilarious tour of a man in love. With whom? Anyone. During the Overture, he’s yearning to lasso the pigtails of the girl next door; then it’s a stranger on the subway; then a woman he let go with regret; then a blind date. Through it all, Levine’s real wife, Meredith, is there with him, onstage—fleshing out the scene with movement, dance, commentary, encouragement, reaction. “art can’t fix it religion can’t fix it your lover can’t fix it.” “Will you call me a poet if I call you a poem?” Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
9:00PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Danielle Gasparro, host Ryan Scott; Justin Tracy; Sarah Wilson; Tuey Connell; Danielle Gasparro
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Saturday July 23 schedule includes: host, Danielle Gasparro Ryan Scott Justin Tracy Sarah Wilson Tuey Connell Danielle Gasparro
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Sunday Jul 24 8:30PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL JJ Appleton, host Anna Dagmar ; Naked Albert ; Susan D.; JJ Appleton; TBA SPECIAL GUEST!
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Sunday July 24 – CLOSING NIGHT! - schedule includes: host, JJ Appleton Anna Dagmar Naked Albert Susan D. JJ Appleton TBA SPECIAL GUEST!
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Tuesday Jul 26 8:30PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Carol Thomas; Sweet Suzi Smith & Blues Exp; Lil' Cliff & the Cliffhangers
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Carol Thomas 9:15 - Sweet Suzi Smith and the Blues Experience 10:00 Lil' Cliff & the Cliffhangers
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $7 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Wednesday Jul 27 8:30PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Bennett Harris; Tommy Keys; Blue Number Nine
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Bennett Harris 9:15 - Tommy Keys 10:00 Blue Number Nine
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe. Cover $7 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Thursday Jul 28 8:30PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Danielle Miraglia; Kevin So & Midnight Snack; Cadillac Moon
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Danielle Miraglia 9:15 - Kevin So & Midnight Snack 10:00 Cadillac Moon
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $7 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Friday Jul 29 6:00PM PINK PONY POETRY Jackie Sheeler, host DuEwa Frazier, featured poet Jackie Sheeler's open mic poetry series with featured reader DuEwa Frazier. arrive before 6 pm to sign up. $6 admission includes a *free* drink Cover $6 (includes one house drink) http://www.poetz.com
9:00PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Whiteboy Slim; Kerry Kearney Band; Melissa Mulligan; Breakaway
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Whiteboy Slim 9:30 - Kerry Kearney Band 10:30 - Melissa Mulligan 11:45 - Breakaway
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $10 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Saturday Jul 30 6:00PM GUITAR & PEN
Chris Belden reads new fiction “The Writer" and plays some new songs on guitar. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
9:00PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel Layla DaVias & Aviv Roth; Hot Button All-Stars; The Shades; Dare Ya Blues Band
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Layla DaVias & Aviv Roth 9:30 - Hot Button All-Stars 10:30 The Shades 11:45 Dare Ya Blues Band
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $10 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Sunday Jul 31 8:30PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Sam Hooper Group; Georgie ; Little Toby Walker; Pecan Pie w/ Halley DeVestern
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 7:00 - Sam Hooper Group 8:00 - Georgie “The Blacksmith" Bonds 9:00 - Little Toby Walker 10:00 - Pecan Pie w/ Halley DeVestern
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $10 http://jonsobel.com, http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com
between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St.
“a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987
This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe
Cornelia Street Cafe A Festival Of Festivals July And August 2005
Cornelia Street Cafe has been a haven for artists of every conceivable genre (and quite a few inconceivable ones) for 28 years. In the course of a typical year we now present some 700 events, ranging from Russian poetry to Latin jazz, from science to songwriting, from theatre to cabaret. Suzanne Vega started out here when we were one room with a toaster oven, Eve Ensler began her Vagina Monologues in the downstairs cabaret, where Senator Eugene McCarthy has read his poetry, Dr. Oliver Sacks his prose, and members of Monty Python and the Royal Shakespeare Company intermittently appear. This summer, in a break from our regular programming, we are presenting a series of weekly festivals, celebrating some of the incredible diversity of this astonishing city.
MONDAY JULY 4 8:30pm MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE: AMRAM AND CO--AMRAMICANA An American birthday event which explores in his highly personable, generous and informal style the astonishing variety of David Amram's interests and accomplishments—renowned composer of symphonic classical music, jazz compositions, improvisation, spoken word, scat, he sits at the piano, schmoozes about music, about the greats, the beats, the obscure, the legendary; plays the French horn, pulls out all kinds of instruments (flutes, drums, horns) gathered from his many circumnavigations of the globe, pulls in guests drawn from just about every artistic walk of life. Cover $10
Vessels Of Song Festival July 5-6 and July 8-10 The last few years there's been a surge of interest in the traditional music of Eastern Europe. Cornelia St. Cafe is celebrating all the different ways in which Klezmer and Gypsy traditions have worked themselves into the contemporary NYC music scene. The week-long festival includes Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, showing that the blend of Shtetl Klezmer and Down Home Bluegrass is smoother than you would imagine; Jeff Perelman with members of Romashka, Village Klezmer and Max & Minka, drawing upon their own travels throughout the former Soviet bloc to bring you infectious Eastern European Klezmer music, Gypsy (Rom) music, Balkan music and more; Jay Vilnai's Vampire Suit, exploring the interconnections of Balkan music, Middle-Eastern grooves and improvisation; and Susan Watts, the youngest generation of an exciting klezmer dynasty that reaches back to the Jewish Ukraine of the 19th century, bringing a rich repertoire of many original songs written for weddings, family members and joyous occasions.
All shows are $10, get a 3 shows discount card: $25
Tuesday Jul 05 8:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: MARGOT LEVERETT AND THE KLEZMER MOUNTAIN BOYS Margot Leverett, clarinet; Marthy Confurius, bass; Joe Selly, guitar; Kenny Kosek, fiddle
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
Klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett joins forces with today’s stars of klezmer and bluegrass to explore the shared musical spirit of two genres literally worlds apart. Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe, some newly discovered, and the resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, melancholic and footstomping. Their CD “Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys" was released to glowing reviews on Traditional Crossroads in Cover $10 www.KlezmerMountainBoys.com
Wednesday Jul 06
8:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: JEFF PERLMAN'S KLEZMER AND GYPSY (ROMA) MUSIC Jeff Perlman, clarinet & saxophone; Jake Shulman-Ment, violin; Jeanette Lewiscki, accordion; Ron Caswell, tuba; Timothy Quigley, drums & percussion
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
These musicians have been bringing their infectious Eastern European grooves to weddings, cafes and dance clubs around NYC. Drawing upon their own travels throughout the former Soviet bloc, their performance will feature Klezmer music, Gypsy (Rom) music, Balkan music and an exploration of the common ground in between. Cover $10 www.romashka.net
Thursday Jul 07 6:00PM ARTISTS’ SALON Robin, Angelo, Poul, and Valerie
This is a monthly opportunity for artists associated with the cafe--from every genre and every generation, past, present, and future--to gather informally, schmooze, re-invent the world, and hoist a glass of quelque chose (the only kind of chose to hoist). Our glorious curators are present, you can buttonhole them to find out what's cooking, you can introduce yourself to other toilers in the vineyard, invent projects and discover collaborators. All are welcome.
8:30PM ALL ABOUTJAZZ-NEW YORK PRESENTS 1S & 2S: MUSIC FOR SOLO & DUO Kate Bull, voice; Joe Fonda, bass CD release celebration of the Bull/Fonda duo's Cup of Joe No Bull (Corn Hill Indie Records) sets at 8:30pm and 10:00pm admission: $12, Students w/ID: $8
KATIE BULL is a jazz vocalist and multi-media performer living in New York City since birth. Outside of pianists, there are probably more female vocalists working in jazz then any other type of performer. But when counting the truly adventurous singers, that list becomes amazingly short, and with Katie Bull a new name can be added. She has sung with her divine mentors – her “jazz mothers" vocalist/composers Jay Clayton and Sheila Jordan.
Joe Fonda is a composer, bassist, recording artist, interdisciplinary performer, and producer. “There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music of Joe Fonda is part of a living tradition of belief and dedication. Future historians will be surprised at the breadth of Mr. Fonda's offerings. This is a real virtuoso and composer of the highest order." Anthony Braxton
Friday Jul 08 6:00PM PINK PONY POETRY Jackie Sheeler, host Pink Pony Poetry: Jackie Sheeler's open mic poetry series with featured reader Joshua Meander. arrive before 6 pm to sign up. $6 admission includes a *free* drink Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
8:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: RIBS & BRISKET Paul Shapiro, saxophone, vocals; Babi Floyd, vocals; Cilla Owens, vocals; Tony Lewis, drums; Booker King, bass; Brian Mitchell, piano
TONIGHT: TWO SHOWS - ONE COVER!! COME EARLY, STAY LATE
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
RIBS AND BRISKET Back in the 30’s and 40’s bluesy, comedic, swing musicians like Louie Jordan and Cab Calloway made some great music that still sounds fresh today. Yiddish was a pretty active street language in New York City at that time, and it was woven into the music. You had Slim Gaillard singing “Matzo Balls", Mildred Bailey recording “A Bee Gezindt", and Calloway’s hysterical yiddish/gibberish cantillation intro to “Ot Azoy" (That's the Way).
Paul Shapiro celebrates this interplay of 40’s hipster swing with some Yiddish thrown in at the Cornelia Street Café. Calling it the Ribs and Brisket Revue*, the saxophonist/composer features Babi Floyd, (of Keith Richard's Expensive Winos et al) and Cilla Owens (one of New York’s best kept secrets). They will be backed by musicians from Paul’s CD ”Midnight Minyan”, on Tzadik Records, which was released lastyear. *Paul was visited in a dream state by the ghost of Fats Waller who convinced him that R&B originally stood for Ribs & Brisket
10:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: VAMPIRE SUIT Jay Vilnai, guitar; Jeremy Powell, reeds; Skye Steel, violin; Mike Savino, bass; Kevin Garcia, percussion
TONIGHT: TWO SHOWS - ONE COVER!! COME EARLY, STAY LATE
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
Vampire Suit draws on Jay Vilnai's unique musical heritage as a Russian-Romanian-Polish descendant raised in Jerusalem around a mix of contemporary and traditional Jewish and Arab music, with a soul for rock n'roll and a BFA in jazz. Couple that with a passion for Bartok and Stravinsky and you end up with all original music that draws on all those influences to create something akin to traditional music for a generation that has so many traditions it calls his. Balkan and Middle-Eastern rhythms are prominent, backed by 20th century composing concepts and jazz improvising.
‘The music has enduring beauty that touches on the heart of the Middle East's musical culture while exhibiting western flair. Open improvisations and the spirit of the belly dance coexist, encouraging the traditional undulated hip movements as a supplement to the solid instrumentation....’ -Frank Rubolino Cadence Magazine
The result is a highly personal musical texture that takes you from the tribal dances of North Africa to the marshes of the Balkans. A musical journey that is at once personal and global, music that is at the same time unmistakably modern, yet feels old and familiar, a new tradition for a generation that hails from so many traditions.
'Vilnai and his vampires get high marks for their utter unpredictability from track to track, their sheer joy they get from and give to the music and the various textures and sounds that emerge.' - Budd Kopman, All About Jazz
To help create that sound Vampire Suit draws on the talents of young New York musicians that have had experience in different musical settings and cultures. The musical vision is realized with the help of players that have played jazz, rock, Arab music, Balkan music, African music and more. With a deep understanding and respect to all this music they are able to tap into something new that arises from all of these influences.
“If Bram Stoker's imaginary Transylvania had a jazz scene, the music would sound something like this." -jazzreview.com Cover $10 www.vilnaismusic.com
Saturday Jul 09 6:00PM ITALIAN-AMERICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION Maria Lisella, host
Italian American Writers Association, featured readers are: TBA, plus open mic, 5 minute limit. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
9:00PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII Sarah Alden, violin; Rima Fand, violin; Kaia Wong, violin; Sxip Shirey, resophonic guitar, melodica, bullhorn harmonica; Aaron Goldsmith, guitarron
photo: Larisa Fuchs
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII -music to make you dance, kiss and scream
An explosive mash of Romanian Gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle played on three violins, resophonic gitar, bullhorn harmonica and mariachi bass.
The members of the Orchestii come from different backgrounds and scenes in New York City but share a love of the music that people all over the world listen to while drinking, dancing and weeping. Sxip Shirey is an international circus composer, Sarah Alden is an old time Appalachian fiddle player, Rima Fand is an experimental theater composer, Kaia Wong plays MOOG in an electronic band and Aaron Goldsmith has played in goth, funk and old- world music ensembles.
“A punky five-piece string band, The Luminescent Orchestrii plays renditions of Appalachian and Gypsy tunes that run from lively and infectious to deeply melancholy. Its original compositions and varied interpretations of traditional melodies are like tiny, richly arranged musical adventures." –Time Out NY (NYC, NY) www.lumi.org
Sunday Jul 10 6:00PM MUSIC FOR THE FUTURE Claudia Zuluaga
Singer/ Songwriter Claudia Zuluaga & friends. we are awaiting confirmation on the lineup Cover $6 (includes one house drink) 8:30PM VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: SUSAN WATTS Susan Watts, trumpet ; Jay Vilnai , guitar; Ron Caswell, tuba
VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL: All shows $10, or get a festival card of any three shows for $25
Trumpeter and vocalist Susan Watts represents the youngest generation of an exciting klezmer dynasty that reaches back to the Jewish Ukraine of the 19th century, beginning with her great grandfather, bandleader and composer, Joseph Hoffman.
A fourth generation musician, Susan is the sole living purveyor of a klezmer style trumpet and sound which electrified Jewish American audiences for decades. Her engaging voice and one of a kind vocal style will carry you through a full gamut of emotions, will inspire you www.susanwattsonline.com , www.vilnaismusic.com
Upcoming Shows:
Monday Jul 11 6:00PM “MARRIAGE, MARRIAGE, MARRIAGE" Cover $6 (includes one house drink) A dramatic reading of Marriage Marriage Marriage by Geoffrey Chaucer and Leonard Wolf, a 21st century play in which Chaucer's bawdy stories “The Miller's Tale" and “the Merchant's Tale" are fused with “The Wife of Bath's Prologue." The play, in modern English, is like Chaucer's tales themselves, lyric, hilarious, obscene, and insightful about the tragi-comedy of marriage between unequal partners. Directed by Christopher Cartmill, with Suzanne Toren as the Wife of Bath.
MONDAY JULY 11 8:30pm MINI-MUSICAL: SERENITY HAWKFIRE NEEDS TO SHARE A Highly Evolved, Interactive Musical Written and Performed by Suzanne Falter-Barns & Ryan Brown
Not only is Serenity Hawkfire an internationally recognized psychic songologist, she’s also an animal life coach, a Tantric sex consultant, an aura organizer, a licensed colon cleaner and fecologist, a gifted dental channeler, a tea leaf interpreter and a certified tax intuitive! Not surprisingly, she is also the author of a breakthrough self help book, Beyond Being, which happens to be entirely blank. Serenity Hawkfire is a narcissistic media ‘expert’ with an ego the size of Chicago … and she’s on her ‘Humble Guru Tour’ across America, determined to save souls, with her beleagured assistant, Wild Heart, who calls himself the ‘Urban Druid’ as he communicates freely with trees and ‘spirit of the wood.’ An evening of interactive theater that freely mixes scripted material, song and improvisation.
TUESDAY JULY 12 6pm MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: A TROUBADOUR'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: Singer, poet, chansonniere Beth Anne Cole accompanied by virtuoso guitarist David Acker. Quirks and quarks including original songs, musical tales, songs in French, Portuguese, Yiddish, Ladino—and English!
Wednesday Jul 13 6:00PM RUSSIAN POETS Andrey Gritsman, host Russian Poets of INTERPOEZIA, an Oslo-based intercultural literary journal. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
Thursday Jul 14 6:00PM POETRY: THE QUETZAL QUILL @ CORNELIA STREET CAFE Rigoberto Gonzalez, host poetry: Rigoberto Gonzalez hosts Michelle Valladares, Matthew Thornburn, Peter Covino, and Gabrielle Calvocoessi, all with new books of poems or one on the way. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
Friday Jul 15 6:00PM PINK PONY POETRY Jackie Sheeler, host
Jackie Sheeler's open mic poetry series with featured reader Trina Scordo. arrive before 6 pm to sign up. $6 admission includes a *free* drink Cover $6 (includes one house drink) http://www.poetz.com
Saturday Jul 16 6:00PM MUDFISH Jill Hoffman, host
Mudfish launches its new issue(#14), the great long-running Art & Poetry mag published by Jill Hoffman. Our annual bash to celebrate one of the leading downtown publications. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
Sunday Jul 17 6:00PM BEAT NIGHT Larry Simon & Ensemble
BEAT NIGHT READERS- Alice Klugherz, Mireya Perez, Roxanne Hoffman, and Kristen Hultsman Accompanied by- The Larry Simon Ensemble-Larry Simon-Guitar/music director, Cynthia Chatis-flute, Nate Edgar-Bass, Mike Barron & Frank Laurino- Percussion, and Special Guest: Patrick Grant-keyboard For more info email Larry Simon at: [email protected] Cover $6 (includes one house drink) http://[email protected]
Monday Jul 18 8:30PM ROGUES' GALLERY Songs by David Reiffel sung by Melissa Dye, David Frutkoff, Richard Roland, Peri Smilow, and Anne Tofflemire
Rachel Peters and David Reiffel, piano directed by Nell Balaban
Filled with people behaving badly, ROGUES' GALLERY is a collection of the theater and cabaret songs of composer-lyricist David Reiffel. For five years the composer-in-residence for the nationally-acclaimed Cornerstone Theater Company, Reiffel's songs have been performed across the country, from Eastport, Maine to Schurz, Nevada and from Marmarth, North Dakota to Port Gibson, Mississippi. (Not to mention Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.) ROGUES' GALLERY: bounders and fools, fanatics and blasphemers, Jean-Paul Sartre and the notorious Lili Gandolfi. Cover $10
Tuesday Jul 19 8:30PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Valerie Ghent, host Chris Belden; Bar Scott; Vicki Genfan; Valerie Ghent; Bill Grady; Sara Wendt
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Tuesday July 19 schedule includes: host, Valerie Ghent Chris Belden Bar Scott Vicki Genfan Valerie Ghent Bill Grady Sara Wendt
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Wednesday Jul 20 6:00PM POETRY poetry: Laurel Blossom & Amy Holman, host Angelo Verga Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
8:30PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Valerie Ghent, host Jesse Du Bey ; Martha Colby; Dan Gonzalez; The Lynch Brothers; Leni Stern; Michael Hill
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Wednesday, July 20 schedule includes: host, Valerie Ghent Jesse Du Bey Martha Colby Dan Gonzalez The Lynch Brothers Leni Stern Michael Hill
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html
Thursday Jul 21 6:00PM PO'JAZZ Golda Solomon, host
Po' Jazz, our monthly jazz & poetry program, presents... Jazz Vocalist Ayana Lowe's Jazz Combo Thursday, July 21st Cover $12 (includes one house drink) 8:30PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Randi Driscoll, host Elisa Peimer; Laura Berman; TBA; Randi Driscoll ; Natalia Zukerman
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Thursday, July 21 schedule includes: host, Randi Driscoll Elisa Peimer Laura Berman TBA Randi Driscoll Natalia Zukerman
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Friday Jul 22 6:00PM PINK PONY POETRY Jackie Sheeler, host
Pink Pony Poetry: Jackie Sheeler's open mic poetry series with featured reader El Extreme. arrive before 6 pm to sign up. $6 admission includes a *free* drink. Cover $6 (includes one house drink) http://www.poetz.com
9:00PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Valerie Ghent, host Ann Klein ; Kismet; Valerie Ghent; Morley; Paulette McWilliams Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Friday, July 22 schedule includes: host, Valerie Ghent Ann Klein Kismet Valerie Ghent Morley Paulette McWilliams host, Valerie Ghent Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Saturday Jul 23 6:00PM PERFORMANCE Phillip Levine
Performance: “approximate poet falls in love & can't get up" - pp levine with meredith levine. A theatrical, poetic performance piece tracing the overreaching arc of yearning. “What it all boils down to is this: I’m a boy prone to crushes.” Poet, playwright, actor, director Phillip Levine reveals the crux of his dilemma early on in his new play/poem/ story/album/one-man show (except for his wife, who plays a kind-of silent Gracie to Levine’s proverbial, hyperverbal, neurotic George Burns). “Approximate Poet Falls in Love and Can’t Get Up,” explains Levine, “is part memoir, part embellishment, and like all art, lies to tell the truth." As a performer and director, Levine got his start in the alternative New York City theater scene, also known as Off-Off-Broadway, where in the last 20 years crossing the lines between art forms became an art form unto itself. His focus became bringing work, “so-called poetry,” into different settings. “A lot of what you’ll see here, you’ll see in yourself,” he says about his newest work. The play is broken down into nine parts, with an “Overture,” an “Epilogue,” and six poems, which Levine described as being similar to “stations of the cross or stones in the stream.” Each vignette takes the audience on a heartbreaking and/or hilarious tour of a man in love. With whom? Anyone. During the Overture, he’s yearning to lasso the pigtails of the girl next door; then it’s a stranger on the subway; then a woman he let go with regret; then a blind date. Through it all, Levine’s real wife, Meredith, is there with him, onstage—fleshing out the scene with movement, dance, commentary, encouragement, reaction. “art can’t fix it religion can’t fix it your lover can’t fix it.” “Will you call me a poet if I call you a poem?” Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
9:00PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL Danielle Gasparro, host Ryan Scott; Justin Tracy; Sarah Wilson; Tuey Connell; Danielle Gasparro
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Saturday July 23 schedule includes: host, Danielle Gasparro Ryan Scott Justin Tracy Sarah Wilson Tuey Connell Danielle Gasparro
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Sunday Jul 24 8:30PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT FESTIVAL JJ Appleton, host Anna Dagmar ; Naked Albert ; Susan D.; JJ Appleton; TBA SPECIAL GUEST!
Six day benefit for “Feel the Music!" 19 July - 24 July, 2005
All proceeds benefit the music education program, “Feel the Music!", created by The World Foundation for Music and Healing.
Sunday July 24 – CLOSING NIGHT! - schedule includes: host, JJ Appleton Anna Dagmar Naked Albert Susan D. JJ Appleton TBA SPECIAL GUEST!
Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com/festival.html , http://songwritersbeat.com
Tuesday Jul 26 8:30PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Carol Thomas; Sweet Suzi Smith & Blues Exp; Lil' Cliff & the Cliffhangers
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Carol Thomas 9:15 - Sweet Suzi Smith and the Blues Experience 10:00 Lil' Cliff & the Cliffhangers
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $7 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Wednesday Jul 27 8:30PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Bennett Harris; Tommy Keys; Blue Number Nine
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Bennett Harris 9:15 - Tommy Keys 10:00 Blue Number Nine
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe. Cover $7 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Thursday Jul 28 8:30PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Danielle Miraglia; Kevin So & Midnight Snack; Cadillac Moon
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Danielle Miraglia 9:15 - Kevin So & Midnight Snack 10:00 Cadillac Moon
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $7 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Friday Jul 29 6:00PM PINK PONY POETRY Jackie Sheeler, host DuEwa Frazier, featured poet Jackie Sheeler's open mic poetry series with featured reader DuEwa Frazier. arrive before 6 pm to sign up. $6 admission includes a *free* drink Cover $6 (includes one house drink) http://www.poetz.com
9:00PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Whiteboy Slim; Kerry Kearney Band; Melissa Mulligan; Breakaway
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Whiteboy Slim 9:30 - Kerry Kearney Band 10:30 - Melissa Mulligan 11:45 - Breakaway
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $10 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Saturday Jul 30 6:00PM GUITAR & PEN
Chris Belden reads new fiction “The Writer" and plays some new songs on guitar. Cover $6 (includes one house drink)
9:00PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel Layla DaVias & Aviv Roth; Hot Button All-Stars; The Shades; Dare Ya Blues Band
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 8:30 - Layla DaVias & Aviv Roth 9:30 - Hot Button All-Stars 10:30 The Shades 11:45 Dare Ya Blues Band
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $10 http://jonsobel.com , http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
Sunday Jul 31 8:30PM SOUL OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL Jon Sobel, host Sam Hooper Group; Georgie ; Little Toby Walker; Pecan Pie w/ Halley DeVestern
This night of the Soul of the Blues Festival features 7:00 - Sam Hooper Group 8:00 - Georgie “The Blacksmith" Bonds 9:00 - Little Toby Walker 10:00 - Pecan Pie w/ Halley DeVestern
The best in authentic country blues, jammin' blues-rock, horn-driven soul and even modern R&B will be represented during the Festival's six nights.
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive* live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
Cover $10 http://jonsobel.com, http://jonsobel.com/sotbfesthome.html
For more information contact All About Jazz.
