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Claire Lynch |
 Lynch is the perfect mix of that famed trio Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, and Dolly Parton. She's got the interpretive skills of Ronstadt, the clear and pure voice of Harris, and the bluegrass soul of Parton. Lynch has received Grammy nominations for best bluegrass album, and a female vocalist of the year award from the International Bluegrass Music Association in 1997, but she deserves all the accolades we can toss her way. Her latest album, "Crowd Favorites," is a compilation of the cream of her recently recorded output, along with re-recordings of a few songs she did in her days with the Front Porch String Band."If you love bluegrass, your deity is Claire Lynch." --Cafe Guide | |||
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Louisiana Red |
 Louisiana Red has lived the Blues... and Louisiana Red not only plays the Blues, he lives it through his guitar and his singing. Strongly influenced by Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins and Arthur Crudup, he has long ago found his own voice, his own style, his own form of expression.
When Red performs, the songs are often only launching pad for expressing his immediate feelings in the almost lost tradition of spontaneous composition that goes back to the original Delta Blues artists, and even further to the West-African griot bards. In a career spanning over half a century, Louisiana Red has played with just about every major bluesman you can name, some of the most memorable encounters being his jams with B.B. King and Muddy Waters. But it doesn't matter who he plays with or where he appears; Louisiana Red brings the same intensity and enthusiasm to every stage he appears on, whether in front of 10,000 people at a festival or 100 people in an intimate club. "A giant of the blues shows up to play a little club in the Catskills." --Cafe Guide | |||
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James Reams and the Barnstormers |
 James Reams & The Barnstormers is a traditional bluegrass band based in New York City. Guitar-player and singer James Reams is originally from London, Kentucky, but moved to Freedom, Wisconsin, as a teenager with his family. He moved to NYC in the mid-1980s. The band has recorded two albums - Barnstormin' (2001) and Troubled Times (2005) - and tours throughout the Northeast, mid-Atlantic states and the Ohio Valley.
Members of the band are James Reams (guitar, lead vocals), Mark Farrell (fiddle, mandolin, harmony vocals), Doug Nicolaisen (banjo), and Nick Sullivan (upright bass, harmony vocals). "With bluegrass music getting increasingly more slick, who would have thought that a band from Brooklyn, New York, would be a leader in reestablishing the classic sound of the 1950s... they are no ordinary bluegrass band as they draw much of their material from the South all the while playing with the power and drive of the big city." --Sing Out | |||
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Singer-Songwriter Tuesdays |
 Host Wayne Montecalvo presents another in the Cafe's ongoing series of music showcases. Enjoy a mix of both seasoned and newly-breaking performers playing from 8:00pm-9:45pm.
The scheduled musicians for this evening are Matthew Cantello, Chris Wilhelm, Carol Smith, Kate Farrell, Whitman & Pantell, and Larry Kitzmiller. | |||
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Jesse Lege & Joel Savoy Band |
 Jesse Lege and Joel Savoy, two Louisiana greats, are doing some dance music along with other band members. Why? Joel is up from Louisiana to play at the Grey Fox Festival (Joel, of the Savoy Family Band, is Wilson's brother, of the Pine Leaf Boys; while Ann's son, of Magnolia Sisters, and an extraordinary fiddler... he used to play with the Red Stick Ramblers). And you get Jesse, too."Lightening strikes twice in a pint jar...Jesse Lege, Joel Savoy, and the boys (with one girly girl). Put on your gator boots..." --Cafe Guide | |||
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Broad's Regional Arm Wrestling League benefit for Planned Parenthood |
 At B.R.A.W.L. events, arm wrestlers like Jackie-O-Nasty, Fanny Packer, Nurse Hatchet, Dee Baser, and Queen Victorious duke it out on a regulation arm wrestling table. The competition is fierce and filled with sweat, groans and foul play. Each woman brings her own posse to back her up. Broads Regional Arm Wrestling League is where Hudson Valley ladies walk the line between pro wrestling antics, theatrics, and pure strength competitive sport. Eight women wrestlers, each with their own character theme and wrestling moniker, compete in each B.R.A.W.L. competition. They have money-hungry entourages who collect "bets" from the crowd. Rules are determined and managed by the referee, and manipulated and corrupted by the wrestlers, celebrity judges, crowd hecklers, and muscle lovin' bet-hedgers.
This is beyond sport. This is beyond entertainment. This is brute strength on stage. Place your bets on the broad of your choice, then watch your cash go towards local organizations whose services benefit women and girls. The first three matches raised over $1700 for Family of Woodstock's Battered Women's Services and Ulster County Teen Parent Services! This tournament will benefit Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley http://www.plannedparenthood.org/mid-hudson-valley/ A video news clip of previous events is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq5YD4bBQNw There is no cover charge, but please bring money for "betting" on the wrestlers of your dreams. | |||
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Eilen Jewell Band |
 Nashville, TN - Like a throwback to the music performed in a whiskey-soaked dance hall, the third record from Boston songwriter Eilen Jewell, Sea of Tears, is an honest narrative of a woman journeying in and out of love.
Set for release on April 21, 2009, through Signature Sounds, Jewell is more Dusty Springfield than Gillian Welch. Sea of Tears finds the artist acknowledging her electric influences and the roots of rock and roll on the album's twelve tracks. She pays homage to the British invasion of the sixties, bands like The Kinks and The Animals; her forlorn, yet confident, delivery matches slow rock and resonant guitar sounds throughout the record. Although nine of the tracks are Jewell originals, the entire album could easily have been recorded forty years earlier. Sea of Tears has a smooth sliding pace that is punctuated by a chill of sharp guitar. The tone can be summarized in the words of "Shakin' All Over," a cover of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates' recording, where Jewell expertly explains the album's sound in the lyrics, "Quivers down the back bone...shakin' all over." The slow syncopation on the record hits the listener like ice water on a hot sunny day, unexpected but appreciated. The album was recorded along with her touring band; a tried and true ensemble of Jewell, Jason Beek (drums, harmony vocals), Jerry Miller (electric, acoustic, and steel guitars), and Johnny Sciascia (upright bass). The rapport of years touring together along with the musical talent are album highlights; the support behind Jewell's vocals augments her confident presentation and lets her heartfelt lyrics stand out against the backdrop. The four musicians merge to produce a tight swagger that cascades through the album. Stated as the album opens, "There's only one constant in this whole world, that's nothing ever stays the same." Jewell references mortality in the song, but the sentiment can be applied to her dynamic musical style. Eilen Jewell is a multi-faceted artist whose previous two records,Boundary County (self-released, 2006) and Letters from Sinners and Strangers (Signature Sounds, 2007) received national attention for their crisp, organic feel. After the release in April, Eilen and her band will tour up and down the East coast in some of the nation's most well known venues; touring in support of the record, Jewell will transform the stage around her into a performance arena of the 1950s and 1960s. From Vermont to North Carolina, Jewell and her band will captivate listeners with her timeless narratives all over the country. | |||
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Singer-Songwriter Tuesdays |
Host Wayne Montecalvo presents another in the Cafe's ongoing series of music showcases. Enjoy a mix of both seasoned and newly-breaking performers playing from 8:00pm-9:45pm.
The scheduled musicians for this evening are Dan Forsyth and Joe Kollar from the Band Driftwood, Melinda DiMaio, King Wilkie, Shane Murphy, Carole White, and Carl Welden. | |||
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The Kennedys |
 Pete and Maura Kennedy’s personal and professional relationship is now in its second decade. After a chance meeting in Austin that immediately sparked a songwriting collaboration, there was a first date at Buddy Holly’s grave, an enduring romance, and a creative partnership that radiates warmth, positive energy, and captivating music."The folk-rocking husband/wife team of Pete and Maura Kennedy have created a cohesive, often infectious and sometimes poignant song cycle inspired by dreams: the dreams that come in the night, and dreams of a better world. (5 stars)" --Mike Regenstreif, Montreal Gazette "With songs inspired by their dreams, Pete and Maura Kennedy meld '60s rock, folk, and country into a stunning concept album that takes the listener from the footloose frolic of not-so-long-ago into a world of abridged civil liberties, before concluding on an upbeat note with a bracing appeal for peace. The optimistic, go-for-it counsel of the stomping opener, 'Breathe,' mutates seamlessly into the frothy, sunny, power pop of 'Speed of Soul,' with its energetic, chanting girl-group chorus and jaunty banjo and mandolin lines - it's all so 9/10. But the melancholy folk ballad 'No Mornings' suggests the persistence of an unsettling dream, which in turn becomes reality with a rough-edged, Creedence-tinged country rocker, 'Give Me Back My Country,' that finds Maura crying out, '...give me back my country / and the sweet breath of freedom from the Bill of Rights.' Fully referencing a post-9/11 world now, the Kennedys lay it on in 'American Wish,' speaking truth to power in restrained, acoustic-driven fury and twang as Maura bemoans 'the voice of the people silenced by the powerful few.' ... Yet daybreak looms, and with it hope, articulated so sweetly in the beautiful, if somewhat bleak, country ballad 'Light My Way,' in the jubilant reconciliation of 'In My Dreams,' and in the spiritual solace of the Eastern-tinged meditation 'Kindred Spirits' and the ethereal instrumental coda, "Pacé." What have dreams wrought? Some kind of masterpiece." --David McGee, BarnesandNoble.com Editorial Review | |||
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Sunday Salsa Dance Class with Pam and Jorge |
 Pam and Jorge, locally renowned for leading Friday night Salsa at the Cafe, will teach a Salsa class on the Sundays of April 26, June 7, July 5, and August 2. The class go from 8:00pm to 10:00pm.
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The Rowan Brothers |
 Chris & Lorin Rowan: Singers/songwriters/Multi-instrumentalists. Chris and Lorin Rowan were born and raised near Boston, Massachusetts where their more famous brother Peter was already making a name for himself in Earth Opera. All three brothers played in folk, bluegrass and pop bands. In the early '70s, through their brother's connection, Chris and Lorin got hooked up with aspiring producer and instrumental wizard David Grisman. Before long, Chris and Lorin along with Grisman moved to "where it was happening" San Francisco, and they still reside there today. One of the brother's first gigs in the Bay Area was opening for the Grateful Dead at the closing of the Fillmore West in 1971. Shortly thereafter Clive Davis (Columbia Records) and David Geffen (Asylum) got into a bidding war for the talented singer/songwriters. Davis won out and the band produced the lavish and much-neglected The Rowans Brothers album on Columbia (1972), (reissued in 2003 on Evangeline Recorded Works) which was produced by Grisman under the name of David Diadem. Musicians appearing on the album included drum legend Jim Keltner, Grisman, and the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann."The modern day Everly Brothers with a splash of bluegrass..." | |||
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Bobby Delicious |
 Bobby Delicious has been performing his own brand of Hip-Hop music for the last 9 years, his music is a blend of not only different genres, but also of the things he has experienced in life. Bobby performs with upright bass player Seth Bulkin and Singer Kenny Camacho, both extremely talented, and bringing their own sharply honed skills to the table. Delicious produces tracks using a combination of digital as well as live instrumentation, he is truly dedicated to each song, each one coming directly from the heart. The project has caught the attention, and gained the support of many fans who, by their own admission don't listen to Hip-Hop. In an age where Rap lyrics have essentially fallen by the wayside, Bobby Delicious has striven to give every word value."He seems to share with Shakespeare an attraction to combinations of consonants and vowels and the way in which they are produced" - John Barry Poughkeepsie Journal | |||
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Cliff Eberhardt |
 "Eberhardt is better than ever, Steve McQueening his way into your heart at about ninety-eight miles an hour, kicking ass with fresh insight and new ways to lament old yearnings." --Philly Rock Guide "A gifted songwriter and performer, he stopped time, crossed chasms, broke and stiched up some hearts with that little masterpiece, Twelve Songs of Good and Evil. It was as good as anything I've ever heard." --Cafe Guide | |||
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Mary Gauthier |
 Mary Gauthier is one of the most challenging artists to rise up from the underground in a long, long time, writing songs that tell hard truths with a desolate eloquence. Gauthier's path has wound through devastation and despair. She has beaten back demons, learned from the streets, sunk to the bottom of life, turned 18 behind bars, emerged from darkness, and to completely confuse things won notice as a respected restaurateur... all before writing her first song."Sometimes a songwriter splits open your chest and does something memorable to your heart; that's what Mary Gauthier is, and there's more." --Cafe Guide | |||
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