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Alessandra Belloni and Steve Gorn - "Rhythm is the Cure" |
 Alessandra Belloni is a singer, percussionist, dancer and actress who stands as one of the most important voices of traditional southern Italian music and dance today. She is artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Artistic Director and Founder of I Giullari di Piazza (the "Players of the Square"). For her mastery of musical styles... both at home and abroad... she has been acclaimed as one of the greatest living percussionists in the world, and has her own signature series of Italian tambourines designed with the largest percussion industry in the world, Remo Inc.
Tonight's performance will be Alessandra Belloni on percussion and vocals, with Steve Gorn on bansuri flutes and saxophone. | |
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Jesse Lege & Joel Savoy Band |
 Jesse Lege and Joel Savoy, two Louisiana greats, 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, 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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Friday Night Salsa Dance |
 Dance to the best recorded Latin music. The kitchen will be closed, but wine and beer is available. | |
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Orrin Star |
 Orrin Star is an award-winning guitarist and mandolin player who combines hot picking, cool singing and good humor. Once described as "Arlo Guthrie-meets-Doc Watson," he was the 1976 National Flatpicking Champion, has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, and boasts a repertoire that ranges from bluegrass standards to little-known folk gems, Celtic fiddle tunes to fingerstyle blues."consummate showman" --Boston Herald "One of the finest flatpickers in captivity." --Boston Globe | |
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Irish Song and Tune Session |
 Sarah Underhill and Ian Worpole host a traditional session, and fellow Irish musicians are cordially invited to bring instruments and sit in. Sarah is an acclaimed Hudson Valley singer, and Ian and friends join her to provide a warm three hours of music from 4:00pm-7:00pm. The audience is attentive and appreciative, and the sound is modestly amplified.
Occurs monthly on the fourth Sunday. "These guys transport you to a pub in Dublin where you relish the company of your neighbors and the spirit of the music and ale as well." --Cafe Guide | |
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Sacred Shakers w/ Eilen Jewell |
 From Fall '05 through Spring '06 The Sacred Shakers hosted the Country Gospel Brunch at a few area clubs on Sunday afternoons. Jason Beek, Shakers' drummer, assembled the group after hearing about a similar series from a friend in New Mexico. The idea was to find like-minded musicians who share a passion for a sort of niche gospel music and not the typical R&B gospel sound of today...gospel music that was performed by the likes of country legends Hank Willams Sr. and the Carter Family. Other influences included hill-country bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell and the She-Wolf, Jessie Mae Hemphill as well as gospel greats like Rev. Charlie Jackson, Rev. Louis Overstreet, The Staple Singers and many more."If Eilen Jewell is in it I'd listen to her sing the roll call from the Moose Lodge." --Cafe Guide | |
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2nd Friday Night Salsa Dance |
Dance to the best recorded Latin music. The kitchen will be closed, but wine and beer is available. | |
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Sloan Wainwright |
 Sloan Wainwright performs songs from new CD Rediscovery. Contemporary folk-pop singer-songwriter Sloan Wainwright - youngest sister to folk-music luminary Loudon Wainwright III and aunt to Rufus and Martha Wainwright - has just released her newest CD 'Rediscovery'. This new work from the artist is a collection of hand picked cover tunes, a musical rediscovery of, and reconnection to, ten songs that have inspired and influenced her deeply.
Stand out tracks include the fan-favorite 'Ring of Fire', a poignant version of John Lennon's 'Love' and a stark and soulful interpretation of Neil Young's 'After The Gold Rush'. Sloan will be bringing her rich contralto, her trusted musical collaborator and guitar-player Stephen Murphy and percussionist Cadence Carroll to the Rosendale Cafe stage for a summertime CD release celebration. The evening will feature live performances from Rediscovery as well as both updated and classic versions of her self-penned songs culled from an impressive, and critically acclaimed, discography. Audience members often describe her personal appearances as forceful and uplifting. Defying standard categorization, singer/songwriter Sloan Wainwright consistently demonstrates her easy command of a variety of American musical styles: pop, folk, jazz and blues, held together by the melodious tone of her powerful voice. The musical end result is a unique and soulful hybrid. "...Sloan Wainwright, whose regal voice could fell a redwood...." The Boston Globe "...one of those singers whose performance is a force of nature." Sing Out Magazine "... earth mother voice that she pours into unexpectedly sensitive blends of folk, jazz, blues and funk." The New York Times | |
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Irish Song and Tune Session |
Sarah Underhill and Ian Worpole host a traditional session, and fellow Irish musicians are cordially invited to bring instruments and sit in. Sarah is an acclaimed Hudson Valley singer, and Ian and friends join her to provide a warm three hours of music from 4:00pm-7:00pm. The audience is attentive and appreciative, and the sound is modestly amplified.
Occurs monthly on the fourth Sunday. "These guys transport you to a pub in Dublin where you relish the company of your neighbors and the spirit of the music and ale as well." --Cafe Guide | |
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Walter Strauss |
"Imagine blending Bruce Cockburn's finger-style guitar with Joni Mitchell's flair for subtle jazz elements, and then add ethereal world rhythms and you begin to sense the extensive talent and wide-ranging influences that Walter Strauss brings together." - Gayle Olson, Concert Presenter, Hilltown Folk, Shelburne Falls, MA "He ain't just Corinne West's guitar player, he's a first class soloist / songwriter." --Cafe Guide | |
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Honeyboy Edwards |
 A welcome return to the Cafe...
David "Honeyboy" Edwards was born June 28, 1915 in Shaw, Mississippi. Honeyboy is one of the last living links to Robert Johnson, and one of the last original acoustic Delta blues players. He is a living legend, and his story is truly part of history. He is the real deal. Honeyboy was a part of many of the seminal moments of the blues. As he writes in his 1997 book The World Don't Owe Me Nothing, "...it was in '29 when Tommy Johnson come down from Crystal Springs, Mississippi. He was just a little guy, tan colored, easy-going; but he drank a whole lot. At nighttime, we'd go there and listen to Tommy Johnson play." Honeyboy continues, "Listening to Tommy, that's when I really learned something about how to play guitar." Honeyboy's life has been intertwined with almost every major blues legend, including Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Big Joe Williams, Rice "Sonny Boy Williamson" Miller, Howlin' Wolf, Peetie Wheatstraw, Sunnyland Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Walter, Little Walter, Magic Sam, Muddy Waters, and ... well, let's just say the list goes on darn near forever! In 1942, Alan Lomax recorded Honeyboy in Clarksdale, Mississippi for the Library of Congress. He recorded a total of fifteen sides of Honeyboy's music. | |
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Steve Forbert |
 Nearly 28 years since breaking into pop consciousness with his second album Jackrabbit Slim and its infectious Top Ten single "Romeo's Tune," Steve Forbert remains a master of songs offering clear-eyed insight and plain-spoken, heartfelt eloquence. On his 429 Records/SLG debut, the well-traveled Nashville-based troubadour—who maintains a busy touring schedule of over 100 dates a year — explores his ongoing fascination for Strange Names & New Sensations with characteristic wit, a sense of social consciousness and the ever-present romantic optimism that has endeared him to two generations of folk/rock fans.
Beyond launching an exciting relationship with a new label, the vibrant collection finds Forbert in the midst of a true career renaissance at the wonderful age of 52—a time in his life he reflects upon wistfully on the sly narrative of the uptempo, horn driven tune "Middle Age." This is his eleventh release of the decade, a roll that began with Evergreen Boy in 2000 and included four live recordings in addition to a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Folk Album for Any Old Time: Songs Of Jimmy Rodgers--a tribute to "America's Blue Yodeler" who was the first country music superstar (and a native of Forbert's hometown, Meridian, Mississippi). In 2003, Geffen released Rock While I Can Rock: The Geffen Years, which featured material from two albums Forbert released on the label, 1988's Streets Of This Town and 1992's The American In Me. In October of 2006, Forbert was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. | |
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