8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Xenia Rubinos
5 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Xenia Rubinos
event::about “My family is from Cuba and Puerto Rico and both of those rich cultures greatly influence my music. I grew up singing children’s songs with my grandmother. When I was 5 I used to sit at the piano and write songs and music for movies. I was way into Mariah Carey then...” Xenia has traveled much since those early recitals. First to Berklee College of Music where Charles Mingus inspired her early writing of instrumental music while a love affair with Radiohead and The Pixies stirred her need to sing and write songs again. Now calling Brooklyn home, Xenia rocks a pair of synthesizers and a looping machine to create her uniquely stylistic mix of Spanglish punk, soul and electronica. Layering experimental vocal sounds, odd-timed danceable Latin rhythms, and disarmingly simple melodies, Xenia’s world of martian tribes and elephant memories is at once both foreign and familiar. Her songs can sound like a drunken hamster racing through a Bustelo can and beer bottle town... or a dreamy girl wandering down the rabbit hole... “The music of Brooklyn vocalist Xenia Rubinos is like some brilliant mash-up of Stereolab, Os Mutantes and the best tunes from Sesame Street. Borrowing from Latin rhythms, punkish experimentalism and pop playfulness, Rubinos creates an awesome sound that's as much grounded as it is otherworldly." - WNYC “The first three influences listed by Xenia Rubinos: “Cuban and Puerto Rican children’s songs and rhymes, Gyil music of Ghana, Jose Marti.” This track sounds like all of that, a double-dutch rhyme with a little Flora Purim-style shoulder-shimmy, loads of playfulness and abstract rhythmic pauses. We first heard it in a lucid dream the other day, waking from a makeshift slumber party when a friend put it on the stereo, and it’s been embedded ever since, like a schoolyard chant we can’t shake. Anyone wanna bust open the fire hydrant and skip rope?” - The Fader
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Colin Stetson
42 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Colin Stetson
event::about Colin Stetson was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI and earned a degree in music from his hometown school, the University of Michigan, in 1997. Six years in San Francisco followed, then another four in Brooklyn, NY. Over this time, he developed his unique solo voice on saxophones and clarinets, culminating in the release of the album New History Warfare Vol. 1″ on Agoo Records in 2008. Stetson now resides in Montreal, QC, and performs regularly on assorted saxohones, clarinets, cornet, french horn and flute. His latest solo record New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges' will be released Feb. 22, 2011 on Constellation. Aside from his work as a soloist, Stetson has brought his talents to the stage and studio with dozens of artists over the past decade, including Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Feist, Bon Iver, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, David Byrne, Jolie Holland, Sinead O'Connor, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Angelique Kidjo, and Anthony Braxton. Colin is a regular member of the bands Sway Machinery and Bell Orchestre and will be a touring member of Bon Iver in support of their new record in 2011, on which he also appears.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Poetry 'n Lotion
5 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Poetry 'n Lotion
event::about The nu-jazz instrumental quartet released a debut LP in January, 2010 (Kentucky Monkey, 2010 Brokenmold Records) and has since developed their playful synthesis of sepia-toned jazz, heel-stomping Americana, hard rock and global-ishness into a more progressive and head-spaced place. The mostly instrumental quartet includes guitar player Matt E. Lee, bass player Thomas Murray, trumpet player Kenny Pullin and drummer John Nowicki. You wouldn't normally associate the words fusion or free-form with old-fashioned or rustic, but that's the charm of Poetry N' Lotion, whom was formed in Tampa, Florida back in 2007. Poetry 'n Lotion was awarded 'Best Fusionists' and 'Best Instrumentalists' by Creative Loafing in 2009. With one record under their belts Poetry 'n Lotion plans on recording an EP and a live album in 2011 under Tampa Independent Label Brokenmold Records. For fans of: Tortoise meets Black Sabbath with Zappa's sense of humor.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Surprise Me Mr. Davis
15 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Surprise Me Mr. Davis
event::about Surprise Me Mr. Davis is an electro-folk band consisting of folksinger Nathan Moore, the members of avant-rock band The Slip and the newest member, dazzling pianist Marco Benevento. They formed in 2003 in Boston while Moore was visiting The Slip at their apartment and the Blizzard of 2003 hit. They were snowed in at the Barr brothers Mission Hill home for five days with a brand new stereo microphone and computer.This storm was the catalyst for a home recording session. In 2005 they ventured into the Breakglass Studio in Montreal to track some songs which were released in a limited edition on their Only in Montreal EP. The EP is a supercharged electro-folk record with many a tender moment. Their latest release "That Man Eats Morning For Breakfast" is available through The Royal Potato Family label.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Leslie Sisson
7 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Leslie Sisson
event::about Austin-to-Brooklyn transplant, Leslie Sisson, is the lead female vocalist/guitarist in The Wooden Birds while also moonlighting in Matt Pond PA. Her past includes time in Western Keys, Black Lipstick, The Killing Fields, Pavo, Tanworth-in-Arden, and Aero Wave on guitar, bass, keys, cello, flute, voice, as well as guest performances for American Analog Set, Windsor for the Derby, Mark Gardener of Ride, and recent cameos with Dan Mangan and Broken Social Scene. In The Wooden Birds, Pitchfork describes Leslie's voice as a "subdued Stevie Nicks" and The Onion calls her the "real secret weapon" on stage. March 2011 marks the finish line of her debt solo album produced by Louie Lino (Nada Surf, Matt Pond PA) and she's currently seeking hands to help others hear it.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Haroula Rose
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Haroula Rose
event::about Hailing from Chicago but now settled in the Los Angeles landscape, Haroula Rose's newly released debut album "These Open Roads" has garnered well-deserved acclaim in her adopted city. She has spent much of her recent life on the move, including a stint abroad on a Fulbright grant that took her to Spain and beyond for nearly two years, and resulted in a lot of writing. Her EP from 2009 had the title track "Someday" featured in an episode of "How I Met Your Mother" and led to making a full album. The LP, recorded in Athens, Georgia with Andy Lemaster (REM, Bright Eyes, Azure Ray) producing is described as "music that's strongly written, with solid song structure amidst the elements of folk and at times, bluegrass" (LA Record). It was described by the LA Times as having a dreamy quality with a track that's "kissed with atmospherics that would give Tom Waits the shivers," and is altogether "highly textured, melodic, lovely, graceful. Rose picked the right company to realize this highly textured collection that explores a few different moods, though always at a tender remove.'
event::tags 21+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Jack Savoretti
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Jack Savoretti
event::about Jack Savoretti is currently recording his much-anticipated third album. As of yet untitled and due for 2011 release, this record sees Jack teaming up once again with celebrated producer/ songwriter Steve Booker. Not since co-writing songs for Jack’s debut, Between The Minds, have the pair worked together. In the meantime it’s fair to say, if not a little of an understatement, that both have kept themselves very busy. Steve Booker has received accolade after accolade, most notably for his co-write of Duffy’s worldwide hit Mercy. Jack on the other hand went from being one of 6 artists to watch on Jo Whiley’s Inside Track to achieving Radio 2’s Record of the Week. He also released his second album Harder Than Easy. Unfortunately, only a US release made the cut as Jack departed from his Record Label briefly after. However, even without touring, the album nevertheless received impressive support from US TV Networks, featuring prominently on Grey’s Anatomy, One Tree Hill and Greek. While Jack’s song writing has always surpassed expectation, this new collection of songs sees an artist coming of age. Perhaps extensive touring through the UK and Europe sharing stages with Corinne Bailey Rae and Gavin De Graw provided him the perfect environment in which to flourish, otherwise known as that age old finishing school for artists, the road. Or maybe time spent during the Harder Than Easy sessions at Jackson Browne’s studio with musicians the calibre of Larry Taylor (Canned Heat) proved an invaluable source of inspiration. No one can say really, but this album will shine a light on a talent stepping out of the shadows and he will leave you wanting more.
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
The O's
15 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists The O's
event::about The O’s began one sunny afternoon in the summer of 2008 in Dallas, Texas when, Taylor Young and John Pedigo, decided to join forces. Their quick courtship turned into love at first play. Having known one another through each other’s bands (Polyphonic Spree, Young Heart Attack, Slick 57, Young James Long, Rose County Fair, Boys Named Sue, P. W. Long, and The BAcksliders) and whiskey (Jack, Johnny, Makers, etc.), the attraction was simple and our mission determined. If the world is an oyster and we are gobblers, then the planet is a tortilla and the O’s are a stick of butter. We find ourselves on the precipice of the future. And in that, the O’s hold on to a dear and sacred past with the sound of an acoustic guitar and banjo. Mix another instrument or two in and you have a mesh of the glory days of the past with a vibration as resounding as it is relevant. While we all seek invention and innovation, sometimes a simple song is what we most want to hear; the music we all listen to a 3AM; the songs we sing around a fire; the tunes we hum while driving. It isn’t the intention for the O’s to look forward, but to live now embracing the ultimate nature of the world’s unwavering and perpetual path towards connecting everyone through song. The O’s play the singing along, dancing along, drinking along, and playing along type of music. And as O’s go, we have always told ourselves it isn’t about the girls, the money, the hotel rooms, the alchemy, the out of state voter registry, the bar tabs, the chain smoking, the heartaches, the hardships, the expenses, the remembering of the road, the forgetting of what really happened, the consulates in several countries, the conclusion of tours, the beginning of hangovers, the melting of cheese on chili, the secrets to remaining hydrated on the road, the thought that maybe one day we’ll have zappers instead of tour buses, the smell of spring in the Northeast, the dew on the trees in the Northwest, the summer heat in the southwest, the dodging of hurricanes in the Southeast, or even the music. It’s about the song… and the party.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Monahans
22 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Monahans
event::about Austin-based band Monahans, named for a region of desolate West Texas sand hills, balances thundering rhythms and atmospheric "landscape rock" with urgent pop anthems and spiritual campfire balladry (think Explosions In The Sky + R.E.M + Neil Young). What began in 2006 as an experimental offshoot of their previous project Milton Mapes (which recently had a song covered by Robert Plant) soon blossomed to reflect a widened spectrum of Americana. The band's lineup consists of Ramble Creek studio engineer/producer Britton Beisenherz, drummer Roberto Sanchez, songwriter Greg Vanderpool, and longtime Spoon bassist Joshua Zarbo. Albums to date include 'Low Pining' (2007, Undertow) and 'Dim The Aurora' (2009, Misra). In 2010, Monahans recorded and released a new song each month exclusively through their website while documenting the songwriting and recording process along the way. The series culminated with "Seabirds", a duet with Sinead O'Connor.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Meredith Bragg
11 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Meredith Bragg
event::about Many things have happened in the years since Virginia songwriter Meredith Bragg's last album was released, but nothing will give more insight into his newest full-length, Nest, than the recent birth of his daughter. While pulling inspiration from sources as disparate as John James Audobon (Birds of North America) or Renaissance architecture (The Last Hours of Brunelleschi), the subtext of parenthood is a natural -- though initially unintentional -- through-line. Teaming up with long time collaborator and producer Chad Clark (Dismemberment Plan, Georgie James, Beauty Pill), Nest also finds Meredith extending his sonic palette from the self-restrained single guitar of his sophomore record (Silver Sonya) to a larger handful of musicians, instruments and digital experimentation. The result is his most engaging and expansive record to date. Meredith lives in Alexandria VA with his wife, daughter, two cats and a general lack of shelf-space. Nest is his fourth release for The Kora Records.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Danny Malone
22 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Danny Malone
event::about Dear people interested in the life events of the Danny Malone: While in a self-induced drug coma, a skinless tiger came to me. He told me to go back to my world, to find a man named Danny Malone. He said Danny had something of the tiger’s that the tiger wanted back. When I awoke eleven years later, I bought a walking stick and a map of the world and set out to find the tiger’s prey. This is what I found instead. Danny was conceived at 11:11 and born at 12:34 a.m. and p.m. simultaneously. All on the same day, a day that does not exist on present society’s calendar. At birth they say he weighed exactly the same as tiny little Baby Jesus: 8 lbs. 7 ounces. He never gained or lost an ounce, even though he appears full grown. Don’t believe me? Prove it to yourself. Walk up to him and grab him by his giant lady hips and give him a toss in the air, but don’t let him land on you, for Danny is not made of the same things as you and yours. Danny is made of marshmallow and razor blades wrapped in tiger skin. Danny’s music career started quite early. He played his first sold out show in the womb. He now plays music with his sister. There’s speculation that they were, at one time, married. I found no evidence for or against this. Oh and the dance moves … the dance … Danny owns all of his own dance moves, none borrowed and none stolen. Moves so powerful they have brought peace to warring peoples, joy to the depressed, and a cure for sickness. Once the world started moving in unison to the rhythm of the razor blades rattling around in that striped leather they fittingly announced the official development of a new religion based on the peace and love and all healing power of the dance. He is a saver and a wrecking ball. He would cut off his arms to bleed life into all that cannot feel and need to love. He has two sad monkeys. One of these monkeys is the devil himself and the other was born with pterodactyl wings. Danny would do anything that he could to protect these sad monkeys from the probing and dissecting of the scientists that want to study these frightening but beautiful creatures. Being the leader of the Dance Dance Religion he added an amendment that allows him to take these monkeys as his wives and to legally keep the scientists and celebrities at bay. Danny currently resides on a planet of his own making, a world of pure energy where chaos is king, and sadness is queen, and the prince is made mostly of violence and pain, where the rivers run with Thom Kha soup, the sad monkeys cry peanut butter tears and dance is the only form of communication. Forever in research, Airplane Airplane
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Marit Larsen
11 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Marit Larsen
event::about When you first start listening to Marit Larsen’s debute album "Under the Surface (2006)," you picture a shy young girl, peeking out from around a corner. You know that you’re only seeing a bit of what she has to offer. The more you listen, the more you realize just how intriguing both Larsen and her music really are. And then you just can’t wait to find out exactly what else she has up her sleeve. Larsen´s second solo album ”The Chase” was released in 2008, full of beautiful and playful music. Marit has created the album with tremendous grace, that comes across both in her songs and in her personality. Larsen makes the crowd feel like they are apart of something special, at every show. The shy, young girl with the great big talent has blossomed into a very rare flower, indeed. In 2009 she was nominated for two Norwegian Grammys, “Female of the year” and “Song of the year”. The single ”If A Song Could Get Me You” was no.1 i Germany for 5 weeks, and sold to gold in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. So did the Album with the same name. Marit toured all around Germany together for 6 weeks doing liveshows in the spring of 2010. The tour was followed up by a 7 week American promo and showcase tour, where she also released her singel through Sony/RCA Jive in March. Marit has just finished an amazing Festival summer. She started in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Norway and ended up in China. Visiting festivals such as Tollwood festival(DE), Midnattsrocken(NO), Lost weekend festival(NO) and Zhenjiang Midi Festival (China). Marit Larsen: Vocal, Piano, Acoustic guitar, Mandolin & Harmonica
event::tags 21+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Kim Churchill
2 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Zsa+Claire
2 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Zsa+Claire
event::about Zsa and Claire formed by sheer accident in 2006. Since then, they've been making a pretty sound, meshing rough and polished together. Their trademark is the minimalistic approach of rhythmic instrumentation, spoken for by seamless vocal harmonies. They're folk but not quite, pop but scarier, and honest always. Delivered with simple intensity, their music is intimate and quirkily authentic.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Terri Clark
4 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Terri Clark
event::about With more than five million albums sold and nearly a dozen Top 10 hits to her credit, Terri Clark has emerged as a singular voice on the country music landscape – driving, passionate, spirited – and every bit her own woman. A dynamic, no-holds-barred live performer – and one of the rare female country artists capable of throwing down some impressive guitar work – the Alberta, Canada native has toured with such superstars as Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire, and George Strait on her way to becoming a eight-time, fan-voted Canadian Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year. A prolific songwriter and hard-charging traditionalist, Clark spent years playing dive bars and entering talent competitions before she first hit the charts in 1995 with “Better Things to Do” and never looked back. She is the first Canadian female to be inducted into the prestigious Grand Ole Opry and has received multiple CMA and ACM Female Vocalist nominations, in addition to a pair of Juno Awards and a remarkable 17 CCMA trophies. For close to three years, Terri was the only woman in country music to score a #1 single when she soared up the charts with “I Just Wanna Be Mad,” one of a long string of successes including such hits as “You’re Easy on the Eyes,” “When Boy Meets Girl,” “I Wanna Do It All,” “Poor Poor Pitiful Me,” and “Girls Lie Too.” As songwriter, vocalist, entertainer, and personality, Terri connects with listeners in a very genuine way, at least in part because of her willingness to reach past the obvious for the real-life bottom line in her music, embracing strength and vulnerability, playfulness, sexiness, and a refreshing emotional candor.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Caleb Coy
4 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Caleb Coy
event::about Texas born and southern bred, Caleb Coy writes songs woven from the backwoods tapestry of his drifting ways. Channeling the eloquence and magic of such legendary songwriters as Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley and Kris Kristofferson, his songs paint pictures of the open road. If you close your eyes you can almost see the redtail circling high above and smell the campfire and whiskey amidst the pines. From an old airstream in the high desert of far West Texas and the ancient cliff dwellings of the Gila Wilderness to the south fork of the Yuba River, the American countryside has been his muse and true love for the last five years. Though the heyday of the hard living troubadour has come and gone, Caleb Coy reminds us that the outlaw spirit is alive and well... and still on the run.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Dan Bern
31 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Dan Bern
event::about Dan Bern has recorded a dozen records since his 1997 Sony/Work debut, "Dog Boy Van." He has toured relentlessly, from coffee shops to Carnegie Hall, reflected in his latest releases, "Live in Los Angeles" and "Live in New York." He had many songs in the recent Judd Apatow movies, "Walk Hard" and "Get Him To the Greek."
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Franz Nicolay
44 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Franz Nicolay
event::about Franz Nicolay is that multi-instrumentalist and man-about-town you've seen with cabaret-punk circus World/Inferno Friendship Society, gypsy-klezmer carnies Guignol, and world's best bar band the Hold Steady. He founded the NYC composer-performer collective Anti-Social Music; published his first story collection, "Complicated Gardening Techniques" in 2009; and released his third solo record, "Luck And Courage," in 2010.
event::tags 21+
7:00 PM
to 8:00 PM
Patricia Vonne
2 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Nerdkween
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Nerdkween
event::about Nerdkween is the moniker of singer/songwriter/composer Monica Arrington. Arrington was born in Indiana and brought up on her family's farm in Alabama. Her parents who were former General Motors workers moved the family to the secluded countryside to live an alternative lifestyle. Her parents exposed her to spirituals, gospel music and Motown but early on, Arrington was drawn to musicals, pop and rock music. She later took classical vocal training in high school and studied musical composition in college. And this is when she began writing songs and learning to play piano and guitar. After college, Arrington immediately moved to Atlanta to begin her musical career. Arrington continued to study different styles of music while developing her own unique sound through her analog and 4 track recordings. She self released several demos, and composed for short films which featured experimental elements in the underground music scene and received rave reviews and accolades from the press. And though nerdkween produces and performs all her own material, she released her debut full-length recording, Synergy, with Stickfigure Records in which put out recordings of acts such as Snowden, Deerhunter and Xiu Xiu. Nerdkween prepares to release a second CD called Profitandloss on Fieldhouse Recordings which is a branch of Stickfigure.Check out www.nerdkween.com Contact management booking@nerdkween.com or (678) 925-8379
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Kina Grannis
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Kina Grannis
event::about Kina started playing shows at the age of 4 in front of her stuffed animals. Now she plays in front of people. In 2007, Kina joined YouTube, made a music video and entered herself into a contest. A few months later, her video for "Message From Your Heart" aired during the Superbowl and its 97 million viewers (or 194 million eyeballs, depending on how you're keeping track) and she walked away with a record deal. Since then, Kina has regularly posted her songs on YouTube, amassing many millions of views, and toured throughout North America, including sold out shows at Los Angeles' Troubadour and New York City's Highline Ballroom. Her songs have been heard on television shows such as ABC's General Hospital and MTV's College Life. She has self-released three EPs, and in February of 2010, Kina independently released her debut full-length album, Stairwells, which debuted on Billboard's Top 200 and #5 on iTunes' Pop Chart. Her music is both sweet and melancholy, but always filled with hope. She'd want you to know that she saves drowning honeybees from pools whenever she gets the chance.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Chip Taylor
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Chip Taylor
event::about The New York Times says it best about Chip Taylor. 'If you only know him as the as the guy who wrote 'Wild Thing' and 'Angel of the Morning' - you don't know him! Chip Taylor is making some of the most distinctive acoustic music around today.'Rock and Roll Joe is a project dedicated to promoting the unsung heroes of rock music - the people who were, and still are, critical to the spirit and passion of rock and roll and yet never have received the credit they deserve. Chip's latest project is called "Rock & Roll Joe" to be released in May of 2011. The idea for "Rock & Roll Joe" began during Chip Taylor's Scandinavian tour of 2007. As Chip traveled through Norway and Sweden with his longtime friend and guitarist John Platania, new protege fiddler Kendel Carson, drummer Bryan Owings and bass player Ron Eoff, they talked about everything. But many of the conversations revolved around the musicians that they knew and respected and Chip realized that most music fans didn't really know the people who were behind many of the great records of the last 60 years. With that in mind, Chip wrote a song, "Rock & Roll Joe". The first verse and chorus went: Joe is every guitar player who played it from his heart Here's to Joe Joe is every funky/ sweaty drummer who knew when to stop and start Way to go, Joe And we'll all bow down to the ones who took us to it The ones that took us someplace where we wanted to go And we'll all bow down to the ones that got us through it Here's to Rock & Roll Joe That song prompted several more, with everyone in the band suggesting more "Rock & Roll Joes" in need of the spotlight. At the end of the tour back in London, the band promptly recorded the new songs and the "Rock & Roll Joe" album was born. The album is just the beginning of the "Rock & Roll Joe" project. After the release of the CD, Chip Taylor and Train Wreck Records are launching a web site that will promote and honor the unsung heroes of rock music. The history of rock is filled with people such as Hank Garland and Mickey Baker who were instrumental in shaping the sound of today's best music. Yet their contributions are barely recognized. In addition to the under appreciated musicians and session players, there will also be some room to highlight the songwriters, producers and behind the scenes people who helped shape the music we love. And Rock and Roll Joes aren't only those musicians who helped make our favorite records - they are also those who performed the great records we never got to hear. Some in the business were the victims of bad luck. Others were our friends and family members who simply loved to play - at home or in the local bar - and introduced us to a lifetime of great music. The Rock and Roll Joe web site will seek to redress this injustice while also being a place where music lovers can have fun learning about and discussing the present and history of rock and listening to great music. Chip has been busy soliciting entries from his fellow artists and friends in the music business to help get the ball rolling. A portion of the profits from Rock and Roll Joe will be donated to musicians in need.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Darden Smith
1 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Darden Smith
event::about Darden Smith released his 13th cd, Marathon, in late 2010. A book version of the album was released in March 2011 that contains lyrics from Marathon, photographs by Kate Breakey, and a download of the album + 6 bonus tracks.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Tavana
Location Stephen F's Bar
Location Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Tavana
event::about Wether you find him solo acoustic or with his band, Tavana always delivers an explosive performance. With his roots laid in Honolulu, Hawaii, Tavana has been rapidly gaining attention nationally. His more recent attributes includes sharing the stage with rock icon Eddie Vedder. The rare performance was Recorded live @ the Hawaii Theatre, and released to the Ten Club fan base on vinyl. Don't miss Tavana this SXSW.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Alex Khoury
2 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Alex Khoury
event::about ALEX KHOURY is a young and surprisingly refreshing singer/songwriter/entertainer. Whether it's with a band, or just an acoustic guitar in his hands, his unique voice and natural songwriting set him apart. For fans of catchy, point-driven music. He just moved to Austin from Nashville, TN. Alex just released his new single "One More Step"
event::tags 21+
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