Posts under ‘Music’

Girlyman at Southern Cafe

Mar 15th, 2010
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Another night, another Girlyman concert. This one was in Charlottesville, at the relatively new The Southern Cafe. This used to be Gravity Lounge. It changed hands and was gutted on the inside.
Last night was the final show in the current East Coast tour for Girlyman. I can only imagine how exhausted they were. Thankfully, none [...]

Girlyman at Jammin Java

Mar 14th, 2010
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Last night was our 14th time seeing Girlyman perform. Tonight will be our 15th and I’ll write about that tomorrow.
From March to October each year, we tend to see Girlyman in bursts, keeping our need/desire in check. Most years, we have a Girly-drought from October to March. It’s a rough patch, aptly named [...]

Ian Axel at Joe’s Pub

Mar 3rd, 2010
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We’ve seen Ian Axel perform three full sets before, plus a few songs at the New York Sings for Haiti benefit and some guest appearances. Still, we were looking forward to last night with great anticipation.
Joe’s Pub is our favorite NYC spot to see a show, and Ian is one of our few current obsessions, [...]

ambeR Rubarth at Highline Ballroom

Mar 2nd, 2010
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amber Rubarth is an extraordinary singer/songwriter. I’ve written about her many times. Here is the post about her CD Release Party at Joe’s Pub. Last night she headlined the Highline Ballroom and created another exceptional performance (a DVD of the show will be available later this year!).
Highline Ballroom is the biggest stage and room we’ve [...]

Victoria Lavington Fundraiser at Christopher Street Coffeehouse

Feb 25th, 2010
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Almost two years ago, I discovered a duo named Sweet Bitters. Since then, we’ve seen them perform a number of times and have become friendly with both Sharon Goldman and Nina Schmir (also known as Nina Soka).
For many years (at least nine I believe), Sharon has been a member of a female songwriters group affectionately [...]

Vienna Teng, Alex Wong and Glen Phillips at Workplay

Feb 20th, 2010
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This post is a day late because we didn’t complete the trifecta and follow Vienna Teng and Alex Wong to Louisiana. Instead, we kept our word and drove home from Birmingham, AL, a trip that took a day and a half of driving.
On Thursday, we drove from Atlanta to Birmingham to catch Vienna and Alex [...]

Vienna Teng, Alex Wong and Glen Phillips at Variety Playhouse

Feb 18th, 2010
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We are huge fans of Vienna Teng and Alex Wong. I’ve written about them together and separately many times. You can read the original one about the two of them together here.
We were in Florida visiting my folks for the past few days and heading back to NY yesterday. When planning the trip, we noticed [...]

Susan Werner at The First Unitarian Society of Westchester

Jan 31st, 2010
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We must have been living under a rock for a very long time, because Susan Werner is exactly the kind of singer/songwriter that we love, and Lois is particularly good at finding them.
On September 20th, 2009 we saw Red Molly at Joe’s Pub and they closed the show with an a cappella version of May [...]

New York Sings for Haiti

Jan 26th, 2010
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On most days even compassionate people go about their lives in a near bubble-like existence. The problems of the rest of the world aren’t one’s first thought. Unfortunately, it often takes a tragedy to break us out of that routine and remind us that we are dramatically more alike than we are different, us fragile [...]

ambeR Rubarth, Ian Axel, Greg Holden and Joey Ryan at Tin Angel

Jan 23rd, 2010
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ambeR Rubarth is very good about disseminating information about upcoming shows once they’re set. When she tweeted a couple of months ago that she would be appearing in Philadelphia at Tin Angel with Ian Axel, Greg Holden and Joey Ryan on January 22nd, 2010, we grabbed tickets.
A month later ambeR announced that she, Greg and [...]