Rod Picott
Singer/Songwriter
Opening: Mike Herz
As stark and stoic as Bruce Springsteen's stripped-down solo work, "Dead Reckoning" shines a light on the raw, real beauty of Rod Picott's storytelling and sandpaper-scrubbed voice. Out Past the Wires, his double-disc collection of darkly desperate folk songs, marks the highlight of a career that began in his mid-thirties, after he'd already logged more than a decade as a sheetrock hanger. Here, he funnels the worn-down wooziness of his former day job into a track about love won and lost, with harmonies from the Wild Ponies' Telisha Williams and a melody that warms – then breaks – the heart. R.C.
MIke Herz
Rocky Mountain Folks Festival - Showcase Finalist 2017 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival - Emerging Artist 2016
NJ Folk Festival Songwriting Finalist 2015
"breathes new life into folk music." "It's rare to hear such emotion and insight evoked from an artist" - Danger's Theory (Music Review & News) - San Francisco
Sat, Sep 7 , 2019
7:30 pm
$22 Advance, $30 Day of Show
Jeffrey Gaines
Jeffrey Gaines has been heralded for his soul-searching lyrics and his powerful live performances.
With only his voice and a guitar for accompaniment, Jeffrey Gaines has earned a reputation as a captivating performer, entertaining audiences everywhere he goes.
Raised in Harrisburg, PA by parents more inclined to spin soul classics by Aretha and Otis than the New Wave and Brit Rock blasting from their son’s room, a teenaged Gaines began singing and playing guitar in several local garage bands. He soon decided to set out on his own and quickly landed a record deal, releasing Jeffrey Gaines, the first of his five studio releases. The album garnered four stars from The Philadelphia Inquirer, describing Gaines as “…an ethereal soul…insistent, impassioned, full of self-knowledge.” Somewhat Slightly Dazed, and Galore followed. Interview Magazine called Gaines’ music “soul-searching” and “refreshingly free of jargon, sentiment or cliché.”
Sat, Sep 14 , 2019
7:30 pm
$20 At Door Only
RAEL
The Music of Genesis and Peter Gabriel
RAEL-The Music of Genesis is a New York and Northern New Jersey-based tribute band that recaptures the energy and originality of the “early years” live stage performances by Genesis. RAEL pays homage to the most groundbreaking and influential band in the progressive rock genre by incorporating the musical excellence, lyrical storytelling, and theatricality that brought Genesis to a position of prominence in the rock world. RAEL is focused on faithfully reproducing full album versions from the Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett days of Genesis. Performances include tracks from Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and A Trick of the Tail. Concert audiences rave about their high energy shows and musical detail. RAEL also includes solo Peter Gabriel hits in their performances.
Fri, Sep 20 , 2019
7:30 pm
$32 Advance, $40 Day of Show
The Keyes-Bergson-Hooks Band
SOLD OUT
With Very Special Guest
Legendary Drummer, Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie: The Worlds Most Recorded Drummer
Which musician did Aretha Franklin definitely NOT want missing from the line-up when she recorded her most inspired albums at the beginning of the seventies Who provided the back-beat for Steely Dan's "Aja", and for whom have Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway, B.B. King, "Sweet" Lou Donaldson, Joe Cocker and Hank Crawford reserved that stool behind the drum kit? The list is incomplete, it must be, because no other drummer in the last three decades has seen the interior of a recording studio as often as Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. Purdie has laid down the beat on over 3000 albums to date.
Dave Keyes
Dave has played with some of the most important figures of blues, roots and folk music, having had long musical relationships with Odetta, David Johansen, Bo Diddley, rockabilly legend Sleepy LaBeef and gospel great Marie Knight among many others. In addition to his own solo gigs and gigs with the Dave Keyes Band, he currently can be found playing with Popa Chubby, Rock and Roll Queen Ronnie Spector, and gospel/blues innovator Alexis P. Suter and the Ministers of Sound.
Sat, Sep 21 , 2019
7:30 pm
$27 Advance, $35 Day of Show
Ezra Bell
Ezra Bell’s first full-length debut features ebullient soul twang, flowing and leaping like the music of a late 60s/early 70s recording of well-trained freaks dabbling in various genres. This Portland band sounds like they effortlessly recorded one of those forgotten-gem “cult albums”, despite it being early 2018.
Thur, Sep 26 , 2019
7:30 pm
$10 Advance, $15 Day of Show
Albert Cummings
SOLD OUT
"The blues is best served up live, with an enthusiastic audience and a killin' band, and that's exactly what guitarist Albert Cummings does[...]. Cummings effortlessly shifts from chimney subdued stylings to raucous roadhouse raunch to soaring yet stinging lead lines, driving his audience to frenzy in all the right places." - Guitar Edge Magazine
Albert Cummings writes, plays and sings the blues like nobody else. He has played with blues legends B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and Buddy Guy. Taken with Albert’s fire and passion bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton, of the band Double Trouble, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan’s rhythm section, volunteered to play on and produce his solo debut recording, 2003’s self-released From the Heart. B.B. King dubbed Cummings “a great guitarist.”
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Fri, Sep 27 , 2019
7:30 pm
$30 Advance, $40 Day of Show
The Beat Tells
Back By Popular Demand
A Tribute, as defined by Webster's dictionary is something given or contributed as due or deserved; especially : a gift or service showing respect, gratitude, or affection.That is what we feel for the Beatles! They have given us and the world so much and inspired each of us musically so much so that we recreate their music as a gift back to them and to all of you. The Beat Tells recreate the energy, the excitement, the anticipation, the fun, frolic, humor and most of all, the dynamic musical production of the Beatles' live performances from years of 1962-1966. Please enjoy some of our demo recordings below. All songs are copyright by Apple Corps Ltd, Sony and the individual composers
Sat, Sep 28 , 2019
7:30 pm
Tickets Available Door Only
$35 Day of Show
