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19 June 2009, Metal and Glass Ensemble at The Nave
Podcast • website
Metal & Glass Ensemble is a
Boston-based improvisational group with a rotating membership who
create acoustic drone-based music with bowed cymbals and other metal
objects, and glasses tuned to a just-intoned 23-note octave. The bowed
metal generates its own shifting but interrelated pitch classes, while
the instrumental players contribute using a variety of microtonal
intonations. In this way the music is liberated from the 12-tone
equal-tempered octave, and explores a broad spectrum of harmonic
relationships. The music itself evolves gradually over time,
often conveying a meditative quality.
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27 May 2009, Grizzler at The Nave
Podcast • website
Grizzler is a good times free
improvising big band. Comprised of fifteen members (or so), all Boston
Area based musicians, the ensemble was created in the fall of 2008. The
music of Grizzler is a free flowing, spontaneous creation which has
been developed with scientific methodology designed for maximum
audience enjoyment. The song, with which the reader may be familiar,
titled "we will rock you," was secretly dedicated to the band. Grizzler
invites people large and small to hear with new ears.
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29 March 2009, 4:00 p.m., Zefiro at The Nave
Podcast • website
Zefiro, a new professional vocal
ensemble based in Providence, Rhode Island, will offer three concerts
featuring settings of the four Marian Antiphons. The octet specializes
in the performance of Medieval and Renaissance a capella music by
composers such as Byrd, Gesualdo, and Palestrina, performing at
numerous venues in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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14 February 2009, Valentines Show with Audrey Ryan at The Nave
Podcast • website
Maine native Audrey Ryan performs solo shows with instruments that
include an electric Japanese axe, a vintage Gibson acoustic, a retro
80's era Casio keyboard, and of course, an accordion. Surrounded by a
cacophony of musical influences from an early age, this talented
musician was inspired to begin playing guitar at the ten and
experimented with different genres throughout college. After
graduating, Ryan started a band and has been performing and touring
ever since.
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14 February 2009, Valentines Show with Strand of Oaks at The Nave
Podcast • website
Strand of Oaks is Timothy Showalter, an
Indiana Mennonite turned Pennsylvania Hebrew Dayschool teacher who even
drives the school bus for extra cash (and has sing-alongs with the
pupils as they ease on down the road). Taking cues from such luminaries
as Neil Young (On the Beach era) and a burgeoning Springsteen,
Showalter extends his musical gesture and searches to find modesty in
the midst of confusion, addressing insecurities and settling
existential debt with a simple and beautiful delivery.
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5 December 2008, Allison Crowe's Tidings Concert at The Nave
Podcast • website
Tidings stirs together traditional Christmas carols and holiday
favourites with an organic blend of rock, jazz, folk, gospel and soul.
"The Yuletide find of the year," says The Record.
"Be prepared to be amazed," chimes ChristmasReviews.com "Allison Crowe is a stunningly talented performer."
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7 November 2008, Brown Bird
Podcast • website
Brown Bird: David Lamb introduced the
first catalog of songs under the name Brown Bird in the winter of
2002-2003 to friends and family while unemployed and living in Seattle.
He returned to New England in 2003, and in the spring of 2004, he was
joined by friends and former collaborators, Jeremy and Jerusha
Robinson. Their first full-length album, "such unrest", was released in
the spring of 2007. In March of 2008 they recorded and released their
second full-length album, "the bottom of the sea" on the Portland,
Maine based label "Peapod Recordings". Brown Bird is currently David
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25 October 2008, Bell and the Bees
Podcast • website
Inspired by nature, short stories
& songs of old, Bell & the Bees’ sound is a blend of
folk, country and oldies pop.
Band
members Sue Bell, Martin Gonzalez & John Allen met three years
ago
at a coffee shop in Central Square. But it wasn’t until this past
winter that their collective musical egg hatched. Bells rang, bees
buzzed, harmoniums hollered-- the rest was history!
You can usually find Bell
& the Bees playing on a blue porch or in the kitchen, recording
songs for an upcoming EP.
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25 October 2008, Kelsey Bennett
Podcast • website
Kelsey
Bennett is a singer/songwriter who at the moment, resides in Cambridge
Massachusetts. At the age of twelve she began playing the guitar and by
fourteen was writing songs, with a style described as, "...oddly
conversational in ways that other's are not". In 2006, under the band
name 'Pucker', she recorded a three song EP entitled Tendencies of
Forgetting.
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25 October 2008, Baba Yaga
Podcast • website
Baba Yaga is: Amanda -
vocals/guitar/mandolin and Carla - vocals/guitar/autoharp/harmonium
"The loveliest ladies in New
England, Amanda & Carla, with their sweetheart &
fragile folk stylings."
from PA's Lounge website
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19 October, 2008, No Such Animal at The Nave
Podcast • Tim Mungenast • Ken Field
Four years ago, avant guardian
Tim Mungenast arranged the first-ever
collaboration between members of Cul de Sac and Birdsongs of the
Mesozoic to create the Innova Recordings release "No Such Animal." See
the long-overdue reunion of Ken Field (saxophone, flute, percussion),
Jon Proudman (drums), Michael Bloom (bass), and Tim (guitar, sitar,
bells, pedals) as they open a sonic portal into another world.
Featuring a special psychedelic video light show by Emile Tobenfeld
(a.k.a. Dr. T).
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8 October 2008, Imaginational Anthem Fall Tour '08, Ben Reynolds at The Nave
Podcast
Ben Reynolds: From Scotland. "Here
Toucheth Blues", a highlight of 'Imaginational Anthem vol 3', is
lilting and elegiac, a bit surprising as his fans are likely more
familiar with his angular, raga-charged works. Ben is building a
fantastic catalogue of solo recordings (and a multitude of side
projects and collaborations), most recently the Solo Guitar/Inner Hills
cassette featuring one side acoustic, the other, electric. His Tompkins
Square debut surfaces in early '09.
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27 September, Amber Spyglass at Goatstock 4 at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Benefit show for heifer international. Astro Al is what it would sound like if William Shatner was the lead singer for
the Doors. Astro Al is 50's B movie music madness for spaced out
adults.
Goatstock is a benefit to raise money to help out the great folks at
Heifer International.
Heifer places animals in countries where they are desperately needed.
All proceeds from this album will go to purchase goats to help people
in need.
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27 September 2008, Astro Al, Goatstock 4 at The Nave
Podcast • Band website • Heifer International
Benefit show for heifer international. Astro Al is what it would sound like if William Shatner was the lead singer for
the Doors. Astro Al is 50's B movie music madness for spaced out
adults.
Goatstock is a benefit to raise money to help out the great folks at
Heifer International.
Heifer places animals in countries where they are desperately needed.
All proceeds from this album will go to purchase goats to help people
in need.
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27 September 2008, Tim Mungenast and his Preexisting Conditions, Goatstock 4 at The Nave
Podcast • Band website • Heifer International
Benefit
show for heifer international. Tim Mungenast, guitars, sitar, vocals;
Michael Bloom, bass, guitar, vocals on Kyoto; Jon Proudman, tabla; and
special guest Cheryl Wanner, vocals on Candles.
Goatstock is a benefit to raise money to help out the great folks at
Heifer International.
Heifer places animals in countries where they are desperately needed.
All proceeds from this album will go to purchase goats to help people
in need.
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24 August 2008, Yael Bat-Shimon, violin, and Ariel Burger, guitar at The Nave
Podcast • website
ARTSomerville presents violinist Yael Bat-Shimon in a
performance of her unique brand of soulful, inventive, sometimes
playful improvisations (or "live compositions"). She is joined in
several duo improvisations by guest guitarist Ariel Burger, who brings his own imagination and deep sensitivity to the mix.
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8 August 2008, Jason Anderson at The Nave
Podcast
"Jason Anderson is an animal. This New Hampshire native lives on the
road. He plays more than just another indie rock show. Jason preaches
the gospel of rock James Brown style. He shows us the book of partying
Andrew W.K. style. His band rips like Springteen's E Street Band rips.
He shows us what it means to be alive. What it means to have music
course through our veins. He shows us that none of us are too cool to
have fun. This is OUR party! Bring your friends, bring your loved ones!
Be ready to sing and dance! Believe in yourself. Believe in US!" - Joe
DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters |
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8 August 2008, Gregg Porter at The Nave
Podcast
Totally timeless and staggeringly beautiful, the songs of Gregg Porter
are at once simple, complex and enchanting. With his gorgeous high
croon, Gregg sings stories and lullabyes of life, love, and the
everyday. Accompanied by cello, vibraphone, banjo and piano, Porter's
sound is elegant and dreamy, equally perfect as the first thing you
hear when you wake up, or the last thing you hear before drifting off
to sleep at the end of the day. Gregg Porter rules! |
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8 August 2008, Strand of Oaks at The Nave
Podcast
Strand of Oaks: A Hoosier transplanted to the coal highlands of
Northeast Pennsylvania, Timothy Showalter has nested in fertile musical
soil. Taking cues from luminaries such as Nebraska-Era Bruce
Springsteen and a burgeoning Neil Young, Showalter extends a musical
gesture and searches to find modesty in the midst of confusion,
addressing insecurities and settling existential debt with a simple and
beautiful delivery. The personification of a midwestern Grandfather's
advice, his songs smack with hard truth and poignant severity |
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2 August 2008, Five Knaves at The Nave
Podcast
Five musicians from literally across the Northern Hemisphere--from
Maine and Massachusetts to New York and Oaxaca, Mexico--gathered to
perform for an evening of musical exploration and improvisation.
Featuring songs by Chinapainting, Tim Nelson, Dennis Moser, and the Five Knaves. |
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2 August 2008, Rob Byrd, Five Knaves at The Nave
Podcast • website
Rob Byrd has an army, right here in Somerville, MA. For many years
guitar player Rob Byrd has been performing improvised ambient music in
a wide variety of settings from the legendary CBGB’s in New York City
to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. Fascinated by how
sounds exist in time and space, he treats electric guitar with various
signal processing equipment to spawn sonic pieces that are shaped by
the location at which they are being performed and by the energies of
those present. The aim is to create a shared experience of reflection
and meditation which resonates between performer, venue, and audience,
but can also be enjoyed purely on a musical level as well. |
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2 August 2008, Tim Nelson, Five Knaves at The Nave
Podcast • website
Multi-instrumentalist Tim Nelson (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) is another
looper who cites eclectic influences ranging from Robert Rich, Terje
Rypdal, Brian Eno and Steve Tibbets to his daughter Chloe, Gyorgy
Ligeti, Edgar Varese, Arvo Part, and John Coltrane, to name but a few
of the many. No stranger to the Boston area, he was a featured
performer at Cambridges's Zetigeist Gallery its 2003"Sonic Blender"
event ... filmed as part of program that asked "Is Electronic Music the
End of the Big Band?" In 1999, TIm co-founded the international,
internet-based Chain Tape Collective, a group of experimental musicians
who regularly release compilation CDs. |
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2 August 2008, Chinapainting, Five Knaves at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Chinapainting is comprised of Daryl Shawn (Oaxaca, Mexico) and Jim
Goodin (Brooklyn, NY). Goodin and Shawn collaborated online and by the
Spring of 2007, had released two CDs. That August, they met in person
for the first time and played several East Coast venues including
Brooklyn's Center for improvised Music and The Space in Hamden, CT.
They appeared on a special live radio performance on Scott Raymond's
"Secret Music" braodcast on Vassar College's WVKR-FM station. They
continue to work together online and this appearance in Boston is part
of an extended tour for 2008. |
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2 August 2008, Dennis Moser, Five Knaves at The Nave
Podcast • website
A Massachusetts newcomer, Dennis Moser, aka "usr/sbin", aka
"AldoManutio Abruzzo", is proof that Texas is a cultural nation unto
itself and capable of many surprises. Growing up on the Gulf Coast,
studying trombone, classical guitar, and Renaissance lute, he is the
epitome of a non-typical Texas musican. Transplanted to New England and
switching to electric, and electronic, guitar he focuses on creating
multi-layered improvised soundscapes filled with loops of rich timbres
and color. He has appeared at Different Skies (September, 2006),
Western New York's Looperpalooza (2007), live in the WVKR-FM studios,
as part of Scott Raymond's "Secret Music" show, and at the Open Sound
performances (2008). |
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27 July 2008, Anne's Cordial at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Anne’s
Cordial may be newcomers to the New England music scene, but with their
unique instrumentation, tight vocal harmonies, and intriguing
arrangements, they are already creating a stir. The Providence-based
trio performs original songs and reinvents blues, bossa nova, and New
Wave 80s hits. |
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27 July 2008, Emily Smith and Synergy at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Singer-songwriter Emily Smith has combined her beautiful voice and
passionate songs with a truly distinctive rhythm section composed of
Mike DeQuattro playing a virtual orchestra of percussion instruments
and Ron Schmitt playing bass and MalletKat synthesizer. Together with
some of the guest musicians that contributed to the CD, Emily Smith
& Synergy blend familiar pop and rock styles with exotic world,
electronic, and jazz elements for a sound that is a synergy of
sweetness, intensity, beauty, and power. |
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18 May 2008, Wisteriax at the Nave
Podcast • website • Record Label
Band Members: Karen S. Langlie. Sounds Like chilly fog creeping
through lifeless trees. a ghost ship on the dead sea. a vaguely
disturbing dream. |
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18 May 2008, Harts Horn at The Nave
Podcast • website
A night of Psychedelic, gothic and electronic space rock meyhem with guitars, cello, and more! |
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18 May 2008, Astro Al at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Astro Al is what it would sound like if William Shatner was the lead singer for
the Doors. Astro Al is 50's B movie music madness for spaced out
adults.
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17 May 2008, The Somerville Community Chorus Spring Concert at the Nave
Podcast
Haydn:
Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War) "Paukenmesse"
(1796). Honoring Armed Forces Day, the SCC will perform Mass in Time of
War (1796) "Paukenmesse" by Franz Joseph Haydn, performed with a full
orchestra. |
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4 May 2008, Bookmobile, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
"The
music of Seattle's Bookmobile (Ben Torrence and Victor Couto)
recalls IDM's late-'90s glory days, when digital sound exploration
hadn't hardened into orthodoxies. Their excellent new debut CD, Keys,
engrossingly encompasses Raster-Noton's scientific minimalism, Sonig's
pranksterish splattertronica, gnomic clicks-n-cuts ambience,
Fennesz-style guitar hypnosis, and alien exotica. Bookmobile's
punctilious cornucopia of sounds and styles could fool you into
thinking they issued from Germany and England's most respected sonic
laboratories rather than a humble Seattle home studio." |
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4 May 2008, Yael Bat-Shimon, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast • website
Violinist
Yael Bat-Shimon in a performance of her unique
brand of soulful, inventive, sometimes playful improvisations (or "live
compositions"). |
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4 May 2008, The Altschuler-Caplan Duo, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast • website
Aaron Larget-Caplan,
guitar; Emil Altschuler,
violin |
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4 May 2008, Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Formed from the most talented deadbeats and drifters that could be
rounded up, Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band is a group of
raucous and rambunctious musicians that will honk, wail, blow, beat,
bounce, scream and serenade their way into your hearts. This 11-piece
ensemble plays an eclectic repertoire that combines the rich musical
history of the circus and the vagabond peoples of Europe with the raw
energy of avant-garde jazz and the irreverence and fun of today's
Vaudeville for a sound that is somehow familiar yet like no other. |
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3 May 2008, Choose to Find Duo, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Cinematic jazz/rock. Todd Marston and
Colin Sapp performing. |
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3 May 2008, Eileen Feldman, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast
Pianist Eileen Feldman performs Davidsbündlertänze (Dances of the League of David), op. 6. |
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3 May 2008, Jennifer Greer, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast
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3 May 2008, Rob Byrd, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival
Podcast • Band website
Guitar
player Rob Byrd performing improvised ambient music. Fascinated by how
sounds exist in time and space, he treats electric guitar with various
signal processing equipment to spawn sonic pieces that are shaped by
the location at which they are being performed and by the energies of
those present. |
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3 May 2008, Steve Thomas & the Co-Conspirators at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
An evening of vocal jazz celebrating Jazzboston jazz week. Steve Thomas
(vocals, songs), Rich Greenblatt, vibraphone; David Vermette, electric
bass; Gary Fieldman, drums. Steve and the Co-Conspirators play Steve’s
original jazz songs from their CD, SPIRITS PASSING THROUGH—songs
inflected by Brazilian music, New Orleans second line, reggae, funk,
and old blues guys—plus arrangements of tunes by Miles, Steve Lacy, and
Wayne Shorter. The Co-Cons are a jazz band—so improvising, group
interaction, swing, and building up a head of steam are all important. |
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2 May 2008, Sandi Hammond at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Singer/songwriter Sandi Hammond first started writing pop songs at age
11. In her late teens she graced the stages of Tanglewood, Symphony
Hall and Carnegie Hall while performing with several professional
choral groups. Now a gifted classically trained singer/songwriter, and
a fine musician on keyboards and guitar, she touches audiences with her
prolific and impressive repertoire of unique melodic songs. |
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2 May 2008, Allyssa Jones at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Allyssa Jones was named one of Boston Magazine's "40 Bostonians to
Watch" in 2002. Her belief in the movement to add new material to the
Great American Songbook is the driving force behind her band's
innovation and energy. Popular at both jazz and original music venues,
Allyssa Jones is available for shows and promotional events wherever
audiences are craving something new.
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2 May 2008, Celia Slattery at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Both classic and a little off-beat, Celia Slattery's music blends pop,
jazz, and folk-rock, with a dash of theatrical flair. Her expressive
voice is framed by Mark Shilansky's sophisticated arrangements of both
originals and covers by artists like Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen.
In live performance, Celia weaves her music with stories and humor to
share perspectives on love, hope, and the state of the world.
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27 April 2008, Opensound at The Nave
Podcast
OpenSound presents the cutting edge in contemporary experimental music:
Bebe Beard, video; James Coleman, theremin; Joe Burgio, movement; Lou
Bunk, prepared guitar; Lou Cohen, laptop computer; Walter Wright,
laptop with live movement and analog synth. |
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27 April 2008, Mystic Folk at The Nave
Podcast
Mystic Folk is a group
of singer-songwriters
known for their powerful blend of intricate harmonies accompanied by
acoustic guitars, bass, mandolin and percussion. The group consists of
local recording artists Becky Williams, Joy Cuming, Mark Francis and
newest member Robin Hoffman, an award winning songwriter and Berklee
grad. Enjoy a heart-opening afternoon of their original contemporary
folk, pop and R&B influenced songs. You will be genuinely
inspired
by their soaring melodies and poetic lyrics infused with hope, humor
and universal spiritual insights. Mystic Folk is the real deal! |
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26 April 2008, Jason Anderson and the Best at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
A great night of rock and roll! Jason Anderson, vocals, guitar; Nate
Groth, guitar; Juliet Nelson, vocals, percussion; Gregg Porter, drums;
Jim Reynolds, bass; David Sapienza, piano; Sean Wright, saxophone. |
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26 April 2008, Hello Shark at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
A great night of rock and roll! Hello Sharkis
comprised of Newburyport, Massachusetts resident,
Linc Halloran, and assorted friends. He self-released his first album,
Bumble Bees and Organ Trees, in the spring of 2006 and just completed
work on a new album, Book Lungs. His lyrics about insects, romance, and
friends are best described as quirky and endearing and are particularly
disarming when juxtaposed with washes of lush yet often slightly
out-of-tune instrumentation. |
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26 April 2008, Greg Porter Project at The Nave
Podcast
A great night of rock and roll! Gregg Porter, guitar and lead
vocals; Jim Reynolds, guitar, banjo,
backup vocals; Juliet Nelson, cello, backup
vocals; Guy Capecelatro III, bass,
backup vocals; Nate Groth, electric guitar,
backup vocals; Jason Anderson, piano, backup
vocals. |
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26 April 2008, The Divorced at The Nave
Podcast
A great night of rock and roll! John Ryan Gallagher,
guitar/vocals; Scott Chasse, guitar; Mathew Kulik, drums; Evangelos Orfranos, bass guitar. |
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Serenata Chamber Musicians
Podcast: Winter
Solstice Concert 2007 • Podcast: 20 July 2007
Podcast: 30 June 2007 • Podcast: 6 and 11 May 2007 |
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17 November 2007, Craig Robertson, Ukulele Noir at The Nave
Podcast • Band website • Ukulele Noir website
A
cabaret-style show which features some of New England's best ukulele
players. Craig Robertson, a Boston singer/songwriter who performs his
dark, melodic tunes accompanied by a ukulele. He is the originator
& MC of Ukulele Noir. He has a two CDs out entitled That Dress and
Practical Hypnotism.
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17 November 2007, East Boston Make Out Club Band, Ukulele Noir at The Nave
Podcast • Band website • Ukulele Noir website
A
cabaret-style show which features some of New England's best ukulele
players. The East Boston Make Out Club Band is comprised of two women,
Davina and Heather who write and sing original, funny, scathing songs
for ukulele and guitar and a host of rhythm instruments. |
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17 November 2007, Uncle Shoe, Ukulele Noir at The Nave
Podcast • Band website • Ukulele Noir website
A
cabaret-style show which features some of New England's best ukulele
players. Uncle Shoe plays everything from quirky turn of the century
vaudeville tunes on ukulele to twenties and thirties ditties. Uncle
Shoe plays everything from quirky turn of the century vaudeville tunes
on ukulele to twenties and thirties ditties. |
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17 November 2007, Melvern Taylor and the Fabulous Meltones, Ukulele Noir at The Nave
Podcast • Band website • Ukulele Noir website
A
cabaret-style show which features some of New England's best ukulele
players. Melvern Taylor and the Fabulous Meltones from Lowell. Who have
a CD titled Fabuloso out. They perform melodic catchy originals in a
harmonic four piece band. |
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12 October 2007, Duos at The Nave
Podcast
Electo-
acoustic works meet Brazlian choros. Featuring 'Abime Des Oisseux' by
Oliver Messaien with Todd Brunel on clarinets, Robert Rivera, cello,
Larry Carsman guitar. |
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22 September 2007, Tim Mungenast, Goatstock III at The Nave
Podcast • Band website • Heifer International
Benefit
show for heifer international. Tim Mungenast, guitars, sitar, vocals;
Michael Bloom, bass, guitar, vocals on Kyoto; Jon Proudman, tabla; and
special guest Cheryl Wanner, vocals on Candles.
Goatstock is a benefit to raise money to help out the great folks at
Heifer International.
Heifer places animals in countries where they are desperately needed.
All proceeds from this album will go to purchase goats to help people
in need. |
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22 September 2007, Astro Al, Goatstock III at The Nave
Podcast • Band website • Heifer International
Benefit show for heifer international. Astro Al is what it would sound like if William Shatner was the lead singer for
the Doors. Astro Al is 50's B movie music madness for spaced out
adults.
Goatstock is a benefit to raise money to help out the great folks at
Heifer International.
Heifer places animals in countries where they are desperately needed.
All proceeds from this album will go to purchase goats to help people
in need. |
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22 September 2007, Return of the Goats Compilation, Goatstock III at The Nave
Podcast • Heifer International
Benefit show for heifer international. Goatstock is a benefit to raise money to help out the great folks at
Heifer International.
Heifer places animals in countries where they are desperately needed.
All proceeds from this album will go to purchase goats to help people
in need.
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10 May 2007, Francesco Guaiana at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Scilian guitarist, Francesco Guaiana combines electronic effects and
overlapping layers of sounds and noises to create "a sonic wall". The
repetitive cycles alter the sense of gravity, and inspire a feeling
“lightness” which helps one to escape the weight of everyday life. With
‘ special guest Giacomo Merega on electric bass.’ |
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6 May 2007, The Blooming, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast
The Blooming is a new
collaboration of four seasoned improvisors: Tom
Hall - saxophones, loops / Morris Acevedo - electric guitar / Jeff Song
- acoustic bass guitar / Curt Newton - drumset. With a spontaneous
weaving of melody, pulse, and texture, they create songs you have
almost heard before, music emerging just beyond your headlight beams.
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6 May 2007, John O'Hara, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
John O'Hara and
Somerville go together like peanut butter and chocolate, or, more
accurately, beer and drinking it. He's absolutely thrilled to be doing
SOS although he wishes the 88 ran closer to the Nave. He currently
resides on the 88 bus line. |
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5 May 2007, Astro Al, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast • Band website
Astro Al is what it would sound like if William Shatner was the lead singer for
the Doors. Astro Al is 50's B movie music madness for spaced out adults. |
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5 May 2007, Glenn Dickson, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast
Clarinetist Glenn Dickson (from Naftule's Dream) combines the human warmth of the clarinet with
electronic techniques developed by Brian Eno to create other-worldly
soundscapes and hypnotic tone poems.
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5 May 2007, Eileen Feldman, Somerville Open Studios Music Festival at The Nave
Podcast
"PRELUDES"-
finely crafted musical jewels of pith, presence, and personality by
Bach, Chopin, Debussy, and others. |
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