Best. Show. Ever. (@ Bubby’s Lounge)
This upcoming week’s a busy one… Two very big, important shows. Check ‘em out!
[Bubby’s Lounge Evening Shows]
* ANDY STATMAN
Tuesday, March 28th
8pm, $10 (recommended donation)
“…(A) beautiful and new experience. It has the heart of klezmer music, which Mr. Statman, a clarinet and mandolin virtuoso, is most famous for performing, but it’s not klezmer. It has the spirit of the border-pushing jazz of the 60’s, but it’s not really jazz either. It’s the music of Jewish mystics, but interpreted not as a tradition to be preserved but as a spiritual path to be followed in as personal a manner as possible.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES
“..(A) great deal of Jewish soul, staying true to ancient traditions while updating melodies via the improvisational nature of jazz…an eclectic blend of folklike simplicity with complex jazz overtones. The moods range from joyously vibrant to darkly plaintive. A fascinating and moving mixture.”
- JAZZ TIMES
“(O)ne of the most influential musicians in modern acoustic music. He helped invent the language of progressive bluegrass (and) went on to rediscover klezmer music and reintroduce it to the world.”
- THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
“There are those who know Andy Statman as the virtuoso klezmer clarinetist - violinist Itzhak Perlman, for instance, who chose Statman to lead his klezmer album. There are those who know Andy Statman as the down-home mandolin player with a stack of straight-up bluegrass albums to his credit. (I)n Statman’s versatile hands is a music that’s full of surprises, sophisticated and completely accessible at once.”
- THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
[Featured Event!]
* RAMONA CORDOVA DAVID FENECH (w/ guests MR. TURNER CODY ESSIE JAIN)
Friday, March 31st
8pm (sharp!)
$5
Oh man… this show is going to be incredible. Soul shaking. Ramon has performed at Bubby’s Lounge before (last time on the bar itself), and now he’s back with a friend from across to sea, kicking off their US tour in New York, in our very own pie company. Along for the ride are two wonderful NYC locals; Mrr. Turner Cody (also a member of cabaret circus The Citizen’s Band) and Essie Jain. Here’s some descriptions:
[David Fenech]
David fenech has been an active composer, performer, and improviser for over ten years in france. his
works include acoustic, electronic, tape, and digital media, including sound installations and film scores.
After creating the musical collective peu importe in grenoble in 1991 (free improvisation and songs - many
gigs in europe) his music has shifted to more personnal and strange areas, mainly using voice as an
instrument.
He released his first solo cd called grand huit, in 2000, on thenow defunct tout l’univers label. the record
is like a long movie for the ears, with 8 different clips. he then released a lp in duet with moka , called
les vaches (cows) on romulus and remus.
As a soloist, david fenech plays guitar and ukulele as well as small instruments like toy piano and xylophone.
[Ramona Cordova]
“Once upon a time there was a boy named Ramn. When Ramn was very young his father would sing him to sleep with the aid of an old acoustic guitar. When Ramn couldn’t sleep his grandmother would give him a glass of warm milk and whisper soft spanish lulluby’s in his ear. In the morning’s when Ramn would want to sit and watch cartoons, his mother would sometimes suggest instead a musical like the sound of music, singing in the rain, an american in paris, or oliver twist, and Ramn would fall asleep. Sometimes they would watch cartoons like pinnochio or snow white, but he would still fall asleep. Ramn seemed to fall asleep whenever he listened to music. This, my dear little friend, was not because Ramn was bored by music. Ramn loved music. It was in his bones. It cried from his mouth and beat in his heart. See, Ramn fell asleep whenever he listened to music because he loved to dream too. He would dream of the songs that filled his head, and dream of the sights that paired with them. He would dream of far off places, and painted landscapes, and fun adventures, but music would always be there, in the background, off in the distance, creating the feelings that made life beautiful to him.”
Influenced by snow white, pinocchio, and oliver twist, the boy who floated freely is an eleven track musical amusement park- filled to the brim with snare, saw, toms, tamborine, organ, chime, accordion, birds, recorder, choir, crickets, cicadas, spanish lyrics, loud gypsies, synth, xylophone, whistling, clapping and vibra slapping.
Mr. Turner Cody has a really great video for his recently released album, and you can find out more about Essie Jain on her website.
[Brunch Events]
* Hellgate Harmonie
Saturday, March 26th
11-3pm, FREE!!!
This week, many of the musicians of Hellgate Harmonie are turning in their wind instruments, and the orchestra will be performing mostly string selections. Come by for brunch, hang out in the mezzanine, enjoy the gorgeous view. Spring’s (somewhere) in the air, and where better to greet the wheather than D.U.M.B.O.?
As always, booking, list, and upcoming event info can be found at www.Bubbys.com. If you want to unsubscribe from this mailing list, just drop me a line. The map to Bubby’s is attached as a jpeg.
Have a great week everyone,
Joe Ahearn
Booking & Promotion
646.239.9288