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NYC Antifolk Tour | |
Date | Saturday May 08 |
Time | 11:00 PM - 1:00 AM |
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Location Details | |
Brainwash Cafe 1122 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA 94103 415-255-4866 http://www.brainwash.com |
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Event Type | Concert/Show |
Organizer/Author | Sue Maguire |
This May, the NYC Antifolk scene (home of such performers as Beck, The Moldy Peaches and Regina Spektor) is sending four of its favorite embassadors to San Fransisco for a one-night-only show. On this, their second national tour, singer-songwriters Casey Holford, Jenn Lindsay, Robin Aigner and Phoebe Kreutz will be traveling down the west coast, delivering their unique brand of witty, irreverent accoustic folk.
Jenn Lindsay plays folk music for the jobless, the brave, and the indignant on the NYC Antifolk Scene. Her music is ³a veritable tsunami of the best writing I¹ve heard in a long spell.² (University of Michigan at Grand Rapids) She delivers ³a powerful call-to-arms for struggling urban artists everywhere² (Suite 101) with songs that are "Deliciously Earnest"(Entertainment Today). In addition to appearing regularly at schools, women¹s centers and in folk fests, Jenn has played LadyFest, BMI Showcases at the Living Room, political rallies at Rockefeller Center, and at the Central Park Naumberg Bandshell. Her music is ³a welcome blast of taste and sincerity.² (NYC Makemusic) http://www.jennlindsay.com/ Casey Holford taught himself to play on mom¹s classical guitar with a string missing. At age fourteen, he took his homemade songs to Boston coffeehouses and taught himself to perform. Then he got a twelve-string guitar and learned that too. Now in New York, ten years later, Casey¹s a completely self-made performer and songwriter "for those who have tired of the mainstream."(NY Rock) The result is electric and acoustic guitar playing that thrills, lyrics that sting, and songs the Village Voice calls ³heartfelt, edgy, and innovative.² Heard live, Casey¹s songs make noisy rooms quieter. Sometimes they make neighbors pound on the ceiling with a broomstick. But whatever they do, they ³kick and push genres into fresh and nameless territory.²(Performing Songwriter) At only 25, already with two albums and a decade of live experience, Casey has made his music career from scratch ingredients and a weird recipe all his own. More at http://www.caseyholford.com Robin Aigner writes music that is equal parts alt-folk, roots and urban-Americana. Featuring a warm, sensual voice, sweetly finger-picked guitar playing and rich imagery, Robin¹s tunes lull her loyal New York audiences. "This is music that glows with feeling." (Northampton Gazette). Robin plays regularly in and around the New York area at such clubs as Sidewalk Café, The Bitter End, and the Living Room, in addition to nationally renowned venues such as San Francisco¹s Hotel Utah and Northampton¹s Fire & Water. 2003 sees the release of her debut LP, Volksinger, which is ³a rich tribute to the lone cowboys, troubadours, and roving criminals of American history. Her work is hugely gratifying and relentlessly interesting." (NYC Antifolk) http://www.robinaigner.com/ If Joan Baez and Weird Al Yankovic had a love child, it might be Phoebe Kreutz, a New York City boozy floozy with a heart of gold and a banged-up guitar. Phoebe¹s songs are a little bit silly, a little bit sappy and always in high spirits. Keeping firm to her promise to never write about her feelings, she¹s had to go deep into the realms of goofiness and pop-culture trivia for inspiration. She¹s come out the other side with a canon of music that is ³the most consistently funny, surprising, refreshing songwriting I have heard in a long time² (Stanford University). In NYC she plays regularly at such venues as the Sidewalk Café and The Rising Café. Phoebe Kreutz has been featured at Club Helsinki in MA, Aurafice and BitStar in Seattle and was invited to perform at the 2003 and 2004 Antifolk Festivals. 2003 brought her first album, ³Pretty. Pretty Stupid.² (No Evil Star Records) to her growing New York audiences. |
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