[FA Worldmusic] Joe's Pub shows during CMA and APAP

[Bill Bragin]

Hi friends,

For those of you coming in to NYC for Chamber Music America and or APAP,
I wanted to send you a list of shows taking place at Joe's Pub during
that period.  Below are descriptions and links to artist websites.  In
general, please contact artist agents for comps to any of these shows.
We are strictly limited for most of them.  As you know, I won't be
working at Joe's Pub anymore by the time APAP comes around, but I plan
on being at many of the shows listed below.   Weaning will be a slow
process, and I love many of these artists. Hope to see some of you
there.


	All the best,
	Bill

	Saturday, January 5
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	LJOVA + THE VJOLA CONTRABAND / BROOKLYN RIDER
	http://www.ljova.com/ <http://www.ljova.com/>
	The members of Brooklyn Rider have come together to form a
string quartet that involves creative programming and exciting
collaborations to illuminate music in new ways and invite audiences into
a greater shared dialogue. Individually, they have appeared as soloists
with major symphony orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the
Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony, and have taken part in
many of the leading chamber music festivals in the United States and
abroad. As educators, they have had affiliations with such institutions
as Princeton University, Harvard University, Rhode Island School of
Design and Williams College. They have also been honored by an Avery
Fisher Career Grant, the Kreisler Competition, the Menuhin competition,
the Arts Recognition and Talent Search and the American String Teachers
Association. They have worked extensively with composers such as Chen
Yi, Osvaldo Golijov, Dimitry Yanov-Yanovsky, Wu Man, Shirish Korde and
Kayhan Kalhor and have collaborated with such diverse figures as
violinist Jenny Scheinman, singer songwriter Christina Courtin, and
visual artist Kevork Mourad. Last November, Brooklyn Rider helped to
curate a week-long residency at National Public Radio's Performance
Today. Much of Brooklyn Rider's desire to extend the borders of
conventional string quartet programming has been through their
involvement with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. As members of the
ensemble, they have performed throughout the world, recorded two albums
for Sony Classical, and have reached audiences through a series of
educational initiatives, family concerts and media broadcasts.

	Ljova and the Vjola Contraband is chamber-jam music for the
"remix generation". As if by alchemy, Eastern-European and Gypsy
melodies, Latin rhythms, Jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted
Classical forms are given new meanings. Founded by the maverick film
composer, arranger, and violist Lev 'LJOVA' Zhurbin --- hailed by
Billboard magazine as "one of New York's fastest rising composers and
instrumentalists" -- the ensemble also features his close collaborators
on vocals, accordion, bass and percussion. Inspired by his
collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Osvaldo Golijov, the Kronos Quartet, the
rapper Jay-Z and others, Ljova's compositions dazzle with intricate
textures, odd rhythms and lilting melodies, creating music that is both
fresh and timeless. Since its founding in summer 2006, the band has
performed the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York's Museum of Modern
Art, the Philadelphia Art Museum, as well as several appearances at
Joe's Pub and Barbes. Their debut CD is slated for release in the summer
of 2008.
	7:00pm; $15 in advance/$20 day of show

	Saturday, January 5
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	JOEY DEGRAW
	http://www.joeydegraw.com/ <http://www.joeydegraw.com/>
	NYC based singer-songwriter, Joey DeGraw, combines powerful
songs with a rootsy rock feel. A prolific writer, DeGraw has written
with some of the industry's top selling artists such as Joss Stone and
Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors. Joey has performed nationally and
internationally with both his own band, and as the guitarist and singer
in younger brother, J Records Recording Artist, Gavin's DeGraw's band
and has received rave reviews in mainstream media like the NY Post and
The Times Herald Record. His self produced debut CD sold over 30,000
copies without any label support, major or independent. DeGraw is
currently recording with noted Producer, Steve Greenwell, best known for
producing Joss Stones "The Soul Sessions" and "Mind, Body & Soul." Some
of the guest appearances on Joey's forthcoming album are Joss Stone,
Mountain front man Leslie West, Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors, Johnny
Winter and Gavin DeGraw.
	9:30pm, $12 adv. / $15 at door

	Saturday, January 5
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	THE LISPS - Country Doctor Museum CD Release
	http://thelisps.com/ <http://thelisps.com/>
	"Local coed pop group the Lisps gives quirky indie rock a real
good name. Their debut self-released EP, The Vain, the Modest, and the
Dead, is smart-assed and danceable, but with an affecting core of
been-around-the-block melancholy."
	- Time Out NY
	The Lisps are a New York-based assemblage of 21st century
post-rock n' vaudeville auteurs. They write songs about science and
love, destiny, piety, babies and documents. The Lisps are the
public/performative version of all the relationships you're struggling
with. This performance is the release party for "Country Doctor Museum"
their debut full length album.
	11:30pm, $12

	Sunday, January 6
	OLD SPRINGS PIKE
	http://www.oldspringspike.com/ <http://www.oldspringspike.com/>
	Old Springs Pike blends the cricket chirp of a suburban
slow-fade with the subway scream of metropolitan mayhem. Using four part
harmony as a diving board, these early twenty-somethings find themselves
in stylistic depths ranging from a fair-paced folk to a rarely
restrained roots rock. With an energetic, spontaneous live act, Old
Springs Pike proves that it's not just a concert, but an event. MTV's
John Norris recommends Old Springs Pike as "a cool, punky folk band".
The group uses four-part harmony as a diving board for their
indie-acoustic rock sound, adding country and folk stylings into the mix
for a sound that's as original as it is exhilarating.
	7:30pm
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	Monday, January 7
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	KYLE RIABKO with KEITH AND RENEE
	Presented with The Upper North Side Canadian Music Series
	http://www.kyleriabko.com/ <http://www.kyleriabko.com/>
	http://www.keithandrenee.com/ <http://www.keithandrenee.com/>
	With the release of "Before I Speak" (Aware/Columbia), a top ten
single at AAA radio and relentless North American and Japan touring
under his belt, 20 year old guitar/singer sensation Kyle Riabko expands
his incredible portfolio as an actor with a lead role in Instant Star 4.
The teen music drama is set to launch it's new season Feb '08 on The N
network. From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Riabko is a young dynamo who has
fully absorbed the lessons of the masters of the pop, blues and classic
R&B on the way to fashioning a vital and highly personal style.

	After ten years together, two albums under their belt, multiple
awards and nominations and a name change (aka: Easily Amused), Winnipeg
Duo, Keith and Renee recently released their 3rd CD titled, REVOLUTION.
Keith and Renee have performed all across North America in cities
including New York, LA, Toronto and Chicago. They have shared stages
with the likes of Sean Lennon, Tegan and Sara and Burton Cummings. In
July 2006, Keith performed as a member of the top 22 on Canadian Idol
and most recently, Renee introduced her own clothing line, Renee Leone
across North America and was featured in New York City's, Time Out
Magazine.
	7:00pm, $12

	Tuesday, January 8
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	ELIZABETH AND THE CATAPULT
	http://www.elizabethandthecatapult.com/
<http://www.elizabethandthecatapult.com/>
	"The EP only has six songs, but already it's clear that this
unsigned New York band has the goods especially for fans of Aimee Mann."

	- WFUV City Folk Morning
	"The self-assured Elizabeth and the Catapult prove what a
sultry-voiced Greenwich Village habitue with a Norah Jones jones should
do: Just let it flow" - The Boston Globe
	Elizabeth and the Catapult craft sophisticated piano-driven pop
tunes. Lots of fun, with catchy melodies -The Catapult always have
something up their sleeves. That playfulness combined with Elizabeth's
powerful vocals and effervescent stage presence make for an
unforgettable show.
	7:00pm, $12

	Tuesday, January 8
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	NOW Ensemble / itsnotyouitsme
	http://www.nowensemble.com/
	http://www.newamsterdamrecords.com/inyim.html
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	Celebrate the launch o fNew Amsterdam with music from the
"indie-classical" label's inaugural releases. NOW Ensemble is a
composer/performer ensemble with flute, clarinet, double bass, piano,
and electric guitar. Cited by Alex Ross of The New Yorker as "a deft
young group gaining attention," NOW Ensemble plays works from its debut
CD, NOW. itsnotyouitsme, a violin/guitar duo with members of Alarm Will
Sound and The Exit, creates spacious soundscapes with live, looped
samples; they will play pieces from their first disc, walled gardens.
These two bands embody New Amsterdam's mission: "to provide a haven for
the young New York composers and performers whose music slips through
the cracks between genresmusic without walls, from a scene without a
name."
	9:30pm, $12

	Wednesday, January 9
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	CRACKED ICE featuring Crispin Cioe (Uptown Horns and Charlie
Gordano (Bruce Springsteen) - Soul Noir CD Release
	Cracked Ice is a seven-piece original soul/R&B band that mixes
up the classics and the nouveaux. The band is led by saxophonist,
composer, producer and Uptown Horns co-founder Crispin Cioe, who has
played with the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin and has
soloed on hit records such as "Living in America" with James Brown.
Crispin's bandmates have toured with David Bowie, Paul Simon, Steely
Dan, Bob Dylan and Dr. John. Charlie Giordano, keyboards, is currently
touring with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, and will be back in
the United States in time for this show. Charlie has also
recorded/toured with Pat Benatar, Hall & Oates, Cyndi Lauper,Odetta, Joe
Cocker, etc...and Charlie played accordian with Pavarotti! The band
includes guitarist John Putnam (Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Cliff), bassist
Ivan Bodley (Sam Moore, Solomon Burke), and drummer Robin Gould (Michael
Franks, GE Smith). Featured Cracked Ice vocalists Brent Carter (who sang
lead with Tower of Power)and Susan D.(who earned her wings singing
onstage with Wilson Pickett for several years) team up soulfully to
explore the time-honored themes of love lost and love that's been found.
	9:30pm, $15

	Thursday, January 10
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	BASIA BULAT / JEFFREY LEWIS
	http://www.basiabulat.com/ <http://www.basiabulat.com/>
	http://www.thejeffreylewissite.com/
<http://www.thejeffreylewissite.com/>
	Basia Bulat hails from the forest city of London, Ontario, where
she found her songs and stories dangling from the trees. Her debut album
Oh, My Darling was engineered and produced by Howard Bilerman (Godspeed
You! Black Emperor, The Arcade Fire), and will be released on Rough
Trade Records with an unreleased extra track. Basias songs are infused
with sweet ragtime piano melodies, tender-hearted string arrangements,
and a voice that has been compared to Elyse Weinberg and Leslie Feist
(she was on the road with The Veils as a background vocalist.) Together
with her backing band, Basia has begun bringing her unique blend of folk
and chamber pop to audiences across Canada.

	The new album by Jeffrey Lewis is a collection of songs by the
legendary anarchist punk band Crass, reworked by Jeffrey into glorious
folk, rock, psychedelic, orchestral and electronica productions. Lewis
was raised on New York City's Lower East Side and is a maker of comic
books, tragi-comic folk narratives, and lysergic garage rock. For the
recording of 12 Crass Songs Lewis was joined by Helen Schreiner on back
up vocals. Playing live with his brother Jack on bass, David Beauchamp
on drums, The Jeffrey Lewis Band mixes 60s acoustic psychedelia like
Pearls Before Swine with the experimental art-punk of the Fall and the
urban lyricism of Lou Reed, sounding a bit like if Woody Guthrie fronted
Sonic Youth. 12 Crass Songs follows in the footsteps of the critically
acclaimed Jeffrey & Jack Lewis: City & Eastern Songs, which was produced
by Kramer (Galaxie 500, Butthole Surfers, Low, Daniel Johnston, etc) and
was selected as one of 2006's best albums in Time Out NY, the Boston
Globe, CMJ Monthly and elsewhere. Jeffrey's most recent comic book
series Fuff is currently up to issue five. 7:00pm, $12

	Thursday, January 10
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	SXIP SHIREY'S Hour of Charm
	Featuring DAYNA KURTZ, KURT BRAUNOHLER and
	KRISTIN SHAAL, GREG WALLOCH, JONATHAN NOSAN and VOCO
	http://www.sxipshirey.com/ <http://www.sxipshirey.com/>
	"The gutter-poet balladry, feats of acrobatic derring-do,
stacked vocal loops, and cracked cabaret singing of Sxip's Hour of Charm
might seem to be a crazy-quilt combination. But circus composer Sxip
Shirey, it seems, likes his quilts rather crazy indeed...(It can be)
argued that if it warms the soul, it doesn't particularly matter whether
the pieces actually fit."
	-Marc Hirsh, Boston Globe
	Real life circus composer Sxip Shirey presents a high powered
night of variety entertainment featuring New York City's best musical
artists, comedians and the indescribable. Featuring: New music by Sxip
Shirey utilizing regurgitated music boxes, human beat box and industrial
flutes. Kurt Braunohler and Kristin Schaal (Flight of the Condors) take
the stage, a surreal Burns and Allen. The powerful singing of Dayna
Kurtz will make you forget to breathe. You dont know it but you've seen
him in Spider Man 2, The Cell, The Grinch and Big Fish, contortionist
Johnathan Nosan does things with his body that are illegal in certain
states.

	Our favorite comedian/story teller Greg Walloch is funny, sweet
and raunchy as hell. We're proud to welcome from Los Angelos 2007.
Aceppella Champions VOCO who take on everything from Appalachian tunes
to Bartok will be in from Los Angeles to perform their compelling
original music with new takes on Eastern European melodies and
Americana. Always a show-stopping visual and rhythmic pleasure..

	Sxip Shirey "...conjures a world of infernal calliopes and
cotton candy machetes wielded by Gypsy crones with angel feet..."
--Silke Tudor, SF Weekly.

	Kurt Braunohler and Kristin Shaal "Ranging from highly-produced
to positively bizarre Braunohler and Schaal deliver some of the best
performances in the city." - Time Out NY

	Dayna Kurtz "I was blown away by her vocals and how she plays
any instrument she touches." -Keren Ann, New York Times

	Greg Walloch "It's not often that the typically rough-and-tumble
atmosphere of the comedy stage softens enough to allow such moments of
delicate human tenderness." - Stephen Holden, The New York Times.

	Johnathan Nosan " A truly amazing contortionist who provides the
show with its single most disturbing image"--The New York Times on Twyla
Tharp's 'The Times They Are A-Changin'
	9:30pm; $15 advance, $17 at door

	Friday, January 11
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	ABIGAIL WASHBURN'S Sparrow Quartet
	Featuring BELA FLECK, CASEY DRIESSEN and BEN SOLLEE
	http://www.abigailwashburn.com/
<http://www.abigailwashburn.com/>
	"Abigail Washburn puts a new twist on Old Time. Hence, when
America's oldest music form played the world's oldest civilization, it
was in Chinese...Her unusual repertoire included compositions in Chinese
and English, plus traditional Chinese poems as nobody here has heard
them, put to the lively picking of banjo, guitar, stand-up bass and
fiddle. The results were eclectic and inspiring...Washburn is a daring,
definite talent, whose feel for the folk idiom results in moving
material. Soulful is the word. On stage, her voice resonated with the
power of a seasoned performer and her poetic hill tunes sounded all the
more evocative in Chinese."
	- Wall Street Journal
	The bare-bones, rustic, and poignant sounds of singer/songwriter
and banjo player Abigail Washburn seem so genuine and natural they must
come from a person who grew up in love with and surrounded by folk and
bluegrass. On her latest album, 'Song of the Traveling Daughter'
(Nettwerk), Washburn's evocative vocals and clawhammer banjo style are
supported by Ben Sollee's cello, an instrument that brings a dark,
primeval feel to songs that sound like they're hundreds of years old,
along with fiddler Casey Driessen and producer Bela Fleck's national
steel guitar and banjo adding subtle grace notes to Washburn's timeless
tales. In addition to her growing acclaim as a solo artist, especially
for her unique fusion of Appalachian and Chinese folk traditions,
Washburn has made a name for herself as a member of the acclaimed
old-time string band Uncle Earl.
	7:00pm, $25

	Friday, January 11
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	HAALE with RUFUS CAPPADOCIA
	http://www.haale.com/ <http://www.haale.com/>
	http://www.rufusmusic.com/ <http://www.rufusmusic.com/>
	"Percussionists provided driving rhythms...over which Haale's
warm, supple voice unfurled like a curlicue of smoke. Her band's
amplified rumble served as a reminder of the extent to which rock bands
like the Doors and the Velvet Underground turned to the East for their
hypnotic efforts; here their borrowings were reclaimed with interest."
	-The New York Times
	Haale (pronounced like *hal*le**lu*jah) evokes both the
spiritual and traditional culture of her parents' homeland of Iran, and
the energy of psychedelic rock and roll from the sounds of New York
City, where she was born. Her music and her message are formed by the
powerful combination of these influences, invoking both a swaying trance
and a rock sensibility she describes as "Psychedelic Sufi Trance Rock."
Haale's debut recordings were released on her own DarYa Records in
January 2007 to critical acclaim. Popmatters called the EPs "a panoramic
blend of luscious rock, heady bass, and brilliantly produced rhythms"
and the College Music Journal lauded Haale's "totally original songs."
After seeing Haale at a club last fall, David Byrne invited her to be
part of his Nonesuch Records-sponsored "One Note" series at Carnegie
Hall. That show served to kick off a season of near continuous touring,
playing clubs, colleges, and festivals like South by Southwest in
Austin, Bonnaroo in Tennessee and the MIMI Festival in Marseilles,
France. Haale's debut full-length album is due out in March 2008.

	Meet cellist Rufus Cappadocia, a multi-lingual musician,
performer, composer and recording artist of incredible range and
diversity. From the modalities of Middle Eastern, West African and
pan-European folk forms to blues, rock and jazz along the way, adding
elements American roots, Mediterranean textures, and Caribbean
percussion for good measure, Cappadocia's effortless and natural embrace
of all music is awe-inspiring. After many travels, Cappadocia landed in
NY and joined the multi-faceted jazz ensemble, The Paradox Trio, though
the nomadic artist was embraced by virtually every artist and musical
community he sought out, including such widely assorted musicians as
Celtic pioneer Seamus Eagan and master Haitian drummer "Bonga"
Jean-Baptiste with the Voodoo Drums of Haiti; musical polymath Ross
Daly, who was instrumental in introducing Cappadocia to Middle Eastern
and Balkan music; Vishal Vaid, a virtuoso Indian Ghazal vocalist and
guitarist David Fiuczynski, with whom he formed the Eastern Modal fusion
group, Kif.
	9:00pm, $15

	Friday, January 11
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	Weimar New York hosted by JUSTIN BOND
	Featuring Penny Arcade, Daniel Isengart, Taylor Mac,
	Dirty Martini, Tigger!, Tangerine Jones, The Pixie Harlots
	and Novice Theory
	http://www.weimarnewyork.com/ <http://www.weimarnewyork.com/>
	"Earl Dax's Weimar New York slices cabaret with cutting-edge
performance."
	- Time Out, New York
	After a sold-out summer season at the Spiegeltent, "Weimar New
York" returns home to Joe's Pub to offer it's signature blend of
performance art, music and burlesque with an eye on election year
politics. Fresh from headlining Carnegie Hall as one half of Kiki and
Herb, Justin Bond presides over an evening that spans the gamut from the
trenchant observations of legendary performance artist Penny Arcade to
the sophisticated stylings of German cabaret performer Daniel Isengart.
The mischievous Pixie Harlots provide a dose of gender-bending glamor,
and with great pleasure we welcome the prodigiously talented Novice
Theory to the community of "Weimar New York" artists.
	Juxtaposing the aesthetic and music of "Weimar-era Berlin" with
that of the contemporary downtown performance scene in New York, Weimar
New York also spotlights the uneasy parallels between the rise of
fascistic and nationalistic elements in Weimar Germany and the
unprecedented growth of reactionary policies and religious extremism
today. In so doing Weimar New York is, according to the Village Voice,
"keeping the Weimar-era spirit of cultural resistance alive."
	11:30pm, $35

	Saturday, January 12
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	dancemOpolitan's 2007 Holiday Series:
	The Return of Fraulein Maria
	Choreographed by Doug Elkins and friends
	http://www.dancenownyc.org/ <http://www.dancenownyc.org/>

	read these two piece from the Ny Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/arts/dance/09sulc.html
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/arts/dance/09sulc.html>  (Preview)
	RAVE review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/arts/music/14elki.html

	"Doug Elkins' Fraulein Maria could easily become a holiday
ritual for hipsters of all ages."
	- The New York Times
	"What finer message for a happy crowd to take out onto the
Christmas ready streets than one of diversity and freedom cohabiting
with group harmony?" - The Village Voice
	Inspired by the timeless Rodgers & Hammerstein songs from The
Sound of Music, Doug Elkins' Fraulein Maria returns to Joe's Pub at The
Public Theater Dec 12, 14 and 15 with an all-star cast of downtown dance
luminaires. Piloted in 2006, Doug Elkins and his cast bring Fraulein
Maria back to Joe's this December for four performances only in an
expanded version of this critically acclaimed holiday Show. Created as a
suite of dances, Doug Elkins' Fraulein Maria brings a kinetic twist to
The Sound of Music, re-assembling its pictures and songs with his
signature grace and wit. Elkins utilizes the wonderful words and music
of Rodgers and Hammerstein as inspiration for movement. As Elkins
comments, "These are songs of celebration and determination that
incorporate big movement."
	Recommended for ages 10 and older
	NOON; $20 advance, $25 at door, $12 for kids under 16

	Saturday, January 12
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	CATHERINE RUSSELL / THE CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS
	http://www.concertedefforts.com/artists_russ.html
<http://www.concertedefforts.com/artists_russ.html>
	http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/
<http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/>
	"After listening to a continuous stream of releases by purported
rising jazz singers - who couldn't have lasted through a chorus in a
contest with Ella Fitzgerald or Betty Carter - it's a delight to hear
the real thing in Catherine Russell... at the center of gravity that has
always kept the music alive is 'the groove' that Cat Russell embodies."
	-Nat Hentoff, The Wall Street Journal
	Catherine Russell is that rarest of entities -- an
honest-to-goodness, genuine jazz singer. In a field where any vocalist
who attempts the classic canon is granted that sobriquet as a matter of
course, she stands out like a diamond among rhinestones. Ms. Russell's
voice is full-blown femininity incarnate, a dusky, stalwart and soulful
instrument that radiates interpretive power yet remains touchingly
vulnerable. A native New Yorker, Catherine has an enviable jazz
pedigree. The daughter of jazz legends, Luis Russell (long-time musical
director/arranger for Louis Armstrong) and bassist/vocalist Carline Ray.
Not surprisingly, considering her roots, Catherine is a one of a kind
vocalist.

	"...belongs to an era when music was not something to be sold
but something from the soul."
	Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide
	Think of traditional African-American music, and the genres that
come to mind are gospel, blues and jazz; few people think of old-time
string band music. But the antebellum combination of banjo and fiddle
used to be a tradition in most black rural communities in the South. The
Carolina Chocolate Drops, a band of three young and talented musicians,
are recognized as leading the revival of this venerable musical
tradition. The Carolina Chocolate Drops honed their skills under the
tutelage of octogenarian fiddler Joe Thompson, a North Carolinian said
to be the last black traditional string band player. Thompson, who grew
up playing at barn dances, "frolics" and corn shuckings, wound up
performing in venues across the country, including Carnegie Hall. Dom
Flemons' guitar and jug root the band in an infectious rhythm, and he
plays harmonica for additional melody. Banjo and fiddle player Rhiannon
Giddens became inspired by old-time music when she fell into contra
dancing after graduating from Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Justin
Robinson is the band's primary fiddler. Trained in classical violin, he
became interested in bluegrass and old-time fiddle music, as well as the
fife and drumtradition of African-Americans in the Deep South.
	7:00pm, $20

	Saturday, January 12
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	MIRAH and Spectrotone International present
	Share This Place with guest HOLCOMBE WALLER
	http://www.myspace.com/coldcoldwater
<http://www.myspace.com/coldcoldwater>
	http://www.holcombewaller.com/ <http://www.holcombewaller.com/>
	"Through it all, she creates an atmosphere of such intimate
ease, you feel as if she's singing for you alone."
	- Entertainment Weekly
	Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, no longer able to stay a well-kept
regional secret, has been at the heart of the vibrant Northwest
independent music scene ever since the 2000 debut of her insta-classic
album 'You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This', on which she
collaborated with Phil Elverum of The Microphones/Mt. Eerie. Her albums
are an exploration of the territories beyond lo-fi, aiming to transcend
mere technical limitations and to push the boundaries of 'indie-rock'
towards a more meaningful communicative goal. There's a kind of
deceptive simplicity to both Mirah's music and the lyrical content that
upon closer listening yields to reveal a provocative and sensual
complexity. Mirah's newest work, which will be showcased tonight, is
again a collaboration with Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson. A multi-media
performance based on the tender and triumphant lives of insects, 'Share
This Place' is a song cycle which accompanies 50 minutes of luminous and
endearing stop-motion animation created by Seattle animator Britta
Johnson.

	San Francisco native Holcombe Waller is an independent artist
now living in Portland, Oregon. Holcombe's unearthly voice harkens back
to Donovan or a young Chris de Burgh, but truth be told, Holcombe's
latest album "Troubled Times" (Napoleon Records) is evocative of a
musical union between The Judybats and Chan Marshall, with subtle homage
to the tender, down-and-out stylings of Americana-punk balladeer Gillian
Welch. Holcombe crafts lilting melodies from his emotionally and
politically charged lyrics, set within intricate arrangements of warm
acoustic guitars, rumbling electric keyboards and the occasional banjo
	9:30pm, $15

	Saturday, January 12
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	BROOKLYN QAWWALI PARTY
	http://www.brooklynqawwaliparty.com/
<http://www.brooklynqawwaliparty.com/>
	"Some of the smartest and most deeply enjoyable working bands in
New York these days are essentially repertory groups, taking the music
of a single composer or a single far-afield idiom and feeding it back
through a new sensibility. Liking Brooklyn Qawwali Party doesn't depend
on if you know what Qawwali is. (It's ancient Sufi devotional music from
the Indian subcontinent; each piece is long and heavily rhythmic,
working up to climax after climax.) Nor does it depend on how you feel
about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, its most revered practitioner. BQP piles
texture into Mr. Khan's melodies, ultimately transforming them; it's
joyous music, and this band adds all the extra fun and funk it knows." -
Ben Ratliff, The New York Times
	"...like somehow Pakistan met Brooklyn in the Nigerian compound
of the late Fela Kuti..." - John Schaefer of National Public Radio/WNYC
	Paying tribute to one of the world's great vocalists, Brooklyn
Qawwali Party formed to honor the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,
reworking his thunderous songs for an eclectic, eleven-piece orchestra
comprised of groundbreaking jazz musicians. Funky, smart, and loving,
BQP captures the joyful spirit of this Pakistani folk music in a unique
instrumental blend of jazz and Qawwali. With five horns, guitar, bass,
harmonium, and three percussionists, this band's buoyant rhythm will be
sure to get you on your feet and clapping. After selling out Joe's this
past February, BQP is excited to return to the Pub.
	11:30pm; $15 advance, $20 at door

	Sunday, January 13
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	globalFEST at Webster Hall
	http://www.globalfest-ny.com/ <http://www.globalfest-ny.com/>
	"Held during the convention of the Association of Performing
Arts Presenters, globalFEST let bookers size up thirteen acts in six
hours, wielding instruments from oud to button accordion, tuba to
laptop. Visions of world music as a realm of newly visible traditions
and pure local styles have given way, at Globalfest, to a more
realistic, less romantically exotic perspective. Musicians have always
made choices about what to preserve and what to change from their
heritage; now, they can sample countless possibilities."
	- Jon Pareles, The New York Times

	FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE:
	*   Chango Spasiuk: Argentina's chamame master accordionist
(Argentina)
	*   Crooked Still: Newgrass innovators (USA)
	*   Dulsori: Spectacular Korean drummers (Korea)
	*   Fallou Dieng & DLC: Senegalese mbalax rising stars (Senegal)
	*   Lo Cor de la Plana: Marseille's hand-clappin', foot-stompin'
vocalists (France)
	*   Little Cow: Budapest's Gypsy-tinged rockers (Hungary)
	*   Nation Beat: Northeastern Brazilian carnival meets American
roots (USA/Brazil)
	*   Pistolera: NYC-Mexico alt-rock folkloristas (NYC/Mexico)
	*   Puerto Plata: 84-year-old Dominican Son maestro (Dominican
Republic/USA)
	*   Samarabalouf: French Gypsy jazz guitar virtuosi (France)
	*   Toumast: Desert blues rockers (Niger/France)
	*   Vinicio Capossela: Theatrical Italian underground visionary
vocalist (Italy)

	Over the past five years, globalFEST has become the U.S.'s
leading showcase event for artists performing a huge range of styles
from around the world. Working alongside the annual Association of
Performing Arts Presenters, globalFEST has helped to bring dozens of
emerging international musicians to North America . The festival has
sold out each year, allowing a mix of music industry professionals and
global music aficionados to rub shoulders with up-and-coming artists on
three separate stages.
	At the 2008 globalFEST, twelve artists will perform over the
course of the night with a wide variety of nations, ethnicities, styles,
and tempos represented. globalFEST is organized by The Public Theater
(NYC), World Music Institute (NYC), and World Music/CRASHarts (Boston).
For the fifth year in a row, globalFEST is sponsored by The Cultural
Services of the French Embassy, with additional support from the French
Music Export Office, recognizing France's pre-eminent role as a hotbed
for world music activity.  globalFEST takes place at Webster Hall,
located at 125 East 11th Street, NYC. Doors are scheduled to open at
6:00pm, showtime at 7:00pm. 18 + with valid ID.

	How to buy tickets:
	1. online: www.ticketmaster.com
	2. by phone: 1- 866-448-7849
	3. in person: CASH ONLY

	Tickets are available in person at the box office at the Mercury
Lounge: 217 East Houston Street (between Ludlow and Essex)
	Hours are Monday through Saturday, 2 noon to 7 p.m.;
212-260-4700
	7:00pm, $40

	Sunday, January 13
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	RALPH'S WORLD Family Matinee
	http://www.ralphsworld.com/ <http://www.ralphsworld.com/>
	Ralph's World, the creation of indie rocker and songwriter Ralph
Covert, is a mega-fun musical planet rocketing through the Disney
universe.
	We all know Ralph Covert as the high-energy front-man of his
Chicago-based band, The Bad Examples. Ralph toured internationally
behind a half-dozen records released since 1991 and scored radio hits
both in the States and abroad - most notably "Not Dead Yet" which was
contemporaneously covered by Styx. Then with the birth of his daughter,
Ralph went in a new direction. Covert and the four-man rock n'roll
Ralph's World band have brought their innovative "kindie rock" to venues
across the country on their coast-to-coast House of Blues tour. Covert
utlilizes the same enthusiasm and super-melodic approach in his
children's music - only the lyrics are changed for the ears of the
innocent! His McCartneyesque style has won over hundreds of thousands of
four-feet-and-under fans and their parents. The live Ralph's World band
is anchored by Ralph's longtime lead guitarist Tom O'Brien, Brian
Sheridan of Middle 8, and Michael Alban, formerly of Jonasay. The
touring band's infectious camaraderie adds to the revival atmosphere,
where thousands of young voices shout along and dance with reckless
abandon.
	11:00am; $20 for adults, $15 for kids 12 and under

	Sunday, January 13
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	RYAN SHAW / SIMONE
	http://www.thisisryanshaw.com/ <http://www.thisisryanshaw.com/>
	Ryan Shaw is a man with a mission. This 26-year-old
singer/songwriter from Decatur, Georgia is out to revive the passion and
soul of the Golden Age of Rhythm & Blues (1960-1972) for a new
generation. His debut album, This Is Ryan Shaw, combines a powerfully
expressive voice with a clutch of great songs both classic and new-and a
state-of-the-art, in-your-face sound that makes it impossible to sit
still.

	She is her own woman, a singer, songwriter and performer whose
ability to transcend genres echoes the tradition of her mother, musical
icon and pioneer Nina Simone. Blessed with a rich vocal range, an innate
skill for lyrical interpretation and a soul-deep understanding of music
as a means of healing, empowerment and celebration, Simone is very much
her mother's daughter, she is most assuredly a multi-talented artist in
her own right.
	6:30pm, $20

	Sunday, January 13
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	URBAN TAP featuring TAMANGO and CHARLIE HUNTER
	http://www.urbantap.net/
	http://www.charliehunter.com/
	Tap master Tamango and maverick jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter -
rhythm artists without boundaries -- begin a new collaboration after
busking together in the streets of Europe two decades ago. It is a story
seeded then and crossing paths now. Comments The New York Times of
Tamango, "Astonishing elegance and virtuosity...One is tempted to call
him the best dancer of any kind around." and of Hunter, "...a
groove-minded guitarist known for his distinctly ambidextrous
technique...Mr. Hunter is a homespun marvel, soloing pithily over his
own bass lines and chordal midrange."
	9:30pm, $20

	Monday, January 14
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	KT TUNSTALL
	http://www.kttunstall.com/ <http://www.kttunstall.com/>
	KT Tunstall is a sparkling songwriter with Chinese blood, a
Scottish heart, great legwarmers and a cool name. KT celebrates classic
singer-songwriting in the tradition of Rikki Lee Jones, Carole King and
Fleetwood Mac with an articulate, accessible, immediate brew of rootsy
sass, wistful quandary and after-hours atmosphere. The latest in a line
of outstanding contemporary Scottish songwriters, KT's unique
perspective offers a rare emotionally connecting intensity through it's
gripping lyrical bite and heartfelt melody.
	Tunstall broke into the public eye with a performance on Later
with Jools Holland of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree". Her
debut album, Eye to the Telescope, was released in late 2004. Tunstall's
style of music varies from folk to pop. Tunstall's second album, the
recently released Drastic Fantastic, premiered on September 3, 2007 in
Scotland, followed a week later on September 10, 2007 with the London
release for the UK and September 18, 2007, in the US. In its first week,
Drastic Fantastic reached #1 on the Scottish Album Charts. She's been
compared the "Rock-likes" of PJ Harvey and Patty Smith and the
"funk-folk-likes" of Suzanne Vega and Ani Difranco. Either way, fans of
each would appreciate Tunstall's work.
	7:00pm, $25

	Monday, January 14
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	MAYA BEISER and friends / ETHEL with Kinan Azmeh
	http://www.myspace.com/ethelcentral
<http://www.myspace.com/ethelcentral>
	http://www.mayabeiser.com/ <http://www.mayabeiser.com/>
	Described by the Los Angeles Times as "a striking virtuoso",
renowned cellist Maya Beiser is perpetually pushing the boundaries of
her instrument while creating a new global repertoire. This evening
performance promises to be a reflection of Beiser's adventurous spirit
as she draws upon her Middle Eastern roots collaborating with virtuoso
percussionist Jamey Haddad and master Oud player Bassam Saba.

	Another stop on ETHEL's on Truck Stop odyssey, America's
favorite string band jams with acclaimed Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh
and members of his Arab-jazz band Hewar (Dialogue) playing and
improvising original works.
	9:00pm, $20


	All the best,
	Bill Bragin


	UNTIL DECEMBER 21, 2007:
	Director of Joe's Pub
	The Public Theater
	425 Lafayette Street
	New York, NY  10003

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	BEGINNING JANUARY 8, 2008
	Director, Public Programming
	Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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	New York, NY 10023
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	"This will be our reply to violence:
	to make music more intensely,
	more beautifully,
	more devotedly than ever before."

	Leonard Bernstein