Lady Rizo, Ghost Quartet, Alexis & the Samurai & More Coming Up at Joe's Pub
By: BWW News Desk Jul. 18, 2016
Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, running July 20-31, 2016. Scroll down or visit www.joespub.com for details!
Wednesday, July 20 at 7:30PM
$15
Memorable Sticks is a reflection of how drummer/composer Sean Noonan sees himself, a modern-day sonic griot. In the spirit of those traveling African storytellers, Noonan wanders the world gathering stories, legends, and folklore like a punk-jazz Alan Lomax. The treasures that he finds along the way are filtered through his distinctive vision to become the unpredictable and far-ranging sounds of Noonan's wide-spectrum music, which combines the eloquence of an Irish bard, the narrative rhythms of Samuel Beckett, and the raw physicality of a street-smart boxer. Memorable Sticks is available on For-tune Records, is an electric epic experience taking hold of funk punked-up jazz/new music utilizing Noonan's "wandering folk music" theory.
Lady Rizo: MULTIPLIED
Wednesday, July 20 at 9:30PM;
Monday, July 25 at 7:00PM; Tuesday, July 26 at 9:30PM
$30
Grammy Award-winning Lady Rizo presents the New York City premiere of her new show Multiplied. Multiplied recounts the latest chapter in Lady Rizo's life as she digs her sparkling heels into new motherhood while still holding onto the mantle of a glamorous chanteuse. Backed by acclaimed cellist, composer and guitarist Yair Evnine, the singer recounts the last months of her pregnancy being spent on the road and ponders the nature of breeding in the context of 21st century metropolitan living. Eight months post-partum, Lady Rizo finally brings her trademark titillating humor and soulful, soaring voice back to the New York City stage, following an acclaimed world premiere of Multiplied in London in Spring 2016.
Thursday, July 21 at 7:00PM
$25
Award-winning Irish musician Pierce Turner is one of Ireland's greatest performers and favorite of Manhattan. He returns to Joe's Pub fresh off an Irish tour to promote his new album Love Can't Always Be Articulate. This show will feature a highly original ensemble composed of Andriette Redman and Kath Green from Avon Faire on vocals, percussion and bass, John Rokosny on guitar, Mark Brotter on drums and Fred Parcells (Black 47) on trombone. The Irish Times declared Turner as, "easily one of the most important Irish rock artists of the last twenty years."
Thursday, July 21 at 9:30PM
$12
Remarkable performer Ikechukwu Ufomadu, who has been described as the son Woody Allen and Frank Sinatra never had, invites you to an intimate evening of comedic fare; a singular mélange of wry humor, special guests and musical interludes. An evening that could only be - Nightcap | by Ike. Ufomadu is an actor, comedian and entertainer. His original, live talk show IKE AT NIGHT has played sold out runs at JACK and The Public's Under the Radar Festival and at The Bushwick Starr in spring 2016. His one-man variety hour IKE NIGHT has played at Ars Nova, JACK and Sidewalk Cafe. He has worked with Young Jean Lee's Theater Company, 600 Highwaymen and Hoi Polloi. He was also featured in the "Truth or Myth with Smith" episode of The Chris Gethard Show.
Friday, July 22 at 7:00PM
$20 / $25
Howard Fishman has been a perennial Joe's Pub favorite from day one. Whether he's launching a new album, debuting a new project, or bringing in a batch of songs with the ink still wet, audiences know that whatever he will be fresh and unexpected, and that he'll be joined by some of the fiercest, most soulful musical talent in the city. His music has been described by The New York Times as, "transcends time and idiom" and by The Village Voice as "motley and fearless and something of a shock."
ANN LIV YOUNG: SHERRY SOLO CABARET
Fridays and Saturdays, July 22, 23, 29 & 30 at 9:30PM
$15
Ann Liv Young is a choreographer, performer, creative director, and sometimes Sherry. Young was born on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and has been creating performance work for over eight years. Her work has been presented at major venues and festivals in New York City and Europe such as MoMA PS1, Brooklyn Museum, American Realness, steirischer herbst, Kampnagel, Inkonst Malmö, Gessnerallee Zürich, Theatre de la Bastille, and Black Box Teater, among others. She was shortlisted for the 2013 Venice Biennale. Sherry, a character created by Young, has been branching out and breaking free of the churches and theaters of the bourgeoisie. She has her own truck, "Sherry Truck" which can be seen driving around giving Sherapy and pink lattes to the masses.
Jessica Delfino: BEFORE MY WATER BREAKS
Saturday, July 23 at 7:30PM
$18
Before My Water Breaks is comedian, writer and musician Jessica Delfino's comedy show about a late bloomer's experiences in finding love (on Craigslist), getting married (on a unicorn), becoming an adult (finally) and starting a family (and crossing fingers that it'll all be okay). Delfino delivers this show 8-months pregnant in an attempt to get some things off her (newly enlarged) chest weeks before her due date and her life changes forever. This show is dedicated to grown-ups who aren't sure if or when they will ever grow up. If Amy Schumer wrote a show about being pregnant, it might took like Before My Water Breaks - heartbreaking but mostly dementedly hilarious.
Mike Daisey: THE TRUMP CARD
Sundays, July 24 & August 28 at 6:30PM
SOLD OUT
Mike Daisey takes on the reigning world heavyweight of self-mythologizing - the short-fingered vulgarian who captured a nation's heart through bullying, charm, one-syllable explosions and occasionally telling the brutal truth. Daisey tells Trump's story from his earliest days, tracking him as he makes himself into a new American archetype - the first rich man famous exclusively for being rich. Daisey weaves Trump's story with the evolution of the American oligarchy and the rise of dark money - a new ruling class empowered by a country trained to worship at the super classy 24-carat solid gold altar. Instead of dismissing Trump as a simple con artist and huckster, Daisey breaks down what makes Trump tick, illuminating the state of our American Dream and how we've sold it out.
OUR Lady J: GOSPEL FOR THE GODLESS
Sunday, July 24 at 9:30PM
$20
Fresh off the heels of writing on the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning TV show Transparent, Our Lady J returns to the stage to paint the church pink with Gospel for the Godless, an exhilarating celebration of well-known pop songs, reimagined through the gospel lens. Inspired by conventional Gospel music, this show is anything BUT traditional, promising to deliver you from your woes, sans the usual dogmatic baggage. The Village Voice says, "Our Lady J knows how to rock the house. She will have you singing her praises long after the show is over."
Monday, July 25 at 9:30PM
$16
Triple threat vocalist/trumpeter/composer Bria Skonberg was noted as the millennial "shaking up the jazz world," by Vanity Fair. Skonberg expands the vocabulary and traditions of American hot jazz pioneers like Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet with modern-day ideas, clever arrangements and charisma-laden performance. Recently signed to Sony Records, she will be performing music from her forthcoming release (September 23, Masterworks). Her US debut album So Is The Day peaked at #7 on the National Jazz Charts, and featured original compositions and NOLA-inspired stylistic fusions. In the July issue of Down Beat Magazine, she was recognized as one of "25 for the Future." Skonberg is a Bach/Conn-Selmer Artist.
MARÍA VOLONTÉ: BLUE TANGO PROJECT
Tuesday, July 26 at 6:30PM
$20
Hailing from the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Latin Grammy-nominated María Volonté created the Blue Tango Project as a ground-breaking exploration of the emotional and musical crossroads where tango and the blues embrace. The project is a collaboration between Volonté and California harmonica player Kevin Carrel Footer. This globe-trotting duo celebrates the deep spiritual bond that joins tango and the blues, as two musical genres born in desire and marginality, many times censored yet always resurgent and speaking directly to our hungry souls.
MAMADOU KELLY AND THE ALI FARKA TOURE ALLSTARS
Wednesday, July 27 at 7:30PM
$20
From Goundam and Niafunke, the heart of Mali's blues delta, virtuoso Mamadou Kelly is a fixture in two of the most famous groups in Malian musical history, Ali Farka Toure's All Stars and Afel Bocoum's AlkibaR. Kelly accompanied these greats on many of their world tours along with two other members of his group, Ban Kai Na. With their encyclopedic knowledge of Mali's music, Kelly and Ban Kai Na bring new sophistication to the sounds from Niafunke. They represent the contemporary expression of traditional West African sounds - smooth vocals and deceptively effortless musicianship quickly charming audiences. Kelly's broad smile belies a determined professional and his lyrical style combines with Ban Kai Na's virtuoso delivery to bring gracious hospitality to the concert stage.
MARIE-CLAIRE GIRAUD: ME AND THE BOYS
Wednesday, July 27 at 9:30PM
$15
Marie-claire's jazz band, me and the boys, combines golden age jazz, with elements of opera and hip-hop to bring the audience a sound like no other. Born in Dominica West Indies and raised in the Bronx, marie-claire's love for both cultures has influenced her to be an international performer, splitting her time between the locales. Marie-claire has performed all over the world, sharing the stage with notable artists including Jamaica's Bob Andy and Earl "Chinna" Smith, Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra in LA, and Will Calhoun in Columbia. She was classically trained with Raymond Buckingham, who recognized the rich and deep vocal timbre of her voice, discovering she is a rare operatic contralto. This discovery, in tandem with her extensive vocal training, led to her debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Grand Opera Company in the role of Maddalena from Verdi's Rigoletto.
Thursday, July 28 at 7:30PM & 9:30PM
$20 Adv / $25 Door
Ghost Quartet is Dave Malloy's haunted song cycle about love, death and whisky. The show returns in a concert version, in preparation for its premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. A camera breaks and four friends drink, in four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries: a warped fairy tale about two sisters; a retelling of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher; a purgatorial intermezzo about Scheherazade; and a contemporary fable about a subway murder. Murder ballads, doo-wop, jazz noise and raucous campfire drinking songs collide in this chamber musical from Malloy, composer of the Broadway-bound Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. This concert will feature Malloy, Comet stars Brittain Ashford and Gelsey Bell and cellist Brent Arnold. The show is designed by Christopher Bowser and directed by Annie Tippe.
Friday, July 29 at 7:00PM
$17 Adv / $20 Door
Mekaal Hasan Band was founded by Hasan in 2000, with the intent of featuring traditional music from the subcontinent in a progressive rock-jazz based musical style. The band achieved mainstream success from their recordings and live performances throughout the sub-continent and across the fusion world from 2004 onwards. The band won numerous awards for their intense live performances and became representative of a modern yet traditional style of South Asian music with roots in folk, classical and jazz. They also established literary roots in poetry and writings of Sufi sages and modern Punjabi poets like Amrita Pritam.
AUDIO IRIS: FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS FUNDRAISER FT. BLESSING OFFOR & EDDY ECHO
Saturday, July 30 at 7:00PM
$25 - $100
The first annual Audio Iris will be an unforgettable summer night of dinner, music and optimism featuring music from Blessing Offor and Eddy Echo, two emerging artists who share more than just a love for music, but a similar struggle against blinding conditions. Audio Iris is a celebration of the recent advances in the fight against blindness, and the future of medicine. 100% of the night's proceeds will be donated to The Foundation Fighting Blindness, allowing the world's brightest minds to continue the battle. Blessing Offor is a Brooklyn born multi-instrumentalist with a focus on pop, soul and R&B. Eddy Echo is a singer/songwriter using a stylistic.
Sunday, July 31 at 7:00PM
$25
Slaid Cleaves spins stories with a novelist's eye and a poet's heart. Twenty years into his career, the celebrated songwriter's Still Fighting the War spotlights an artist in peak form. Cleaves's seamless new collection delivers vivid snapshots as wildly cinematic as they are carefully chiseled. Dress William Faulkner with faded jeans and a worn six-string for a good idea. "Slaid's a craftsman," says Terri Hendrix, who sings harmony on "Texas Love Song." "He goes about his songs like a woodworker."
Sunday, July 31 at 9:30PM
$15 Advance / $20 Door
You might have caught a glimpse of Alexis & the Samurai's multi-instrumental exploits on HBO's Tremé and NBC's The Voice. However, it's the pair's off-screen efforts that have been earning them even better ratings. After losing everything in Hurricane Katrina, Alexis Marceaux has spent the last several years rebuilding his home and his career. The process has been hard-fought but fruitful, with appearances at Jazz Fest, Voodoo Music Experience, SXSW, the Kennedy Center and several tours of the US and Europe. More recently, Alexis & the Samurai's fanbase has grown through Marceaux's performances on The Voice. Alexis & the Samurai are due for an EP release in the coming months.
For tickets, go online at joespub.com, call 10AM-7:00PM daily at 212-967-7555, or visit in person at The Public Theater Box Office, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC (Opens daily at 2PM). There is a $12 food / two (2) drink minimum per person per show, unless otherwise noted.
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