John Early, The Skivvies and More Coming Up at Joe's Pub at The Public
By: BWW News Desk Jul. 27, 2015
Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its upcoming performances, July 29 - August 9, 2015. Scroll down for details, or visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows!
Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00PM
SOLD OUT
Nora York returns with her frequent collaborator and co-composer pianist Jamie Lawrence for a musical conversation with Puccini's iconic aria Vissi d'arte - "Love and art, what else is there?"
York and Lawrence, along with Amazing Band will with swing with Vissi d'arte's transcendental questions about art, love, life, agency and temporality. Featuring Steve Tarshis, Jack Lawrence, Dave Hosftra, Peter Grant and Sherryl Marshall with guest artists to be announced.
FORRO IN THE DARK PLAYS JOHN ZORN
Wednesday, July 29 at 9:30PM
$15
One of the most exciting bands to come out of the wild late night Nublu scene in the East Village, Forro in the Dark combines the driving dance rhythms of forro from Northeastern Brazil with rock, jazz, reggae, folk and country. Together since 2002, they have collaborated with David Byrne, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Cibo Matto. Here they take on some of John Zorn's most lyrical and grooving compositions to create a charming album of Brazilian-tinged dance music. Endlessly listenable, this is a record filled with catchy hooks, burning solos, driving rhythms and infectious Zorn melodies, new and old. Produced by Jesse Harris and featuring Brazilian legend Marcos Valle as a special guest.
SAM LEE w/ opener BIRDS OF CHICAGO
Thursday, July 30 at 7:00PM
$15
Since bursting on to the folk scene at the end of the Noughties, Sam Lee has blazed a trail as an outstanding singer and song collector, the driving force behind the eclectic, award-winning folk club The Nest Collective, which has brought traditional music to all kinds of new stages and venues, and founder of a burgeoning song collectors' movement that inspires a new generation of performers to draw on living source singers rather than books and records.
ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL IN NY FEATURING ALI MCGREGOR & EDDIE PERFECT
Thursday, July 30 at 9:30PM
$15
Australia's Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival is the largest Cabaret Festival in the world and is now in its 15th year. Ali McGregor is one of the country's most versatile singers. An acclaimed soprano with Opera Australia, she ran away with the cabaret circus ten years ago with the infamous La Clique (La Soiree). She has toured Australia, the UK and Europe as an actress and with her award-winning solo cabaret shows. Eddie Perfect is a composer, playwright, actor, comedian and musician whose personal brand of jet-black comedic satire has seen him win major awards for his writing and performing for stage, screen, music theatre, comedy and cabaret.
Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1 at 7:00PM
$30
Echoes of Etta, the multi award-winning Etta James tribute, returns to Joe's Pub for their first live in-concert recording. After a featured appearance on NBC's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a successful tour of Southeast Asia, and an exclusive appearance at the Commissioner's Tailgate for Superbowl XLVIII, MRM Productions is proud to bring back William Blake and Michael Thomas Murray in the MAC award-winning "Show of the Year," Echoes of Etta.
Friday, July 31 at 9:30PM
$20
Dubbed 'Best Lounge Act of 2009' by New York Magazine, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra play an edgy brand of jazz/folk/alternative nosh with a chewy singer-songwriter center. With melancholy wit and a cockeyed worldview, sepia-toned frontman Lipton and band mates Eben Levy (guitar), Ian Riggs (bass) and Vito Dieterle (sax) deliver songs steeped in mixed-message sincerity and soul. The band has appeared at Celebrate Brooklyn, MASS MOCA, Bryant Park, the Camden Opera House, Tangier (LA), Vermont Arts Exchange, and has been featured on NPR and radio stations around the country. They recently released a new album called Raw Milk.
Saturday, August 1 at 9:30PM
$15
In many ways, Winter Games is the music Chris Garneau has been trying to make since he was a lonesome kid who competed in Parisian piano competitions and happened to be on a last name basis with Beethoven, Debussy and Brahms. Garneau had to endure years of personal and creative growth first, however, as he found his voice as a songwriter and expanded his record collection well past the familiar environs of classical and jazz. That includes everything from the otherworldly pop songs of Tori Amos and the alien harmonies of the Cocteau Twins to the devastating confessionals of Cat Power, Nick Drake and Elliott Smith.
Saturday, August 1 at 11:30PM
$30
The Skivvies are Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, award-winning NYC actor/musicians doing stripped down versions of eclectic covers and comedic, genre-hopping mashups. Not only are the arrangements stripped down - cello, ukulele, glockenspiel, melodica - but the Skivvies literally strip down to their underwear to perform. It's undie-rock at its finest. Featured in People Magazine's Hottest Bodies Issue as the Most Playful performers, the Wall Street Journal calls them "highly original...smart...ingenious". Their guests for this show are Michael Cerveris, John Cariani, Matt Doyle, Ellyn Marsh, Randy Harrison and Christopher Hanke.
ELLA LEYA's RUSSIAN ROMANCE FT. JANINA GAVANKAR
Sunday, August 2 at 7:30PM
$25
Classically trained Russian pianist and vocalist Ella Leya introduces "a haunting and voluptuous musical tapestry" (Chicago Tribune) in her show Russian Romance. Of this show, The Los Angeles Times said, "It's the voice of Ella Leya that first grabs you. Throaty and with a dark timbre, its velvet surface occasionally tinged with flashes of sunlight, it is an instrument perfectly suited for the intimate expressiveness of songs in the Russian romance style. Leya's style comes from classical roots, but the undercurrents of passion and erotic expressiveness, interspersed with moments of wit, humor and occasional dark deeds, link it to the blues, Portuguese fado, Spanish flamenco and Argentine tango." Janina Gavankar (True Blood and The Mysteries of Laura) will join Leya on stage.
Sunday, August 2 at 9:30PM
$12
Singer/songwriter Alex Bia was born in Cuba in the small city of Matanzas. Bia has performed to sold out audiences at the Crossroads Theater in New Jersey as well as the Park Theatre. In August, he will be opening for Grammy Award winner Luis Enrigue in Chicago. Additionally, Bia was chosen to record songs by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Chein Garcia Alonso. He is known for his unstoppable energy onstage and a voice filled with soul. His new album Renacer was inspired by the rhythms of Cuba and his own experiences.
JAGGED LITTLE PILL: LIVE IN CONCERT - A FUNDRAISER FOR RICOCHET COLLECTIVE
Monday, August 3 at 7PM
$25
Join us as we travel back to the mid-90's and revisit Alanis Morissette's seminal work, Jagged Little Pill, performed live in its entirety to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary. This event is a fundraiser for Ricochet Collective and their upcoming production of HAPPILY AFTER EVER, which they will be taking to Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland August 14-20. Ricochet Collective is a newly formed collection of artists and designers whose goal is to explore and expand the potential of live art by producing visceral, arresting experiences that fully immerse the audience in each storytelling event.
Tuesday, August 4 at 7:30PM
$25
It's been a long and influential road for Stan Ridgway, the songwriter/guitarist and original Wall Of Voodoo vocalist. Ridgway's darkly humorous, and richly cinematic musical tales of the ironies inside the American Dream have been compared to other classic songwriting iconoclasts like Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash and even hard boiled mystery writers like Raymond Chandler and Jim Thompson, as well as twisted film makers like David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino. The San Francisco Chronicle said, "He conjures "Burroughs, Bukowski and Brecht," while LA Weekly has called him "the Nathaniel West of rock."
Tuesday, August 4 at 9:30PM
$25
Meet your next two best friends - Jeremy Davis and Clay Johnson, along with their fiery hot 17-piece big band! All across America, audiences have fallen in love with these two sophisticated Southern gentleman and the high-energy show that is Davis & Johnson Present the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra. Along with the greatest songs, the best original arrangements and phenomenal musicianship, these two bring their rich friendship and charm to the stage. Fashioned in the style and swagger of the legendary entertainers lead by Frank Sinatra, Davis & Johnson are putting their own stamp on the Great American songbook, graced with a touch of Motown, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Elvis and more, offering a freshness and relevance that speaks to every soul.
WYNN WALENT W/ ESTHER DESIR & PAUL BEAUBRUN: A BENEFIT FOR ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN HAITI
Wednesday, August 5 at 7PM
$15
Wynn Walent's new record, with Friends from Here and There, is a benefit for Haiti, with all funds donated in honor of the record going directly to St. Luke's Hospital. Tracks were recorded in a small chapel in Tabarre, Haiti, as well as in Brooklyn. Walent spent sevseveral years living in Haiti and continues to travel back and forth extensively working to support the Haitian leadership at St. Luke's Hospital , which treats thousands every year, providing high level specialty care to patients who would otherwise have nowhere to go.
DANIEL KOREN: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
Wednesday, August 5 at 9:30PM
$15
Comedian Daniel Koren is in search of the most important thing. Together with a virtual choir of alter egos, Daniel redefines musical comedy. Koren is an Emmy Award-nominated comedian and composer originally from Israel and now based in New York. With over a million views with his innovative videos, Koren translated his online success into a live performance. Daniel graduated from Berklee College of music and his work has appeared on Comedy Central's Tosh.O, the Huffington Post and Ryan Seacrest.
BRASIL SUMMERFEST PRESENTS COLADERA
Thursday, August 6 at 7:30PM
$15
Coladera celebrates the gathering of João Pires (Portugal), and two Brazilian musicians Vitor Santana and the master percussionist Marcos Suzano and three musical worlds that honor the Lusophone rhythms, and holds Portuguese-speaking language as the touchstone of its present work. The worlds of Brazil and Portugal merge in a dialogue that is based only on classic guitars, percussions and voices, generating a rich and mestizo sound imaging. We hear echoes of Africa, of candomblé, fado and flamenco, of samba, rumba and mambo, Portuguese language with different accents - all flavored by the special spice of Suzano's acoustic percussion. All in the crudest and most direct way.
BRASIL SUMMERFEST PRESENTS MARCIA CASTRO
Thursday, August 6 at 9:30PM
$15
The Brazilian singer Marcia Castro started her career in her hometown of Bahia. With three released albums, Pecadinho, De Pés No Chão and Das Coisas Que Surgem, and performing with the likes of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Tom Zé, Castro is an important name in the new and promising Brazilian contemporary music scene, mixing in regional elements with universal rhythms.
RIGHTEOUSGIRLS: gathering blue ALBUM RELEASE
Friday, August 7 at 7PM
$15
RighteousGIRLS (flutist Gina Izzo and pianist Erika Dohi) celebrate the release of their debut album gathering blue, with help from guest artists Andy Akiho, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Justin Brown. gathering blue draws together RighteousGIRLS and their collaborators in duo/trio settings (drums, steel-pan, trumpet) while integrating improvisation and post-production techniques.
JOHN EARLY: LITERALLY ME
Friday & Saturday, August 7 & 8 at 9:30PM
$15 Adv / $20 Doors
John Early is a comedian who was recently named one of 50 Comedians You Should Know in 2015 by New York Magazine's Vulture and one of NYC's Top Ten Downtown Cabaret Performers by Time Out New York. He has appeared on 30 Rock, Broad City, High Maintenance, the feature Fort Tilden (SXSW Grand Jury Prize), the upcoming Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp for Netflix, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, and in his own short films which he writes and directs. He is a writer for Season 4 of Billy on the Street. He is an Artist in Residence and Comedy Curator at Ars Nova, where he hosts the monthly variety show Showgasm. He performs his solo show Literally Me at Joe's Pub, a live sketch show Hey with oft-collaborator Kate Berlant, co-hosts a weekly stand up show at Cake Shop, and has been a part of both the Riot LA and SXSW comedy festivals.
THE MARTHA GRAHAM CRACKER CABARET
Saturday, August 8 at 7:00PM
$25
The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret is a balls-to-the-wall drag cabaret, hosted by Martha Graham Cracker, who is, perhaps, the world's tallest and hairiest drag queen. Backed by a four-piece live band, Martha Graham Cracker, hailed as "The Drag Queen King" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, performs new arrangements and mashups of songs by artists ranging from Prince and Crowded House to Motley Crue and Nina Simone, and a bit of everything in between.
Sunday, August 9 at 7:00PM
$12 Adv / $15 Doors
XI.ME.NA and Jessica Meyer are classically trained virtuosic solo performers who use electronics and an array of cultural and stylistic influences to create truly original, groovy, and engaging music.
With playing that is "fierce and lyrical" and music that is "other-worldly" (Strad Magazine), Jessica Meyer turns her viola into an entire orchestra of emotion to embody a different state of being. Inspired by everything from Bach, Brahms and Blues to Flamenco, Indian Raga, and Appalachian fiddling, Sounds of Being takes audience members on a journey through emotion. Meyer drums on her viola, sings with it, turns the tuning pegs while performing, and draws the bow on anything and everything, all while using a loop pedal in a uniquely symphonic way.
New York/Venezuelan experimental musician, XI.ME.NA is an extremely eclectic songwriter. Armed with an array of digital and analogue technologies, XI.ME.NA uses her voice to blend the music of disparate times and places, creating alluring Sonic Collages in real time. Called "pop diva of opera" by Parenthesis Magazine, Xi.me.na migrates confidently between avant-garde opera and electronic pop: from stacked harmonies and joyful hooks, to moodier, reflective moments that showcase her sophisticated vocals.
Sunday, August 9 at 9:30PM
$12
Josiah Early, son of a Mennonite Minister from Virginia, grew up listening to hymns every Sunday at church and bluegrass and country music just about everywhere else. This rich tapestry of sound is the inspiration for his music. His songwriting is influenced by the Shenandoah and his time spent living in New York City and Los Angeles. He has played shows across the nation and worked with the incredible Justin Townes Earle. He is currently recording his debut album with producer Jamie Candiloro (REM, Willie Nelson, Eagles, Ryan Adams). Among Josiah's many talents he has also had success as an actor, most known for his role as Robert Dittrich on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire."
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.
ABOUT JOE'S PUB AT THE PUBLIC Named for Public Theater founder Joe Papp, Joe's Pub at The Public opened in 1998 and plays a vital role in The Public's mission of supporting young artists while providing established artists with an intimate space to perform and develop new work. Joe's Pub consistently presents the best in live music and performance nightly, continuing its commitment to diversity, production values, community and artistic freedom. The organization also offers unique opportunities like New York Voices, an artist commissioning program that provides musicians the resources and tools needed to develop original theater works. Commissioned artists have included Ethan Lipton, Toshi Reagon, Bridget Everett, Allen Toussaint and more. In 2011, the Pub received a top-to-bottom renovation, leading to improved sightlines, expanded seating capacity and a new menu from acclaimed Chef Andrew Carmellini. With its intimate atmosphere and superior acoustics, Joe's Pub presents talent from all over the world as part of The Public's programming downtown at its Astor Place home, hosting approximately 800 shows and serving over 100,000 audience members annually.
ABOUT THE PUBLIC THEATER AT ASTOR PLACE Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public Theater is the only theater in New York that produces Shakespeare and the classics, musicals, contemporary and experimental pieces in equal measure. The Public continues the work of its visionary founder, Joe Papp, by acting as an advocate for the theater as an essential cultural force, and leading and framing dialogue on some of the most important issues of our day. Creating theater for one of the largest and most diverse audience bases in New York City for nearly 60 years, today the Company engages audiences in a variety of venues-including its landmark downtown home at Astor Place, which houses five theaters and Joe's Pub; the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, home to its beloved, free Shakespeare in the Park; and the Mobile Unit, which tours Shakespearean productions for underserved audiences throughout New York City's five boroughs. The Public's wide range of programming includes free Shakespeare in the Park, the bedrock of the Company's dedication to making theater accessible to all, new and experimental stagings at The Public at Astor Place, and a range of artist and audience development initiatives including its Public Forum series, which brings together theater artists and professionals from a variety of disciplines for discussions that shed light on social issues explored in Public productions. The Public Theater is located on property owned by the City of New York and receives annual support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust provides leadership support for The Public Theater's year-round activities.
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