RTP-area local music and culture

[rj AT broadstreetcafe.org]

Thu 4/5
8pm (pass the hat)
Thursday's Local Acoustic Series
Gilbert Neal (Hillsborough) sings soulful pop
(www.myspace.com/gilbertneal)

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Fri 4/6
8pm ($6 Cover)
Pulsoptional CD Release party
pulsoptional, Durham, North Carolina's Band of Composers, challenges
and enthralls audiences with its innovative new music programming.
Since its inception in January of 2000, the new music ensemble and
composers' collective has developed a diverse, devoted audience and
continues to attract listeners new to contemporary music with its
boundary/genre-defying, high-energy concerts. pulsoptional creates and
performs new experimental works for its eclectic instrumentation,
commissions new music by emerging American composers and maintains a
repertoire of experimental "classics" with an emphasis on the American
experimental tradition.
(http://www.pulsoptional.org)

Opening this show will be:
Ghaphery-Bivins-Davis, a free improvising trio
&
The Hem of His Garment,  a drone collective

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Sat 4/7
9pm ($10)
80's Dance night
DJ BiggToddy & DJ Nugz
Prizes for best outfit and dance moves
Draft PBR special
The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Wed 4/11
8pm
"NC songwriters Co-op open mic"
An open-to-all invitation to play and sing with the NC songwriters co-
op.

Original music preferred.
PG event.
88-key keyboard and PA provided.

Email JT AT BroadStreetCafe.org to sign up in advance

Check out www.BroadStreetCafe.org for directions, events and more...

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Thu 4/12
8pm (pass the hat)
Thursday's Local Acoustic Series

Jamie Anderson
(www.myspace.com/jamieandersonmusic)
Jamie Anderson from Durham is some times compared to Joni Mitchell.
But, she's also a bit like Christine Lavin because she does some funny
tunes and a little like Patty Larkin because she uses a lot of open
tunings.

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Fri 4/13
9pm ($5)

Hammer No More the Fingers (Chapel Hill) bring a unique blend of indi-
rock with a tasty ska influence.
(www.myspace.com/hnmtf)

Red Collar (Durham on 307 Knox) have a distinct and abstract indi-rock
sound
(www.myspace.com/redcollarmusic)

Future Kings of Nowhere (Durham)Fast-ass, catchy pop songs played
loudly on an acoustic guitar.
(www.myspace.com/thefuturekings)

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org


Sat 4/14
9:30pm ($8 in advance $10 at door)
Charlotte Music Awards Urban Showcase

Flavor Fruit Entertainment is proud to present the Charlotte Music
Awards Urban Showcase. The showcase is part of a series of statewide
events that allow unsigned artists to showcase their talent in order
to become eligible to be nominated for the inaugural Charlotte Music
Awards, which will be held in August 2007. This urban showcase will
feature artists in the genres of Hip-Hop and R&B.

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Sun 4/15
2pm (Free)
Second Sunday CoffeeTasting (we know this is the third Sunday, but
Easter was the 2nd Sunday)

The second Sunday of every month Broad Street Caf=E9 & various experts
will be hosting a beverage tasting. This month we'll be tasting Coffee
and the experts from Larry's beans will be guiding us through this
adventure.

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Mon 4/16
8pm
Durham Reads Together Movie Night: Screening "Heart of the Game"

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Wed 4/18
7:30pm Durham Reads Together Discussion: Topic Darcy Frey's "The Last
Shot"

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Wed 4/18
7:30pm
Continuum Open Blues Jam

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Thu 4/19
8pm (free)
Thursday's Local Acoustic Series

Lynnphonics- lin=B7f=F3n=B7iks (n.) - A musical group composed of Lynn McGee
(Vocals, Percussion) and Scott Moore (Guitar, Vocals) playing a wide
variety of popular songs as well as original music. Pop/Rock/Blues in
a Vocal/Acoustic Guitar format.
(www.lynnphonics.com)

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Fri 4/20
6pm  ($7 Cover)

4:20 BLowOut on Broad St. Punk Fest

Antagonizers
(www.myspace.com/antagonizers)
catchy sing along choruses with rocknroll over tones. Plenty of back
ups through and through and at times you smile and wanna hold a beer
high. Others you wanna grin and let your fists fly.
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Blood Red River
www.myspace.com/bloodredriver 60's style surf/skate music. This band
will bing you back in time with a unique yet familiar sound.
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Simple Assault (www.myspace.com/simpleassault)
Home grown hardcore.....with bongos. Must see
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Dead to Society
(www.myspace.com/deadtosociety101)
Dead To Society just formed recently and hails from Durham, North
Carolina. They shared a dream to bring back the old school sound of
punk rock and hardcore. And in my opinion, that's exactly what they
are doing.
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The Black Sheep (www.myspace.com/anuphillbattle)
Real punk music that will put you back into the mosh pit
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Mother Vinegar (www.myspace.com/mothervinegar)
Mother Vinegar original sound has been described as "Tom Waits and
Ravi Shankar being assaulted by Joe Satriani and Gibby Haynes."Motherr
Vinegar is a four-piece rock band whose intense rock sound will move
you.

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Sat 4/21

8pm ($5 b4 8p $8 @ 8p)
"Shairi's Open Mic"
Hosted by Ms. Monica Daye
Shairi's Radio 88.7fm Presents Shairi'ss Poetic Open Mic, the hottest
poetry venue in the Carolina's. Come enjoy a night of community,
fellowship, edu-tain-ment and poetic consciousness. Hosted by Shairi's
Radio Monica Daye
Doors Open @ 7p show starts at 8pm.
Sign Up for Open Mic @ 7p
f=2Em.i www.monicadaye.com

$5 b4 8p
$8 @ Showtime

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Wed 4/25
6:30pm (free)
Animal Rescue Furniture Painting Free Demonstration

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Wed 4/25
8pm (Free)
Broad Street's Monthly Open Mic
Come out and bring your performing talents: sing, play an instrument
or spit your spoken word...

Original music preferred.
PG event.
88-key keyboard and PA provided.

Call 919.416.9707, email JT AT BroadStreetCafe.org to sign up in advance
OR just come in and sign up on the night of the event.

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Thu 4/26
8pm (free)
Thursday's Local Acoustic Series

The Tourist
Dan Bryk

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Fri 4/27
9pm (Cover TBD)
Gambling the Muse
Gambling the Muse is a North Carolina band predominantly influenced by
regional Southern music and the fiction of Flannery O'Connor.

www.myspace.com/gamblingthemuse

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Sat 4/28
11am ($40)

Animal Rescue Furniture Painting Class
Local artist will lead us on a furniture revamping adventure.

This workshop will cost $40 which includes a piece of furniture
donated by Duke Surplus

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Sat 4/28
9pm (Cover tbd)
Hot Rooster is home grown rock and roll

www.hotroosterrock.com
www.myspace.com/hotrooster

Pneurotics from Chapel Hill are an indie rock three peice.
www.myspace.com/pneurotics

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Sun 4/29
11am ($40)

Animal Rescue Furniture Painting Class
Local artist will lead us on a furniture revamping adventure.

This workshop will cost $40 which includes a piece of furniture
donated by Duke Surplus

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Thu 5/3
8pm (Free)
Thursday Local Acoustic Series

Laurence Sugarman -
accomplished fiddle and banjo player will be preforming with his
wonderfully talented partner Lauri Hunt on bass. Laurence will begin
the evening with a short tutorial on his unique banjo style and then
will play a couple of sets. Check out his website to hear his licks
laurencesugarman.com
banjo seminar 8-8:30p
performance 8:30p->

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org

Sat 5/5
8pm (Cover TBD)

Jon Shain Trio CD Release Party
Indy award winner Jon Shain celebrates the release of his latest CD,
Army Jacket Winter, along with his fine Trio. Modern roots-blues and
Americana.www.myspace.com/jonshain

The Broad Street Caf=E9 1116 Broad St. Durham. NC. 919.416.9707.
www.BroadStreetCafe.org