RTP-area local music and culture

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The Broad Street Cafe
1116 Broad Street
Durham, NC  27705
http://www.TheBroadStreetCafe.com

Tuesday October 20
=95 8:30P High Strung Music's Old Time Jam w/ Aaron Greenhood
Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots in
the folk musics of many countries, including England, Scotland,
Ireland and Africa. This musical form developed along with various
North American folk dances, such as square dance, buck dance, and
clogging. The genre also encompasses ballads and other types of folk
songs. It is played on acoustic instruments, generally centering on a
combination of fiddle and plucked string instruments (most often the
guitar and banjo).

Wednesday October 21
=95 7:30P Open Mic Night
Open Mic is arranged to enable anyone to perform, so all you have to
do is turn up early and get your name down to perform. Originals and
cover music of every style and genre are welcome! Open mic is a great
way to practice your art and can also can be a proving ground for new
talent and material. The audience consists of singers, poets,
songwriters and music lovers so the atmosphere should be warm and
encouraging for everybody.

Thursday October 22
=95 8P The Pratie Heads (folk/acoustic /roots)
  Bob Vasile and Jane Peppler, as the Pratie Heads, play and sing
Irish, Scottish, English, and Early American music. They call their
repertoire "More or Less Traditional Music of the British Isles." They
concentrate on British Isles, Celtic, and Colonial American songs and
tunes, but also play original material, a few pieces from Sweden,
Finland, Holland, Bulgaria, Jewish traditions, and other foreign
parts.
  The Praties, members of the NC Arts Council Touring Program, have
performed at the Smithsonian Institution, Voice of America, the Diane
Rehm Show, and on NPR. Dirty Linen magazine: "The Pratie Heads...have
made some of the best Celtic, English, and early American folk music
available in recorded form. They have picked beautiful, uncommon songs
to play, have thoroughly researched tunes and texts to produce the
best possible versions, and have lovingly and impeccably arranged
them. And it still emerges as spontaneious, joyful music - it's a rare
gift they have."
=95 10P The Tim Stambaugh Band
"Tim's Stambaughs' first concert on CoMMA's BackPorch amphitheatre
series seals the deal that he will be back by popular demand. Tim's
range of style and quality of performance endeared him to our audience
as a special gifted artist who truly gives it all in his music." -Bill
Wilson, Director CoMMA Ampitheatre

Friday October 23
=95 5:30P Chris Bryant (acoustic singer/songwriter)
=95 6:30P Jordan Dupree (acoustic singer/songwriter)
=95 8P Steve Deasy (folk/folk rock/acoustic)
Singer/songwriter born in Pittsburgh, currently living in Detroit.
Played in several bands, and as a solo acoustic performing songwriter.
Have opened for such folk luminaries as Dave Van Ronk, Josh White Jr.
and Michael Peter Smith.
=95 10P Zegg (jam/jazz/funk)
Roll out the rock. Don=92t forget that jazz. Add a touch of bluegrass,
shake in some R&B and lay down some funk =96 hell, throw in the kitchen
sink. That comes close to summing up Zegg, the Raleigh-based quartet
described as a as =93natural progression in the time line of groove and
jam, applying a tasteful pop gloss to an eclectic, dexterous sound."

Saturday October 24
=95 8P Jordan and the Sphinx (roots music/folk rock/soul)
According to Jordan, "It all started when Adrienne got pregnant." But,
truthfully, Jordan has had this love affair with music most of his
life. Born in 1981, he was the third son of two musically gifted
Southern Baptist missionaries to the Dominican Republic. It didn't
take long before Jordan was in love with that six string plywood box
his older brother got for Christmas, and by the early 1990's, he had
abandoned all else for guitar playing and songwriting.
  Fast-forward to Spring 2005. Married. Discharged from the Army.
Living in Knoxville, TN. Working a grave yard shift on a loading dock.
Floundering through life... then the penny dropped. This father-to-be
was inspired like never before. He started writing. Channeling his
mixed emotions: from his reeling mind, into his guitar, and then out
of his mouth. He named the first song "Number 3". More tunes soon
followed. They came in two and three at a time. Adrienne (and the
child she bore) was a constant muse and collaborator. Before long,
Jordan was filling his pleather-bound journal with "the best lyrics
[he'd] ever written."
  Jordan and Adrienne took the name Jordan & The Sphinx only after
they moved "back home" to Donaldson, AR, to raise their daughter and
be closer to family. Adrienne came up with the moniker and it stuck.
As a husband/wife duo, they hosted a weekly open mic at the Caddo
Valley Canteen VFW Post 7516. Or, "the V" for short. They could be
found there every Wednesday, between 10pm and 4am, trying out new
songs on "a truly captive bar crowd."
  The V was, and is, a smoke-stained, beer-drenched, bona fide den of
iniquity. Complete with a whole slue of shameless sinners packed
inside almost every night of the week. It's also a welcoming oasis in
the desert stretch of so called "dry counties" surrounding I-30
between Texarkana and Little Rock. There frat boys, old-timers,
whores, suspected whores, poolsharks, hicks, hippies, gangstas,
townies, cowboys, and folks of all stripes would congregate to quench
their collective thirst. That was the world in which Jordan & The
Sphinx lived. The way Jordan says it, "This music was conceived in
Knoxville and then born in our living room... but it started walking,
talking... at The V."
  After incubating in the wastelands of rural Arkansas, Jordan & The
Sphinx turned into an electric guitar driven, southern fried four
piece with a decidely classic sound. Adrienne's dad, Travis, played
the drums and her half-brother, Justin, played bass. Travis' cousin,
David, had a home studio. So the band picked a few 'hits' and over a
period of three weeks recorded them. "A Week in My Mind" was one of
the songs. It has become a mainstay of the group's live shows.
  But soon, Jordan and Adrienne "headed back East." With only some
clothes, their music and a hope for something still unknown, they
arrived in Durham, NC.
  Here they've begun forming the next evolution of Jordan & The
Sphinx...
=95 10P The Hwy 54Band (rock/blues/folk rock)
The band was started in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, North Carolina in 2006.
Originally a blues band, HYW54's sound is now a concoction of Blues,
Folk and Rock. For the last year the band has been working to develop
an original sound using material written by different band members.

Sunday October 25
=95 7:30P Aaron Mills Project - Sunday Night Jazz Jam
   Starting at 7:30, Open Jam at 9
If you are in any way a fan of jazz, this is not to be missed !!!
Aaron Mills, best known as the audacious bassist of classic funk act
Cameo,  has inspired a generation of groovy musicians, but his long
time love affair with jazz has inspired The Aaron Mills Project.
Aaron has been playing at the Cafe for a few months now, along with
Wayne Kee, Bobby Hinton, Warren Fraizer and others. Aaron has brought
Sunday night jazz back to the Cafe in a format that includes a cast of
regulars as well as featured guest musicians every week. Towards the
end of the evening, the night becomes an open jam, so, if anyone wants
to come blow their horn....

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The Broad Street Cafe
1116 Broad Street
Durham, NC  27705
http://www.TheBroadStreetCafe.com