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  • From: BSC <junk AT hitezone.com>
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  • Subject: Broad Street Cafe - Music This Week
  • Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:30:01 -0800 (PST)

The Broad Street Cafe 1116 Broad Street in Durham www.TheBroadStreetC=
afe.com

Wednesday January 20
=95 8P Continuum Blues Jam

Thursday January 21
=95 8P Not Dead Yet (indie)
=95 10P Shakermaker (rock/pop/indie)
=95 11P Birds and Arrows (folk/pop/indie)

Friday January 22
=95 8P Jon Shain Trio w/ The Grandsons and special guests The Gravy Boys
- $10 Cover

Saturday January 23
=95 8P Mysti Mayhem (folk/folk rock/indie)
=95 10P Bleumatics (rock/r&B/blues)

Sunday January 24
=95 4:30P BSC Kids! It's FUN and it's FREE! Flying Hippo (band)
=95 7:30P Aaron Mills Project - Sunday Night Jazz Jam

---DETAILS---

Wednesday January 20
=95 8P Continuum Blues Jam- Come out to the Blues Jam every other
Wednesday sponsored by Continuum Consulting Services. Butch Haas will
be facilitating this free-to-the-public jam. So bring your gear, sign
up for a time, and jam with some of Durham=92s finest! Drums, keyboard,
bass, guitar and harp amps provided.

Thursday January 21
=95 8P Not Dead Yet (indie)
4 talented musicians with over 100 accumulated years of playing music
and wasting time-playing a wide variety of hand made tunes about giant
Tv's, fat kids saving the world, growing old without dignity, lazing
in a river, three legged mules- and the occasional odd tune.
Influences ranging from Randy Newman to John Hiatt to Taj Mahal ,
Jorma Kaukonen, Grateful Dead, Red Clay Ramblers, Lyle Lovett and Old
Forrester to just name a few -but the music is their own and hard to
categorize- I guess you'll just need to hear it- and you should
because i don't think there's anything quite like it out there- a
focus on energy, rhythm, harmonies and just having fun. And a great
way to avoid chores on the weekend (for you and us)- come check us
out.

=95 10P Shakermaker (rock/pop/indie)

=95 11P Birds and Arrows (folk/pop/indie)
Starmaker, the full-length debut from young duo Birds & Arrows, plays
like a scrapbook that chronicles the love and lives of husband and
wife Pete and Andrea Connolly. Both the album art and songs are deeply
personal, edging on voyeuristic at times, but offering a sort of
universal truth for their intimacy. On the title track, Andrea and
Pete sing in unison, identifying God as the "starmaker" who pushes a
pin through black paper like on a schoolchild's art project. By
casting God as the craft artist, the Connollys afford themselves the
power to create their own world, one of instant nostalgia and
familiarity, not unlike the best of Harry Smith's Anthology of
American Folk Music. Artwork of Native Americans and spaceships
collides with lyrics about traveling and love. Birds & Arrows' domain
is strange and beautiful, full of wide-eyed wonder. On "Honeymoon
Song," they describe a broad and encompassing world, singing, "In a
place so old with a life so new, it was all." Still, Andrea picks out
minute details, like stopping the car every few miles because it was
smoking. The specificity paints an intimate portrait, offering an
inlet into the couple's private life. Andrea's strummed guitar begins
the track, which grows in layers=97cello, piano and pedal steel as
ornaments, then Pete's simple tribal drumming on tom-toms. Add all the
sounds in the world, though, and the excitement in "Honeymoon Song"
stems from the palpable connection between the couple. Pete joins
Andrea on harmony vocals, helping lift the line, "It was all," into
"It was always you." The singing throughout Starmaker is fantastic.
Andrea's voice is clear, full and stunning, seemingly designed for
melancholic anthems and slow-burning love songs. With sand on his
vocal chords, Pete delivers lyrics with a rootsy, quiet confidence
that balances Andrea in an unexpectedly appealing way. He even tackles
lead vocals on a few songs, including "Monkey Brother," a song about
his estranged adopted brother who died last year. While the band is
essentially a guitar-drums duo, "Ripe and Ruptured" features Latin-
inspired claves and ooh-la-las. Coldplay could even cover "Company
Keep." The music refuses to stand still, mirroring the album's uniting
motif of drives=97or, more generally, movement and progression. The
theme comes to fruition on "Daisy Renee," a joyous country ode to an
old car. "Send her home," the Connollys call together, echoing Tom
Waits and Neil Young's old-world automobile nostalgia. The '64
Oldsmobile can be imagined heading off into the glowing sunset. Primal
and passionate, expectant and hopeful, Birds & Arrows' Starmaker is a
Victorian curio cabinet filled with personal moments and universal
emotions.............................. ALBUM REVIEW by ANDREW RICHEY
of Independent Weekly

Friday January 22
=95 8P Jon Shain Trio w/ The Grandsons and special guests The Gravy Boys
- $10 Cover

Jon Shain Trio (blues/folk/acoustic)
Jon Shain grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts, a Merrimack River
mill-town that had already seen its better days by the time he was a
child in the 1970s. His family=92s business was a small textile dyeing
company, and he worked in the factory during the summers throughout
his teens. At the same time, Shain began to discover his love of
American roots music and songwriting, specifically drawn to the
narratives about regular people and themes of social justice.
Shain headed south to North Carolina in 1986, to study American
History at Duke University and to continue his musical journey, as
well. In addition to studying with jazz professor Paul Jeffrey, he
also had the good fortune to learn the piedmont blues tradition
firsthand by playing in Big Boy Henry=91s backing band. It was at this
time that Shain also got to meet and play with John Dee Holeman and a
number of the great older NC blues players. Shain's classes in school
were heavily concentrated in southern history, English, and world
religions. That mixture of the academic environment and the real-world
blues music is what has most informed his musical direction.
Jon Shain is the rare folkie who truly brings the "chops" to his
songs along with the lyrics. The last few years Shain has been playing
esteemed listening rooms such as Passim in Cambridge, MA, Caffe Lena
in Saratoga Springs, NY, and Godfrey Daniels in Bethlehem, PA in
addition to doing some of the highest profile shows of his career =96
opening sold out theatre shows for John Hiatt, Keb=92 Mo=92, Little Feat,
and others.
When Shain is not recording or performing, he stays busy giving
private instruction in Piedmont blues fingerstyle guitar, and teaching
group workshops in songwriting and blues guitar. Whether in the one-on-
one atmosphere of the teaching studio or onstage sharing a song with a
roomful of strangers, Jon Shain is a natural communicator, keeping
students and fans coming back for more.

The Grandsons
Things are going great for The Grandsons as they move and shake into
their 23rd year in the world of rock and roll. The group won a WAMMIE
award for ARTIST OF THE YEAR in 2008!! And their 6th CD--Live at the
Barns-The Legendary Wolf Trap Recordings Volume Two, won a WAMMIE for
BEST ROOTS ROCK RECORDING. The roots rock quartet has performed
extensively throughout the US, and has even toured internationally in
Germany, France, Canada, Taiwan, and the British & US Virgin Islands.

A fan aptly described The Grandsons exuberant sound as "American music
in a blender with the lid off." The more prominent elements in this
eclectic whirlpool are New Orleans rhythm and blues, rockabilly, swing
and country two steps. After eight years of plying their pop sound
around the country as Grandsons of the Pioneers, the group's
increasing notoriety resulted in a high-noon showdown with singing
cowboys Sons of the Pioneers, who balked at the idea of acknowledging
paternity to a low down trumpet-toting, sax-blowing rock and roll
band. Counseled by their team of cut-throat lawyers to keep on playing
rather than pause to litigate, the band shortened its name to The
Grandsons and has been going full throttle ever since.

The Grandsons bring with them a pawn shop of instruments. Vocalist-
guitarist-trumpeter Alan MacEwen charms audiences with his sly wit and
winsome original songs; DC blues veteran Matthew Sedgley locks in the
groove on drums and percussion. Saxophonist Chris Watling puts out a
sound so meaty and memorable that he is in demand all over as a guest
artist and session player. The Grandsons employ first-call bassists to
hold down the low end, including Moe Nelson (Hula Monsters, Dan
Hicks), John Young (Spottiswoode & His Enemies), Eric Bowers (Bombpop,
I Like Dinner), and Steve Sachse (Lloyd Price, Ben E King, Jerry
Butler).

The Gravy Boys (americana/acoustic/roots)
The Gravy Boys hail from Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina and perform
Acoustic Americana music, drawing deep from the well of our country=92s
diverse musical heritage.

Each of the Boys brings to the bands' original music a unique
personality and musical background. A broad spectrum of musical
influences results, ranging from the traditional American catalog of
the Carter Family, Jimmie Rogers, Woody Guthrie, the Maddox Brothers
and Ralph Stanley, to the classic elements of Hank Williams, the
Louvin Brothers, George Jones, the Everly Brothers, Gram Parsons and
Bob Dylan to the modern perspectives of artists such as Steve Earle,
Tom Waits, Ryan Adams and the Avett Brothers.

The Boys have released 2 CD=92s of original music; 2007=92s =93Workin=92 th=
e
Angels for Handouts=94 and, in 2009, =93Dust Bowl Lover=94. They are
currently developing material for their next release while performing
regularly to an ever broadening audience.

Their high energy shows feature heartfelt vocal harmonies, boot-
stomping rhythms, and lively stage shenanigans. The Gravy Boys take
old-time themes and bring them into the present day, with an authentic
passion that resonates with all who listen.

As they like to remind folks: =93We are your Gravy Boys!=94

Saturday January 23
=95 8P Mysti Mayhem (folk/folk rock/indie)
Singer/Guitarist/Composer with 5 albums, the most recent being
Diversity, a $50,000 fan funded album via German label Sellaband. She
has performed with Mike Farris (Screamin Cheetah Wheelies), Damon
Johnson (Brother Cain), Tenacious D, and Highway 101 and performed in
London, Amsterdam, Portugal, and throughout the United States. Her
recent work on the Portuguese album from Nearfield is scheduled to
release late 2009/early 2010. You can watch her live online every
Monday on http://www.blogtv.com/people/mystimayhem and visit her
http://www.youtube.com/mystimayhem on Youtube to see the latest
releases.

=95 10P Bleumatics (rock/r&B/blues)
We seem, through no fault of our own, to attract a mixed crowd. A
collage of college-age and college-drop-out-age peeps come to hear
people that look old enough to play blues with cred. And then they
hear something that sounds like Neil Young married Pink Floyd at a
wedding presided over by Burning Spear, and they come back again a
couple of weeks later. Who woulda thought? Boomers seem to enjoy
seeing people their age touring and performing originals, like, yo, we
still rock and roll, and not on the oldies tour. Which is grand, you
know. And when they go home to bed after the first set, god bless 'em,
our friends, the young peeps stay and clap. There are about thirty
years between the band's youngest and oldest players, and they're not
related. We play unplugged in coffee shops and very plugged at clubs.

Sunday January 24
=95 4:30P BSC Kids! It's FUN and it's FREE! (tip jar passed)
Flying Hippo (band) Silly Joyfulness - Music, Poetry, Art, Drama,
Dance, Story Telling, Improv - Exploring the wonder and connectedness
and joy of Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, & Equality - Kids
Songs for Adults, Adult Songs for Kids!

=95 7:30P Aaron Mills Project - Sunday Night Jazz Jam
Starting at 7:30, Open Jam at 9
--
The Broad Street Cafe
1116 Broad Street in Durham
www.TheBroadStreetCafe.com



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