RTP-area local music and culture

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The Broad Street Cafe    1116 Broad Street in Durham    www.TheBroadStreetC=
afe.com
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Tuesday, April 27
=95 8P Public Nudity Songwriters Night #7

Wednesday, April 28
=95 8P  Continuum Blues Jam

Thursday, April 29
=95 8P  3rd Stage (traditional/bluegrass/folk)
=95 10pm Aminal (indie/soul/rock)
=95 10:45pm A Rooster For The Masses (dub/indie/surf)
=95 11:30pm I Was Totally Destroying It (powerpop/rock/indie)

Friday, April 30
=95 8P  Flava (contemporary jazz/r&b/pop)
=95 10P Tippy Canoe
=95 11P AntonetteG
=95 12P Birds and Arrows (folk/pop/indie)

Saturday, May 1
=95 8P Great Big Gone (twangy porch picking finger licking roots rocking
western swinging honky tonking Americana)
=95 10P Sinful Savage Tigers

Sunday, May 2
=95 6P Duke String School
=95 7:30P Aaron Mills Project - Sunday Night Jazz

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Tuesday, April 27
=95 8P Public Nudity Songwriters Night #7
A new series featuring great area songwriters. Hosted by Greg
Humphreys (Dillon Fence, Hobex).

This months guest artists are:
Andrew Marlin of Mandolin Orange
Emily Franz of Mandolin Orange
Jim Brantley of Bull City

Wednesday, April 28
=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, April 29
=95 8P  3rd Stage (traditional/bluegrass/folk)
Stuart Gordon came to North Carolina State University over thirty
years ago. He has lived in the area since. His musical style is
influenced by folk and folk-rock from the 1960s and 1970s as well as
bluegrass and early country. Stuart sings and plays guitar, mandolin
and harmonica. He has performed with various string bands at
festivals, concerts and coffee houses. Stuart is featured on "Steel
Rails through the Valley", a compilation CD of railroad songs produced
by the New Hope Valley Railway in Bonsal, NC.
  Alan Goldman started playing guitar as a teenager. In college he
played with a band called the Raunch Hands and performed throughout
the Northeast. The Raunch Hands recorded two L.P. records on the Epic
label. He started playing 5-string banjo around 1970 and later took up
the hammered dulcimer. He is a retired pediatrician, having practiced
medicine in Raleigh for 36 years. He presently lives in Raleigh.
  Melissa Holland was transplanted from Nashville, Tennessee to
Raleigh more years ago than she will ever admit. Music has been an
important part of her life since starting piano lessons at the age of
five. As a member of a cappella choirs in high school and college, she
learned to appreciate using the voice as an instrument. For the last
six years, Melissa has sung and played fiddle with a number of gospel
groups in the Triangle area, including Homecoming and Going Home. She
listens to a variety of music, but particularly loves bluegrass and
traditional country.

=95 10pm Aminal (indie/soul/rock)
"Aminal pushes tunes that are just as strong through a porous rustic
filter, like Spoon with work boots. One of the most exciting bands to
emerge from Chapel Hill during the backside of this decade, the young
four-piece Aminal brims with a potential only matched by its abundant
hooks." - Grayson Currin, Independent Weekly

=95 10:45pm A Rooster For The Masses (dub/indie/surf)
"Raleigh's A Rooster for the Masses wrote and recorded its debut EP,
Gallo Rojo, not long after George W. Bush landed his second term, or
when most every new rock band you heard cited Gang of Four as a
reference for disco-fueled post-punk and politics. The Rooster's been
slow to answer the call of Rojo, a quick-paced politico lasher that
leaned hard left from Franz Ferdinand's Top 40 beats and hooks.
Luckily, on its first full-length, Broken Era, the band expands its
sound and scope, borrowing cues from Radiohead (hear the skittering
beats of "This Drawing" or the OK Computer lift of "The Finger") and
reggae ("End Game" plays out an easy existentialism over a buoyant
bassline). Never fear, though, as the Rooster still sings truth to
power over angular guitar lines and hi-hat pulses, whether riffing on
the downtown void King's Barcade left behind on "No Party
Downtown" (the band released Rojo there in 2006) or territorial
tendencies on "Headwaters." It's just that frontman Adam Eckhardt's
finally learned to make his numbers make sense melodically, adding
finesse and grace to his most bellicose moments. Hell, on
"Homebodies," he even sounds like the missing angry Rosebud. Indeed,
change can be a mighty fine look."--Grayson Currin Independent Weekly

=95 11:30pm I Was Totally Destroying It (powerpop/rock/indie)
Hailing from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, I Was Totally Destroying It
(IWTDI) have been swinging sledgehammers at barriers since early 2007.
Can a band whose ages span seventeen years demonstrate the chemistry
to keep them cohesive? Can a band toe the line between mainstream
palatability and indie-rock influence while appealing to a wide range
of audiences? Can a bumblebee overcome the ratio of its wing span to
its mass and produce enough lift to take flight? We now know that the
answer to all of these questions is a resounding YES!

Mixing indie rock veterans James Hepler (Sorry About Dresden, Erie
Choir) and John Booker (Strunken White, io) with talented young
upstarts Rachel Hirsh (A-OK), Curtis Armstead (Places to Live), and
Joe Mazzitelli (Lemming Malloy) has so far been a recipe for awesome.
A unique blend of 80's rock- think Outfield and The Cure- and 90's
indie rock such as Superchunk, Velocity Girl, and The Anniversary
leaves listeners' palates assaulted by pop flavor. IWTDI sweat and
slave over their songs, leaving no aural opportunity unvisited. Their
lyrics belie the sweet, sunny suggestions of their upbeat melodies,
inviting you to listen in on their conversations about self-loathing,
fear, and intimacy. The end result is a feast of music worth sinking
your teeth into.

Friday, April 30
=95 8P  Flava (contemporary jazz/r&b/pop)

The Cupcake Diaries, Pt. 3 ~ The Mid-Atlantic Madness Tour
The Cupcake Diaries are the touring duo of Antonette Goroch and
Michele Kappel-Stone (aka Tippy Canoe).
Sister-like harmonies and a merry-go-round of guitar, ukulele,
washboard, and bass propel their Americana sound. The name was derived
from their first tour=92s final destination: a cupcake bakery in
Olympia, WA and =93The Cupcake Diaries=94 stuck. On their musical journey
they combine a thirst for exploration and revel in the delight of
their colorful lives like Thelma & Louise on a sugar-high. Fortunately
they each have a background in power-pop and melodic punk to add a
sharp edge to the sweetness. Catch a show and be part of the next
chapter in their adventure.

Both artists will perform solo sets and the combine forces for a short
duo set.

=95 10P Tippy Canoe
Originally from Baltimore and now based in sunny Oakland, songbird and
solo uke-slinger/guitarist, Tippy Canoe (Michele Kappel-Stone), made
the switch from a 5-piece drum kit with the garage-pop princesses The
Kirby Grips (Sympathy For The Record Industry), to a 4-stringed
ukulele in 2003. In 2009 she upped the string count and added
guitarist to her resume. She=92s on a mission to bring sincere uplift in
a severely down-slanted era by spreading her hook-laden pop-meets-
roots music. On her debut full-length album, =93Parasols & Pekingese,=94
released in 2008 on Late Bloomers Works and recorded with her full
band the Paddlemen, Tippy Canoe shows off her enchanting and dynamic
sound. Her voice is a mixture of the 60's girl group sound and classic
country with its own quirky nature shining through. Her songwriting
highlights a variety of influences ranging from 20's and 30's acts
like The Boswell Sisters and Jack Teagarden, to 50's and 60's
performers like Brenda Lee and The Chiffons, and catchy post-punk
bands like Squeeze and Blondie.
  Tippy Canoe has shared the stage or completed coastal tours with
artists including Martha Wainwright, Barbara Manning, Big Sandy & his
Fly-Rite Boys, Mad Tea Party, and others. San Francisco shows Tippy
Canoe a lot of love; she was included in an exhibition on the ukulele
at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art, featured in the
first annual San Francisco Ukulele Festival, and aired on a segment of
PBS=92s Bay Area Arts program SPARK TV. Tippy Canoe also contributed
original music to the animated children=92s DVD =93Music Time.=94 You won=
=92t
want to miss Tippy Canoe as she continues to stomp the pavement and
charm audiences with her solo act.

=95 11P AntonetteG
(aka Antonette Goroch) is a singer, songwriter, mother, writer and
world traveler. A singer and storyteller since the age of 5, she has
dabbled in various musical styles including opera, musicals, rock,
country, folk and blues. Antonette has recorded and co-produced
several full length recordings as the singer/bassist for the all-girl
indie rock trio, the Amazon Mollies (Molly Rock/1997, Promised Land/
1999, Sugar Molly/2000); the singer/guitarist for the folk rock band,
Liesl=92s Wet Dress (Shedding Skin/2001, Gingerbread Aliens/2004,
Spielen/2005); and the singer/guitarist for the indie folk duet, The
Hobbyists (The Hobbyists, 2006).
  Throughout each of these incarnations, Antonette has been recognized
for her voice, melodies and lyrics, described as "a compelling blend
of intelligence, innocence and insight, with a dash of intellectual
insanity." An avid traveler, Antonette has toured throughout the U.S.,
Canada and Europe in bands and as a solo performer opening for various
artists including Joseph Arthur. She has also collaborated and
performed as a guest with bands/artists including, Smile God Loves
You, Poetics, ShellShag, and The Billy Talbot Band (of Neil Young &
Crazy Horse). AntonetteG's first solo album, "AntonetteG & the Golden
Boys" was released on Rodent Records in May 2009 on CD and iTunes,
along with a special edition vinyl single.

=95 12P 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

Saturday, May 1
=95 8P Great Big Gone (twangy porch picking finger licking roots rocking
western swinging honky tonking Americana)
Great Big Gone is a group of Triangle music veterans brought together
by a passion for the many facets of American roots music. They were
all members of the recently disbanded Brown Mountain Lights, a band
that played regularly around the Triangle and the Southeast. Great Big
Gone continues in the same style. Their repertoire is a carefully-
crafted amalgam of styles from electrified porch picking and honky
tonk to blues to Western Swing to roots rock, consisting primarily of
original compositions. The result is a tasty mix of sharp songwriting,
three-part harmonies and a classic Americana musical palette. They
have just released =93Threadbare Heart=94 in July 2008.

Janet Place contributes the lead vocals and songwriting talents. She
was a member of the seminal D.C. alt-country band, The Slim Jims,
before moving to NC in 1995 and forming the bluesy roots band, The
Kickbacks, and then the Brown Mountain Lights. No Depression magazine
wrote that =93Janet Place=92s voice, reminiscent of a huskier Patsy
Cline ... drips with country hard luck and hard-won wisdom.=94

Greg Bower tosses in =93high lonesome=94 harmonies and requisite guitar
twang, and an increasing number of tasty original songs. Greg has
played in several NC-based acts, including power popsters Bullwinkle
Gandhi, the late lamented soul combo Balooka Roux, and the honky tonk
Panther Branch Boys. He gushed enthusiastically about the nascent
Triangle alt-country scene as a writer for the Independent in the
mid-90s.

Mitch Renkow is the newest addition to our family. He plays regularly
with many folks around the Triangle, most notibly with the Off the
Road Band.

Bryan Sodemann=92s tasteful drumming provides the heartbeat for the
band, and he can also be found in Full Moon Pie.

Bass player extraordinaire Steve Webster rounds out the rhythm
section, and he has also played in many bands including The Hanks and
the legendary Day Room Monitors.

=95 10P Sinful Savage Tigers
What started as a one off gig at a folk festival in Alabama in the
Fall of '08, blossomed into a full-blown recording project for friends
Rob Guthrie and Seth Martin. Together, Guthrie and Martin reimagined
and rearranged their respective backlog of songs to forge something
new.

Calling on the help of multi-instrumentalist Joshua Clell Langford,
the newly-minted Sinful Savage Tigers recorded their first album Rain
is the Soup of the Dogs in Heaven over the course of three days in
late December of 2008. The nine song debut pulled together influences
ranging from Graham Parsons to James Mathus, from the Kinks to AM
country, from Gillian Welch to Guided By Voices.

Sunday, May 2
=95 6P Duke String School
The Duke String School Jazz Ensemble consists of a group of talented
young violinists, cellists, and bassists. Led by guitarist Daniel
Raimi, the group will perform a number of classic jazz tunes,
showcasing their ability to perform in styles ranging from swing to
bebop. This performance will include pieces by jazz greats Duke
Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and a number of other jazz
"standards." Please come and support these great young artists!

=95 7:30P Aaron Mills Project - Sunday Night Jazz
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 in Durham    www.TheBroadStreetC=
afe.com