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| Wednesday, Oct. 4 @ 7 PM |
POETRY OPEN MIC
With Featured Reader Andrea Gibson |
$3 |
 www.andreagibson.org
Andrea Gibson has headlined everywhere from the Nuuyorican Café to Pride Fests to Lady Fests to high schools and universities throughout the country. She has been showcased on TV and Radio and is currently a member of the Bullhorn Collective, "comprised of 30 of the highest ranking slam poets and most accomplished performance poets in the world".
Rousing audiences with her poignant message and her genuine interest in generating change, her words are powerful, compassionate and inspiring. |
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| Friday, Oct. 6 @ 8 PM |
PENNY LANG
"Canada's First Lady of Folk"
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$12/10 |
 "I heard passion, I heard vulnerability, and I heard complete candor about pretty much everything." -Jesse Winchester
www.pennylang.com/pages/news.shtml
A recent recipient of a lifetime achievement award from Folquébec, over 40 odd years, six records and countless nationwide tours, Penny Lang has become nothing short of a national treasure in the world of Canadian folk.
This delightful 63-year old singer/guitarist has evolved from being a coffeehouse draw in her hometown of Montreal to being one of Canada's leading roots-based artists. Through her career the fiercely unconventional Lang has played for fishermen in Newfoundland, farmers in Alberta, and audiences in coffeehouses and festivals throughout North America and Europe.
The 13 plaintive tracks on her new album, Stone+Sand+Sea+Sky, produced by Roma Baron, range from tranquil folk and rustic country blues to Parisian jazz and Celtic ballads. |
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| Saturday, Oct. 7 @ 8 PM |
GEOFF MULDAUR |
$20/17 |
 www.geoffmuldaur.com
Geoff Muldaur is one of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the folk, blues and folk-rock scenes centered in Cambridge, MA and Woodstock, NY in the 1960s. During the '60s and '70s, Geoff made a series of highly influential recordings as a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Paul Butterfield's Better Days.
During a hiatus in the 1980s he composed scores for film and television, garnering an Emmy in the process. With his magical voice and singular approach to American music intact, Geoff is once again touring the world with his unusually crafted interpretations of classic, oftentimes obscure, American material as well as his own unique compositions. |
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| Sunday, Oct. 8 @ 7 PM |
TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH
Benefit For Caffè Lena |
$12 |
 In another of our beloved Tribute Nights, Saratoga's finest professional musicians will gather together for a high-spirited tribute to the ultimate
country music hero, Johnny Cash.
We'll begin with the popular Rick Bolton &
the Dwyer Sisters singing three-part harmony on Cash classics "Long Black
Veil," "Folsom Prison Blues" and "It Ain't Me Babe."
A sample of what's to
follow is solo artist Phil Drum playing "Tennessee Flat Top Box," Michael
Eck with "Like the 309," three-man band Rick Rourke & Lost Wages doing
"Train of Love," trio Delia (John Kribs and friends) with Diamonds in the
Sky," the Big Medicine Band playing "I Walk the Line," and much more in
addition to all that.
Our tribute nights always culminate in a huge
sing-along with all musicians on stage and all audience members joining in
on the chorus. This year's grand finale will feature "Jackson" and "Ring of
Fire." |
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| Monday, Oct. 9 @ 7 PM |
STORYTELLING OPEN MIC |
$3 |
 Storytellers throughout the Capital District
gather at Caffe Lena once a month to try their voices for the first time, hone their skills in front of a live audience, work on their presentation, or try out new ideas in a supportive atmosphere. For others it just an inexpensive night of fine entertainment.
No advance reservations are necessary or taken. Tellers sign up by 7:15, performances begin at 7:30. No reading, just telling, please. The hosts are Marni Gillard, Christie Keegan and Jeannine Laverty. |
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| Tuesday, Oct. 10 @ 7:30 PM |
Reading: Senior Citizens Center of Saratoga
Writers Group
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$3 |
| This special event will feature readings by contributors to our local senior center's annual publication of poetry and essays. Entitled Grey Matters, the magazine is due out later this month. Some of the writers are former professionals and others have discovered their talents later in life, to the benefit of both themselves and their readers. The group and publication is coordinated by writer and editor Coral Crossman. |
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| Friday, Oct. 13 @ 8 PM |
OLD SCHOOL FREIGHT TRAIN
With Special Guest Hot Day at the Zoo |
$12/10 |
 "Old School Freight Train is certainly an emerging force to reckon with in today's wide world of acoustic music." - David Grisman
www.osft.net | www.hotdayatthezoo.com
Old School Freight Train from Charlottesville, VA combines bluegrass, jazz, Latin, and Celtic to create a unique musical experience the Boston Globe claims is "the Next Big Thing" and the Chicago Tribune claims is "accessible but uncompromising in creativity."
The band features the distinctly smooth vocals and songwriting talent of guitarist Jesse Harper, the ecstatic mandolin stylings of Pete Frostic, Ben Krakauer's jazzy 5-string banjo finesse, the poetic fiddling of Nate Leath and backbone upright bass of Darrell Muller. 
Their latest CD, Run, was produced by David Grisman on his acclaimed independent label Acoustic Disc.
Merrimack Valley string band Hot Day at the Zoo will open the show with their old time bluegrass, ragtime and folk songs. |
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| Saturday, Oct. 14 @ 7 & 9:30 PM |
PROFESSOR LOUIE & THE CROWMATIX |
$10 |
 "Professor Louie's upstate ensemble is an Americana template that jams out timeless rock, country, blues and New Orleans influenced originals." -The Village Voice
www.woodstockrecords.com/biog.html
This Woodstock quintet brings to their Americana folk rock and jam band tunes the most impressive credentials, the deepest hearts, and an unguarded love of putting on a show.
Clearly up for any job, they've backed Vince Welnick of the Grateful Dead, Garth Hudson of The Band, and recorded an album with Rick Danko.
Professor Louie leads on keyboards and accordion, joined by Miss Marie on vocals and percussion, Gary Burke (Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson, Jesse Winchester, Graham Parker) on drums, Frank Campbell (Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Asleep At The Wheel) on bass, and Josh Colow (Kane Brothers, Jesse Winchester, Livingston Taylor) on guitar. It just doesn't get any better than this!
The special low ticket price this evening is due to the generous underwriting of friends of Tom Glade, who celebrate Tom's memory with this concert he would have loved.
Tom was a well-known Saratoga singer and musician. He died suddenly in June, 2006 at the age of 41. |
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| Sunday, Oct. 15 @ 7 PM |
AOIFE CLANCY |
$15/12 |
 www.aoifeclancy.com
If you love beautiful singing, this is the show for you. Aoife Clancy (pronounced "Eefa") sings traditional Irish songs, ballads and contemporary folk. She comes from the small town of Carrick-on-Suir, in County Tipperary, Ireland, where her father, Bobby Clancy of the legendary Clancy Brothers, performed with her in pubs by the time she was 14.
In 1995 Aoife joined Cherish the Ladies, one of the most sought-after Irish American groups in history. She has been a featured soloist with the Boston Pops and Cincinnati Pops and, while performing with Cherish the Ladies, collaborated with the Boston Pops on their Grammy nominated Celtic album.
Now with seven recordings under her belt in the last decade, Aoife has clearly established herself as one of the Divas of Irish and contemporary Folk Music. |
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| Friday, Oct. 20 @ 8 PM |
BOB MALONE
With Special Guest Karen Nash |
$12/10 |
 www.bobmalone.com | www.myspace.com/karennash
Bob Malone's piano chops and road-ready showmanship regularly leave his audience hooting and howling for more. He comes from Jersey but swings with the soul of New Orleans. His words, set to the music of America's roots--blues, jazz, ragtime, boogie woogie, will tug your heart then split your sides, often at the same time.
His fourth CD, Malone Alone, made the 2003 Grammy entry list for Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 2004, it won Best Live Album at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards.
 With his new CD, "Born Too Late" (February 2006), Bob returns to his deep jazz roots with masterful meditations filled with the kind of wry, dry insights about the stresses of our modern world that have led critics to dub him a "raconteur of the human condition."
Bob's wife Karen Nash will open the evening with a set of her own alt-country songs. A native of San Antonio, Karen has been compared to Mary Chapin-Carpenter and Emmylou Harris. |
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| Saturday, Oct. 21 @ 8 PM |
ANNIE & THE HEDONISTS |
$15/12 |
 home.nycap.rr.com/anniehedonists
This group is a crowd-pleaser, which explains why their Capital District following has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years. Singing a few familiar favorites from the pop, blues and jazz traditions, plus many rarely heard gems, Annie Rosen fronts the band with a sultry voice that will hook you from the first note. Joined by her husband Jonny on guitar, and Steve and Betsy Fry on bass, trumpet, mandolin and more, this will be a night of easy folk comeraderie, lots of four-part harmonies, and one good song after another. Special guest Frank Orsini will join the band on fiddle. |
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| Sunday, Oct. 22 @ 7 PM |
ACOUSTIC STRAWBS |
$22/20 |
 www.acousticstrawbs.co.uk
This folk-rock trio is the highly-acclaimed acoustic version of the legendary West London electric band so popular during the '60s and '70s.
It is still fronted by the heart and soul of the Strawbs, Mr. Dave Cousins. He writes the songs, sings them in his inimitable style, and provides unique guitar stylings. He is joined by long-time Stawbers Chas Cronk and Dave Lambert who add more guitar, plus banjo and dulcimer.
It's hard to believe, but this trio packs all the intense, emotional energy of the original six-piece electric band and makes intimate coffeehouse engagements possible, a genuine thrill for fans across North America. |
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| Tuesday, Oct. 24 @ 7:30 PM |
JANIS IAN |
$30 |
 Sold Out!
www.janisian.com
Emerging on the world music scene at age fourteen, Janis Ian, arguably one of America's finest songwriters ever, has nine Grammy nominations and twenty albums to her credit. She wrote the classic hits "Jesse," a song recorded by so many others that few remember Ian wrote it; "Stars," recorded by artists as diverse as Mel Torme and Cher; and the seminal "At Seventeen," a song that brought her five Grammy nominations.
2006 sees the release of Ian's twentieth major-label album, titled "Folk Is the New Black," a collection reviewers are calling "a songwriter's tour de force." It puts her right back where she started: in the bossom of folk music at its best--older, wiser, her talent honed and sharpened until it cuts so fine, we barely feel it slicing through us. |
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| Friday, Oct. 27 @ 8 PM |
MATT HAIMOVITZ
America's cello adventurer |
$25 |
 Sorry, cancelled
www.oxingale.com
Matt Haimovitz has earned international acclaim for bringing classical music to casual listening rooms, bars and fashionable rock clubs. In this concert he will play pieces from his album, Goulash! Honoring Bartók's fascination with the folk music of Transylvania, Hungary, Romania and Turkey. Matt will also play solo cello pieces from 3 Pulitzer Prize composers. |
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| Saturday, Oct. 28 @ 8 PM |
EMBER SWIFT |
$14/12 |
 www.emberswift.com
Ember Swift is a Canadian musician and progressive activist who performs alongside the amazingly talented Lyndell Montgomery. They play approximately 150 dates a year bringing their politically charged music to stages across Canada, the U.S. and Australia.
They deal with the heaviest topics of the day, but with a spirit that leaves audiences feeling light and filled with hope. As Ember says, "...we play our instruments in weird and orthodox ways and we have a lot of fun and we laugh a lot, so it infects people and their laughter and their fun infects us."
Their music (peformed in both English & French) is a mix of "folk-punk, funk-rock, jazz folk, folk-comedy, cow-punk, and mid-east-asian folk." Featuring tricks like vocal looping, bowed guitar, and the absolute funkiest bass playing, they come out sounding, in the words of one reviewer, like: "The bilingual love child of Paul Simon and Laurie Anderson who is being raised by Joan Jett." |
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| Sunday, Oct. 29 @ 7 PM |
DAKOTA DAVE HULL |
$12/10 |
 www.dakotadavehull.com
This is a classic coffeehouse show with a master of "Classic American Guitar." Hailed by everyone from Dave Van Ronk to Doc Watson, from the Washington Post to Downbeat, Dakota Dave's fingerstyle guitar playing is an infectious blend of jazz, ragtime, folk, blues, Western swing, and sweet vintage pop.
Most of all, Dave's music is great fun. As Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky puts it, "There is an imp within Dave Hull that always expresses itself on the fretboard; a witty, intelligent yet respectful imp who frolics in his music . . ." Pair that with a lifetime of making music with the greats of the folk world and you get a fine night of stories and songs. |
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