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The Garage - April 2009 Schedule

Presented by The Garage at The Garage

April 1-April 28, 2009

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Wednesday, April 1st @ 8 PM / FREE
Express Yourself
Open Mic Night hosted by Country Dan Collins

Thursday, April 2nd @ 9:30 PM / FREE
Express Yourself
Pop Music Quiz hosted by Tony & Amanda
www.myspace.com/popmusicquiz

Friday, April 3rd @ 9 PM / $7
The Garage's American Music Showcase Series presents
Andy Friedman & The Other Failures with local hosts Old Stone Revue & Jon Jackson

www.andyfriedman.net
www.myspace.com/oldstonerevue
www.myspace.com/trailerparkjackson

His gag cartoons have been published in The New Yorker, but the songs written by “hard scrabble singer-songwriter” (Time Out New York) and “erudite redneck” (Boston Globe) Andy Friedman aren’t written for laughs. "Friedman has a mastery of wordy self-loathing that many white dudes with guitars would kill for," says Nashville Scene.

The title track to his debut studio album, 2006's Taken Man (City Salvage Records/Rounder Europe), found itself at number 30 on the New York Post's "207 Best Songs To Download in 2007. ”

Nicknamed the “Hillbilly Leonard Cohen” (Athens News) and “The King of Art Country,” (Minneapolis City Pages) Friedman’s “fractured folk songs” (Los Angeles Times) explore issues of art, wild dreams, and wanderlust, while celebrating “those who wash down life’s knuckle sandwiches with ice-cold despair” (Time Out New York). NPR's Faith Salie adds, "Friedman is not exactly one of those musicians you play while you’re paying your bills or cleaning the house. His songs demand that you sit down and listen to them, which is why he is such a hot live act.”

In January of 2009 Friedman released his sophomore studio album, Weary Things (City Salvage/Kindred Rhythm), to widespread critical praise. Catch Friedman and his backing band, known as The Other Failures—“one of the most respected bands on the Brooklyn scene” (Cleveland Free Times)—
in your town soon.

 

"There's something very down home about Old Stone Revue's "Heirloom." The 10 original songs here carry warmth and comfort, and sound as familiar as an old friend. It's a juicy slice of country/Americana to raise your glass (or beer can) to and bask in Old Stone Revue's warm, laid back vibe. The album mixes a few rollicking tunes with pretty, bittersweet ballads. "Long Ago," in partiuclar, is a melancholy gem." Ed Bumgardner - Relish, Winston Salem Journal reviewing Old Stone Revue's most recent CD release

 

Saturday, April 4th @ 8 PM / $10

The Garage's American Music Showcase Series presents

Laurelyn Dossett, Molly McGinn and Scott Manring

www.laurelyndossett.com

www.myspace.com/mollymcginn

http://scottmanring.wordpress.com

 

Saturday, April 4th @ 10 PM / $10

The Garage's American Music Showcase Series presents

Sam Quinn (the everybodyfields) & The Japen Ten

 

Tuesday, April 7th @ 9 PM / $5
The Garage's Catch A Rising Star Series presents
The Magpies with local host Billie Feather
www.myspace.com/magpiesrock
www.myspace.com/billiefeatermusic
The Magpies bring a new reverent energy to roots music performance. The Ohio four-piece formerly known as Roger Hoover & The Whiskeyhounds are now four albums into a career that has taken them all over the country, preaching a rowdy gospel of sin, redemption, love, and death — it's indiefolkrockrevivalism.
"These boys are that perfect mash of rock, folk and that bit of twang…" – Hardcore-Troubadours.com
Hailing from somewhere between Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the soft-spoken Billie Feather is a multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter who finds her inspiration in everyday things and simple melodies. Classically trained in guitar at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Billie has expanded her post-graduate musical knowledge to the upright bass, banjo, and ukulele through performances in the nightclubs, and festivals of the Southeast. Billie finds herself to be just as comfortable in the classical music hall as in any dark, smoky dive bar. She has shared the stage with local bands the bo-stevens, The Darnell Woodies, Jem Crossland and the Hypertonics, and many more. Her influences are wide ranging, leaning heavily on The Beatles, Hank Williams, The Carter Family, Nick Drake, Nora Jones, and Lucida Williams.

 

Wednesday, April 8th @ 8 PM / FREE

Express Yourself

Open Mic Night with Country Dan Collins

 

Thursday, April 9th @ 10 PM / FREE

Express Yourself

Kamikazi Kareoke with Eddie Garcia

 

Friday, April 10th @ 8 PM / $10

Big Ron Hunter

Carolina bluesman, Big Ron Hunter sings his story while he plays an acoustic guitar. He uses the guitar like a drum and bass while creating almost a second voice. Ron calls himself an ''Overcomer.'' Handed over to an adoptive couple at a young age. His adopted father taught him how to make his guitar talk and promised him he’d go places if he learned to play it right. After years of playing, mostly behind the scenes as he raised a family he’s finally got the chance to get out there and make a name for himself. He’s made a lot of fans playing acoustic sets at the Blues Bash in Charleston where he did double duty playing electric with the King Bees and Nappy Brown. The songs he writes have been pouring out for years. He has stories to tell and messages to deliver. Ron pours his heart out when he sings and plays.

 

Friday, April 10th @ 10 PM / $5

Jerry Chapman's Evil Herbavoires, The Saving Graces, and Mark Kano

www.jerry-chapman.com

www.myspace.com/thesavinggraces

www.markkano.com

 

Saturday, April 11th @ 10 PM / $5

The Punks vs. The Greasers featuring

The Tremors, Nightmare Sonata and Dirty South Revolutionaries

 

Tuesday, April 14th @ 8:30 PM / $7

The Garage's Catch A Rising Star Series presents

Chris Velan with Joshua Panda and The Murder Ballads

Chris Velan has been described as a cross between Jack Jonhson & Paul Simon.

 

Wednesday, April 15th @ 8 PM / FREE

Express Yourself

Open Mic Night hosted by Country Dan Collins

 

Thursday, April 16th @ 9:30 PM / FREE

Express Yourself

Pop Music Quiz hosted by Tony & Amanda

 

Friday, April 17th @ 9 PM / $8

The Bo Stevens with guest Kevin Gordon and Richard Shefrey & All Gods Children

 

Saturday, April 17th @ 8 PM / $12 advance and $15 day of show

The Waymores Alt Nashville Writers in the Round featuring

Grammy Award winner Don Henry, Sally Barris, and Tom Kimmel

 

Saturay, April 18th @ 10 PM / $5

Caleb Caudle & The Baynets & 500 Miles to Memphis

 

April 19th @ 8 PM /$20 advance & $25 day of show

Special Garage American Music Showcase Series presention

in association with The Piedmont Blues Preservation Society www.pbps.org

The Charlie Musselwhite Band

 

Tuesday, April 21 @ 9 PM / $5

Becca Stevens Band, Proclivities and Firehouse Rhythm Kings

 

Wednesday, April 22nd @ 9 PM / $5

The Garage's Catch A Rising Star Series presents

Red Cortez

 

Thursday, April 23rd @ 9 PM / FREE

Express Yourself

Open Mike Comedy Night hosted by Cabell Wilkenson

 

Friday & Saturday, April 24th and 25th

Screenings of The River Run International Film Festival

 

Tuesday, April 28th @ 9 PM / $5

The Garage's Catch A Rising Star Series presents

American Aquarium with 6 Day Bender and Gabriel Kelley