May 2007

We’re jump­ing into May with two NYC shows and as we enjoy our sev­enth year as a fam­ily — a great­est hits release. — “Never Been Kissed: The Groidest Shiznits 1999–2006″

“Never Been Kissed is our ver­sion of a great­est hits album, even if you’ve never heard a lick from our seem­ingly bot­tom­less well of out­put. This is only Vol One — A gen­tle nudge into our Rhythm & Noise Abyss…” (Greg Tate)

“Eclec­tic and exper­i­men­tal, yet taut and sure­footed, it’s a del­i­cate and won­der­fully real­ized bal­anc­ing act embrac­ing jazz, hiphop, soul, rock and blues that never loses grip of it’s groove“
Dave Stelfox — The Wire– April 2007.
(If you can find a copy pick up this issue for reviews of “Never Been Kissed” and “Chopped and Screwed”)

Find the CD at these fine retail­ers… (offered for a lim­ited time as a gift with Burnt Sugar pur­chases –as well as sold indi­vid­u­ally.)
www.downtownmusicgallery.com
www.dustygroove.com
www.jazsound.com
www.othermusic.com
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Fri­day, May 4, 2007
10:00pm
Zebu­lon Cafe Concert

http://zebuloncafeconcert.com/

258 Wythe Avenue in Williams­burg
(between Met­ro­pol­i­tan and North 3rd St.)
Brook­lyn, New York 11211
No Cover (dona­tions accepted)
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Tues­day, May 10, 2007
11:30pm
Late Night
at Joe’s Pub at The Pub­lic Theater

http://web.joespub.com

425 Lafayette Street
( between East 4th and Astor Place)
Man­hat­tan — NYC, New York 10003
Cost : $15.00
or
Bring your ticket stub from a pre­view per­for­mance of
The Pub­lic Theater’s Pass­ing Strange
and pur­chase tick­ets for the dis­counted price of
$10.00!!

We’re thrilled to be a part of this event — here’s an expla­na­tion from Bill Bra­gin..
” As we were plan­ning the run of Pass­ing Strange,  we wanted to have at least one show that will REALLY feel like a con­cert as much as a stage piece, so for one night only — Thurs­day, May 10 —  we’ll be offer­ing a per­for­mance at a more rock show­time — 9:30 pm, at Joe’s Pub prices -  just $20…AND —  as if that weren’t enough — ply­ing you with food and booze before­hand at a recep­tion down the block at Chi­na­town Brasserie (the old Fez/Time Cafe loca­tion).  We can thank the Late Nite Com­mit­tee of the Pub­lic The­ater for help­ing to make this a real­ity, since they are also sell­ing pre­mium priced ben­e­fit tix for the same performance.

These tix will prob­a­bly go pretty fast, so act right away, and feel free to send this offer to some friends, espe­cially those night owls, and price-sensitive folks among ya.  And remem­ber $25 pre­view tix, $35 dis­counts for-later-in-the-run-offers still stand, and $20 rush tick­ets are avail­able at the door for every show, while sup­plies last.

And if that wasn’t enough, Burnt Sugar, the epic Black Rock Arkestra con­ducted by Greg Tate will play at Joe’s Pub at 11:30, and we’re offer­ing $10 tix to any­one with a stub from any per­for­mance of Pass­ing Strange. Info on that below too.

The first per­for­mance is next Tues­day, May 1 at 7 pm.  I’m really excited, and hope to see many of you there.“
And a bit about “Pass­ing Strange”..
From Los Ange­les to Ams­ter­dam to Berlin and back, PASSING STRANGE takes musi­cal the­ater on a whole new trip. From singer-songwriter and per­for­mance artist Stew comes PASSING STRANGE, a dar­ing new musi­cal that takes you on a jour­ney across bound­aries of place, iden­tity and the­atri­cal con­ven­tion. Stew, a pop­u­lar per­former at Joe’s Pub, was com­mis­sioned by The Pub­lic to develop this mov­ing and hilar­i­ous story of a young black bohemian in search of self and home.
www.publictheater.org/