Diane Birch, Alex Jacquemin and more are set for performances at Joe's Pub. The full schedule includes:
DIANE BIRCH
January 30 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm
$20
Singer-songwriter Diane Birch took half her lifetime, and traveled across the globe, to get to America, where she literally found her voice and made her remarkable debut, Bible Belt. Though only in her mid-twenties, Birch likes to think of herself as an “old soul,” and indeed there is a startling maturity in her singing and a veteran’s self-assurance in her writing. Now working on her follow-up album, which is due out in Spring 2012, Birch mixes piano-playing virtuosity with easy-going soul, and she can strike an uplifting groove on even the most melancholy tune. Her work bears hints of Laura Nyro (when she was hanging out with LaBelle) and early 70’s Karen Carpenter (when she was ruling the charts), while effortlessly incorporating New Orleans second-line rhythms, gospel fervor, doo-wop harmonies, country-blues guitar and classic AM radio-style melodies.
ALEX JACQUEMIN
January 31 at 7:30pm
$12
Alex Jacquemin is a modern jazz guitarist with a driving penchant for originality, daring and challenge. Born in France, he did not pick up his first guitar until the age of 16, but worked on his mastery of the instrument with such disciplined devotion that he was formally teaching others how to play by his fourth year... An ambitious player, composer, arranger and band leader, Alex brought his skills to the United States to delve deeper into shaping his own style and sound... His most profound progress in this direction can be heard on his completely original new double CD concept album, First and Last Light.
PAUL BRILL
January 31 at 9:30pm
$12
Paul Brill’s compositions for numerous award-winning films, TV series, and several acclaimed CDs of original and innovative songwriting prove that youthful adventures as an herbal smokes salesman, street performer, valet, corporate errand boy, and a marine biology instructor can serve the creative spirit well. He has been nominated for 3 Emmy Awards for his film work and recently collaborated with Rock legends U2, composing and producing a new string arrangement for an acoustic version of their classic hit, “Walk On,” which will be featured in the upcoming HBO film, Burma Soldier. He recently won the Best Music Award from the International Documentary Association (IDA) for his score for the film, “Better This World,” which also won Best Documentary at this year’s Gotham Awards. Brill brings his 10-piece band (whose members have performed and recorded with Radiohead, Wilco, David Bowie, St. Vincent, Jens Lekman and others) back to Joe’s Pub to celebrate the release of his new recording, “Breezy” (Scarlet Shame Records).
ON TAP
February 1 at 6:30pm
$15
New York’s hottest tap dancers and musicians come together for an electric night of improvisation and musical exploration. Actor and tap dancer Dulé Hill (“Psych”, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, Stickfly) hosts. The tap dancers include tap legends as well as the new generation of tap artists and ensembles breaking ground in tap and the musicians are some of the leading musicians working today.The performers have danced and played on and off-Broadway, in film and television, music videos, commercials, on stages across the US, and in numerous countries around the globe. Their credits include Stomp, City Center’s Cotton Club Parade, Riverdance, the Cannes Film Festival, Joyce Theater, and more.The dancers for On Tap include DeWitt Fleming, Karida Griffith, Lisa La Touche, Carson Murphy, Max Pollak, Joseph Webb, Nicholas Young, 2011 Bessie Award winners Michelle Dorrance and Caleb Teicher, and more!
GABE DIXON / LELIA BROUSSARD
February 1 at 9:00pm
$12
For Gabe Dixon, one is quite possibly the most liberating number. On his debut solo album, One Spark, Dixon flexes a newfound muscularity in tone and texture - delivering the most personal and rewarding music of his young career. For a decade, Dixon helmed the critically acclaimed The Gabe Dixon Band; originally formed as a quintet at the University of Miami and last heard on record as a trio on their 2008 self-titled release for Fantasy Records / Concord Music Group.Hot off the heels of an incredibly successful run of West Coast shows, the soulful indie/pop songstress Lelia Broussard is about to hit it big after claiming her spot in the top two of Rolling Stone’s ‘So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star’ contest. Hand-picked as one of the best unsigned artists in the nation by the editors of Rolling Stone and Atlantic Records, Lelia performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon shortly afterwards. Harry Nilsson famously sang, “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.”
