Carol Lipnik & Spookarama And Jane LeCroy & Transmitting Play The Black Box Theatre 10/24

Carol Lipnik & Spookarama and Jane Lecroy & Transmitting will perform a double bill at The Black Box Theater on Saturday, October 24th at 8pm, 308 West 133rd Street (between St Nicholas Ave and Fredrick Douglas Blvd), $10. www.smarttix.com for tix

Experiencing a performance conjured by New York cult songstress Carol Lipnik and her band Spookarama is like attending a séance in a deserted Coney Island amusement park at night. Like some strange siren medium, Lipnik, with her hauntingly beautiful voice channels the spectrum of human emotions. Her poetic image-rich and genre defying songwriting echoes sources as varied as Weimer-era German cabaret, swamp blues, psychedelic folk, and turn of the century parlor songs. Lipnik is expertly accompanied by critically acclaimed eclectic pianist DrEd Scott on keyboards.
www.myspace.com/carollipnikandspookarama
www.mermaidalley.com

Jane LeCroy and Transmitting (featuring Tom Abbs on upright bass, didjeridoo, tuba and firecrackers) is avant-garde jazz and poetry, automatic surrealism, political and scientific, dreamy and human, at once raw and beautiful. Music and poetry that is as accessible and fun as it is dark and philosophical. Their depth commands attention and inspires the audience to realization. It's truly an experience to witness their spontaneous acts of courage; especially being that half their set is improvised, the other half is as alive and open as it is planned and refined. The sound of an evening spent under the spell of Transmitting is unforgettable.
www.janelecroy.com

Photo credit: Marc Kehoe