Joe's Pub Announces The Secret Sisters And More

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.

JUST ADDED

THE SECRET SISTERS

Thursday, September 16 at 9:30 PM; $12

"The Secret Sisters echo and promise better days. They are a breath of fresh air". - T Bone Burnett

The Secret Sisters are Laura and Lydia Rogers, two not-so-secret sisters who specialize in old country harmonizing, and they're set to release their Jack White produced debut 45 which will feature a cover of Johnny Cash's "Big River" on one side and a cover of traditional folksong "The Wabash Cannonball" on the other.

White plays guitar on "Cannonball" (his hands are all over this thing) and Carl Broemmel from My Morning Jacket stops by to play some pedal steel. Only 150 of these singles are being pressed and the vast majority of them are being sold in Nashville so good luck getting a hold of one. If you're ambitious enough, you can go to the Third Man Records homepage and preorder it or just go to their Myspace to hear the songs. Their full-length, Silver Threads and Golden Needles is due October 5 on Universal. -Ben Krusling

SEPT 20-23

A SECOND CHANCE: A NEW MUSICAL THEATER WORK BY TED SHEN

Presented in association with The Public Theater's Musical Theater Initiative

Monday & Wednesday, September 20 & 22 at 7:00 PM; $20

Are we granted a limited amount of love in one lifetime?

A Second Chance tells a compellingly adult love story that is unusually candid and revealing about the first year's emotional struggles faced by a widower and a divorcee who meet in mid-life. As the delight they find in each other shifts from a welcome respite to a vital part of every day, they are drawn toward the possibility of creating a new life together, something neither one knew if they would be fortunate enough to find again. Presented with the overwhelming challenge of freeing themselves from their painful pasts, will the couple endure?

Direction by Jonathan Butterell

Musical Direction by Joseph Thalken

Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin

Book, Music and Lyrics by Ted Shen

"Ted Shen's very personal music surprises one with his eclectic ear and voracious appetite for jazz, musical theater, and classical music of the first half of the 20th century. Audiences will be both engaged and delighted by his fresh, unselfconscious approach." -Ricky Ian Gordon

"A Second Chance is a unique and moving love story, unusually adult and tremendously revealing about the emotional struggles of a widower and divorcee who meet in mid-life." - Oskar Eustis (Artistic Director of The Public Theater)
Ted Shen

A Second Chance represents Mr. Shen's debut as a musical theater writer. Following his retirement from a business career as an executive at Donaldson,

Lufkin & Jenrette, he studied songwriting with Ricky Ian Gordon from 2001 to 2003. During his college years at Yale, he studied music theory and played in a jazz band as a bassist and guitarist.

Diane Sutherland

Broadway: The Light in the Piazza, She Loves Me (Amalia-1994 Revival), 1776, Three Sisters, Song and Dance, Cats (original co.) A Chorus Line. Off-B'way: First Ladies Suite and Requiem for William (Transport Group), The Waves. National Tours: The Light in the Piazza, Guys & Dolls (50th anniv. tour), Cabaret, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, ( First National Tour) Cats (Helen Hayes Award). Regional: World Premieres of Sycamore Trees and A Civil War Christmas, Kiss Me Kate, Enter the Guardsman, Edwin Drood, Into the Woods, A Little Night Music, American Vaudeville. Recordings: She Loves Me (1994), Guys & Dolls (50th anniv.) Gershwin's Tell Me More, Man with a Load of Mischief (2004).

Brian Sutherland

Mr. Sutherland has played leading roles on Broadway in The Sound of Music, 1776, Victor/Victoria, Steel Pier, Cats, Dance a Little Closer, A Change in the Heir, and 110 in the Shade (NYC Opera). National tours include The Light in the Piazza, Disney's On the Record, Guys and Dolls (w/Maurice Hines), Cabaret (w/Joel Grey), and 42nd Street (European tour). Numerous regional theatre includes Kiss Me, Kate and The Fantasticks (St. Louis Rep), Shenandoah (Fords Theatre), Man of La Mancha (Pittsburgh Public), Pirates of Penzance (Guthrie Theatre), Breaking Legs (Coconut Grove Playhouse), She Loves Me (Cincinnati Playhouse), and Enter the Guardsman (Indiana Repertory Theatre). Many concerts with orchestras worldwide - frequently alongside his wife and tonight's co-star, Diane Sutherland.

TOKO FURUUCHI

Tuesday, September 21 at 7:30 PM; $20

Japanese pop star Toko Furuuchi is back again. After the performance last year to celebrate the 15th anniversary of her album "In Love Again", she has been continuously working aggressively with top Japanese artists both as a singer and songwriter. Her latest album PURPLE was released in Japan on March 3rd.

Toko picked up music while listening to Billy Joel, Hall & Oates, and Elton John records while in junior high school. After graduating high school in Connecticut, Toko moved to back to Japan to embark on a recording career. She saw her first release "Hayaku Isoide" followed by an album "SLOW DOWN" in 1993. Her turning point as an artists came when she released the 4th album "Strength" in 1995. The album was a huge success feat. renowned artists like David Sanborn. In 1996, her single "Dareyori Sukinanoni" and its album "Hourglass" dominated the Japanese CD charts. Her follow up album "Koi" in 1997 became a double platinum hit in Japan. Recently, Toko has been performing many acoustic piano shows throughout Japan.

KEVIN DUNN

Tuesday, September 21 at 9:30 PM; $17

"...a smart, engaging, innovative artist whose groundbreaking work has been unjustly overlooked - until now." - Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone

"... a must for fans of the idiom, revealing Dunn as a key link in the chain between British and American new wave. Don't believe me? Then toss out all your R.E.M., dB's and Feelies records and see what's missing." -- Nashville Scene

"Snotty, literate pop from this underground master of the post-punk era, sounding like the missing link between Brian Eno circa Tiger Mountain, and XTC circa Drums and Wires - while also truly ahead of its time, like it could have been recorded by kids today. Oozing with angular hooks, synth bleeps and fuzz guitar wizardry, a compilation of songs that should be - and will be, and already are - classics." - Robert Schneider, The Apples in Stereo

"By blending electronic music with an art-rock palette, Dunn crafted a small but precise body of work, revolutionary in its own right, while fronting bands with such names as the Regiment of Women and the Radical Centrists. But he was too far ahead of his time for the new wave scene..." -- Creative Loafing

"An art rocker with a sly sense of humor, Dunn combines wry lyrics and guitar flash...Check it out if you like: Brian Eno's pop albums, Sparks, early Robyn Hitchcock." -- Mother Jones

One of the most distinctive and influential figures on the vital southern new wave scene of the late 1970s and 1980s, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and self-styled "guitar egghead" Kevin Dunn has not performed in New York City in over three decades. As a producer, Dunn's credits include the B-52s' "Rock Lobster" 45 and the first 45 and LP by Pylon, while as a performer (both under his own name and as a member of the revolutionary Fans) he crafted startling music that bristled with invention, melodic wit, and exploratory zeal - a uniquely southern refraction of the textural and lyrical possibilities of avant-garde pop. Dunn was recently the subject of No Great Lost: Songs, 1979-1985 (Casa Nueva), an acclaimed anthology of his early work that included the entirety of his 1981 cult-classic album The Judgement of Paris, fully restored from the original master tapes, along with rare and essential single, EP and LP tracks.

GABBY YOUNG

Wednesday, September 22 at 9:30 PM; $14

"Imagine a Victorian circus having a baby with Beetlejuice and raising it on a diet of Tori Amos and a slightly brighter Nina Simone" - The Fly

"Wildly flamboyant and with a good selection of brassy-backed, jazz-edged songs" - The Guardian

"A mixture of Pre-Raphaelite beauty and antique shop. As much art-school as Agent Provocateur." - Mojo

"Gabby's vocals range from Enya-like swoons to unexpected Bjorkesque pantomimic outbursts and always, always command notice." - Disorder

Meet Gabby Young, the most entertaining soul on the circus scene. With a live following most independent singers would chop out a lung for, Ms. Young's effervescent reputation continues to precede her - which conveniently for our beloved belle has calumniated in 15 major UK festival bookings this year...and counting.

Rhonda Vincent AND THE RAGE: TAKEN CD RELEASE
Thursday, September 23 at 7:30 PM; $22

The "Queen of Bluegrass" Rhonda Vincent and her men of the "Rage" will be debuting their new album at Joes Pub on September 23, 2010. The Queen (dubbed by the Wall Street Journal in 2000) continues her nationwide tour, performing in front of thousands of fans, will be at Joe's to celebrate the September 21st release date of Rhonda's very first CD Taken on her new label Upper Management Music. "This has been a long and rewarding process" says Vincent. "The new CD has so many great songs, it's hard to choose just one. The first single "Sweet Summertime" has been getting rave reviews, and airplay nationwide." "It's been a while since we last played Joe's, and we are looking forward to seeing many of our friends on the 23rd."

CEDRIC WATSON & BIJOU CREOLE

September 23 at 9:30 PM; $17

Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole recently burst onto the world scene from the heart of Cajun and zydeco culture, Lafayette, LA. Already twice Grammy-nominated, Cedric Watson has stayed particularly close to his cultural roots, reviving Creole fiddle playing for the 21st Century and singing in French, while also applying his musical wits to the diatonic accordion and injecting his own bluesy originals into the repertoire. His band, Bijou Creole, includes both seasoned legends and talented newcomers in the local culture. "...an extraordinary album by one of the most significant new artists in southern Louisiana's Creole music." - World Music Central

TICKETS

Online at joespub.com

Phone 212-967-7555,

In Person At The Public Theater Box Office (1 PM to 6 PM), or at the Joe's Pub Box Office from (6 PM to 10 PM) both located at 425 Lafayette Street, NYC

For table reservations please call 212-539-8778. Purchase of tickets does NOT guarantee a table reservation; you must call to reserve seats. Seating, as well as standing-room, is available only on a first-come, first-served basis for all shows without a dinner reservation. Two drink or $12 food minimum per person is standard.

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