Joe's Pub Announces Their Upcoming Events

SHOW CHANGE

DANNY HOLT / ELDERFLOWER

Monday, February 1 at 7:00 PM

Elderflower is a concentration on the creation of duo improvisation. Recorded at home in Brooklyn to an MP3 recorder, Loren Stillman (saxophones) and Ryan Ferreira (guitar) share this music as a documentation of their ongoing progress and musical development as a duo. Audio files will be posted on their Bandcamp music page: http://elderflower.bandcamp.com Listeners are encouraged to share in this musical journey for whatever price they feel adequate, or for free. This is not the next "get rich quick scheme," rather a musical experience to be shared with all who are interested in the duo's musical growth. 2010 awaits the release of the duo's first self-released EP, 'Deep Drink'. Recorded and mixed by Ryan Ferreira, Deep Drink includes improvisations from two studio sessions (2008) and one recorded at home (2007) capturing the duo's first time playing together.

Called "the classical music equivalent of an extreme sports athlete" (The Record), and named as one of the "local heroes" of L.A.'s music scene by LA City Beat, pianist Danny Holt is known for his virtuosic no-holds-barred style. His Fast Jump CD was produced by Mike Garson (pianist for David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, etc.) and was a featured new release on both WNYC and iTunes in 2009. A passionate advocate for new music, Holt has worked with such composers as Steve Reich, Louis Andriessen, David Lang, and Michael Gordon, and he has been a fellow at the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall and the Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute. In Los Angeles he performs with the L.A. Philharmonic, Jacaranda, The California EAR Unit and other contemporary music ensembles. "If his upcoming concert of classical music was met by a mosh pit, pianist Danny Holt wouldn't mind at all." (Daily Hampshire Gazette) $15

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ALICE SMITH: ACOUSTIC

Tuesday, February 9 at 9:30 PM

Smith is, on the evidence of her solo debut, 'For Lovers, Dreamers & Me' (BBE Records), the most promising female singer-songwriter to go her own enrapturing way in a very long time. She was named one of "10 Artists to Watch" in Rolling Stone and has struck a chord through audiences through tours with Citizen Cope and Santogold. She was r invited to perform at the Grammy Foundation's Starry Night event honoring Quincy Jones alongside a group of established artists including John Legend, Gloria Estefan, Babyface, Kanye West and Nancy Wilson. Her voice, with its four-octave range, is luscious and powerful and nuanced and finely sensitive to rhythm. Yet it never makes a cult of its own abilities; for all its fantastic manners, Smith's voice gets on down the road. Sometimes she sings with a booming intensity, yet Smith never loses the unlearnable balance and poise that separates good singers from great ones. And her basic attitudes, which are audible in every unforced phrase she negotiates, are all her own. $22

FEBRUARY 22-24

THE PARIS REVIEW: PHILIP GOUREVITCH TALKS WITH Mary Karr

Monday, February 22 at 7:00 PM

The Paris Review, named by Time Magazine "America's greatest literary journal," returns to Joe's Pub with a lively conversation about the craft of writing. The New York Times calls the Paris Review interviews "the most remarkable and extensive interviewing project we possess." Philip Gourevitch, editor of The Paris Review since 2005, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of "The Ballad of Abu Gharib," will talk with memoirist Mary Karr about her writing. Karr is the author of "The Liars' Club" and "Cherry" and her latest book, "Lit" was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by the New York Times. An Art of Memoir interview with Karr will appear in the spring issue of The Paris Review. $20

Tom Kitt AT STELLA DEL MARE

Monday, February 22 at 9:30 PM

From piano bar to Broadway...to piano bar...to Broadway...
For one night only with the help of some special (and not so special) guests, Tom will attempt to reconcile his experience at the once preeminent, now defunct Croatian piano bar, Stella Del Mare. $25

CASSIE WOOLEY'S CHIMERA

Monday, February 22 at 11:30 PM

Chimera: 1. An imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts 2. An illusion or fabrication of the mind. Especially...an unrealizable dream.

In October of 2009, Cassie Wooley was named NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation. This is her prize. A night of rock n' roll, new composers, a killer band, and a beast of a journey that asks "what happens when we really start paying attention?"

Conceived by Cassie Wooley & Eric Slater

Written by Eric Slater

Directed by Cobey Mandarino

With Musical Direction by Christopher D. Littlefield

And Sound Design by Victoria DeIorio

Produced by NYMF and SH-K Boom Records

$15 in advance / $20 at the door

ERIC BIBB

Tuesday, February 23 at 7:00 PM

Already enjoying success in Europe, Grammy nominee Eric Bibb is becoming a familiar face - and voice - in the U.S. Nominated for nine W.C. Handy Blues Music Awards and winner of the Best Newcomer title in the British Blues Awards, Bibb has been appropriately described as "discreetly awesome" and "a total original." As his popularity escalates, earlier comparisons to legendary greats Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal are being replaced by quotes that speak to Bibb's ability to "use standard blues ingredients to cook up something all his own." $18

DAYSLEEPER

Tuesday, February 23 at 9:30 PM

Daysleeper features the loops and textures of multi-instrumentalist, Kaki King, and the soaring melodies of EVI player, Dan Brantigan. King uses her lap steel to create beds for Brantigan to fitfully nap in. TrumPeter Brantigan blows into his EVI (electric voice instrument) that King says looks suspiciously like a bong. The result is music that you can dance or dream to. $15

THE VERVE PIPE - ALTERNATIVE TAKES, AN ACOUSTIC EVENING

Wednesday, February 24 at 7:30 PM

" (A) mix of pop hooks, sweetness and giddy humor (which) ought to bring a smile to even the grumpiest family member, regardless of age." - NPR, All Things Considered

Venerable rockers The Verve Pipe return to the road in support of their new release A Family Album. The tour makes a stop at NY's intimate Joe's Pub. Multi-platinum artist The Verve Pipe charted hits on mainstream and alternative radio, sold out concert venues around the world and gained a reputation as a band that excels both onstage and in the studio. A Family Album is an original collection of songs intended for the entire family, with fun and inventive lyrics set to memorable melodies.

February dates in the East and Midwest, the first leg of a national tour, will feature performances of old favorites as well as music from the new album. $20

OUR HIT PARADE STARRING BRIDGETT EVERETT, Kenny Mellman AND NEAL MEDLYN

Wednesdays, February 24, March 24, & April 28 at 9:30 PM

Our Hit Parade is a live top-ten countdown show created by Tony nominee and Obie winner Kenny Mellman (Kiki & Herb), carnal chanteuse Bridget Everett (At Least It's Pink at Ars Nova), pop song opera impresario Neal Medlyn (Neal Medlyn's Unpronounceable Symbol at P.S. 122), producer and MTV cameraman Brendan Kennedy, and writers Ada Calhoun and Peter Schjeldahl. The show is inspired by the musical sketch series "Your Hit Parade" that ran on radio and then television from 1935 to 1959. On that show, cast members performed the week's most popular songs as comically literal skits. In this show, the hosts and special guest stars from the local performance scene present their renditions of current popular hits live on stage! $20

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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