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Real Good for Free: Tern Rounders’ “Moonlight Jamboree” @ Bread & Jam Cafe, 2/6/10

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The Tern Rounders performing at Crumbs Nite Out in 2009

Nippertown alt-country faves Tern Rounders have been exploring the many facets of Americana on the first Saturday of each month at the Bread & Jam Cafe in Cohoes.

The monthly shindig is called the “Moonlight Jamboree,” and it’s rapidly becoming a must-be-there night out for musicians and fans of the local roots music scene.

On Saturday, “Moonlight Jamboree” will definitely be rockin’ the house. Eric Erkinnen will launch the evening’s festivities with a solo set at 7:30pm, followed by the Charlie Watts Riots stripping down their high-energy rock to an unplugged format. The honky-tonkin’ Tern Rounders will wrap up the night with a closing set of their own, featuring selections from their fine debut CD, “A Different Land.”

And, yes, admission is free.

Tags: Bread & Jam Cafe, Charlie Watts Riot, Cohoes, Eric Erkinnen, Moonlight Jamboree, Tern Rounders
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Five Firsts: Chris Carey

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

NAME: Chris Carey
BAND AFFILIATION: Railbird, Chris Carey (solo project), Rich Ortiz, Sean Rowe
INSTRUMENT: Vocals, Drums, Guitars, Piano, Harmonica

1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … “Resident Alien” by Spacehog

2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS … The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at Northern Lights (I was a late bloomer).

3. THE FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT I EVER OWNED OR PLAYED WAS … Piano

4. THE FIRST SONG THAT I EVER PERFORMED IN PUBLIC WAS … An original song (can’t remember the name, but it rocked).

5. THE FIRST BAND I WAS EVER IN WAS … A melodic power-trio called Enigmatic

Railbird’s Chris Carey spreads his wings and celebrates the release of his debut solo CD “Sunset Moon” with a party and performance at the Bread & Jam Cafe in Cohoes on Saturday (January 9). Accompanying him will ba an all-star band featuring Chris Kyle, Kevin Maul, Tony Markellis and Sam Zucchini. Opening the show will be Sean Rowe.

Tags: Bread & Jam Cafe, Chris Carey, Cohoes
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Five Firsts: Jim Ketterer of Tern Rounders/the Arch Stanton Quartet

Monday, December 28th, 2009

NAME: Jim Ketterer
BAND AFFILIATION: Tern Rounders and the Arch Stanton Quartet
INSTRUMENT: Drums

1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … “Some People Can Do What They Like,” by Robert Palmer. I was in a record store with my father, and I saw the album cover – with Robert Palmer and a woman playing strip poker as a taxi waits for them. That was enough to pique my 13-year-old’s interest, and I bought the album. It turned out to be filled with great grooves laid down by the amazing drummer Jeff Porcaro. I still have it. It was a lesson for me that sometimes you can judge an album by its cover.

2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS … In the 70’s my friend and I spent the day attending the jazz festival at SPAC. We saw some of the giants in jazz history just before it was too late, including Sonny Payne playing drums with Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich and the Tashiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band. We were in jazz dork heaven.

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Tags: Albany, Arch Stanton Quartet, Breadh & Jam Cafe, Cohoes, Jim Ketterer, Midtown Tap & Tea Room, Tern Rounders
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Real Good for Free: Laura Boggs @ Bread & Jam Cafe, 11/21/09

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

lauraBoggs (The Rev Records, 2009)

Nippertown-based record company The Rev Records celebrates its third anniversary this month with a new release by one of the local label’s flagship artists, singer-songwriter Laura Boggs.

Boggs’ new CD, “Murder Ballads and Lies,” will officially be released on Thursday (November 19) – three years to the day of the release of her debut disc, “Whiskey & Springtime,” which was also the first release on the Albany-based The Rev Records indie label.

Boggs and The Rev Records will both be in celebratory moods on Saturday (November 21) for the CD release party/label anniversary party at the Bread and Jam Cafe in Cohoes.

Produced by The Rev recording artist Jonathan Krakat, the CD is a family affair, featuring contributions by labelmates Tom McWatters and Krysta Dennis, in addition to Boggs’ longtime collaborators Mike Hotter and Megan Prokorym (of knotworking and Swamp Baby). And keeping it all in the family, Boggs even serves up a rendition of McWatters’ tune “27 Times Around The Sun,” which appeared on his debut solo album “atomicwaters,” released back in March.

“When Laura told me she was working on a new record, I thought this would be the perfect way to release it,” says Harith Abdullah, head of The Rev Records. “Her first record really represented the reason we were starting a label, I thought. So this new one, which sounds amazing, is a nice reminder of that.”

McWatters will open for Boggs at the CD release party on Saturday, November 21. The show begins at 8pm, and admission is free.

Tags: Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes, free, Laura Boggs
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Happy birthday, Bread & Jam Cafe

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

breadAndJam Kick out the jams! And the breads!

The Bread and Jam Cafe – the coolest spot in all of Cohoes – is celebrating its first anniversary on Saturday, August 29, with an all-star, all-day, can’t-stop-the-music festival.

Here’s the deal – $10 admission includes nine musical acts over the course of eight hours and a barbecue! That’s not much more than a dollar a band – plus free food? You just can’t beat that.

It all gets underway at 2pm Saturday, and here’s the line-up of performers:

2pm: Courtney Biondo
2:50pm: Population 2
3:40pm: The Energy
4:30pm: The Bryan Brundige Collective
5:40pm: Matthew Loiacono
6:30pm: Amanda Rogers
7:20pm: Matt Durfee
8:10pm: The Last Internationale
9pm: Restys

Tags: anniversary, Bread and Jam, Cafe, Cohoes, concert, festival, Music
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LIVE: Joe Barna & Sketches of Influence @ Bread & Jam Cafe, 8/17/09

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Joe Barna

Jazz drummer, composer and bandleader Joe Barna brought his new quintet, Sketches of Influence, into the Bread & Jam Cafe on Remsen Street in Cohoes on Monday, August 17 for a dazzling evening that featured a new crew of budding young jazz artists applying their chops to his original compositions.

The band’s solid rhythmic foundation was anchored by Barna, bassist Cameron Kayne and pianist Melissa Drasby. Bearing a resemblance to a young Eric Dolphy, 21-year-old saxophonist Adam Siegel’s dark-toned tenor danced passionately with 18-year-old trumpeter Rhys Tivey’s crisp, soaring lines.

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Tags: Adam Siegel, Bread, Cameron Kayne, Cohoes, Jam Cafe, Jazz, Joe Barna, Melissa Drasby, Rhys Tivey
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Be Here Now: heARTS aligned @ Bread & Jam Cafe

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Peanut butter and chocolate.
Abbott and Costello.
Guns and Roses.

We love it when two things come together to form something even better. And there’s not much more that we like here at Nippertown than art and music.

So we got pretty excited when we heard about “heARTS aligned,” an interactive music-art performance that’s slated to take place at 7:30pm Saturday, June 20 at the Bread & Jam Cafe in Cohoes.

On the music end of the equation are Matt Durfee and Matthew Loiacono, while Ben Suhr and Jason Antonelli supply the visual art input for the evening. Man about town Matt MacHaffie will serve as emcee/ringmaster/referee.

We’re not 100% certain what’s going to happen. But, hey, that’s OK; we like to be surprised. Anyway, here’s how Mr. Loiacono describes the goings-on:

“This may be one of the coolest shows I’ve ever been asked to be a part of! Check it out – Matt Durfee and I will sit on stage, and audience members will pick original pieces of art from a hat. Each piece of art (designed by Jason and Ben) will correspond to one of Matt or my songs. Thus, a completely unique experience that is combining art and music!”

Tags: Ben Suhr, Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes, heARTS aligned, interactive, Jason Antonelli, Mac Haffie, Matt, Matt Durfee, Matthew Loiacono
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Be Here Now: Comic Book Constrictor @ UAG

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

We here at nippertown.com headquarters are always thrilled when art and music are involved in a head-on collision. So I’m pretty damned sure that it was no mere coincidence that I picked up an intriguing postcard for Comic Book Constrictor – a workshop-talk regarding “dangerous methods of sequential art” – that Ira Marcks is offering at the Upstate Artists Guild in Albany at 2pm Saturday, May 16.

Why?

Because just a couple of days later, I get a lovely little note from Ira – and, of course, we love to get mail – explaining that he and his folk-rock band Restys are splitting the bill with the oh-so-lovely Katie Haverly at the Bread and Jam Cafe in Cohoes at 8pm Friday, May 22. Admission is free, but naturally donations to the musicians are always greatly appreciated. (Unfortunately, that’s the same night that Geoff Muldaur is at Caffe Lena. Darn.)

Marcks’ Comic Book Constrictor talk is free, too. Apparently, Marcks is in the process of developing some workshops in experimental narrative and sequential art for the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy for the autumn. “This lecture is sort of a warm-up to help me develop my ideas for those classes,” says Marcks.

Comic Book Constrictor
Upstate Artists Guild Gallery
247 Lark St., Albany
2pm Saturday, May 16

Tags: Albany, book, Cohoes, Comic, Constructor, Haverly, Ira, Katie, Marcks, UAG
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