EXPERIMENTAL GUITAR AND DARK FOLK MUSIC
$20 (same cover charge online and at the door)
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show from 8:15-10:30pm with one intermission
Marisa Anderson channels the history of the guitar and stretches the boundaries of tradition. Her deeply original work applies elements of minimalism, electronic music, drone and 20th century classical music to compositions based on blues, jazz, gospel and country music, re-imagining the landscape of American music.
The New Yorker calls Anderson 'one of the most distinctive guitar players of her generation', while NPR refers to her as among 'this era's most powerful players.'
Her work has been featured in Billboard, Rolling Stone, NPR, SPIN, Pitchfork, the BBC and The Wire. Festival appearances include Big Ears, Pitchfork Midwinter, Le Guess Who and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Her upcoming solo album, Still, Here, was released September 23 on Thrill Jockey Records.
Official Website: https://www.marisaandersonmusic.com/
Sylvie Simmons released her self-titled debut album in 2014 to universal acclaim. Rosanne Cash called Sylvie "a punk Piaf." Devendra Banhart called her "Fragile, fearless, direct, poetic, timeless and absolutely beautiful."
Sylvie's songs are raw, tender, sensual and mesmerizing, played on a ukulele and sung in a voice that critics have compared with Hope Sandoval, Jane Birkin, Isobel Campbell and a young Marianne Faithfull - or in the Times' review, "Reminscent of a female Leonard Cohen." Rolling Stone wrote: "Had this same album been issued in mono and credited to an obscure mid-'60s flower child, the word 'legendary' might be used by more than a few writers who'd swear they'd purchased it back then. She's not only good, she's good."
"Legendary" is a word that's been used to describe Sylvie before - not as a recording artist but as an iconic music journalist and the author of best-selling books that include biographies of Leonard Cohen, Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny Cash, Debbie Harry and Neil Young.
Born and raised in London, UK, where she sang and played instruments from childhood, Sylvie planned to spend her life in music. But paralyzed by stage fright in her teens, she abandoned the idea of being a singer in favor of writing about music instead. In 1977 she bought a one-way ticket to L.A to start her new career. One of very few women included among the rock writing elite, her byline has appeared in nearly every major music magazine ever since.
Three decades later, now living in San Francisco, Sylvie found herself writing songs again, just for herself, and this time on a ukulele. The first person to hear them was her friend, Howe Gelb of the Americana band Giant Sand. He urged her to let him record her, but Sylvie was still reluctant to perform publicly. Plus she was busy working with Leonard Cohen on his biography.
When I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen was released in 2012, Sylvie set off on a long, unorthodox book tour that took her around the world, talking about Cohen and singing his songs. Gradually the stage fright started to fade. When the tour was over, she went into a studio in Tucson, AZ with Gelb and Giant Sand bassist Thoger Lund and, live to tape, recorded her songs.
"There's an unspoken rule among rock critics: don't release your own music", wrote the Guardian newspaper's critic. "Simmons shatters that rule to gripping effect with one of the most beautiful albums of the year." In 2020 Sylvie followed it with a second album, Blue on Blue, as haunting and as well-received as her first. Like the Popmatters review said: "Breathtaking."
You can check out Sylvie's music here: https://sylviesimmons.bandcamp.com/album/sylvie
For more information about her books and writing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvie_Simmons
Recommended If You Like: John Fahey, William Tyler, Ellen Mcllwaine, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithful
Vaccines, boosters, and masks are strongly encouraged, but are not required as per local Public Health Policy.
show less
$20 (same cover charge online and at the door)
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show from 8:15-10:30pm with one intermission
Marisa Anderson channels the history of the guitar and stretches the boundaries of tradition. Her deeply original work applies elements of minimalism, electronic music, drone and 20th century classical music to compositions based on blues, jazz, gospel and country music, re-imagining the landscape of American music.
The New Yorker calls Anderson 'one of the most distinctive guitar players of her generation', while NPR refers to her as among 'this era's most powerful players.'
Her work has been featured in Billboard, Rolling Stone, NPR, SPIN, Pitchfork, the BBC and The Wire. Festival appearances include Big Ears, Pitchfork Midwinter, Le Guess Who and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Her upcoming solo album, Still, Here, was released September 23 on Thrill Jockey Records.
Official Website: https://www.marisaandersonmusic.com/
Sylvie Simmons released her self-titled debut album in 2014 to universal acclaim. Rosanne Cash called Sylvie "a punk Piaf." Devendra Banhart called her "Fragile, fearless, direct, poetic, timeless and absolutely beautiful."
Sylvie's songs are raw, tender, sensual and mesmerizing, played on a ukulele and sung in a voice that critics have compared with Hope Sandoval, Jane Birkin, Isobel Campbell and a young Marianne Faithfull - or in the Times' review, "Reminscent of a female Leonard Cohen." Rolling Stone wrote: "Had this same album been issued in mono and credited to an obscure mid-'60s flower child, the word 'legendary' might be used by more than a few writers who'd swear they'd purchased it back then. She's not only good, she's good."
"Legendary" is a word that's been used to describe Sylvie before - not as a recording artist but as an iconic music journalist and the author of best-selling books that include biographies of Leonard Cohen, Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny Cash, Debbie Harry and Neil Young.
Born and raised in London, UK, where she sang and played instruments from childhood, Sylvie planned to spend her life in music. But paralyzed by stage fright in her teens, she abandoned the idea of being a singer in favor of writing about music instead. In 1977 she bought a one-way ticket to L.A to start her new career. One of very few women included among the rock writing elite, her byline has appeared in nearly every major music magazine ever since.
Three decades later, now living in San Francisco, Sylvie found herself writing songs again, just for herself, and this time on a ukulele. The first person to hear them was her friend, Howe Gelb of the Americana band Giant Sand. He urged her to let him record her, but Sylvie was still reluctant to perform publicly. Plus she was busy working with Leonard Cohen on his biography.
When I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen was released in 2012, Sylvie set off on a long, unorthodox book tour that took her around the world, talking about Cohen and singing his songs. Gradually the stage fright started to fade. When the tour was over, she went into a studio in Tucson, AZ with Gelb and Giant Sand bassist Thoger Lund and, live to tape, recorded her songs.
"There's an unspoken rule among rock critics: don't release your own music", wrote the Guardian newspaper's critic. "Simmons shatters that rule to gripping effect with one of the most beautiful albums of the year." In 2020 Sylvie followed it with a second album, Blue on Blue, as haunting and as well-received as her first. Like the Popmatters review said: "Breathtaking."
You can check out Sylvie's music here: https://sylviesimmons.bandcamp.com/album/sylvie
For more information about her books and writing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvie_Simmons
Recommended If You Like: John Fahey, William Tyler, Ellen Mcllwaine, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithful
Vaccines, boosters, and masks are strongly encouraged, but are not required as per local Public Health Policy.
EXPERIMENTAL GUITAR AND DARK FOLK MUSIC
$20 (same cover charge online and at the door)
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show from 8:15-10:30pm with one intermission
Marisa Anderson channels the history of the guitar and stretches the boundaries of tradition. Her deeply original work applies elements of minimalism, electronic music, drone and 20th century classical music to compositions based on blues, jazz, gospel and country music, re-imagining the landscape of American music.
The New Yorker calls Anderson 'one of the most distinctive guitar players of her generation', while NPR refers to her as among 'this era's most powerful players.'
Her work has been featured in Billboard, Rolling Stone, NPR, SPIN, Pitchfork, the BBC and The Wire. Festival appearances include Big Ears, Pitchfork Midwinter, Le Guess Who and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Her upcoming solo album, Still, Here, was released September 23 on Thrill Jockey Records.
Official Website: https://www.marisaandersonmusic.com/
Sylvie Simmons released her self-titled debut album in 2014 to universal acclaim. Rosanne Cash called Sylvie "a punk Piaf." Devendra Banhart called her "Fragile, fearless, direct, poetic, timeless and absolutely beautiful."
Sylvie's songs are raw, tender, sensual and mesmerizing, played on a ukulele and sung in a voice that critics have compared with Hope Sandoval, Jane Birkin, Isobel Campbell and a young Marianne Faithfull - or in the Times' review, "Reminscent of a female Leonard Cohen." Rolling Stone wrote: "Had this same album been issued in mono and credited to an obscure mid-'60s flower child, the word 'legendary' might be used by more than a few writers who'd swear they'd purchased it back then. She's not only good, she's good."
"Legendary" is a word that's been used to describe Sylvie before - not as a recording artist but as an iconic music journalist and the author of best-selling books that include biographies of Leonard Cohen, Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny Cash, Debbie Harry and Neil Young.
Born and raised in London, UK, where she sang and played instruments from childhood, Sylvie planned to spend her life in music. But paralyzed by stage fright in her teens, she abandoned the idea of being a singer in favor of writing about music instead. In 1977 she bought a one-way ticket to L.A to start her new career. One of very few women included among the rock writing elite, her byline has appeared in nearly every major music magazine ever since.
Three decades later, now living in San Francisco, Sylvie found herself writing songs again, just for herself, and this time on a ukulele. The first person to hear them was her friend, Howe Gelb of the Americana band Giant Sand. He urged her to let him record her, but Sylvie was still reluctant to perform publicly. Plus she was busy working with Leonard Cohen on his biography.
When I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen was released in 2012, Sylvie set off on a long, unorthodox book tour that took her around the world, talking about Cohen and singing his songs. Gradually the stage fright started to fade. When the tour was over, she went into a studio in Tucson, AZ with Gelb and Giant Sand bassist Thoger Lund and, live to tape, recorded her songs.
"There's an unspoken rule among rock critics: don't release your own music", wrote the Guardian newspaper's critic. "Simmons shatters that rule to gripping effect with one of the most beautiful albums of the year." In 2020 Sylvie followed it with a second album, Blue on Blue, as haunting and as well-received as her first. Like the Popmatters review said: "Breathtaking."
You can check out Sylvie's music here: https://sylviesimmons.bandcamp.com/album/sylvie
For more information about her books and writing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvie_Simmons
Recommended If You Like: John Fahey, William Tyler, Ellen Mcllwaine, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithful
Vaccines, boosters, and masks are strongly encouraged, but are not required as per local Public Health Policy.
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$20 (same cover charge online and at the door)
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show from 8:15-10:30pm with one intermission
Marisa Anderson channels the history of the guitar and stretches the boundaries of tradition. Her deeply original work applies elements of minimalism, electronic music, drone and 20th century classical music to compositions based on blues, jazz, gospel and country music, re-imagining the landscape of American music.
The New Yorker calls Anderson 'one of the most distinctive guitar players of her generation', while NPR refers to her as among 'this era's most powerful players.'
Her work has been featured in Billboard, Rolling Stone, NPR, SPIN, Pitchfork, the BBC and The Wire. Festival appearances include Big Ears, Pitchfork Midwinter, Le Guess Who and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Her upcoming solo album, Still, Here, was released September 23 on Thrill Jockey Records.
Official Website: https://www.marisaandersonmusic.com/
Sylvie Simmons released her self-titled debut album in 2014 to universal acclaim. Rosanne Cash called Sylvie "a punk Piaf." Devendra Banhart called her "Fragile, fearless, direct, poetic, timeless and absolutely beautiful."
Sylvie's songs are raw, tender, sensual and mesmerizing, played on a ukulele and sung in a voice that critics have compared with Hope Sandoval, Jane Birkin, Isobel Campbell and a young Marianne Faithfull - or in the Times' review, "Reminscent of a female Leonard Cohen." Rolling Stone wrote: "Had this same album been issued in mono and credited to an obscure mid-'60s flower child, the word 'legendary' might be used by more than a few writers who'd swear they'd purchased it back then. She's not only good, she's good."
"Legendary" is a word that's been used to describe Sylvie before - not as a recording artist but as an iconic music journalist and the author of best-selling books that include biographies of Leonard Cohen, Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny Cash, Debbie Harry and Neil Young.
Born and raised in London, UK, where she sang and played instruments from childhood, Sylvie planned to spend her life in music. But paralyzed by stage fright in her teens, she abandoned the idea of being a singer in favor of writing about music instead. In 1977 she bought a one-way ticket to L.A to start her new career. One of very few women included among the rock writing elite, her byline has appeared in nearly every major music magazine ever since.
Three decades later, now living in San Francisco, Sylvie found herself writing songs again, just for herself, and this time on a ukulele. The first person to hear them was her friend, Howe Gelb of the Americana band Giant Sand. He urged her to let him record her, but Sylvie was still reluctant to perform publicly. Plus she was busy working with Leonard Cohen on his biography.
When I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen was released in 2012, Sylvie set off on a long, unorthodox book tour that took her around the world, talking about Cohen and singing his songs. Gradually the stage fright started to fade. When the tour was over, she went into a studio in Tucson, AZ with Gelb and Giant Sand bassist Thoger Lund and, live to tape, recorded her songs.
"There's an unspoken rule among rock critics: don't release your own music", wrote the Guardian newspaper's critic. "Simmons shatters that rule to gripping effect with one of the most beautiful albums of the year." In 2020 Sylvie followed it with a second album, Blue on Blue, as haunting and as well-received as her first. Like the Popmatters review said: "Breathtaking."
You can check out Sylvie's music here: https://sylviesimmons.bandcamp.com/album/sylvie
For more information about her books and writing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvie_Simmons
Recommended If You Like: John Fahey, William Tyler, Ellen Mcllwaine, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithful
Vaccines, boosters, and masks are strongly encouraged, but are not required as per local Public Health Policy.
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