Sunday, July 27 - Emily Smith and Synergy with Anne's Cordial
Saturday, August 2 - Five Knaves in Four Acts at The Nave
Friday, August 8 - Jason Anderson, Strand of Oaks, and Gregg Porter
The Nave Gallery, Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA 02144
Event Information: Randy Winchester, RWinchester@ARTSomerville.org, 617-593-3744
27 July 2008, 7 p.m., Emily Smith and Synergy with Anne's Cordial at The Nave Gallery, $8
Emily Smith and Synergy • Anne's Cordial
Two Providence-based, female-fronted bands are coming to the Nave to bring you a double-bill of beautiful vocals, passionate songs and distinctive rhythm. The Emily Smith Band and Synergy--vocals, guitar and drums--blends pop and rock with world, electronic and jazz elements, and Anne's Cordial--guitar, keyboard and three-part vocal harmonies--combine original folk and jazz songs with reinterpretations of blues, bossa nova and 80s New Wave hits!
2 August 2008, 7 p.m., Five Knaves in Four Acts at The Nave, $8
Five musicians from literally across the Northern Hemisphere--from Maine and Massachusetts to New York and Oaxaca, Mexico--will gather to perform for an evening of musical exploration and improvisation.
Chinapainting: www.chinapaintingmusic.com
Comprised of Daryl Shawn (Oaxaca, Mexico) and Jim Goodin (Brooklyn, NY). Goodin and Shawn collaborated online and by the Spring of 2007, had released two CDs. That August, they met in person for the first time and played several East Coast venues including Brooklyn's Center for improvised Music and The Space in Hamden, CT. They appeared on a special live radio performance on Scott Raymond's "Secret Music" braodcast on Vassar College's WVKR-FM station. Taking advantage of being together, they spent two daus recording at FlyMax Studios in Woodstock, NY, and performed as featured artists at the 6th Annual International Live Looping Festival in Santa Cruz, CA. They continue to work together online and this appearance in Boston is part of an extended tour for 2008.
Tim Nelson: www.myspace.com/nimbletunes
Multi-instrumentalist Tim Nelson (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) is another looper who cites eclectic influences ranging from Robert Rich, Terje Rypdal, Brian Eno and Steve Tibbets to his daughter Chloe, Gyorgy Ligeti, Edgar Varese, Arvo Part, and John Coltrane, to name but a few of the many. No stranger to the Boston area, he was a featured performer at Cambridges's Zetigeist Gallery its 2003"Sonic Blender" event ... filmed as part of program that asked "Is Electronic Music the End of the Big Band?" In 1999, TIm co-founded the international, internet-based Chain Tape Collective, a group of experimental musicians who regularly release compilation CDs.
Dennis Moser: www.sonicbids.com/usrsbin2
A Massachusetts newcomer, Dennis Moser, aka "usr/sbin", aka "AldoManutio Abruzzo", is proof that Texas is a cultural nation unto itself and capable of many surprises. Growing up on the Gulf Coast, studying trombone, classical guitar, and Renaissance lute, he is the epitome of a non-typical Texas musican. Transplanted to New England and switching to electric, and electronic, guitar he focuses on creating multi-layered improvised soundscapes filled with loops of rich timbres and color. He has appeared at Different Skies (September, 2006), Western New York's Looperpalooza (2007), live in the WVKR-FM studios, as part of Scott Raymond's "Secret Music" show, and at the Open Sound performances (2008).
Rob Byrd: www.robbyrd.com
Rob Byrd has an army, right here in Somerville, MA ... For many years guitar player Rob Byrd has been performing improvised ambient music in a wide variety of settings from the legendary CBGB’s in New York City to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. Fascinated by how sounds exist in time and space, he treats electric guitar with various signal processing equipment to spawn sonic pieces that are shaped by the location at which they are being performed and by the energies of those present. The aim is to create a shared experience of reflection and meditation which resonates between performer, venue, and audience, but can also be enjoyed purely on a musical level as well.
8 August 2008, 8 p.m., Jason Anderson, Strand of Oaks, and Gregg Porter at The Nave Gallery, $5.
An evening of intimate, uplifting music in a truly beautiful space. Three friends, bandmates and kindred songwriters play their hearts out on this very special Friday night.
Jason Anderson
"Jason Anderson is an animal. This New Hampshire native lives on the road. He plays more than just another indie rock show. Jason preaches the gospel of rock James Brown style. He shows us the book of partying Andrew W.K. style. His band rips like Springteen's E Street Band rips. He shows us what it means to be alive. What it means to have music course through our veins. He shows us that none of us are too cool to have fun. This is OUR party! Bring your friends, bring your loved ones! Be ready to sing and dance! Believe in yourself. Believe in US!" - Joe DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters
Strand of Oaks
A Hoosier transplanted to the coal highlands of Northeast Pennsylvania, Timothy Showalter has nested in fertile musical
soil. Taking cues from luminaries such as Nebraska-Era Bruce Springsteen and a burgeoning Neil Young, Showalter extends a musical
gesture and searches to find modesty in the midst of confusion, addressing insecurities and settling existential debt with a simple
and beautiful delivery. The personification of a midwestern Grandfather's advice, his songs smack with hard truth and poignant
severity.
Gregg Porter
Totally timeless and staggeringly beautiful, the songs of Gregg Porter are at once simple, complex and enchanting. With his gorgeous high croon, Gregg sings stories and lullabyes of life, love, and the everyday. Accompanied by cello, vibraphone, banjo and piano, Porter's sound is elegant and dreamy, equally perfect as the first thing you hear when you wake up, or the last thing you hear before drifting off to sleep at the end of the day. Gregg Porter rules!
Address & Directions
The Nave Gallery
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA
map of The Nave Gallery
MBTA: From Davis Square take Bus 87 or 88 - Clarendon Hill. Exit at Broadway and Curtis St. and walk 3 blocks north on Curtis Street. We are on the corner of Curtis Street and Powderhouse Blvd.
Parking: Available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 and on weekends. Lot is located on Raymond St. Turn right at intersection of Powderhouse & Curtis onto Curtis and take your first left onto Raymond. Lot is located about 1 block down. Street parking is also available one block away on Packard Avenue from Powderhouse up the hill to the Tufts University campus. There are no restrictions on street parking for Sunday events.
ARTSomerville (ARTS) is a volunteer organization which draws upon the talents of local creativity, strengthening communication among artists and the public by presenting exhibits, performances, and educational activities. Visit www.artsomerville.org to learn more.
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church works for justice and peace in the community and world, celebrates racial and ethnic diversity, and the equality of women and men, and supporting the full inclusion of gay, lesbian and transgendered members within its diverse and active community. Please visit www.clarendonhillchurch.org for more information on worship and our community programs. Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church is located at 155 Powderhouse Boulevard in Somerville, at the corner of Powderhouse Boulevard and Curtis Street, two blocks from Tufts University, near North Cambridge, Medford, and Arlington.
Randy Winchester RWinchester@ARTSomerville.org
Nave Gallery Events Coordinator
PO Box 426074, Cambridge, MA 02142
http://www.artsomerville.org
617-593-3744
Listen to ARTSomerville artists at: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/artsomerville/
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