Thursday, April 17 at 9:30PM
Country Blues Jam
Join us for a free Country Blues Jam every Thursday. Bring your fiddle, accordion, banjo, guitar, harmonica, washtub, spoons.
Friday, April 18 at 6:30PM
Heroes and Legends of the Secret Museum
The Art of Pat Conte
Join us for the opening reception of Heroes and Legends of the Secret Museum, The Art of Pat Conte.
Pat Conte, blues musician and curator of the radio program The Secret Museum, exhibits his depictions of favorite musicians, from Mississippi John Hurt, Uncle Dave Macon, Dock Boggs, and Son House to religious heroes St. Matthew and David and Goliath. Conte works in vellum and parchments, in vegetable colors and exotic inks, with fine woods and singing strings, in the well-grooved carving or well-loved shellac, and through sacred objects to their trusted custodian (never their owner) in this life. Following the reception, Pat will take the stage with Bob Guida, together forming the legendary blues band, the Otis Brothers.
Friday, April 18 at 9:00PM
The Otis Brothers and Special Guests
For over 30 years The Otis Brothers have brought blues and gospel of a by-gone era to the stage. Pat Conte and Bob Guida own tunes are juxtaposed with those learned firsthand from folks like Larry Johnson and R.L. Burnside, or transmuted by the spirits of those gone by, including Leadbelly, Blind Willie Johnson, Henry Truvillion, Son House, Gary Davis, Sonny Boy Nelson, Willie Mae Williams, Jimmy Strothers, Henry Sims, Henry Townshend, and Eddie Head & Family.
The Otis Brothers will be joined on the stage by friends and fellow lovers of old American blues.
Saturday, April 19 at 9:00PM $ 10 cover
Michael Daves
Michael Daves wows crowds across the city with his wailing voice and fabulous guitar playing. The Boston Herald writes: "Guitarist-singer Michael Daves, 29, is a wilder revelation. A Georgia boy relocated to Brooklyn, N.Y., he knows both bluegrass and rock. Daves owns a nasal, yipping voice that seems to have escaped from some crazed hillbilly past. With his hair flopping and his thick eyeglasses slipping, he looks like a mad uncle just let out of the attic. His guitar work was so intense and jolting, and his voice such a yelping cry from the heart, he seemed a punk-grass force of nature.”
Saturday, April 19 at 10:00PM
The Freight Hoppers
When mountain fiddle saws its way into a rugged piece of old-time, it’s always better if the bow hand cuts deep. What a sight and sound it is to see a musician such as David Bass in full unstoppable flight. Meanwhile, tasty banjo man Frank Lee, whose left-of-centre style was another major asset that led to the Freight Hoppers’ legendary status, continued to entertain as only he can, and it seemed like we’d all just have to live with the memories and pray that some day, they might miraculously re-form.
Lee and Bass have brought in Thomas Bailey on guitar and vocals (a solid sidekick from The Forge Mountain Diggers) and Isaac Deal (another prized addition) on upright bass.
The Freight Hoppers recorded two critically-acclaimed albums that climbed into the Top 20 of Billboard’s Americana music charts. Back then, they were only warming up.
Monday, April 21 at 9:00PM $ 10 cover
GELBER & MANNING CD RELEASE AND VAUDEVILLE SHOW
Gelber and Manning
Jesse Gelber and Kate Manning celebrate their new CD, Gelber & Manning Goes Public, with a vaudeville show at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn. The band features Gelber on piano & vocals, Manning on vocals, Charlie Caranicas on cornet and Kevin Dorn on drums. Their new CD is a fun, raucous new take on hot hits from the public domain. The evening will also feature special guests Marci Adilman, Randy Harrison, Eric Imhoff and Tyler Maynard as the band’s vaudevillian compatriots.
Wednesday, April 23 at 9:30PM
Roots N Ruckus
Jalopy Theater Presents, "Roots n Ruckus," a night of folk, old-time and blues music every Wednesday starting Jan. 9th, 2008. You will see and hear people playing banjos, guitars, washboards, tub-basses kazoos and harmonicas. This is the gig to go to for real deal folk music in New York City. Hosted by Feral Foster and featuring a stellar group of musicians. Come and be a regular! The gig happens every week.
Thursday, April 24 at 9:30PM
Country Blues Jam
Join us for a free Country Blues Jam every Thursday. Bring your fiddle, accordion, banjo, guitar, harmonica, washtub, spoons.
Friday, April 25 at 11:00PM $ 10 cover
Jug Addicts
NYC's most powerful jug band, the Jug Addicts were formed in 1997 out of the ashes of 2 prior jug bands, the Metropolecats and Pork Chop. Having started by blending NYC's top 2 jug bands, the Jug Addicts continue the twinning principle by having 2 of every instrument, almost. The sound is raucous but with unexpectedly elegant touches and it makes you want to move your body.
Friday, April 25 at 9:00PM
John Pinamonti
John Pinamonti is a Brooklyn-based musician known for his songwriting, guitar playing and singing as well as for his eclectic interpretation of American music. A typical gig might find him performing some of his classics such as The Ballad of Biggie Smalls or Black Guitar, followed by a Hank Williams song on the ukulele and a traditional blues on 6 string banjo. Listen at .
Friday, April 25 at 10:00PM
The Woes
The music of The Woes is a stew of Delta blues and early Country, of bluegrass and New Orleans marching band music, dished out by banjo, harmonica, accordion, French Horn and organ. At the center of their distinctive sound is frontman Osei Essed's inimitable voice and expert songwriting. The songs are alternately chant-like, rhythmically driving, lyrical, haunting; his voice is sweetly controlled or as frightening as (the early blues preacher) Blind Willie Johnson. Alongside Essed is his longtime musical collaborator, Cicero Jones, a French Horn player and gospel organist. The addition of Ronen Ben, an accordionist and blues harpist, completed the frontline, and also allowed Essed and Jones more drink tickets.
Saturday, April 26 at 9:00PM $ 15 cover
Reddy Music Series
Pheeroan akLaff & Brooklyn Mime Troop
Rob Reddy curates The Reddy Music Concert Series, monthly jazz concerts at Jalopy that feature two bands for the price of one. April presents Pheeroan akLaff & Brooklyn Mime Troop in "Extrordinary Rendition," followed by the Rob Reddy Quartet.
Pheeroan akLaff & Brooklyn Mime Troop features Francis Mbappé, bass; Alisha Zebulon – soe; Kamillah akLaff, vocals and Shu Nakamura, guitar.
Saturday, April 26 at 10:30PM
Rob Reddy Quartet
Rob Reddy Quartet includes Reddy on saxophones; Jef Lee Johnson, guitars; Dom Richards, double bass and Pheeroan akLaff, drums.
Wednesday, April 30 at 9:30PM
Roots N Ruckus
Jalopy Theater Presents, "Roots n Ruckus," a night of folk, old-time and blues music every Wednesday starting Jan. 9th, 2008. You will see and hear people playing banjos, guitars, washboards, tub-basses kazoos and harmonicas. This is the gig to go to for real deal folk music in New York City. Hosted by Feral Foster and featuring a stellar group of musicians. Come and be a regular! The gig happens every week.
APPEARING THIS WEEK: JP Beausoleil, called the “Bohemian Songster”, plays a wide variety of traditionally based music that includes, but is not limited to: Delta, Piedmont, and country blues, mountain music, acapella work songs and ballads, early jazz and swing, as well as a handful of original music. Accompanying himself on banjo, acoustic,
and steel guitars, Beausoleil’s music stems from years of “easy living and hard traveling” as he puts it.
Wednesday, May 14 at 9:30PM
Roots n Ruckus
Jalopy Theater Presents, "Roots n Ruckus," a night of folk, old-time and blues music every Wednesday starting Jan. 9th, 2008. You will see and hear people playing banjos, guitars, washboards, tub-basses kazoos and harmonicas. This is the gig to go to for real deal folk music in New York City. Hosted by Feral Foster and featuring a stellar group of musicians. Come and be a regular! The gig happens every week.
APPEARING THIS WEEK: East Village String Band
- Location: 315 Columbia Street Red Hook Brooklyn
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