7pm- Philip Lynch
Genre: Alternative folk-rock
For fans of: Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Buzzcocks, Replacements
Philip Lynch is a native New York songwriter. He's played many various venues including Pete's Candystore, Banjo Jim's, No Malice Palace, bar82, Keenan's Piano Bar and Lounge, An Beal Bocht, No Fun Bar, National Undergournd, Gaslight, Parkside Lounge, Alphabet Lounge and R Bar. While currently wrapping up work on an album of various sundry sounds collected over the years Lynch is still plowing ahead with new songs. It is apparent that he also paints when you hear his lyrics. A nice range and mix of songs but all with his unique stamp. He also writes a blog of musical notions.
tunes: www.philiplynch.bandcamp.com
blog: www.philiplynchmusic.com
8pm- Richard Bryant
Genre: Singer/songwriter
For fans of: Cash/Dylan/Waits/Earle/Hank
Richard Bryant drives his guitar down found highways, through lost hedges and back alleys, even straying way over in the Territory prowling for the odd chord or dying note that might give shape to some musical notion he’s taken. He found a minor sixth chord in Arkansas once, but traded it for a flat fiver on Staten Island. Prying ears might hear a Luther Perkins lick leaning into a jazz cliché, all propped up by Howlin’ Wolf’s kickstand, replete with rack harmonica chugging nervously like a Hummer waiting for a tune-up. For all that, the tunes are hummable. Bryant takes leave of the ordinary, except when the ordinary serves his purpose.
“#197 with a bullet!” according to Dave Miller’s ranking of “The Waltz of the Blue Devils” at nothingbutgoodthings.blogspot.com – top 300 songs of the 1990s – a tune Bryant created (seems like only) yesterday.
soundcloud.com/#richard-97-2
9pm- James Richards
Genre: Blue Ridge certified acousticfunkgrass
For fans of: Campfires, church choirs, birds on a wire, natty attire
James Richards makes music to live but not for a living, lending his voice and multi-instrumental work mostly for campfire sing-a-longs, benefits, house parties, and places of worship. A classically trained singer steeped in "Blue Ridge certified acousticfunkgrass", James looks to Lightnin' Hopkins, Otis Redding and Peter Gabriel among others for inspiration. He has shared stages with Peggy Seeger, Stacy Earle and Mark Stuart, Ellis Paul, and David Lamotte among many others. A recent Brooklyn transplant, after completing a 40 date southeast “Hello and Farewell Tour,” James is woodshedding songs for a new album, “Hearts and Minds,” while collaborating with local musicians at venues ranging from Joe's Pub and Webster Hall to All Souls Church and Sunny's. He also volunteers with Musicians on Call, bringing music to metro hospitals.
“Richards makes the singer-songwriter craft look approachable. He owns a rare air that manages to include every listener in the room. His handling of the strings was on par with his emotional voice, which made the ears absorb every endearing tale.”
Hunter Pope - earfulmusic.com
"You can sing me anything..."
Rebecca Sulock - Mountain Xpress
"...a funky take on the acoustic singer-songwriter sound we know and love. We're glad he's a New Yorker now."
The New Yorker Festival - The New Yorker
www.reverbnation.com/jamesrichards
10pm- The Saturday Giant
Genre: rock/pop
For fans of: Radiohead, Pinback, Why?, The Antlers, Reggie Watts
The Saturday Giant is the one-man art-rock band from Columbus, Ohio, established in 2010. Since then, The Saturday Giant has produced three releases, played dozens of shows across the U.S., collaborated with technology conferences and performing arts groups, and become one of the most respected acts in his hometown—all while crafting an innovative and compelling live show in which he sculpts layers of guitars, drums, bass lines, beat boxing, keyboards and vocals into towering walls of sound, without the aid of prerecorded samples. Even while maintaining his rigorous touring schedule, The Saturday Giant is preparing his full-length debut for 2013.
"Artful, epic, multifaceted rock music." -Columbus Alive [Ohio]
"Sometimes anthemic, sometimes intimate, sometimes downright odd indie pop tunes that you just can’t stop singing." -Indie Monday [Chicago, Illinois]
"Cogley’s Ben Gibbardesque falsetto sings and raps over his intricate melodies, which call to mind Philip Glass in their foundational repetitions and dense layering." -Pure Honey [West Palm Beach, Florida]
"Previously, Andrew Bird was the one exception to my anti-one-man-band rule. As of last weekend, Saturday Giant is my new exception." -The Other Paper [Ohio]
http://thesaturdaygiant.com/
Video/audio links:
http://youtu.be/rDTpk4p1yr0 - Live Performance
http://vimeo.com/33752501 - Music Video
http://thesaturdaygiant.bandcamp.com/
