Liberated Music

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Flanks this Saturday night in Brooklyn #music #country #roots #rock

The Flanks

Country / Roots Music / Rock and Roll
Members: Tom Bouman, Nick Capodice, Tom Mayer, Margaret Mitchell, Danny Mulligan & Ayan Babi Pal

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The Flanks return to the stage this Saturday night at 9 p.m. We'll be sharing the bill with some fine, like-genred musicians you can read about here. The show is at Trash Bar and part of the music series accompanying the Williamsburg Internation Film Festival.

September 22 (Saturday) 9 p.m.

The Trash Bar

256 Grand Street (between Driggs & Roebling)

Brooklyn, NY

theflanks.com

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Sept 22, Brooklyn: PETE SEEGER, JUDY COLLINS, BILLY BRAGG, STEVE EARLE, TONY TRISCHKA BAND, THE KLEZMATICS, JOHN COHEN & THE DUST BUSTERS, MIKE + RUTHY, and JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
A Guthrie Centennial Celebration Concert

Welcome Woody Back to Brooklyn!

PETE SEEGER
just added to the show!

Get your tickets now!

Saturday, September 22, 2012
at Walt Whitman Theater
Brooklyn College Campus, NY

featuring

PETE SEEGER, JUDY COLLINS, BILLY BRAGG, STEVE EARLE,
TONY TRISCHKA BAND, THE KLEZMATICS,
JOHN COHEN & THE DUST BUSTERS,
MIKE + RUTHY, and JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON

Buy your tickets now!

WALT WHITMAN THEATER
Brooklyn College | 2900 Bedford Avenue | Brooklyn, NY 11210
*All artists subject to change without prior notice.

Educational Conference at Brooklyn College

FREE TO THE PUBLIC!

Saturday, September 22, 2012
Gold Room, Brooklyn College Student Center
Brooklyn College, NY

Registration begins at 10:00a

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Robert Ross on Staten Island tomorrow, in Manhattan Tuesday #music #blues

ROBERT ROSS BAND
Two Time NY Music Award Winner
NY Blues Hall Of Fame Inductee
Quote: "A blues icon. One of the great blues spirits." Bob Fass (Radio Un-nameable, WBAI-FM Pacifica Network).
Website: www.RobertRossBand.com

THURSDAY - TOMORROW

Robert Ross @ Alor Cafe
Thursday August 30, 2012
8pm to 11pm
Alor Cafe: 2110 Richmond Rd., Staten Island, NY 718-351-1101
Featuring: Two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica) from 8pm to 11pm. Great food, great music, and FREE Admission!! Wow, come on down.

NEXT WEEK

Robert Ross Duo @ Society of Illustrators
Tuesday, Sept 4, 2012
6:30pm - 9:30pm
128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10065
Phone: (212) 838-2560
Other Info: This is sketch night with nude models and live music from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at the historic and inspirational Society of Illustrators. Featuring: Mal "The Malevolent" Stein (aka: Mal-N-Stein) on percussion & drums; and two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross on vocals, acoustic guitar, & harmonica. $15 Admission to sketch, $10 to sit at bar and take in the whole scene, music, models, and art. For more info about the Society: societyillustrators.org

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

AWESOME!--> Robert Ross at Solar Expo Jam in NJ w/Pete Seeger this weekend! #music #blues

ARE YA HAVIN' A PARTY?
Would you like to have entertainment for your private party or wedding? Robert Ross is available as a solo or you can have The Robert Ross Band or The Blues-Manian Devils perform. Send us an email and put "PARTY" in the subject field.

GUITAR / SLIDE GUITAR / BASS / HARMONICA LESSONS
There is still room for a couple more students. Music theory, blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll. Rates are $60 / hour. Lessons will be given weekdays in New Dorp, Staten Island but other arrangements are possible. If interested send an email to Bluesman@RobertRossBand.com and put "LESSONS" in thesubject field.

THIS WEEK's SCHEDULE !!

Robert Ross @ Solar Expo Jam
Saturday, August 18, 2012 & Sunday August 19, 2012
Saturday 3pm - 4pm, Sunday Time to be Determined
Solar Expo Jam
442 Route 94 North
Vernon, NJ 07462
SOLAR EXPO JAM will take place at Jaime Rickey & Son Organic Farm. Jamie Rickey is one of the organizers of this amazing 3 day clean energy and music festival that will take place Friday August 17 to Sunday August 19. Learn about the many wonderful virtues of SOLAR ENERGY while enjoying beautiful music in a gorgeous pastoral setting. Show times and a full list of performers will be announced shortly. There will also be lecturers and demonstrations.

Saturday: PETE SEEGER will be performing at around 2pm to 3pm. I will be part of the jam and hootenany from about 3 to 4pm right after Pete's set.
Sunday: I have the honor of closing the festival on Sunday from 5pm to 6pm.

For the entire schedule of music performances go to: http://solarexpojam.com/music
For tickets go to: http://solarexpojam.com/tickets
One-Day Pass $ 10.00
Three-Day Pass $ 25.00
VIP Three-Day Pass $ 50.00 includes: CAMPING (under the forest canopy), PREFERRED PARKING, V.I.P. VIEWING AREA & OTHER AMENITIES TO BE ANNOUNCED
Thank you to Randy Iannacone for telling me about this wonderful festival. More info to come stay tuned.

NEXT WEEK's SCHEDULE !!

ROBERT ROSS BAND @ BB KING's (Lucille's Lounge)
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
8pm to 1am
Featuring: Mal Stein (drums), Dave Hofstra (bass); and two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica). We perform from 8pm to 1am in Lucille's Lounge. FREE Admission. Great food. Cool atmosphere.

Robert Ross Band @ Cupping Room
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
8pm - 11pm
Cupping Room: 359 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-925-2898
Featuring: Mal "The Malevolent" Stein on drums, Dave "The Star of David H" Hofstra on upright bass, & two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, slide guitar, and harp. Outstanding food, outstanding music, and FREE Admission!! ?? What more can ya ask for??

Jen Chapin in Maine, Nova Scotia, Baltimore, NYC, Kennett Square PA, Fairfield CT, and Hastings-on-Hudson NY

August 15, 2012

Hello everyone!

The Jen Chapin Trio plus young Maceo and Van are hitting the road tomorrow for our annual August trip up north, with stops in Maine and Nova Scotia. In September we’ll return to the warm and wonderful Cabaret at Germano’s in Baltimore (last time in May the masses may have been deterred by a random Maryland tornado, yes, tornado, but this time we hope to see more of you!) Then, later that month, a truly exciting weekend of shows with friend and inspiration Brian Vander Ark in NYC, Kennett Square PA, and Fairfield CT. Tickets for all of those shows are available now (see below). The Manhattan show on Friday September 28th is one I am especially anticipating — aside from an opening set from Brian, it will feature my full five-piece band, literally unplugged as part of “Naked Soul” -- the acoustic songwriter series at the Rubin Museum of Art. I’m honored to be a part of it, and happy to play in such a special place for my metropolitan area friends, fans, and family.

Of course the Saturday 9/29 show in Kennett Square (where Brian will headline) and the Sunday 9/30 show at the Fairfield Theatre Company are at special venues as well, with the Fairfield concert also benefiting WhyHunger and the local organization Operation Hope.

Last weekend was a memorable solo trip to Fort Myers, Florida, in the service of the fantastic Abuse Counseling and Treatment, Inc. (ACT) agency serving victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault and human trafficking. I describe ACT as fantastic because I saw the work up close in one of their two shelters for women and children, where I got to lead a songwriting workshop and interact with some strong, articulate, and sparkling ladies and their kids. The powerful morning brought meaning to the evening’s benefit “Arts for ACT,” a gala benefit dinner and fine art auction where I had been invited to serve as “Celebrity Auctioneer.” Let’s just say I learned on the job and met some more lovely people… It’s nice when a new day brings a new challenge and opportunity to fall into bed bone tired!

On to the gig details, but for those of you interested in some more perspective on the current political battles affecting our broken food system, please scroll to the bottom where I’ve shared an excellent piece from WhyHunger’s Siena Chrisman.

Thanks for listening!

Jen

PS — I recently decided to start sharing the names of artists and albums, old and new, that inspire me as a regular feature of this newsletter. I just picked up Fiona Apple’s latest release The Idler Wheel… and it is a wild and powerful work that you can pick up at your local record store (if you still have one, support it!) or at, you guessed it, Starbucks. The album is perhaps not for everyone, but for me this week it has bolstered my artistic courage!

Upcoming Shows
Friday, August 17th * 6 pm
Tinder Hearth
1452 Coastal Road, Brooksville ME 04617 * 207.326.8381
A concert for Food for Maine’s Future

Sunday, August 19th * 1 pm
Big Sunday Concert By The Sea
The Ovens Natural Park
326 Ovens Road, Riverport, Nova Scotia Canada BOJ 2WO * 902.766.4621
$20.00 - adults / $10.00 kids (ages 5 - 16, under 5 free)
Featuring my uncles Tom and Steve, my cousins The Chapin Sisters, and many others..

Monday, August 20th * 8 pm
Ol’ Gold Miner Diner
The Ovens Natural Park
326 Ovens Road, Riverport, Nova Scotia Canada BOJ 2WO * 902.766.4621
An intimate dinner concert with the Jen Chapin Trio

Friday August 24 * 3:00 to 3:45pm
Interview/Performance with time for 4 - 5 songs performed live instudio
WSCA 106.1 FM -- Stay Tuned with Shawn Henderson
Portsmouth NH
RSVP on Facebook

Friday, August 24th * 8 pm
Jonathan’s Restaurant
92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit, Maine 03907 * (207) 646-4777 * $20, $32, $57 (including dinner and drinks)

Wednesday, September 19th * 7:30 pm
Cabaret at Germano’s
300 S. High Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 * 410-752-4515

A weekend of concerts with Brian Vander Ark

Friday, September 28th * 7 pm
Naked Soul @ The Rubin Museum
150 W. 17 St., NYC 10011 · 212.620.5000 * $22.50 advance/$25 day of show
Full Band, unplugged! Featuring Dan Rieser on drums, Stephan Crump on acoustic bass, and Jamie Fox and Liberty Ellman on guitars

Saturday, September 29th * 8 pm
Kennett Flash
102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square PA 19348 * 484-732-8295
$20 advance/$23 at the door — TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Trio with Stephan Crump on acoustic bass and Jamie Fox on electric guitar — we’ll play the opening set for Brian.

Sunday, September 30th * 7:30 pm
Fairfield Theatre Company --on Stage One
70 Sanford Street, Fairfield CT 06824 203.259.1036 * $22
Fairfield Theatre Company will make a donation to whyhunger.org for each ticket sold, plus collect non-perishable food donations for Operation Hope
Trio with Stephan Crump on acoustic bass and Jamie Fox on electric guitar

Saturday, October 27th * 7:30 pm
Common Ground Coffeehouse @ First Unitarian Society of Westchester
25 Old Jackson Avenue, Hastings, NY

Top 3 Reasons the Food and Farm Bill should Matter to You
WhyHunger’s Siena Chrisman, Programs Communications Director, breaks down why you should care about the current Food and Farm Bill debate:

1. The erosion of democracy.

The food system is one of the least democratic parts of our economy. The Food and Farm Bill further consolidates the power of Big Food -- the huge food and farming corporations who make the decisions about what we eat. Average Americans no longer have a say in how our food is grown, where it comes from, what's in it, what's sprayed on it, where it's sold... the list goes on. We've almost entirely been taken out of the equation. The right to good food for all has become the right for a few to profit from food. That doesn't sound like democracy to me.

2. The food we eat is killing us.

US agriculture policy -- as spelled out in the Food and Farm Bill -- supports this system of overproducing corn and soy, which is then fed to cattle and turned into things like high fructose corn syrup and other additives used in processed foods. The bill doesn't give nearly the same kind of financial support to grow fruits, vegetables, or other nutritious foods. These policies that encourage farming of too much corn and soy result in an abundance of cheap and ubiquitous meat and processed foods. And now we have a public health crisis of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other diet-related illnesses , because we're all eating so much meat and processed food. For the first time ever, the next generation has a lower life expectancy than its parents - because of the food they're eating! Our farm policy should support healthy food from healthy farms, not the raw ingredients for chemicals that are slowly killing us.

3. Your fellow Americans.

The biggest portion of Food and Farm Bill spending supports the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, also known as food stamps, which has been a hugely critical safety net for millions of Americans -- as well as one of the best forms of economic stimulus, according to Moody's . The House Agriculture Committee's version of the bill, passed last week, cuts $16.5 billion dollars from SNAP. This translates to a loss of $90 dollars a month from the household budgets of 50,000 American families in the program. Almost half of SNAP participants are kids. Why are we making it harder for struggling parents to feed their children at a time of great economic hardship? SNAP is acting as designed, expanding to meet growing needs during economically difficult times; it will shrink again when the economy improves. Instead of reacting to spikes in SNAP numbers by slashing the program and pulling the safety net from struggling families, the bill should strengthen SNAP -- while we also focus on creating jobs, paying a living wage, and fixing the broken systems that made the economy collapse.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Robert Ross in Manhattan tonight, Linden NJ tomorrow night #music #blues #nyc #nj

THIS WEEK's SCHEDULE !!

Robert Ross Band @ Cupping Room
Thursday, August 9, 2012
8pm - 11pm
Cupping Room: 359 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-925-2898
Featuring: Mal "The Malevolent" Stein on drums, Angello "The LIttle Italian Pony" Olivieri on bass, & two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, slide guitar, and harp. Outstanding food, outstanding music, and FREE Admission!! ?? What more can ya ask for??

Robert Ross Duo @ Robin's Nest
Friday, August 10, 2012
8pm - 12am
3103 Tremley Point Road, Linden, NJ 07036
Phone: 908 275-3043
Featuring: Two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harp) from 8pm to 12 midnight. Call for Admission information: 908 275-3043

NEXT WEEK's SCHEDULE !!
Robert Ross @ Solar Expo Jam
Saturday, August 18, 2012 & Sunday August 19, 2012
Saturday 3pm - 4pm, Sunday Time to be Determined
Solar Expo Jam
442 Route 94 North
Vernon, NJ 07462
SOLAR EXPO JAM will take place at Jaime Rickey & Son Organic Farm. Jamie Rickey is one of the organizers of this amazing 3 day clean energy and music festival that will take place Friday August 17 to Sunday August 19. Learn about the many wonderful virtues of SOLAR ENERGY while enjoying beautiful music in a gorgeous pastoral setting.

Saturday: PETE SEEGER will be performing at around 2pm to 3pm. I will be part of the jam and hootenany at about 3 to 4pm right after Pete's set. Show times and a full list of performers will be announced shortly. There will also be lecturers and demonstrations.
Sunday: I will also perform on Sunday afternoon, more info to come.
For tickets go to: http://solarexpojam.com/tickets/
One-Day Pass $ 10.00
Three-Day Pass $ 25.00
VIP Three-Day Pass $ 50.00 includes: CAMPING (under the forest canopy), PREFERRED PARKING, V.I.P. VIEWING AREA & OTHER AMENITIES TO BE ANNOUNCED
Thank you to Randy Iannacone for telling me about this wonderful festival. More info to come stay tuned.