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Singer-Songwriter Tuesdays |
 Join eccentric Host Wayne Montecalvo as he presents yet another in the Cafe's ongoing series of music showcases. Enjoy both veteran and up-and-coming performers playing 15 minute sets from 8:00pm-9:45pm.
The scheduled musicians for this evening are Marji Zintz, Eddie Fingerhut, Tim Petteys, Tony Curto, Dana Pelella, and Mark Brown. | |
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Salsa Dance |
 Salsa dancing to the best recorded Latin Music. While no food will be served after 10:00pm, the bar will be open all evening.
Jorge will be offering a basic step warm-up from 9:30pm to 10:00pm. | |
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The Felice Brothers for Haiti |
 The boys have generously offered to play on behalf of the Haitian People.
There will be room for dancing. The boys also say, "Bring some cans of food for the Rosendale Food Pantry." The show starts at the special time of 10:00pm, and as usual there are no advanced sales or tickets. Seating at the Cafe is on a first come, first served basis as guests come in the door. | |
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Peter Mulvey, with Pamela Means opening |
 Peter Mulvey has pursued a restless, eclectic path as a writer and musician over the past 20 years - immersing himself in Tin PanAlley jazz, modern acoustic, poetry, narrative, and Americana stylings. Relentlessly touring as a headliner - his attitude is, "When you love what you do, you can work all the time," - he has also shared the stage with luminaries such as Emmylou Harris, Richard Thompson, Ani diFranco, Indigo Girls, and Greg Brown, and has attracted an audience that stretches from Anchorage to Amsterdam.
Pamela Means is a Brooklyn-based, internationally-touring singer-songwriter and jazz musician with "mad guitar-and-vocal skills." (Time Out New York). Pamela has shared the stage with artists including Ani DiFranco, Joan Baez, Neil Young, Shawn Colvin, Richie Havens, Patty Larkin, Melissa Ferrick, Violent Femmes, Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, Holly Near and many others. She is "... one of the fiercest guitar players and politically-rooted songwriters in the music industry today" --Curve Magazine | |
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Singer-Songwriter Tuesdays |
Join eccentric Host Wayne Montecalvo as he presents yet another in the Cafe's ongoing series of music showcases. Enjoy both veteran and up-and-coming performers playing 15 minute sets from 8:00pm-9:45pm.
The scheduled musicians for this evening are Sam Gleason & Rilee O'Niell, Tony Christopher, Sarah Kramer-Harrison, Ken Bowles, Me and Mario, and Ralph Housman. | |
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Honeyboy Edwards |
 David "Honeyboy" Edwards was born June 28, 1915 in Shaw, Mississippi. Honeyboy is one of the last living links to Robert Johnson, and one of the last original acoustic Delta blues players. He is a living legend, and his story is truly part of history. He is the real deal.
Honeyboy was a part of many of the seminal moments of the blues. As he writes in his 1997 book The World Don't Owe Me Nothing, "...it was in '29 when Tommy Johnson come down from Crystal Springs, Mississippi. He was just a little guy, tan colored, easy-going; but he drank a whole lot. At nighttime, we'd go there and listen to Tommy Johnson play." Honeyboy continues, "Listening to Tommy, that's when I really learned something about how to play guitar." Honeyboy's life has been intertwined with almost every major blues legend, including Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Big Joe Williams, Rice "Sonny Boy Williamson" Miller, Howlin' Wolf, Peetie Wheatstraw, Sunnyland Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Walter, Little Walter, Magic Sam, Muddy Waters, and ... well, let's just say the list goes on darn near forever! In 1942, Alan Lomax recorded Honeyboy in Clarksdale, Mississippi for the Library of Congress. He recorded a total of fifteen sides of Honeyboy's music. | |
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Joy Kills Sorrow |
With its bold new brand of acoustic music, Joy Kills Sorrow pushes right through the envelope and out the other side. The Boston-based stringband brings a decidedly modern sensibility to an old-world sound, channeling the prodigious talents of its individual members into elegant arrangements and well-crafted songs. While the group pays due homage to its Bluegrass roots—its name refers to one of the first radio stations to broadcast the music of Bill Monroe—the band truly excels in its rich and textured treatment of more contemporary material. Boasting a full arsenal of original songs, Joy Kills Sorrow plumbs the entire spectrum of its spare instrumentation, effortlessly merging influences as diverse as folk, rock, pop, and jazz. The songs that emerge are dark and often funny, ruminating on modern life and love with eloquence and wit. The result is a radical new strain of folk music, one that bravely breaks with tradition even as it salutes the past. | |
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Frank Vignola's Hot Club |
 In celebration of Django Reinhardt's 100th birthday, guitar virtuoso Frank Vignola, a leading proponent of Reinhardt's gypsy jazz style of playing, has assembled a topnotch quintet for a searing tribute to one of his earliest musical influences.
Only a musician the caliber of Frank Vignola, an accomplished and influential guitarist in his own right, could dare tackle the monumental task of honoring the centennial of the legendary Django Reinhardt. "How versatile is Frank Vignola? He's collaborated with Lionel Hampton and Madonna, covers Mozart and Black Sabbath on the same record, and [was] one of Les Paul's favorite guitarists." - The Boston Globe | |
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Gerry O'Beirne and Rosie Shipley |
 Irish singer/songwriter Gerry O'Beirne and American fiddler Rosie Shipley have been delighting audiences worldwide for over seven years.
A native of Ennis, Co. Clare, Gerry O'Beirne is known for his much-covered original songs, innovative guitar tunings, and prowess on a variety of stringed instruments, including 12-string guitar, National Steel guitar, and ukulele. O'Beirne's recent instrumental album, The Bog Bodies and Other Stories, was hailed as "one of the most perfect acoustic albums I've heard" by NPR's John Diliberto. Rosie Shipley has been playing the fiddle since she was three years old. She learned her first Irish tunes at age eight from master fiddler Brendan Mulvihill in Baltimore, MD. As a teenager, Rosie attended the Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, where she became well versed in Cape Breton-style fiddling. Her recording with singer Lisa Moscatiello was described as "achingly beautiful" by The Washington Times. Together, O'Beirne and Shipley perform traditional music from Ireland and North America as well as O'Beirne's original compositions and songs. Please join us for an evening with a duo that reviewers have called "an unstoppable and potently creative force." | |
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Professor Louie & The Crowmatix |
 Professor "Louie" and The Crowmatix pump out a combination of rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll. They hail from Woodstock and have been recording and touring nationally for the past seven years. Their 2008 CD release "As The Crow Flies" complements their six studio CDs and two live CDs on The Woodstock Records label."Professor Louie's upstate ensemble is an Americana template that jams out timeless rock, country, blues and New Orleans influenced originals." --The Village Voice | |
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Duke Robillard Trio |
 What do Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Jay McShann, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Hammond, the late Jimmy Witherspoon, Dr. John, Maria Muldaur, Roomful of Blues, and the Canadian band The Rockin' Highliners all have in common?
Answer: Duke Robillard. Guitarist, Bandleader, Songwriter, Singer, Producer, Session musician... and a one-man cheering section for the blues, in all its forms and permutations. And every one of those names has shared recording studio space or stage time with a man who is a legend in the blues community. The Blues Music Awards (formerly W.C.Handy Awards) have named Duke Robillard "Best Blues Guitarist" four years out of five (2000,2001,2003,2004) making him the second most honored guitarist for that award! He was also nominated in that category in 2005, 2007 and again this year of 2008. | |
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Roy Book Binder |
 The rambling country blues legend returns to the Hudson Valley for a night of frightfully good music and humor."Roy's one of the Great Ones, unearthly pickin', story tellin' wit... he's an ambassador of the tradition and a legend himself." --Cafe Guide | |
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The Rosendale Cafe®
434 Main St. • PO Box 436 • Rosendale, NY 12472 • 845.658.9048
Hours: 11:00am-10:00pm every day, except Wednesdays 5:00pm-10:00pm