{"id":15559,"date":"2015-04-02T10:09:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=15559"},"modified":"2015-04-02T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:30:29","slug":"on-stage-no-good-sister-sings-it-at-the-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=15559","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: No Good Sister sings it at The Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kennett Square’s Dream Catchers featured in ‘Young Stars at the Queen’<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"no<\/a>On April 3, it\u2019s time for Good Friday at churches all throughout the area. On April 4, it\u2019s time for No Good Sister at a club in Kennett Square.<\/p>\n

The Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is celebrating the Easter Weekend with the area debut of the vocal group No Good Sister on April 4.<\/p>\n

No God Sister is a trio of singers — Meaghan Kyle, Jess McDowell and Maren Sharrow. This weekend, they will be performing with their band — Mike \u201cSlo-Mo\u201d Brenner on lap steel guitar, Hoagy Wing on percussion and Phil D\u2019Agostino on bass.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a female vocal trio with tight three-part harmonies,\u201d said Kyle, during a phone interview Wednesday morning. \u201cAnd, all three of us are lead vocalists. We all write songs and we take turns singing lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cJess and I met up when we were doing back-up vocals for A Fistful of Sugar, which is a big folk collective — a huge band. Jess and I were car mates and roommates when we did a big tour with them in August 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaren was a bartender at one of my favorite haunts — McCrossen\u2019s in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia. When the bar\u2019s manager had a birthday party there, she started singing. I heard her and realized she had a great voice.<\/p>\n

\u201cJess doesn\u2019t have any sisters and Maren and I only have non-musical sisters. We all have wished that we had sisters we could sing harmony with. So, when we got together, we became No Good Sister.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyle knew there was something good in the making so she immediately pursued it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started rehearsing in the fall of 2012,\u201d said Kyle. \u201cWe booked a gig right away to make sure it would happen. We booked the gig before we even had our first rehearsal. It was at a Hurricane Sandy Benefit at Milkboy in Philly. It just started rolling from there. Now, it\u2019s a real thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn January 2013, we played an open mic show at the World Caf\u00e9 Live at the Queen in Wilmington. We didn\u2019t know it was a contest — and we won. They have a contest every month all year and then the 12 winners came back to perform again in January 2014 to determine the winner for the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, we won again. Suddenly, we were on people\u2019s radar. \u201cThis year, WSTW had its annual Homey Awards and we were voted \u2018Best New Artist.\u2019 Part of the prize package for winning the contest at the Queen was a showcase show at the 2014 SXSW and recording time at Studio 825 in Wilmington. We used that time to work on our first EP — a self-titled EP that was released in April 2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

The No Good Sister trio has continued to write and is currently working on its next recorded project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been in the studio but there are no announcements right now,\u201d said Kyle. All three of us write together. We had some musicians that we used for live shows here and there but nothing definite. Then, we came across Mike. He joined us for one show and has been with us ever since.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur live repertoire includes 10 originals and a lot of different covers. We do \u2018She\u2019s Not You\u2019 (an old Elvis hit), \u2018Fallin\u2019,\u2019 which was a hit by Connie Francis and Yazoo\u2019s \u2018Nobody\u2019s Diary.\u2019 We also do some Stones\u2019 songs and some blues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for No Good Sister — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L8tL805CXEg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The No Good Sister show will begin at 8 p.m. with a set by Mike \u201cSlo-Mo\u201d Brenner and Hoagy Wing. Tickets are $16 in advance and $20 day of show. On April 3, The Flash will host The B-Street Band, a Bruce Springsteen tribute band. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $30 in advance and $35 day of show.<\/p>\n

If modern rock is like prime rib and classic rock is like aged beef, then the show on April 3 at the World Caf\u00e9 Live at the Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 302- 994-1400,\u00a0www.queen.worldcafelive.com<\/a>) is like a smorgasbord of milk-fed veal dishes.<\/p>\n

Billed as \u201cYoung Stars at the Queen,\u201d the concert features an array of promising young music acts — solo artists and bands.<\/p>\n

Headlining the show will be Nalani and Sarina — a duo featuring talented twin sisters Nalani and Sarina Bolton. When the nominees were announced for WSTW\u2019s Ninth Annual Hometown Heroes Homey Awards, the twins were included in four categories — Album of the Year (\u201cLessons Learned\u201d), Best New Artist, Best Song (\u201cHung Up\u201d) and Best Live Act.<\/p>\n

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The Dream Catchers.<\/p><\/div>\n

The concert\u2019s line-up also includes the Dream Catchers, a rock quartet from Kennett Square featuring Ryan Dowdall (vocals, guitar), Ben Berdoulay (bass, vocals), Kevin Dowdall (drums, percussion, vocals) and Josh Kearney (guitar, vocals) and Grace Otley, a 15-year-old singer from Hockessin who is the current Miss Delaware Outstanding Teen.<\/p>\n

Other acts on the bill are Alex B., a 15-year-old pop singer from Philadelphia; Benjamin Dalske, an eight-year-old Elvis impersonator; Kyle Kandee; Greg & Olivia; and Image of Issues.<\/p>\n

The show is slated to get underway at 7 p.m. with tickets priced at $10 advance and $20 day of show. The Queen\u2019s Downstairs Stage will also have Splintered Sunlight with Stackabones on April 4.<\/p>\n

The Queen\u2019s Upstairs Stage will present Megan Betley on April 2; Adrien Reju, Elspeth Tremblay and Angela Burns on April 3; and Dorks and Forks, the Honey Badgers and Nathan Gray on April 4.<\/p>\n

A great way to start off this holiday weekend is with a healthy serving of the blues. You can do just that by heading to the Puck (1 Printers Alley, Doylestown, 215-348-9000, www.pucklive.com<\/a>) to catch a show by blues legend Joe Louis Walker on April 3.<\/p>\n

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Blues legend Joe Louis Walker (second from right) and his band.<\/p><\/div>\n

Louis, who grew up in San Francisco, began studying guitar when he was eight. By the time he was 16, he was performing publicly and starting to build a reputation as a top-flight blues artist. Louis turns 66 this December so that means he\u2019s been plying his craft for almost 50 years.<\/p>\n

His parents were both from the South and they brought their love of blues with them when they headed west. Joe\u2019s dad played blues piano, and his mom played B.B. King records. Walker was coming into his own as a guitarist at the same time San Francisco\u2019s music scene was developing into a melting pot of blues, jazz and psychedelic rock.<\/p>\n

As a 16-year-old, Walker was the house guitarist at San Francisco\u2019s famed musical playground, The Matrix, where he played with or opened shows for everyone from Lightnin\u2019 Hopkins to Jimi Hendrix to Thelonious Monk. He was also a regular at The Fillmore West.<\/p>\n

Over the last half-century, Walker not only has found great success playing his music in America, he has become an international ambassador of the blues and has played in venues all over Europe, South America and Asia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting ready to get on a plane to Romania for a blues fest there,\u201d said Walker, during a phone interview a few weeks ago from his home in the Bay Area. \u201cIt\u2019s called the Sighisoara Blues Festival and it\u2019s in Dracula\u2019s hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Walker played the festival in eastern Europe on March 27 and 28, it\u2019s a sure bet that it was his music and not a vampire casting spells on people. The veteran axeman is touring in support of his most recent album \u201cHornet\u2019s Nest,\u201d which was released last year on Alligator Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cut the album in Nashville with Tom Hambridge as the producer,\u201d said Walker, who was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2013. \u201cI worked with him on my previous album \u2018Hellfire.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSome songs were new. Some were just written by me by myself and some were collaborations with Tom. We write pretty well together at times. And, some of the songs were older and had been incubating for awhile.<\/p>\n

\u201cTom is really great working with guitarists. He\u2019s also a great drummer and a good singer. We both do things outside the box.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHornet\u2019s Nest\u201d includes12 songs — nine of which are new originals. Billed as a \u201ccontemporary blues tour-de-force,\u201d its music ranges from hard-rocking electric blues to cool Memphis funk to R&B rave-ups to Sunday morning gospel.<\/p>\n

In addition to Walker on guitar and vocals, the album features Hambridge on drums, Reese Wynans on organ and piano, Rob McNelley on guitar and Tommy MacDonald on bass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted the record to be a fun record — for people to have fun and enjoy it,\u201d said Walker, who has released more than 20 albums in the last 30 years. \u201cBlues is \u2018feel good\u2019 music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the music scene the way it is now, blues has sort of morphed. You have all these jam bands and classic rock bands playing blues songs. In essence, it\u2019s not really the blues. It\u2019s hard for musicians like that to make it believable about being broke or sleeping in cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walker definitely understands — and represents — the real essence of the music genre known as the blues.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlues is like the comfort of an old friend,\u201d said Walker. \u201cIt\u2019s a rite of passage. If you find yourself in a room with a lot of guitar players of all styles, when they want to play something together, it will be a blues song first and then a Chuck Berry rock-and-roll song second.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the shows I\u2019m doing now, we play about 60 per cent of the new album. And, we also do a lot of old favorites.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Joe Louis Walker — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5o1n4we4Jr4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Showtime for Walker\u2019s concert at the Puck is 8 p.m. on April 3with tickets priced at $20 in advance and $25 day of show.<\/p>\n

Other shows this week at the Puck are Rootology with Mark Schultz and The Wayne Rangers on April 4 and Lawnboys Comedy Open Mic on April 7.<\/p>\n

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Allison Shapira and Kipyn Martin of \u201cJoan & Joni\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

When Allison Shapira and Kipyn Martin perform their \u201cJoan & Joni\u201d show on April 5 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>), the show will probably include a bit of praying — and maybe even some candle-lighting — along with the music.<\/p>\n

The singers\u2019 \u201cJoan & Joni\u201d concert is an homage to the music of 60s music legends Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Earlier this week, Mitchell had a health-related incident.<\/p>\n

According to Mitchell\u2019s website, she was found unconscious in her home and regained consciousness on the ambulance ride to an L.A. area hospital on March 31. She is currently in intensive care undergoing tests and is awake and in good spirits.<\/p>\n

In \u201cJoan & Joni,\u201d Shapira and Martin, two singers from the Washington, D.C. area, perform many of \u00a0Baez and Mitchell\u2019s well-known songs, as well as a few of their lesser-known ones. They will also demonstrate the legends\u2019 impact on their own songwriting and performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all started about a year-and-a-half ago when we were attending the NERFA (Northeast Regional Folk Alliance) conference,\u201d said Shapira, during a phone interview last week. \u201cWe met on a message board. On the seven-hour drives up and back, we found that we both had similar backgrounds — classical training and working in the folk music field. On the drive back, we thought of \u2018Joan & Joni.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin said, \u201cWe thought of it as a celebration of these women — not just about them but also about the influence they had on today\u2019s artists. We also play a couple of our own tunes. I try to show how Joni influenced my music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ironically, both majored in classical music in college before gravitating to folk music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a B.A. in music composition at Shepherd University,\u201d said Martin. \u201cI was singing Debussy and Mozart. All my study in college was classical — except the last semester.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was when I told my professor that I wanted to do an Americana album. I had been writing songs all along so I tried to merge classical and folk. After I had studied long enough, I knew enough rules to break them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shapira said, \u201cI studied vocal performance at Boston University. I did not figure out I wanted to be in the folk scene until late in college. After that, I lost my passion for opera. I didn\u2019t sing for 10 years. Then, I missed performing — but not opera. I went to open mics to sing Baez songs.\u00a0 I borrowed a guitar, took lessons and then taught myself how to play. Then, things clicked.\u201d<\/p>\n

The catalyst for both their careers was their trip together to New England and the reactive elements were Mitchell\u2019s music and Baez\u2019 music.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our shows, we alternate between Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell songs,\u201d said Shapira. \u201cAnd, we collaborate on some songs. Both of us sing \u2018The Circle Game\u2019 together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin said, \u201cWe got the domain name for \u2018Joan & Joni\u2019 last year and started our first rehearsals about six months later. We made our debut in January 2015 in the D.C. area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shapira said, \u201cKipyn and I are performing the songs in our own way. We didn\u2019t want to be just a tribute act. We are not Joan Baez or Joni Mitchell. We sing their music in our own way and, with the introduction of our own music, we show the effects of Joan and Joni.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for \u201cJoan & Joni\u201d — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Eh_54QO6kcs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show on April 5 will start at 7:30 pm. with tickets priced at $25 and $35. Also on the bill, A.J. Swearingen and Jayne Kelli will be performing \u201cThe Music of Simon & Garfunkel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other shows over the next week at the Sellersville Theater are The Elders and Fake Mackenzie on April 2, Nu-Blu and Barleywine on April 3, Linda Eder on April 4, and Yarn and Marc Silver on April 8.<\/p>\n

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Big Search<\/p><\/div>\n

On April 7, MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 215- 925-6455, www.milkboyphilly.com<\/a>) will feature the area debut of Big Search on a twin-bill that also features Brazilian singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante. Big Search is the ever-present alter ego of Matt Popieluch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s basically me and whatever musicians I have playing with me,\u201d said Popieluch, during a phone interview last week from his home in Los Angeles. \u201cIt\u2019s just whatever comes out of my brain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe musicians change depending on what I need and who\u2019s available. On this tour, I\u2019m opening for Rodrigo and we\u2019re going to share some musicians. I\u2019ll do the first half of my set solo and the second half with some of the guys from Rodrigo\u2019s band.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met Rodrigo through a friend of mine who plays drums for him. I was playing with Sky Ferreira at the time. We played at the same festival in Barcelona and later on the same bill for a show in Portugal. For these shows, I\u2019ll be playing acoustic 12-string with at least bass and electric guitar — and hopefully drums.\u201d<\/p>\n

Popieluch spent his early years in Connecticut and then Hong Kong before ending up back in California.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad worked for Bank of America so that\u2019s why we moved where we did,\u201d said Popieluch. \u201cI started playing music when I was in Hong Kong. I went to high school in Danville (California) and then majored in urban studies at San Francisco State. I\u2019ve been doing music professionally ever since I got out of college.\u201d<\/p>\n

After over a decade of making music in various bands (The Cave-Ins 1999-2003, Foreign Born 2003-2010, Dream Legal 2012-present) and guesting in bands such as Fool\u2019s Gold, Glasser, Cass McCombs, Taken By Trees and Sky Ferreira, Popieluch has been steadily making his own music.<\/p>\n

As Big Search, he has released the \u201cLay of the Land\u201d LP (2010), \u201cMiddle Man\/Getting Warm\u201d seven-inch (2011), \u201cDistant Shore\/Lost Coming Down\u201d seven-inch (2012), and the \u201cRole Reversal\u201d LP (2014).<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s kinda been a few other Big Search albums — but extremely under the radar,\u201d said Popieluch. \u201cThe last album \u2018Role Reversal\u2019 was a digital-only release but I will have CDs of it available for purchase at the shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album before that was \u2018Lay of the Land.\u2019 I\u2019ve also made a new album that\u2019s not out yet. It\u2019s all done — all wrapped up — but I\u2019m still looking for a label. I\u2019m already playing songs that are newer than that. But, I still go back and do older stuff, including my single \u2018Distant Shore.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe name Big Search came from a song I wrote back when I was in college. A friend started calling me Big Search and it stuck. I\u2019ve been using that name for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Big Search — https:\/\/vimeo.com\/119207117<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at MilkBoy Philly on April 7 will get underway at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 and $15.<\/p>\n

On April 2, the Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/a>) will host what it bills as \u201cThe Finest Open Mic in the Galaxy.\u201d The evening, which will be hosted by Joe Pasternack, is slated to run from 7-11 p.m. Sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The show on April 3 will feature Prima Donna along with Sierra Kameron & Patty McCabe. General Admission is $12 in advance and $15 day of show. The concert at Chaplin\u2019s on April 4 features Jim Boggia. General Admission is $16 advance and $18 day of show. The music starts at 8 p.m. and the doors open for dinner by 7 p.m. both nights.<\/p>\n

On April 2, Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/a>) will host an \u201cOpen Bluegrass Jam.\u201d On April 3, the club will present 9 5ive 4our featuring Christine Havrilla, Gretchen Schultz and Christine Moll. Peter Wisner will perform at Chaplin\u2019s on April 4.<\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will have Dumpstaphunk and Aqueous on April 2, Box of Rain on April 3, and Vilebred, John Galla Band, Alec Stewart and Chelsea Sue Allen on April 4.<\/p>\n

Burlap & Bean Coffeehouse (204 South Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, 484-427-4547,\u00a0www.burlapandbean.com<\/a>) will present Seth Glier with Joy Ike on April 2.<\/p>\n

Melodies Caf\u00e9 (2 East Ardmore Avenue, Ardmore, 610-645-5269, www.melodiescafe.com<\/a>) will host Nathan Earl & Rachel Joy, Jeremiah Tall, Former Belle and Elisha Kane on April 3, Ryan Cohen and Jeni Englund on April 4, and Dave Patten and West Chester\u2019s Eloise Sharkey on April 8.<\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents \u201cJesus Christ Superstar\u201d form August 2-4 and hosts David Sedaris on April 8.<\/p>\n

The Candlelight Theater (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313,\u00a0www.nctstage.org<\/a>) is presenting \u201cHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.\u201d The show won seven Tony Awards, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.<\/p>\n

The musical is a comedic story that was also a hit film. A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, it follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch up the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive. Tickets, which include a tasty buffet dinner, are $59 for adults and $33 for children (ages 4-12).<\/p>\n

Rainbow\u2019s Comedy Playhouse (3065 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, 800-292-4301, http:\/\/rainbowcomedy.com<\/a>) is presenting \u201cThe Hallelujah Girls\u201d now through May 23. Matinee performances are every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and selected Saturdays with an 11:30 a.m. lunch and a 1 p.m. curtain.<\/p>\n

Evening performances are every Friday, Saturday and selected Thursdays with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the show following at 8 p.m. There will also be \u201cTwilight Performances\u201d on selected Sundays with dinner at 2:30 p.m. and the show at 4 p.m. Ticket prices range from $30-$55.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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