{"id":28678,"date":"2018-06-02T08:58:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T12:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=28678"},"modified":"2018-06-02T08:58:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T12:58:34","slug":"on-stage-a-weekend-of-special-local-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=28678","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: A weekend of special local shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff,<\/strong> Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nels Cline<\/p><\/div>\n

There are some special shows taking place at area venues this weekend \u2013 one of rock\u2019s most respected guitarists with a show offering love to Philly, a sensitive singer-songwriter from Chester County, a Grateful Dead\/Phish tribute band with Dead After-Show Party, an experimental alternative pop band from Brooklyn with its own niche and a popular indie rock band from Texas.<\/p>\n

Nels Cline is a guitarist and composer with a very diverse resume. He has been the guitarist for the band Wilco since 2004 after first getting noticed in the jazz world. He also has performed with punk bands and alternative rock groups.\u00a0 In 2011, Cline was named the 82nd greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Cline released his critically-acclaimed \u201cLovers\u201d album on Blue Note Records.<\/p>\n

According to a note written by Cline when the album dropped, \u201cI have been dreaming about, planning, and re-working my rather obsessive idea of this record for well over twenty-five years, and it was always going to be called \u201cLovers.\u201d It is meant to be as personal in its sound and in its song selection as it is universal in its endeavor to assay or map the parameters of \u201cmood\u201d as it once pertained, and currently pertains, to the peculiar and powerful connection between sound\/song and intimacy\/romance. In this, I hope \u201cLovers\u201d offers something of an update of the \u201cmood music\u201d idea and ideal, while celebrating and challenging our iconic notion of romance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLovers,\u201d which was an 18-song double album, was never meant to be a record that was toured a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve only done seven performances of \u2018Lovers\u2019 since it came out,\u201d said Cline, during a phone interview Thursday from his home in Brooklyn. \u201cIt\u2019s a very bloated and expensive thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

On June 2, Cline in conjunction with Ars Nova Workshop, will present a very special performance at Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, 215-232-2100, www.utphilly.com<\/a>) — Nels Cline\u2019s \u201cLovers (for Philadelphia).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLovers (for Philadelphia)\u201d has been\u00a0created specifically for and inspired by Philadelphia. It is a one-off performance focusing on a Philly vibe that has been fueled by the efforts of Mark Christman, who is the Artistic Director and Curator of Ars Nova Workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all Mark\u2019s idea,\u201d said Cline. \u201cHe had an idea about how he liked \u2018Lovers\u2019 and thought what if I did new song covers that fit into the concept of \u201cLovers\u2019 and have all the material based on Philadelphia-associated, Philadelphia-based love songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, I didn\u2019t want to do it. He said we could get this grant. He told me \u2013 I\u2019ll bring you to Philly and introduce you to the city. He also sent me a list Philly of artists and it was a lot larger than I expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I looked at the list, I thought I could come up with something. There were 40-50 artists from all genres \u2013 not just jazz. I like the idea of involving artists that are less-known \u2013 like the film composer Sol Kaplan or composer\/drummer Paul Motian.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, Cline assembled an 18-piece ensemble and began work.
\n\u201cIt was a mind-expanding and challenging project,\u201d said Cline, who will also be doing shows this summer with Nels Cline & Scott Amendola Are Stretch Woven and the Nels Cline 4.<\/p>\n

The line-up of musicians for Nels Cline\u2019s \u201cLovers (for Philadelphia)\u201d includes: Nels Cline, guitars; Michael Leonhart, conductor + trumpet + flugelhorn; Charles Pillow, flutes + oboe + English horn + alto saxophone; JD Parran, flutes + baritone saxophone; Ben Goldberg, contra-alto + Bb clarinets; Jasper Dutz, bass + Bb clarinets; Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon; Amir ElSaffar, trumpet; Ravi Best, trumpet; Alan Ferber, trombone; Will Shore, vibes + marimba + percussion; Stacey Shames, harp; Yuka C. Honda, keyboard; Nick Millevoi, guitars; Carla Kihlstedt, violin; Erik Friedlander, cello; Devin Hoff, bass; and Alex Cline, drums + percussion.<\/p>\n

Research trips have led Cline on an inspiring journey,\u00a0through uniquely Philadelphian moments, artifacts, and sites — Jimmy Smith\u2019s\u00a0organ;\u00a0Paul Motian\u2019s childhood home; the beginning of Dizzy Gillespie\u2019s career\u00a0and end of Lee Morgan\u2019s; the continuing home of the Sun Ra Arkestra — and into\u00a0the memories housed in uniquely Philadelphia institutions such as the Sigma Sound\u00a0archives, the Blockson Collection, the Free\u00a0Library\u2019s orchestral music\u00a0holdings, and the Curtis Institute archives.<\/p>\n

What has emerged is an autobiographical \u201csecond\u00a0book\u201d of \u201cLovers\u201d material,\u00a0performed one night only, and featuring interpretations\u00a0of material composed and\/or performed by McCoy Tyner, Benny Golson, Paul\u00a0Motian, Eddie Lang, Sol Kaplan, Ethel Waters, The Delfonics, Brenda & The\u00a0Tabulations, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has taken a lot of effort by our musical director Michael Leonhart, who is conductor, arranger and trumpet player,\u201d said Cline. \u201cWe rehearse Friday in Brooklyn and then take a tour bus to Philadelphia. We\u2019ll play most of the \u2018Lovers\u2019 album and some new Philly-based material.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Nels Cline\u2019s \u201cLovers\u201d — https:\/\/youtu.be\/xDHVGzKSOSA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Union Transfer will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $35.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Union Transfer are Japanese Breakfast on June 3 and Dance Gavin Dance on June 6.<\/p>\n

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Lisa Jeannette<\/p><\/div>\n

Lisa Jeannette, an aspiring singer-songwriter who now calls West Chester home, will be performing on June 2 at The Craft House, 300 North Bailey Road, Thorndale, www.thorndalecrafthouse.com<\/a>, 484-786-9008).<\/p>\n

Jeannette is performing in support of her debut album \u201cChasing Happy,\u201d a self-released album that was recorded in her home studio in West Chester with her husband Rich DeAngelis, who is an electronics engineer and a recording producer.<\/p>\n

Her music career can be traced back to her days at Little Flower High School in Philadelphia. Her high school orchestra instrument, the double bass, led her to Temple University, where she studied with Henry Scott, bassist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Jeannette earned a Bachelor of Music in Performance and currently plays double bass with Main Line Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a singer-songwriter, I\u2019m playing all original material,\u201d said Jeannette. \u201cI play guitar and keyboards in my show \u2013 and I write on both.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore I got married, I lived in Lansdowne and Rich lived in West Chester. When we go married and I moved to West Chester, he had a Baby Grand piano in the house. So, I started writing again. I wrote all the songs on piano \u2013 except \u2018Marie Laur\u00e9.\u2019 Now, I\u2019m also writing on guitar again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the album at our house. The studio is digital \u2013 and a little bit old school. It took two years to make the album. I semi-released it in October 2107 with a release party. But, I haven\u2019t released it to DJs yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeannette explained her songwriting process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe song starts with an emotion,\u201d said Jeannette. \u201cThen, it all comes out at once \u2013 the melody and the rest. I usually write a song in an hour and then I\u2019m done. I wrote about one song a month.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy song \u2018Marie Laur\u00e9\u2019 is based on the main character of the book \u201cAll the Light We Cannot See.\u2019 The song \u2018I\u2019m Rita\u2019 is about Rita Hayworth. My next CD, which I\u2019m working on now, is called \u2018Time of the Clock.\u201d The songs are all about the passage of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeannette will also be performing on June 22 at the Philadelphia Area Songwriters Alliance (PASA) Showcase <\/a>at the Malelani Cafe, which is located at 6734 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Video link for Lisa Jeannette — https:\/\/youtu.be\/9oSaF2hCA7I<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Craft House will run from 7-10 p.m. Admission is free.<\/p>\n

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DeadPhish Orchestra<\/p><\/div>\n

It doesn\u2019t take too much brainpower to figure out that a band named the DeadPhish Orchestra is a tribute band dedicated to the music of the Grateful Dead and Phish.<\/p>\n

On June 2, the DeadPhish Orchestra will be playing a Dead & Company After Party Show at MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 215- 925-6455, www.milkboyphilly.com<\/a>) at 11:30 p.m. Earlier in the evening, Dead & Company will be performing in Camden, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The Deadphish Orchestra is a quartet of Colorado musicians who, above all, are close friends who have played music together for many years. The foursome — Chris Sheldon – Drums\/Vocals; Paul Murin – Guitar\/Vocals; Brian Adams – Bass\/Vocals; Ted Tilton – Keyboards\/Vocals — had played Grateful Dead music together, and they had played Phish music together.<\/p>\n

They got to wondering what would happen if they tried to merge the music of these two bands. The result is a show that is a seamless web of Phish and Dead music.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe band has been doing this with these guys for nine years,\u201d said Murin, during a phone interview Friday afternoon as the band sat in a traffic jam in New York City on its way to a gig at the Brooklyn Bowl.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve known each other even longer than that. We all knew each other from the music scene around Boulder and Denver. We\u2019re all Midwest boys that relocated to Colorado. I\u2019m from the Chicago area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe initially played in Phix \u2013 a Phish cover band \u2013 in the 2000s when Phish wasn\u2019t active. After Phish came back, we knew all the Phish material and decided to throw in Dead material.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, when we play as the DeadPhish Orchestra, we plan our set list in advance. We\u2019ll play a Dead song and then a Phish song \u2013 sometimes with integrated segues. Occasionally, there will be parts of one band\u2019s song in the other band\u2019s song that happens during an improv. We do mix it up like that sometimes. But, we don\u2019t do any originals.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the DeadPhish Orchestra no CDs of its own, it does have a number of live audio and video recordings available on its website \u2013 perfect for members of the jam band scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pretty much fixed on the jam band genre,\u201d said Murin. \u201cIn our repertoire, we have about 300 tunes between the two bands. We\u2019re a four-piece band so it lends itself to do Phish-type arrangements with this line-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe usually do a three-hour show with a set break depending on the venue schedule. There might be more Dead songs than Phish songs just because the Dead were around a longer time. People love Dead music almost at a religious level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for the DeadPhish Orchestra — https:\/\/youtu.be\/daWR7_7jev4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at MilkBoy Philadelphia will start at 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.<\/p>\n

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The Dreebs<\/p><\/div>\n

On June 2, The Dreebs will headline a show at The Sound Hole (43rd Street and Osage Avenue, Philadelphia, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SoundHolePhilly<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Dreebs — Adam Markiewicz (Vocals, Violin), Jordan Bernstein (Prepared Guitar) and Shannon Sigley (Drums) — are a NYC experimental rock trio that formed in 2009. The group quickly became a staple of Brooklyn\u2019s experimental music community alongside contemporaries like Guerilla Toss, Guardian Alien, Cloud Becomes Your Hand and Sediment Club.<\/p>\n

After releasing\u00a0a few tapes and two full-lengths, the group went on hiatus in 2014. The members all remained active in the psych-sludge group\u00a0PC Worship and PCPC (PC Worships collaboration with Parquet Courts).<\/p>\n

The band has been around nine years and has already managed to do what it takes most bands 20-25 years to do \u2013 form a musical unit with friends, release a debut album, tour, release a sophomore album, tour some more, go on a hiatus for a few years, get back together, release a new album and tour in support of that album.<\/p>\n

Those last two stages are happening now.<\/p>\n

The concert at The Sound Hole is the \u201cPhiladelphia Release Show\u201d for The Dreebs\u2019 new album \u201cForest Of A Crew,\u201d which was released June 1 via Ramp Local.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe record that was released today was our first new record in five years,\u201d said Markiewicz, during a phone interview Friday afternoon from his home in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were on hiatus and didn\u2019t play from 2014-2016. We were doing other stuff in other bands. A lot revolved around PC Worship. That\u2019s the crew that\u2019s in the family band. We all shared a house together for years \u2013 The Wallet.<\/p>\n

\u201cTons of bands have lived at The Wallet. All three of us have lived there. I still live there. It\u2019s a commercial space that was converted out of an old warehouse. Now, it has a performance space, living quarters and a studio space.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Forest Of A Crew\u2019 is our fifth release. We\u2019ve had a cassette, two previous full-lengths and a one-sided LP with four songs in a Gothic vein. We recorded \u2018Forest Of A Crew\u2019 last year in the winter. We did it at our practice space and I did all the vocals at home at The Wallet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new disc was not totally a DIY project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had Kellzo produce the album,\u201d said Markiewicz. \u201cHe\u2019s a good buddy of ours. He lived in Philly and then moved to New York. He\u2019s part of the crew.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also played a major role on the sound of the new album.<\/p>\n

\u201cKellzo was able to get a really clean, nice-sounding album,\u201d said Markiewicz. \u201cEarly Dreebs records were recorded live and there was a roughness to them. This time, the songs are more based in sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe took direct signals from the instruments and re-recorded them through amps later. It\u2019s been a challenge over the years to get a clean sound from the guitar \u2013 but he did it. We didn\u2019t record live this time. It was all over-dubbed separately \u2013 an attempt to touch it up a lot more. Also, in the past, lyrics weren\u2019t that much a part of the picture. On this record, we tried to write words to unify it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor our live shows now, we\u2019re not playing much from the catalogue. It\u2019s pretty much just the new stuff. Keeping it as fresh as possible is the key to the vitality of the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for The Dreebs \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/yh08uhz2MJg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at The Sound Hole, which also features Taiwan Housing Project and Bambara, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Unlikely Candidates<\/p><\/div>\n

On June 3, Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528, www.bootandsaddlephilly.com<\/a>) will host a show by The\u00a0Unlikely Candidates \u2013 a quintet from Texas that has been described as \u201cthe band that brings grit to alternative pop.\u201d
\nThe Unlikely Candidates \u2013 Kyle Morris – Lead Vocals; Cole Male \u2013 Guitar; Brenton Carney – Lead Guitar; Kevin Goddard – Drums; Jared Hornbeek – Bass Guitar — are an indie rock band from Fort Worth, Texas. The Unlikely Candidates formed in 2008. To date, the band has released three EPs \u2013 \u201cFollow My Feet\u201d in 2013, \u201cBed of Liars,\u201d in 2017 and \u201cDanger To Myself\u201d in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the band members except me are from the Dallas area,\u201d said Hornbeek, during a phone interview Thursday afternoon from Boston \u2013 the day before the tour started.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m from Long Beach, California. I flew out and joined the band five years ago. We have the same management. The guys came out to L.A. to record five years ago and we got to be friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cKyle and Cole started as an acoustic duo 10 years ago. About eight years ago, they picked up Kevin for drums. Then, they went through adding guitar and bass. The current line-up has been together five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe currently have three EPs. The first EP, Kevin and Cole wrote it on acoustic guitars then they got it produced out. Over the years, we started working with different producers and programming as a band. We keep moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

A full-length album seems to be a carrot on a string always dangling in front of them \u2013 just out of reach.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always working for a full-length,\u201d said Hornbeek. \u201cThe last two EPs were supposed to be a full-length but it got cut in half. With Spotify, all the playlists want new songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Unlikely Candidates boast a total of more than 18 million combined streams on Spotify. Their latest single, \u201cOh My Dear Lord,\u201d was recently released and is featured on the top rock Spotify playlists, Digging Now, New Noise, and The Scene and is currently one of the Top 50 songs at Alternative Radio. The band also co-wrote and is featured on the Dirty Heads\u2019 new song titled \u201cCelebrate,\u201d which is currently #12 at Alternative Radio. The Unlikely Candidates also recently performed the song with The Dirty Heads on Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/p>\n

\u201cWith our songwriting, we all write individually and throw songs at Kyle,\u201d said Hornbeek. \u201cKyle has also been working with different producers. We have a ton of back catalogue \u2013hundreds of songs and it keeps building. We hope to have an album done by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this tour, we\u2019re co-headlining with Brick + Mortar so we do about a 60-minute set. We try to tap into a little from each EP and also play some unreleased songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for the Unlikely Candidates \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/F8RMTP8aOmQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Boot & Saddle, which also features Brick + Mortar and Daddylap, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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