Harris Brothers Brass Band 2/3!

Thanks to everyone who came out for St. Anyway - man did we have a crazy awesome time!

Bring your dancing shoes again this week for the Harris Brothers Brass Band! Whether you're circle dancing or just rockin out in the middle to their fantastic gypsy Balkan grooves, you'll have an awesome time.

The Harris Brothers' Band plays Balkan Music heavily influenced by the Roma (Gypsy) style brass bands of South-eastern Europe: Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Northern Greece. The band's lean, mobile style recreates the authentic, intimate experience of dancing to roving Roma musicians. The Harris Brothers, Laine and Drew, have their roots in numerous bands throughout the region, including Zlatne Uste, Gypsy Cab, Zurli Drustvo, Bez Granica, and the Subteraneans. Both have traveled and played music throughout the Balkans and performed at the Dragachevo Brass Festival in Gucha, Serbia. Helen Marx, percussion, also plays in the band Druzina.

Get your brass to BAR on Wednesday and dance it up...

Saint Anyway 1/27/10

This Wednesday at BAR - acoustic duo Saint Anyway!

St. Anyway is Tony Petersen and Jamie Kallestad, an acoustic duo hailing from Duluth, Minnesota, with roots in folk, bluegrass and rock n’ roll. Petersen and Kallestad have been heavily influenced both by Duluth’s burgeoning alternative music scene and the resurgence of traditional music styles in the region. The songs of St. Anyway cover a wide spectrum—from lilting acoustic ballads to rowdy bluegrass banjo shakedowns and innovative alt-country creations. A dual songwriting force, Petersen and Kallestad conjure visions of the city with wry observation and evocative imagery. Their songs can punch out a powerful message or wind with insinuating melody down the back roads of a clever narrative. Between original songs, expect to hear rejuvenated folk and blue-grass covers as well as stand-out banjofied versions of rock classics. Apart from the inescapable folk-rock legacy of Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan, the pair also cite Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Ryan Adams as major musical influences. In addition, Petersen and Kallestad claim to draw inspiration from other Minnesota homegrown acts—The Replacements, Trampled by Turtles, and Charlie Parr.

Show starts at 10pm!

21+

Novice Theory w/ Jive Grave 1/20/10

Great show last Wednesday! Thanks to everyone for coming out; we hope to see you again this Wednesday for Novice Theory w/ Jive Grave!

"strongly narrative songs and evocative performances”

- The New Yorker

Novice Theory is the brainchild of Brooklyn multi instrumentalist and composer Geo Wyeth. The project has evolved from solo performance to a full band of brooding, thwacking musicians with hot chops that slice like a samarai steak knife. With roots in prog rock, jazz and performance art, Novice Theory has been bungling the masses as such NYC venues as Joe's Pub, Galapagos Art Space, Ars Nova, Zipper Factory, Rockwood Music Hall and other downtowny Brooklynish spots. Wyeth uses his own lens to communicate conflict in music and narrative, intertwining anti nostalgic Americana story songs about legacy and destruction with loose and fierce horn arrangements and percussive piano playing. He is currently resident composer at Ars Nova Theater, where he is slaying the dragons and writing a song cycle about a collective funeral for a group of activists, celebrities, and fictional characters, and the magical and hilarious displacement of death on the internet, to be produced in Spring 2010. You can find Novice Theory's latest EP "Ordinary Death" for sale on iTunes.

current players are:

geo wyeth - vocals, piano, accordion, guitar, percussion

brain newman - trumpet

timothy johnson - flute

tina richerson - baritone sax

daniel arnow - bass

keith parker - drums

Don't miss these guys, up from Brooklyn just for us! Show starts at 10pm in the back room.

Tim Palmieri will be getting things started in the front room at 9:30 and playing all night.

So you'll have two rooms of music, festival style! Grab a beer and hang out for some pool to Tim's solo acoustic sounds, or lounge in the back room cushion seating area while you ponder the evocative lyrics of Novice Theory - or dance it up!

$2 drink specials til 11pm, $3 Jäger shots all nite!

No cover charge - Free show!

This week Great Caesar with Jamestown

Great Caesar is a 7-piece rock sensation complete with keyboards and horn section. These local boys are a force to be reckoned with and we are lucky to have them all together for our inaugural Wednesday concert night! Show starts at 10pm!

Check them out at www.greatcaesarband.com/ where you'll find links to their MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and more.

The show is FREE and will be in the back room at BAR. 21+ to enter.

click here to RSVP on Facebook

opening for Great Caesar will be:

JAMESTOWN the First Town in America, a rocking jam band featuring:

Mark Sonnenblick, Raphael Shapiro, Will Moritz, Will Hutchison, and Andrew Everett.

visit their Facebook page!

for booking inquiries email: psychout.productions@gmail.com

Wednesday Live Music Series

psych-out productions

presents a new Wednesday night music series at BAR

Starting January 13th, BAR will host a new Wednesday night live music series featuring an eclectic mix of performers from New Haven to Brooklyn and everywhere in between. Follow us on Twitter or fan us on Facebook for updates on all things BAR. Full band schedule and performer info will always be posted here on our 'BAR presents' blog.

We've got everything from gypsy funk brass bands to cello rock orchestra to bluegrass to local original rock and electronic, so don't miss a beat.

If you'd like to be part of the BAR presents music series,

email psychout.productions@gmail.com for booking info.