Marcelo Puig was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He began studying classical guitar at age eleven. Marcelo has performed and recorded with rock bands and numerous international artists. He draws his guitar style from a wide range of popular musical influences, including jazz, tango, Latin American folklore and Brazilian rock.
Sunday August 15th
SeaweedSway Showcase and the Songbird Festival Present:
ENAMORED (HARRISON & PAULIE ANN)
MAGIC LEAVES
THE BEARS (formerly Black Bear)
and CASUAL FOG
at the Make-Out Room
3225 22nd St. in San Francisco
Enamored (Paulie Ann, Harrison, & a friend)
Tickets: $7 at the door
Venue: http://makeoutroom.com
RSVP on facebook: http://bit.ly/seaweedswayaugust15
Time: 7pm doors / 8pm sharp showtime
Hello, it’s time for another SeaweedSway showcase, in collaboration with the Songbird Festival! This time, we have2 Nevada City bands opening ~ The Bears & Casual Fog… Magic Leaves hailing from Marin… and Enamored, a new collaboration with Harrison & Paulie Ann, both current SF’ers. I haven’t heard this collaboration yet live buthave heard such rave reviews, 3 people whose music taste I greatly respect have said that Harrison’s music is their new favorite … There are rumors of showtunes, and someone else said Harrison is like the reincarnated Jeff Buckley. For those who don’t know Harrison, he’s a native San Franciscan who can be found trainhopping, always wearing something gold, joining in on friends’ bands when the moment allows, including singing a song or two withJolie Holland long ago. He’s a wanderer but knows his home well, and will be putting on a memorable show this Sunday, possibly in front of a tableau that he is building?? Who really knows, but please do not miss it!!!
HEAR & LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BANDS:
*ENAMORED (Harrison & Paulie Ann)*
Harrison and Paulie Anne (Enamored) were two lost vagrant darlings singing songs separated from one another. Somehow, their songs reached across distant lands and were transmitted in familiar abandoned caverns, aphotic tunnels, freight trains, and magical mississippi circus ships to eventually be sewn together with golden thread to create this newfangled ensemble. Only recently have they started sharing their tender hearts with the new world. With haunting soaring vocals derived in the melancholy and tragic these songs will lull you into a dream. Between the moments of their sometimes dolorous opus they bring moments of glee and wild storytelling exposing glimpses of their magical lives.
Enamored is a newer underground collaboration which means they have no Myspace, Facebook, or Twitter!! But they are SO good that you’ll be glad you got to see them even before they’ve acquired an internet presence. 🙂
*MAGIC LEAVES*
Magic Leaves are an ever changing project fronted by Texas transplant Joshua Bruner who seems to find deep comfort in switching up genres from album to album and show to show. Psychedelia is the thread which loosely holds this always changing vibe together.
*THE BEARS (formerly Black Bear)*
“the bears began in 2000 and have been evolving ever since… we are inspired by the woods, the ocean, fire, natural disasters, plants & animals quietly taking over the world…” -thaddeus stoener
http://myspace.com/thebears
*CASUAL FOG*
“Casual Fog is the name chosen to present my songs. Through various configurations, and different group line-ups, different possibilites for arrangement, dynamics and interpretaion of the ideas in this music can happen. Feeling personally influenced by different types of music, and musicians, I always like exploring new possibilites for what music can be, and how any song can have many identities.” – Ryan Donnelly
http://myspace.com/casualfog
(SONGBIRD FESTIVAL)
The festival is a collaboration of diverse local talent celebrating their original unique expressions as well as honoring the famous songbirds of the past. The festival has featured artists performing Blues, Soul, Americana, Punk, Balkan, and beyond! The festival has also included tributes to Buffy Sainte-Marie, Patsy Cline, Nina Simone, Julie London, Joni Mitchell & Bessie Smith.
http://www.songbirdfestival.org
(SEAWEEDSWAY)
SeaweedSway is an evolving project to encourage, cultivate, & support community through music, movement, yoga, & nature events. SeaweedSway started as a list of recommended events in the Bay Area and continues to be that, but now also presents music shows & events featuring musicians and artists who share similar creative intentions.
http://facebook.com/seaweedsway
http://seaweedsway.blogspot.com
http://myspace.com/seaweedsway Tweets by seaweedsway
Thanks for supporting local music & hope to see you at the show!! ~Jessie
ELIZA RICKMAN is a singer, songwriter and pianist living and performing in California. Her unique and haunting sound combines the lilting sweetness of popular vocalists like Feist or Annie Clark with the gritty sensibilities of PJ Harvey and the playfulness of Kurt Weill. Shortly before graduating college, Eliza began composing her own material, utilizing her talent for arranging string quartets and piano. When she began performing at Los Angeles venues, she purchased a toy piano out of necessity. The compact, antique, two-octave piano quickly became her trademark accompaniment. Its piercingly nostalgic sound created a lyrical dissonance with her deceptively powerful voice. The raven-haired, porcelain-skinned songstress serenades listeners into an unexpected vulnerability while leading them on a quest for love by a little girl lost.
Songbird Festival Performances:
Venue:
Amnesia
853 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Early Show 6-8:30 p.m., $8-10 Cover
Eliza Rickman
Lily Taylor
Sara Payan
Monday – August 16, 2010
Kate Gibson and Songbird Festival Presents
Performance Installation, Indie, Soul and Jazz
Venue:
Viracocha
Show at 7 p.m., $8 donation
Kate Gibson
Eliza Rickman
Pocket Full of Rye
Afi Ayanna and The Forevermores
Venue:
Blue Macaw
2565 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110-2511
Show at 8p.m., $8-10 Cover before 10 p.m. $12-15 after
Diana Gameros
Lua Cheia
Miss SF Carnival 2010 Carmen Carrasco-Arevalo
Boca do Rio Brazillian Dance Band
Print out this post and bring it to one of the shows this week for a chance to win 2 tickets to the Loop!Station show at The Blue Macaw on 8/20. – Winner will be notified 8/14 via facebook.
Wednesday Show
Amnesia
853 Valencia Street
Free Show 8-10 p.m.
Regina Pontillo with Gaucho
Gaucho, a gypsy jazz sextet, was formed in 2002. The lineup consists of Dave Ricketts & Michael Groh on guitars, Ari Munkres on standup bass, Rob Reich on accordion, Ralph Carney on horns, and Pete Devine on drums & percussion.
On occasion, guest artists bring their own spice to the mix. While we base much of our repertoire in the music of Django Reinhart and the gypsy jazz of 1930’s Europe, we also find inspiration in the rhythmic drive and collective improvisation of New Orleans swing music and the “gut bucket†sound. Gaucho is a first-rate ensemble, playing the music we love with boundless energy, passion, and humor.
www.gauchojazz.com
www.reginamariapontillo.com
Thursday Show
The Blue Macaw
2565 Mission Street
8 pm – Close
Tickets are $8-$10 sliding scale., Before 10 pm and $12-15 after.
The party goes one as we present you with a very special evening featuring local world music artists. The SongBird Music Festival is coming to The Blue Macaw this Thursday 8/12 @8pm.
Come support and party with us as we feature:
…- BOCA DO RIO (http://www.bocadorio.com/)
– DJ FAUSTO SOUSA (http://www.fausto.us/)
– DIANA GAMEROS (http://www.myspace.com/dianagameros)
– LUA CHEIA
Also featuring dance performance by San Francisco 2010 Carnival Queen
Friday Show
Amnesia
853 Valencia Street
Early Show, 6-8:30 p.m.
$8-12
Eliza Rickman, returns to Amnesia for an early evening show and will be joined by to of The Songbird Festival favorites Lily Taylor will be celebrating her birthday by performing a jazz and standards set followed by Sara Payan who will have a cast of Mission all-stars playing with her supporting band include pianist Lee Bloom, guitarist Vic Wong, bassist Kenon O’Brien, vocalists Samaki Dorsey and Ms. Momo. Kenan Obrien on Upright Bass has a country/western and blues background and boldly folds his fingers over the bass like no other.
Wednesday – August 11, 2010
Songbird Festival Presents
Gypsy Jazz w/ Regina Pontillo
Venue:
Amnesia
853 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Show at 7-10 p.m., Free
Gaucho
Regina Pontillo
Also Check Out Regina this month at the following venues:
AUGUST 4th 9:00-11:45
SAVANNAH JAZZ DANCE VENUE
2937 MISSION ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
AUGUST 6TH 6:00- 9:00
YOSHI’S
1330 Filmore St. San Francisco Ca.
AUGUST 11th 8:00-10:00
Songbird Festival
at Amnesia with GAUCHO.
853 Valencia Street, SanFrancisco, Ca.
AUGUST 14th 8:00-11:30
SPEISEKAMMER
2424 Lincoln Ave.
Alameda, Ca.
AUGUST 20th 6:00-9:00
YOSHI’S
1330 Filmore St.
San Francisco, Ca.
Sunday – August 8, 2010
Allison Lovejoy and Songbird Festival Present
Early Music, Classical and Art Songs Concert
Venue:
Community Music Center
544 Capp Street
San Francisco, CA
Show at 4 p.m., $7-$10 cover
Sunday – August 8, 2010
Allison Lovejoy and Songbird Festival Present
Early Music, Classical and Art Songs Concert
Venue:
Community Music Center
544 Capp Street
San Francisco, CA
Show at 4 p.m., $7-$10 cover
VAJRA VOICES
Celebrating The Feminine Divine: Ecstatic & Devotional Songs of medieval mystic
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) and Polyphony from the 12th C. St. Martial Manuscripts.
Karen Clark, Director www.karenclark.com
Ruth Baillie, Lindsey McLennan,
Joyce Todd McBride & Celeste Winantv
ALLISON LOVEJOY, pianist
Nocturnes, Preludes and more by Chopin, Bizet, Liszt and Rachmaninov
www.allisonlovejoy.com
lovejoylowdown.com
KATY STEPHAN, vocals and piano
A bouquet of French songs by Gounod, Faure, Poulenc and Bizet
www.katystephan.com
