Past Events
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Amy Ray
/of the Indigo Girls
The Housing Works Bookstore Cafe hosts an evening with Indigo Girl Amy Ray. This one-of-a-kind benefit concert celebrates the release of her new album, Didn’t It Feel Kinder (Daemon Records, August 5), in a unique and intimate setting.
Special guests include Brandi Carlile and Brooklyn/Asheville indie rockers Arizona. Amy will sign CDs after the show. All proceeds from the LIVE FROM HOME concert series support Housing Works, which serves homeless New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Ron Sexsmith
/A.A. Bondy
Join us for a special performance with singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith playing songs from his new release, Exit Strategy of the Soul.
A.A. Bondy’s solo debut American Hearts, “is described with a troubadour’s guitar and an obsessive’s mastery of form and musical history.” (Pitchfork)
Friday, May 16, 2008
Griffin House
/Jeb Loy Nichols
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Griffin House will be playing “instantly cool songs” (USA Today) from his powerful new album Flying Upside Down.
Jeb Loy Nichols’s new release Days are Mighty, got 4 stars from MOJO: “His music is, as it has always been, an intimate fusion of country and soul.”
KaiserCartel is a duo from Brooklyn, Courtney Kaiser and Benjamin Cartel, who are making a name for themselves with catchy, minimalist folk rock.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Freedy Johnston
/Dawn Landes
/The Jones Street Boys
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston headlined an eclectic musical evening, with Dawn Landes Landes and The Jones Street Boys.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Jim White
/Clare and the Reasons!
Singer-songwriter-storyteller Jim White does a special spoken word performnance. His new album Transnormal Skiperoo “pierces illusions as he delivers dark tall tales about folks at the margins of society. His subjects may be close to the gutter, but his musical sense is heavenly.” (The New Yorker)
Opening for him are Brooklyn’s Clare and the Reasons.
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