Wednesday, April 18, Josef Mieto, 7pm, free! Every Wednesday in April, local folkal Josef Mieto will be playing and singing tunes of his own as well as folksy classics by the likes of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. This residency concept is just a little something extra on us for your Wednesday night pleasure--Josef has mentioned that he'll probably bring around some of his talented friends and family to help him out throughout the month, (Amanda Giles, Joel and Bianca Mieto) but if you've heard him play, (as he did at our Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen birthday tributes from last year...) you'll already know that he's a pleasure to enjoy even just on his own.
Thursday, April 19th, Smoky Undertones (Jazz), 8pm, $6: Next Thursday Linda Girard and her smoky, undertoney crew are back for the first time in a while to deliver the tones, the tunes, the vibes, the riffs and the hazy 3 martini glow that only a torchy night at the jazz lounge can provide...We’ll provide the olives and the gin, you bring the swank—Linda and the boys will take care of the rest!
Friday, April 20th, George Buys, 7pm, no cover: George Buys is back next Friday with the rhythm, the blues, the smile and the tunes to enhance your Friday dining experience as part of what is turning into a local performers showcase every Friday night this month—There is no such thing as a bad George Buys show, only varying degrees of good and better—from his original bluesy tunes to his broad selection of classic covers, George is a gentleman and a scholar—he always leaves us smiling, why not let him do the same for you!
Saturday, April 21, Dry River Caravan, 9pm, $10: Now here’s a show I can’t let you pass up—In fact, I must insist that you find your way to the Branch next Saturday for the local debut from this Ottawa Based alt-folk-gypsy-klezmerish-indie-pop-old time collective: Dry River Caravan sold me on first listen , and, I must admit, is one of the few acts that I have made an extra special effort to bring out for your listening pleasure—Take a minute and follow the link below to watch a video or listen to a tune or two; these folks are nearly perfect Branch music and I’d hate for you to miss out, so don’t—Plan now, reserve soon and tell your friends to come along—Ladies and Gents, we have ourselves a winner!
"At the core Dry River Caravan is a folk project. But one listen to their music and you can tell they go way beyond easily classifiable genre distinctions. In order for anything to not only survive but thrive, there must be variation, and there is no music tradition too foreign or unreachable for this group. They blend traditions from the Balkans and Eastern Europe, to Africa, India, and East Asia, just to name a few, and combine those with familiar Western popular music elements to create something exciting and new.(bio lifted from the internet...)
Dry River Caravan's live show is known far and wide as a raucous party and a great time. But now with the release of their debut album "Wake Up", taking home Dry River Caravan will be a completely different story. Their songs go beyond upbeat dance music, and take you across cinematic landscapes both stark and beautiful. They create a world that is difficult to place in time or geography, a world that simply is, Dry River Caravan."
Sunday, April 22, Open Stage hosted by John and Terry Brewer, celebrating 10 years of open Stages Sundays at the Branch and Amanda’s Slip! That’s right, even though they are down to just having time for a couple of hosting gigs a year, John and Terry Brewer, the originators of the Open Stage concept in this room have actually been at at for a solid decade! I have a feeling this may get a little wild...might I recommend a pair of dancing rubber boots for this one? Open Stage and the Buffet start at 2!
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