July Media Advisory from Caffè Lena

M E D I A  A D V I S O R Y:
Caffè Lena’s Top Picks for July 2024
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW CO-FOUNDER
APPALACHIAN AMERICANA • A RARE BLUES DUO
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ + NOSTALGIC, LUSH INDIE ROCK
All events are at Caffè Lena unless otherwise noted
EMERGING ARTIST OF THE MONTH
Bright Series: Palmyra with opener Jobi Riccio
Genre: American Roots/Bluegrass/Indie-Folk
Date: Tuesday July 30, 7 p.m.
What: With a wink & a nod, Palmyra’s down home Appalachian Americana creates the twangy harmonies and sound of a casual porch gathering of friends.
Sample song: bit.ly/3X225zw
Quote: “This is a band you know would be killer live” – Robin Hilton, All Songs Considered
Tickets: bit.ly/49fIE9K

OPEN STAGE: JAM SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Storytelling Open Mic featuring Linda McKenney
Date: Tuesday July 2, 7 p.m.
More Info: https://www.caffelena.org/storytelling-open-mic/
What: Storytellers of all styles and levels of experience are welcome! Enjoy an evening of true stories, traditional tales, myths, fables, family stories and more.

MUST SEE
Sonny Landreth & Cindy Cashdollar
Genre: Blues
Date: Wednesday July 31, 7:30 p.m.
What: Louisiana slide guitar wizard Sonny Landreth and world-renowned steel guitar and dobro master Cindy Cashdollar make a rare appearance.
Sample song: bit.ly/3KsJogQ
Press quote: Their live shows are “electric, virtuosic, and tastefully delivered by these two great instrumental masters.” – NPR
Tickets: bit.ly/49ChUQZ

LIKELY TO SELL OUT
John Pizzarelli
Genre: Jazz
Date: Two shows – Sunday July 21 at 6:00 and 8:30 p.m.
What: Interpreter of the Great American Songbook, John Pizzarelli fuses jazz guitar & velvety vocals with playful, sophisticated arrangements.
Sample song: bit.ly/3X3mvbr
Press quote: Hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.”
Tickets: bit.ly/4cJRYVw

INTERSECTIONAL VOICES
Momentum Series: Glen David Andrews
Genre: Jazz
Date: Friday July 19, 8 p.m.
What: Passion, humor, joy, and – most of all – hope, are elements of Glen David Andrews’ music, which combines jazz, gospel, rock, blues and funk.
Sample song: bit.ly/3VpIVmg
Press quote: “He’s real, and he has an energy that rolls with populism of the heart.” – New Orleans magazine
Tickets: bit.ly/4c0dBkc

PICKS OF THE MONTH
Willie Watson
Genre: Folk
Date: Tuesday July 23, 7 p.m.
What: A founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show, Willie Watson breathes new life into older folk songs with a sweet vibrato & rich vocal range.
Sample song: bit.ly/3WY0Y43
Quote: “There’s so much beauty in this old music, and it affects me on a deep level. It moves me and inspires me. I heard Leadbelly singing with the Golden Gate Quartet and it sounded fantastic, and I thought, ‘I want to do that.’ I heard the Grateful Dead doing their version of ‘On the Road Again,’ and it sounded like a dance party in 1926, and I wanted to do that, too. That’s the whole reason I ever played music in the first place – because it looked and sounded like it was going to be a lot of fun.” – Willie Watson
Tickets: bit.ly/3xZKePg

Upstate
Genre: Indie-rock
Date: Saturday July 27, 8 p.m. and Sunday July 28, 7 p.m.
What: Upstate weaves folk, bluegrass & soul with honest, passionate songwriting, evoking a sense of nostalgia and vulnerability in their music.
Sample song: bit.ly/453cDjT
Press quote: “With a warm soul-tinged folk core, strong pop sensibilities, and a taste for gorgeous harmony, Upstate are all too easy to fall in love with,” Atwood Magazine
Tickets: bit.ly/43D8aUy