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02/21 Sunday
11:00 AM Yoga with Natalie
2:00 PM Birdsong At Morning
plays what Daniel Gewertz of the Boston Herald describes as "art music both unpretentious and ravishing." The core trio of Alan Williams, Darleen Wilson and Greg Porter will be joined by drummer Billy MacGillivray playing songs from their two recordings, Bound and Heavens, as well as material from their forthcoming March release, Vigil. A very pleasant way to spend a wintery Sunday afternoon. $10 Donation
6:00 PM Gillypad
6pm Notrio
7pm No Eye Contact
Architects of a unique sound they have dubbed Garage Folk, the members of No
Eye Contact draw upon a diverse range of traditional and contemporary musical
influences, from Sacred Harp singing and West African kora tunes to Bob Dylan and
Neutral Milk Hotel. The band juggles an array of instruments and vocal parts in its
live show, weaving Raky Sastri's world-weary lyrics around sweet melodies, forceful
harmonies and unorthodox arrangements.
Spin Magazine named No Eye Contact one of the “25 Must-See Artists of CMJ
2009,” and in December a reader poll selected the group as The Deli Magazine’s NYC
Artist of the Month.
http://www.noeyecontact.com
http://www.myspace.com/noeyecontact
After the last two weeks off, we will be playing two sets, hitting with conviction at 8:15 and 9:30pm
Please join us for this return from a brief break and help us make a great recording this night.
The band is:
Randy Wooten - drums
Gill Aharon - piano and compositions
Jef Charland - bass
Blake Newman - bass
Andrew Stern - guitar
Alec Spiegelman - winds/horns
Rick Stone- Alto
Kelly Roberge - tenor
Eric Hofbauer - guitar
A little background:
I, Gill, am the proprietor of the Lily Pad. As a composer and pianist, no place existed where I could explore my habit of writing music that doesn't fit easily in any genre, which is why we have the Lily Pad as a place for new music. I believe that the future of humankind lies in collaboration, and the future of music is no different. The music I write avoids specific arrangement to allow for many variations of instrumentation and personnel, moods and personality, order and chaos. I also believe that music follows the natural laws, like physics or math, except that the laws are undefinable but nevertheless observable (even knowable?). These Sundays are precious to me and the rest of the band because we really search for the truth inside of each of us, which is the universal truth, those laws we can't define. I know this little blurb may sound grandiose, but I am being totally honest about why we do it.
Anyway, I am personally inviting you to come and listen. Let me know if what we are doing does anything for you.
Nat Mugavero and I prepare the room at 6pm with some musical meditation, working on the "other" kind of playing, not playing anything on purpose (the truth lies in there too, we hope). Then the music on purpose begins at 7pm and continues through the rest of the night.