Cafe Eleven

Charlie Louvin

May 31st, 2007 - $20

Charlie Louvin Live in the 60’s

Earl Greyhound

Tuesday April 17th, 2007 - $8
w/ Julius Airwave
Solid Pony

Breaking Out in Spin magazine

“…[their] sound, an electric blues that approximates Led Zeppelin’s majestic rumble, demanded more than some noodle-armed hipster with a pair of sticks.” Spin magazine.

Earl Greyhound in The New Yorker

“Whether or not Earl Greyhound are the Next Big Thing is irrelevant—watching them will convince you that they are.” Sasha Frere Jones’s review of a recent show.

Earl Greyhound “S.O.S.”

Papercranes

Saturday April 7th, 2007 - $TBA

Papercranes Live

Steve Forbert

Friday April 13th, 2007 - $15

Anointed “the new Dylan” upon his recording debut, folk-rock singer/songwriter Steve Forbert was born in Meridian, MS, in 1955. After learning guitar at age 11, he spent his high school years playing in a variety of local bands before quitting his job as a truck driver and moving to New York City at the age of 21. There, he performed for spare change in Grand Central Station before working his way up to the Manhattan club circuit.

After signing to Nemperor, Forbert debuted in 1978 with Alive on Arrival, which earned critical acclaim for its taut, poetic lyrics. The follow-up, 1979’s Jackrabbit Slim, was his most successful outing, reaching the Top 20 on the strength of the hit single “Romeo’s Tune” (allegedly inspired by the late Supreme Florence Ballard). However, both 1980’s Little Stevie Orbit and a self-titled 1982 effort fared poorly, and Forbert was dropped by his label. He spent much of the decade in Nashville, where he continued honing his songwriting skills and performed regularly throughout the South. In 1988, he signed to Geffen, where the E Street Band’s Garry Tallent produced his comeback album, Streets of This Town. Pete Anderson took over the production reins for 1992’s The American in Me, but Forbert’s continued lack of chart success prompted the label to cut him loose. A deal with the Warner Bros.-affiliated Giant label resulted in two more studio albums, 1995’s Mission of the Crossroad Palms and 1996’s Rocking Horse Head, but in 1998 Forbert moved into independent territory for his next album, the rollicking live set Here’s Your Pizza. Forbert signed with Koch Records for his next studio disc, 2000’s Evergreen Boy, where he also released Any Old Time (a tribute to country music legend Jimmie Rodgers) in 2002 and Just Like There’s Nothin’ To It (a collection of new songs) in 2004. During this period, Forbert also released two compilations of rare and unreleased material, Young, Guitar Days and More Young, Guitar Days, as well as several live recordings. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Steve Forbert Live

Ellis Paul

Friday - April 20th, 2007 - $12

Ellis Paul is one of the leading voices in America’s thriving singer-songwriter/ folk circuit. He was a principle leader in what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting, an urbane, literate folk-pop style that helped ignite the folk revival of the 1990s. His charismatic, personally authentic performance style has influenced a generation of artists away from the artifice of pop, and closer towards the realness of folk. Though he remains among the most pop-friendly of today’s singer-songwriters - his songs regularly appear in hit movie and TV soundtracks - he has bridged the gulf between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger more successfully than perhaps any of his songwriting peers.

Yet to hear him at this crossroads moment in his career, you would think he was just getting started. For years, he has been among the folk circuit’s most popular and dependable headliners, with a mailing list of over 20,000 fiercely loyal fans. He has released 11 CDs, and recently explored new media avenues with a documentary/concert DVD called “3,000 Miles,” and “Notes from the Road,” a critically acclaimed book of poems and stories.

Ellis Paul “Black Top Train”