The Gramercy Theatre
Monday, June 29 | doors at 7pm
Combining Americana, old-school Texas blues and folk, Kara Suzanne's sassy, sultry lyrics are backed by her band, the Gojo's, releasing spicy roots-driven honey-inspired alt-country. Influenced by such greats as Emmylou Harris, Linda Rondstadt, Dolly Parton and Wilco, they’ve been igniting the music charts nation-wide marrying traditional sounds with mandolin, pedal steel and banjo. Esteemed in NY venues such as Irving Plaza, the Living Room, Southpaw, and Luna Lounge, Kara Suzanne and the Gojo's have kindled both film and music festivals from Sundance to SXSW. Continually on the rise, their debut album "Aumsville" topped the Independent Music Awards' Best Album of the Year in 2006 and Paste Magazine’s Recommended Album, June 2008.
"Kara Suzanne's voice is a cross between Aimee Mann's velvet texture and Fiona Apple's soul, with hints of Dolly Parton's country vibrato." – Joel Silverstein, Inquirer & Mirror
Joining Kara Suzanne and the Gojo's Monday, June 29 at The Gramercy Theatre are Run with Bulls, Putnam Murdock, Adam Arcuragi, and co-headliner, The Prigs.
Resembling a young Black Crowes, Run with Bulls entices you to throw on a pair of jeans, your boots, a t-shirt, and get as sweaty as you wanna be out on the dance floor. Brad, Phil and Chris combine whiskey vocals with steamy licks to create a real roots rock explosion, Nashville rock at its best.
With songs featured on "Dawson's Creek," MTV's "Made", and "Joan of Arcadia," Putnam Murdock mixes New Orleans jazz with bluegrass roots and a soothing voice to heal all that ails. Already with cross-country tours under his belt, Murdock recently released "Fiction," an album encompassing the truth, guilt, fear, and inner reality of love and relationships.
Soothingly melancholy, Adam Arcuragi’s sound can be compared to that of Elliot Smith or Red House Painters. A prizewinning poet and playwright, he began writing songs about five years ago. Combining honesty and vulnerability in his lyrics with rich vocals, last year his demo version of "The Song the Sinner Sings" was featured on Urban Outfitters/Filter Magazine's tsunami relief compilation.
Influenced by The Pogues, Men at Work, and The Clash, Brooklyn's The Prigs wrestle up a raucously good time combining strings, horns and excited beats. Marrying Klezmer with whiskey pub, these guys – all fifteen or so of them – with reeds and picks also strumming and pumping in other bands, form a masterpiece of sounds guaranteed to awaken the ska soul in each and everyone.
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