gypsy punk to jazzy hiphop @ the finest of venues - "The Living Room? May 8, 2005

Headset Productions Presents
Sxip?s NYC Charm Sessions
Four Nights of Beautiful Furious Delicious Music

International Circus Composer Sxip Shirey of The
Luminescent Orchestrii and Taylor Davis of Headset
Productions presents 13 of their favorite New York
musical acts. THE LAST FOUR SUNDAY?S IN MAY AT THE
LIVING ROOM, 154 LUDLOW STREET, NYC. 8PM TO MIDNIGHT. MAY 8, 15, 22, and 29. $5 cover.

Amazing singers, accordions, hip-hop, gypsy punk,
depression era party tunes, hot fresh pop and great songwriting. This is your chance to see some of New York?s most diverse and exciting musical acts all on the same bill, at the city?s finest listening room.

THE VENUE:

Living Room: 154 Ludlow Street between Stanton and Rivington

(212) 533-7235 www.livingroomny.com F Train to
Second Ave.

ABOUT THE ACTS:

May 8th

HUMANWINE, part of the new dark cabaret scene that
includes the Dresden Dolls and Tarantula, They are political, beautiful, biting and fun as hell! The
Finnish women of Kaiku sing in three-part steely vocal harmony and feature cello, accordion and percussion. Clair Muldar?s southern upbringing comes across in her absolutely open, gorgeous voice and deep songwriting. Chris Rael of the Church of Betty presents his east Asian infused solo work after a very successful Australian tour with Penny Arcade.



May 15th

We are really thrilled that our favorite lyrical
hip-hop artist Illspokinn and his slammin? live band The Spokinn Movement have agreed to do one of his rare sweet jazz-tempered sets. Followed by the young yet old soul of Krystle Warren, simply of the best singers you?ll ever hear. Think Stevie Wonder, Billy Holliday and the Beatles. Fronted by accordionist Franz Nicholi of The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Guignol are part of an amazing growing gypsy Balkan punk rock party scene here in New York City. Curtis Eller is like David Byrne re-born into 1920s New Orleans as a belting banjo-beating vaudevillian. One of the most
intense performers we?ve ever witnessed.



May 22nd

River Alexandar has rediscovered the classic sweet
dreamy radio voice that used to make the ladies fall over dead. The Mad Jazz Hatters are his kicking band. The Maybelles feature the songwriting of Jan Bell, the one-woman power-house behind Dumbo?s Cowgirl Cabaret and Little Red Hen stage, and Melissa Carper, one of the most impressively rock solid bass players you?ll ever hear. Andrew Katz is ridiculous, off the cuff and
more charming than any of us can ever hope to be.
We?ve heard rumors of him standing on the back of a pick-up at a festival in Philadelphia and mesmerizing a field of punks into submission with just an acoustic guitar. Heavy Love revisits Dylan in a really fresh way. Their name is quite accurate.



May 29th

Elyas Khan is royalty in dirty disguise. Having grown up in a Pakistani family in a rough part of London, he now fronts the Nervous Cabaret: Imagine Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as a punk rock preacher. The Wiyos infuse old American songs with so much blood and delight that you?ll understand what it was like to hear this music when it was played for the first time. The Luminescent Orchestrii explode with three violins spitting out a glorious mix of Romanian gypsy music, tango and punk. Consisting of just a singer and a boy with a lap top, Project Jenny Project Jan collapse all the funkiest beats and grooves from the last 20 years into one
hilarious, smart-as-hell, party mix. And lastly The Royal Fly Catchers, fronted by cellist/vocalist Naomi Watts and bassist Jason Misik present composed and improvised acoustic punk sound-scapes that are bound to stick in your ear like a fresh roll of flypaper.

Presented by:

Curator: Circus composer and storyteller Sxip Shirey has appeared at The Sydney Opera House (Australia), The Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), The Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland) and has toured all over the U.S. Taylor Davis a seasoned jazz drummer/percussionist founded Headset Productions in 2004 with the sole objective of injecting more ground breaking music into NYC?s music scene.



Headset Productions. 170 Park Pl. Brooklyn, NY 11238

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