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About Diana:
Diana Wayburn (pianist/flautist/composer) has a background in classical, jazz & world music. all of which she fuses in her compositions and improvisations. She is currently a member of Weave, a soundpainting ensemble directed by Sarah Weaver and has presented original compositions and
improvisations. Hank Shteamer of\ Time Out NY has called her "a compelling performer." Her recently release CD "Ostinato And..." was listed in All About Jazz NY May 2008 as a "recommended new release".
The CD is on sale at the Downtown Music Gallery.

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Steph Taylor and the State Of
Indie / Pop / Rock

Steph Taylor and the State Of is the product of the recent marriage between Steph Taylor’s edgy piano playing and Nabedi Osorio’s electronic-like live drumming. Their dark pop sensibility was born out of their mutual love and respect for each other’s instruments and is reminiscent of artists ranging from Radiohead and the Police to Tori Amos and Bjork. Taylor’s style of playing is often percussive and dark where Osorio’s drumming is melodic and steadfast. The common bond that makes their music come together is the intricate nature of their respective styles and when coupled, they create a dynamic sound larger than what’s expected out of two people.

With a plethora of new material, they are touring in the Fall to showcase songs from their upcoming album, Day Of Abandon, which has tracks that vary from live drum and bass beats met with melodic piano movements to guitar driven rock songs, all reflecting that dark, haunting sound that Steph Taylor is notorious for capturing.

To experience a Steph Taylor show these days is not to see a songwriter in the spotlight, backed up by a drummer hiding in the shadows. Instead, you see two girls sitting side-by-side, small framed with large instruments in one spotlight that grants them the rightful title, ‘indie duo’.

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w/Matt Witek
Drums

8:00PM
Colin McGrath
Folk


 

9:00PM
Tyro Marks
Trio (Cello, Guitar, Voice). Elegantly composed songs about hardship and heartbreak. Reminiscent of Paul Simon and Iron and Wine

10:00PM
Randy Bergida
Great whiskey drinking songwriter. Also singer of touring rock band Skidmore Fountain. Usually appears with special guests including drummer Mike Theis and vocalist Katherine Burns 

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7:00-11:00 Sign-up at 6:30

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Jodie Manross
Folk Rock / Acoustic / Blues
“Her crisp voice and illuminative songcraft belie her diminutive stature…equal parts wistful and urgent, it’s atmospheric music that will touch your heart and mind.”
-Los Angeles' Entertainment Weekly

“It’s no wonder why people rave about her power to breathe life into a song.”
- Boone, NC’s The Mountain Times

“Jodie’s voice is strong, rarefied and, to risk hyperbole, maybe even angelic.”
– Knoxville, TN’s Metropulse

“Manross’ rafter-rattling vocals can shatter even the hardest heart.
–Charlotte, NC’s Creative Loafing

With her acoustic-based, blues-influenced folk rock, Jodie Manross has become one of Tennessee’s --and now New YorkCity--top singer-songwriters. Known as “the little woman with the big voice,” Jodie possesses a powerful voice much larger than her size and surprises audiences with her soulful delivery of songs

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Alex is just entering the NYC music scene.  A graduate from Skidmore College in Upstate NY--originally from Salisbury, MD--he  studied and graduated with degrees in music and Spanish.  He is both a singer/songwriter and professional classical musician/composer.  
His music is strongly based around rich vocal harmonies and beautiful classically influenced string and wind orchestrations

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Rob Lanter

Rob Lanter, a native New Yorker studied at the Berklee College of Music where he majored in Composition with guitar as his instrument of choice.
Since that time, his group Orpheus recorded for Polydor Records and toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada playing clubs, concerts and jazz festivals. He has recently finished recording a solo
jazz guitar CD 'Thank You Joe, A Tribute to Joe Pass'. featuring many standard jazz tunes as well some originals. Rob will be performing solo jazz guitar featuring music from his solo jazz guitar CD at Cafe Vivaldi

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Andrew Hoepfner (Creaky Boards)
Indie / Pop
 

Tabla Artist, Composer, and Producer,
Suphala will perform original compositions with special guest Mazz Swift (violin). Her pieces 
include a wide range of styles and instruments including electronic beats, strings, horns, piano, and percussion.

Suphala trained under the late great Ustad Allarakha and continues with his son, Ustad Zakir Hussain. Suphala's compositions as heard on her cds, "The Now," and "Blueprint," include several artists like Norah Jones, King Britt, Edie Brickell, and Vernon Reid

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10:15-11:15pm

Midwest Dilemma
Acoustic / Indie / Folk
Midwest Dilemma presents orchestral folk songs and waltzy ballads on their debut release, Timelines & Tragedies. Twenty-three members, consisting of strings, woodwinds, brass, orchestral drums, and nontraditional chamber instruments accompany singer-songwriter Justin Lamoureux. Timelines & Tragedies is a timeline of family history, tracing Lamoureux's ancestors to their days of French Canadian fur trading, the struggles of his parents' generation with Vietnam, and eventually concluding with his life in Omaha. Timelines & Tragedies is the perfect outcome of Midwest Dilemma's vision.

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Kyle Erwin
Folk Rock

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Julie Kathryn
folk/acoustic/pop
"Emerging singer-songwriter and classically trained musician Julie Kathryn Smith makes her Caffe Vivaldi debut tonight. Her music has been described as soulful, sweet, dark and beautiful. Her distinctive voice is showcased in her variety of original songs

Jo Williams

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Pamela Means
Acoustic singer/songwriter

"Means is, quite simply, superb...Her guitar playing is very tasty indeed, her voice...tender, and her version of Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” is heart-rending.” 
                                     - Hi Fi Magazine