The HooK: Charlottesville Music

Bob Schneider

Vijith Assar — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:30:13 +0000

November 21, 7:30pm

Long-running Austin songwriter Bob Schneider has a plaintive everyman’s voice, at times reminiscent of Ben Folds on horse tranquilizers, which sits nicely alongside his similarly straightforward tunes. Grammy-nominated bluegrass and folk-pop songwriter Adrienne Young, London-based One Eskimo, and Old School Freight Train guitarist Jesse Harper open. $5 is a steal for these guys; you have 106.1 The Corner to thank.

Jesse Harper and His Best Intentions - Memphis
Jesse Harper and His Best Intentions - Falling

Adrienne Young - All For Good

The Free Bridge Quintet

Vijith Assar — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:26:33 +0000

November 21, 8:00pm

$8-$15

Set your Flux Capacitor for 1959 and take a trip with the UVA faculty performers as they focus on the legendary releases from that year, which included Miles’ Kind of Blue, Coltrane’s Giant Steps, Dave Brubeck’s Time Out, Ornette Coleman’s The Shape Of Jazz To Come, and Mingus’ Mingus Ah Um.

Heavy Trash

Vijith Assar — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:27:40 +0000

November 21, 8:00pm

$10-$12

Already forever immortalized thanks to his work with the Blues Explosion, frontman Jon Spencer switched gears in 2005 to a new grumpy-Elvis country-rock project with guitarist Matt Verta-Ray which has now blazed through three albums of raw punk-rockabilly culminating with Midnight Soul Serenade, out last month on Fat Possum alongside guys like the Black Keys and the Heartless Bastards.

Heavy Trash - Gee I Really Love You

Horse’s Mouth

Vijith Assar — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:59:30 +0000

November 21, 10:00pm

As you may know from his previous Tea Bazaar shows, Brooklyn songwriter Tavo Carbone used to take his pop and folk tunes on tour with a revolving-door band and often with outlandish instruments (glockenspiel, accordion, etc). Things have settled down recently, though, so now we have Horse’s Mouth, the new stable band which should prove to be a) tighter and b) louder (we heard all that straight from the, er, original source).

Tavo Carbone - Boxcar Serenade
Tavo Carbone - Off To Hawaii
Tavo Carbone - Blue Boats On Black Lakes
Horse’s Mouth - As I Climb In The Horse’s Mouth

With The Invisible Hand and Harrisonburg’s Preacher; says the latter of their gospel-garage-glam sets: “Saturday night services legitimize Sunday morning sleeping.”

Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand - There’s Room In My Will
Preacher - I Luv You My Friends
Preacher - How Can I Keep From Singing
Preacher - He Is A Rock

Worn In Red

Vijith Assar — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:58:12 +0000

November 21, 10:00pm

$5 suggested donation

Photo by David Kling_Thing

The hard-working local punk rockers celebrate the release of their new album In The Offing. Also featuring St. God’s Hospital.

Worn In Red - Vital Joys
Worn In Red - When People Have Something To Say



Cannery Row
Vijith Assar — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:47:13 +0000
November 21, 10:00pm 
$4
	
	Rootsy rock band in which VCU music students perform Americana and rock tunes by Richmond songwriter Doug Fuller.  Cory Estes and Cliff Roland open.