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NYC + NJ Shows / XM / German Embassy / Sellersville

jannklose — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:11:50 +0000

Greetings!... In this Newsletter:

- NYC Show this Thursday 8-28, NJ Show 9-4
- XM Satellite Radio Airplay
- Show at the German Embassy, Washington, DC
- Sellersville Theater with Annie Haslam, John Tout of Renaissance
- YouTube clip from Hamburg, Germany (Balcony TV)
- 20th Century Guitar (U.S.) + Gitarre und Bass (Germany)

Rockwood Show + Mexicali Live

We're back at one of our favorite spots in NYC, the Rockwood Music Hall for a show as a 6-piece band this Thursday, 8-28 at 8 pm. We hope you can make it out! Rockwood is located at 196 Allen Street, near the F or V trains. www.rockwoodmusichall.com.

On Thursday, 9-4 at 8 pm we're playing as a 4-piece at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, NJ for the first time! Please tell your friends about this one and find out more at www.mexicalilive.com

XM's The Loft

Thanks to everyone that emailed or called XM Radio! They are continuing to play songs off Reverie! Please keep the emails and calls coming... the station has a lot of listeners and the record's getting some nice exposure. Go to XM's The Loft online

German Embassy Show

We've been asked to play at the German Embassy in Washington, DC! The show date is Wednesday, 9-10 at 7 pm and the event is open to the public. I will finally get to sing a few songs in German and eat Bratwurst! Hmmm... just like home. If you want to attend you should RSVP with the number of people you are bringing by emailing concert@germany.info

Sellersville Theater with Annie Haslam, John Tout

On Saturday, September 20th we'll be doing a special show with Annie Haslam and John Tout of the group Renaissance. In addition to Annie and John joining me and the band on my material we'll be playing songs by Renaissance as well. This show will sell out so if you're planning on coming to this special event get your tickets now at www.st94.com

YouTube clip from Hamburg, Germany's balcony.tv

When I played in Hamburg last month I did a short interview with the nice folks from balconytv.de in which I got to play "Watching You Go" from Reverie. Mario Ambass joined me for the interview and the show that night and a good time was had by all! Please comment and rate plenty - thanks! Click here to watch!

20th Century Guitar + Gitarre und Bass (Germany)

Two notable articles are out in the September issues of the above magazines. You can view the article in the German magazine Gitarre und Bass online by going to www.gitarrebass.de and scrolling down a bit. Enjoy!

Thanks for reading!

JK + Band

UPCOMING SHOWS:

Aug 28, 2008 8:00 PM Rockwood Music Hall, NYC
Sep 4, 2008 8:00 PM Mexicali Live Teaneck, NJ
Sep 10, 2008 7:00 PM German Embassy, Washington, DC
Sep 12, 2008 7:30 PM Private Event, Martin Guitar, Easton, PA
Sep 20, 2008 7:30 PM Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, PA
Oct 8, 2008 7:00 PM East Stroudsburg Univ., East Stroudsburg, PA
Oct 10, 2008 8:00 PM River Street Jazz Cafe, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Oct 11, 2008 8:00 PM House of Hamez, Rochester, NY
Oct 20, 2008 7:00 PM Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
Oct 23, 2008 TBA Pop's Blue Moon, St. Louis, MO
Oct 24, 2008 TBA Cherry Street Artisan, Columbia, MO
Oct 30, 2008 8:30 PM Broad Street Cafe, Durham, NC

Details at www.jannklose.com

Die Top 7 der besten Konzerte meines Sommerurlaubs 08

Daniel — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:49:06 +0000

7 - Kara Suzanne, Rockwood Music Hall, New York City, NY, 19. Juli 2008: eine mir bis dahin unbekannte Frau mit Wahnsinnsstimme, angenehm scheuer Bühnenpräsenz, einem super Pianisten und einer Handvoll geiler Songs verzaubert in einem New Yorker Mini-Schuppen anderthalb Dutzend gebannt lauschender Samstagabendgäste.

6 - Live, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, 4. Juli 2008: die eigentlich totgeglaubte Postgrunge-Band Live überrascht mit einem druckvollen und ganz und gar unpeinlichen (Achtung!!) Live-Set (hihihi, höhöhö, der musste jetzt mal sein) und liefert so den erstaunlich angenehmen Auftakt zum persönlichen Konzert-Highlight des Sommers (siehe Platz 1).

5 - Under The Influence Of Giants, Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA, 14. Juli 2008: seltsamer Scissor Sisters-Verschnitt bringt hippe L.A.-Szene-Twens zum Tanzen, hat grandiosen Groove, nur leider nicht so pralle Songs, gefeiert wird aber dennoch aufs Heftigste - und ich schwöre, da war der Bassist von Blind Melon im Publikum (file under: "Und, haste in den L.A. irgendwelche Promis gesehen? - Ja, den Basser von Blind Melon! Wahnsinn, oder?? - Wen bitteschön? - Ach, vergiss es...").

4 - Spin Doctors, Greeley Stampede, Greeley, CO, 5. Juli 2008: Ehrenpreis für den seltsamsten Konzertmoment des Sommers - da spielt die Lieblingsband als Vorband (!) für Poison (!!) in einer Rodeoarena (!!!) in der konservativsten Ecke, die man um Denver herum nur erwischen kann (!!!!) - 45 Minuten geile Musik, aber auch 45 Minuten, in denen mir deutlich vorgeführt wurde, dass 2008 andere Bands als Spin Doctors echt angesagt sind... Nämlich:

3 - Poison, Greeley Stampede, Greeley, CO, 5. Juli 2008: Freunde, das war so schlecht, dass es schon wieder gut war - die Colorado-Cowboys und -girls im Publikum rasten aus, vergessen ihre gute Kinderstube und feiern 90 Minuten lang, als wäre das da vorne nicht eine Klischee-Hardrock-80s-Poserband, deren Sänger dank VH1 und MTV mal wieder im Gerede ist, sondern Bon Jovi feat. Aerosmith and The Liebe Gott persönlich - die vielleicht surrealste Liveshow meines Lebens, unvergeßlich.

2 - Leslie Mendelson & Band, Rockwood Music Hall, New York City, NY, 19. Juli 2008: eine kleine Frau und ihre saucoole Band brennen innerhalb von 50 Minuten mit ihrem punktgenauen, detailversessenen und dennoch wahnsinnig entspannten Rootsrock den inzwischen rappelvollen New Yorker Laden (vergleiche Platz 8, das war ne Stunde vorher) ab - traumhaft schöner Auftritt.

Und auf Platz eins bei den Top 7 der besten Konzerte, die ich in meinem Sommerurlaub sehen konnte...:

1 - Blues Traveler, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, 4. Juli 2008: die Erfüllung eines Traumes, den ich seit 12 oder 13 Jahren hatte - EINMAL bei einem der jährlichen 4th Of July-Red Rocks-Shows der Blues Traveler dabei sein...! Dieses Jahr war es also soweit, und die Show hat meine ohnehin schon hohen Erwartungen lässigst übertroffen - was für eine Nacht, was für ein Konzert.

Rockwood Music Hall - NYC Moments #74

JillAnne — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:28:22 +0000

Being a good New Yorker, I refuse to even think about going to bed before 11pm. Tonight was not different. I called a few friends to see if they wanted to hang out, but no one was home. They too are good New Yorkers! I decided to venture down to Rockwood Music Hall in the L.E.S. and take a gamble that there would be some good tunes. The other night when I did that, I lost, but today I hit the jackpot. A band called 'Prig' was just setting up. All ten of them. 3 guitar players (sorry, I don't know the difference between a guitar and a bass :) ), 1 keyboard player, 1 violinist, 2 sax's, 1 trumpet, and two drummers (on one set). Now all we need is a partridge in a pear tree... These guys were so awesome! They were such fun entertainers. Half of the charm was that they all fit on the stage. For those of you who haven't been to Rockwood, the 'music hall' part is a bit misleading. In fact, the whole place isn't much bigger than my studio. I really hope to see this 'little' band again because they put a smile on my face and made me dance! And to top it all off, I met a fellow artist, Michael Arthur who is amazing at capturing with pen and paper the vibe of the moment. Check out his work: http://www.michaeldarthur.com/. Michael drew one of the sax players in about 4 minutes flat. Such incredible talent...

14 Aug 2008

www.JillAnne.com

Reverie Tour continues Upstate NY and NYC

jannklose — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:59:26 +0000

We're back in New York after two weeks of tour dates in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. Had some really nice shows and made lots of new friends. Thanks to everyone that helped make this leg of the tour such a success. We have a little time off before Lars and I hit Upstate NY this coming week, then doing a NYC show on Friday, May 16th, 8 pm at Rockwood Music Hall with the band!

I haven't had time to post pictures of the tour yet but will hopefully get to it after we finish up with this next leg of the tour. In the meantime you can check out these pics that were posted by cleverock.com who came to our show at The Winchester (which is btw my new favourite venue in Cleveland!). Also, the Philadelphia Daily News wrote about Reverie: "Ear-grabbing pop singer-songwriter has a confident yet gentle voice, with tints of soul, gospel and Afropop rhythms." Thanks to everyone that came out to our Tin Angel show!

While it's been a really hectic schedule, the response we're getting from the audiences and local radio makes it all feel so worth it. When we came through Northeast Ohio we did a taping for a show on Akron's WAPS, 91.3 The Summit with Tom Ball, aka Twistin' Tom, during which we played a lot of songs from the new album. I also ended up doing an impromptu cover of "Carpet of the Sun" by Renaissance and got to DJ some of my current favourites bands. The show will air later this month - I will let you know when we get an air date.

This coming week we are going to be playing on WAER Radio in Syracuse, NY Thursday, May 8th. We're doing a pre-taping that morning that I believe will air on the station sometime between noon and 3 pm. They're on 88.3 FM and the web site is WAER.org if you want to tune in online. We're also going to do an in-store performance and CD signing at Big Apple Music which is a music and audio/video store located in New Hartford, NY. Friday night we'll be at one of our favourite spots upstate called The College Street Cafe. That's a 9 pm show and I will have Lars Potteiger with me on all these. You can check out Lars' solo work at myspace.com/larspotteiger.

A bunch more stuff is coming up this Spring and Summer including performances at the New York Book Festival in Central Park, Bronx Week, MusikFest, Fairfax Corner Summer Concert Series and a few others that we're still working on. In July I'm heading to the UK to do my first solo tour over there. I'll be performing in London, Birmingham, Leicester, Coventry and a few other locations, including a spot at the Kenilworth Festival on Saturday, July 19th. After that date I'm heading to Germany where I will meet up with Chris. We're planning on him joining me on bass for a few shows that we're currently working on setting up. We do have a date in Berlin, that's on Wednesday July 23rd with a local band called Stylblyten.

Looking forward to keeping the music coming and hope to see many of you this week and on May 16th in NYC!

JK & Band

www.jannklose.com

Vienna Teng at Rockwood Music Hall - Part 1

larimdame — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:03:11 +0000

It's Tuesday night and I'm beat. Four housr of sleep after four housr of drinking and norehbang isn't nearly enough, and I'm pretty sure I'm getting too old to pull off this crap. It's and 11pm show in Manhattan, which means that she's not taking the stage until close to midnight.

And yet I wait.

It's the principal of the matter, now. I've missed three or four shows, I've tried to do this for three years. Finally, FINALLY, tonight I just might be able to catch Vienna Teng in concert. I just hope I don't accidentally poke her eye out, like I nearly did last time.