Sean Hayes

Event Cancelled: Due to Impending weather, tonight's show has been canceled. Refunds available at point of purchase.

Johnny Brenda's presents

Sean Hayes

Birds of Chicago, Andrew Rose Gregory

Mon, October 29, 2012

Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm

$15.00

Cancelled

This event is 21 and over

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Sean Hayes - (Set time: 10:00 PM)
Sean Hayes
Sean Hayes' worn, soulful music defies easy categorization. Described as loose, dusty, and alive, his songs radiate a free-spirited charm that rarely seems attached to any particular era. The result is a sound infused with eclectic instrumentation and an unpolished warmth. Born in New York City and raised in North Carolina, Sean Hayes now resides in San Francisco. His songs have been re-mixed by DJs and and covered by folk artists. His unique soulful voice infects audiences with charm, equal parts affirming and heartbreaking.
Birds of Chicago - (Set time: 9:00 PM)
Birds of Chicago
Birds of Chicago, is a collective based around JT Nero and Allison Russell. Whether touring as a duo or with the full family band, Nero and Russell have emerged as two of the most compelling new voices in North American Roots music.

For several years Russell and Nero's respective bands, Po' Girl (Vancouver, BC) and JT and the Clouds (Chicago, IL), have collaborated extensively, but on 2011's Mountains/Forests, released under the JT Nero banner, they tapped into the true, bewitching power of their voices together on an entire record. It also featured the full cast of characters that would round out the Birds of Chicago ensemble -- the Clouds and Michelle McGrath, the luminous singer and picker from the hidden hills of Southeast Ohio.

The record received critical raves and won them new fans on both side of the Atlantic, and created a great deal of excitement for the first official Birds of Chicago album, slated for release in September, 2012.

Nero's fractured country-soul voice wrapped in Russell's silver and gold tones, is a fine thing. Not too perfect, not at all saccharine, you'll hear echoes of mountain gospel, street corner doo-wop, and classic soul. Accompanied by just a banjo and a guitar, it's haunting. Fired by the band, it's a full tilt revival.

Nero and Russell are most at home on the road - pick almost any night in the next two years and you can bet they will be in some festival, theater, pub, VFW hall, roller rink (they wish) or living room, dovetailing their voices, singing their songs of hope, despair, love.... and electric seahorses. And honey bee apocalypses. And ice cream. It's familiar and strange stuff - the everyday and the magical. Come see 'em, they won't be hard to find.
Andrew Rose Gregory - (Set time: 8:00 PM)
Andrew Rose Gregory
After 5 years of writing and recording, Andrew Rose Gregory is proud to present his newest album, a lush folk-rock arrangement of the ancient Hebrew love poem, The Song of Songs.

Andrew grew up in the mountains of Virginia, where he enjoyed throwing frisbees & racing sticks down creeks. Although he has played hundreds of shows across America as a solo artist, he is best known for making the viral YouTube sensations 'Auto-Tune the News' and 'Songify This!' along with the rest of The Gregory Brothers.
Venue Information:
Johnny Brenda's
1201 N. Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA, 19125
http://www.johnnybrendas.com/