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Singer/Songwriter Vic Varney

"Nick Drake with a sense of humor."--Village Voice

"Songwriting perfected; a huge influence on REM."
                                                                  --Peter Buck, REM

A unique blend of breezy, bluesy, intimate songs of emotional depth that recall Nick Drake as well as Jobim, but, finally, are all his own. Great humor, too, and a totally original guitar style.

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Anna Dagmar
Piano

Daisy Jopling
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Special Guest:
Naren Budhakar
Tabla

Jem Warren
Rock

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"Her lyrics are genius and her piano playing is breathless." Jazz Review.

Romanian-born pianist and singer-songwriter Andreea Pauta is a prizewinner of the John Lennon Songwriting competition. As a pianist and singer-songwriter,  Dreea melds together rich harmonies and melismatic melodies to create her own distinguished style of pop/jazz. Dreea's newest CD "Autumn" presents a mature, mellow palette of sounds, drawing from her roots of classical and jazz music. For more information, please go to www.dreea.com

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Dan McCarthy

Tucksy is a New York-based genre-bending jazz band that focuses on the original writing of band-leader Dan McCarthy, as well as cover songs from well-known rock and pop bands. Conceptually, the band strives to create music that breaks the rules of jazz by blending bluegrass, rock, and country with a post-modern jazz aesthetic, and by fusing the grooves of hip-hop and funk music with the improvisational approach of jazz. Most importantly, the band focuses on melody and song-structure and creates music that appeals to a broad spectrum of listeners. Oh, and let it be known that this band is led by the combination of banjo and vibraphone; a first in the jazz world…. and bluegrass world… and country world… and rock world… But don't let the novelty fool you, as the pedigree of the players and the quality of the musicianship is apparent from the first note.
"Dan gives new visions of the mallet instrument..."
--AllAboutJazz-New York

"INTERWORDS is one of the top 10 jazz CDs of the year"
--Geoff Chapman

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Waiting for Jerry is a folk/rock trio made up of three Eastman School
of Music graduates. With both classical and jazz training, WFJ  elevates folk music to an entirely new level, blending improvisation with jaw dropping vocals. Sarah McCaffrey, singer/songwriter, leads the group with Ryan Kotler on bass and Dalton Ridenhour on piano.

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