Concert: BluSeed Studios Presents at Saranac Village Will Rogers: Mustard's Retreat

Saranac Village at Will Rogers

78 Will Rogers Dr

Saranac Lake, NY 12983

518-304-5032

7:30 pm

$14.00/$12.00 members
 
Michael Hough and David Tamulevich formed the folk duo Mustard's Retreat in 1974 in Ann Arbor, MI. Both men were cooks, Connecticut natives, songwriters, and former members of church choirs. As Mustard's Retreat, the two friends performed in front of an audience for the first time at The Ark on one of the coffeehouse's open mic nights. Hough is accomplished on the Autoharp, guitar, and bass. Tamulevich lends his skills with the harmonica, guitar, penny whistle, and dulcimer.

http://www.mustardsretreat.com/music.html

Open Minded Open Mic

Thursday, My  20nd

Host Wes Cunningham
Admission $3
Performers should arrive at 7pm…
First 12 to sign up, perform. 7 min. limit
 
Come join us… show your talents, whatever they may be…  the mic is yours!!

Bluseed Studios will be hosting an “Open Minded Mic Night” on Thursday May 20th, beginning at 7:30 pm!  The evening hosts will be Wes “Martin” Cunningham.  Wes Martin is a singer/songwriter and has been writing songs for 20 plus years. He has recently released his first CD “Just What True Love’s About” with Jim Cushman from Jim Cushman Studio and the Music Group in Nashville Tennessee.

            Open Minded Mic Night is a special venue that invites all types of performing artists to share their music, poetry or spoken word.  Performers should arrive at 7pm for sign up, the evening is limited to twelve performers each with a 7 min. slot.  Sign-up is on a first come, first serve basis.  Admission is $ 3.00 and refreshments are available.

Natalia Zukerman, born in 1975, is an American artist and musician raised in Manhattan, New York. She is the daughter of violist/conductor Pinchas Zukerman and flutist/writer Eugenia Zukerman, and the sister of opera singer Arianna Zukerman.

Zukerman's music is a cross-genre blend of blues, jazz, bluegrass and folk. Her songs are characterized by dense, cryptic lyrics that lack a traditional chorus-verse structure. The subject matter ranges from the whimsical to the metaphysical. Often she tells stories or relates personal observations about life and relationships, but her songs are not "confessional" in nature. Her vocal style reflects strong jazz influences.

Zukerman plays a variety of guitars including acoustic, electric, slide, dobro, lap steel and banjo, but primarily focuses on her Goodall acoustic guitar and vintage 1938 Rickenbacker lap steel guitar. Her guitar playing is described as "fluid and smooth" while she is also acclaimed for her dexterity and nimble fingers.

Reflecting her varied musical roots, Zukerman cites Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie, Bonnie Raitt, Erika Luckett, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones and Ani DiFranco among her musical influences. Her first three albums were released on her own independent record label, Talisman Records. In 2008, she released her fourth album on Willy Porter's Weasel Records label.
Along with her work as singer, songwriter and guitarist, Zukerman is also an accomplished artist specializing in large format drawings and murals.

Joining Natalia this evening is artist, musicain and illustrator – Andy Friedman
(Visit his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/otherfailures
Check out his illustrations: http://www.andyfriedmanillustration.com/)

PERFORMING SONGWRITER: "Country beat poetry. . .boatloads of tangible details per verse. Friedman has cobbled together ragged folk, blues, rockabilly, and country, crumbling old images and sterile new ones, as well as restlessness and tender attachment. It makes for a heady, human picture."
NODEPRESSION.COM: "Friedman is writing some unforgettable songs."
LA WEEKLY: “A weird, potent strain of art-damaged, ragged-but-right country pathology.”
NASHVILLE SCENE: “Andy Friedman has a dark, singular sense of humor it serves him well as a cartoonist for the likes of the New Yorker, and it serves him even better as an acerbic singer-songwriter with a world-weary delivery and a talent for synthesizing heartache.”

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Host Jon Zander
Admission $3
Performers should arrive at 7pm…
First 12 to sign up, perform. 7 min. limit
 
Come join us… show your talents, whatever they may be…  the mic is yours!!

BluSeed's Open Minded Open Mic Night ~ Thursday, February 25th
Admission $3
Performers should arrive at 7pm…
First 12 to sign up, perform. 7 min. limit
 
Come join us… show your talents, whatever they may be…  the mic is yours!!

BluSeed's Open Minded Open Mic Night ~ Thursday, December17th

Admission $3
Performers should arrive at 7pm…
First 12 to sign up, perform. 7 min. limit

Come join us… show your talents, whatever they may be…  the mic is yours!!