I’ll be performing as part of Vessela Stoyanova’s Eastern Stories Under Western Skies project again on Saturday, February 27th at Gulu Gulu in Salem, MA, and then also the following Saturday, March 7th at Caffe Vivaldi, in Greenich Village, NYC.
Both of these sets will be in conjunction with Goli, and in Salem, we’ll be guests of [...]

This coming Valentine’s Day, the Elephant Tango is taking the stage again as the house band for Bent Wit Cabaret’s monthly stint at Club Oberon.  This month’s theme is “Sin,” and we’ve been working hard to put together the most unrighteous collection of tunes for this amazing show.
These shows sell out, so get your tickets [...]

One year ago today, Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins held their CD release party at the Lizard Lounge (Cambridge, MA).  It was a wonderful night of music that celebrated the birth of an epic album.
This record has been a personal source of inspiration, and the track Autumn Spills is a standout delight among a solid collection of [...]

I found out about Jared Nielsen’s project while checking my own site’s statistics.  A noticeable “click-through” percentage was coming from his “The Song That Never Ends” page.  As I’m always curious about who is linking in my direction, I did some exploring.  This what I found:
“The Song That Never Ends is the world’s largest musical collaboration. [...]

Stating in January, the Elephant Tango Ensemble (Valerie Thompson – Cello, Vessela Stoyanova – MIDI Marimba, Brendan Burns – Guitar, Nate Greenslit – Drums, + special guests) is back for Bent Wit’s monthly Cabaret at Oberon.   January’s theme is Blue, which means all performers (include the house band) will use Blue as the inspiration for their [...]

Can you believe it?!!  A whole new site design!
This is something I’ve been trying to do for over a year now, but haven’t had the proper time or energy to devote to it.  This Holiday break, I enlisted on the fine designers of NattyWP to do the heavy lifting for me.  Although things look new, [...]

On Halloween (Saturday, October 30th @ 8pm), I’ll be sitting in with Schooltree performing for Brendan Boogie’s Cover-Up series at the Lizard Lounge.  It’s going to be a fun night of music featuring your favorite local bands covering some of your favorite songs from your favorite time of life: childhood (think The Muppets, Schoolhouse Rock, [...]

Guitober is Guihappening again!

At Brookline Music School we are celebrating the guitar with it’s own month: Guitober!  This year’s activities include clinics, concerts, videos and a giveaway.
Head on over to Guitober.com or BMSmusic.org for all the details.
And play a Guitcrossword puzzle while your at it!

My biggest project of the year – The Ra Quintet (led by Brant Grieshaber) will be celebrating the release of our debut CD on September 25th at the Lilypad (10pm).  Come check out the genre-bend, face-melting, extravaganza of music.  Also on the bill: Tamandua