I will be performing with Mary Bichner’s Box Five on Wednesday, May 12th at the Lizard Lounge along with Jaggery & Rachel Smith.  Advance tickets are available. I will also be performing in the Elephant Tango ensemble for two puppet shows this weekend: Friday, May 21st at Pershiable Theater’s: Blood From A Turnip (showtime 10pm) Saturday, [...]

Bent Wit Cabaret and the Elephant Tango return with Grotesque! this Sunday, May 9th at CLUB OBERON. Hosted by the outrageous UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb and the legendary 86-years-young Mary Dolan, Bent Wit is a monthly “high-end, low-brow variety show” with a different theme for each show and a brilliant core cast of collaborating performers [...]

I’ve already posted about Bent Wit Fantasy, but I wanted to put up a little something showcasing Maria Korgan’s always amazing poster-design: Flyers are going up around town, tickets are selling, and we’re working hard putting the finishing touches on an amazing show. Sunday, April 11th @ Club Oberon 8pm (Doors @ 7:30)

The Elephant Tango Ensemble is back for more Bent Wit! On Sunday, April 11th we return as the house band at Club Oberon for the Bent Wit “Fantasy” show.  We’re pulling out all the stops to work up some “Fantastical” material.  This time around, we will have the pleasure of performing with the Second Line [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]