Nov

21

Vonda Shepard Vonda Shepard

with Julia Haltigan

Sat November 21st, 2015

7:00PM

Main Space

Minimum Age: 18+

Doors Open: 6:00PM

Show Time: 7:00PM

Event Ticket: $30

Day of Show: $35

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Come celebrate the release of Vonda’s new album, Rookie, where she will be signing copies after the show! Featuring intimate versions of Vonda’s songs – as well as some of her favorite covers – this show is guaranteed to get audiences on their feet! Shepard encourages song requests for her show via her Facebook page…or you can yell out your request from the audience, so don’t be shy!
 
Vonda will sign copies of Rookie after the performance! CDs will be available for sale at the show.
 
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TABLE SEATING POLICY
Table seating for all seated shows is reserved exclusively for ticket holders who purchase “Table Seating” tickets. By purchasing a “Table Seating” ticket you agree to also purchase a minimum of two food and/or beverage items per person. Table seating is first come, first seated. Please arrive early for the best choice of available seats. Seating begins when doors open. Tables are communal so you may be seated with other patrons. We do not take table reservations.
 
A standing room area is available by the bar for all guests who purchase “Standing Room” tickets. Food and beverage can be purchased at the bar but there is no minimum purchase required in this area.
 
All tickets sales are final. No refund or credits.

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Vonda Shepard

After 30 years of playing clubs, theaters, and touring the world many times over, Vonda Shepard has just embarked on yet another new project… raising the funds through a KickStarter campaign to fund her 14th album, Rookie. Born in New York City in 1963 – and playing piano since the age of 6 – Vonda still loves what she does, and is thrilled to still have a forum in which to share her music.
 
You may know Vonda Shepard as a star of screen (TV’s “Ally McBeal”) and stage – the recent New York revival of Randy Newman’s Faust, starring Randy Newman, for which she garnered rave reviews: “And in one of the year’s great stage moments to date, Newman and multi-Emmy and Grammy winner Shepard brought the house down in the second act with the gorgeous duet “Feels Like Home.” – Theatermania.com
 
One of her earlier releases, “It’s Good, Eve,” still rings true, and about which Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly said “the singer/songwriter genre doesn’t get any better than this.” This is also the album that led directly to her being hired as the “voice of Ally McBeal”, where she was also the “behind the scenes” music producer, producing over 500 songs for the artists Sting, Robert Downey Jr., Jon Bon Jovi, Al Green, Gladys Knight, Chubby Checker, Randy Newman, Barry Manilou, and many more. The show also released four albums on Sony/550, featuring Vonda, which she also produced.
 
During this time, Vonda also recorded “By 7:30” and “Chinatown,” and later released “From The Sun,” as well as two live albums, a live DVD and the album titled “Solo,” where she rerecorded some older original tunes.
 
Vonda has played keyboards and sung with Rickie Lee Jones, Al Jarreau and Jackson Browne. She was signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1988 and released two albums for them.
 
She has sold over twelve million albums and has won two Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards and two Screen Actor’s Guild awards.
 
Recent Reviews of new album “Rookie”
From The Daily Vault – Jason Warburg

 
The soul influence comes through strongest on the title track, a great ensemble piece led by what feels like a classic Motown bass line, nimble and propulsive and relentless. There’s more than a little Aretha Franklin in Shepard’s fierce declaration that “I’m not a rookie”—I know what I’m doing and you’d better not underestimate me.
 
Opener “Need Your Love” is a bluesy shuffle featuring Hammond organ and Shepard providing her own background vocal chorus. You can hear the tigress in her voice as she wails: “What you’ll find out here baby, is I’m as strong as I say / Though I got my troubles, I push them out of the way…” Next in line, “Turn It Up” shifts gears smartly, adopting a funky, sultry edge for a snappy tune with a touch of Philly in the arrangement.
 
From Pop Culturez

 
“Sometimes, taking a back-to-basics approach to song-craft can bear the boldest results, and that is certainly the case with this beautifully realized collection. Highlights include the title track, the opening ‘Need Your Love,’ and ‘Turn It Up, ‘ while elsewhere, more low-key moments like ‘Long For The Days’ and ‘Train To Inverness’ allow listeners the chance to sink into Vonda’s superbly emotive song-writing.
 
With a simplicity that belies the skills shown in crafting this release, Vonda Shepard shows why she has been so feted in her career. ‘Rookie’ is yet another example of why Vonda Shepard has been lauded for her song-writing and performance, and is certainly worth checking for…
 
The perfect antidote to over-produced, all frills-and-no-skills pop!”

 

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Julia Haltigan

Acclaimed bombshell songstress Julia Haltigan came up on the Lower East Side of New York City when it oozed a heady mix of danger, possibility and art. She made meaning of the painful complexities of her parents’ split, her father’s incarceration, and a freewheeling life of parties and a revolving cast of street characters.
 
Julia emerged from it all a sensitive badass who rides vintage Triumph motorcycles and sings primal rock n’ roll with smoldering expressivity. Julia’s signature artistry evokes Brigitte Bardot, Marianne Faithfull, Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, and Lou Reed.
 
Her latest EP, Hot Tears, is a masterful collection, teeming with themes of heartache, images of broken bones, car chases, and nostalgia. Stunners in this set include the gritty swagger of the T. Rex-like “Money,” the 1960s James Bond ballad-esque “Burning Bridges & Breaking Hearts,” and the sleek and smoky “How To Make A Broken Heart,” co-written with songwriting legend Mike Scott of The Waterboys. Julia and her band (Steve Williams, Paul Frazier & Teddy Kumpel) opted to self-produce and the results are powerfully dynamic.
 
Julia has performed as a part of the Varvatos Music Series, filling the store over capacity leaving a line around the block, and live on tastemaking radio personality Vin Scelsa’s show Idiot’s Delight. She’s also shared the stage with such venerated names as Judy Collins, Steve Earle, Norah Jones, Montgomery Gentry, Rhett Miller, Nicole Atkins, and Holly Miranda, among others.
 
Outside of her solo career, she moonlights as the slinky Jessica Rabbit inspired jazz crooner ‘Vivian Fairchild’ in the off-Broadway hit “Sleep No More.” She also performs in the fizzy pop band The Singles, alongside her buddies Scarlett Johansson, Kendra Morris and Holly Miranda. When not onstage or in the studio, Julia’s straddling a 1970 Triumph Bonneville.
 
Julia Haltigan’s timeless voice, look, and persona make her something of a period piece. Her effervescent performances are also known to entrance entire crowds. Haltigan’s entire life is music: When she’s not singing, she can be found attending another show. Whether she’s crooning about motorcycles, old flames, or mermaid’s tails, Haltigan’s jazzy, sixties sound and Spanish rhythms shine through.” -Interview Magazine
 
There’s a singular, sexy sound emanating from the concert halls of New York’s East Village and Lower East Side. The sultry, seductive music comes from Julia Haltigan, a gorgeous singer-songwriter whose combination of country, jazz and blues into catchy, romantic ballads has put her at the top of my make out playlist.”-Glamour Magazine 

 
photo credit: Marc McAndrews
 
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