Music and Open Mics

The Halo Ensemble: The Bach Project
Friday, May 10, 7:00-8:30pm
In May of 2013 the Halo Ensemble is touring the Bach Project, a musical conversation between the compositions of J.S. Bach and free improvisation. The concert will be performed by a quartet of musicians from Halo, who are collectively known as Time Canvas. The group features violin, guitar, cello, and bass. The Halo Ensemble is a collective of musicians based in Cleveland, Ohio. The artists form various projects within the ensemble, from small orchestra and chamber music to improvisation and collaboration across artistic genres. The Time Canvas project formed within the Halo Ensemble in 2012, and focuses on both improvisation and new music. The quartet brings the traditional into a dialogue with the new, in order to speak to people from every walk of life. Check ‘em out.

XE LA Solo
Friday, May 17, 7:00-8:30pm
Alex “Xela” Alverez is a life-long Clevelander, a former member of the band Cows in the Graveyard, and a busy open mic host and musician-about-town. A thieveland songster & artgeek, he plays all kinds of styles, perhaps best described as jazz-punk-rhythm-and-blues. Xela has released three full length albums: Cartoonopolis, the acoustic Luv Mutha, and Clumbsy Luv. Come see him, solo, in Loganberry's acoustic dream room. Check out a sample. Donations for the band gratefully accepted.

Broadsides & Ephemera
Friday, May 24, 7:00-8:30pm
Moderated by Small Victories Press, Broadsides & Ephemera is a spoken word showcase of local writers, artists, and performers. A perfect environment for shaping, sharing, and improving your poetry, prose, song, theatre and performance art. Come one, come all!

Red Brick Rhoades
Friday, May 31, 7:00-8:30pm
Singer-songwriter, Red Chrosniak, learned guitar to make his habit of doodling lyrics on old envelope backs both productive and sustainable. Far from her native prairie, Becca Rhoades lends her improvisational fiddling skills and a little of her Texas drawl to the songs he writes. Red and Becca started playing together upon discovering their shared love of heart-free dancing, getting lost, and making both mischief and music. Their voices create a sweet lyrical blend with the fiddle harmonies and their onstage chemistry is often augmented with cheeky interplay. Red Brick Rhoades offers original songs about the permutations of love, the trials and tribulations of life, and the joys of moonlight, moonshine, and being moonstruck. Check out a sample. Donations for the band gratefully accepted.

Istvan Medgyesi
Friday, June 7, 7:00-8:30pm
Inspired by a wide range of music, you can hear the echoes of an array of American musical traditions intertwined with modal explorations and occasional forays into noise and drone. Istvan Medgyesi played at Larchmere Porchfest in 2009, and we're pleased to welcome him (and all his instruments) back to the Larchmere neighborhood.

Gene's Jazz Hot
Friday, June 14, 7:00-8:30pm
Gene's Jazz Hot has been the official house band at Loganberry Books, playing a monthly gig since October 2007. The musicians have changed over the years, and often include guest performers. The current line-up includes Kevin Richards on guitar, Bill Kenney on clarinet, Reed Simon on violin, and Gene Epstein on double bass. Same great toe-tapping tunes in the cozy LitArts room. Come see what it's all about.

Second Hand Dogs
Friday, June 21, 7:00-8:30pm
Second Hand Dogs plays original music along with a variety of cover material, from such artists as Neil Young, Cowboy Junkies, Bob Dylan, The Cranberries, The Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas, The Weavers, R.E.M., to name a few.

Broadsides & Ephemera
Friday, June 28, 7:00-8:30pm
Moderated by Small Victories Press, Broadsides & Ephemera is a spoken word showcase of local writers, artists, and performers. A perfect environment for shaping, sharing, and improving your poetry, prose, song, theatre and performance art. Come one, come all!

Brian Henke
Friday, July 5, 7:00-8:30pm
Brian Henke composes and performs his music like a painter putting images on canvas, a kind of sonic shaman, drawing his inspiration from the natural world around him. His unique guitar style has been called everything from Folk to New Age to Neoclassical to Pastoral or, as Brian like to call it, "a big stewpot of everything stirred up, simmered, and served to taste." His music appeals to everyone who likes their music lyrical, thought provoking and performed with virtuosity. Through it all is an undercurrent of spirituality and mysticism that Brian says is very much a part of the creative process. Check out a sample.

Gene's Jazz Hot
Friday, July 12, 7:00-8:30pm
Gene's Jazz Hot has been the official house band at Loganberry Books, playing a monthly gig since October 2007. The musicians have changed over the years, and often include guest performers. The current line-up includes Kevin Richards on guitar, Bill Kenney on clarinet, Reed Simon on violin, and Gene Epstein on double bass. Same great toe-tapping tunes in the cozy LitArts room. Come see what it's all about.

Amy Fishbach
Friday, July 19, 7:00-8:30pm
Amy Fishbach lives in the neighborhood and in addition to being a fine musician, she makes really cool artist books. We are pleased to welcome her into our Friday Music Series in a role she is perhaps better known for, her ukelele traditional music.

Broadsides & Ephemera
Friday, July 26, 7:00-8:30pm
Moderated by Small Victories Press, Broadsides & Ephemera is a spoken word showcase of local writers, artists, and performers. A perfect environment for shaping, sharing, and improving your poetry, prose, song, theatre and performance art. Come one, come all!

Sommerfugl
Friday, August 2, 7:00-8:30pm
Pronounced *summer-fool*,"Sommerfugl" is Danish for butterfly. And as beautiful as a free butterfly on a summer's day, here is an eclectic mix of love songs, torch songs, duets, originals and other surprises. Two veterans of the local scene and two of the finest vocalists and instrumentalists around coming together in a synergistic rainbow of sound. Rich, delicate, precise harmonies; a joyous dance of guitar and violin; a captivating journey through many emotions and moods. Sincerely. Prepare to be enchanted. Check out a preview.

Gene's Jazz Hot
Friday, August 9, 7:00-8:30pm
Gene's Jazz Hot has been the official house band at Loganberry Books, playing a monthly gig since October 2007. The musicians have changed over the years, and often include guest performers. The current line-up includes Kevin Richards on guitar, Bill Kenney on clarinet, Reed Simon on violin, and Gene Epstein on double bass. Same great toe-tapping tunes in the cozy LitArts room. Come see what it's all about.

Charlie Mosbrook
Friday, August 16 , 7:00-8:30pm
Voted Cleveland Scene Magazine's Best Singer-Songwriter in 2011, Charlie Mosbrook is often compared to Cat Stevens, John Gorka, and Greg Brown for his dynamic baritone voice, understated guitar technique, and inspired lyrics. With 25 years as a performer and composer, Charlie presents his music with a relaxed confident simplicity with a mix of sincerity, humor and passion. Check out a preview.

Broadsides & Ephemera
Friday, August 23, 7:00-8:30pm
Moderated by Small Victories Press, Broadsides & Ephemera is a spoken word showcase of local writers, artists, and performers. A perfect environment for shaping, sharing, and improving your poetry, prose, song, theatre and performance art. Come one, come all!

oldboy
Friday, August 30, 7:00-8:30pm
oldboy is a rock-folk band whose music runs the gamut from wistful, to epic, to downright heavy rock and roll. With a few ep's available, a soon-to-be released full length and most Cleveland venues under their belts, this epitome of a mid-western band delivers each audience the best music performance at every show. Check out a preview.

Maura Rogers
Friday, September 6, 7:00-8:30pm
Maura Rogers and Meredith Pangrace are The Bean Sisters. They have been performing together since 2011 with their band Maura Rogers and the Bellows. In 2012 the band's full-length album - "A Good Heart Will Break"- won over audiences and music critics. Later that year, they began working as a duo. Audiences have welcomed the new intimate sound and moving blend of guitar and accordion, under warm harmonies and Maura's passionate vocals and storytelling. Together they promise a genuine, heartfelt performance for all in the audience. Check out their recent TV interview.

Gene's Jazz Hot
Friday, September 13, 7:00-8:30pm
Gene's Jazz Hot has been the official house band at Loganberry Books, playing a monthly gig since October 2007. The musicians have changed over the years, and often include guest performers. The current line-up includes Kevin Richards on guitar, Bill Kenney on clarinet, Reed Simon on violin, and Gene Epstein on double bass. Same great toe-tapping tunes in the cozy LitArts room. Come see what it's all about.

Rapid Transit Trio
Friday, September 20, 7:00-8:30pm
Rapid Transit's repertoire draws from musical lineages including bebop, modern jazz, cool jazz, latin jazz, blues, rock, and fusion. Featuring Arno Roench on vibraphone, George Shumway on upright bass, and John Powell on drum kit.

Broadsides & Ephemera
Friday, September 27, 7:00-8:30pm
Moderated by Small Victories Press, Broadsides & Ephemera is a spoken word showcase of local writers, artists, and performers. A perfect environment for shaping, sharing, and improving your poetry, prose, song, theatre and performance art. Come one, come all!

Pete Cavano
Friday, October 4, 7:00-8:30pm
As a professional guitarist for close to 40 years, Pete Cavano is no stranger to the local music scene. He has worked with the late Robert Lockwood Jr., and local legends Anne E. Dechant, Wallace Coleman, Mr. Stress, and Colin Dussault, to name just a few. He is also an annual performer at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention held in Nashville, showcasing the best solo guitarists from around the world. For the last 20 years he has concentrated on solo guitar, covering everything from Bach to the Beatles.

Gene's Jazz Hot
Friday, October 11, 7:00-8:30pm
Gene's Jazz Hot has been the official house band at Loganberry Books, playing a monthly gig since October 2007. The musicians have changed over the years, and often include guest performers. The current line-up includes Kevin Richards on guitar, Bill Kenney on clarinet, Reed Simon on violin, and Gene Epstein on double bass. Same great toe-tapping tunes in the cozy LitArts room. Come see what it's all about.

Victor Samalot
Friday, October 18, 7:00-8:30pm
Victor Samalot is co-founder and guitarist for rock/jazz fusion group Rare Blend (1994-present) with 5 CD releases receiving radio airplay and international CD sales. Since 2009, Victor has been performing as a solo acoustic instrumental guitarist inspired by Jazz stylings, Latin, rock, Ambient and World rhythms. Some of Victor's Guitar influences are Carlos Santana, Andy Summers, Craig Chaquico, Ottmar Liebert, Jeff Beck, Phil Keaggy, Jimmy Page. In 2011, he came out with his first solo acoustic CD entitled "Victor Samalot". When performing live, Victor uses digital looping technology which is a foot-activated device capable of simultaneous recording and playback in real-time creating a one man band sound.

Broadsides & Ephemera
Friday, October 25, 7:00-8:30pm
Moderated by Small Victories Press, Broadsides & Ephemera is a spoken word showcase of local writers, artists, and performers. A perfect environment for shaping, sharing, and improving your poetry, prose, song, theatre and performance art. Come one, come all!

Deborah Van Kleef
Friday, November 1, 7:00-8:30pm
An evening with folksinger Deborah Van Kleef includes compelling story-songs, biting topical humor, heartstring-tugging old-time ballads, and anthems for a better world. Deborah accompanies herself on guitar, ukulele and Appalachian dulcimer. She also sings a capella and may occasionally whip out a pennywhistle, washboard or kazoo. Deborah has performed, promoted, written and taught folk music for nearly 30 years. She has appeared at concerts, coffeehouses, rallies, conferences and special events across the country.

Gene's Jazz Hot
Thursday, November 14, 7:00-8:30pm
Switching back to their old spot on second Thursdays, Gene's Jazz Hot has a loyal following here at Loganberry Books. The musicians have changed over the years, and often include guest performers. The current line-up includes Kevin Richards on guitar, Bill Kenney on clarinet, Reed Simon on violin, and Gene Epstein on double bass. Same great toe-tapping tunes in the cozy LitArts room.

Time Canvas
Friday December 6, 2013, 7:00pm-8:30pm
~music series~
Time Canvas presents North American Voices, a concert featuring compositions by American composers. This diverse program includes a number of new compositions for the quartet by local composers Jeremy Allen and Joshua Stauffer, balanced with some expansive improvisations and capped with a touch of burning bluegrass. The concert starts at 7pm, and tickets are pay-as-you-will at the door. Check out a sample of their music.

Gene's Jazz Hot
Thursday, December 12, 7:00-8:30pm
Gene's Jazz Hot has been playing a monthly gig here for a solid six years. After this December concert, they will go on a brief hiatus of their regular performance schedule. Perhaps in the spring we will see them again, along with their great musicianship, guest artists, and great fan base. So don't miss this chance to see them heat up the LitArts room in a grand send-off (temporary as that may be!).