Sofa Salon #22: The Sweetness

Dearhearts,

Sofa Salon #22 explodes in harmony as our favourites The Sweetness return to Kristian’s wonderful Kreuzberg wohnzimmer. The winter is at our doorsteps, the cold and the dark are trying to creep into the last corners well defended by the warmth of our radiators. What better to keep the ghosts of winter away than music?

The 3rd SofaSalon at Kristian’s place will be taking place Friday 11th November

7.30 pm (doors 7 pm) … Entrance fee is 5 Eur as usual, drinks will be around 1-2 Eur.

We are honoroured to have The Sweetness playing for us again, coming over from the great wide plains of Texas and Canada, performing the best of their folk-inspired sets of accoustic magic.

(here is an example from their last concert at SofaSalon in spring this year: http://wethesweetness.com/videos.php)

Feel free to invite friends, but please let me know, so we can reserve a place for you. Email berlinsofasalon [at] gmail dot com to reserve your place. Eintritt 5 EU. Einlass 19:00.

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Sofa Salon August Surprise

Sofa Salon TONIGHT! – 2nd String band (USA)

Dearhearts, Welcome to Sofa Salon! It seems the summer is finally returning to Berlin and what better than to celebrate with some Music in lovely Kreuzberg. This Saturday 6th August 20.30, Kristian is hosting an evening of American bluegrass, old-time, folk and country-western with The Second String Band from Washington D.C., featuring Sophia Kruszewski on mandolin, Sam D’Agostino on guitar, Phil Aroneanu on banjo, and Jacob Weiss on fiddle, and all on vocal harmony. “Please come, enjoy and our support our dream of sharing our unique blend of American music with friends new and old across Europe!”

Check out their blog at: http://2ndstringband.com/

The concert is at Kristian’s place in Oranienstraße in the middle of Kreuzberg 36. Doors open at 20:00, music starts 20:30. It’s 5Eur donation to help the guys finance their tour through Europe. Drinks will be available at low prices. To register: kristian.brakel@gmail.com

Last Sofa Salon at Joe’s, last Salon til July

Hi Folks,

Sofa Salon #18:

Donnerstag 26. Mai @ Joe’s Bar presents the “For Love And Mayhem” tour launch for Wasp Summer and Water Music’s European Tour 2011.

This will be the last regular Sofa Salon showcase at Joe’s Bar for a while. I’m going to be busy with touring and recording for the rest of the year, so I’ll concentrate on the Wohnzimmer Konzerte for the rest of 2011.

This next Sofa Salon is also special because it is my tour launch. I play solo as Wasp Summer and I’ve organised a month-long Summer Tour with an amazing Australian singer-songwriter that I’ve actually never met, Water Music.

Through a mutual friend (and friend of Sofa Salon, Mark Steiner), we decided to have an adventure. Our “For Love And Mayhem” European Tour. We both make soulful, raw folk-rock and alt.country. Come and check out the show.

The Tour Launch Party is the Sofa Salon @ Joe’s Bar. Einlass 21:00. Eintritt Spende/Donation. Schönhauser Allee 157, Prenzlauer Berg.

Sofa Salon #17 Wrap-Up:

Well, Sofa Salon #17 was AMAZING. Thanks to the SAND Journal crew for their organisational nous and all the readers and musicians who made wonderful performances for us. We had a great audience, too. At 6 hours, we were tired and hungry by the end (thank you, felafel!) but it was a very relaxed and lovely day.

Our musicians were: Roller One, Monty Sparrow, Waywardbreed, Andrew McCubbin and the Hope Addicts and Jimmy Tait. Our performers included Sunny the Magosopher, C.M Scholler, Becky Crook, Julian Smith-Newman, Sophia La Fraga and Shane Anderson. Check out the web links on the right to get a further fix of goodness. We witnessed incredibly moving moments, wry, sly and, surreal and funny moments. And everyone enjoyed the marvellous hof at Pedram’s apartment. Thank you all.

Sam Cooney took some great photos and posted them on this blog and his other blog. Matti Ernstmeier posted some images on Facebook. We got mentioned on übercool Berlin events blog Sugarhigh!

I think there will be more Sofa Salon/SAND collaborations in the future.

Cheery! How much musicians need to sell online to make minimum wage. Hyah!

Click on this link to see a fascinating infographic that indicates what musicians selling their music have to sell in order to make the (USA) minimum wage. There’s debate as to how accurate the data is (if you read the comments) but even as a rough calculation, it’s pretty telling stuff.

Sofa Salon #9 @ Joe’s Bar

Sofa Salon @ Joe’s Bar
Donnerstag 25. November / Thursday November 25thSchönhauser Allee 157, Prenzlauer Berg 10435 Berlin
Musik: Ned Collette (AUS) + Mute Swimmer (UK) + Poesie: Robert Grant (UK)

This is the last Sofa Salon for 2010. I hope to see you there!

ENG:
SOFA SALON returns to our second home, Joe’s Bar in Prenzlauer Berg, with a night of wry and literate songwriting and poetry. We feature literary Australian singer-songwriter Ned Collette in his last Berlin show for 2010, the playful, experimental folk music of Mute Swimmer (UK) and the poetry of Robert Grant (UK), convenor of Berlin poetry showcase Beat Street. Starts 9pm. Entry is by donation to the artists.

DE:
SOFA SALON zurück zu unser zweites Zuhause, Joe’s Bar in Prenzlauer Berg, mit schiefes und belesen Musik und Poesie. Wir verfügen über literarische australische singer-songwriter Ned Collette (letzte Berlin konzerte für 2010), der spielerische, experimentelle Folk Musik der Mute Swimmer (UK) und die Poesie des Robert Grant (UK), Gründer Berlin Poesie Auslage “Beat Street”. Beginnt 19:00. Eintritt: Spende für die Künstler.

Sofa Sessions at Joe’s Bar

On Friday 9 July, Sofa Sessions, Berlin’s most intimate music, poetry and art showcase goes from the wohnzimmer into Prenzlauer Berg’s gemütlichsten new venue, Joe’s Bar.

The fourth Sofa Session features Eric Eckhart (USA), Wasp Summer (AUS), Ken Burke (IRE), mr oCean (AUS), Wayward Breed (AUS) plus special guest performers.

The show begins at 8pm
Eintritt: €3
This is a non-smoking event