Thanks for dropping by the Sofa Salon website and checking out my upcoming shows. As always, doors at 19:00 and reservations are vital! Email berlinsofasalon@gmail.com to secure your seat. If you want to invite friends, the facebook event listing is here.
This month, I continue to explore the work of the many amazing women musicians resident in Berlin. The show is on Friday April 27 and features a solo set by Holly Mae Haddock from Holly Mae and The Painted Room and a set by Susanna Berivan.
FRIDAY APRIL 27
Holly Mae and the Painted Room is a literate art-folk project that draws inspiration from myth and fairytale, heavy on swooning, sparkling production and harmonies.
Susanna Berivan is a smoky, delicate sounding chanteuse pinning her Delta Folk/Blues songs with a downhome guitar style.
SOFA SALON PODCAST NUMBER 4
Every month, I make a podcast featuring the upcoming Sofa Salon performers plus singer-songwriters and poets from around the world whose work I'm digging right now. I host it on SoundCloud and you can stream or download the podcast which features performances from Holly Mae and The Painted Room, Susanna Berivan, Ned Collette, Julitha Ryan, Miranda Gjerstad and Gaby Bila-Günther:
Many of you only know me as the hostess of Sofa Salon, but I am about to release my debut solo album under my nom-de-KunstWasp Summer. It's also my birthday, so Sofa Salon is hosting its first Album Launch Party!
MAI
12
Sean Nicholas McMahon
+ A Seated Craft
As Sofa Salon continues the tradition of being a Berlin home for Australian independent music, we present two Australians: Sean Nicholas McMahon and his plaintive Alt.Country/Folk sounds. He comes from acclaimed Melbourne roots band Downhills Home. A Seated Craft
is the warm, gossamer music of Alexia Peniguel. The underlying
melancholy in her emotive music is leavened by its great, delicate
beauty.
JUNI
16
Sofa Salon SAND Journal Summer Party
Sofa Salon again joins with SAND Journal,
Berlin's English-language literary magazine, to create a day-long
festival of incredible Scandinavian music and spoken word. We will be
holding this in a secret new venue somewhere in Berlin.
JULI
6
Lapingra (It) + guests
Italian toycore band Lapingra
is a collaboration between two quirky musicians with shared passion for
Barbie, bake-a-cakes, Björk, Disney soundtracks and Bauhaus. Their
album uses toy instruments to bake oven-fresh and original songs.
SUMMER AND BEYOND:
AUGUST
18
Ben Salter (Aus) + Ned Collette (Aus)
This night features two of Australia's critically acclaimed songwriters and their brand new albums. Ben Salter came from Brisbane bands Giants Of Science and alt.country collective The Gin Club and co-producing his debut solo album The Cat with members of The Drones. Ned Collette is a past host and performer at Sofa Salon and brings us literate musings from his album with his Australian band Wirewalker, 2.
SEPTEMBER
1
Ian Fisher (USA) + guest
His American folk visions and acerbic wit fall somewhere in the vicinity of Woody Guthrie, or Elvis Costello, Ian Fisher brings us stripped-back versions of songs from his new Ian Fisher & The Past album.
Hallo and welcome back to Sofa Salon. I have my very own domain name now: www.sofasalon.de and, as of this morning, there are over 600 of you subscribed to the mailing list and facebook page. 600! Thank you friends of Sofa Salon. Your enthusiasm and attendance makes this little moveable stage possible for me and all the artists.
Here's the Sofa Salon podcast for March 2012, featuring this month's artists Miss Kenichi and Eric Eckhart plus great tracks from Roland Satterwhite, Sean M. Whelan & Isnod and The Gypsy Curse.
On to this month's Sofa Salon. This month, we have a new host and her living room in Wedding. Email berlinsofasalon {aet} googlemail.com for reservations. 6€ eintritt. Einlass 19:00. Musik 20:00.
Friday 23 March: Miss Kenichi (DE) + Eric Eckhart (USA/Ire)
Miss Kenichi,
born a trucker's kid in a secluded little town in the woods of
south-east Germany, makes a kind of parched and dreamy Americana with a
husky voice that slips in under your defences.
Joining Miss Kenichi is Eric Eckhart, a West Virginian by way of Ireland, who played the very first Sofa Salon and returns to us with a pocketful of big, warm folk-pop songs.
Miss Kenichi: Arrived
Eric Eckhart: Lost
Upcoming Sofa Salons:
Friday 27 April: Holly Mae and the Painted Room (US) + guests
Saturday 12 May: Sean Nicholas McMahon (Aus) + A Seated Craft (Aus) + guest
Saturday 23 June: SAND Summer Sofa Salon Summer Festival
Friday 6 July: Lapingra (It) + guests
Sofa Salon is the monthly living room concert series showcasing the best Berlin-based singer-songwriters and poets alongside German and international guests.
I'm now doing a monthly podcast that features upcoming Sofa Salon artists and tracks from performers I want to support.
This is my first 30min podcast and features music and poetry from Gillian Grassie, Adam Donen, Sailor Days, Mute Swimmer and mr oCean. Gillian and Adam will be playing Sofa Salon on January 27, 2012. If you'd like to reserve your place, send an email to berlinsofa salon [at] googlemail.com.
Each podcast will be up on my Soundcloud page and hopefully up on iTunes. Don't forget to
Many of you only know me as the hostess of Sofa Salon, but I am about to release my debut solo album under my nom-de-Kunst Wasp Summer. It's also my birthday, so Sofa Salon is hosting its first Album Launch Party!
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As Sofa Salon continues the tradition of being a Berlin home for Australian independent music, we present two Australians: Sean Nicholas McMahon and his plaintive Alt.Country/Folk sounds. He comes from acclaimed Melbourne roots band Downhills Home. 
A Seated Craft
is the warm, gossamer music of Alexia Peniguel. The underlying
melancholy in her emotive music is leavened by its great, delicate
beauty.
Sofa Salon again joins with
Italian toycore band 
This night features two of Australia's critically acclaimed songwriters and their brand new albums. 
Ned Collette
His American folk visions and acerbic wit fall somewhere in the vicinity of Woody Guthrie, or Elvis Costello, 
