Salons Februar - Juli 2012

Welcome back to Sofa Salon. Last month's collaboration with Bremen agency Songs & Whispers was an amazing night. Thank you to Gillian Grassie for her songs and her generosity in sharing her harp with the audience, Adam Donen for the poetry and candlelight and Heiko and team at Songs & Whispers.

Have a listen to the new Sofa Salon podcast featuring February's performers plus independent poetry and music from around the world including David Creese, Sharon van Etten and Jenny Hval. 

Regards,

Sam 

Friday 24 February: Gosia Winter (Aus) + Cera Impala (US) + Claudia Emmingham ( DE)

Three powerful performers, Berlin ladies all. Gosia Winter, a Polish-Australian songwriter and guitarist with a playful avant-pop style with the sensuality of 30's jazz and the soul of Slavic folk, Cera Impala, a charismatic stalwart of Berlin's bluegrass/americana scene who sounds like Mama Cass and Michelle Phillips with a wicked sense of humour, and Claudia Emmingham, a bi-lingual poet whose found her voice and bone-dry performance style in Berlin's spoken word scene.

Einlass 19:00. Eintritt 6€. Email reservations to berlinsofasalon [ at ] googlemail.com

Friday 23 March: Miss Kenichi (DE) + guests

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.

With another musical guest and poet to be announced.

Friday 27 April: Phia (Aus) + Holly Mae and the Painted Room (US) + guests

Phia is the playful DIY-art-pop music project of Australian-in-Berlin multi-instrumentalist songwriter Sophia Exiner, think Regina Spektor or New Buffalo playing in a kitchen full of musical instruments. Holly Mae and The Painted Room is a literate art-folk project that draws inspiration from myths, fairtales and Greek tragedy, heavy on swooning, sparking sounds and harmonies.

Saturday 12 May: Sean Nicholas McMahon (Aus) + A Seated Craft (Aus) + guest

Continuing the Sofa Salon tradition of being a Berlin home for Australian independent music, we're pleased to present Sean Nicholas McMahon and his plaintive Alt.Country/Folk songs. He comes from acclaimed Melbourne 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.

Saturday 23 June: SAND Summer Sofa Salon Summer Festival

Sofa Salon again joins with SAND Journal, Berlin's English-language literary magazine, to create a day-long festival of incredible music and spoken word. We will be holding this somewhere extraordinary.


Friday 6 July: 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.

Sofa Salon podcast number 1

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

Cheers,
Sam

Sofa Salon podcast Jan 2012 by SofaSalon

Sofa Salon 2012 with added podcast

Dearhearts, Welcome to Sofa Salon!  Don't forget to "like" us on Facebook.
Meine Lieben, Willkommen zum Sofa Salon! Bitte nicht vergessen bei Facebook den „Like Button“ anzuklicken. 

Here is Sofa Salon's debut podcast with music from our January artists and more Berlin goodness.




  Sofa Salon podcast Jan 2012 by SofaSalon

Host a Sofa Salon?
Would you like to host a Sofa Salon in 2012? Please email me at berlinsofasalon@googlemail.com for information.

Friday 27. January - Sofa Salon and Songs & Whispers present a living room concert: Gillian Grassie (USA) and Adam Donen (SA)
Sofa Salon is back for 2012 and is collaborating with Bremen collective Songs and Whispers to present a Berlin living room concert for Gillian Grassie and Adam Donen.

Philadelphia-based Gillian is a talented folk pop singer-songwriter and harpist with a jazz-infused rhythmic style and a soulful, supple voice. The quirky intimate detail in her songs make her kin to artists like Feist, Fiona Apple, Laura Marling and Regina Spektor.

Adam Donen, a South African poet, based in London, has developed an ornate, overtly gothic combination of music and poetry rooted in classical, religious music that explores loss of faith and sensual immersion in the physical world. His sound draws on artists like Josh T. Pearson and Leonard Cohen.

Doors at 19:00. Entry is 6€. Reserve your places with an email to berlinsofasalon@googlemail.com

Web: Gillian Grassie    Web: Adam Donen

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Freitag 27. Januar - Sofa Salon and Songs & Whispers present Wohnzimmer Konzert: Gillian Grassie (USA) und Adam Donen (SA)
Sofa Salon rückspringt in 2012 in Zusammenarbeit mit Bremen Kolletiv Songs & Whispers. Am Freitag 27. Januar, präsentieren wir ein Wohnzimmer Konzert mit die amerikanerin Gillian Grassie und südafrikanischer Adam Donen.

Philadelphia-basierte Gillian ist eine talentierte Folk-Pop Singer-Songwriter und Harfenistin, wer ein Jazz-infundiert Rhythmisch Stil und biegsam Stimme hat. Der sonderbar, intim Details in ihre Liedern macht ihre vergleichbar mit Feist, Fiona Apple, Laura Marling und Regina Spektor.

Adam Donen, der London-basiert südafrikanischer Dichter, legt eine kunstvoll, Gothisch Mischung Poesie und Musik an, dass in klassisch und religiös Musik gegrundet ist und erforscht die sinnlich Erde. Seine Musik schöpft aus Musiker wie Josh T Pearson und Leonard Cohen.

Einlass 19:00. Eintritt 6€. Reservierungen mit einer E-mail an berlinsofasalon@googlemail.com.  

Bitte, enschuldige mein Deutsch. Ich versuche!

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.

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