Friend, bandmate, and violinist extraordinaire Ripley is in the throes of creating an electroswing “immersive theater, dance, burlesque and circus spectacle” called The Penny Jive, and had their workshop performance earlier this week. Check out some photos below, and support their kickstarter campaign if you can.

Clickenzee for the gallery!

SchoolTree released their new album, Rise, at the Lizard Lounge (on the Ides of March!) with support from Count Zero and a small troupe of variety & burlesque acts. An exquisite night! Just a few lazy snapshots from my seat, I was mostly just enjoying the show:

Now go buy the album!

A few snapshots from the Speakeasy Dollhouse in NYC, taken at the March 2nd, 2013 performance. I forgot how ‘fun’ shooting in almost no light whatsoever could be…

On February 28th, Brendan Burns is once again bringing together a collective of incredibly talented musicians and performers at the Somerville Theatre to bring Beck’s upcoming Song Reader “album” (which is only being released in sheet music form) to life.

Our version of ‘Old Shanghai’ was arranged by Brendan, with:

Vocals – Mary Bichner
Guitar – Brendan Burns
Bass – Tony Leva
Trumpet – (yours truly)
Tenor Sax – Brendan Higgins
Trombone – Randy Pingrey
Baritone Sax – Kathy Olson