
Dan & Faith could teleport into an early-'50s folk-revival club in NYC and fit right in.
The patrons might be a little confused about the current-day issues this duo frequently addresses, but they'd dig the music.
Dan, in fact, was a friend of Pete Seeger's — stayed at Pete and Toshi's house in his younger days. Maybe he'll talk about it a little at the show.“With catchy music and thoughtful lyrics, these multi-instrumentalists write and sing songs about uncomfortable truths, current events, and the political events that shape the country today. Interspersed between serious topics, Dan and Faith show their sense of fun and regale us with songs about food, time, and life from a dog’s perspective.” — Jan Sheehy of The Milkhouse Heaters(Oh hey, not to name-drop, but we're gonna name-drop. Jan and Mike, who are The Milkhouse Heaters, are planning to be at this show. And word is that Rebecca and Ken, the globetrotting folk duo Hungrytown, whose latest album Circus For Sale is doing gangbusters, will also be there to take it in.)“Warmly and honestly portray themselves with an expansive panorama of acoustic styles that reflects their enlightened world view: a deep love for words and music, and a compassionate earth-based spirituality.” — Pete Kennedy“As singer-songwriters they remain true to their open-mic/coffeehouse/music-in-the-round roots.” — Nick Noble, host of The Folk Revival on WICNSinger-songwriter Temple Mountain is also on the bill, playing Stage 33 Live for the first time. He was raised in the vibrant soundscape of Long Island, and the timeless melodies of The Beatles, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Simon & Garfunkel inspire his music. He's a talented guitar player; his unusual hook is that most of his songs integrate themes of mental health, self-discovery, and the intricacies of the human experience... which he makes way less of a drag than it might sound like. These are things that touch everyone."Heartfelt acoustic-folk with smooth, intimate vocals and gentle guitar." — Caesar Live N LoudDan & Faith and Temple Mountain will play the Stage 33 Live listening room on Sunday, March 23 in a 3:00 PM matinee. Tickets are $10 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. The performances will be recorded and filmed.
The one after that, on Sunday, April 6 at 6:00 PM with Bethanie Yeakle + Marty Royle + Trevor Robinson, is gonna be totally different.
Bethanie Yeakle is absolutely unique. A veteran of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, The Guthrie Center, and Club Passim, she's shared stages and/or played with Tune-Yards, Antje Duvekot, Anais Mitchell, Slaid Cleaves, My Morning Jacket, Richard Lloyd Group, Bill Kirchen, and more. A pretty disparate list. She can also be glimpsed on the big screen as a musician/featured-extra in Ang Lee's movie Taking Woodstock.Marty Royle is perhaps best known as the lead singer of the popular longtime DC indie-rock stalwarts Washington Social Club, which made fun, witty power pop for more than two decades. MTV ran a feature on them back when MTV was actually a music channel, and Marty once somehow made Robert Smith of The Cure laugh. This will be a solo performance. Trevor Robinson is equally at home performing clever, quirky folk or meandering electronic improvisations. This will be a clever, quirky folk set, solo acoustic.
We didn't give it much time to take root, but we've decided to bag the Patreon thing.
Not so much because it isn't getting any traction (boy is it ever ain't), but because we're thinking that it doesn't deserve to.
The percentage they take for their platform fee is basically normal, and so are the transaction fees. Together, about 11%. But if you're using the iOS app, Apple is going to start taking a whopping 30%... on top of the transaction and Patreon platform fees.30% of nothing is nothing, but that's not the point. And Apple is the bad guy here, not Patreon.Though we never really talk about it, for ages we've had the ability for folks to set up a monthly donation through Donorbox if they wish. If you wish, please do.But our Patreon is gonna go away shortly.
