FOR THE MUSIC! June 10th@ 6pm:
FOR THE MUSIC – Live Music Fundraiser
Join us for a night of live music while raising funds for our new music space!
We’re proud to feature amazing local musicians David Goddy, Carlos Pavan, Kathryn Lewis, Petra Jasmiina & Co., Victor V.Gurbo & Co., and Don Militello & Charles Ruble.
Saturday June 10th, 6-11 PM
298 Butler Street, Brooklyn, NY
Proceeds from this event will go toward locating, moving and tuning a decent upright piano to better serve musicians, vocalists and musical theater artists who want to rehearse and teach at Spoke the Hub Re:Creation Center studios in Park Slope in the coming year.
Meet our performers:
“Roots revivalist Victor V. Gurbo and his four-piece backing band create original folk ballads infused with an Americana spirit…voted the Brooklyn Borough Champion at WNYC & WQXR’s Battle of the Boroughs, Gurbo & Co. pay homage to the canon of American song and poetry with a raw, bluesy, foot-stomping sound that’s both classic and contemporary.”
– Brooklyn Academy of Music
Petra Jasmiina is a singer-songwriter, producer and creative entrepreneur originally from Finland, now living in New York City. Her music is a unique blend of pop, folk, and cinematica, rooted in storytelling and inspiring listeners to dare dream out loud. She is also the founder of Petrafied Productions, a mission to inspire, empower and enable independent artists to realize their visions in both song and film. Her latest release, “Jackie O Lake” is a look back at her first days in New York, and a reminder of hope and perseverance.
Longtime friend of Spoke, David Goddie is your basic older-guy-couch-player who gravitates to what he can play and sing – simple and plaintive.
Kathryn “Kat” Lewis (@countrycitykitty) plays mostly Classic Country songs and is influenced by Reggae, Pop, and NYC. She performs with The Sheriff of Goodtimes at the Thompson Street Medicine Show, Billygoat, and her band Country City. Kat is also a music producer and studio sound engineer.
Argentina-born and Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer Carlos Pavan has performed at well-renowned venues such as Lincoln Center, New York City Center, Brooklyn Borough Hall and Merkin Hall at Kaufman Center, and internationally in France, Ireland, Portugal, Scandinavia and Japan. At the present he is the composer/artistic director of Trio Concertante & Park Slope Chamber Players with his 3rd album of originals works released by the legendary Centaur Records label.
Don Militello is a jazz pianist, composer and educator originally from Buffalo, NY. His long list of credits includes performances with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, an international tour with the Hammond Organ quartet, several prolific jazz festivals, as well as stage appearances with Red Rodney, Etta Jones and Gloria Lynne, to name a few. Don has been involved in numerous projects for film and dance including the short, NYC Joshua Tree, which received the Black Maria Film Festival Juror’s Choice Award in 1994 and is on permanent reserve at MOMA along with a few other collaborations.
Don Militello will be playing a mix of jazz standards and original jazz compositions. He will be accompanied by bassist Charles Ruble, a member of the High School Jazz Academy at Lincoln Center.
Proceeds from this event will go toward locating, moving and tuning a decent upright piano to better serve musicians, vocalists and musical theater artists who want to rehearse and teach at Spoke the Hub Re:Creation Center studios in Park Slope in the coming year.