MEG BRAUN, ANNA DAGMAR, HONOR FINNEGAN, SHARON GOLDMAN, VICTORIA LAVINGTON, CATHERINE MILES, KARYN OLIVER, ELISA PEIMER, ALLISON SCOLA, CAROLANN SOLEBELLO, and ALLISON TARTALIA.

It will be an amazing evening of wonderful songs sung by talented singers!

Eclectic Company

Incidental Music

By Leslie Berman

Incidentally, the best music of the afternoon of water was turned in by singer/writer Elisa Peimer, whose delicious and thought-provoking pop songs have been and should continue to be featured in soundtracks and cover versions by all and sundry, if the gods of getting-what-you-deserve get their collective act in gear.  Peimer’s been buzzing around the fringes of the about-to-make-it-big circuit for a while now, and her sweet and sultry vocals on her albums and EPs do justice to her tuneful, soulful music.  After overhearing her first song, I began to listen with intent, and soon found myself the owner of one of her CDs, courtesy of my ever-thoughtful brother.  We discussed Peimer’s chops and the to-ing and fro-ing of her success between numbers, falling silent each time she began to sing.  Why hasn’t she made it big yet, we both wondered?  Well, there is that power-ballad sensibility, and most young artists are doing their best to avoid the wall of sound, except if they’re selling tunes to TV shows that love the lush life.  But though her songs seem familiar, even if they’re nothing you’ve ever heard before, they also offer unexpected musical twists, and I for one hope Elisa Peimer never tires of making music.  If I knew that new music like this would be coming at me for the rest of my life, I could be content. 

Then on Thursday, May 19, I'll be joined by the outstanding Martha Redbone,  Rob Schwimmer, & Steve Addabbo at the Songwriter's Beat at the Christopher Street Coffeehouse.  It's a night of amazing songwriting and performing starting at 7:30.  Check out the Calendar page for more details.

I've got a song being played on the last NYC podcast of Radio Crystal Blue.  Host Dan Herman is relocating to Philly, but of course, with the internet, I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more of his show from the far reaches of Pennsylvania.

Also, here's a press release about WDFH, a wonderful local radio station near where I grew up in Westchester County.   Marc Sophos's labor of love has kept this free-form station going against all odds.  In a time of computer programmed radio, WDFH is smart and refreshing.  I was a guest performer there a couple of years ago, and I plan to make another appearance this spring.

Then on Tuesday the 23rd, bassist Irwin Menken will join me at Sullivan Hall at 7:45pm for an acoustic set.

You can check out the Calendar page for all the details.