Anna Leuchtenberger likes to make all sorts of stuff! She can be spotted at the bimonthly Puppet Playlist, and she loves improvising (songs, lyrics, stories, recipes). She's always open to last-minute collaborations with strange/nice people who've got ideas and plans, so give her a ring.
Ben Berlin - Ben is from Newton, MA (home of the Fig Newton, true story). Ben Berlin plays music, shoots video, enjoys living in Brooklyn, and wouldn't want to live anywhere else in New York.
Dan Costello - "Dan Costello knows how to make an impression. Fusing folk and hip-hop, his unmistakable songs convey an unforgiving sense of the world, life, love, and getting arrested for hanging flyers on a lamppost. Straight-up!" - Dan Dipollito (Attention Driver)
Franz Nicolay - Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who debuted his solo album, "Major General" this year. He's also known for his work with bands as diverse as The Hold Steady, Guignol, The World Inferno Friendship Society and Anti-social Music.
Joe Crow Ryan - Also known as "The Greatest Living Subway Musician in New york City," he sounds like Mr. Rogers doing a Louis Prima impersonation, but it depends on the song...."
Laura Brenneman - Smart, funny, engaging performer. Sounds like the love-child of Stephen Sondheim and Joni Mitchell, raised by Muppets.
Maria Sonevytsky was handstand champion of the first grade. Her prowess for physically demanding feats of grace made her a natural accordion player. She's squeezed with the Main Squeeze Orchestra, Anti Social Music and various NYC groups. Her current band is The Debutante Hour, an accordion, cello and drum power trio she formed w/ Susan Hwang in 2007.
Matt Colbourne
Susan Hwang plays accordion and write songs about zombies, books, books about zombies, parking, her mother and the Devil himself. She plays in accordion/drum/cello power trio, The Debutante Hour.
Sweet Soubrette features the vocals and ukulele playing of NYC's Ellia Bisker, whose songwriting has been described as "Liz Phair meets Leonard Cohen." She performs frequently in NYC and Brooklyn with her band, and is working on her second album, "Days and Nights," scheduled for release in 2010. Like Charles Darwin, she believes her ancestors were monkeys, but she likes to think hers were glamorous, sophisticated ones.
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