Segment of Society Promotions

August 21st 7pm	Amy Speace (trio) * NYC w/ Stasia Demos *Indy
Boulevard Place Cafe 4155 Boulevard Place Indpls (317) 283-2233	$10 Cover

I was born in Baltimore at the tail end of the hippie-dippie-love-fest decade to two very solid, faith-based people who had nothing to do with love-ins and be-ins and were probably in church the weekend Woodstock swept the country. My Dad grew up on a really small farm in a really small house with an outhouse, three brothers, a sister, a few dogs and cows and things that a farm would have, and one very solid, very Baptist widowed mother. I think my Dad looks like a movie star in his old black & whites: a football star, Eagle Scout, Bible memorizer. My mother was born in Baltimore and was very much a city girl. A catholic, plaid skirt-wearing, Catholic Girls’ school goin’ city girl. Her dad was a sailor who died in the ocean when she was a girl and her mom was a Boston transplant who never lost her accent, even up until she was 103, lying in her bed in my parents’ home in rural Maryland, whispering to the stars of her long lost love. I was born in Baltimore. My sister and my brothers were born there, too, so I guess we’re from there, but we moved around enough that I felt a bit restless. Minneapolis, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. My feet never rooted anywhere. Part of me thinks of myself as being “from” New York City cause I’ve lived in and around Manhattan longer than I’ve lived anywhere else in my life and I started writing and playing music here. Home is perhaps where you choose to land.

I write songs that sound like what I hear in my head, which is a kind of melding of what I heard when I was a kid, my Dad’s Johnny Cash records, my Mom’s Neil Diamond records, Emmylou, Dolly, twisted up with Ella and Nancy Wilson and Dinah Washington and Matthew Sweet and The Replacements and Tom Petty, etc. I feel a bit like that old Donny & Marie song, in between genres, but I like playing solo and I love playing with my band. I love writing songs but it’s a struggle everyday for me to do it, and I try to stay honest and I hear other writers working and I’m humbled and remind myself to enjoy the journey. Enjoy the music and pass it along!

August 22nd 7pm	Elana Arian NYC & Kate Klim Sommerville, MA
Boulevard Place Cafe 4155 Boulevard Place Indpls (317) 283-2233	$5-$ 8 sliding scale cover

Multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Elana Arian has done it again. After three years of extensive touring to promote her debut release FOREWORD, Elana returned to the studio…with a vengeance. She brought with her an impressive cast of musical collaborators: producer Tim Bright (Lisa Loeb, Toshi Reagon), drummer Dan Rieser (Norah Jones), keyboardist John Deley (Dido, the Weepies), and bassist Joe Quigley (Lisa Loeb). The result is HOW TO STAND IN THE RAIN – a stunning new chapter in her burgeoning career as a performing and recording artist. Elana was raised on equal parts Mozart, Mingus, and Mitchell – influences that guided her to study conducting and violin, jazz guitar, and songwriting in college. On HOW TO STAND IN THE RAIN (due to be released at the end of March), Elana seamlessly blends the discipline of classical, the freedom of jazz, and the candor of folk music into her own unique style as a singer/songwriter. Elana continues to pack houses at legendary music clubs up and down the East Coast, including the Living Room (NYC), the Knitting Factory (NYC), the Bitter End (NYC), the World Café Live (Philadelphia), the Tin Angel (Philadelphia, PA), Club Passim (Cambridge, MA), and the Iron Horse (Northampton, MA). Elana has opened for Catie Curtis, Erin McKeown, Girlyman, David Wilcox, and Edie Carey. HOW TO STAND IN THE RAIN will be in wide distribution by Fontana/Universal Music beginning in May. Points of interest: --HOW TO STAND IN THE RAIN was mastered by Scott Hull, the master-mind behind releases by Ani DiFranco, Bob Dylan, the Indigo Girls, Martin Sexton, John Mayer, Nelly Furtado, & Edie Brickel --In addition to having composed all of the songs on HOW TO STAND IN THE RAIN, Elana also wrote all of the string arrangements and plays an impressive range of instruments on the record: including guitars, violin, tenor banjo, viola mandolin, celeste, & glockenspiel --Drummer Dan Rieser (of Norah Jones’ Grammy Award Winning COME AWAY WITH ME) plays on HOW TO STAND IN THE RAIN --John Deley took time away from touring internationally with Dido to play piano, wurlitzer, and c-2 organ on HOW TO STAND IN THE RAIN

Kate Klim was five years old when her family inherited a piano, 9 years old when she received her first lesson, and 11 years old when an unsuccessful audition for the film "Life with Mikey" caused her to rethink her career as a moviestar. This was fortunate, because the singer/songwriter Club Passim has since called a "local rising star" then turned to music.

With roots in Palatine, Illinois and Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Kate was raised on a steady diet of Carole King , Paul Simon, Billy Joel and John Lennon. Later on, her influences grew to include Patty Griffin, Jonatha Brooke, Chris Trapper and Garrison Starr.

Kate's musical success in her hometown led her to Berklee College of Music in Boston. It was here that Kate worked on her skills as a writer and performer. She can often be found on the stages of Club Passim, the Tin Angel, Tupelo Music Hall and other notable listening rooms. Recent accomplishments include opening slots for Shawn Colvin, Richard Shindell, Ollabelle and a performance at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory as part of the Philly Music Awards. After winning a coveted spot at the 2004 Mid-Atlantic NACA conference, Kate entered the college market, which included the receipt of a special “emerging artist” award fron the prestigious Cornell University. Summer of 2005 included an honorable mention in the Mountain Stage Newsong Contest, and 2006 brought her to the Finals for Mountain Stage as well as teh "Silver" Award for Best Folk Song in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.

In 2006, Kate collaborated with celebrated New England producer, Crit Harmon (Martin Sexton, Lori McKenna, Meg Hutchinson) to record her first fully-produced CD. Several songs have already won awards, and the album was released in January, 2007 to a sold out crowd in Cambridge, MA. 2007 will be a year of touring and promtion for the album, "Up and Down and Up Again." In late summer of '07, Kate will be returning to her hometown of Philadelphia, PA, to pursue music full time.

August 23rd 7pm	LVNMUZIQ Grand Rapids w/Cari Ray Indy
Lazy Daze Coffeehouse 10 S. Johnson Ave Indpls (317) 353-0777	$5 suggested donation

Liz Snavely (guitar, harmonica, vocals), originally from Elkhart, IN, is 42, a graduate of Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, MI, and has no musical training, other than a year of choir. Liz’s first job out of college was designing international industrial magazine ads. She also worked as a Graphic Designer for a law firm, a photojournalist for the U.S. Air Force, a Technical Support Manager at a telecommunications company, and a Telecommunication Sales Rep for a large telecommunications company.

Steph DeJong (violin), originally from Grand Rapids, MI, is 19, a sophomore at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI, and has had about 13 years of classical violin training. She is a Music Performance Major and is training specifically to be a violin soloist. Together they combine their different musical talents to create music best described as urban folk with an edgy classical twist. When Steph first joined the duo in November of 2007, Liz explained each song she had written to Steph so she would have a full understanding of the meaning and message. After listening, Steph added violin to Liz's music that brought out an extra layer of emotion. It is a great musical colloboration that has been going strong for the past 10 months.

Liz used to refer to LVNMUZIQ as toe-tappin’ urban folk music and can still be seen tapping her bare feet to each song during a performance. The CD was made at Eastown Recording Company in Grand Rapids, MI. Just 4 blocks from Liz'shouse. Liz remembers, “I always had Wednesday’s off because I had to work Saturday’s. So every Wednesday for about 6 months I’d go record my 1st studio CD. The entire process was life changing for me. I was finally living my dream and had never felt so fulfilled. No matter how hard we worked or how expensive it was, I enjoyed every moment of it."

Since LVNMUZIQ became a duo, Liz and Steph have been touring nationwide. Within the last year, LVNMUZIQ has performed at over 100 gigs in 21 states and performed with talented artists such as Ellis, Pamela Means, Jennifer "JJ" Jones, Catie Curtis, and have performed at festivals with folks like Melissa Ferrick, Cris Williamson, and God-des and She.

LVNMUZIQ music is going to also be featured in an upcoming independent film documentary called “Fagbug.” You can read more about Fagbug and it’s creator, Erin Davies, at www.fagbug.com.

LVNMUZIQ is committed to writing and creating music from our hearts, passionately, for ourselves and for others in the world who are willing to listen. Our words are important, our music is bold and emotional, and we encourage anyone to follow your dreams, be real, stand up for yourself, and believe in yourself. We love that music can bring many people together and be a beautiful, unique experience. We hope you know how much we love what we are doing. We are thankful to anyone who is a part of our musical journey!!

LVNMUZIQ released their 2nd studio CD, "Contemplating the Void" in March of 2008. "A cross between Tracy Chapman and Grant Lee Phillips, urban-folk singer-songwriter Liz Snavely, aka LVNMUZIQ, creates compelling, sometimes introspective, sometimes fiery acoustic nuggets on her second full-length CD. A powerful talent." (John Sinkevics - The Grand Rapids Press)

Cari Ray

Born: June 26, 1974 in Rockville, Indiana to a brick mason and a beautician (they weren?t called ?stylists? then...still aren?t in Rockville). Grew up bare-footed and sun-tanned on 80 acres in the middle of the woods. Daddy taught me about hard work and respect, how to do for yourself, how to tie a good knot. Mama taught me about people, how to see through to what was inside them, to have my judgments not matter too much, that everything in life is a choice, how to can vegetables.

My musical escapades have been many and varied. My roots are Bluegrass, Classic Rock (mostly 50s, 60s and early 70s) and the Country Queens (Loretta, Patsy, Kitty, Tammy, Tanya, etc.). Over the years, delta blues found me and singer-songwriters like the ones linked on my ?music? page drew me in. The thread for me has always been simple songs with gritty lyrics about the lives
of average folks. While I can appreciate political and social themes in music,
I?ve always felt the most compelling stories are about those basic, common experiences of humankind. This is the music I listen to and these are the songs
I write. Raw. Simple. I don?t want to change anyone?s mind about anything,
I don?t have a point to make or a bone to pick, I intend only to connect.