LUNA STAR CAFE IS CELEBRATING IT 23RD ANNIVERSARY

Bring your axe. Very laid back – a great way to meet some of the Café’s performers & regulars in a very low-pressure environment. Novices & pros are welcome to come on down & join the jam. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs.

Arthur Cruz Jazz
Keyboard artist, singer and songwriter Arthur Cruz is an interpreter of jazz standards and his own original songs – melodic tunes with pensive lyrics that blend jazz, rock and pop influences from Cole Porter to the Beatles to Sting.

A hopeful romantic, with a distinctive voice and style of song, Arthur Cruz sings of longing to be your valentine, believing in fairy tales of love and holding on to each other through the dark night of the soul

With the energetic Elvis Taylor on drums, these three musicians produce a dynamic, syncopated sound.

The trio is often joined by accomplished jazz instrumentalists (Ted McDermott,) and vocalists (Loye Hawkins,  for an exciting evening of live, improvised music.

Sarah Jacob views songwriting as a catalyst to navigate through emotions and give them voice. Aided by her love for puns, double entendres and allusion, her songs transform the confusions and ambiguities of inner experience into a “language of the emotions.” Since 2012 Sarah, who composes on the piano, has teamed up with Darrell Arnold, baritone vocalist and guitarist, and Fred Napolitano, saxophonist, forming the Sarah Jacob Trio. The result–mixing hints of jazz, blues and folk into contemporary rock-ballads–is an original lyrical and musical blend. The trio combines a sense and sensibility that make for beautiful songs, offering a psychological expedition of the inner world.

Darrell Arnold

Darrell Arnold’s compositions are soulful folk-rock, with a twist of country blues.

LOU DOMINGUEZ

Lou Dominguez is a modern day folk singer and award winning songwriter in the tradition of Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen and Woody Guthrie.  Lou does not shy away from political and social issues while still being able to deliver heartfelt songs about every day experiences.

WAGNER, HAND & PFLUG

WAGNER, HAND & PFLUG
ARE Nancy Wagner (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Robert Hand (vocals, guitar, harmonica) and Jamie Pflug (vocals, stand-up bass, guitar, banjo, dulcimer). They play a mix of original songs and their own acoustic versions of classics from the 60s and 70s folk-rock tradition. Featuring their distinctive three-part harmonies, WHP plays music that makes you feel good and think well.

Matthew Sabatella and theRambling String Band

Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band bring their multimedia show to the Luna Star Cafe. “American Heritage Music: From Plymouth Rock to Rock & Roll” is a 90-minute multimedia stage show that celebrates the music of America. With vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass fiddle, and an array of beautiful projected images, Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band take audiences on a journey that connects traditional folk songs, spirituals, fiddle tunes, Appalachian music, ragtime, blues, rhythm & blues, jazz, old-time country, bluegrass, and early rock and roll. Audiences sing along to familiar favorites and enjoy stories of how the music came to be. Since before the United States declared independence, songs, instruments, and musical styles were brought to the New World by British colonists, African slaves, and immigrants from other parts of the world. New songs and genres emerged from the encounters between these diverse people and the unique American experience itself. As America changed, grew, and pushed its boundaries, so did the music. This is American heritage music. This is your birthright. Own it.

Matthew Sabatella and theRambling String Band

Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band bring their multimedia show to the Luna Star Cafe. “American Heritage Music: From Plymouth Rock to Rock & Roll” is a 90-minute multimedia stage show that celebrates the music of America. With vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass fiddle, and an array of beautiful projected images, Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band take audiences on a journey that connects traditional folk songs, spirituals, fiddle tunes, Appalachian music, ragtime, blues, rhythm & blues, jazz, old-time country, bluegrass, and early rock and roll. Audiences sing along to familiar favorites and enjoy stories of how the music came to be. Since before the United States declared independence, songs, instruments, and musical styles were brought to the New World by British colonists, African slaves, and immigrants from other parts of the world. New songs and genres emerged from the encounters between these diverse people and the unique American experience itself. As America changed, grew, and pushed its boundaries, so did the music. This is American heritage music. This is your birthright. Own it.

Bring your axe. Very laid back – a great way to meet some of the Café’s performers & regulars in a very low-pressure environment. Novices & pros are welcome to come on down & join the jam. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs.

ALL THAT JAZZ
Come join Loye and Ted for an evening listening pleasure. Smooth jazz standards and ballads with a mix of blues and pops. Intermissions and last set opened for those who want to jam with us…
Free Free Free

The Night Bombers is a blues/rock/soul band. Henk Milne, guitar, vocals; Chris de Angelis, bass, vocals; Zip Robertson, harmonicas, vocals; Mike Vullo, drums, vocals. First bombing run: – Luna Star Cafe, Thursday, September 5, at 8:00 p.m. See you there? (It will be loud).

0UTTA THE BLUE

AMY CAROL WEBB
Named one of South Florida’s “Ten Best Folk Singers of All Time” in 2013, an “Act to Watch” by Billboard magazine and “One to watch in the next millennium” by the Miami Herald – the sole songwriter among noted philanthropists, activists, and cultural visionaries – Amy Carol Webb is passionate and poignant, the girl next door and no ordinary woman.

From raucous rhythms to mellifluous melodies, her music makes brave new territory feel like your own back yard, a transforming celebration of the never-quit pioneering spirit of her Native American great-grandmothers and the soul searching ministrations of her father and grandfather before her. Headlining stages from Boston to Bayfront, the venerated Kennedy Center to Florida’s festival stages, Amy’s “liquid vocals sing of a better world – and makes it a joyful proposition” (Performing Songwriter).

OPENING ACT DERELICT DAUGHTER

Derelict Daughter is a dynamic female two piece recently from Central Illinois.  A collaboration between singer songwriter K Klotz and multi instrumentalist Michelle Elaine, these two will race you down the river, and land you in the church.  Their songs are built on guitar and percussion, violin, two banjos, and a hand-me-down accordion. Grounded in midwest summers and Americana roots, they draw inspiration from so many musicians, including Brandi Carlile, Shovels and Rope, Mandolin Orange, and Ani DiFranco.

Michelle set off to learn the lay of the land about five years ago with her violin and bare hands.  After a couple years of street music and watching the country fly by, she paused in Peoria, IL long enough to join bluegrass band Woodland Remedy in January of 2017.  She has since played venues from Chicago to Iowa and down to Tennessee. Together they’ve opened for Jeff Austin, The Steeldrivers, Cornmeal, and Growler. Somewhere along the way she picked up a banjo.

K’s incredible arsenal of original music began the first time a guitar was put in her hands and hasn’t slowed since.  Her voice will first sweep you away, then wake you up and shake you to your core. As their forces began to merge sometime last fall, sparks danced around them, and the project was born.

After a summer on the road out West, they set sail for Miami, and just made port in September.  As the weather eases, these two are settling in. For the pair, this is a season of exploration, of finding their ways in these tropics, and writing their first album together, set to record in the Spring.

Bring your axe. Very laid back – a great way to meet some of the Café’s performers & regulars in a very low-pressure environment. Novices & pros are welcome to come on down & join the jam. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs.

RACHELLE COBA

With her expertise in string instruments, Rachelle’s take on the blues is unexpectedly honest and mesmerizing. She works her magic to create amazing musical arrangements with a torrential force that sweeps away every type of audience. Rachelle started out jamming with Buddy Guy as a teenager and since has played to cheering crowds all around the world by bringing her own high-powered brand of soul, country, uptown and funk blues styles to the stage. Her debut album, “Mother Blues,” epitomizes her talent as a solo guitarist, singer, producer, and writing powerhouse, and earned her a nomination for Blues Blast’s Magazine’s Best New Debut CD Award. Her second album coming summer of 2018 on American Showplace Music is getting rave reviews already. Rachelle is on her way to becoming one of the worlds premier blues women and with her band, she continues to grace the stage as one of the blues most original performers.

Since then, Rachelle toured extensively in Australia in 2013, 2016 and 2017, the United States Midwest and the Mississippi Delta and she has been a reoccurring special guest on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise.

“She played the hell out of the guitar” Matt “Guitar” Murphy

“Now I know many of you may not have had the pleasure of hearing this smoking guitar powerhouse and

singer… But I have to tell you this, you WILL be hearing more of this amazing artist. Her performance at the Blues

Blast Awards was stunning! Once she started her set, a hushed silence fell over the entire crowd. It was one of the highlights of all of the performances at the awards show.”

Bob Kieser, publisher,  Blues Blast Magazine

Bring your axe. Very laid back – a great way to meet some of the Café’s performers & regulars in a very low-pressure environment. Novices & pros are welcome to come on down & join the jam. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs.

Community Philosophy Conversations

THE MIAMI PRESERVATION SOCIETY

The Miami Preservation Society is a non-profit organization focused on preserving and supporting the envrionmental, ecological, and cultural heritage of Miami, Florida. Founded by Hugo Guzman in 2019, it consists of regular meetups in some of Miami’s oldest and most important cultural venues, with an emphasis on longstanding live music venues such as Luna Star Cafe in North Miami.

Sarah Jacob views songwriting as a catalyst to navigate through emotions and give them voice. Aided by her love for puns, double entendres and allusion, her songs transform the confusions and ambiguities of inner experience into a “language of the emotions.” Since 2012 Sarah, who composes on the piano, has teamed up with Darrell Arnold, baritone vocalist and guitarist, and Fred Napolitano, saxophonist, forming the Sarah Jacob Trio. The result–mixing hints of jazz, blues and folk into contemporary rock-ballads–is an original lyrical and musical blend. The trio combines a sense and sensibility that make for beautiful songs, offering a psychological expedition of the inner world.

Darrell Arnold

Darrell Arnold’s compositions are soulful folk-rock, with a twist of country blues.

LOU DOMINGUEZ

Lou Dominguez is a modern day folk singer and award winning songwriter in the tradition of Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen and Woody Guthrie.  Lou does not shy away from political and social issues while still being able to deliver heartfelt songs about every day experiences.

WAGNER, HAND & PFLUG

WAGNER, HAND & PFLUG
ARE Nancy Wagner (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Robert Hand (vocals, guitar, harmonica) and Jamie Pflug (vocals, stand-up bass, guitar, banjo, dulcimer). They play a mix of original songs and their own acoustic versions of classics from the 60s and 70s folk-rock tradition. Featuring their distinctive three-part harmonies, WHP plays music that makes you feel good and think well.