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.

Diane Ward

Join Diane Ward & the Band of Virgos featuring Jack Shawde (guitars), Debbie Duke (bass), Bob Taylor (keyboard), and special guest, Jeff Renza (drums).

“She’s gentle, strong, poignant; her own story will move you — so will her music.” Janet Goodman – Music News Nashville

“As a showcase for everything that makes Diane Ward so special, this record [Beautiful Ways] is a gem that should not escape your attention. It is a triumphant and emotive collection of songs that will answer the question: “Where have all the great singer-songwriters gone?” Before you lament the poor state of popular music, make sure you check out Beautiful Ways to have your faith refreshed and restored!” – KEYBOARD MAGAZINE

“VOTED BEST ROCK VOCALIST / MIAMI NEW TIMES – Blessed with a conscience and a voice like honey in a blender, Ward always finds a way to sweeten her woeful lyrics while stirring up those themes that deserve the whirring-blade treatment. Her gift has made the Miami native a regional attraction…” Miami New Times – Miami, FL

“VOTED BEST SONGWRITER / CITY LINK MAGAZINE – On her latest CD, Wonderlight, Ward pens tunes that are so damn hummable you’ll find yourself whistling the choruses while standing in line at Publix…” City Link Magazine – Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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.

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

Blue Embers Jazz and Blues Revue is a three piece band from Hollywood/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida formed in 2018. The group consists of guitarist/vocalist Seth Shealer, drummer Jay Lyon, and upright bassist Mark Abramowitz. Playing from a wide and carefully selected repertoire of jazz, blues and classic rock covers the band creates the perfect relaxed and elegant mood for any occasion.

Mandy is a mesmerizing power house singer/songwriter and guitarist from Miami, Florida and has been singing for as long as she can remember being alive. She is the former “front woman” of the eclectic band “The Fortune Tellers”. As a little girl, she remembers already knowing that she wanted to perform and write songs for the rest of her life. She started out singing other people’s songs, being influenced early on by the oldies. Johnny Cash was her first real influence in vocal, guitar and songwriting style. The deeper she got into the oldies, the more she felt as if she had been born in the wrong time. In her early teens, she really fell in love with music from the 50’s and early 60’s, especially doo-wop and the soul and R&B music of the time. The music from that time enchanted her, and still does. She started out as a self-taught guitarist and over time developed her own unique style of playing. Around the age of eighteen, she discovered the true power of her voice. She started to gain influence from powerhouses like Grace Slick, Janis Joplin and Stevie Nicks, while her songwriting became very heavily influenced by songwriters like Leonard Cohen, Simon & Garfunkel and Donovan. Till this day, she can still say that Cohen’s music reigns supreme in her heart.

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.

NSAI South Florida Chapter Songwriter workshop

Bring an original song for critique on CD, or perform it live acoustically. Make sure to have 12 copies of your lyric sheet.

$5 for non-members/ FREE for members.

This workshop is affiliated with the Nashville Songwriters Association International. (nashvillesongwriters.com)

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.

PAPER TREES: ERIC KING

Eric King, also known as Paper Trees, is a singer-songwriter from Miami, FL who has toured locally and nationally for the past 14 years in various bands and acts. From progressive rock, to indie pop, electronica, and folk, Eric has explored many facets of music to create an ecletic sound that can be experienced at his live performances.

SPECIAL GUESTS

WOODEN ROOTS AND

JOEL HEINEN

 HOSTED BY SARAH JACOB TRIO

HOSTING AN OPEN STAGE

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.

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.

MO MORGEN

MO MORGEN & Friends feat. percussionist Ezo Hernandez
“Local Legend” New Times “Best Jazz Duo” Sun-Post

Saxophonist/Vocalist/Keyboardist/presenter Mo Morgen
is always starting something- and now he’s starting to fill in
at our “next to last” Wednesday jazz nights on May 23.

Mo started the Jazzmania Society Loft in Manhattan,
then he came here in 1993 and started the MoJazz Cafe,
the music program at Cafe Del Mar, the music program
at Miami Shores Country Club Bar, the music programs
at Claire’s Farmers Markets, the music program at Veni Vidi Vici,
and most recently the MoJazz BackRoom at now-closed Panarea

His theme song is “This Could Be the Start of Something Big”
so come on out and help it kickstart !

Jim Wurster

SUNDOWN SOUND

Sundown Sound creates eclectic, heartfelt music channeling diverse influences of acoustic rock, jazz, blues, Americana, and progressive alternative music.  Thought-provoking, socially-conscious lyrics explore themes of spirituality, love, and beauty.  Sundown Sound at root is a feeling, one that creates a bond with their audience.   Hailing from South Florida, the band is comprised of songwriters Mike Matthews and Daniel Wolpin on vocals and guitar, Ike Rodriguez on fretless bass and backing vocals, and Manuel Pila on percussion.  In these days of computer-generated music making, Sundown Sound is on a mission to prove that homemade music is still viable and vital.

THE SMOKIN’ RICKSHAWS

The Smokin’ Rickshaws are a South Florida based rock band playing fun, original alternative rock tunes infused with funk, reggae, blues, and jazz fusion. You can catch the Smokin’ Rickshaws performing at various venues throughout Miami and the Fort Lauderdale area, and be on the lookout for their debut release (more info TBA). The Smokin’ Rickshaws features songwriter Tate Earle on guitar, vocals, and harmonica; Mike Matthews on bass and backing vocals; Jose Martinez on drums; and Jeff Iorio on keys and backing vocals.

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.

Behind the screen, they are but shadows, and Dracula likes it that way. Vocalist Dorys Bello and singer/guitarist Eli Oviedo, both 33 years old, are a tranquilizing folk duo that go by the moniker inspired by Bram Stoker. And like the romantic vampire, they prefer to remain low-key and in the dark. Last week at Gramps, a bar slightly off the beaten path of the tourist trap that has become Wynwood, they tried an experiment: performing in silhouette behind a screen. It’s an idea they are considering for their second appearance at III Points in Miami this weekend.

Perched on a pair of stools facing each other, their profiles are projected by a single red light bulb located behind the screen. Their silhouettes add another ethereal layer to their timeless sounding music. The mysterious couple sing emotive music often in the romance language of Spanish but sometimes in English, Portuguese, French and even Japanese. “Yo soy como el chile verde, Llorona. Picante pero sabroso,” they coo with a beautiful harmonized vibrato, as Oviedo gently plucks his acoustic guitar. You can still see their feet below the edge of the screen. During the chorus of “Como La Flor,” a cover of a Selena song, Bello’s right foot, in simple Mary Jane shoes and gray socks that glow blue below a black light at the front of the stage, begins to swing a little bit. As she sings, “Aye, me duele,” her foot rises up toward her partner and hovers there for a bit.

The screen is a new theatrical touch for the duo, but their unique stage presence of facing one another has long been a mainstay at their performances. Before the show, Bello and Oviedo spoke about their inspirations, a recent recording contract with Sweat Records Records that will see soon them release an album on vinyl (Sweat Records launches new Miami independent music label) and where the idea to face each other while performing came from.

“I think it happened naturally because we like to focus into each other’s eyes,” says Bello. “Facing the crowd would distract us a lot, and I have … an anxiety disorder,” she admits with a nervous laugh.

Oviedo also relates. He says encouragement from friends has helped them, even though they both admit that they become even more self-conscious with friends in the audience. “With people’s feedback, it just became easier to do it,” he notes. “Everyone was just like, relax. It didn’t seem so much like this crazy feat to be bringing in front of people that we were so afraid of being rejected by.”

This modesty goes way back. Before forming Dracula with Oviedo, Bello used to record music by herself on guitar in her bedroom. Even though friends pushed her to perform in public, she declined. It wasn’t until meeting Oviedo that she found the strength to perform for an audience. “I always said, no, no, no, and with him, that was the first time I actually tried it,” she says, “and it’s just me trying to get over stage fright and just anxiety in general. To this day, I have crippling anxiety before the show and during, but it’s gotten a lot better.”

SLIM GLASSES

Slim Glasses is a Miami-based band formed in September 2015 by Patricio Acevedo, Erik Anderson, Jose Ballon, and Christopher Myers. The band incorporates elements from its members’ diverse musical backgrounds – including pop, rock, folk, jazz, and classical music – and places a special emphasis on tight and engaging vocal harmonies. Above all, Slim Glasses aims to share a love for music with every crowd that they perform for.

Our Youth Open Mic is hosted by Boomer Hess and features some of SoFla’s most talented kids and Teens.
Please join us in support of our wonderful homegrown talent.

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.

Along with Englishman Mike Wood on bass, and 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, Jack Siegel, Nestor Zurieta) and vocalists (Loye Hawkins, Von Henry) for an exciting evening of live, improvised music.

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.