PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts announces the opening performance of its Bandwagon Summer Series, featuring two underground bands from the Brooklyn Barbés scene, on Saturday, May 7, at 5 p.m, at Cooper Field, 41 Sand Hill Rd. This concert was rescheduled from Feb. 5.
Big Lazy has flourished for more than two decades in New York City's downtown music scene. “Simultaneously noir and pastoral, gothic and modern, the trio conjures images from big sky country to seedy back rooms with cinematic clarity. With a nod towards classic guitar instrumentals and a fiery performance style, their most recent album, Dear Trouble, captures the essence of their legendary live shows,” states a news release.
“Music can get past our conscious mind, and it can impact how we move and what we feel. Big Lazy is infectious,” Keith Marks, Executive Director of Next Stage Arts, said in a news release. “Their music has a soulfulness and grit that's hard to describe. A-level jazz musicians doing southern instrumental soul. It's powerful stuff.”
Big Lazy founder Stephen Ulrich is the composer for the HBO series Bored to Death and the art forgery documentary Art and Craft. His filmic music can be heard in numerous recent episodes of public radio's This American Life. More about Big Lazy can be found at biglazymusic.com.
Mamie Minch is a longtime staple of New York's acoustic blues scene, according to organizers. “Listening to her sing and play is like unpacking a time capsule of American music that's been stored in her 1930s National steel guitar for decades and filtered through a modern femme sensitivity.” Mamie's newest release, Slow Burn, is a collaboration with drummer/producer Dean Sharenow.