This week: Brooklyn X2 - Thursday AND Saturday

We'll be at Barbés in Brooklyn this Thursday (17 January) at 8PM - our friends Union Street Preservation Society follow at 10.
Saturday night at 8:30:  a new/old venue - the Jewish Music Café in their new location - 659 Sackett Street, 11215.

Mike Auldridge

Back in October, Andy had the chance to reconnect with dobro master Mike Auldridge when both were presented with NEA National Heritage Fellowships in Washington DC - here's a video clip of their performance at the concert commemorating the honor.

There's a fine piece on today's Washington Post website about Mike's life and work.

Merry CharlesStreet, 25 December

Andy and Larry will be playing at the Charles Street Synagogue, Tuesday evening 25 December at 8:30.

Manhattan AND Brooklyn This Week!

Tuesday 12/18 @ 8:30 will be our last trio show at  Charles Street for 2012.
Andy and Larry will play a duo performance at Barbés in Brooklyn on Thursday 12/20 @ 8PM.

Sunday, 12/16 Benefit @ Jalopy

The Andy Statman Trio will play a set at 9PM at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn to help raise money for the Red Hook Initiative, an organization that does wonderful work in the community and has been in the forefront of storm relief efforts in Brooklyn. For more info about the show, click here.

Our Charles Street Bar Mitzvah, December 11th

Back from our midwest tour, The Andy Statman Trio celebrates 13 years of Charles Street Synagogue workshops on Tuesday, December 11th at 9 PM.  Joining us: harmonica virtuoso Jason Rosenblatt of the Montreal klezmer band Shtreiml.

Today in the New York Times

On Religion: A Search for God Through Bluegrass and Klezmer

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

photo by Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

Andy Statman stood in the narrow basement of an Orthodox synagogue improbably wedged among the boîtes and boutiques of Greenwich Village. He wore a plain blue suit and white shirt, and from his waist hung tzitzit, the fringes meant to remind an observant Jew of the 613 commandments. Twisting together the pieces of his clarinet, he ran through a glissando that seemed to corkscrew through the air.

Four rows of folding chairs were arranged before Mr. Statman, and in them sat about 15 people, several in yarmulkes, one an Australian woman whose music teacher back home had instructed her to find and hear Andy Statman. The basement’s shelves bore Talmudic volumes and Sabbath candlesticks, and the room was so chilly on this November night that nearly all the listeners had kept on their coats. (read more)

Andy Statman Trio Midwest Tour, 4-7 December

The Andy Statman Trio (Andy Statman on clarinet and mandolin, Jim Whitney on bass, Larry Eagle on drums and percussion) covering the midwest this week:

Sunday, December 2 @ 7:30pm
The Cedar Center
Minneapolis MN

Monday, December 3 @ 8:00 pm
The Englert Theatre
Iowa City IA

Tuesday, December 4 @ 8:00pm
Shank Hall
Milwaukee WI
(with special guests)

Wednesday, December 5 @ 8:30pm
Old Town School of Folk
Chicago IL(also playing on WBEZ public radio at 2PM CST - listen live at WBEZ.org)

Andy Statman Receives NEA Heritage Fellowship; returns to Charles Street 18 October

Andy Statman and Larry Eagle jamming after the concert with Flaco Jimenez and his band

Andy and fellow 2012 NEA Heritage Honorees  photo: Michael Stewart

On Thursday, 4 October, Andy Statman performed at The George Washington University in Washington, DC as part of the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Award Concert.  Here are a few pictures from the evening.

The Andy Statman Trio returns to their New York home - the Charles Street Synagogue, 53 Charles Street NYC - Thursday night, 18 October at 8:30 PM.

NEA NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIPS CONCERT, Thursday 4 October

Andy Statman receives his National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship at a ceremony Wednesday, October 3rd at the Library of Congress in Washington DC.  On Thursday, October 4th the Andy Statman Trio performs as part of the NEA National Heritage Concert at George Washington University.  Although all advance tickets have been distributed, some seating will be made available just prior to the concert, which also features performances by dobro master Mike Auldridge and Tejano Accordion legend "Flaco" Jiménez.  Tickets are free.
The show will also be webcast live on the NEA website.