2ND ANNUAL “BRAVE WOMEN, BRAVE MEN” BENEFIT CONCERT AT THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD FILM CENTER TO SUPPORT DUKES COUNTY VETERAN’S SERVICES AND INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND *** Rock Musician Jonathan Auerbach Produces and Performs a Musical Tribute Marking Memorial Day on Martha’s Vineyard to Salute America’s Troops In honor of Memorial Day and the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation, local Massachusetts Veterans, from WWII to Afghanistan, will attend a benefit concert – a rockin’ performance of all-original music by island musicians, guitarist and singer/songwriter Jonathan Auerbach and vocalist Carole Charlin, backed by Alejandro Carreño on percussion. Sunday, May 26, 2013 From 4 to 6 p.m. The Martha’s Vineyard Film Center In the Tisbury Marketplace 79 Beach Road, Vineyard Haven The benefit kicks off at “1600 hours” sharp with Edson Rodgers, Ret. Chief Petty Officer, of Martha’s Vineyard, playing military music calls on his trumpet. The event is free, open to all ages, with a suggested donation of $10 at the door. All proceeds will go to the Dukes County Veteran’s Services, in the care of Dukes County Veteran’s Agent Jo Ann Murphy, to help our Island veterans. The MV Film Society is donating its venue and resources to this event. Preceding the concert will be a powerful short film – “Fish Out of Water,” about Iraq and Afghanistan war vets with PTSD who find solace and camaraderie fishing in the waters of Ketchum, Idaho. “With bravery and valor, American military personnel – fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters – have given us so much as Americans,” said Jonathan Auerbach. “Helping our veterans and their families is my mission, of gratitude and of giving back.” All proceeds from Jonathan Auerbach music CD’s sold at the event will go to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund at www.fallenheroesfund.org. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is a leader in supporting the men and women of the armed forces and their families and has provided over $120 million in support for the families of military personnel lost in service to our nation, and for severely wounded service members and veterans. 100% of all sales of Jonathan’s patriotic single, “Brave Woman, Brave Man” – released in March 2010 – supports the work of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. The song and the Nashville-recorded album, “Heard,” is available at www.jonathanauerbach.com/. “We are honored by Jonathan’s selfless dedication to our troops and veterans,” said David Winters, President of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. “Our military and their families continue to need the support and encouragement of the American people both while they are deployed and after they return home. We’re sure Jonathan’s involvement will motivate more people to help our veterans.” Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is currently engaged in a $100 million fundraising campaign to construct a series of NICoE Satellite Centers at military bases around the country that will help diagnose and treat Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress in our wounded troops. These “invisible wounds” of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are mostly caused by exposure to roadside bombs and IEDs (improvised explosive devices) used by the enemy to destroy men, machines and morale. For more information, visit www.makeitvisible.org.
HEARD
Photo credit: Peter Simon
On Tuesday, April 16th Pathway's Projects Institutes Oceans Project continues with visual arts works and Oceans poetry readings led by William Waterway
Jonathan Auerbach and Carole Charlin premiered and performed an original musical score with Marianne Goldberg choreographing UNFURLING for Caitlin Thurgood and moving fabric dance performed by Keren Tonneson, Caitlin Thurgood and Scott Crawford
Saturday, March 9th
Pathway's Projects Institutes honors Jonathan Auerbach with a "Blast of Light Concert" devoted to premiering his new all-original compositions. Jonathan and Carole Charlin rocked the Chilmark Tavern and a great night was had by all who attended!
Worthy of note is the Pathways Projects Institute created and founded in 2007 by Marianne Goldberg. Pathways fosters the arts through collaboration and diverse programs. From December through April on the island of Martha's Vineyard, the Chilmark Tavern is transformed into an open space inspiring visual artists, dancers, muscians, writers and poets to interact and support each other -- bringing forth their new works or works in development in a welcoming environment. On February 15th, Jonathan, accompanied by Carole Charlin, was invited to perform at a special Blast of Light - Love Songs evening. Very warmly received! -- the duo was asked back for a formal Blast of Light Concert devoted to his new all-original compositions on Saturday, March 9th from 7 to 9pm.
This was the most exciting year yet, in part because the new Martha's Vineyard Film Center, which was only announced at last year's film fest, was completed and ready for this year's 7th annual Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival. The Opening Night party at Saltwater's was amazing, elegant with an air of anticipation and the mood was festive under the big white tent overlooking the lagoon.
Photo by Elizabeth Norcross
The sultry dulcet pop sounds of Jonathan Auerbach and Carole Charlin rocked the house echoing across the lagoon, until it was time for the first film feature next door at the new film center. Their big hearts and spirited music were a great segue into the weekend.
The first feature film for the opening night premiere was “Searching for Sugarman”, a true story about a soulful prophetic Detroit musician named Rodriguez. This film was so popular (and sold out) that it was screened again on the last day. It stars Rodriguez with his own original music.
To read the entire article: The Examiner.com
Jonathan Auerbach and Carole Charlin torch this "extraordinario" stylish beach club in Trieste, Italy – perched atop its own private island in the Adriatic!
Following a feast and wine-quaff of heroic proportions...
Jonathan performs for an invitation-only dinner gala in honor of the author of a new book about Italian cuisine at “il Cantinone,” master chef/owner Stefano Masanti’s celebrated one Michelin-star ristorante and albergo nestled in the mountains of Madesimo, Italy.
Find them on Facebook: Ristorante Il Cantinone dello Sport Hotel Alpina - Madesimo
Jonathan popped the Dom at this effervecent gig. But rest assured played no "bubble gum" tunes. As The Zohan would say, "Disco Disco, Good Good!" NOT...
My wily esteemed European Manager, "IL Capo" Franz Comotti, rally-revs Porsche 911 past Lake Como, to Madesimo, by Swiss border, up 1800 meters of hairpin turns, through mad hail storm and near collisions with randy-horned mountain goats ruttin' and ramblin' through tunnel and seemingly suicidal road-crossing cows, to arrive at ristorante La Capriata, where was consumed epic groaning board of grilled meat and house wine, followed by said manager's brilliant rascally idea via Porsche transfer of gin & tonic digestivos at Michelin 1 star boîte, Il Cantinone, and...killer 1st show of my 2012 Italia tour in Madesimo, headlining Scott SuperEnduro sponsored mainstage!
photo by Daniel J. Adams
A tribute to the troops, Jonathan Auerbach debuts on YouTube the official video of a powerhouse patriotic single, "Brave Woman, Brave Man" from his 2010 Nashville-recorded album, "Heard." Available at www.JonathanAuerbach.com, on iTunes .
100 percent of the proceeds from the song go directly to the www.Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is a leader in supporting the men and women of the armed forces and their families. Established in 2000, the Fund has provided over $120 million in support for the families of military personnel lost in service to our nation, and for severely wounded service members and veterans.
"With bravery and valor, American military personnel -- fathers and mothers, brother and sisters, sons and daughters -- have given us so much as Americans. Helping our veterans and their families is my mission of gratitude and of giving back." Jonathan Auerbach
"Brave Woman, Brave Man" Video Credits:
Jonathan Auerbach -- Arrofire Music/ASCAP -- Writer/producer/performer
Carole Charlin -- Arrofire recording artist -- vocals and percussion
Daniel J. Adams -- Videographer/director/editor
Jonathan interview and spins by Tom Brogan, WOMR DJ and Host June 4 on WOMR 92.1 fm and WFMR radio and internet. Jonathan blazers – Stolen Glances, Slow Motion, The Better Music, Brave Woman, Brave Man -- from his HEARD and SIREN CALL cds.
From Brogan, who reviews HEARD on the “press” page of this website:
"IT'S A HIT, MAN! Range, depth, beats, twists, and licks… On HEARD, Jonathan Auerbach deftly mixes a voice of piercing lyrics with soaring music."
A word from Jonathan on my HEARD song “Brave Woman, Brave Man” that has listeners abuzz: a rousing anthem salute to U.S. troops, special because for the first time it equally honors American women along with our men in uniform. The song isn’t jingoistic; rather it celebrates courage under fire for a worthy cause while reflecting every soldier’s longing to see war end.
OUTERMOST RADIO, PROVINCETOWN WOMR 92.1 FM
WOMR's diverse and special programming makes it a unique community radio station in the country. The station is a non-profit organization, not affiliated with any educational institution and derives its financial support from listeners, businesses and grant making organizations like the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Click the link to listen live to WOMR 92.1 FM
Call in and request your favorite HEARD songs to be played on the air!
The number to call is 508.487.2619 or 800.921.9667
Movie going musicologists, hit the packed screenings, but make the mise-en-scène, Thursday, September 6, with Jonathan Auerbach and vocalist Carole Charlin performing live “under the tent” at the smash Opening Night Party of The 7th Annual Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival
www. mvfilmfest.com See Jonathan’s Calendar for details.
Jonathan announces one-month summer 2012 Europe Tour, July 11 to August 6. Scheduled Italy shows include Milan, Madesimo, Trieste, Cortina D’Ampezzo. Austria and Slovenia shows firming up. Dates and venues to be posted to the calendar. Check back soon!
Wednesday, June 6 @ 11:00 AM. Jonathan Auerbach and Carole Charlin, LIVE on-air performance and interview with DJ “RocknRoll” Rick Padilla of WVVY LP FM, a volunteer-run non-profit low power FM community radio station serving the towns of Tisbury and Oak Bluffs on the island of Martha's Vineyard and webcasting everywhere else in the world. Tune in at 93.7 FM on your radio dial, or on the internet at www.wvvy.org. CALL –IN #: 508-693-9379
A stars and stripes salute to the troops by Jonathan in live performance for a full house of concertgoers at the Field Club in Katama, Martha's Vineyard, Memorial Day May weekend -- and 100% of the good funds raised to benefit the Duke's County Veterans Services and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. Thanks to all who came out to rock with us and so generously gave in support of our veterans.
Saturday, May 26, "Memorial Day Salute to the Troops." Jonathan, with special musician guests, in a spirited live acoustic performance on the island of Martha's Vineyard-- a benefit for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and in support of Martha’s Vineyard veterans in need. See Jonathan's Calendar for details.
PHOTO: Jonathan Auerbach on tour in Trieste, Italy where U.S. Navy ships have made port visits as part of the Standing Maritime Element for the NATO Response Force (NRF)Photo credit: Paolo Rinaldi, Reynolds Fotografo, Italy
About the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
The not-for-profit Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is a leader in supporting the men and women of the armed forces and their families. Established in 2000, the Fund has provided over $120 million in support for the families of military personnel lost in service to our nation, and for severely wounded service members and veterans. The Fund’s most recent effort was construction of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence a $60 million, 72,000 square foot facility dedicated to research, diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury, which afflicts many thousands of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. The Center was dedicated on June 24th, 2010. These efforts are funded entirely with donations from the public and hundreds of thousands of individuals have supported the Fund. www.fallenheroesfund.org
A noted recording artist and powerhouse performer... Jonathan’s has garnered worldwide radio play, press praise, and a notable USA and European fan base. “My song ‘Brave Woman, Brave Man’ from my Nashville-recorded rock CD, HEARD, honors the valor of our American military personnel – fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters,” said Jonathan. “They’ve given us so much as Americans, so the mission of helping our veterans and their families is everyone’s backyard American family affair and an all-important cause close to my heart.” 100% of the proceeds generated by the song go directly to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. The song and lyrics are available for listening and for purchase at www.jonathanauerbach.com and through Amazon, iTunes and all other major digital distributors.
“We are honored by Jonathan’s selfless dedication to our troops and veterans,” said David Winters, President of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. “Our military and their families continue to need the support and encouragement of the American people both while they are deployed and after they return home. We’re sure Jonathan’s involvement will motivate more people to help our veterans.”
Jonathan live in support of the real deal at the Wharf Pub, Edgartown. Thanks to Martha’s Vineyard musician Mike Benjamin and his band, who kindly invited me to perform my song Capital L, from my Siren Call CD, at the Breast Cancer Fundraiser for Team Imma Be the Cure," Martha's Vineyard's largest team committed to participating in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Excellent turnout, great cause, and good rockin’ by Mike and the boys. Visit www.ImmaBeTheCure.com.
Martha's Vineyard Television (MVTV), a non-profit broadcast channel, is a community-centered, content-driven creative force with an independent spirit on this famed seafaring island. Jonathan rocked his songs live on-air, joining a select gathering of Island poets and musicians for an historic live music and poetry event hosted by producer and event organizer William Waterway, broadcast Valentine's Day locally on channel 13.
Smash Jonathan show at the Newes of America Pub, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, with blazers from his HEARD and SIREN CALL CDs spinning on WOMR 92.1 FM and WFMR radio and internet. From Tom Brogan, WOMR DJ and Host, who reviews HEARD on the “press” page of this website:
"IT'S A HIT, MAN! Range, depth, beats, twists, and licks… On HEARD, Jonathan Auerbach deftly mixes a voice of piercing lyrics with soaring music."
A word from Jonathan on my HEARD song “Brave Woman, Brave Man” that has listeners abuzz: a rousing anthem salute to U.S. troops, special because for the first time equally honors American women along with our men at war. The song isn’t jingoistic; rather it celebrates courage under fire for a worthy cause while reflecting every soldier’s longing to see war end.
OUTERMOST RADIO, PROVINCETOWN WOMR 92.1 FM
WOMR's diverse and special programming makes it a unique community radio station in the country. The station is a non-profit organization, not affiliated with any educational institution and derives its financial support from listeners, businesses and grant making organizations like the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Click the link to listen live to WOMR 92.1 FM
Call in and request your favorite HEARD songs to be played on the air!
The number to call is 508.487.2619 or 800.921.9667
Jonathan Auerbach's Philanthropy: The Buzz Builds...
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Rock musician Jonathan Auerbach of Boston, MA, proudly partners with The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund in a shared commitment in support of the men and women of the armed services. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a not-for-profit organization and national leader in supporting the men and women of the United States Armed Forces and their families, has provided over $120 million in support for the families of military personnel lost in service to our nation, and for severely wounded military personnel and veterans. The Fund most recently opened the National Intrepid Center of Excellence to support the research, diagnosis, and treatment of military personnel and veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury. Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Offical Website: www.fallenheroesfund.org
Jonathan’s bold new single, “Brave Woman, Brave Man” – from his new Nashville-recorded rock CD “HEARD” – is a salute to all our American men and women in uniform serving overseas at great cost and sacrifice to defend the United States and freedom at home and around the world.
The song and lyrics are available for listening and for purchase at www.jonathanauerbach.com and through Amazon, iTunes and all other major digital distributors, with 100% of the proceeds it generates going directly to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
A noted recording artist and powerhouse performer... Jonathan’s award-winning writing and all-original rock - soulful stories, gutsy guitars, and strong vocals - has garnered worldwide radio play, press praise, and a notable USA and European fan base. Taking a stand… Jonathan’s outreach through his music has boosted causes such as Habitat for Humanity and notably, "music therapy" in cancer care at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – donating and raising money, raising awareness, public speaking and teaching master classes in music performance to kids with cancer.
“I’m honored to partner with the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, an outstanding national organization with a great cause, and I’m pleased to give my support to their leading work serving those in critical need who proudly serve our country,” said Jonathan Auerbach. “My song “Brave woman, Brave man” honors the valor of our American military personnel - fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters - who fight our country’s wars, while underscoring every soldier’s hope for an end to war and a safe return home.”
“We are extremely grateful that Jonathan Auerbach has chosen to champion our important cause and shares in our mission to support the men and women of the armed forces and their families,” said David Winters, President of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. “Jonathan, who has an incredible platform from which to speak, will help us alert countless individuals to our critically important work for the military and veteran communities.”
The partnership will also include additional collaborative efforts to be announced in the coming months.
PHOTO: Jonathan Auerbach on tour in Trieste, Italy where U.S. Navy ships have made port visits as part of the Standing Maritime Element for the NATO Response Force (NRF) Photo credit: Paolo Rinaldi, Reynolds Fotografo, Italy
"CLIMB GUNSTOCK" Benefit
Jonathan and special guests Live at high noon! Serious songcraft and stickin’ pins in the voodoo doll to kill cancer – in his 7th year of special benefit performances and volunteer work to support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
September 25, 2011 from 9am-2pm
Gunstock Mountain Resort
719 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford, NH 03249
RUN, HIKE, BIKE...then
Enjoy the all-original music of rock guitarist and singer/songwriter Jonathan Auerbach and special guests, and "Rock Your Way to the Top" to benefit Climb for Cure, a grassroots non-profit organization promoting Climb-a-thon events to benefit childhood cancer.
Spend a day and have an amazing experience while donating to Joey Sawyer, a local boy with cancer and the Jimmy Fund at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Go to the official website for all information and sign-up details: www.climbforcure.org
9:00 PRE-CLIMB BREAKFAST & KICK OFF
10:00 HIKE GUNSTOCK MOUNTAIN
12:00 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Annual Jamaican Independence Celebration!!
Date: August 6th, 2011
At the Urban League of Rhode Island
246 Prairie Ave., Providence
Food, Music & Arts
for more information call (401) 490-4625 or email us at
tinasjamaican@hotmail.com
Mama Tina's Story
Born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, Tina Rowe has lived in Rhode Island for over fifteen years. Her love of cooking authentic Jamaican specialties happens at her Federal Hill, Providence, RI location, Tina's Jamaican Caribbean Restaurant: curried foods and jerk, all prepared home-style from scratch. Mouth-watering Jerk Chicken, Curried Goat, Curried Oxtail, and Fish Escovitch – each plate with grilled onions and peppers, cabbage and carrots, plantain and rice with beans. Jamaican treats include Calaloo, a green vegetable from the Caribbean and savory beef patties. Tina also makes her own fresh fruit drinks like Sorrel and Ginger Beer.
Tina does a great deal of catering for local organizations, events and holidays. Tina also prepares the food each and every day for The Urban League of Rhode Island’s, Homeless Shelter Program, which offers 50 beds to homeless men. In 2004, when Hurricane Ivan devastated the Caribbean, Tina spearheaded a drive to gather donated clothing, food and money. She sent thirty barrels of essentials to the devastated countries.
I’ve stayed in many a marquee Montreal hotel, but my new fave, the newly opened Le St. Martin Hotel, is set for stardom. A sleek boutique belle with attached award-winning restaurant perfectly placed at city’s center, the St Martin is top-to bottom modern, yet boasts classic elegance and style, a microcosm of old-made-new cosmopolitan Montreal. Already a major player on the Montreal scene, what truly distinguishes it and accounts for guest loyalty is care and attention from the moment you arrive. Kudos to the polished, well-mannered and super young staff that greets you, to the man at the helm, general manager Luigi Sicoli with a keen eye – and hotelier’s vision -- for making sure throughout one’s stay that guests come first. “Le tout” Montreal is buzzing.
Le St. Martin Hotel Particular
Great digs come in small packages, and none more stylishly escapist on the beach in Fort Lauderdale than the new B-Ocean. It’s “designer” artfully done: an oasis of cosmopolitan cool and fashionable flair of splendid service and signature dining. Our seven nights at this prize address on a premium corner of a priceless Florida shoreline, well… the getaway's barefoot elegance alone was enough to please. First-rate!
Host a Jonathan Auerbach house concert!
Call it: "The Living Room Tour: Live From Your Home."
A musical soiree in your most intimate listening room on the planet – your home, sweet home -- where the best seat in the house is really in the house.
The place packed with 20+ people. Eat. Drink. Great live music. Not cocktail party background music, a concert -- a living room or small intimate indoor space turned juke joint. Friendly, open, about the music.
I play, your guests rave about a groovy live music alternative to the bar and club scene. You get kudos for throwing the best party on the planet.
When I’m not with my band and play solo or duo acoustic gigs, these at-home concerts with minimal amplification add an exciting alternative performance experience to the club circuit. Fans around the world who love music and love discovering great new music live in an easy setting have graciously opened their homes to me.
Here's how it works. I provide you with materials such as preprinted invitation postcards that you can send or hand out to friends. The concert starts with an introduction by the host. Typically, I’ll play two sets of music, usually about 40 minutes in length, with a break in between, for snacking, socializing and CD sales and signing. The guests usually arrive a half-hour before the concert starts. I’m amenable if hosts prefer to have me play one longer set rather than two shorter ones. Expenses are no more than what you usually spend to host a party. There is usually a suggested donation for me, whatever people wish to give. Or a flat fee can be worked out if you'd rather not ask your guests to donate money.
“For a great time…” email me at Jonathan@jonathanauerbach.com
"HEARD" CD Release Night!
Come out and see Jonathan and special guests rock
The Flat Iron Tapas Bar & Lounge at The Bulfinch Hotel...
LOUNGIN' LIVE AT THE FLAT IRON
Friday, November 12 from 7pm to 11pm
located at 107 Merrimac Street, Boston, MA 02114
Ph: 671.778.2900
October 16, 6-7pm…
DJ Athena Frost of the ‘TIN: Submission Show’ spins three of Jonathan’s HEARD tracks – “Distant Drumming”... “Maris, Me and the Sea”... “Thin Ice” – on The BIRN, Berklee Internet Radio Network.
The Berklee Internet Radio Network is a project of the Berklee College of Music and is designed, operated, and maintained by the Berklee community of students, faculty, and staff. Presenting Berklee musician DJs: music, talk, and news.
Call the BIRN Hotline at 617.747.8790 to request your favorite soulful spins from Jonathan's new 2010 HEARD CD.
Connect with The BIRN on Facebook.
Off to a rockin’ start…
Entrancing evening at Boston’s sleek Bulfinch Hotel's Flat Iron Lounge & Tapas Bar, with Jonathan’s all-original tunes and special guests on stage. The effortless cool of the lounge, low-lit room glowing red,warm acoustics, tapas paired with wine (and special house martini’s) – the night owls had a sensual feast.
The first of a run of fall-winter performances for Jonathan…don’t miss the upcoming shows! See my calendar.
Wrapped a month on planes out on the music beat. Where and why... Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for summer sizzle. Seattle, WA, because Jimi asked us, Are You Experienced? Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful... in the ways of the road. Next up, Austin, TX, to help “Keep Austin Weird,” as they vow there. JA’s Rock Travel Handbook: Pack lightly. Learn the lingo. Heed old proverbs. Avoid faux pas. No Muzak.
Friday October 15 @ 6:00 PM, Jonathan kicks off the 1st of 5 shows at Flat Iron Tapas Bar & Lounge, a critically-acclaimed Boston tapas bar located at downtown Boston’s sleek Bulfinch Hotel. Come out and join us for these fall & winter evenings of Tantalizing Tapas, Decadent Décor, Sensuous Style – and Jonathan in a rockin' acoustic duo show, showcasing his all-original music accompanied by special guest Carole Charlin on vocals and percussion.
Flat Iron Tapas Bar & Lounge -- “Deliciously creative and affordable small plates at a hip black-and-paprika haunt” (Boston Herald) “ Trés Chic!” (Boston Globe)
HEARD breaks on The BIRN, Berklee Internet Radio Network
Thin Ice, Jonathan's haunting solo acoustic guitar & vocal composition, debuts July 16 on the Friday 4pm show, "To All Guitars I Loved Before." The show's DJ & guitarist Sasho Zver spins such notables as Chet Atkins, Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke, Tommy Emmanuel, and Ed Gerhard.
The Berklee Internet Radio Network is a project of the Berklee College of Music and is designed, operated, and maintained by the Berklee community of students, faculty, and staff. Presenting Berklee musician DJs: music, talk, and news.
Call the BIRN Hotline at 617.747.8790 to request your favorite soulful spins from Jonathan's new 2010 HEARD CD.
Connect with The BIRN on Facebook.
Martha's Vineyard Times
Noteworthy
Rock at The Dive Bar
By Eleni Collins
Seasonal Edgartown regular Jonathan Auerbach is currently on tour in support of his third all-original rock CD "Heard," and is playing at The Dive Bar this Tuesday, June 15. Of Boston and Nashville, Tenn., this is his second of two performances on the Island. He also played June 8.
A rock musician and singer/songwriter, Mr. Auerbach also uses his music to help others. He volunters for a music therapy program for pediatric cancer patients at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
New HEARD spins on Free Vermont Radio! Animal Attraction and Maris, Me and the Sea
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Create a FREE account - Log in -- request your favorite soulful spins from Jonathan's HEARD (2010) & Siren Call (2007) CD's.
HEARD it? Jonathan's high-voltage single "The Soul" and other HEARD cuts now spinning on Free Vermont Radio! Connect with Free Vermont Radio on Facebook. Log in and request "The Soul" -- and your other favorite soulful spins! -- from Jonathan's HEARD (2010) & Siren Call (2007) CD's.
Three Jonathan blazers from HEARD -- The Soul, The Better Music and Brave Woman, Brave Man -- spinning on on WOMR 92.1 fm radio and on the internet. From Tom Brogan, WOMR DJ and Host, who reviews HEARD on the “press” page of this website:
"IT'S A HIT, MAN! Range, depth, beats, twists, and licks… On HEARD, Jonathan Auerbach deftly mixes a voice of piercing lyrics with soaring music."
A word from Jonathan on my HEARD song “Brave Woman, Brave Man” that has listeners abuzz: a rousing anthem salute to U.S. troops, special because for the first time equally honors American women along with our men at war. The song isn’t jingoistic; rather it celebrates courage under fire for a worthy cause while reflecting every soldier’s longing to see war end.
OUTERMOST RADIO, PROVINCETOWN WOMR 92.1 FM
WOMR's diverse and special programming makes it a unique community radio station in the country. The station is a non-profit organization, not affiliated with any educational institution and derives its financial support from listeners, businesses and grant making organizations like the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Click the link to listen live to WOMR 92.1 FM
Call in and request your favorite HEARD songs to be played on the air!
The number to call is 508.487.2619 or 800.921.9667
HEARD it?... Jonathan's new Nashville-recorded #3 CD, HEARD (2010) nails it again with a cache of 13 outstanding new all-original tracks and his signature %&*#! killa band sound… Press play, and the listener is taken by storm. Electrifying all-original rock with groove, tone and vibe. A whole tasty, hooky album of hit-to-hit rock songs at full throttle guitar. All filet, no fat. You can stick a fork in it…
HEARD everywhere -- CDbaby, iTunes and now on Digstation
Guitar guys Jonathan and Tim Gallaway with engineer Steve Ledet, jumpin' starts, swappin' smarts, talkin' charts, throwin' darts, & playin' parts!
Thrilled that after a year in pre-production, it's lock & load here in Nashville, my band amped & armed, full assault underway on 3rd all-original rock CD, February 2010 release on my Arrofire Music/ASACAP label.
I'm firein' guitar and lead vocals... #!*!!&$!! awesome talent I'm fronting... Beatin' on drums, Angelo Colloura. Groovin' on bass, George Hawkins Jr. Gunnin' electric guitar, Tim Galloway. Beltin' background vocals, Carole Charlin.
The bomb! ...
A winner! Special guest classical musicians opened, Jonathan headlines smash music therapy fundraiser in stylish Harvard University venue on the Charles River in Cambridge, MA. Full house of stoked supporters and fans, beaucoup $$$ raised, thank you all for the lift! Thought I'd loft a few thoughts about the art & science of MT...
The power of music to heal us and transform lives is the oldest of truths and the original universal health plan. Mens sana en corpore Sanum. From the Latin, sound mind in sound body. Sound indeed. Call it tunes in the head. For we are nothing if not a musical species, the science indisputable, well understood by neurologists who know the role of music in the brain. For example, in music therapy for parkinsons disease, tempo, rhythm and organized time are key, all of which those patients lack. For Alzheimers disease, emotional evocativeness is key, emotions and memories being precisely what these patients have lost. Powerful medicine, though much like love, is always part mystery. And there you have it. Who would disagree that perhaps the only thing more terrible than a world without music would be one without love? Unless of course you are a music hater, like Sigmund Freud was. Maybe Freud would not have succumbed to Beatle Mania. But I cling to the belief he would have downloaded my music from iTunes...
All tour(n) up, and on the plane home... 5-weeks livin' & lovin' it, making music all across dreamy, warm and welcoming Portugal. Will post a more reflective album-length musico-travel offering when I get home, but here's the single: Full house A+ venues everywhere with stoked audiences keyed to my all-original tunes -- who wouldn't let me offstage and went home with signed Siren Call CD's. Hey, Hey now...To my new fans and friends -- Obrigado!
As promised I'll be back soon (can't wait!) to rock you with a new CD. Fondly, JA
Castelo de Santiago do Barro (from where the town acquired the latter part of its name), was built in the 16th century under the orders of King Philip I of Spain in order to protect the port from pirates. They didn't know I was coming...
Escondido numa colina do Douro, existe um lugar antigo que as geraes anteriores guardaram e que o tempo soube manter, como segredo. O segredo chama-se QUINTA DO ERVEDAL. Hoje a familia abre as portas da casa para si. Venha conhecer o Douro. Venha conhecer a QUINTA DO ERVEDAL...
A casa do Ervedal levanta-se na parte superior da quinta do mesmo nome que, em degraus formados por largos campos, vai descendo ats margens do rio Teixeira, um pouco acima da confluncia deste com o Douro. A casa de aparncia nobre a cujo terreiro d¡ acesso um elegante e formoso porto.
Smashed, crashed, crushed it! Blistering show at this hip artists haunt for Lisbon's artsy smart set. See ya next spring.
Estabelecida que est¡ a funo do Estadio PerFormas na comunidade artistica local e nas su as dinamicas de relao com o que melhor se faz a navel nacional, e considerado ainda o peso que a musica dem na totalidade da programa, a comemora do Dia Mundial da Musica afigurou-se como um bom pretexto para promover um ciclo de programa especial, juntando artistas do circuito internacional com outros que sao habituas da casa, conseguindo-se assim um espana embrion¡rio para explorar e celebrar a diversidade das formas musicais. Que a festa se fasa tocando, ouvindo, assobiando, dançando... Este esforço só foi possÃvel com a co-organização das Estruturas ArtÃsticas Associadas Musica.com, Oficina da Musica, Quad Productions, Riff Escola de Musica, a parceria (e cumplicidade) da Granular, atravas da integra de algumas actividades do ciclo Granular no PerFormasĀ e com o gentil apoio da musica. JONATHAN AUERBACH 02 OUTUBRO [sexta-feira] 23 HORAS
Jonathan Auerbach musico norte-americano residente em Nashville, Tennessee, que vem apresentar o seu novo album de originais, Siren Call.
Portugal packs punch, J-Auerbach takes it like a man...grilled squid and salt-cod bacalao beat him right between the head lights, goes down for 8-count, gets up for more... castles tussle, he tosses back double espressos and parties... braves all-afternoon lunch of baby suckling pig with cracklin' skin, gigs from midnight till 3:00 AM, pubs it, takes 14-hour nap.
The music flowed, the beer flowed and people poured in! The Irish Bar is located in the historic and vibrant university town of Coimbra which was Portugal's capital city for centuries. Rich in history it is the oldest seat of learning in Portugal with a University founded on the 13th of August in 1290 by King Dinis. This makes it one of the oldest in the world. Coimbra is a moody city, with back alley's and lanes to explore as well as a huge club scene.
Stellar show for some of Porto's music illuminati. Rock photographer did a shoot and the club shot video of the show. To be posted when I get home.
Jornal de Noticias, national daily newspaper printed in Porto, leading print media outlet in the north and Porto area of Portugal. Featuring my show at Tertulia Castalense.
Powerhouse tour underway, and between sets walk across street from my digs to beach and surf up a storm...Slangin'´it out in Portu-Spanglish. Here rough translation of mood -- Multo happy, eats the peaches and strange fishes, speaks bad lingua to the fishermens, who nods they understand every word. I goes amongst the folk like Lord Byron with my pocket pistols, across the sand, and makes miraculous trans-Atlantic walk, I returns to cheers, doubloons and the bray of an ass, have no itches of mosquitos, and what do you think of that, whilst I go a-pleasuring? Rock!
Viva Portugal!...Slammin' 5-week major club and venue tour of Portugal, this September-October 2009. Targeting gigs in Lisbon, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra, Vaguera, Algarve and more. First play dates on my Calendar posted, more pronto, stay tuned! Jonathans Portugal team is... Tour Manager: Sebastiao Salguero (Porto, Portugal). Promoter Rep for The New 7 Wonders of the World Festival 2007 (featuring Jennifer Lopez, Jose Carreras, Joaquim Cortez, among others, and hosted by Hillary Swank and Ben Kingsley). Promoter Rep for the Marcos Vivas Festival 2009. Producer of shows by American artists of note such as Charlie Musselwhite and Allen Toussaint, as well as many of the top Portuguese Pop-Rock acts. Booking agent: Miguel Bello of BrainMusic, www.brainmusic.biz (Porto, Portugal)
Jonathan, now in his 5th year of supporting music therapy in cancer care, proudly announces he joins the Business Development and Strategy Advisory board of The Global Music Therapy Project. This non-profit organization specializes in the global delivery and evaluation of music therapy services to disadvantaged populations through the creation of fellowships that enable certified and trained therapists to serve developing countries.
"Inside the Institute" (a DFCI publication) "Jamming with Jonathan" DFCI Volunteer Spotlight
Story by Saul Wisnia, DFCI senior writer
Photo by Sam Ogden, staff photographer, DFCI http://www.samogden.com
OK, this jam is going to be about three minutes long because thats the usual length for a number-one song. I want you guys to get a $1 million contract, and I want to be at the CD release party. Jonathan Auerbach motions to 12-year-old Jon Lunedei, who counts to three and rips into a bluesy keyboard intro. Two guitarists and a harmonica player follow his lead, and a smile cracks Lunedei's face. He is taking control of the song. This is Auerbach's goal. Each month the professional musician turns ordinary Dana-Farber rooms into recording studios, bringing in his own equipment and leading pediatric patients like Lunedei in master class music workshops as a volunteer with the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies. Although most of his students can already play well, he further hones their skills and teaches the subtle aspects of performance - everything from how to best open and close a song to how to confidently introduce yourself to an audience. The program is run through the Zakim Center. Four years ago, a loved one was treated here, and since music was an important part of healing at home, I decided to merge my love of music with helping cancer patients, explains Auerbach, who plays guitar himself in the sessions alongside Dana-Farber Music Therapist Brian Jantz. For these young people, it's a chance to explore their inner rock star and have fun, leaving behind the world of cancer, if only for a short time. The students welcome the distraction. This is my favorite place to go [at DFCI], says Lunedei, to which his mother Ann adds, its like a sanctuary. To learn more about volunteer opportunities at Dana-Farber, go to www.dana-farber.org/How-to-Help/Volunteer.aspx/ or call 617-632-3307.
March Sunday, 3/29, Jonathan's Siren Call CD tracks "Undercover Roulette" and "Fall Reaching" spun on Squid Jiggers Ball show on WOMR 92.1 FM. Listen in!
Jonathan gives March 22 on-air Q & A interview with special DJ host Tom Brogan of "Outermost Rock" show, WOMR 92.1 FM radio and internet -- while the most excellent Brogan spins a grand slam of "Siren Call" tracks -- Slow Motion, Fall Reaching Memory Lane, All Along. Brogan also regulalry features "Siren Call" tracks weekly on his two-hour Sunday comedy show, "The Funny Thing," on WOMR. Click the link to listen live to WOMR 92.1 FM
Jonathan teaches his "Rock in Time - Rock Music Performance Jams." The focus is on all aspects of performing for patients of DFCI -- and Jonathan's students who have some prior music and a willingness to be open to learning more. For these young people it's a chance to explore their inner rock star and to have fun, leaving behind the world of cancer, if only for a short time.
Jonathan boasts a new sponsor: Mono Hybrid Cases. Monocases are best-of-breed amazing light hardcases that protect many top player's valuable guitars, and have received domestic and international acclaim. Here's a taste of their review on me called "Chiming in with Jonathan Auerbach"... "It's plain and simple, Jonathan Auerbach is a rocker. Someone who likes to lay into the music he was gifted to play. I had the chance to get Jonathan on the phone and we talked a good while about the opportunity for MONO and JA to do some heavy groundwork on an endorsement. Jonathan's newest release "Siren Call" has seen some worldwide radio play in Europe as well as his native New England area. It has garnered him praise not only for its musicianship, but the soul it possesses." To see the full feature about me on their website. Visit Mono Hybrid Cases and click on "Studio" to see the full feature on Jonathan on "Monolog (blog)."
Jonathan's sexy and sultry rocker from Siren Call, "Slow Motion," plays on the show Root Soup with host Tom Brogan, who also regulalry features "Siren Call" tracks weekly on his two-hour comedy show, "The Funny Thing," on WOMR 92.1 FF radio and on the internet. Click the link to listen live to WOMR 92.1 FM
"Music Moves, Music Frees, Music Heals" Jonathan Auerbach, Copyright © 2009 Fellow friends and supporters of the DFCI and the Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies: 2009 marks my fourth year of donating and raising money, and volunteering as a teacher in support of the Zakim Center Music Therapy Program for pediatric cancer patients receiving treatment at the Jimmy Fund Clinic. As a busy rock guitarist and singer/songwriter, performing and recording my original music, my mission has been merging my music with helping cancer patients. Some of you heard me speak about this cause in remarks I gave on music therapy at the reception following the annual Lenny Zakim Lecture at DFCI on December 12, 2008. At that gathering, I announced that Dana Farber has named as an official event a new series of house concerts that I've created and planned through 2009 in support of the Zakim Center Music Therapy Program. These concerts are modeled on past ones that I and other musicians of note have performed in people's homes throughout the country. At the first of the new series on December 14, 2008, in Providence, Rhode Island, I performed at the home of a staunch supporter of DFCI music therapy. 75 guests attended, and we raised $1800.00. With the goal of making music therapy at Dana Farber rival the arts-in-medicine therapies services of the nation's leading cancer centers, I thank you for your past support, and ask for it again. Our new DFCI benefit house concerts are building a buzz. I ask you to consider hosting or attending one. I like to say a house concert is seeing a musician of note on the "Living Room Tour: Live From Your Home, where the best seat in the house is really in the house." Hosting one of these provides an intimate setting for friends to enjoy two-30 minute performances of live music over food & beverage. If you are interested in hosting an evening, please contact me at jonathan@jonathanauerbach.com. The house concerts are an exciting addition to all we've achieved these past three years: I produced and performed in June, 2008, at my third annual benefit concert for music therapy -- also an official sponsored Dana Farber event. These three concerts together raised a total of almost $60,000. On the teaching front, I created and taught in 2008 a series of master class workshops for pediatric patients at the Jimmy Fund Clinic called, "Rock in Time - Rock Music Performance Jams." The focus is on all aspects of performing for students who have some prior music and a willingness to be open to learning more. For these young people it's a chance to explore their inner rock star and to have fun, leaving behind the world of cancer, if only for a short time. See my calendar: these classes will resume again in March 2009. All of this has enabled the Zakim Center to add needed musical equipment and resources, to increase hours of one-on-one music therapy for patients, and further explore ways to broaden music therapy services into the adult patient population. And it's been thumbs-up from patients and family members and Dana Farber staff, as well as growing community support - from press coverage, to partnering with interested parties at Berklee College of Music and other academic institutions, to individual and business sponsors who have generously donated money, time, goods and services. You can get complete information, links, press coverage, and testimonials of what we're doing right here on my website! In good health... Jonathan
On December 12 in Boston, MA, Jonathan gives speech on music therapy at reception following 9th Annual Lenny Zakim Lecture of the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies at Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Jonathan volunteers a (slightly belated!) Veterans Day performance, rockin' solo acoustic, in salute to the nation's veteran servicemen and women who reside at the fine care facility Oceanside Nursing & Rehab Center, Tybee Island, Georgia
I'm late posting this, but blame it on a stupor from eating heroic amounts of shrimp and raw oysters... See, since November 1, I've been livin' way down south in Savannah, GA, performing my rock & roll, high on the gentility and refinement of this most storied and haunted belle of the South. Folks here are hospitable and gracious. Good old-fashion manners abound, and the "Spanish Moss hangs heavy in the oak trees." Very seductive and sultry southern comfort... Here for a few more weeks and shows. Check my "calendar" for postings.
THE UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER - SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 WITH MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAM, PATIENTS DISCOVER THEIR INNER ROCK STAR By Bonnie Adams, Staff Reporter (excerpts)
As a young man who is still in his early twenties, Paul Coskie has had more than his share of pain and sorrow. But for this young Upton man, who has been dealt a double whammy of a life threatening brain injury after a car accident and then only four years later, a leukemia diagnosis, complaining is clearly not his thing, instead, he looks outward and spends much of his time and energy in helping others to overcome what he has and still is going through. Paul is no Pollyanna he's only human, so of course, he has his moments of sadness, grief and anger. No young man wants to be known only by his conditions in his life. But now, thanks to a terrific and innovative program at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Paul can add one new exciting title to his resume, budding rock star. Since spring, Paul has been participating in a music therapy program at the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies at the DFCI. The master class workshops, known as "Rock-in-Time: a Rock Music Performance Jam, were created by musician Jonathan Auerbach as a way to allow students a chance to explore their inner rock star while also enjoying the chance to have fun and even leave behind the world of cancer, if only for a short time. Drawing on his own experiences as a successful musician, Auerbach, with the support of music therapist Brian Jantz, MT-BC/DFCI, works with his students on all aspects of performing. To be considered for the program, each student must have some prior music experience and importantly, a willingness to be open to learning more, Auerbach said. I teach them about music but don't focus on a traditional curriculum," he noted. "The focus is on performing - I challenge them so that they can electrify through music" "It's meant to be fun and a way for the students to express themselves musically," he added. "It helps them forget - for a little bit - about cancer and chemo. Teaching the workshops has been a way, Auerbach noted, to merge his interest in music with helping cancer patients. "After a loved one was treated at the Dana Farber successfully, I thought hard about how I could show my appreciation," he said. "And music therapy spoke to my passion.' As a member of the DFCI's Leadership Council, he has made a commitment to continue his work with the music therapy program as not only instructor, but as fundraiser as well. This past summer he performed at a private event in Hopkinton that helped raise over $30,000 for the music therapy program. Also appearing that night was Paul, along with his mother, Dixie. "Paul gave a 'wow' - a smash talk and Dixie was, absolute grace under pressure," Auerbach recalled. "I know it was emotional for both of them, but they were amazing. And although Paul did not perform musically, his words made as big an impact on the crowd as if he had done a sizzling guitar solo. "This special music program not only relaxes me and other patients, but it gives us an opportunity to feel normal and builds confidence and teaches us to improve the quality of our music, he told the audience that night. "It has been fun working with a professional musician and teacher such as Jonathan and I am thankful for the program and to Brian and Jonathan for their friendship, hard work and time - and to all of you who generously donate money to keep the music and beat alive. " For Dixie Coskie, the program has come as a welcome respite in a world of sadness and pain for her son. "The music therapy program at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute is special in that it gives patients a place to regroup, revamp, and revive, she said. "Through his guidance, the new "Rock-in Time Jam WorkshopĀ which Jonathan created and directs -- Jonathan and Brian have been able to transform the dismal cancer experience into something fun, engaging and healing. "I personally have witnessed the healing transformation in my son Paul's demeanor during these "Music Master Class Workshops,Ā Coskie said. "It is so uplifting to see a smile on my sons face after all that he has been through. With help and donations from people like you, Jonathan's vision to help more kids through the music program at the Zakim Center at Dana Farber can bring more joy and some sort of normalcy into the hearts of these aspiring musicians - who just happen to have cancer," she added. The program itself is continuing to generate extremely favorable response, Auerbach noted, with enthusiastic support from such medical luminaries as Dr. David Rosenthal, who is the Medical Director of the Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies as well as a professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is affiliated with the Department of Medical Oncology at Dana-Farber. Also exciting, he added, was the number of businesses who had generously donated goods and services for the fundraiser that night, as well as a growing number of corporate sponsors. Although he started out as Paul's teacher, that relationship quickly grew to something much more, he said. "It was galvanizing," Auerbach said. "He teaches me. He is an unbelievable lion. Even in the face of bad times, he does what it takes to stand up and be a man." To learn more about the music therapy program at DFCI, go to www.jonathanauerbach.com and www.danafarber.org/pat/support/zakim/default.html
Insider's-insider hot tip... And if I wasn't such a sport I'd give out wildly wrong directions and bogus tel. # for this all-time classic barcelona hang -- Madrid-Barcelona restaurant (Aragon 282 tel. 93.215.70.27) Open since the 20s, when the train to Madrid passed through Carrer Aragon thus its name. Everything in the place is vintage dating from that romantic age -- decor, chairs, attic, even the organ, date from those bygone days. Simple, seasonal super-fresh transcendent Catalan cuisine with a daily stew on offer, and great house wine, at reasonable prices. A friend and I powered through the house speciality of, well, everything -- Jabugo ham (think Italian Proscuitto, but melts in your mouth like butter), sauteed mushrooms, squid in sauce of caramelized onions, cod baked in toasted honey, and a roasted lamb shank of the Gods, garnished with whole roasted sweet garlic... "Hallucinante!" Back to USA in two days ... Capped my last show in Barcelona with intimate evening, playing for group of new friends in a great flat in the Pedralbes barrio. Thanks all -- you know who you are! -- for organizing memorable night of fine food, wine, hospitality, and for hosting my music. Barcelona is a smash town, and I'm already missing it -- and plotting a "reconquista" soon.
...Want to tilt at windmills in Barcelona, you hit the ground running. This seaside capital of the region of Catalonia, of worldwide fame, of Picasso, Gaudi, Miro and Dali, is the ultimate city lover's city and walking town. Yet Barcelona offers the mixied milieus of the Mediterranean with the intellectual sense of Europe. Wandering its mobbed sidewalk cafes and unmarked plazas, I feel a city in constant flux, pulsing with irrepressible brio...Perpetual creativity is Barcelona's marvel, hallucination its trick. Aimlessness overtakes me, and I enter the city's pysche, where the stone architecture seemingly becomes fluid. The heart of the city is its inborn theatricality and voyeurism...My flat is in a grid of neighborhoods called the Eixample, where the spirited quirky facade of each building is legacy of an epic design war. The component forms of Art Nouveau that were capturing the world's imagination at the end of the 19th century were expressed most riotously in Barcelona, producing spectacular surreal fallout in the Modernismo design movement. Less may be more, but Modernismo's god-head, Antonio Gaudi, the Catalan architect, decreed that too much is even better. His Casa Mila on the Eixample's main drag is a breaking wave frozen in stone. A block away is the famous Manzana de la Discordia, three style-clashing buildings united in orchestrated chaos. And of Gaudi's staggering and ever- unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia, Salvador Dali remarked, "a cathedral cooked up by a schizoid angel." ...I've been buzzed, strafing the night, moving from nightclub to bar to cafe, the whole frenetic flounce repeating itself again until suddenly its way too early in the morning. Couple more gigs, then back to the USA to get my blood drained and replaced a la Keith if it doesn't work, I'll wrap myself in muzzlin and come back in 4,500 years.
Word of mouth in the right place spawns impromptu October 9 Barcelona house concert for friends Ocean suite at Hotel Arts garnished with Frank Gehry fish sculpture outside the window. Trippy...next, Gehry should forge a stock pot large enough to stew that sucker... This unique design dazzler of contemporary architecture soars above the shores of the Mediterranean and overlooks a 5-mile sprawl of Barcelona beachfront and the Port Olympic. I'm still lhight from this gig. Sneak a freak peek at the fish and property at... The Ritz Carlton Barcelona
Feverish few days pounding Barcelona, getting the music heard,promoting Siren Call, scheduling shows... Chillin' one sultry midnight to reggae vibe & Jamaican spice at Stush & Teng, my Jamaican friend Lincoln Anderson's stylish venue, Barcelona's -- and Spain's -- first Jamaican restaurant-lounge-bar. Killer Jerk chicken, curried lamb, of course -- and faraway the city's best mojitos. The bomb! Stush & Teng Restaurant and Lounge, Barcelona
Wild shores, bohemian spirit: like the painter Salvador Dali, I felt right at home upon arriving here October 2 in the seaside village of Cadaquas on Spain's Costa Brava. This strange rugged landscape of whitewashed houses on cliffs and rocks juxtaposed with sea held powerful sway over Dali. It drew him, drew attention to him, and he drew it and made it home and gave it fame. My contribution to the repertoire? Less flamboyant, but nonetheless got Siren Call heard, then hung over copious booze and grilled seafood with a rippin' jazz-blues combo at Casa Anita, a former Dali haunt, now the town's coolest club-restaurant. From midnight on: cerca del mar... un grupo de aficionados mios arreglaron un especta¡culo de mi musica viva, solo acoustic. Muchas Gracias a Fernando y Anna, y gracias como siempre por la ayuda de mi agente en esta excursion: Evolution Tourist Marketing
Just arrived in this highly caffeinated Mediterranean city of beauty, brio and cosmopolitan cool. Got great apartment digs in the stylish Eixample part of town and will be rockin' it around Spain from here for the next two weeks. This city is a movie moment, one to relish. The combo punch of fueled locals and pulsing 24/7 scene is a staggering mix. As is the Spanish custom, the nocturnal Barcelonese are fiends who matar la noche - kill the night. It's in their DNA. The hallucinatory wave crests long after midnight when most of the rest of the world is deep in REM sleep. Keeping up the espresso to ensure it doesn't complete the killing - of me. More to be posted...
Club Z, Trieste Italy Buzzed on jet-lag & double espressos! Tour opens September 26 at invitation-only showcase for fans old and new at exclusive private Club Z in Trieste, Italia. Trieste is the location of the stunning "Siren Call" CD photos, taken by top Italian Photographer Paolo Rinaldi. This is my 3rd trip in three years playing this amazing Adriatic seaside town in Italy's northeast corner, on the border with Slovenia.
Tour management: Evolution Tourist Marketing
Italia Photography: Reynolds Fotografo
September 27, rocked outdoors on the banks of the river Mur in Graz, Arnold Schwarzenegger's home city in the Styria region of Austria -- one of the best-preserved old city centers in Central Europe and a UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Site. Schnapps, Schnitzel, Strudel… did I mention schnapps? Wunderschoen! The name Auerbach is Austrian, (my father's kin are Austrian). Sehr Gut! -- 1st time in my life everyone I meet both spells and pronounces my name right.
September 23 to October 22, I'm off to Europe to storm the clubs & do private house concerts, dates and locations to be posted. First, I dive-bomb into Trieste at the north eastern corner of Italia. Then a low-level sortie into Slovenia and a sonic boom fly-by over Austria, followed by a crash landing into Barcelona, Spain, for 3 weeks 'round the country. Dios mio! As I endure and survive the midnight-to-3:00 AM gigs, the 5:00 AM nightcaps, and 6:00 AM bedtimes, you'll receive other missives... Jonathan's European tour management, publicity and press furnished by Evolution Tourist Marketing of Italy.
Jonathan uses his time and talent to get involved and to help others. September 2008 marks his 4th year of raising and donating $$$, outreach and volunteer time, teaching music master classes and producing and performing benefit concerts to support "music therapy" in cancer care at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and its Jimmy Fund in Boston. Jonathan is a member of the DFCI Leadership Council.
On March 26th, Jonathan began teaching a series of master class workshops titled "Rock-in'-Time: a Rock Music Performance JamĀ at the DFCI Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies. This workshop series is designed for patients in the Music Therapy Program. Assisted by Dana Farber's Brian Jantz, board- certified music therapist, Jonathan helps each student explore their "inner rock star" by focusing on their individual performance skills. Jonathan believes, Performing music well while having fun doing it empowers and builds confidence. Each young person has unique health challenges, but music is a universal gift: music moves, music frees, music heals.
Rock-in Time Jam Master Class (from the left) DFCI Board Certified Music Therapist, Brian Jantz, student musicians Paul and Riley with master class instructor Jonathan Auerbach.
Jonathan joins the artist roster of L.R. Baggs, which boasts, to name but a diverse few, The Allman Brothers, Jackson Browne, Lenny Kravitz, Alison Krauss and Kieth Urban. Baggs pickups, new amp and other gear for acoustic guitars are legendary and have received domestic and international acclaim. Visit L.R. Baggs website and click on "Artists."
The WOMR 92.1 FM morning show "Memory Lane," hosted by Tina Lynde, does not (yet!) play Jonathan's song of same name (which has debuted on another program at the station -- see earlier news items below!) -- but debuts SIREN CALL tracks "Slow Motion" and "All Along, " as well as pumping out "Keepin' It Real" and "The Dark," already spinning in weekly rotation on the station (see item immediately below)!
The blazing lead rocker from Siren Call, "Keepin' It Real," opens and the soulful "The Dark" closes the weekly two-hour comedy show, "The Funny Thing," produced and hosted by Tom Brogan on WOMR 92.1 FM radio and on the internet. As Brogan says in review: "I got Jonathan Auerbach's new CD, Siren Call, back in July. Best new music I've heard in years. It's a dancing ride, man. "Keepin' It Real" opens my radio show and "The Dark" closes it. Come alive..." - Tom Brogan, producer/host of the "Funny Thing" Radio Show, WOMR (Mar 9, 2008) OUTERMOST RADIO, PROVINCETOWN WOMR 92.1 FM - JANUARY 3, 2008
WOMR's diverse and special programming makes it a unique community radio station in the country. The station is a non-profit organization, not affiliated with any educational institution and derives its financial support from listeners, businesses and grant making organizations like the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Click the link to listen live to WOMR 92.1 FM
Everyone call in and request your favorite Siren Call songs to be played on the air!
The number to call is 508.487.2619 or 800.921.9667
Jonathan volunteers his time and talent, donates money and helps raise funds in support of the music therapy program at the Zakim Center at DFCI. In March of 2008, Jonathan begins teaching a series of master class workshops at DFCI for patients in the music therapy program, titled "Rock-in'-Time: a Rock Music Performance Jam. The workshop will be interactive and entertaining as well as instructional. Music therapy is about safety in song, says Jonathan. I'll be teaching kids who already have the ability to play an instrument to enhance their playing and performance skills. Performing music well while having fun doing it empowers and builds confidence. Each child has unique health challenges, but music is a universal gift: music moves, music frees, music heals.
As a supporter of the Music Therapy program at the Zakim Center at DFCI, thought I'd let friends and fans know I'm helping out and spreading the word about a very groovy not-to-be-missed upcoming Boston event. Check it out here: "Love Janis, the Musical" Thursday, May 8, 2008 Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston Come to a "phenomenal, unbelievable, rocking good time" to support the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies at Dana-Farber. Limited seating. For information, please call (617) 977-9779. View the Love, Janis website: http://www.zakimcenterevents.com For more info on the Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, visit: http://www.dana-farber.org/pat/support/zakim/default.html
Jonathan kicks off 2008 fundraising for the Dana Faber Cancer Institute by raising $2,500.
"Memory Lane," the moody, haunting rocker from my Siren Call CD plays on WOMR 92.1 FM radio by call in request on New Years Day!! Click the link to listen to WOMR 92.1 FM radio live.
Everyone call in and request your favorite Siren Call songs to be played on the air.
The number to call is 508.487.2619 or 800.921.9667
WOMR's diverse and special programming makes it a unique community radio station in the country. The station is a non-profit organization, not affiliated with any educational institution and derives its financial support from listeners, businesses and grant making organizations like the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Click the link to listen live to WOMR 92.1 FM
HOUSE CONCERTS Heya, host a Jonathan Auerbach house concert! Call it: "The Living Room Tour: Live From Your Home." It's easy to host such a musical soiree for me in your most intimate listening room on the planet is your home, sweet home -- where the best seat in the house is really in the house. Imagine the place packed with 20+ people. Eat. Drink. Great live music. No, it's not cocktail party background music. It's a concert -- a living room or small intimate indoor space turned juke joint. Very friendly, very open, very about the music. I play. Your guests dig it and rave about a groovy live music alternative to the boozy-woozy bar and club scene. You get kudos for throwing the best party on the block. A win-win situation for everyone! Truly, these at-home concerts -- mini-concerts with minimal amplification -- have blossomed into one of the most fun, exciting alternative-performance circuits around for my solo acoustic gigs. From LA to Miami, from Boston to Rome, Italy, fans who are friends have graciously opened their homes to me -- folks like us who love music and love discovering great new music live in an easy setting.
Here's how it works: I provide you with materials such as preprinted invitation postcards that you can send or hand out to friends. The concert begins between 7 and 8 p.m. with an introduction by the host. Typically, I'll play two sets of music, usually about 40 minutes in length, with a break in between, for snacking, socializing and CD signing. The guests usually arrive a half-hour before the concert starts. I'm amenable if hosts prefer to have me play one longer set rather than two shorter ones. Expenses are low, no more than hosting a great soiree. There is usually a suggested donation for me, ranging from around $10-$15. My Cd's are an additional $10 a pop.
Here's the rest of how it works: 1. You provide a common space 2. Invite all your friends/family and ask that they make a $10 --$15 "suggested donation" each for the artist. 3. Provide drinks & snacks The only out-of-pocket cost to the hosts are for the snacks. The "suggested donations" and additional sales of my Cd's take care of me. A flat fee can be worked out if you'd rather not ask your guests to donate money.
Email me if you're willin' and we'll hook it up: Jonathan@jonathanauerbach.com
Yup! Off tomorrow & drivin' down the East Coast for 10 days of Music biz meetings and a few "home" shows hosted by friends- fans in North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia. Check the calender!
Jonathan uses his time and talent to get involved and to help others. His outreach work and concerts have been dedicated to causes ranging from hospices to the homeless to "music therapy" in cancer care. Jonathan is a member of the Leadership Council at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and its Jimmy Fund in Boston. In 2007, Jonathan, through his music, will have helped raise money and donated to DFCI approximately $30,000.
Thought I'd share a poem I fancy by H. Sewell Bailey: "Sailor Man" He was one who followed dreams and stars and ships, they say the wind had fastened strange words upon his lips. There was something secret in the way he smiled as if he could remember the laughter of a child. Wayward as a seagull, lonely as a hawk yet he believed in fairies and heard the mermaids talk. Nothing ever held him longer than a day, they speak of him as careless, and whimsical and gay; But I think he swaggered so he could pretend the other side of nowhere led somewhere in the end.
Jonathan's 2006 end-of-year fundraising campaign raises $7,500 in money for music therapy program at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Additional matching funds for 1st quarter 2007 have been pledged. Jonathan's effort to assist the institute in its music therapy aims and to mobilize increased support will continue and grow in 2007. To those individual contributors and proponents of music and its healing powers who have helped me "rock the cause," a heartfelt thank you!
Rockin' for the cause, Jonathan teams with rock drummer/vocalist/recording artist, Pam McCann in benefit show, $500.00 raised for the Jimmy Fund....Jonathan donates $2000.00 to the Boston-based Dana Farber Cancer Institute and its Jimmy Fund. The DFCI is recognized as the finest of its kind providing cancer patients with the best treatment available today while developing tomorrow's cures through cutting-edge research. Jonathan's gift is part of his ongoing pledge of funds from his performance and CD sales in support of women's and children's cancer research and care. Thanks also to fans and friends for adding your support to the cause by buying LAUNCH music at shows and online! Past benefit shows by Jonathan have aided hospitals, hospices and notably former President Jimmy Carter's Habitat for Humanity. More benefits planned in fall-winter tour schedule, dates to be posted soon.
Jonathan is on Larrivee guitars artist roster, in company with notable guitarists as diverse as Leslie West (of Mountain), John Hiatt, John Sebastian, and Tony Franklin (Jimmy Page, the Firm). Larrivee Guitars (click on "Artists").
LAUNCH songs have aired on FM radio worldwide -- Excellent Years, Distant Drumming, Lily of the Valium, 24.7.365. LAUNCH by song or whole album can also be downloaded at Apple iTunes, Napster, RuleRadio, BuyMusic, Musicnet, Rhapsody and 51 more major online music stores. * "Lily of the Valium," "Bard Among the Bums," "Excellent Years" and "Distant Drumming," Trance Rhythm top downloads on Apple iTunes -- click links on top menu bar to visit my iTunes page.
Rocked round Italy! As always, a spectacular place to tour. Seven shows played in three weeks -- full houses, music lovers, insane food and wine, and of course, amore... Viva! "The Boot"
Wrapped my solo acoustic tour of "The Boot" ... Highlights include: Great show 9/24 at Planet Club, Cormayeur -- filmed live by RAI, Italian national TV channel, for national broadcast!... did a radio interview and played live Distant Drumming on Top Italia Radio "TRI" in Valle d'Aosta, and also on Radio Cortina. "LAUNCH" songs Distant Drumming and Excellent Years now in rotation on Italian radio!... Newspaper coverage in local press, and in La Stampa, Italian national newspaper! Killer shows at LP Club Cortina, Trieste, Rome and other locales. Viva Italia!
Tour Italia support by Francesco Comotti , director of Evolution Tourist Marketing, the top international Italian-based marketing and communications firm for select clients (link below) Courmayeur, Italia --20th September 2005 -- Giornalista e chitarrista nello stesso tempo: una rarita! Giornalista americano ma anche affermato chitarrista rock, Jonathan Auerbach inizia il suo tour acustico italiano da Courmayeur, con un concerto che si terra al Planet Club sabato 24 settembre, ore 22.30. Vivro, durante questo viaggio di un mese in Italia, la professione di reporter e quella di cantante/chitarrista, alternando le sensazioni che gli usciranno dalla penna a quelle che esprimero con il plettro. Il viaggio in autunno stato programmato per trarre ispirazione dai colori di questa splendida stagione, che verranno descritti sia in una serie di reportage giornalistici che nelle musiche del nuovo album. Musicalmente non molto conosciuto in Italia, Jonathan Auerbach tira fuori dalle corde della sua chitarra suoni energici, abbinati a potenti vocalizzi ed a incosuete melodie. In Italia si esibira in versione "solo acustica", ma nell'album di debutto, "LAUNCH", sostenuto da straordinari musicisti di Nashville e Los Angeles, che hanno accompagnato e registrato con artisti eccellenti quali Willian Topley, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris e Larry Coryell. La sua musica ha corpo e grazia, una freschezza che trasforma la pulizia del suono e la superba esecuzione in una vibrazione genuina. Le canzoni si trasformano in fotografie istantanee, chiari e fedeli specchi di vita reale, e sono state trasmesse dalle radio di tutti gli States. Esperto musicista ma anche affermato reporter di viaggio, vincitore di molti premi giornalistici, Auerbach ha affinato l'arte di creare un affascinante mix tra musica e racconto. Dice Jonathan "Avidita di vita, passione, mistero, questi gli elementi che ispirano la mia musica. Sono un provocatore, un cospiratore. Scrivo le canzoni per distogliere chi ascolta dalla banalita e per trasportarlo in un viaggio musicale". Il Planet una prima tappa del tour di Jonathan che presenta le canzoni dal primo album LAUNCH e altra musica originale, tour che proseguira a Milano, Trieste, Roma, Cortina d'Ampezzo e altre localita italiane. Per maggiori informazioni su Jonathan, i suoi programmi e il CD visitate www.jonathanauerbach.com. Click on Jonathan's Photo Gallery to view photographs of Jonathan in Trieste, Italia, by Paolo Rinaldi, award-winning Italian fotografo superlativo! www.reynolds-fotografo.com