Patty Larkin on NPR

If you are a fan of our Club Jaeb series, you've been listening and supporting "musician's musicians" for a while. The folk and Americana scene is full of highly respected artists who may not find themselves in the "mainstream" music industry.

One of the most beloved artists in the folk and Americana music scene is Patty Larkin. We've been fortunate enough to have her on our Club Jaeb stage and she is proudly releasing a new and innovative collaborative album "25." NPR did a feature story on the process and if you listen closely, you'll hear several former and future Club Jaeb performers mentioned. (Like Jonatha Brooke who will perform on May 17).

Enjoy!

-Kari G.

Free stuff is awesome! Win tickets and a CD!

Text PATTY to 24453 for a chance to win 2 tix to the Patty Larkin Club Jaeb show on 5/18 plus her CD "Watch the Sky" - this is an album she plays every single instrument on: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, lap steel, national steel, bass, banjo, bazouki, loops, toy organ and door chimes.

She was a huge hit last season during the Club Jaeb series and we hope she has the same kind of turnout this year!

Here's Patty singing Wolf at the Door at a live show (the video isn't great, but the audio is good)



And here's a totally acapella/scat/hip-hop number from a concert in 2007.

Ladies Nights?

TBPAC is seemingly teeming with gynocentric programming over the summer: Menopause the Musical, Woman in Mind, The Sisters Rosensweig. We just had Patty Larkin and Lily Tomlin. I suppose Clay Aiken, though not a woman, fits in line as a very female-friendly artist.

Of course not all of those shows or artists have exclusively female appeal, but at least on the surface they all certainly do. Women account for the largest group of people who buy tickets for shows here at TBPAC, so that's not so bad.

Actually if you really want to get technical, we know our most regular ticket buyer is a woman between the ages of 45 and 55 who has at least some college education and a household income of over $75,000. So I won't act surprised that artists/shows like I listed above do very well here.

Menopause is certainly an event, and is an enormous draw. The show posted the single-best record for a show in the Jaeb Theater last summer. It sold more than a million dollars in tickets - simply amazing. It handily beat out heavyweights like Forever Plaid and Shear Madness in the process.

The show opens officially tonight and is currently on sale through the end of July. Tickets are going extremely fast - people will be hard-pressed to get decent seats unless you want to buy a minimum of two to three weeks in advance.

Get 'em while they're hot-flashing. Ok, ok ... I'll stop.

And you dudes? Depending on your age and sense of humor there's laughs to be had at Menopause, Woman in Mind should easily appeal to anyone with a like of BBC comedies like The Office, Fawlty Towers or old Python - and there's always that icon of male humor, Mel Brooks, who has a little musical coming back this summer that you might have heard of based on some movie.

We're not getting rid of the men's rooms. Promise.

Another chick that rocks - Patty Larkin

Oh, i hope I can say that without catching any of the firestorm going on over at the CreLo site for their cover story from last week ...

Anyway, I noted in a few of the responses the mention of Patty Larkin as a for-sure top 100 pick on albums, and of course it reminded me that she'll be back here on May 7 - in just a few short weeks.

The Club Jaeb series is a great new programming strand here. I really love the concept of being able to see great singer-songwriters like Christine Lavin or Catie Curtis, or the smooth sounds of LeRoy Bell or the alternative bluegrass sound of Old School Freight Train. This is only the second year.

I mean, the theater only seats 268. It's small, intimate, there's not a bad seat in the room.

I've seen the sneak-peek at next year's lineup - it's a good one. Get yourself in the know by heading out May 7. Arrive at 6:30 for the Monday Music Mingle. Grab a bite and a drink and talk to people who love good music as much as you do.

-dj

Patty Larkin confirmed!

A little birdie has told me that we've confirmed Patty Larkin for a Club Jaeb date later this year.

She put on a great show last year, so we're excited to have her back. More details on all that as I get them.

I hear you missed a great show last night in LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends. He had a very small but enthusiastic audience.

We also have Catie Curtis coming back on Feb. 26. Get those tickets while they last - she was a big seller last year, and we're already moving tickets pretty quickly.

Know anyone we should be keeping an eye on for this series? Let us know!

-dj