Community Corner
"Music at the Meetinghouse" Presents Third Thursdays hosted by Dawn Hiatt
Each month, at 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month,
local alt-country singer-songwriter Dawn Hiatt (www.dawnhiattmusic.com) hosts
featured performers for intimate, acoustic gatherings in the historic 1770
Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse. April 17th featured artists are The Savage Detectives
and Aaron Brown.
Free admission - donations gratefully accepted. Save the Date for next month's Third Thursday
on May 15.
Featured April Artists:
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The Savage Detectives is a musical storytelling
collaboration between Philadelphia writer and founder of The Head & The
Hand Press Nic Esposito and Philadelphia musician and craftsman Carl Cheeseman.
One winter night, after conspiring around a couple cups of coffee, a warm HIFI
and a battered copy of Harry Nilsson's The Point, the Savage Detective's
sleuthing collective commenced. Since then, Esposito and Cheeseman have performed
with a rotating cast of characters telling stories ranging from surrealistic
soundscapes to Americana folk tales. Joining them will be composer and
songwriter Sean Hoots (of Philadelphia's Hoots and Hellmouth) as they search
for Ben Franklin through space and time.
Aaron Brown’s bold sensitivity as a vocalist and a
songwriter has garnered him favorable comparisons to Amos Lee, Otis Redding,
Sam Cooke, and Ben Harper. The Philly-based artist draws from a refreshingly
eclectic blend of blues, folk, rock n’ roll, and his hometown’s distinguished
heritage of soul and, more recently, indie rock. Performing as Aaron & The
Spell, his captivating solo acoustic performances and incendiary full-band
outings have helped him build an impressive profile among audiences and critics
alike. Bruce Warren, WXPN (from NPR Music, 10 Artists You Should Have Known)
raves: "Singer-songwriter Aaron Brown is an exciting new name to add to
the
lineage of the city's expressive and emotionally intense soul singers.”
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Aaron & The Spell’s debut, Sing, includes a stunning mix
of honeyed ballads and simmering soul. The album was written during an
emotionally raw time when Brown’s previous band broke up, his longtime
relationship unraveled, and he moved to a new town. He took solace in crafting
Sing and there is a soulful catharsis to songs like “Don’t Cry,” which has been
played regularly on WXPN, and “A Beating Heart,” which recently won the
Independent Music Award in the Adult Contemporary Song category. Brown has also
been nominated for a Tri State Indie Music Award, named “Artist to Watch” in
2013 by Ticket Magazine/Montgomery Media, and listed as one of the “10 Artists
You Should Have Known In 2012” on NPR Music. http://www.reverbnation.com/aaronthespell