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VICTORY!
Hello readers! So the Autumn 2010 Music-On-Bikes Tour by James Miska and Matt Laser is officially over! The duo has made it tot heir final destination of rural Virginia, outside the town of Louisa, nestled into the intentional community of people living at Twin Oaks. Their adventure is not wholly over, with another 2 weeks to spend at Twin Oaks, wherein there will be music to play, but many of the big cities on the East coast were found to still be impressionable as the two passed through them on their bikes. Their shows went well and busking sometimes went even better. Expect to see them back in action in Utah, come November. (Meaning look for the next Bramble show on this website and in the City Weekly…!)
Love you!
Show in Philadelphia on Friday night!
Woohoo! So James and Matt have made it as far as New York City on their bikes. It’s been a wild ride, for sure. Montpelier and won through Vermont into Massachusetts and diagonally across Connecticut through Torrington and down to New Haven, then taking the coastal Highway 1 all the way to New York City. A readable account of what has transpired will be available soon through a link in a future post. They are about to embark on the 2nd leg of their journey starting tomorrow, looking to make it to Philly by Friday afternoon to play their show, at:
Big Plans!
5206 Catharine, a house in West Philly
@ 8 pm
Bring your merry selves, and maybe some of your own instruments for a-singin and a-playin after the show?!
It’s a donation based show. Hope to see you there!
James embarks on Music-On-Bikes Tour!
Hello everyone!
Just wanted to let you know that James Miska, banjo and charango player of Bramble, has embarked on another Music-On-Bikes Tour, for the EAST Coast this time. He and his friend Matt are biking from northern Vermont to rural Virginia. They have some shows planned already, and plan to do a lot of busking/street performances along the way in the following towns:
September 11 – Montpelier, VT at the Downtown Farmer’s Market
September 13 – Pittsfield, MA
September 14 or 15 – Hartford, CT
September 17 through 22nd – New York City
September 20 – Broolyn, NY, Angie’s Place (102 Ryerson St. Apt. 2 @ 7 pm)
September 23 – Princeton, NJ
September 24-26 – Philadelphia, Big Plans (5206 Catharine, near 52nd and Baltimore @ 8 pm)
September 27 – Elkton, MD
September 28 and 29 – Baltimore, MD
September 30 through October 2 – Washington DC (Oct 2 at the Downtown Farmer’s Market, busking!)
October 4 – Louisa, VA at Twin Oaks Community.
Send him an email at jamesmiska9@yahoo.com or call him at 801-574-6242 if you’ll be in any of these areas, and see if you can meet up! Lots of love.
SHOW Tonight, July 27th @ The Temple of Doom!
Wow, folks. We had a daytime show yesterday up City Creek that went well, and in the middle of it, our friends The Dovekins showed up! Their van subsequently broke down, and they ended up staying the night. And tonight, our show with the Hail Seizures will now be lovingly accompanied by the Dovekins as well!
July 27th, 7 pm @ The Temple of Doom (845 E. 700 S.)
Fuck Yes! (our magnificent friend Gary’s solo project)
Hail Seizures (from Olympia, WA)
Dovekins (from Denver, our surprise guests)
and BRAMBLE!
Please come tonight promptly at 7 pm so we can get the ball rollin! And bring some dollas to throw down for the Hail Seizures as they are on tour around the country!
Dark Dark Dark show July 20th!, and a busy week beyond that
Tuesday July 20th @ The Urban Lounge, 9:30 pm. 21+ $5. This show is going to be so incredible. I hope you can make it.
Dark Dark Dark, also Beard of Solitude will play
Beyond that, please check our Performances page, above, for the complete list of shows, all happening that week!
Love, Bramble
Farmer’s Market News!
So until further notice, it is safe to assume that if you want to see us play, you should come to the Salt Lake City Farmer’s Markets every Saturday, from 8 am to 1 pm. We’ll be there busking, and the area’s not so big that you won’t be able to find us, wherever we are.
Last Saturday was incredible! It was packed to the gills with happy folks looking forward to the summer, and our friend Anthony Lagoon even shot this video of the highlights of the day. You can view it by clicking HERE!!!
See you next week!
Bramble members solo show this Friday night, June 11th!
Hi everyone!
Bramble members James Miska, and Chaz Prymek (aka Lake Mary) are each playing musical sets of their solo acts this Friday night June 11th, at the Temple of Doom in SLC. Other acts include Jordan Knecht of St. Louis, and Zona Mexicana doing a special acoustic set. Starts at 7 pm!
Lake Mary
James Miska
Jordan Knecht
Zona Mexicana
@ The Temple of Doom (845 E. 700 S.)
7 pm
Bring Donation $ Please for the touring bands!!!
The RETURN of the Farmer’s Markets June 12th!
YES! We love the Farmer’s Markets. I don’t know if you know this. But now you do. We will be there most weekends this summer, into the fall. And we’ll certainly be there THIS Saturday, June 12th! And we will be playing playing playing all day. So, if you happen by our get-up/set-up, feel free to give us a smile and a wave, and if you’re bored, stop for a moment and listen to four folks doing what they love to do. We’ll have CDs for you to take home!
As always, taking place at Pioneer Park (300-400 West, 300-400 South) 8 am-1 pm
With love,
Bramble
Back from Tour, and playing in the Pride Parade this week!
Wow! Our tour was a great success. We met hundreds of rad folks, who, if you’re reading this, you know who you are, and thank you for introducing yourselves and talking with us. It makes us all feel really good to know that we’ve just made a good impression. We’ll be back out again I’m sure, later this year! Check out the pics at the bottom!
ALSO! Now that we’re back, we’re jumping right into it with playing this Sunday morning at Salt Lake City’s fantastic celebration of being Queer, The Annual Pride Parade! We get to play on the float for the Downtown Alliance, or so it would seem. So if you’re feelin loose and fabulous, come down to the parade and see us toy with our amplification setup and dance as we roll along! Should be ridiculous if nothing else. And hell, Bramble was founded on ridiculousness. Love you, bye!
All of us @ The Yellow House
Our show in Seattle @ The Yellow House
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We’re off on TOUR!
More updates soon! So keep checking back!
So far we’ve got:
May 14th : Leave SLC, go see Akron/Family in Denver. Sweet.
May 15th: Lawrence, KS @ The Shirley Temple of Doom (1725 Barker) HOUSE SHOW!
May 17th: Columbia, MO @ The Ragtag Cinema
May 18th: St. Louis, MO @ Arcadia Studios (4528 Ohio)
May 19th: Indianapolis, IN @ The Vollrath Tavern
May 20th: Chicago, IL @ The Ball Hall (1621 N. Kedzie Ave.)
May 22nd: Madison, WI @ The Glass Nickel Pizza Co. (2916 Atwood Ave.)
May 23rd: Minneapolis, MN @ The Bedlam Theater
May 24th: Minot, ND @ The Pangea House
May 26th – Missoula, MT @ Zootown Arts Community Center
May 27th: Seattle, WA @ The Yellow House (3209 E. 92nd St.)
May 27th-31st: Seattle, WA busking our asses off at NWFolklife in Seattle Center
