The Eclectic Cafe

Please note our starting time: 7:30pm for the open mike and 8:30pm for the featured performers.
 
Our next concert is on Saturday May 8, 2010 featuring:


Paul Sachs
and
Ken "The Rocket" Korb

 Paul Sachs

   

Paul Sachs writes urban acoustic/folk songs in the tradition of Springsteen and Harry Chapin. He was born and raised in New York City and much of his material is drawn from the city. Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Springsteen were the songwriters that influenced him and inspired him to get involved in the city's folk music circles. He was featured in Fast Folk Musical Magazine, and one of his songs was eventually selected for inclusion in the Smithsonian Fast Folk collection.

Sachs still lives in NYC, performing in various venues around the city. He has recorded two independent albums, featuring often raw and searingly personal songs of life and love on the mean streets. His fingerstyle guitar work and powerful voice combine to create mesmerizing vignettes of the city that has been the backdrop of his life. Sachs received Honorable Mention for his song "68 Skylark" as one of the top songs in Billboard Magazine's 14th Annual World Songwriting Contest. His latest CD, The Refuge, was released in summer 2009.

More at paulsachs.com

Ken Korb  

   

Anyone familiar with Long Island music venues has probably heard Ken Korb, a multi-instrumental performer of blues and folk music with a charming, humorous stage presence. A finalist in this year's International Blues Competition in Memphis, Ken is best known for his harmonica wizardry, and for tonight's show we've asked him to do what he does best.

An evening with Ken and his harmonicas is a guided tour of the music of the '20s and '30s with stops in ragtime, jazz and blues. The tour is complete with colorful anecdotes about the music and its composers and everything you ever wanted to know about the harmonica. As a member of the The American Primitive String Band and The Red River Ramblers, and earlier, as the long time long ago musical partner of Little Toby Walker, Ken has achieved near legendary status — he can make his harmonicas lie down and roll over!

A designated local charity will receive a portion of the proceeds from this concert
 

The Eclectic Café is held on the second Saturday of the month, September through May at:

   

The Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk
28 Brentwood Road
Bay Shore, NY 11706
For show info: 631-661-1278

Parking is available along Brentwood Road. We ask that you please AVOID parking in the medical offices' parking lots south of the church or in the Sinai Reform Temple parking lot.

The open mic starts at 7:30pm. Performers wishing to participate should sign up by 7:30. The featured artists begin at about 8:30pm.

Admission is $10 for non-members ($5 for High School students with ID), and $8 for members. Membership is $12 a year. You can become a member at any time and your membership will be for a full calendar year, starting that month. Family memberships are also available. Ask at the ticket table for details.

Refreshments are available.

We would also appreciate a donation of canned or dry food for local charity.

The Eclectic Café is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization. Questions or comments about this web page? Email me