May 8, 2007
Rapture Cafe - Anti-Mike Open Stage hosted by Kirk Kelly
Tonight!
sign up 6:30, show @ 7 PM
Rapture Cafe and Books
200 Avenue A btwn 12th and 13th Streets
NYC
Downtown Anti-Folk legend Kirk Kelly curates this weekly opportunity for local undiscovered talent to shine in the spotlight. Expect poets, storytellers, performance artists and purveyors of "wooden music" in the Woody Guthrie tradition to abound. Sign in by 6:30 PM to ensure a place on the limited bill.
Kirk Kelly has been performing since the late 1980's, "successfully melding the protest song with the punk ethic.". His first album, entitled Go, Man, Go, was released by SST Records in 1988 and he also appears on Windham Hill's Legacy: A Collection Of New Folk Artists, and Schoolhouse Records' Light Of Day: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen. He is the founder of both Mugsy Records and the Artist-Worker Action League, which works to expose college students to the music and struggle of working people.
Some press quotes about Kirk Kelly:
“Kirk Kelly lies somewhere between Shane McGowan and Bob Dylan. The voice is gravelly and the politics very definitely radical.”-- The Irish Voice
“…a James Deanish folk-punk with working class Irish roots.” --High Times
“…unbridled passion…fast wit and humor…” -- Irish Echo
www.antifolk.net/artists/kirkkelly/
Online | www.rapturecafe.com
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