Kath Bloom with David Shapiro, Dan Greene at Best Video Sat., Mar. 30
Schedule
Sat Mar 30 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, CT, United States, Connecticut 06517 | Hamden, CT
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Singer-songwriter Kath Bloom, accompanied by David Shapiro on guitar, plays Best Video Film & Cultural Center Sat., Mar. 30. The cover is $10 and the show starts at 7 PM. Dan Greene, singer and songwriter for the psych rock band Mountain Movers, shares the bill.Kath Bloom is some kind of legend. She comes from a special place where country, blues and folk are made beautifully translucent and emotive. Highly regarded but a bit of a mystery. The Connecticut based singer/songwriter has a special gift - her almost supernaturally beautiful, wavering soprano is one that has to be heard, she has a clear transparent moonlight tone combined with an earthly raw quality that can silence a room.
Kath made some very very limited edition albums in the 70’s and 80’s with the amazing (and equally dreamlike) guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors, full of songs that float and melt into the ether. Impossibly beautiful. However, music was put on the back burner as life changed and she raised a family, trained ‘problem horses’ and taught special music programs to kids. Just as she was starting to write and release CDs again, Richard Linklater decided to use her song ‘Come Here’ in his 1995 film ‘Before Sunrise’. Life altered - not much - but the public consciousness was rightfully tweaked. Slowly her old recordings and new material have been seeping back into the world. This includes a special tribute album by artists such as Josephine Foster, Bill Callahan, Devendra Banhart, Meg Baird and Scout Nibblet. Since 2017 she has been recording and performing with New Haven, CT based guitarist David Shapiro.
Singer and guitarist Dan Greene is the longtime leader of the psych rock band Mountain Movers, who have released several records on the Chicago-based indie label Trouble In Mind Records. Prior to forming Mountain Movers, Greene led—with Jeffrey Greene (no relation)—the dream pop group The Butterflies of Love. Greene is an extraordinarily prolific songwriter, having composed almost 100 albums—most of them unreleased—using a four-track cassette recorder; most Mountain Movers recordings feature a mix of composed songs and psychedelic jams. Along with his music, Greene is an accomplished visual artist.
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Where is it happening?
1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, CT, United States, Connecticut 06517Event Location & Nearby Stays:
