Posted on August 5, 2014 at 1:24 pm
Photo by Georgia Stitt
About a year ago, Marc and Steven Kaplan opened a new venue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan called SubCulture, and it’s exactly the kind of room I love to play – 150 seats, beautiful Steinway piano, great sound system, no drink minimum. So when Shoshana Bean called me last month to tell me that she was going to be in New York for a very short time but wanted to do a concert with me, I called over there and was so lucky to find a night when the club was available and Sho and I could both do it.
I haven’t had much time to do concerts lately, and I’m still trying to put together enough material for a second solo album, so I’ve slacked off on the performing to a certain extent, but last night was a reminder that I’ve got to push myself to just do it more often. The joy of making music with that band and those singers in front of that super-hot New York audience – that joy is unsurpassable. I loved last night’s shows, and I hope to be back at SubCulture soon doing more of them.
In addition to Shoshana, I got to share the stage with the gorgeous Elena Shaddow, who played Francesca in the world premiere of The Bridges of Madison County last summer in Williamstown. What an exquisite pleasure to sing with her and watch her bring that music to life – I only wish she’d had a better partner to sing with! Lesson of the night: I can’t really sing “One Second and a Million Miles,” at least not in Pasquale’s key!
Thanks to everyone who showed up, to my sensational band, and to all the great folks at SubCulture who made us feel so much at home.
It All Fades Away (from The Bridges of Madison County)
And I Will Follow
I Love Betsy (from Honeymoon In Vegas)
[replaced in the second set with When You Say Vegas (from Honeymoon In Vegas)]
Anywhere But Here (from Honeymoon In Vegas)
All Things In Time
[replaced in the second set with Still Hurting (from The Last Five Years)]
Break Me Blues
Another Life (from The Bridges of Madison County)
Before and After You/One Second and a Million Miles (from The Bridges of Madison County)
Caravan of Angels
Goodbye Until Tomorrow (from The Last Five Years)
first set encore: Someone To Fall Back On
second set encore: Brand New You (from 13)
All Things In Time
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Piano/vocals: JRB
Guitars: Gary Sieger
Guitars/mandolin: Matt Hinkley
Bass: Randy Landau
Drums: Brian Dunne
3 comments
It was a magical night! Thank you for sharing your beautiful music with us.
I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the early show–amazing! The energy in the room was outstanding. Love when you play in NYC and love to hear about new shows on the horizon!! Shoshana Bean & Elena Shaddow–fastastic!
We had purchased tickets to see Bridges while in NYC the first week of August, so when we received the newsletter announcement about the show at Subculture we were thrilled that we would still be able to get our JRB fix while in NYC. Then to hear that we’d get to see Shoshana Bean with JRB we were over the moon (and stars) ; ) We had tickets for the first show and were so blown away that we ran back upstairs and bought tickets for the second show and are so glad we did! Both shows were amazing and so much fun – great atmosphere, great performances and of course nothing better than the music of Jason Robert Brown delivered with such emotion and energy by one of the most amazing vocalists of our time. To get to hear Shoshana Bean sing Goodbye Until Tomorrow, Another Life, and Still Hurting live with JRB at the piano was a dream come true. Looking forward to miles and piles of JRB coming this fall with Honeymoon in Vegas on Broadway and the release of The Last 5 Years the movie in September! Thanks to J, the CRK and Sho-Bean for an amazing night of incredible music!
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