Kicking off the Lamplighter series in high style with newcomers Natalia Zukerman and Adrianne Gonzalez, and stalwarts Mulvey and Cebar.  Check it out.

PETER MULVEY is a walking secret handshake – the street-singing kid in Dublin, the funk-master guitar stylist fronting the storming power trio, the conspiratorial spoken-word craftsman, the Tin Pan Alley delver, and all through it he has remained the traveler out on the road, bringing his music to audiences from Alaska to Spain, from Ireland to Italy, in clubs and theaters, coffeeshops to the Kennedy Center, by car and -in what is now and annual tradition- by bicycle. Over 20 years, honing his musicianship, his phrasing, his ability to inhabit a song, he has come fully into his own, where he stands, full of grit and warmth, as an American master.

Globe:

“Peter Mulvey is all substance, which is his style.”

Mojo (UK):
“Singularly gifted.”

Davis Enterprise:
“The cream of the crop… sings with a clarity reserved for the likes of legends.”

NATALIA ZUKERMAN
With diverse influences that include Folk, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Bluegrass, Country and even Classical, Natalia Zukerman has been described by public radio as “an example of the finest Americana.” She combines her unique slide guitar playing style with seductive vocals, a painter’s observing eye, unapologetic writing, and sharp wit. Zukerman’s music is as riddled with urban restlessness as it is grounded in rootsy warmth – a welcome contradiction.

“Natalia’s voice could send an orchid into bloom while her guitar playing can open a beer bottle with its teeth.” –New Yorker
“a strutting brass band one minute, a sighing lover the next.” –The Boston Globe
“a wise mix of rootsy styles from torch blues to country swing. If you’re a fan of Madeleine Peyroux, Bonnie Raitt or even Amy Winehouse, you’ll find stuff to connect with here.” –Philadelphia Daily News

ADRIANNE GONZALEZ (AG)

Influenced by the likes of Omar Reid, Melissa Etheridge and the Indigo Girls, Miami native Adrianne Gonzalez has been writing and performing for over ten years in Miami, Boston, Toronto, Atlanta, London, and Los Angeles. She forms a quarter of the harmony-driven quartet “The Rescues,” whose music has famously underscored many hit TV shows, including One Tree Hill and Grey’s Anatomy. Adrianne has 9 solo albums to date, and has toured nationwide and all over Europe as a headliner and opener for many major artists such as Jeff Buckley, Jackson Browne, and Tegan And Sara.

“How do we put this delicately…Adrianne Gonzalez is a fearless beast of artistic expression. Here’s a woman so unafraid of taking risks – so unafraid to be who she is as a musician, an artist, a feminist, an “out” role model – that it’ll be no surprise to us if Gaga’s “little monsters” grow up and start idolizing her instead. AG, as she’s now know professionally, has just released an EP of Beatles tunes, a ballsy move that has resulted in one of the most haunting, gender/genre bending expressions of musical ingenuity in recent memory. We had no choice but to devote the following pages to her, in which we trace her early career path, how she approached new arrangements of classic songs, and how she’s managed to balance life as a solo musician with her role in the popular LA band The Rescues.” -Performer Magazine

Adrianne and Natalia are also both visual artists.

PAUL CEBAR

Some idea of what Paul is about: “Milwaukee native Paul Cebar is a singing, strumming, and dancing museum of musical culture and a self-styled historian of myriad musical forms. Countless sounds pour forth when Cebar and his Milwaukeeans take the stage. New Orleans, Chicago, New york, Africa, Brazil, Cuba, jump-blues, gospel, jazz, reggae, calypso, soul and vintage R&B are sterting points for something that becomes uniquely Cebar. This mishmash helps reimagine and liven up obscure classics, and the band’s originals present new viewpoints on established styles.” The Onion AV Club