Pete Francis (of Dispatch)
- http://www.myspace.com/petefrancis
- http://www.petefrancis.com/index1.html
- Pete Francis is a singer songwriter based in New York City. He began his career with the band DISPATCH. For almost ten years, the three members of Dispatch released four studio albums, a live CD, and a DVD under their own label, Bomber Records. They gained dedicated fans without the assistance of a major record company and became pioneers in the music industry, playing to capacity at major venues across the country and selling more than 600,000 albums.
In 2004 Dispatch celebrated a remarkable eight-year run by performing a farewell show in Boston, MA. Over 110,000 fans were in attendance, making it the largest independent music event in history. Three years later, the band reunited at Madison Square Garden in New York City playing three sold-out nights benefiting charities to combat famine, disease, and social injustice in Zimbabwe. They made history once again as the first independent band to headline the Garden.
The music did not stop there. Pete Francis has created a soulful catalog of solo music as well. In his songs a poetic tension exists between textured imagery and pure improvised rock and roll. A Pete Francis record feels like a ride from New York City to the coast of Maine. Sometimes his songs are weightless abstractions. Sometimes they tell the story of experience.
Josh Dion Band
- http://www.myspace.com/joshdionband
- http://www.joshdionband.com/
- It only takes one song to realize that vocalist/drummer Josh Dion was born for the stage. Flanked by five friends and fellow jazz students from New Jersey's William Paterson University, and owning a genuinely slackjawing command of '70s funk especially for a white boy. Dion sweatily bashes his tom toms and cymbals with boundless soul at center stage, channeling the spirit of Earth, Wind and Fire and The Gap Band. To be certain, it's a sight to behold. An admirably unchained writer, as the two-year-old band's 'Give Love' attests, Dion and company focus on spreading positive vibes, lyrically. Musically, they like their freedom. - Relix
Barefoot Truth
- www.myspace.com/barefoottruth
- http://www.barefoottruth.com/
- "Barefoot Truth is one of the more promising young roots rock bands on the indie circuit these days" -ThisIsModern.net
Young and roots rock are the three defining words for Barefoot Truth. Their heartfelt, melodic songs are performed with a wide array of instruments including upright bass, lap steel guitar, congas, didgeridoo and lead harmonica.
Despite using classic folk instruments, Barefoot Truth is clearly a band of the 21st century. With each member still only 22 years old, Barefoot Truth is product of the download age and advocate spreading music through any medium possible, including file sharing. In December 2007 BFT launched www.freebft.com, a website dedicated to free downloads of their shows and studio albums.
As multi-instrumentalist Jay Driscoll puts it, "In this digital age, there is no reason not to provide easy and free access to our music. If people like it enough, we know they will come support us at our shows."
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Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston St. (corner Ave A & Houston)
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212–260–4700
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Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 N. 6th St. (b/w Wythe & Kent)
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718–486–5400
Hours: Saturday 11am–6pm
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