Ben Carter in the Brewster Sessions, a track meet, and a weekend of great music in Boston

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Jon Dorn

Ben Carter just joined us in the studio for The Brewster Sessions. Listen a sneak peak below.

First things first: This weekend, we’ve got 2 crazy shows in Boston. You’ve been hearing a lot about these recently, but here they are again. The Okay Win rocks the house tomorrow 3/12 with their raucous indie rock sound, and Saturday 3/13, 3rd Left will jam the night away like only they can – BOTH SHOWS are at Sweetwater Cafe in Boston. Both shows are at 10pm, 21+ and have a $5 cover.

Then the other big thing going on this weekend is the NIKE INDOOR NATIONALS indoor track meet at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. We’ll be up bright ‘n’ early tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday, providing the sound production for guest DJ Stephen Infascelli and the other announcers at the national high school indoor track meet. Yeah, it’s a big meet. Like reeeeal big. We’ll be tweeting about it throughout the weekend to let the world know how its going. And if you want to see some great races and events featuring the best high school athletes the good ol’ USA has to offer, then come on down and check out the meet. Here’s the schedule.

In other news, yesterday, Ben Carter was in the studio with us recording another installment of THE BREWSTER SESSIONS. It was a great time, and inspired some really cool ideas that we’ll be revealing soon. They may or may not involve a CD and the summer concert series. For now, here’s a sneak peak: A rough mix of “Anna” by Ben Carter.

Don’t miss the shows this weekend. Rock on!

- Jon

Greg and Nate rock the groovy Sweetwater downstairs

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Jon Dorn

Greg Loftus at Sweetwater Cafe March 5, 2010. Presented by Brewster Productions.

The rad tunes were pouring out of a little room downstairs in an alleyway club tonight in Boston. Greg Loftus and Nate Cristofori, two of south-of-Boston’s finest, tuned up Sweetwater Cafe’s downstairs stage tonight. Nate started off the show with some great sing-alongs with his contagious piano-ing, and Greg closed out the evening with some incredible bluesy guitar and singing work. Check out the photos. Good night, and see you next week.

Nate Cristofori at Sweetwater Cafe March 5, 2010. Presented by Brewster Productions.

Here’s what’s going on next weekend: The two big shows are THE OKAY WIN 3/12 and 3rd LEFT 3/13, both at Sweetwater Cafe. Also next weekend, Team Brewster will be tackling the Nike Indoor Nationals track meet as the official sound team. We’re going to tweet about the wacky time we’re having the whole time with fun photos, so stay tuned to that if you feel like reliving your former athletic days through a sound production company. Which reminds me: Follow us on Twitter! Who knows, maybe we’ll end up like that girl @lovelybutton if Conan discovers us.

Photo gallery and video below!!

- Jon

PS – HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY TO SCOTT!

Greg Loftus at Sweetwater Cafe March 5, 2010. Presented by Brewster Productions.

The crowd sings along and group-hugs as Nate Cristofori plays at Sweetwater Cafe March 5, 2010. Presented by Brewster Productions.

Nate Cristofori at Sweetwater Cafe March 5, 2010. Presented by Brewster Productions.

Greg Loftus + Nate Cristofori TONIGHT at Sweetwater Cafe, Boston!

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Jon Dorn

Top of the morning to you all,

We’ve got a great show coming your way tonight in Boston. At Sweetwater Cafe, near the Common (green line Boylston stop), Greg Loftus and Nate Cristofori will taking over. You’ve seen both of them at the School’s Out concert series – we all love Greg’s gritty southern blues-folk sound and Nate’s silky smooth piano ballads. Don’t miss it. See you there.

Next week: The Okay Win and 3rd Left.

- Jon

Marching the beat of Brewster: A full month of ‘sweet’ music and a big track meet

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Jon Dorn

Sean P. Rogan, of Big D and the Kids Table, will perform on March 27th. Don't miss that show.

Happy March everyone!

We’re very excited to say that, not only because it means it’s getting closer to spring, and maybe some nice weather, but also because we have a crazily awesome March schedule for everyone to enjoy. To start off the shows this month (all of which are at Sweetwater Cafe in Boston), we’ve got the southern bluesy-folk stylings of Greg Loftus this friday 3/5. Then next week, while we hammer away at the Nike Indoor Nationals track meet at the Reggie Lewis center, we’ve got The Okay Win and Big Big Buildings 3/12 and an open spot 3/13 (let us know if you want to play). March 19-20 we’ve got a Plymouth-in-Boston weekend, featuring our very good friend Shaun Dever on 3/19 – on 3/20, our other very good friend, indie music writer Ryan Wood is hosting the Boston launch party for his awesome blog, Tranzmission, which will feature the incomparable folk stylings of Jake Hill and Greg Loftus. Then, if you thought that was enough, to round off the month, we’ve got Electric Mummy (yes, they are mummies) on 3/26, and here’s the big one: SEAN P. ROGAN of Big D and the Kids Table on 3/27. You can check out all the show details by clicking those links, or going to the SHOWS page.

Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway), it’s going to be a great Brewster month. So please come out to the shows, if you’re 21 that is, and don’t you worry kids under 21, we haven’t forgotten about you. We’ll be having more all ages shows than you can shake a stick at very soon. (and hey, if you’re a band and you’re planning to put on a show at an Elks Club or KoC sorta thing, give us a shout and we’ll do some sound for ya)

See you at the shows!!

- Jon

PS – shamless self promotion: check out my weekly cartoons in the Old Colony Memorial as a part of ‘Jam Session’ on Saturdays!
PPS – unfortunately, this probably won’t be the last time I use the ‘sweet’ pun in a post.

A Plymouth-in-Boston weekend coming this march to a Sweetwater near you (feat. The Tranzmission indie music blog launch party)

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Jon Dorn

Shaun Dever, performing 3/19 at Sweetwater Cafe, is also our main graphics and poster guy here at Brewster. So, without his computer while surfing the days away in Costa Rica, this is the poster he came up with.

This will be a great weekend. On March 19, Shaun Dever will rock the Sweetwater Cafe in his ‘back in the USA’ debut show after surfing his way through Costa Rica for some time (see the photo). Then the very next day, March 20, our good friend and international indie music writer Ryan Wood will be hosting the official Boston launch party of his new music blog, The Tranzmission, which will feature the incomparable JAKE HILL w/ another incredible mainstay of ours, Greg Loftus – it’s sure to be a bluesy, folksy night.

So you’re probably beginning to see that March at Sweetwater Cafe in Boston, presented by Brewster Productions, is going to be a pretty rad time. Make sure you check out the show schedule because we’ve got 7 SHOWS coming up featuring the likes of Sean P. Rogan (of Big D and the Kids Table), The Okay Win, Big Big Buildings, Nate Cristofori, Electric Mummy and more. It’s gonna be a great month as we get geared up for the big 3rd season of the School’s Out Summer Concert Series. (and yes, we know all these shows at sweetwater are unfortunately 21+, but you just wait a tiny bit longer and we’ll make it up to you and then some)

Later!
Jon

Sean P. Rogan of Big D hits Sweetwater 3/27!!

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Jon Dorn

Yes you heard it right, the smooth pop-folky acoustic stylings of SEAN P. ROGAN, guitarist of popular punk-ska Bostonians Big D and the Kids Table, will be rocking the house at Sweetwater Cafe Saturday March 27th. We’re going to try and get the word out like yeah (because it’s a party here in the USA) about this show because we want to pack the place.

I came about Mr. Rogan when I went to see Streetlight Manifesto at the Boston House of Blues back in October – he was great. Just him an his acoustic getting the 2,000 people waiting to see a punk-ska band to sing and bob their heads along. It was an awesome surprise act at the show, and I decided to e-mail him a couple days later on the off chance he might want to do a show or two with good ol’ Brewster Productions!

So we’ll be promoting the hell out of this one (and of course the other ones too), so make sure you spread the word to all of your friends who like Big D, or just good music in general. There’s a Big D show at the Paradise on March 19th, so if you’re there, tell everyone to come to Sweetwater on the 27th. Check out a few samples of Sean’s in our featured music player, and check out some of these at his web site: Rocking Chair Song and a whole bunch of other songs. And just for fun, I found this video of Sean playing subsitute guitar for Streetlight during Warped Tour because I guess Tomas broke his arm or something. Details!:

SEAN P ROGAN (of Big D and the Kids Table)
LIVE @ Sweetwater Cafe
Saturday, March 27, 2010
21+, $5 cover, presented by Brewster Productions

Tell all your friends and see you at the show!

- Jon

Greg Loftus & Nate Cristofori at Sweetwater 3/5!

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Jon Dorn

Greg Loftus at the Hedge House Lawn July 10, 2009.

Hey everyone,

We’ve got a new show up on the calendar (and a bunch to follow…) at Sweetwater Cafe on March 5th. Our good friends Greg Loftus and Nate Cristofori will be rocking the little Boston venue we’ve had a handful of great shows at so far. If you’re looking for some amazing southern-tinged alt-country folk-blues, you definitely want to check out GREG LOFTUS – take a listen to his killer song “Swingset Renegades” in our featured music; and Nate Cristofori will get you singing along with his silky-smooth piano ballads.

Details:
GREG LOFTUS and Nate Cristofori
@ Sweetwater Cafe, Boston
10pm, 21+, $5 cover

It’s gonna be a really fun show, and the start to a big chain of ‘em we’re doing at Sweetwater. Stay tuned to some big new about our March shows (we have a few really really cool ones on the menu).

Rock!

- Jon