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

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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)

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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

Please nominate us for an ARTY Award! (deadline March 27th!!)

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‘Afternoon everyone,

We really enjoy what we do at Brewster Productions, and we work very hard at it. And while we’re always the people who’ll take the satisfaction of the work over recognition, everyone likes some recognition sometimes, right? Well here’s our chance to get a little bit o’ props. The PLYMOUTH CULTURAL COUNCIL is accepting nominations for the ARTY Awards in May. We’d love to win the ARTY for music, and to be frank, we think we deserve it. (See the School’s Out Summer Concert Series) So, if you have a few minutes to write out an e-mail, please nominate us for this award. The award and your nomination would mean a whole heck of a lot to us. Thanks! Here’s the info:

CRITERIA:

Among the criteria considered by the Council are 1) broad support to various arts activities and/or organization(s), 2) strong financial and/or in-kind support, 3) recognition to arts and artists in Plymouth, 4) overall influence on making the arts a vital part of community life, and 5) artistic achievement as an individual or an organization. Your nomination letter must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than March 27.

E-mail your nomination to Plymouthculturalcouncil@yahoo.com or send it by regular mail to Plymouth Cultural Council, P.O. Box 1785, Plymouth, MA 02362. Remember to include your contact information.

‘Good afternoon Reggie Lewis Center…check….check 1….check 2….’

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A cell phone picture of Scott (right) working hard on the wireless mic setup. Coach Infa on the left.

Yesterday Scott, Steve Infascelli and I spent the better part of the afternoon at the Reggie Lewis Center doing the first of what will be a few test runs for our big Nike Indoor Nationals sound production gig. For those of you who don’t know, the Reggie is an indoor track/giant athletics field house at Roxbury Community College. We’ll be producing the sound for the big national high school indoor track meet there on March 12-14, which is sponsored by Nike. So yesterday we fiddled around with a bunch of wireless mic stuff, a ducking system, and the giant expanse that is the Reggie Lewis Center, and surpisingly, pretty much on the first try, everything sounded great even with the wacky acoustics.

So that’s the Nike Indoor Nationals update for now. We’ll take lots of pictures and tweet and blog about our experience and such when the meet comes around.

And remember, we’ve got TONS OF SHOWS coming up in March so don’t miss them.

- Jon

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

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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!

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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

Sing-alongs, jam fests, and an all-around ‘sweet’ time w/ Ben, Darren, Seth, and the acoustic EHB

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Ben Carter performs with Darren Hawe joining him onstage for some vocals and tambourine.

Howdy everyone,

We all had an awesome time last night at Sweetwater Cafe in Boston with Ben Carter, Darren Hawe, Seth McFadyen, and a surprise acoustic appearance by The Eagle Hill Band. Everyone was dancing and singing along to some great chunes played by all. I guess I don’t have much else to write about it, except that it was wicked fun. Check out the photos!

Peace,

Jon

Seth McFadyen is accompanied by Jon and Phil of the Eagle Hill Band (bass and djembe), along with Ben Carter and Darren Hawe for a set-closing rendition of "The General" by Dispatch.

Ben Carter preps for a record, rocks Sweetwater Feb. 6 w/ a new face and maybe an EHB…

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Happy Friday everyone,

Tomorrow’s show (2/6/2010) at Sweetwater Cafe in Boston with Ben Carter, Darren Hawe, and Seth McFadyen is going to be a great one. We’ve even heard there might be an acoustic cameo from the Eagle Hill Band.

The folk-poppy stylings of Ben, Darren, and Seth are sure to get cozy downstairs of Sweetwater singing along tomorrow night, and you definitely want to be part of the show. It’s 21+ with a $5 cover, so if you can make it, do what Ernie Boch Jr. says and come on down! (awkward beckoning wave here)

In related news, Ben Carter will be recording and putting out an acoustic EP with a little help from Brewster Productions – we’re really excited about it, and you can bet he’ll be testing out some cool new stuff at the show. Ben and Darren rocked Club Passim in Cambridge the other night, and Ben was caught working on a song (see the photo) – so I’ll say it one more time: Don’t miss the show!

See you in Boston. Keep it real.

- Jon