Archive for the ‘North of Center Music Series’ Category

Slowest Runner, Ascent of Everest, Ara

Institute 193 invited Ara, Ascent of Everest and Slowest Runner to perform on July 23 as part of the on-going North of Center Music Series. We are posting pictures from the show below and links to the band’s web pages. Make sure to stay tuned for announcements about upcoming live shows at 193.

SMOKERS AND LINGERERS BETWEEN SETS

ARA

ASCENT OF EVEREST

THE SLOWEST RUNNER IN ALL THE WORLD

Morgan O’Kane and Phillip Roebuck LIVE!

Morgan O’Kane and Phillip Roebuck will be performing live at Institute 193 as part of the North of Center Music Series. The show is scheduled for May 17, 2010 at 10PM. You won’t want to miss this…. RSVP on the Institute’s Facebook page or just show up.

PHILLIP ROEBUCK is a Virginia-born, New York-bred songster and bare bones one-man band. With punk rock intensity, Roebuck plays a classic depression-era drum apparatus and a banjo with a fierce ragged-but-right style to create a sound that blurs the line between genres.

MORGAN O’KANE is an exuberant and intensely talented musician from Charlottesville, Virginia. His distinct sound is an evolution of his work with“scum billy” band Casa De Chihuahua and time spent playing in the New York Subway system. In 2010 Morgan is emerging above ground, equipped with a suitcase, kick pedal, banjo, a sense of urgency and a debut full length recording, “Nine Lives”. From the Mountaintop removal protests of West Virginia, to the clubs of Williamsburg/Brooklyn, to the pubs of Belfast and through Holland and back again, these days O’kane’s soulful war cry can be heard for miles. A capable one man band, Morgan is often accompanied around the globe by a revolving door of inspirational musicians such as fiddle player Ferd Moyse of the Hackensaw boys, Dobro player Ezekiel Healy, Banjo “ninja” Philip Roebuck, singer/songwriters Domino Kirke, Zack Orion, and cellist Ben Sollee. After hearing Morgan’s first full length release “Nine Lives” your sorrows will be drowned, your spirits lifted, and all your ideas of what it means to play the banjo will be dismantled.

Goldenrod @ Institute 193 – North of Center Music Series

Goldenrod performed at Institute 193 on April 16, 2010 in conjunction with Robert Morgan: All That Glitters… This concert was the second in a series sponsored by North of Center, a weekly news publication.  Goldenrod is a Lexington-based electronic group that interweaves bluegrass, funk and soul music into complex musical collages that defy easy classification. Check it out!

Dear Companion CD Release Afterparty @ 193

On February 18, Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore celebrated the release of their new album, Dear Companion, with an in-store performance at CD Central and Afterparty at 193 featuring Morgan O’Kane. The party turned into a late-night jam session featuring performances by Ben Sollee, Cheyenne Mize, Daniel Martin Moore, Morgan O’Kane, Zeke Healy and Ferd Moyse. Click on the videos above to see what you missed…..

Institute 193 is partnering with North of Center, a Lexington-based news publication, to create a series of music performances. Stay tuned for more details. The next show is being scheduled for early April and will be announced soon.

Ben Sollee and Cheyenne Mize

Morgan O’Kane, Ferd Moyse and Zeke Healy