Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html Jan Bell: Little Red Hen Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:55:43 -0800 Announcing 'Little Red Hen Promotions'. http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/announcing_little_red_hen_promotions www.littleredhenpromotions.com


 


Jan Bell founded Little Red Hen Music in 1999 as a member organization of the Folk Alliance.


Since then Jan has spearheaded over a thousand live music events in New York City, mostly between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). Once an affordable area for artists of all kinds to live and work, it is now an internationally renowned arts neighborhood. Jan continues to present and promote live music events year round, specializing in 'Secret Shows' across the river with special guests on tour in NYC to play legendary Manhattan venues.


 


Pioneer venue 'Superfine' cited Little Red Hen Music when they won NYC Mayor Bloomberg's coveted Award for 'Women in Business'. As the booking agent at popular fringe venues Lillies, Union Pool, and the DUMBO Arts Festival, Jan is credited with helping launch the careers of The Be Good Tanyas, The Wiyos, and the Luminescent Orchestrii, among others.


 


Twenty plus years as a Production Manager include world class artists Ray Charles, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Gatemouth Brown, Bela Fleck, Ralph Stanley, to name a few. Jan also served as Technical Director at Performance  Space 122. La Mama, The Charles Ludlam Theater, and the radical Judson Memorial Church in the West Village, NYC for twenty years.


 


In 2009 Jan was inducted into the Brooklyn Country Music Hall of Fame for 'Unending Support of Country Music in New York City'. Matt Winters of WKCR-FM also received the award for presenting his Sunday morning Moonshine Radio Show for 11 years.


 


A multi-award winning singer and songwriter, Jan brings her experience as a touring artist to the forefront of her publicity campaigns. Having made her home in New Orleans, The Ozarks, and the South West, Jan Bell is a touch stone in NYC for hard working, awe inspiring bands she has met along the way. Staying true to her dream of building a vibrant music community, she continues to steadfastly present and promote international touring artists at independently owned and operated venues in Brooklyn, NYC.


 


www.littleredhenpromotions.com

]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/announcing_little_red_hen_promotions Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:03:27 -0700 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen DUMBO Arts Festival 2011 http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/dumbo_arts_festival_2011

The DUMBO Arts Festival is a feast for the senses that attracts 200,000 visitors over 3 days with the participation of over 500 artists from a variety of disciplines, 100 studios, 50 galleries and stages and 100 programming partners.


http://dumboartsfestival.com/


Jan Bell has presented live music stages in loading docks, parking lots, the tobacco warehouse, bars, restaurants, art studios, book stores, galleries...you name it - as part of the DUMBO Arts festival since 1999.



 



]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/dumbo_arts_festival_2011 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:55:43 -0700 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen Americana Series Year round in DUMBO at 68 Jay. http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/americana_series_year_round_in_dumbo_at_68_jay 'Much as a lot of New York clubs exploit musicians, there are other venues that actually support and nurture scenes: Barbes, with its global talent base; the Jalopy’s oldtime Americana roots crew; punk rock at ABC No Rio; jazz at Smalls. Count 68 Jay St. Bar in Dumbo on this short but crucial list. If Jan Bell (a poignant and potent Americana singer and tunesmith herself) has booked a band for one of the bar’s Wednesday and Saturday night shows, that’s a guarantee that the music will be good.' Lucid Culture, NYC.


68 Jay St Bar Live Music Schedule:

Americana, Roots Blues, Vintage Jazz, Alt Country, Folk, Old time Country.


Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8pm



http://www.68jaystreetbar.net

 

]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/americana_series_year_round_in_dumbo_at_68_jay Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:49:49 -0700 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen June 2011 http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/june_2011 Wednesdays at 8pm 


June 1st - Melody Sky


June 8th -Strung Out String Band


June 15th - Mike Cobb and The Crevulators


June 22nd - Hilary Hawke and the Flipsides


June 29th - Bliss Blood and Evanescence




Saturdays at 8pm - then 10pm


 
JUNE


4th - Bob Sumner / Megan Palmer


18th - Kristin Andreassen /Sweet & Low Down
25th - Bobtown

]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/june_2011 Tue, 31 May 2011 11:06:35 -0700 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen Live Music Schedule Spring 2011 http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/live_music_schedule_spring_2011 Wednesdays at 8pm

Springtime Residency - April 13, 20, 27.
- Jan Bell and the Maybelles

May 11th — Strung Out String Band
May 25th — Hilary Hawke & the Flipsides

Saturdays at 8pm / 10pm
4/16 Rachel Lee Walsh / Humble Tripe
4/23 Dina Regine / tba
4/30 Kristy Kruger / Megan Palmer
5/7 Newton Gang / Hunter Gatherer
5/14 Dive Bar Dukes / Will Scott]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/live_music_schedule_spring_2011 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:30:12 -0700 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen 68 Jay St Bar Live Music Schedule http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/68_jay_st_bar_live_music_schedule Old time, Vintage Jazz.
'Much as a lot of New York clubs exploit musicians, there are other venues that actually support and nurture scenes: Barbes, with its global talent base; the Jalopy’s oldtime Americana roots crew; punk rock at ABC No Rio; jazz at Smalls. Count 68 Jay St. Bar in Dumbo on this short but crucial list. If Jan Bell (a poignant and potent Americana singer and tunesmith herself) has booked a band for one of the bar’s Wednesday and Saturday night shows, that’s a guarantee that the music will be good.' Lucid Culture.

Wednesdays 8pm
2/23 Hilary Hawke and The Flipsides
3/2 Bobtown
3/9 Jayna Morgan and Sazarac Sunrise
3/16 Strung Out String band
3/23 Hilary Hawke and the Flipsides
3/30 Whistlin Wolves
4/6 Strung Out String band
4/13 Jan Bell
4/23 The Maybelles

Saturdays at 8pm / 10pm
2/12 David Hollier / Will Scott
2/19 Kristin Andreassen and friends
2/26 Megan Palmer
3/5 Bliss Blood / Leo Rondeau
3/12 Will Scott
3/19 Debutante Hour
4/2 M Shanghai String Band
4/9 Hymn for Her / Will Scott
4/16 Dive Bar Dukes / Luther Wright and the Wrongs


Upcoming in March / April

Jayna Morgan and Sazarac Sunrise (New Orleans),
Leo Rondeau (Austin, TX),
Hymn 4 Her (Airstream Tour),
Luther Wright and The Wrongs (Kingston, Ontario),
Jan Bell & The Maybelles.]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/68_jay_st_bar_live_music_schedule Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:36:59 -0800 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen Live Music Schedule Jan/Feb 2011 http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/live_music_schedule_janfeb_2011
F to York St. Never a cover.

Americana, Alt. Country, Roots Blues, Old time, Vintage Jazz....

Wednesdays

1/19 Mike Cobb and The Crevulators
1/26 Hilary Hawke & the Flipsides

Saturdays 8pm / 10pm

1/15 Kristy Kruger / Saudia Young
1/22 Kate Sland / Megan Palmer
1/29 Calamity Janes / Alex Battles
2/5 Ernie Vega Trio / The Newton Gang]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/live_music_schedule_janfeb_2011 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:37:16 -0800 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen Dumbo Art Festival - Live Music Stage Saturday 9/25/10 http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/dumbo_art__festival__live_music_stage_saturday_92510
3pm: Strung Out String Band (Appalachian style Brooklyn jug band)
4pm: Jesse Lenat (As seen at Farm Aid!)
5pm: The Maybelles (Old time, Alt.country Award winning trio)
6pm: Shotgun Party (Original Fiery Texas Swing)
7pm: Will Scott (Soul Americana, Roots Blues)

3pm - Strung Out String Band six piece acoustic band dedicated to interpreting "Old Time Southern" music. Virginal Reels, Slip-Jigs, Hoedowns, Work Songs, Murder Ballads, Jigs, Rags, Square Dances, Originals and an AC DC Cover or two.
www.strungoutstringband.com

4pm: Jesse Lenat is a singer songwriter and actor living in Brooklyn. He opened Farm Aid 2007; was in the original Off Broadway cast of 'Rent'; performs a solo show about Woody Guthrie and plays a principle role in a musical featuring the music of Jeff Buckley.
www.mypsace.com/jesselenat


5pm: The Maybelles
"British born, Brooklyn residing Jan Bell leads The Maybelles in up tempo soulful country" Time Out, NY. Independent Music Awards Best Alt. Country album playing stages from Grey Fox to Glastonbury; opening for Wanda Jackson, The Be Good Tanyas, Steve Earle.www.janbellmusic.com
www.themaybellesmusic.com


6pm: Shotgun Party "Melding swinging, sultry jazz with dancehall sensibility," Austin Chronicle. This fiery Texas trio return to their home away from home in Brooklyn! " Texas swing with one foot among the tumbleweeds and the other in outer space."

www.shotgunfiesta.com

7pm: Will Scott

Independent Music Awards Nominee Best Blues Album 2010. "Everything that is good in Americana music... One of the most impressive new acts of his kind to come along in quite some time." Americana UK

www.willscottmusic.com
www.charismaartist.com]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/dumbo_art__festival__live_music_stage_saturday_92510 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:14:15 -0700 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen The Maybelles Springtime Newsletter http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/the_maybelles_springtime_newsletter Gorgeous old timey spareness - Village Voice
Completely won me over! - Sing Out!
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Ten years or so ago Nebraska native Melissa Carper and Yorkshire lass Jan Bell sat on a bench in the heart of Eureka Springs, Arkansas singing old time country songs. They were soon on the road, spending Winter playing the streets of New Orleans. Over the years, they came home to Eureka, opening for Emmylou Harris, Odetta, and playing the long running Ozark Folk Festival. As the rhythm section for their New Orleans pal, Opal Fly, they also opened for Ray Charles.
A few years later, they returned to Jan's adopted hometown of New York City - where they met up with fiddle player Katy Cox. Despite being based in three different states,(AR, NY, TX) the three had a busy few years. In 2009, they played Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, and folk festivals in the UK. They also went back to where it all began, Eureka Springs to headline their own show at The AUD. Thousands of miles and hundreds of shows and adventures later, Jan, Melissa and Katy are staying closer to hometown projects. Jan continues to lead the band back in Brooklyn, playing with musicians who were part of The Maybelles along the way.

Upcoming Events!


Tuesday
March 16th
at Union Hall
8:30 pm

The Brooklyn Songwriter's Exchange, with special guest host, Jan Bell



Featuring
Annie Keating
Dave Murphy

No cover charge!

Union Hall
702 Union Street
Brooklyn, New York 11215
718-638-4400


Thursday
March 18th
at the Rodeo Bar
at 10 PM

The All new old-time
The Maybelles
(Jan Bell, Hilary Hawke, Philippa Thompson and special guest Megan Palmer)

Rodeo Bar
375 3rd Avenue
New York, New York 10016


Friday March 19th
at the Jalopy Theatre
at 8 PM

Special Guest Spot
with M. Shanghai Stringband


9pm — The Maybelles (Jan Bell, Hilary Hawke, and Philippa Thompson)
9:30pm — The Ukuladies
10:30pm — Mshanghai String Band

$10 cover for all three bands!

The Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, New York 11231]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/the_maybelles_springtime_newsletter Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:37:14 -0700 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen The UK Loretta Lynn http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/the_uk_loretta_lynn 'Call it ”˜Anglicana', 'Americana' or even 'UK Americana', these bands are giving authentic country music a British spin.'
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7048594.ece]]> http://janbellmusic.com/blog.html/the_uk_loretta_lynn Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:12:17 -0800 Alt.Country, Americana, Folk Blues, Singer Songwriter - Jan Bell - Little Red Hen