MAY 2012
Happy spring! May is the kick off to festival season, and we are excited to announce that five artists from the roster will be playing the Kerrville Folk Festival this year: Nathan Hamilton, Nels Andrews, A.J. Roach, Birds Of Chicago, Matt The Electrician. Hope to see you at the ranch!
In addition to Kerrville, roster artists will be playing these fine festivals this year: Strawberry Music Festival, DelFest, Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival, American River Music Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Northern Lights Festival Boréal, Hillside Music Festival, Pickamania, RiverSong Festival, Storyhill Fest, Thirsty Ear Festival and several summer music series as well.
Jean Synodinos will be this month’s Friday Kitchen Concert volunteer at the Caritas Community Kitchen. Thanks Jean for volunteering, we are looking forward to it!
Current listen/recommend:
Rough Shop/Beneath The South Side Bridge
Sons Of Bill/Sirens
APRIL 2012
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for supporting our annual benefit & fundraiser for the Community Kitchen at Caritas. With all of your support, we raised over $2600! All of you are awesome! Thank you, thank you, thank YOU!!!
This month’s volunteer for the Friday Kitchen Concert @ Caritas of Austin is Mike June. Thanks Mike for volunteering!
Current listen/recommend:
Rosie & Me/Arrow Of My Ways
MARCH 2012
Please help us welcome Birds Of Chicago (JT Nero & Allison Russell) and Po’ Girl to the roster… we couldn’t be more pleased!
March means SOUP! SXSF - South By Soup Fest to be exact! First, We are proud to be hosting 3 days of music for the clients at the Soup Kitchen at Caritas of Austin. This showcase is private and for the clients only. This will be our ELEVENTH year to host the SXSF showcase at Caritas! To get everyone else in on the fun, we will have our our Roster Party & South By Soup Fest Benefit for Caritas at Gueros once again. Full details here and lineup below:
March 14, Wednesday, 2:00pm-9:00pm
Gueros Taco Bar, 1412 S Congress Ave, 512.447.7688
2:00-2:20pm The Better Halves
2:30-2:50pm JT Nero & Allison Russell
3:00-3:45 Colin Brooks
4:00-4:45 Nels Andrews
5:00-5:45 Michael Fracasso
6:00-6:45 Nathan Hamilton
7:00-7:45 Beaver Nelson
8:00-8:45 Matt The Electrician
Don’t forget - you can make a donation to our annual fundraiser for Caritas online as well: www.firstgiving.com/southbysoupfest. Having the online page allows us to double our efforts so thank you everyone who donates online! We also want to take the time to thank all of the local businesses who have donated the raffle prizes this year: Gueros Taco Bar, Opal Divine’s, Iguana Grill, Hoboken Pie, Satellite Bistro, El Alma Cafe y Cantina, Botticelli’s, Frank, Johnson’s Backyard Garden, Chuy’s, Frank, Apothecary Cafe & Wine Bar, House Wine, Opa Coffee & Wine Bar, Contigo, The Soup Peddler… and more to come.
FEBRUARY 2012
Like usual… February means FOLK! Three artists from the roster will be at the Folk Alliance International Conference in Memphis this month, February 22-25. Please come by the ComboPlate Booking Rm#1824 for our Roster ITR on Friday & Saturday from 3-4:00pm. Nathan Hamilton, Matt The Electrician, Nels Andrews - and Laura - will be around the whole conference. We look forward to seeing everyone again soon! The complete schedule for our private showcase room is here:
COMBOPLATE BOOKING PRIVATE SHOWCASE - ROOM 1824
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
10:30PM Mother Banjo
11:00PM Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus
11:30PM Nathan Hamilton
12:00AM Matt The Electrician
12:30AM Nels Andrews
1:00AM LOVES IT
1:30AM Vanessa Lively
2:00AM Atomic Duo
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
2:00PM Jack Wilson
2:30PM Melissa Greener
3:00PM-4:00PM ComboPlate ITR – Nathan Hamilton, Matt The Electrician, Nels Andrews
10:30PM Raina Rose
11:00PM Tim Easton
11:30PM Matt The Electrician
12:00AM Nels Andrews
12:30AM Nathan Hamilton
1:00AM JT Nero and Allison Russell
1:30AM Robert Steel
2:00AM Gina Chavez
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
2:00PM Heather Styka
2:30PM JT Nero and Allison Russell
3:00PM-4:00PM ComboPlate ITR – Nathan Hamilton, Matt The Electrician, Nels Andrews
10:30PM The Carper Family
11:00PM Tim Easton
11:30PM Nels Andrews
12:00AM Nathan Hamilton
12:30AM Matt The Electrician
1:00AM JT Nero and Allison Russell
1:30AM Miles Zuniga
Looking ahead, the ComboPlate Booking Roster Party & South By Soup Fest Beneift is scheduled for Wednesday, March 14th at Gueros Taco Bar once again. Thank you to Gueros for being so good to us! As usual, a private SXSF showcase is being scheduled for the clients of the soup kitchen as well. It’s going to be busy, busy, busy!
This month’s Friday Kitchen Concert volunteer at Caritas is Rebecca Loebe. Rebecca is fresh out of the studio and we are thankful she has made the time to volunteer. We can’t wait!
Current listen/recommend:
Miles Zuniga/These Ghosts Have Bones
JANUARY 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR from Laura & the roster! Thank you all for the constant support. It keeps us going!
This month’s Friday Kitchen Concert Volunteers are Joe Sundell & Melissa Carper - we are happy to kick off the year with such talented and generous musicians!
Current listen/recommend:
Peter Gabriel/Us