Celebration of the Life of Carolyn Sutton (1946-2025)
2025-09-07 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Fallser Club, 3721 Midvale Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19129, United States
Light Refreshments with dessert and coffee/teaFormal Celebration with speakers and contributorsThe audience will be invited to share short memories of Carolyn
We will be creating a Time Capsule to capture Carolyn’s extraordinary life.
Please write down your experiences and thoughts about Carolyn and bring them with you.
We will collect pictures and other mementos to put in the capsule. We will also have materials on site to share a thought, memory, or wish.
Questions? Contact Gina Snyder, eastfallser@yahoo.net, or Michelle Feldman, michelle.feldman@eastfallspa.com.

Eric Andersen featuring Steve Addabbo on Guitar with Kenn Kweder
2025-09-11 19:30 - 22:00
Tickets $35 online, and $40 at the door (online ticket sales end at 6:30pm on the day of the show)
Doors at 7pm
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We are excited to host folk music icon, Eric Andersen, at The Fallser Club. We will start the evening with a preshow interview with Eric and The Fallser Music Director, Garry Lee. Eric was a big part of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s in its heyday..hanging and forming musical relationships with the luminaries of those times, including Joni Mitchell, Dylan and Judy Collins. Garry and Eric will talk about those special days and also about his long recording career…including his lost ( and then found) album “Stages”…his later work with The Band’s Rick Danko…his move to the Netherlands…the changes in the music industry, and what keeps him touring and playing after 50-plus years. It will be an interesting evening of conversation and music. Also on the bill is Philly favorite singer-songwriter, Kenn Kweder!
Eric Andersen

Spend an evening with Eric Andersen to promote his new album Dance of Love and Death – 17 new songs – the first studio album of new Eric Andersen songs since 2003! He will perform songs from the new album as well as others spanning his career. Eric Andersen first came to prominence as a performer in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and immediately became part of the Village folk and songwriter scene and was at the epicenter of the
American Greenwich Village singer-songwriter explosion. Aside from his own classics, he’s co-written songs with Lou Reed, Townes Van Zandt, Rick Danko, and Bob Weir (Grateful Dead). And his songs have been covered by many artists including Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, Fairport Convention and Peter, Paul & Mary.
He is featured in an Andy Warhol film (Space) and in many music documentaries. A full-length documentary about Eric Andersen The Songpoet (released 2019) is available for streaming on PBS. He has broken the boundaries of songwriting with a 26 minute recitative and incorporating literary influences and works in his writing. He is currently working on a memoir.
Eric has toured the world and released over 30 CDs of original music. In 2022 a 3 CD tribute album was released with artists (including Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Richard Shindell, Linda Ronstadt, Happy Traum, Dom Flemons and many others) interpreting and covering Eric’s songs. Eric’s new album Dance of Love and Death (featuring Lenny Kaye, Larry Campbell and others) released in 2025 as a digital album, 2 CD set and a double LP will be celebrated at this show.
Eric Andersen in (Spoken) Pieces is a compilation of Eric’s spoken/recitative works. It was released as a
digital album on November 29, 2024. The live album: Blue River Live in Tokyo from a 2012 performance in Japan commemorating the 40th anniversary of Eric’s Blue River album was released in 2025 as a digital album and CD. Eric Andersen’s poetical songs have entertained and captivated audiences worldwide.

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The article covers this tour, Eric’s new album, Eric’s thoughts on the movie, A Complete Unknown, and his life in NYC with Andy Warhol, Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, and Joni Mitchell. We are bringing an icon to The Fallser Club stage.

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Steve Addabo

Steve Addabbo is known as a Grammy winning producer, musician, writer, recording engineer and owner of Shelter Island Sound Recording studio in NYC. He helped launch the careers of Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin, along with many others. Steve got his start as a musician and studio technician, but continued on to managing, producing, engineering, and mixing.
Born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island, the first record Steve Addabbo bought was Del Shannon’s “Runaway.” Addabbo started playing guitar in ninth grade, copying songs by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Monkees, among others. At the same time, he harbored a love of electronics and gadgets, building hi-fi amplifiers and receivers from kits he bought at Lafayette stores and the back pages of Popular Electronics, and recording himself on 2-track machines.
Out of Nothing is the first solo album of Steve’s long and storied career. Out of Nothing benefits from guest appearances by a stellar round of friends that Addabbo has made along the way. Folk hero Eric Andersen (and his violinist Michele Gazich) and young folk/Americana boomers Anthony da Costa and Caitlin Canty, master jazz bassist John Patitucci, fellow journeyman Larry Campbell and his bassist Byron Isaacs, alt-country dark horse Ana Egge, and respected New York session drummer Steve Holly (ex-Paul McCartney & Wings) are just a few who are along for the ride.
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Kenn Kweder

Philadelphia singer-songwriter Kenn Kweder has been a legendary figure on the city’s music scene since the early 1970s, earning the nickname “The Bard of South Street.” Known for his unpredictable style, raw energy, and fiercely independent spirit, Kweder has blended folk-rock, new wave, and rock & roll with influences ranging from Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen to David Bowie and Captain Beefheart. Though major labels like Arista showed serious interest—Clive Davis among them—Kweder consistently turned down deals that compromised his creative control, opting instead to record independently through his label, Pandemonium Music. This defiant independence, along with his genre-hopping musical identity, may explain why he never achieved national fame despite being a beloved local icon.
Kweder’s career is marked by wild stage antics, provocative self-promotion, and a rotating cast of bands including the Secret Kidds, Radio Church of God, and the Men From P.O.V.I.C.H. He opened for major acts like Cheap Trick, Patti Smith, and the Ramones, and was widely expected to become “the next big thing” in the late ’70s. Instead, he built a rich, underground catalog of releases such as Kitchen Folk, Man Overboard, and the Kwederology retrospective series. While his refusal to conform may have limited his commercial reach, it solidified his status as a cult hero in Philadelphia—one who has inspired generations of artists and remains a vital presence in the city’s music scene.
WHYY article about Ken Kweder’s documentary film, “The Adventures of a Secret Kidd: The Mass Hallucination of Kenn Kweder”

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African Friends: Bakithi Kumalo, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, and Youba Cissokho
2025-09-12 20:00 - 22:30
Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door (online tickets end at 6:30 on the day of the show)

African Friends: A chance meeting developed into a deep friendship and a beautiful musical partnership.
This five-piece band will warm your heart and get your feet moving.

Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa

Tanyaradzwa is a visionary leader committed to African liberation. She is a scholar, healer, composer, singer, and Zimbabwean gwenyambira (mbira player)
She holds a Doctorate of Music in Voice Performance, a Master of Music in Voice Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition (cum laude) with minors in Voice Performance and French.
Tanyaradzwa did her undergraduate studies at Princeton University and her graduate studies at the University of Kentucky. At both institutions, she was the first Zimbabwean in history to graduate with degrees in music.
She recently returned to Princeton University where she was awarded the prestigious Hodder Fellowship by the Lewis Center for the Arts. This is a creative fellowship that was previously awarded to Danai Gurira and Nora Chipaumire – two immensely gifted ZImbabwean artists who inspired her. It is such an honour to be following in their artistic footsteps.
She is now an inaugural START Fellow at Princeton University.
Growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe as the granddaughter of entrepreneur George Chirume Tawengwa – founder of the Mushandirapamwe Hotel, the first Black-owned hotel in Highfield, Harare (formerly Salisbury) – Tanyaradzwa was inspired by a spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration from a young age. She was also surrounded by music; her maternal great-grandfather had been a choral conductor, and both sides of her family enjoyed music-making.
“I perform for audiences all over the world, but my songs are for my people. When I call on the ancestral melodies that are held in our soil, our trees, our hearts, and our blood, I know that we are all healing – one note at a time. ”
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Bakithi Kumalo

Bassist Bakithi presents a joyful musical journey from the Roots and Rhythms of South Africa. Bakithi Kumalo always brings the most talented artists together for the ultimate musical experience that promises to move you in multiple ways. He has just completed a US tour with his lifelong friend, Paul Simon.
Found at the heart and soul of modern-day anthems that have shaped our sense of music and culture as we know it, award-winning, multi-instrumentalist Bakithi Kumalo (Bah-Gee-Tee Koo-Ma-Low) is ranked among the top 50 bass players in the world by Bass Player Magazine.
Born in the Soweto township of Johannesburg, South Africa, and surrounded by relatives who loved music and actively performed, with traditional African rhythms and acappella vocal groups all around him. Kumalo learned to follow the groove of the bass lines and developed licks based on the left-hand work of accordion players in the township bands. Landing his first job at the age of seven filling in for his uncle’s bass player, he continued to work as a session musician in South Africa during the 1970s and early 1980s and was soon recognized as a top session bassist, accompanying international performers during their South African tours.
Introduced to Paul Simon through producer Hendrick Lebone during recording sessions for the Graceland album in 1985, Kumalo traveled with Simon to New York to finish the record. Following accompaniment on the premier tour, he spent several years commuting between Soweto and New York City before permanently settling in the United States.
With a career spent touring alongside artists including Hugh Masekela, the Grateful Dead, Sting, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Gloria Estefan, Derek Trucks, Miriam Makeba, and many others, his abilities extend to his solo work as a singer, percussionist, pianist, and songwriter—in addition to his bass playing—presenting a culmination of diverse influences from throughout his life. Touring regularly with Simon throughout his career, Kumalo has recorded with and performed alongside artists including Joan Baez, Cyndi Lauper, Hugh Masekela, Herbie Hancock, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Randy Brecker, Grover Washington Jr., Mickey Hart, and Disney’s The Lion King.
Best known for his groundbreaking bass line in “You Can Call Me Al,” pocket grooves from “Boy In The Bubble” and “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes,” and his overall big bass sound, Kumalo has also released several solo albums. His most recent project had him working alongside producer Maxfeld Gast and Militia Hill to create What You Hear Is What You See.

Youba Cissokho

YOUBA CISSOKHO plays the kora, a type of harp made from a calabash gourd. West African kings commissioned the kora to recount songs of folklore and love.
Youba fluently plays traditional Mandinka and Wolof music as well as a modern style made up of jazz, reggae, and Afro beats. His lilting sound and expansive range come from a lifelong exposure to rich musical diversity. His father is Issa Cissokho, the saxophone player for the legendary world music group Orchestra Baobab, which blended Latin and Caribbean music with West African styles.
Youba has performed solo all over Africa, Europe, and the United States including Paris, New York, and Dakar. He also joined Artist-In-Residence and LINES Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko on Center Stage at the Vail Dance Festival and frequently accompanies the Temple University ballet classes and orchestras. Youba has played at venues such as The Philadelphia Art Museum and World Cafe Live as well as on the main stages at Harmonic Earth Festival, Cisko Centre, and Odunde Festival, the largest African American street festival in the U.S. with over 500,000 attendees.
Youba currently resides in Philadelphia.

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Abou Lion Diarra

Abou “Lion” Diarra is a Malian musician known as a master of the n’goni, a traditional Malian harp-guitar, who blends traditional sounds with modern influences like blues, jazz, and reggae. He has also worked as a drummer, performing with notable musicians and creating music for theatre. His journey began in West Africa, traveling between cities like Abidjan and Bamako, and he is celebrated for his innovative playing style and his ability to use the n’goni as a guitar, bass, or even a drum.
Master Drummer, Music Producer, Teacher, Songwriter – Endorsed by Chicago Drum and Istanbul Mehmet Cymbals. High-energy live performer, having shared the stage with some of the greats, including jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd and jazz guitarist Leonel Loueké. He was the drummer on a South American tour with The Original Wailers!
Other tours have been with Times magazine’s African diva’ Angélique Kidjo, Leon and The People, Charanga Soleil, and Grammy award winner Charles Neville, ‘the horn man from the Neville Brothers’.
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Victor Gould

Born in Los Angeles and residing in New York City, Victor Gould began playing piano at the young age of four. Gould began his career as one of the first ever recipients of the Herbie Hancock Presidential Scholarship at Berklee College of Music. After completing his bachelor’s degree there, Gould studied at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at Loyola University, where he received a Master’s in Music.
Gould’s honors include the 2009 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award and 2006 semi-finalist in The Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. Victor has performed and or recorded with Esperanza Spalding, Terence Blanchard, Branford Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Ralph Peterson, Wallace Roney, Donald Harrison, Buster Williams and many others.
Victor’s debut album, Clockwork was voted number 1 debut Jazz album in NPR Music’s 2016 Jazz Critics Poll. Gould followed up was his sophomore project Earthlings, and is set to release his third project Thoughts Become Things in spring 2019. Victor currently tours with Jazzmeia Horn and Jeremy Pelt and is set to begin touring his with trio following the release of Thoughts.
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Jim Boggia with Emmett Drueding
2025-09-13 20:00 - 22:30
Tickets $25 online, $30 at the Door. (online ticket sales stop at 6:30pm day of show)
Doors open at 7:30pm
Jim Boggia

For more than 20 years, Jim Boggia has been winning over fans, critics, contemporaries and luminaries alike with his uncompromising devotion to the sort of winsomely nostalgic, emotionally direct songcraft that’s impervious to age. His sonically intelligent retro-pop manifesto informs three studio albums—2001’s Fidelity Is the Enemy, 2005’s Safe in Sound and 2008’s Misadventures in Stereo—and he’s worked with a startling array of artists, including Aimee Mann, Juliana Hatfield, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Bernadette Peters, David Poe, NRBQ’s Big Al Anderson, famed Beach Boys lyricist Tony Asher, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, Attractions drummer Pete Thomas, esteemed ’70s pop misfit Emitt Rhodes, and Canadian songstress Amanda Marshall. Also an accomplished singer and guitarist, Boggia performs with the well-known New York City-based Beatles tribute band, the Fab Faux, as well as Mad Dogs & Dominos, an 18-piece collective headed by a heavyweight roster that includes Blues Brothers alum Lou Marini and producer John Leventhal. Oh, and he plays a mean ukulele.
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Emmett Drueding

Emmett Drueding is a Philadelphia-based guitarist, singer and songwriter with an admiration for Chet Atkins, Nat King Cole, The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Dave Van Ronk and the many greats of jazz and country blues. Drueding has spent years developing his distinctive guitar-centric sound that draws fluidly on these influences and others.
In 2015, Drueding released his first solo EP, titled Strange Bruise to acclaim from WXPN’s The Key and popular U.K blog The Mad Mackerel. In 2017, under the moniker Sons of EL, Drueding released Let’s Hook; a raucous rock album recorded in Whispering Pines studio in Los Angeles. In 2019 he released his first solo full length album in Tightrope Walker, which was recorded at Rittenhouse Soundworks in Philadelphia featuring a multitude of some of Philly’s best players. His self-titled release, Emmett Drueding, was released in June of 2023 featuring songs he wrote and recorded at home as part of an online songwriting group during the pandemic.
On Drueding’s writing and performing style, indie music blog B-Sides and Badlands noted, “He might be playing a character . . . but his conviction is as ripe as grapes on a vine ready for harvest.”

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Avi Wisnia, Bethlehem and Sad Patrick, Whirled Music
2025-09-14 14:00 - 16:00
Doors at 1:30pm; Show at 2pm
Tickets $20 with discounts for PFS and MAC Members

AVI WISNIA

Dynamic Jazz/Pop Piano Singer-Songwriter
Avi Wisnia is an award-winning singer/songwriter, finding inspiration in 1950’s west-coast jazz, acoustic American folk, Brazilian bossa nova, and contemporary piano pop. Avi’s clever lyrics give a knowing nod to his contemporaries, while his smooth vocals and deft piano skills assure you that this is truly something new. He tours in support of his newest studio album, “Catching Leaves,” performing in prestigious venues around the world – from the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC to The Kennedy Center in DC to concert tours in Japan, Poland, and Brazil. His single “Sky Blue Sky” was recorded via satellite between Philadelphia and Brazil, winning recognition from the Philadelphia Songwriters Project and Mid-Atlantic Song Contest. In addition to being a performing songwriter, he has given a TED Talk, performed with The Moth storytellers, and hosts the monthly concert series Philly Songwriters in the Round at the Royal in Glenside PA. He is also featured in the EMMY-nominated PBS Documentary “How Saba Kept Singing” currently screening in select cities and streaming online. “Avi Wisnia represents the best of the singer-songwriter genre: great voice, great songs, exciting stage presence. He plays piano like he was born to it.” – The Minstrel Acoustic Folk Project

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Bethlehem and Sad Patrick

“Powerful, heartfelt songs about love and other struggles”
Bethlehem – Vocals, Body Percussion, Tarima
Sad Patrick – Guitar, Ukulele, Melodica, Keys
Bethlehem and Sad Patrick’s unique sound effortlessly combines powerful vocals and driving percussion with Sad Patrick’s distinctive hybrid of folk and jazz guitar. His guitar serves as a subtle yet mesmerizing counterpoint to her exceptional “vocussion” – a term she coined for her powerful, immersive singing, remarkable improvisations, and nuanced melodies riding atop tarima and body percussion.
The duo have appeared at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Ladybug Music Festival, the State Street Blues Stroll and State Street Jazz by Night, and Caramoor American Roots Festival, and opened for acts such as Macy Gray and Susan Werner. Their live performances and 2019’s “Love and Other Struggles” earned them a spot on NPR Slingshot’s prestigious list of Ten Artists to Know from Philadelphia.
“Their music strikes a chord with its authenticity and emotional depth,” praised Sarah Hojsak from WXPN / The Key. “Bethlehem and Sad Patrick use their unique blend of vocals and guitar to craft soul-stirring songs that tackle a range of issues with grace and beauty.”

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Whirled Music

Multi-genre/multilingual folk/jazz-tinged music.
Ken Ulansey, winds, Phyllis Chapell, guitar and vocals.
Ken Ulansey and Phyllis Chapell have been blending their talents for decades, recording in each other’s projects, mixing influences, broadening each other’s outlooks. As a duo, they draw from traditions as diverse as the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Brazil, Ireland, India and, of course, the American songbook. When with their larger group, these influences expand astronomically, creating a maelstrom of infectious rhythms.

Phyllis’s repertoire features songs in 13 languages, from Brazil, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S. Her 3-octave vocals are supported and complemented by her acoustic guitar, capturing musical styles from percussive sambas and explosive flamenco to elegant folk, jazz, contemporary, and originals. She was named one of the top jazz vocalists of all time by Scott Yanow (Downbeat, Jazz Times) in his new book, “Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide”. The Inquirer raved about her, “Chapell is an elegant singer who will steal your heart away. She eludes all labels!”
Ken Ulansey, Pennsylvania Council for the Arts winner, plays alto and soprano sax and pennywhistle. He is a musical chameleon, having played contemporary classical music with Relache, jazz with his own award-winning band, Latin with Synthesis and Minas, and folk music with many of the area’s–and even the nation’s–leading songwriters. Besides leading his own wedding band (Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of Philly!) that specializes in Swing, Motown, Klezmer, Latin, Pop, Zydeco and Oldies, Ken has toured extensively in Europe, Asia and the States, played on nearly 200 recordings, and worked in collaboration with dancers, film-makers, poets and storytellers.

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The Wildwoods with Joshua Finsel
2025-09-17 19:30 - 21:30
Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door. (Online tickets end at 6 pm on the day of the show)
Doors 7pm. Tickets are still available at the door

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The Wildwoods

“Every note we play is a chapter in our story, a journey through the heart of American roots music. We’re The Wildwoods—where each lyric is a leaf in the vast forest of our sound.”
From the heart of Lincoln, Nebraska, The Wildwoods have grown into a folk/Americana trio rooted in rich harmonies and heartfelt storytelling. Formed by husband-and-wife duo Noah (guitar) and Chloe Gose (violin), and joined by longtime friend and bassist Andrew Vaggalis, the band crafts songs that feel both intimate and expansive—tales of home, hope, and the open road.
Their newest release, Dear Meadowlark (2025), is a love letter to the land that raised them. Inspired by seasons of touring, homesickness, and rediscovery, the album weaves chamber-folk arrangements with poetic lyricism, highlighting their signature harmonies and acoustic instrumentation. It follows a growing discography that includes Sweet Nostalgia (2017), Birdie & Goose (2017), Across a Midwest Sky (2019), and Foxfield Saint John (2023).
On stage, The Wildwoods have shared lineups with artists like Mighty Poplar, Sierra Ferrell, Aoife O’Donovan, Melissa Carper, Jaime Wyatt, and Joe Nichols, with appearances at renowned festivals including Summerfest, FreshGrass, and the Oyster Ridge Music Festival. Their songwriting continues to gain national attention—earning 2nd place in the 2024 Rocky Mountain Songwriting Contest for their song “Sweet Niobrara,” and securing semi-final spots in the International Songwriting Competition with “Untitled” and “Way of Train.”
The trio has also been recognized locally, earning the title of Best Band in the Lincoln Journal Star’s 2022 Lincoln’s Choice Awards and consistently receiving honors from the Omaha Arts and Entertainment Awards. They were finalists in both the FreshGrass Band Competition and the Gems on VHS “Gems in the Rough” contest in 2023.
Influenced by artists like Watchhouse, Nickel Creek, and Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, The Wildwoods blend folk, bluegrass, and indie sensibilities into something uniquely their own. Their music is lush with nature imagery, layered harmonies, and an emotional sincerity that captures the quiet beauty of their Midwestern roots.
Whether weaving tales from their rural upbringing or capturing fleeting moments from life on tour, The Wildwoods create a sound that feels like home…wherever you are.

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Joshua Finsel

Joshua Finsel has wandered the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania for most of his life. Born and raised in the backwoods of the Poconos, his formative memories were forged in nature, under blue skies, near cold mountain streams, with family, friends, and love. Music found him early, on the tapes played by his mother and father, the Wild Elders, while creeping slowly down the long narrow dirt road to his family’s cabin in a pickup truck.
He was a straight edge rocker by high school in the 90s, before becoming a mystical folk singer/songwriter/musician in a college town a few short years later. Josh spent some time strumming around out in Oregon for a few years before setting down roots back home and founding the bluegrass-inspired rock band Free Range Folk with friends in 2010 and Wild Elder Wine & Cider Co. in 2019.
Josh’s versatile vocal and instrumental style ranges from Western-inspired laments to psychedelia. Although his solo work is collaborative, it showcases his subtlety and depth. Joshua’s music feels familiar to the ears, like the soundtrack to your dreams.

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Willy Porter with Sadie Gust
2025-09-19 20:00 - 22:30
Tickets $25 online, $30 at the door (online ticket sales end at 7pm on the day of the show)
Doors at 7:30pm

Willy Porter
“Willy plays rhythms that make me want to crawl inside his guitar and sleep there forever.“
— Tori Amos

Willy Porter continues on a musical and personal odyssey spanning over two decades, 11 albums, and multiple continents. His journey has been defined by an inquisitive love for humanity and the language that describes what we all hold to be true. Porter’s songs weave a universal perspective about the questions, struggles, and triumphs of human existence. His live shows are guitar-driven grit, soul, silence and muscle– at times electrifying, dynamic, and unique in the way that Porter’s voice blends and fuses with his fret work.
A largely self-taught musician, Porter began treating audiences to his brand of guitar playing and wry storytelling in the late ‘80’s while living in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1990, he released his first full-length independent album, The Trees Have Soul, and the touring life has flowed steadily ever since. Porter has literally logged millions of miles across America, Canada, the UK, and Europe, touring solo, as well as with various incarnations of the Willy Porter Band and in support of artists like Tori Amos, Paul Simon, Jethro Tull, Sting, and Jeff Beck.
Porter’s breakthrough album, Dog Eared Dream, was released in 1994, and the song “Angry Words” quickly became a staple at the burgeoning AAA radio format. This led to a major label deal with BMG/Private Music in 1995. Unfortunately, Private was dismantled by BMG just as Porter was preparing to release his follow-up. With contractual freedom in 1998, Porter quickly signed with the San Francisco-based label Six Degrees. There he released three albums beginning with the studio gem, Falling Forward (1999), produced by multiple Grammy-winner Neil Dorfsman (Dire Straits, Sting). The eponymous Willy Porter (2001) followed featuring great guest performances by Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull and Tony Levin. His fan-favorite solo disc, High Wire Live (2003) was co-produced with Grammy-winner Ben Wisch (Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin).
In 2005 Porter left Six Degrees and launched his own imprint, Weasel Records. Together with longtime keyboardist/ collaborator Dave Adler, Porter produced the atmospheric album Available Light in 2006. His work with Guild & Fender guitars over the next several years would result in the manufacture of the “Willy Porter Signature” acoustic guitar. Porter then took time to record and produce singer/songwriter Natalia Zukerman, on her whip-smart Weasel debut, Brand New Frame (2008). Porter released his next disc, How to Rob a Bank in 2009, the heavily Americana-flavored record featuring the contributions of the LA-based quartet, Raining Jane. Bank was followed with a live disc recorded with the Carpe Diem String Quartet in (2010). This collaboration produced a gorgeous EP featuring several of Porter’s most enduring tunes (“Breathe,” “Paper Airplane,” “Watercolor”), elevated and reinterpreted against a backdrop of lush string arrangements.
In 2011, Porter produced the second Weasel release for Natalia Zukerman, the driving Gas Station Roses. A partnership with Milwaukee-based singer/ songwriter Carmen Nickerson resulted in the album, Cheeseburgers and Gasoline (2013). This spartan production illuminates themes of life-longing and relationship repair, all while balancing the dream of self-actualization on the axle of a carnival’s Tilt-a-Whirl. The record also includes Porter’s brilliant cover arrangement of Peter Gabriel’s “Digging in the Dirt.” Porter’s follow-up release, Human Kindness (2015) incorporated all of his acoustic, electric, and multi-string chops to bear in service of a great selection of songs bearing the influence of soul, rock, blues/Americana, showcasing Porter’s growth as a writer, musician, and producer.
After touring extensively together for more than two years, Porter and Nickerson released a full-length disc of original co-writes: Bonfire to Ash (2016). Produced by Grammy winning producer Ben Wisch (Marc Cohn, Jonatha Brooke) and featuring Bassist Zev Katz and Drummer/Producer Ben Wittman, Bonfire to Ash is a record that charts the experiences bridging the intimate with the universal. Porter and Nickerson borrow from their strong stage chemistry to render the same kind of musical conversation that unfolds in performance within a studio setting. This dialogic style broadens to consider the connections and values forged in the communities we call home (“Living Proof”) and in the responsibility we have to the planet that gives itself to house us (“Plant A Garden”). Bonfire to Ash compiles candid snapshots of the human journey, exposing ideas such as hope, regret, love, loss, and connection that remain immutable against time, history, or place.
In addition to making a life in music, Porter finds ways to make an impact on local and international levels. He is an active supporter of Advocates of Ozaukee, a shelter and treatment facility for victims of domestic violence and abuse in Mequon, Wisconsin. His annual benefit concerts have raised more than $100,000 for this organization to date. He is also an Ambassador for Guitars for Vets, a Milwaukee-based International organization that works to improve the lives of veterans by providing them with guitars and music lessons.
Willy Porter lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife and two children.

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Sadie Gust
Sadie Gust, also known as Sadie Leigh, is a singer-songwriter from Philadelphia who gained recognition for her music and winning the WXPN 24-Hour Song Challenge. She began releasing music in the late 2010s and last year released an EP called “Skin”. Her songs often explore themes of love, family, and friendship, sometimes lighthearted and sometimes reflective. Sadie won $1,000, studio time, a WXPN membership, and a gift card in the WXPN challenge. She will also be performing at XPN Fest and Philly Music Fest.

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Jaffna: World Music Ensemble
2025-09-20 20:00 - 22:30
Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door (online ticket sales end at 6:30pm on the day of the show)
Show at 8pm, doors open at 7:30pm

Jaffna

Jaffna is an acoustic, ethnic fusion ensemble that plays original music. This Philadelphia-based world music ensemble combines instrumentation and influences from the Middle East, India, and anywhere else that inspires them. With roots in the early 1990s, the group maintains its distinct style with original compositions and improvisations that stretch the boundaries of their respective cultures. Jaffna has produced 2 CDs of original music and its members maintain a high level of activity in many world music projects such as Barakka, One, Hindugrass, Arehm and Atzilut.
Jaffna musicians have created a musical universe with oud, guitar, tabla, and dumbek, where they can all argue, eat and stay good friends. Along with the strong Mid-East and Indian flavor come unmistakable flamenco, rock, Balkan, and jazz influences, the result of jamming in and around the vibrant Philadelphia world music scene for years.
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The Fallser Club is a 6,300 square foot community space and the location of East Falls Forward. East Falls Forward (EFF) is a registered community organization (RCO) with a pro-urban mission: a dedication to making East Falls a walkable, sustainable neighborhood with attractive places to eat, shop, and do business.

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10 Year Quizzo Anniversary with Sean P. Maguire !
2025-09-21 16:00 - 19:00
Tickets $10 online, $15 at the door. Online Quizzo tickets end at 3 pm on the day of the show
Doors at 1pm for the Eagle’s game.

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Post Eagle’s Game Quizzo!!
Come watch the Eagles game and then enoy the 10th Anniversary Quizzo Party with Sean Maguire!!

Much like “hoagie,” “wooder ice,” and “jawn,” Quizzo is a word entirely Philadelphian. Whether one Z or two, whether Wildwood or Ireland thinks they can lay a better claim to it, or whether you think your quiz(z)o host is better than me (he isn’t) is all irrelevant; Quizzo is as Philadelphian as Ben Franklin, the Liberty Bell, and Gritty. Here is this excellent article from Billy Penn about the history of Quizzo.
Just like there are a dozen names for Quizzo, there are a dozen different ways to play it. In my completely unbiased experience, my format works the best: 4 rounds of 10(ish) questions, each round it’s own topic. Unless it’s a themed Quizzo, each round is it’s own thing and not related to the rest. The standard format is Current Events in Round 1, an audio round in Round 2, a picture round in Round 3, and then we finish with another round on the microphone in Round 4, but sometimes rules are meant to be broken.
Sean is a seasoned entertainer in the Philadelphia area, where he has entertained crowds for a decade. When he is not embarrassing himself onstage or behind a microphone, Sean can be found debating which flannel shirt to wear for the day, playing his guitars way too loud in his new house in Havertown, and spending time with his awesome wife Casey (known to Quizzo! fans as “Mrs. Producer”) and son Declan, heir to the Quizzo throne.
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Luke Winslow-King with Drew Harris
2025-09-23 19:30 - 21:30
Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door (online ticket sales end at 6pm on the day of the show)
Doors 7:00pm

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“Seamlessly melds delta blues, gospel, and jazz themes with personal, simplified lyrics that speak to his personal and artistic evolution.”– New York Times
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Luke Winslow-King

Originally from Cadillac, Michigan, Luke Winslow-King is a career rock & roll guitarist, singer, producer, songwriter. Having spent more than 15 years in New Orleans, and recording his 2008 album (Old/New Baby) at Preservation Hall, he was named ‘Best Blues Artist’ by Gambit Magazine. His 2018 hit, ‘I’m Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always’ is nearing 10 million streams on Spotify. He was named a voting member of the Grammy Recording Academy in 2022. Now living in Calatayud, Spain, he continues to pursue his global quest; delivering honest, powerful, rustic, and authentic peoples’ music by stage and recording alike.
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The Luke Winslow-King Band features Tuscan slide guitar maestro Roberto Luti. With his unorthodox, angular, and evocative slide guitar style, Luti made a name for himself during his nearly decade-long residency in New Orleans. He became an integral part of international recording project Playing For Change; laying the original tracks for songs which have accumulated over 100 million plays on YouTube collaborating with: Taj Mahal, Keb Mo, Buddy Guy, Keith Richards, Ringo Starr, Manu Chao, Toots and the Maytalls, and Dr. John.
The Luke Winslow-King Band (featuring Roberto Luti) have been touring for 15 years, and have performed extensively in North America and Europe, appearing on notable stages such as Austin City Limits, New Orleans JazzFest, Azkena Rock Festival (Spain), Tønder Festival (Denmark), BBK Legends (Spain), Paradiso (Netherlands), Glastonbury (UK), and Byron Bay Blues Fest (AUS). They have offered direct support for Jack White, Taj Mahal, Roseanne Cash, Tower of Power, Rebirth, and Greensky Bluegrass.
Winslow-King’s eighth full-length album Flash-A-Magic is slated for release on September 6, 2024. It features: Rev. Charles Hodges (Al Green), Fat Possum recording artists The Sensational Barnes Brothers, and was mixed by Grammy Award winning engineer Collin DuPuis.
Luke’s prior album, If These Walls Could Talk (2022) was called “Americana pop gold” by Glide Magazine, and received 4.6 million streams in its first year.
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“They’re one of the most professional, staunchly original, and true-to-their-core bands working today.”— American Songwriter
“Steeped in the muddy Delta blues, but prickles with the aunch of a more Mid-Western take on the genre.”— Consequence of Sound​
“…he demonstrates a wide range of songwriting worthy of comparison to Jason Isbell and John Fullbright.”— Austin Chronicle

Drew Harris

Drew Harris is a Philadelphia-based songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of The Naked Sun. For over a decade, he’s been at the center of the band’s evolution — shaping its sound from dusty folk beginnings to the expansive, guitar-driven indie rock heard on their new album, Mirror in the Hallway (out January, 2026).
Harris writes with a mix of vulnerability and grit, often circling themes of identity, mortality, and self-reflection. His lyrics balance raw honesty with poetic imagery, while his guitar work anchors The Naked Sun’s layered, widescreen arrangements.
With Mirror in the Hallway, Harris delivers his most ambitious and personal work to date, pulling from years of lived experience and creative persistence. It’s not just a record about looking in the mirror — it’s about daring to face what looks back.

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Ethan Cain Record Release Party with the Nicole Saphos Band & Masila Muli
2025-09-26 20:00 - 22:30
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Ethan Cain

Ethan Cain is one of those rare musicians who can do it all; moving seamlessly from recording studios to international stages, and shifting from a self-contained solo performer into a collaborative addition to a number of bands, including The Funky T, Emily Drinker, and many more. Also, a seasoned accompanist, he doesn’t just play the right chords, he possesses the gift of listening, feeling, processing, and bringing inspired flavors to the song. Ethan has always been on a path of music, a calling that has taken him from his high school bands to his college major to stages across the world. A well respected guitarist, songwriter, producer and vocalist, he has become a valuable member of and contributor to the local musica community, organizing open mic nights and concerts, mixing live sound, and producing other artists. Recently, Ethan has taken more time to write and record, releasing his first album in 6 years in 2024, called “5:24”. This year, he will release a new album in September, titled “An Open Window”. His sound is unique and memorable, his gift is undeniable, and his experience is impressive, also including numerous placements of his original compositions on popular tv shows.

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Nicole Saphos Band

Operating in the Fiona Apple / Dirty Projectors sphere of the alternative music spectrum, Nicole Saphos is known for her harmonically bold and rhythmically driven original music. To date, the LA-native, Philadelphia based artist has released three critically acclaimed albums, and has performed at venerated venues such as The Kennedy Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Rockwood Music Hall.
In 2019, Nicole became the first songwriter invited to attend the prestigious residency program at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. She has also received several prominent grant awards for her work in songwriting and performance, including 2018 & 2020 Artist & Scholars grants from the Montgomery County Arts Council, and a 2020 Regional Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council.

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Masila Muli

With roots in Kenya and a sound shaped by soul, jazz, and rock, Masila brings a style that’s as bold as it is smooth.
After a brief hiatus, Masila Muli will make an exciting return to the stage—right here at The Fallser Club!

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Anthony Tidd’s Quite Sane Returns: A Philly Homecoming Release Party
2025-09-27 19:30 - 23:30
Tickets $25
Doors 6:30 pm | Panel 7:30 pm | Performance 8:00 pm | Signing 9:30 pm | Afterparty with DJ Junior 9:45–11:30 pm
Preshow Panel discussion- J. Michael Harrison shares unheard excerpts from the Quite Sane journey via WRTI show archives.
Tidd is joined in conversation with Black scholars including Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr., Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, and Bruce Campbell, Jr.

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Satellite Sound at The Fallser Club, co-curated with WRTI’s J. Michael Harrison — where fearless jazz meets the future.
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Boundary-pushing music, rooted in the creative fire of Painted Bride and amplified for the world to hear.

Anthony Tidd

Anthony Tidd, the visionary bassist and composer, brings his genre-bending band Quite Sane back home for a night of pure fire. Expect a fearless blend of jazz, funk, hip-hop, and unapologetic political commentary, delivered with explosive energy and Philly pride.
Anthony Tidd’s Quite Sane delivers a fearless fusion of hip-hop, funk, and progressive jazz, using groove as a catalyst for social consciousness and creative disruption.
A London-born, Harlem-based Guggenheim Fellow, Producer, Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist, who continues to maintain a studio in Philadelphia, Anthony Tidd brings his supergroup Quite Sane back to Philadelphia for a long-awaited homecoming and the release of their powerful new album.
More than two decades after their groundbreaking 2002 debut The Child of Troubled Times, Quite Sane delivers a fearless follow-up, To Kill a Child of Troubled Times — a groove-charged fusion of hip-hop, jazz, and political commentary that resonates as urgently today as it did at the turn of the millennium.
Formed in late-’90s London and hailed as one of the most innovative bands of their era, Quite Sane’s debut became a cult classic. With members once split across continents, keeping the project alive proved challenging and fans have been waiting years for new music. For this performance, Tidd reimagines the ensemble with an all-American lineup including Anthony Tidd (Bass/Composition), Laurin Talese, Astrid Kralisch, Queen Jo, and Kokayi (vocals), Mark Shim (Sax), Mason Bryant (Guitar), Digba Ogunbiyi (Pianist), and Damion Reid (Drums).
This Philadelphia homecoming promises an immersive night in the spirit of Philly’s Sittin’ In legacy — opening with a pre-show artist panel, igniting with a full-length performance, offering a chance to meet the artists and purchase the limited edition audiophile double LP, and carrying the celebration into a post-show DJ-led dance party.
Satellite Sound amplifies jazz as a living archive of resilience, resistance, and renewal, as Anthony Tidd’s Quite Sane delivers a fearless fusion of hip-hop, funk, and progressive jazz, using groove as a catalyst for social consciousness and creative disruption.
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Open Mic Night with Jeff Alexander
2025-09-28 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-26 18:00 - 21:00
Doors open at 5:30pm with sign-ups.
Come celebrate music and the arts at our free open mic event hosted by Jeff Alexander.

We provide an open platform that welcomes all types of artists. We welcome and support all types of first-timers and experienced artists. Our OpenMic is on the last Sunday of each month.
Our Open mic runs from 6 PM until 9 PM. Sign up starts at 5:30 PM.
NOTE: This is a free event open to the public.
Jeff Alexander
Jeff Alexander is a seasoned and dynamic musician. His specialties in guitar and vocals showcase Jeff’s personal influences from artists like Jimi Hendrix, Tommy Emmanuel, Ritchie Kotzen, and Al Dimeola, with his unique flare. He delivers recognizable songs that are proven ‘crowd-pleasers’, and incorporates climactic originals.
Jeff has organized, played in and collaborated with multiple Philly-based bands, cataloging original and cover songs. He has been featured on film, wedding bands, played in local festivals such as Roxyunk Porchfest and currently hosts the monthly open mic at The Fallser Club. Currently, Jeff resides in East Falls and focuses on his solo acoustic performances that punctuate his ability to make one man feel like an entire band. Follow Jeff on Instagram at @Funkandvibe to learn more about upcoming gigs.
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Aleksi Campagne with M Sparks
2025-10-02 19:30 - 21:30
Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door. (online tickets end at 6:30pm on the day of the show)
Doors 7:30pm

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Aleksi Campagne

Aleksi Campagne is uniquely qualified to offer a contemporary, indie-folk take on the time-honoured fiddle-singing tradition. Aleksi grew up on stage. At five years old, he began performing alongside his mother, Canadian folk icon, Connie Kaldor. At nineteen, Aleksi moved to Paris to study under Jazz-violin legend Didier Lockwood. At twenty-one, Aleksi became the only student to have ever been accepted into the classical violin, the jazz violin, and the jazz voice performance programs at McGill University. And, by twenty-five, with only a six-song EP, Aleksi graced the lineups of some of the most competitive folk festivals across Canada for three consecutive years – including the Regina, Canmore, and Bear Creek Folk Festivals.
Most recently, Aleksi received both a Canada Council Grant and a FACTOR Grant to fully fund the recording and production of his highly-anticipated 10-song debut album For the Giving, launching fall 2023. Still based out of his hometown of Montreal, Aleksi floors audiences by singing while bowing his violin and seamlessly navigating songs in English and in French.
His original music blends folk songwriting with an edgy, multi-layered sound resulting from his unique combination of voice, violin, and loopingeffect pedals.

“The dreamy orchestration and floaty vocals of ‘Another Day’ provide a silken sensory camouflage to Aleksi’s profound mastery of story-telling, letting the listener inside the heart of the singer with wordplay, imagery, pensive pauses and a thrillingly casual whistle solo.”
-Paul Corby, Roots Music Canada

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In the enchanting realm of folk-inspired storytelling, M Sparks emerges as a captivating newcomer, wielding a musical pen dipped in sincerity… Drawing comparisons to legendary figures like Townes Van Zandt and John Prine, M Sparks doesn’t just echo their influences but weaves them into a sonic tapestry uniquely his own. The acoustic arrangement and the warm sincerity in his vocals invite listeners into an intimate space, as if M Sparks is sharing tales around a bonfire.

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Phil D'Agostino & Blind Subscribers Record Release Party with Cordelia Blue
2025-10-03 20:00 - 22:30
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“Why Are We Doing This To Ourselves?” is the second release from Blind Subscribers, the solo project of bassist/multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Phil D’Agostino. The music is a fun, fiery, eclectic cocktail of existential psychedelic folk rock that attempts to critique, poke fun at, and make light of the absurdity of whatever 21st-century American existence is supposed to be. The band is comprised of some of the Philadelphia area’s most well-known and in-demand musicians. We hope you’ll join us.

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Cordelia Blue

Formed in 2020, Philadelphia-based soul-rock outfit Cordelia Blue is made up of John Bickel on keyboards and vocals, Patrick Bickel on bass, Rob Tait on drums, and Luke Ferracone on guitar. In December of 2023, the band released a self-titled 5-song EP, and in June of 2025, they released their sophomore effort, a double album titled “In Limbo”. Over the last few years, Cordelia Blue has developed their original sound while incorporating elements of classic funk, blues, rock and RnB. With blistering grooves, soulful vocals, unique songwriting and dynamics ranging from a whisper to a roar, Cordelia Blue achieves their goal of deeply connecting with audiences through their music.

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Kate Gaffney Here by the Ocean: Catch & Release Party
2025-10-04 20:00 - 22:30
Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door (online ticket sales end at 6:30pm on the day of the show)
Doors at 7:30pm

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Come let’s find heaven at the bottom of a well…

Here by the Ocean: Catch and Release Party
* Live Performance
* Cinematic Seascapes
* Vinyl / Compact Disc Release
Kate Gaffney • Andrew Lipke • Chris Kasper (trio ensemble)
“Here by the Ocean” is a studio collaboration & concept album with long-time Philadelphia friends, producer Andrew Lipke & multi-instrumentalist Chris Kasper. Recorded before the world shut down, the record has been available on streaming platforms since ’22. The album will finally be celebrated and released in physical form (Vinyl and CD) on Oct 4th, with a special trio performance of the album and other songs, in stride with Kate’s transition back to the East Coast. What a long, strange trip it’s been…please join us as we send this one back out to sea.

Join us for a night of Friendship, Song & Cinematic Seascapes!

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All Music by @blameitonkate @andrewlipke @chriskaspermusic

Lyric video by @bobogrunwald

Video footage and inspiration from all Covies near and far and on the other side…stay inspired!

Kate Gaffney

“There’s something about Kate…something a little 80’s, a little 90’s, with a touch of the modern day, all steeped in the Summer of Love. You get a feeling, when you listen to Kate, that she understands the blues, but serves as a muse to keep the blues away. She’s a songwriter who songwriters write songs about. Watching her perform is somehow comforting and her honest vulnerability lends a welcome tone to her concerts. She has found a nice rapport with her audience and is one of the few performers with whom I welcome the banter. Kate is both disarming and razor sharp at the same time.” – Aaron Redner, musician/writer
Singer-songwriter Kate Gaffney honed her skills in her native Philadelphia, jumped from coast to coast and toured everywhere in between. She laid musical roots in Northern California, building a loyal following in Sacramento and within the San Francisco Bay Area music community. Pennsylvania has since called her back home. Gaffney’s festival nods include Philadelphia Folk Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass & Hangtown Music Festival. She has opened for a variety of touring acts including Richie Havens, Todd Snider, Xavier Rudd, Chris Smither, Carolyn Wonderland, Jackie Greene, Karl Denson, Kaki King, Elephant Revival, and Dead Winter Carpenters. Kate Gaffney has released four albums: Highways, The New Then, The Coachman, Here by the Ocean.
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Andrew Lipke

Andrew Lipke is an Emmy-nominated, South African-born composer, producer, arranger, conductor, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and educator based in Philadelphia and active in many styles across multiple genres.
As composer Lipke has written works for ensembles such as The Aizuri String Quartet, Carpe Diem String Quartet, Choral Arts Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Bach Collegium, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, virtuosic vocal sextet Variant Six, and others.
Lipke has released seven self-produced albums of original music encompassing a wide variety of musical styles from early madrigal vocal music to aggressive hard rock. His music has been described as “Liberated pop – ambitious long-form songs with harmonic freedom and emotional range unstymied by strict radio formats” (David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer), and he has been praised for his “…smartly constructed lyrics and gorgeously orchestrated melodies” (AD Amorosi, City Paper). In addition to his own material Lipke has produced dozens of recordings for artists in the Philadelphia region many of them engineered by Lipke in his studio The Record Lounge.
As arranger and conductor Andrew has worked extensively with American singer-songwriter Amos Lee, initially providing orchestrations for Lee’s 2015 album “Live at Red Rocks with The Colorado Symphony” and continuing to orchestrate additional material for Lee’s performances with prominent American orchestras including the Philadelphia, Nashville, Los Angeles, Oregon, St. Louis, Utah, and Seattle symphony orchestras. In 2019 Amos Lee returned to Red Rocks in a performance featuring Lipke conducting the “Red Rocks Chamber Orchestra” assembled specifically for the event. Past conducting engagements also include The National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center, The Atlanta Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Southwest Florida, and Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestras.
As multi-instrumentalist Lipke spent more than a decade touring the country with the highly successful Led Zeppelin tribute band Get The Led Out as keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist and has also traveled extensively as vocalist with conductor and composer Steve Hackman’s symphonic synthesis Brahms V Radiohead, including performances with the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Indianapolis, Colorado, Columbus, Charlotte, North Carolina, and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras.
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Chris Kasper

Chris Kasper is an American songwriter who is currently based in the Philadelphia area. He’s been active in the local and national scene for the last 20 years. Over that time, he has released seven records and toured with acts like Amos Lee and The Wood Brothers. His music traverses the Americana, blues, folk, and rock spectrums, blurring the lines between genres. Kasper’s evolution into a no-nonsense songwriter is heard throughout his latest album, Sunlight in an Empty Room.

Sunlight in an Empty Room (featuring Oliver Wood of the Wood Brother’s and G.Love) under the Royal Potato Family label was just released in May.

It is Kasper’s seventh full-length record. It is alive with nods to songwriters of the 70s like Bobby Charles, Lowell George, and Neil Young. Kasper also drew inspiration from the artwork of Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth, embodying the musical essence of illuminating the small worlds within a larger space, focusing on the bittersweet beauty of simplicity often lost in grandiose landscapes.
This musical odyssey was prompted by a thought-provoking mantra he’d heard urging individuals to “Do something that scares you.” Kasper resonated with it as a challenge to let his guard down, be vulnerable, get out of his comfort zone and let a new type of record-making venture take shape. He reached out to accomplished engineer/ bass player Brook Sutton, and drummer/ musician extraordinaire, Jano Rix (both recognized for their work with The Wood Brothers), to set aside a long weekend at their Nashville studio. With the final addition of musician JP Ruggieri, sought out for his distinctive guitar work, Chris went to Nashville without demos or finished lyrics to record live-to-tape with a band he never worked with before. Thus, “do something that scares you.”

Chris has supported numerous country-wide tours since 2013, touring with The Wood Brothers, G. Love & Special Sauce and Amos Lee multiple times.
He’s recently received some great playlist adds, including Spotify’s ‘The Pulse of Americana’, ‘Emerging Americana’, and ‘The Wilds’ and Apple Music’s ‘Southern Craft’.

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FARAH SIRAJ
2025-10-05 20:00 - 22:30
Tickets will also be available at the door
Doors will open at 7:00pm.
Tickets have tiered pricing because our goal is to raise funds for Gaza. The base prize is $45. Donations tickets are $65 and $100. Other donations are graciously accepted at the door along with purchase items available including Palestinian olive oil and the book, We are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza’s Youth.

This concert is a production of Voices from the Heart, and is being co-sponsored by:

An Evening with Farah Siraj and Ensemble
After expenses, all proceeds go to playgroundsforpalestine.org (which has pivoted to humanitarian work in Gaza), PlaygroundsforPalestine.org, the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund https://www.pcrf.net and We are Not Numbers www.wearenotnumbers.org.
Co-sponsors: CAIR pa.CAIR.com and Albustan Seeds of Culture albustanseeds.org and JVP Philadelphia
Special guest: Susan Abulhawa -founder, Playgrounds for Palestine

Books will be available for purchase from Maveybooks.com

Here is the link to preorder We are Not Numbers
Mavey Books is donating 15% of all book sales the evening of the concert, as well as for books that have been pre-ordered.

Olive Oil will be available for purchase from Playgrounds for Palestine
For more information: voicesfromtheheart@aol.com
Farah Siraj

Named Jordan’s Musical Ambassadress, Jordanian virtuoso Farah Siraj balances a career that spans the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Farah has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious platforms, including the United Nations, Nobel Prize Hall, the World Economic Forum, The John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Lincoln Center in New York, MTV, Coke Studio, the TV show Good Morning Live in the USA and MBC TV in the Middle East. Additionally, Farah represents Jordan annually at the United Nations’ World Peace Day.
As a humanitarian, Farah focuses on raising awareness about the consequences of war and violence, and advocates for women’s rights, refugee rights, and animal rights. In recognition of her humanitarian efforts, Farah was invited to perform at the United Nations Humanitarian Awards, and her music was played before the United Nations Security Council before passing legislation regarding the genocide in Darfur. Farah approaches music as a medium for peace and a way to amplify the voices of people around the world who need to be heard.
To this date, Farah has toured the Middle East, Europe, India, South America, and the United States, spreading the message of peace through her music. In 2011, Farah internationally released her album entitled NOMAD, performing her original compositions, fusing influences of Arabic music, flamenco, jazz, bossa, and pop, with lyrics in Arabic, Spanish, and English. The recordings took place in the Middle East, Spain, and the USA, including more than 30 internationally acclaimed musicians from five different continents. After the success of NOMAD, Farah presented the world premiere of her new work, entitled The Arabian Jazz Project, featuring original compositions and traditional Middle Eastern tunes set in a jazz context. As a result of the success of The Arabian Jazz Project, Farah was chosen as one of New York’s “Summer Stars of Jazz” and named “the Norah Jones of the Middle East” by New York Time Out.
In June 2014, Farah released her album, Dunya, meaning “world” in Arabic and Hindi. Farah currently leads an ethnically diverse quintet of world-class musicians from the Middle East, Europe, the United States and South America, including music from all four regions. Farah and her band have toured the Middle East, India, Europe, the United States, and South America with sold-out concerts in all four regions. During her tour of India, Farah shared the stage with India’s most renowned composer, A.R. Rahman, performing Zariya live on MTV. The song hit #1 on the music charts in India and the Middle East.
This year, Farah has performed in communities across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois as part of a special project organized by Arts Midwest to promote cultural understanding through music. This November, she will be releasing her next album, Alam Majnoon, which means “Crazy World.” Farah is pleased to support Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, Playgrounds for Palestine, and We Are Not Numbers through this special event.

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The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy
2025-10-09, 2025-10-10, 2025-10-11
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The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy is a 21+ only, chilling cocktail experience dedicated to the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. The event takes place inside a dark speakeasy. Four of his most famous stories will be retold and reimagined by our Poe historians. Our macabre lead mixologist will transform each of those stories into a 4-part cocktail experience.
Reservations are restricted to a small number of guests for a 90-minute experience.

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Taiwanese Teen Ukulele Star Feng E
2025-10-13 19:00 - 21:00
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Feng E

Teenage Taiwanese music sensation Feng E came to worldwide attention when a video of his ukulele performance at age ten went viral. That video led to his two appearances on the Ellen De Generes show, as well as both Asia and America’s Got Talent shows.
Since then, Feng E has become a star in the world of ukulele music, performing and winning competitions worldwide, in places like Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, China, and Hawaii. His recent historic tour of the USA west coast saw him wowing thousands at the prestigious Los Angele International Ukulele Festival, as well as numerous television and radio appearances.
To date, Feng E has nearly a million YouTube subscribers, and growing daily. In March 2025, he headlined the Denver International Ukulele Festival and is embarking on a US tour, including New York City. Feng E is sponsored by the International music instrument company Enya Music.

He was a sensation on the Ellen Show when he was only 10 years old!

Tommy Emmanuel & Feng E, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in Hong Kong

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Madhavi Devi with Comfort Club and The Maks
2025-10-16 20:00 - 22:30
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Madhavi Devi

Madhavi Devi’s journey as a songwriter began long before she ever stepped into a recording studio. From belting out ballads about her middle school crush at talent shows to performing her latest notebook entries on the elementary school parking lot curb, Madhavi’s natural connection to music was evident from the start. Growing up in Jackson, New Jersey, she honed her craft busking on the Asbury Park boardwalk and playing open mics throughout the area, slowly making her way onto iconic stages like The Stone Pony and The Asbury Lanes. Known for her hauntingly honest lyrics and immersive sound, Madhavi captivates listeners with every note, crafting songs that speak directly to the heart.

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Comfort Club

Los Angeles-based Comfort Club is an indie pop/rock artist channeling honesty in gut-wrenching lyricism that takes every listener on a journey through love and heartbreak, forging a community out of his lonely moments. Sonically, he epitomizes modern soft-rock with silky guitar and effervescent melodies, drawing comparisons to his favorite artists like John Mayer, The 1975 and Del Water Gap.
In May of 2024, Comfort Club released his debut album “Fear Of Moving On” featuring eight songs that are fully self-produced as well as co-productions with Lyncs and longtime producing-partner Atlas In Motion.
The singles garnered press support from indie mainstays Fashionably Early and Tongue Tied as well as earning radio play on KCRW and Sirius XMU Discovery. Comfort Club accompanied the album with a 16-date completely DIY tour across the United States including a sold-out final date at Mercury Lounge in New York City.

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The MAKs

When Melissa Menago, the frontwoman and guitarist of Philly power pop band June Divided, released her self-produced solo album, Echo The Optimist, she strategically chose Karina Patricelli and Angelique Zuppo for the live performances. They all knew one another as performers and fellow music teachers who often shared notes and ideas on the local music scene in Philadelphia. Karina is the frontwoman and bassist of the pop punk band, Valendina, and Angelique fronted her own project Zupang. However, Melissa had no idea she had assembled the supergroup known as The MAKs.
The MAKs played their first show in December 2024 and quickly realized they had tapped into something special. They quickly gained the attention of media and radio stations. Within six months of their first show The MAKs were named one of the four finalists of WXPN’s 24 Hour Song Challenge and nominated for three Hometown Hero Homey Awards (Delaware Public Media): “Song Of The Year” “Best Folk Song” and “Best New Artist”.
The MAKs debut album is coming this year!

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Adam Monaco and Raji Malik
2025-10-17 20:00 - 22:30
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Adam Monaco
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“Adam lives what he writes and writes what he lives, allowing him to
deeply connect with those he plays for and alongside of.”
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These words will certainly ring true with anyone who has experienced folk/Americana artist Adam Monaco’s thoughtful songwriting and
poignant presence firsthand. Adam’s music is lush, colorful, melodic and takes root deep in the complex, beautiful stories that connect humanity. His lyrics resonate like a conversation with an old friend: personal, profound, engaged, and thought-provoking. His authentic performances showcase his ability to evoke the full range and complexity of human emotions; in one musical moment, he can bring audiences to tears, then lift them back up with
witty banter and a relatable anecdote.

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Raji Malik

Raji Malik is a “music medicine” man who offers a transformational experience wherever he plays. He has performed and recorded hard rock and instrumental Indian-influenced music in the Philadelphia area for the past 30 years. He is self-taught and began playing the guitar at the age of 19. Raji’s initial musical influences were the great rock guitarists Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Jimi Hendrix, and David Gilmour (Pink Floyd). Then he discovered Shakti, featuring 3 masterful Indian musicians and guitar legend John Mclaughlin playing a modified sitar-like acoustic guitar. Raji promptly put away his electric guitar and immersed himself in the pure tones of the acoustic guitar. Raji finds deep inspiration in many brilliant “Modern Fingerstyle” guitarists, all of whom are disciples of the late Michael Hedges, who reinvented the acoustic guitar with his harmonic, percussive playing. Raji hopes that his music brings peace, healing, and inspiration.
May this music bring you an appreciation of your goodness and a deeper sense of interconnection. May we all continue to challenge ourselves to grow with honest self-reflection so that we may more clearly channel love. That is why we are here.

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East Falls Fest at The Fallser Club
2025-10-18 11:00 - 17:00
On October 18th, East Falls at Midvale and Ridge will be filled with family fun including a beer garden from Wissahickon Brewing, food trucks, tacos from Cresta, sweets and more from Le Bus, and cookies galore from Famous Fourth Street. You’ll also be able to find crafters and artisans. jewelry, clothes, fragrances, glassware and candles and…
The Fallser Club will provide live music on an outside stage from 11am to 5pm.
This is a free event
Relax at The Fallser Club Open House and then enjoy the awesome lineup for Philly Music Fest that night with Catie Turner, Planette Automatic, Chioke, and Sadie Gust. More information about Philly Music Fest Here.

11 am MC and singer-songwriter Jeff Alexander
11:20 Rawk U
12:00 Gina Kaz
12: 20 Cadalay
1:10 Phunkyman
2:00 River Bones
2:50 Cadre Noir
3:40 Kikashima
4:30 Roberta Faceplant

Jeff Alexander

Jeff Alexander is our MC for the East Falls Fest and a seasoned and dynamic musician. His specialties in guitar and vocals showcase Jeff’s personal influences from artists like Jimi Hendrix, Tommy Emmanuel, Ritchie Kotzen, and Al Dimeola, with his unique flare. He delivers recognizable songs that are proven ‘crowd-pleasers’, and incorporates climactic originals.
Jeff has organized, played in and collaborated with multiple Philly-based bands, cataloging original and cover songs. He has been featured on film, wedding bands, played in local festivals such as Roxyunk Porchfest and currently hosts the monthly open mic at The Fallser Club. Currently, Jeff resides in East Falls and focuses on his solo acoustic performances that punctuate his ability to make one man feel like an entire band. Follow Jeff on Instagram at @Funkandvibe to learn more about upcoming gigs.

Rawk U School of Music

Rawk U School of music was founded by Daniel Cullenas a way to give back and share his passion for music and music education. Rawk U offers lessons for Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass, and Voice. They also have a thriving Rock band class program that is available to both kids and adults. The joy of music is truly a gift. Our instructors will assist people of all ages with whatever goals you may have and get you one step closer to being a well-rounded musician.
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Gina Kaz

Gina is a singer/songwriter pop indie artist from Philadelphia. She writes soundtrack-to- your-life- type pop songs.
She has had two songs aired on ABC and ABC Family. She has just released a brand new album, “Walk Through,” and single, “Pretty,” produced in the UK by Patch Boswell, and “This Kiss,” produced by Charles Plassard, also in the UK.
Gina is a mom of three, a Music Therapist working with the Dying, a Children’s Performing Artist ( she Won a Gold Parents’ Choice Award for her albums, and Best Children’s Album from the Independent Music Awards), and has written 2 singable books.
It’s all a part of being Gina, her three children, her “music with gina” community, the dying, writing, creating music, collaborating, building community…….GINA KAZ embodies all of it. Her mission is to use music to serve others and to give permission to be your fullest expression.

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Cadalay

We’re an indie band with a hard rock twist based in Philly. We started with cheap amps and cheap drums but developed a sound that is unforgettable. Our song Something I Dealt With, released January 30th, will usher in a new era of songwriting and instrumentation for us. Our music can be found on all streaming services to bless your ears.
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Phunkyman

Phunkyman is a a soul stirring dancing and consciousness experience. We will entertain the masses and keep the crowd moving!!
Guitarist P.M. Eaton ( Phunkyman ) is a Grammy and Emmy nominated artist and educator with a recording and performing career that spans 40+ years. P.M. Eaton has shared his guitar talents with Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Kelis, Dawn Robinson ( En Vogue), T.M.Stevens, Jamaladeen Tacuma, The Roddenberries, LA Starz and countless others.

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River Bones

River Bones Band is an Americana group with rock n’ roll sensibility that mixes a blend of bluegrass, western swing, rock, classic country, and gypsy jazz. Their sound is hard to put your finger on but undeniably infectious. They are known for their high energy, frenetic sets, tight and compelling vocal harmonies, inspired songwriting, and their ability to turn any room into a dance hall. Since their start in 2016, River Bones Band has performed throughout the East Coast,on bluegrass festival stages both big and small. Their tight vocal harmonies mixed with innovative musicianship make them one of the most exciting Philadelphia-based musical acts around!

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Cadre Noir

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Cadre Noir is a Philadelphia band that merges nostalgic 70s psychedelia, East Coast hip hop grit, early 90s indie, cohesive elusiveness, and easy listening draped in esoteric themes.

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KIKASHIMA

Fresh off the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest On The Road Show and featured on WXPN’s Key Studio Sessions, Kikashima is the band and moniker of Mexican-Japanese-Californian singer/songwriter, Carissa Matsushima. Now based in Philadelphia, Kikashima is made up of equal parts legacy and rebellion. They are a sensuous power trio that boasts heart-breaking melodies, down-to-earth lyrics and grooves that move both body and soul thanks to Parker St. Charles on bass and Max Azarmehr on drums. Dropping hints of funk, soul, and folk, their music is as multi-faceted and unique as Kikashima herself, whose gorgeous vocals range from whisper to wail, all in the name of beauty, grief, and the courage to feel everything.

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Roberta Faceplant

Roberta Faceplant is a honky tonk hurricane from Philadelphia. The 5-piece Outlaw Americana band has been called “a cowpunk miracle” and been compared to “Southern Culture on the Skids fronted by Laura Bell Bundy.” It’s Country, but you can hear the city.
Vocalist and singer/songwriter Katie Feeney leads the band with a voice that blends the raw, rock n’ roll grit of Janis Joplin with the whimsical, western smoothness of Patsy Cline. Staffed by a gang of mischievous musical veterans, Roberta Faceplant’s live show is high-energy roadhouse joy infused with a rebellious spirit that’ll keep you on the dance floor all night.
The band’s sound has captivated audiences in the Northeast Corridor with elements of southern rock, old school country, rockabilly, and the blues blending perfectly into a melting pot of killer melodies, memorable riffs, and playful storytelling.
Roberta Faceplant has already garnered international press and radio play on KEXP, WXPN, KLKT, KOOP, Nola County Radio, Post To Wire, Lonesome Highway and more. The band just released their debut EP, Yee Haw Stuff, on July 26, 2024 and is working on a follow up slated for 2025

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Philly Music Fest: Catie Turner, Planette Automatic, and Chioke, with Sadie Gust
2025-10-18 19:30 - 22:30
Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door (online ticket sales end at 6:30pm on the day of the show)
Doors 7pm
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Catie Turner

“The intimate directness of her voice suggests wisdom beyond her years.” -Time Magazine
“The intimate directness of her voice suggests wisdom beyond her years.”— TIME Magazine
Catie Turner is a Philadelphia-born and Los Angeles-based songstress who sprinkles glowing melodies over cathartic indie pop. Turner processes trauma, growing up, getting ghosted, embracing awkwardness, and living life in real-time through disarmingly confessional lyrics and nuanced songcraft in her four EPs — The Sad Vegan (2019), Heartbroken and Milking It (2021), Comedy & Tragedy Parts 1 & 2 (2023).
She first debuted on American Idol season 16 as the first artist to ever audition with an original song, and her strength as a writer and performer was immediately apparent. Her breakout hit “God Must Hate Me” has over 75 million streams and counting.
Along the way, she’s also incited the applause of TIME, Billboard, V Magazine, and American Songwriter. Her music is like the best and most honest psychotherapy session you’ve ever had — but on a merry-go-round.

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Planette Automatic

Planette Automatic is an art rock band from Philadelphia led by songwriter and poet KR Hackett.
The band is a supergroup, of sorts, with a lineup rounded out by Dan Ryan (Guitar) and Adam Shumski (drums) of the New York art-punk greats BODEGA and Sam Nobles (bass) of the Delaware indie-pop vets Mean Lady. Planette Automatic took inspiration from the work ethic of Pink Floyd, who famously tested their material onstage. The band spent the past few years gestating their sound in a live setting and amassing 2.5 albums.
Hackett has also scored for film, having been featured at the London International Animation Festival, Viet Film Fest and MAM Festival. The band’s songs have been featured on comedian Chris Gethard’s New Jersey is the World, MTV’s Teen Mom and Teen Mom 2.
Their self-titled debut EP releases Oct. 17

(formerly The Lunar Year)

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Chioke

Cinematic and ethereal, Chioke’s alternative R&B blends psychedelic production with poetic storytelling shaped by her Philadelphia roots. Starting on SoundCloud in 2017 with her late best friend and producer, Jay Dreamer, Chioke’s music honors his legacy. Her 2024 debut at the legendary Roots Picnic marked a career milestone, shortly followed by the birth of her twin sons, a life-changing experience that deepened her artistry. With her soulful sound and emotional depth, Chioke remains a testament to resilience and evolution.

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Elio Villafranca and the Jass Syncopators
2025-10-19 19:00 - 22:00
Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door
Doors: 6:30 PM. Showtime: 7:00 PM

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Satellite Sound at The Fallser Club, co-curated with WRTI’s J. Michael Harrison — where fearless jazz meets the future.
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Boundary-pushing music, rooted in the creative fire of Painted Bride and amplified for the world to hear.

Grammy-nominated Cuban pianist-composer Elio Villafranca brings his powerhouse ensemble The Jass Syncopators to Philadelphia for an unforgettable night of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, hard-swinging jazz, and fearless improvisation.

Pianist-composer Elio Villafranca is a visionary force in contemporary jazz. Cuban-born and classically trained, the Grammy-nominated, Guggenheim Fellow, and Steinway Artist returns to the Bride’s orbit with his powerhouse ensemble The Jass Syncopators. Rooted in deep tradition, bold arrangements, and immersive storytelling, Villafranca delivers a musical expedition across the African diaspora, powered by Afro-Caribbean rhythms and hard-swinging jazz—that will captivate both devoted fans and first-time listeners.
Hailed by DownBeat as “the latest in a decades-long line of Cuban musicians who have integrated African, European and Pan-American musical concepts,” Villafranca channels the grandeur of Duke Ellington and McCoy Tyner, crafting compositions that “narrate with references to the Haitian Revolution and the free Maroon colonies of runaway slaves.” His celebrated album Cinque, performed with The Jass Syncopators, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album, a 4.5-star DownBeat review, and recognition among Japan’s “50 Best Jazz Albums of 2018.”
From Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic, from Haiti to his native Cuba, this top-tier supergroup of soloists and master percussionists takes audiences on a journey where deep tradition meets fearless innovation. Expanding Jelly Roll Morton’s Spanish Tinge into his own Caribbean Tinge, Villafranca creates music packed with passion, precision, and an irresistible groove.
Lineup: Elio Villafranca (piano/compositions), Freddie Hendrix (trumpet), Sam Dillon (tenor sax), Gregg August (bass), Joel de Jesus (drums), Carlos Maldonado (percussion)
As Elio Villafranca translates freedom stories through Afro-Caribbean rhythms, deep tradition, and bold improvisation, Satellite Sound amplifies music as a living archive of resilience, resistance, and renewal.

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Necati ve Saykolar + Barakka: A Night of Turkish Rock
2025-10-20 19:30 - 22:00
Tickets $30 online, $35 at the door (Online tickets end at 6pm on the day of the show)

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Necati ve Saykolar

Experience the vibrant energy of Anatolian Folk Rock with Necati ve Saykolar!
Necati ve Saykolar is a Turkish rock band formed in 2011, consisting of vocalist and saz player Necati Karadayı, guitarist Alper Kayman, bassist Barış Şanlısoy, drummer Serhat Ergür, and keyboardist Sezer Süngü.
The band masterfully brings the Anatolian Folk Rock music of the 1970s and 1980s into the modern era with a fresh sound, successfully representing the genre today. By reinterpreting various songs in their unique style and incorporating improvised dialogue into their performances, they transform their shows into theatrical spectacles, creating a lively and entertaining atmosphere for their audience.

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Barakka

Barakka is a Philadelphia-based, multi-national, multi-ethnic band led by singer/guitarist and İstanbul native Barış Kaya. Formed in 2010, the group blends influences from Turkish music, folk-rock, and diverse global traditions, creating a sound born out of friendships between musicians from different backgrounds. Their unique style has been recognized as world music in the U.S., though it resonates just as strongly with Turkish audiences, who hear echoes of Anadolu Rock pioneers in Barakka’s fusion of east and west.
The band has shared stages with major Turkish artists such as Moğollar, Yeni Türkü, Mirkelam, Mehmet Erdem, Gripin, and Mor Ve Ötesi, and has performed for organizations like the Turkish-American Friendship Society and the Collingswood Arts Commission. Their performances span from iconic New York venues like Drom and Nublu to Philadelphia staples such as World Café Live and The Legendary Dobbs, even reaching larger stages like the Wells Fargo Center before a Philadelphia 76ers game.
Barakka’s sound is rooted in original songwriting, enriched by the interplay between guitar, oud, and darbuka, with arrangements shaped by years of experimentation and collaboration. What began in Philadelphia’s Old City with Kaya, Roger Mgrdichian, and Joseph Tayoun grew into a larger ensemble, joined by William Tayoun on keyboards and a rotating cast of bassists and drummers. Their 2012 album Uzaklardan drew acclaim from critics like New York Music Daily, which praised the band’s ability to transcend language barriers through emotionally charged anthems and their fusion of Western and Middle Eastern sounds.
Beyond recordings, Barakka has created impactful music videos, including collaborations with filmmakers Marc Brodzik, Andrew Geller, and Cevahir Unal, tackling themes from anti-war messages to national tragedies like the Soma mine disaster. During the pandemic, they stayed active with inventive at-home and animated projects, and in recent years have toured extensively across Turkey, often reaching smaller cities underserved by live music. Alongside writing new material, Barakka remains committed to honoring the legacy of Turkish composers such as Aşık Veysel, Erkin Koray, and Ara Dinkjian, balancing innovation with tradition in their ongoing musical journey.

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Sean Tobin & the Boardwalk Fire with Christian Sparacio
2025-10-23 19:30 - 22:00
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Sean Tobin & the Boardwalk Fire

Born and raised on the New Jersey shore, Sean Tobin was influenced by folk-singing troubadours and high-energy rockers alike. His high-energy performances and rock n’ roll-tinged releases are mostly due to his upbringing in the Jersey Shore bar scene. Tobin honed his craft playing countless shows in dives, clubs, and basements and during his time busking on the streets of Galway, Ireland, throughout 2015 and 2017. He has performed at such festivals as SXSW, Americanafest, North2Shore, and Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings, and has opened for the likes of Jason Isbell, Rhett Miller, and many more.

Sean Tobin & the Boardwalk Fire – Live from Asbury Park

With four full-length albums, three EPs and hundreds of shows under his belt, Sean Tobin released his fifth album, Seasick, in 2025. After leaving his home state of NJ for Nashville in 2023, Tobin yearned for the ocean that once graced his backyard. The move to Nashville was a rite of passage in Tobin’s eyes, one that was necessary for his career if he ever wanted to make it beyond the northeastern dives he had become so accustomed to playing. But at what cost?
Seasick, Tobin’s forthcoming album, navigates the uncomfortability of change in an effort to grow. With lyrics reminiscent of folk troubadours and alternative poets alike, Tobin creates a soundscape all his own, blending the sounds of middle America with those of his home state in a genre he has dubbed “Shorebreak.”
“Every time I think I’ve gone as far as I can go, I push a little further,” says Tobin. “Seasick is the record I’ve been trying to make since I started out in 2018. Horns, pedal steel, live tracking… I’m prouder than ever.”

The recording of ‘Every Bridge’ in Nashville, TN

Seasick, Tobin’s fifth LP, will be released on October 24, 2025. New singles from the record will be released between now and then.

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Christian Sparacio

Christian is an indie folk rock act based in Asbury Park, NJ. He draws inspiration from the likes of Kings of Leon, Young the Giant, Paul Simon, and Sam Fender. Threading together memories to craft stories everyone can relate to – Christian curates a sound that transcends time, expertly merging the soft sensibilities of folk with the in your face nature of your favorite indie rock band.

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La Casa De & Moon Poodle
2025-10-25 20:00 - 22:30
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Doors at 7:30 pm.
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Please join us for another great night of live music at The Fallser Club!
La Casa De

La Casa De started their musical journey in the Baptiste Brother’s basement in 2019. Originally designed as a collection of producers and songwriters, La Casa De expanded its vision into a live band element. The members currently includes; Joshua and Jonathan Jean-Baptiste, Danielle Williams, Nicholas Medora and Jamal Pope. They blend their musical knowledge and experiences together to produce Hip Hop, Indie RnB, Neo Soul inspired tracks that emit positive vibrations. The group draws inspiration from acts from multiple genres of music such as The Roots, The Fugees, Outkast, and Busty and the Bass. Since then they’ve been sharing their innovative joy-filled original music in and around the Delaware-Philly area, with performances that are both meaningful and memorable. La Casa De aims to provide listeners with a new home and good vibes that you didn’t know you were missing!

La Casa De / https://lacasade.bandzoogle.com/home
Check out their Instagram @official_lacasade

Moon Poodle

Designated as the pioneers of ‘Soaking Wet Raw Rock and Roll’, the four-piece band Moon Poodle has been serenading audiences across the country with hot blues and rock and roll since 2013. The long-time friends of multi-dimensional artists – Tyler Sicilia, Ryan Corcoran, Jason Ballein, and Nick Widmaier – incorporate their dynamic sound and aggressive attitudes with electrifying live performances. Check out their website, https://www.moonpoodlemusic.com/

By Car or By Train
The East Falls Train Station is a short walk from the Fallser Club. Parking in East Falls is no problem! There is ample free on-street parking near the East Falls train station driveway at 3610 Midvale Ave and a paid municipal lot three blocks away at 4100 Ridge Ave. Midvale Ave and Ridge Ave are both well-lit!
