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Hey, gang! On Wednesday, February 20th I'll be playing for the first time at the 169 Bar in lower Manhattan. Here's the info: Wednesday, February 20th
8pm
169 Bar
169 E Broadway (between Rutgers and Jefferson St)
NY, NY 10002 MAP Take the F Train to E Broadway www.169barnyc.com The 169 bar has a great acoustic piano, so I'll be playing both piano and guitar at this gig. I've been working both hard and lovingly at the keys on an original arrangement of a Pink Floyd cover that I may debut at this gig! Enormous THANKS to everybody who came out to support me Saturday night at Hank's Saloon in Brooklyn! Thanks for making the night such a blast, and once again thanks to Gail and the whole Girls Rock & Girls Rule gang for including me. Big hugs everybody. Hope to see you there! love, Garry
Hank's Saloon
46 Third Ave @ Atlantic
Brooklyn NY
Doors @ 7:00pm, Garry kicks off the evening @7:30pm
Suggested donation: $5
Hank's Saloon Website Subway to Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave./Pacific St. stop via the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, M, N, Q, and R trains MAP Other acts: Loki the Grump, G-Spot, Marisa Mini, RewBee, America's Sweetheart, and bluhammock recording artist Swati. IN OTHER NEWS: The CD is nearly here! A Normal Life will have seventeen tracks, sixteen written by yours truly, and one cover song of Dan Bern's. The whole CD has been mixed, mastered, and is nearly ready for duplication. We are just putting the final touches on the liner notes! Enormous thanks to everyone who came out to support me and my CD at my week-end long "Concert-a-thon" in November. Lord, what a party that was! And thank you to everyone who came out to see my last minute shows at the Ace of Clubs and Cafe Mae Mae in December! All right then, that's all for now. See you in Brooklyn on February 9th! Big love to all, Garry
October 5, 2007 WEEKEND LONG CONCERT-A-THON and JAM November 10th and 11th! Well, now I'm back in New York after my Girls Rock & Girls Rule Tour, and I've got some news. I am pleased to announce that my CD is nearly ready! It's been a long time in the making, but legendary engineer Philip Klum is putting his final tweaks on it now even as I write this. The only catch is a temporary lack of funds for duplication. But creative challenges call for creative solutions. In order to raise the rest of the cash to finish this project, I will be having a CONCERT-A-THON and JAM SESSION lasting two days: Saturday, November 10, and Sunday, November 11. This means an ongoing marathon concert each day from noon until whenever. There will be snacks and beverages. I won't be playing the WHOLE time -- I'll take some time out here and there to mingle and kibbutz, but otherwise I will be performing throughout and taking requests from my repertoire. There will be a suggested donation of $20 to join in the fun. You can come and go as you like, as often as you wish, and stay for as long as you want! ALSO: for an extra contribution, if you have a favorite song, or a song you always wanted to hear me do, I will perform a cover version of any song for you if you give me advance notice. I am encouraging my songwriter friends to come with their instruments, or use the piano that will be available. (My guitar is a lefty, but if you can deal with that, you are welcome to that, too.) I invite you guys to share your talents with everyone, and let’s jam together on each others songs. Poets and storytellers are also welcome. Think of it as a two-day salon! So, folks, please save the date...um, I mean dates. Come! Bring friends! Let's have a blast while helping me to finish this CD project! And for those of you who like to see this stuff condensed in a nutshell, here goes: Garry's Weekend-long Concert-a-thon and Jam Session Saturday, November 10, and Sunday, November 11 Noon to *whenever* on both dates 140 West 86th St., #4C
Between Amsterdam and Columbus, midway between the 86th Street subway stops on the C and No. 1 lines Suggested contribution: $20, but any size contribution will be appreciated
Songwriters and musicians are welcome to sit in!
Will perform ANY requests with advanced notice. That's it. Stay tuned for more info on this as it develops.
September 30, 2007 GIRLS ROCK AND GIRLS RULE TOUR Being on the road with Girls Rock & Girls Rule was a blast! One of the most incredible experiences of my life. The four New York bands tore through nine cities in nine days. It was kind of like some strange combination of going to war, summer camp and road trip. Every night I was on stage emceeing for all the bands and singing backing vocals for Loki the Grump. I also performed my own original songs in Newport, RI, and Elmira, NY. I bonded with the roadies and everyone in the New York bands and made some great new friends along the way in the different cities we played. And we also raised money for a great cause: the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls. To see photos, videos and read the tour blog click here. For more info on the Willie Mae Rock Camp, click here.
September 19, 2007 On September 22nd I'll be hitting the road with a bunch of rocking women! I will be touring with Girls Rock, Girls Rule; a tour which consists of 4 female-lead bands from NYC (G-Spot, Loki the Grump, RewBee and Marisa Mini) traveling to 9 cities in 9 days performing with a whole bunch of awesome local joining us along the way. What I am doing on a girls rock tour? Good question! Well, every night I'll be emceeing the concerts and singing back-up vocals for Loki the Grump, my buddy Michele's band. I will also be performing a set of my own solo material on two of the nights of the tour. (I get to be a girl for those two nights!) Click on the "Gigs" section for tour dates and details!
“Garry Novikoff is one of the most important artists of our time.”
-Julie Flanders, October Project
“Surreal”
-Smithsonian Air and Space
“Dog on the Moon…a charming folk song! I identify with that fellow.”
-Jonathan Schwartz, WNYC and XM radio
“Goodnight Rabbit and Lenny…two aching memories swirled into heartbreaking songs of love and loss by Garry Novikoff.”
-Bob Sherman, WFUV
“There is a poignancy when Garry Novikoff sings in “Dog on the Moon” that he dreams of being, in his next life, the first dog to touch down on Mars.”
-Popular Science
“My favorite ditty [on ‘To Touch The Stars’] is unquestionably Garry Novikoff’s joyous ‘Dog on the Moon.’ It hilariously condenses both the media circus that accompanies space ‘celebrities’ and the ‘what might have been’ feeling held today by so many of us who grew up during the Apollo era.
-Jeff Berkwits, Science Fiction Weekly