Sat., Feb. 8. MATT WATSON. Obsessed with harmonica since listening to his grandmother play her Hohner Vest Pocket Harp one Sunday afternoon, Mr. Watson picked up a “10-hole Marine Band” harmonica at age 16, and “couldn’t put it down,” graduating to the “Super Chromonica” chromatic harmonica after hearing “Toots” Theileman play the theme song from...
Tuesdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, & 25. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 14. VALENTINE’S DAY with ANDREA MARCOVICCI No one gives romance like Marcovicci at The Gardenia, and post-pandemic, she has been giving it even better. Don’t let this Valentine’s Day go by without indulging yourself in that which Andrea does best--- and on this most romantic weekend of the year, you won’t have a...
Sun., Feb. 16, doors open at 6; Show at 8: GINNY and JIM MENTEL, “RC & NOIR.” A successful musician for years, Jim played in bands in Boston, New York, and L.A, and composed songs for PBS and The National Lampoon, and Ginny worked “behind the scenes” for Hollywood glitterati before joining Jim to “grab...
Tuesdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, & 25. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Tuesdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, & 25. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 28. STEVE SIECK, “Pop and Soul.” Songwriter, pianist, and singer, Mr. Sieck continues his monthly three-show “residency” at The Gardenia with this second installment, which includes contemporary love songs, gospel, pop anthems, and R&B ballads; (and his March installment, “Unplugged,” will feature his most personal songs and stories.) Since relocating to L.A. from...
Sat., March 1. PHYLLIS CAUSEY. Having studied with Barbara Morrison and Howlett Smith, Ms. Causey now conducts her own vocal workshops in her hometown of Detroit and at West L.A. College. In addition to appearances in Los Angeles and Detroit, she has also taken her shows to Houston, Atlanta, and Paris, France. She is the...
Tuesdays, March 4, 11, 18, & 25. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., March 8. AUDREY APPLEBY, in “Life…A Seduction Tour.” Based primarily in New York and Paris, Ms. Appleby is a singer/songwriter/poetess who has invented a new genre she calls “Hot Chill,” whose recent show at Pangea earned glowing reviews. Ms. Appleby has also performed in New York at Steinway Hall (breaking a 100 year "classical...
Tuesdays, March 4, 11, 18, & 25. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., March 15. TOM CULVER. For those for whom lyrics, melody, tonality, rhythm, and interesting harmonic progressions are the most important elements of musical production, Tom Culver’s shows provide veritable Master Classes in how music geniuses of the last century brought these five elements together to create the yet-to-be-surpassed mid-20th-Century Great American Songbook. As an...