Folk Happenings at The Sultan Room

Barbès Records celebrates the release of Stephen Ulrich’s solo album – a collection of instrumental tunes commissioned by the iconic public radio show “This American Life”.

Stephen Ulrich plays Music From this American Life

With

Stephen Ulrich - guitars

Ran Livneh - bass

Dean Sharenow - drums

Marlysse Rose Simmons - keyboards

Sara L'Abriola - guitar

With Special Guests: Mamie MInch, Willie Martinez. Peter Hess and more tba

He will follow with a full set by Big Lazy - who’s music has been called Crime Jazz, Surf Noir and “Music to drive back to jail to”

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Stephen Ulrich and Big Lazy (music for 'This American Life' album release)

Big Lazy - Bluish

Big Lazy

Gigs

New York

“It’s all gone now and I’m leavin’ town on the heartbreak express.” - Dolly Parton Join Brooklyn’s premiere Dolly Parton cover band this Valentine’s Day Weekend to celebrate

the agony of love at The Sultan Room; also featuring “brass parts” (the Doll Parts Horn Section).

Have you known heartbreak? Have you felt the devastation of unrequited love? Dolly can heal the injustices of your life and make you feel again! No one has painted a more accurate picture of this universal condition and this Valentine’s Day (the Friday before, that is), Doll Parts will guide you on a tour of the bottomless abyss that is love, through the eyes of America’s most treasured icon.

Of course, you'll still hear your favorites like Islands in the Stream and Jolene but you'll also be transported via a number of heartbreak-themed gems, arranged especially for the occasion like Heartbreak Express and D.I.V.O.R.C.E.

Doll Parts Heartbreak is one of the newest, (our second annual) in a series of deep dives into Dolly’s work in an attempt to explore more of the country queen’s catalog of over 40 albums.

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Doll Parts Heartbreak: A Dolly Parton Cover Band Experience

Doll Parts

Though born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and artist Andrew Combs can’t say for certain he identifies with any one place in particular. Through years of drawing on ethereal and visceral beauty wherever he can find it, his work is more accurately a measured synthesis of a wide array of “places”: the literal and the figurative, those he has been to and others he has yet to see. His newest full-length album, Sundays (released August 19, 2022), is reflective of those varied places that inform Combs’ creative work.

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Andrew Combs, Katie Von Schleicher, Work Wife

Andrew Combs - Still Water

Andrew Combs

Katie Von Schleicher

Work Wife

Blue Yonder - Wise Blood Release Party

To commemorate the release of their anticipated second record, Brooklyn's own Blue Yonder invites some of their friends and favorite local bands out for a night of entrancing musical camaraderie at the Sultan Room. Featuring performances by His Pioneers, Talulah Paisley, and Robert Earl Thomas. Be sure to turn out for a night of the finest underground alt country that Brooklyn has to offer-- attendees can expect to be transported to psychedelic pastures of yore.

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Blue Yonder (Record Release), Talulah Paisley, His Pioneers, Robert Earl Thomas

Blue Yonder - Nature Calls

Blue Yonder

His Pioneers

Robert Earl Thomas

Talulah Paisley

Jeffrey Martin writes music that probes the depths of the human experience and doesn't shy away from its darkest corners. His songs can feel like short stories from literary giants like Steinbeck, Burroughs, or Cormac McCarthy and possess a raw intensity that comes from seeing his subjects up close. All the struggle, hurt, strife, and heartbreak that comes from living in this world are laid bare and unvarnished, yet somehow, Martin manages to mine and make space for what beauty remains.

“(Jeffrey Martin’s) Dogs in the Daylight is as close to a masterpiece as a folk album by an emerging singer-songwriter can get." -- No Depression

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Multi-instrumentalist Bridget Kearney has created an eclectic body of work that reflects a wide range of influences, including funk, R&B, vintage soul, jazz, pop, and world music. Best known as the bassist with the popular retro-soul combo Lake Street Dive, she has also collaborated with a number of other acts, as well as recording as a solo artist. Though she's recognized for her fluid, funky bass work with Lake Street Dive, Kearney's first solo album, 2017's Won't Let You Down, gave her a chance to show off her talent as a singer, as well as writing tunes that encompassed pop, rock, and soul. Her 2020 collaboration with Benjamin Lazar Davis, Still Flying, was a playful and groove-laden experiment that grafted electronics and dance rhythms onto melodies from West African musicians.

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