Tiny Boxes feat. Joel Cummins of Umphrey’s and Bon Lozaga of Gongzilla to perform with LarJar 12/23/09
Tiny Boxes, a new funk-jam project formed by guitarist Bon Lozaga of Gongzilla and featuring Umphrey’s McGee keyboardist Joel Cummins will be performing at a special free holiday show with us at Cary Street Cafe in Richmond, Va. The performance has been arranged for December 23, 2009 at 10:00pm at Cary Street Cafe and will include two sets each from Tiny Boxes and LarJar taking turns melting faces.
Lozaga has been hard at work on his new project, Tiny Boxes, whose first recording efforts include members of Umphrey’s McGee and Derek Trucks Band. This marks their first foray into the community, with the band traveling from North Carolina and Cummins as a special guest in from Chicago. Their new sound is a funky mash-up that harkens to previous projects including Gongzilla, Lozaga’s solo work and the progressive sound of early Umphrey’s McGee.
LarJar is a keys-bass-drums trio that’s been performing a weekly Wednesday workout at Cary Street Cafe for over two years. They’ve hosted two LarJarFests, an independent jam-funk music festival outside Richmond, VA with a third in the works for this spring. LarJar features twin brothers Jason and Larry Alen Jarrell on bass and drums respectively and Dave Klemencic on organ, clavinet, synths and electric piano.
Cary Street Cafe has long been the home to Richmond’s jam/funk/rock community, hosting an eclectic variety of live music for the past 14 years. Their weekly routine includes free shows by the Former Champions every Tuesday, LarJar every Wednesday and a rotation of regional touring acts on Fridays and Saturdays.
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www.carystreetcafe.com
LarJar-No-CharJar!
LarJar will continue their Wednesday night residency at Cary Street Cafe, and we’re excited to inform you that the show is now free of charge. Every week the band will play two sets of music starting at 10pm, regularly featuring special guests, opening acts and all sorts of surprises, now without the hassle of a cover charge. Dig it! Come out and support local live music!
Nationalized!
We’d like to extend a sincere “THANK YOU!” to everyone that made it out to the National last Friday night. The whole event was a great success thanks to the huge outpouring of support from friends, family and everyone else we harrassed into picking up tickets and coming out for the show. Grinding Stone, the MamaJamuhs and Silo Effect all played excellent sets, the crowd was attentive and lively, and we look forward to many more such events in the future.
