MARCH 2015 - Live shows by Samm Bennett and his various ensembles
SUN 3/8 - The Metaphors
at Big River
(Higashi Nakano, Tokyo)
東京都中野区東中野4-2-27
19:00 start - 3 sets
The Metaphors is the trio of Shimizu Hiroshi (various percussion), Marcos Fernandes (frame drum, talking drum, other percussion) and Samm Bennett (diddley bow, percussion, vocal). If you don't know the band, you certainly should, so check here!
This will be the Metaphors' fifth appearance (or is it sixth?) at Big River, a cozy little jazz bar just a stone's
throw from Higashi Nakano station on the JR Sobu line. Old school flavor, nice and intimate, located on a little bar street called Moon Road.
Big River website -- Google map to Big River -- Big River website map (with handy aerial view!)
(Higashi Nakano, Tokyo)
東京都中野区東中野4-2-27
19:00 start - 3 sets
The Metaphors is the trio of Shimizu Hiroshi (various percussion), Marcos Fernandes (frame drum, talking drum, other percussion) and Samm Bennett (diddley bow, percussion, vocal). If you don't know the band, you certainly should, so check here!
This will be the Metaphors' fifth appearance (or is it sixth?) at Big River, a cozy little jazz bar just a stone's
throw from Higashi Nakano station on the JR Sobu line. Old school flavor, nice and intimate, located on a little bar street called Moon Road.
Big River website -- Google map to Big River -- Big River website map (with handy aerial view!)
FRI 3/13 - Mud Skippers
at Hikari No Uma, (Okubo, Tokyo)
東京都新宿区百人町1-23-17-B1
(30 seconds from south exit of JR Okubo station)
OPEN 19:00・START 20:00
2000 yen + order
The Mud Skippers is the duo unit of Samm Bennett and Karimata Michio. Read about the band and check some sounds here.
The evening's opening act is Kan Horiuchi
東京都新宿区百人町1-23-17-B1
(30 seconds from south exit of JR Okubo station)
OPEN 19:00・START 20:00
2000 yen + order
The Mud Skippers is the duo unit of Samm Bennett and Karimata Michio. Read about the band and check some sounds here.
The evening's opening act is Kan Horiuchi
And check out the map: not many Tokyo venues are located THIS close to the station!
SAT 3/14 - The Dosages
at Bar Isshee, Sendagi, Tokyo
1-36-11 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
(near Sendagi Station)
open 19:30 / start 20:00
entry : 500 yen + 1 drink + pass the hat for musicians!
(2 sets)
The Dosages is the duo unit of Samm Bennett and Sawada Jyoji. Read about the band and check some sounds here.
Bar Isshee website
Bar Isshee Facebook
Google map to Bar Isshee
1-36-11 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
(near Sendagi Station)
open 19:30 / start 20:00
entry : 500 yen + 1 drink + pass the hat for musicians!
(2 sets)
The Dosages is the duo unit of Samm Bennett and Sawada Jyoji. Read about the band and check some sounds here.
Bar Isshee website
Bar Isshee Facebook
Google map to Bar Isshee
SUN 3/22 - on drums with Rambling Steve Gardner
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at Hobgoblin, Shibuya, Tokyo
music from 7 to 9 - FREE Straight outta Mississippi, it's Tokyo's premiere gin-you-wine bluesman himself, yes indeed, Steve Gardner, picking and grinning and stomping and shouting. Joining Steve and I will be bassman Hisa Nakase and special guest David Steenken. Come on down for beers and blues. |
FRI 3/27 - Samm Bennett SOLO as part of Drunk Poets See God #26
at Bar Gari Gari, Ikenoue, Tokyo
(5.7 seconds from Ikenoue Station, Keio Inokashira line)
open 19:00 - start 20:00
500 yen entry charge, plus 1 drink.
It's the big 26th installment of DRUNK POETS SEE GOD, where some of Tokyo's most daring and engaging wordsmiths get on the mic and show their stuff. Hosted by by yours truly, Samm Bennett, along with singer and poet Sorcha Chisolm, this is the place to be for those who want to keep abreast of the latest in loquacious lingo! I'll be on hand (as well as other musicians, depending) to provide instantaneous musical backing to any poet who might happen to want it, and all are welcome to read, recite, intone, chant, grumble, shout or otherwise enunciate. Fun stuff, serious stuff, flights of fancy, hilarity, stream of semi-consciousness, heaping helpings of free association and extended elocution. Hooray!
(5.7 seconds from Ikenoue Station, Keio Inokashira line)
open 19:00 - start 20:00
500 yen entry charge, plus 1 drink.
It's the big 26th installment of DRUNK POETS SEE GOD, where some of Tokyo's most daring and engaging wordsmiths get on the mic and show their stuff. Hosted by by yours truly, Samm Bennett, along with singer and poet Sorcha Chisolm, this is the place to be for those who want to keep abreast of the latest in loquacious lingo! I'll be on hand (as well as other musicians, depending) to provide instantaneous musical backing to any poet who might happen to want it, and all are welcome to read, recite, intone, chant, grumble, shout or otherwise enunciate. Fun stuff, serious stuff, flights of fancy, hilarity, stream of semi-consciousness, heaping helpings of free association and extended elocution. Hooray!
Come early (opens at 7pm) to sign up for a slot, if you want to get on the mic and let us hear what you got to say. Otherwise, just come for a drink and a listen!
Gari Gari website - Google map to Bar Gari Gari
Gari Gari website - Google map to Bar Gari Gari
SUN 3/29 - King Cake Baby
at What the Dickens
(Ebisu, Tokyo)
4f Roob 6 Bldg, 1-13-3 Ebisu Nishi,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
playing from 7pm to 11pm
FREE!
FREE!
FREE!
(Ebisu, Tokyo)
4f Roob 6 Bldg, 1-13-3 Ebisu Nishi,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
playing from 7pm to 11pm
FREE!
FREE!
FREE!
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coming to hear King Cake Baby is what you'll wanna do! We ain't kidding! Learn more about the band here.