Josh Meese

www.christinacourtin.com

This concert is co-presented by Turtle Salon
www.turtlesalon.com

DOUBLE BILL!!

Tickets: $ 12

Josh Mease and Christina Courtin

Josh Mease, originally from Houston, Texas, lives in Brooklyn, where he can often be found exploring the abandoned corners of the city, finding peaceful solace in cemeteries, empty swimming pools, and abandoned waterfronts. His debut LP, Wilderness, is the result of these wanderings. Each song evokes a scene from an imaginary world. The album takes us from the front porch summer swing sing-along “Days Like This” to the day-glo world of “White Diamonds” and ends with the ambient and beautifully strange “Tall Trees.” Mease also shows a talent for love songs. “I See You,” a duet featuring Jess Martins (Via Audio), is a lovely campfire stargazer about finding your other half – and “Eleanor” evokes silent movie imagery from the past. The topics of each song are diverse, but the theme remains that world of Mease’s mind where the music and listener are safe from the daily hustle.

“Courtin, whose voice the New York Times recently described as ‘[calling] to mind the soulful, atmospheric sound of the last 1960s: early Joni Mitchell at times, with an occasional touch of Laura Nyro and the vaguest hint of Janis Joplin,’ is a singer-songwriter and classical violinist. She blends blues, soul and rock with elements of jazz and classicalmusic to produce a mesmerizing live experience and has worked with an eclectic array of artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Scott, Jon Brion, Vienna Tang, Mark O’Connor and Teddy Thompson. Her debut record is due for a January 2009 release on nonesuch records.” – as posted on Mi2N