Robin Spielberg
with special guest David Goldman
Friday, February 12 at 8:00 p.m.

Venue:
THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION AT MONTCLAIR
67 Church Street
Montclair, NJ 07042
Click here for a map of the venue.

Tickets are an affordable $27.50 in advance and $32.00 day of show. Tickets will be available through TicketWeb, TicketWeb by phone, locally at Keil's Pharmacy, and by mail. See below for more info.

In homage to February 14 (Valentine's Day or Chinese New Year -- take your pick) the following Sunday, the Outpost presents a romantic evening of solo piano with former Montclair resident, Robin Spielberg.

Robin began touring the US in 1996. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in a sold-out performance at the Weill Recital Hall in 1997 and has performed there twice since. Spielberg made her Asia concert debut in Korea in August 2004 at the renowned Seoul Arts Center, and performed a concert television special for Korean television, which aired throughout Asia on Airiang TV.

Spielberg's natural talent for making audiences immediately comfortable transforms what could easily be an ordinary evening at the concert hall into a very special concert event. "Robin has such a personal and expressive way of playing, and her story-telling about the origins of the music makes the pieces come alive... the evening was both touching and mesmerizing" writes Wind & Wire Magazine of a recent San Francisco area concert.

And just so you know we haven't forgotten our singer/songwriter roots, the Outpost is delighted to have David Goldman open for Ms. Spielberg. Of Jewish, Sicilian and Albanian background, David grew up in a house rich with classical, opera, popular, blues and international folk music. His musical influences and tastes run from Stevie Wonder, Howlin' Wolf, and Tim Buckley to Ravi Shankar and Italian tenor Carlo Buti.

So, there you have it -- all the ingredients for a very special Outpost concert.

Vance Gilbert & Dala
Friday, February 26 at 8:00 p.m.

Venue:
THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION AT MONTCLAIR
67 Church Street
Montclair, NJ 07042
Click here for a map of the venue.

Tickets are an affordable $23.00 in advance and $26.00 day of show. Tickets will be available through TicketWeb, TicketWeb by phone, locally at Keil's Pharmacy, and by mail. See below for more info.

Vance Gilbert has played the Outpost six times as a solo artist and once in October of 2003 as part of an amazing trio with Jill Sobule and Ellis Paul. This time Gilbert, the ex-multicultural arts teacher and jazz singer, returns, bringing with him Dala, the stunning Canadian duo of Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther, who he met on a tour of Canada this past spring, immediately striking up a friendship.

Vance's most recent album, Up On Rockfield, explores and unabashedly celebrates the influence that various famous songwriters and performers have had upon his writing. Each song is penned by Gilbert as if he was co-writing with some of his musical heroes. Who else but Gilbert could pull off a concept project such as this to everyone's delight? The disc follows his 2006 album of covers Angels, Castles, Covers and his songwriting watermark, 2005's Unfamiliar Moon.

Sheila and Amanda formed Dala soon after their first meeting in a high school music class, Sheila sitting with her fellow trumpet players and Amanda with bright blue hair, sitting behind Sheila and playing the bass clarinet. In the summer of 2005 these best friends signed a major label deal with Universal Music Canada and their debut album Angels and Thieves was released that same year. With vocal harmonies guaranteed to give you chills, the ladies also make use of their talents on guitar and piano to create their unique brand of acoustic pop. Dala's fun and energetic stage presence has made them a fan favorite at festivals -- witnessed at this past summer's Newport Folk Festival where Dala outsold every other group represented in the merch tent. "Horses," the latest video from Everyone Is Someone (June 2009), their 4th album, can be found here. Enjoy!