Photo Credit: Dominick Mastrangelo
Last month, I headed to Williamsburg for Dave Chaitt’s Backyard Brunch Sessions. Founded and hosted by Chaitt, every few weekends in the summer he invites friends and music industry enthusiasts to his apartment in Brooklyn for homemade breakfast and an unplugged set of music. Since the weather that weekend called for rain he moved the show from his backyard to The Richardson, a nearby bar.
Teletextile took the floor first with beautiful, ethereal vocals from singer Pamela Martinez. Throughout her set she alternated on harp and accordion.
“This is my accordion playing debut song so I’m getting excitingly nervous,” she said before the band segued into “Distant Places.” As her voice reverberated throughout the back room, it was hard to believe she had never played accordion live before.
The remainder of the band’s set featured breathtaking harp features and impressive banjo and mandolin accompaniment. To listen to Teletextile’s complete performance by NYCTaper click here.
Minerva Lions were up next and transformed The Richardson to another time period with their soulful harmonies and a solid cover of Sam Cooke’s “Bring It On Home To Me.” The band performed songs off their debut EP as well as three unreleased tracks. To listen to their set click here.
For additional photos and to read more about the Backyard Brunch performance, click here.