The Brian Larney Band plays Best Video Film & Cultural Center on Sat., Mar. 18. The show starts at 7 PM and the Brian Larney Band shares the bill with New York-based singer-songwriter Erik Rabasca. The cover is $10.
Haunted by hooks and good old-fashioned songcraft, Brian Larney is an eclectic, non-stop music-maker. The Connecticut native splits his time performing as a solo acoustic act and as the front-man of The Brian Larney Band. He's an alternative folk-rock singer-songwriter with an honest and thoughtful style that has been described as “quirky, earnest, and vulnerable.” His songs are organic spoonfuls of classic pop and folk, naturally sweet, non-GMO, without the sugar crash; his style hearkens back to the days of Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles, and maybe a bit of Partridge Family. His sound is as influenced by pop songs of the early to mid-twentieth century as it is by the contemporary artists he’s often compared to.
Larney grew up in the Northeast, obsessed with well-crafted songs and the art of vocal harmony. “We didn't have a piano, so I would sneak into my high school choir room before class just to pick out songs and work on harmonies." Through his varied tastes as a listener and touring with power pop, post-punk, and Americana groups, he gradually essentialized his songwriting style. He's shared the stage with Cheap Trick, Aimee Mann and Kingsley Flood, among others. Larney has released several albums and singles on his independent label, Nunya Records and has had his songs placed in movies, television and commercials. Learn more: https://www.brianlarney.com/
Erik Rabasca is a musician, producer, singer/songwriter, founder of the band Light Warriors and the independent label Highest Frequency Records. He plays a fusion of styles as an acoustic soloist ranging from folk, roots and jazz to reggae, indie and even a touch of country. His songwriting has been compared to Bobs Dylan and Marley, Paul Simon and more.
He has toured the country, performed internationally, opened for Grammy-winners Jon Batiste and Mike Farris, reggae legends Mad Professor, Culture, Sugar Minott, among others, has collaborated with Mad Professor and released over a dozen albums and EPs in various projects (Light Warriors, Lions Gate, Ecstatica, Human Tribes Collective, Other Planes of There, cuebrane) over the last six years alone. He is currently playing in and around the Hudson Valley, NYC and CT. Light Warriors are Ambassadors as part of WhyHunger’s Artists Against Hunger Poverty program. To follow and learn more: https://linktr.ee/erikrabasca