jan 14 -- chris brokaw solo
bloomington, in, at the 2nd story, w/early day miners
jan 18 -- chris brokaw solo
lawrence, ks, at the jackpot, w/early day miners
jan 19 -- chris brokaw solo
desmoines, ia, at vaudeville mews, w/early day miners
jan 20 -- chris brokaw solo
denver, co, at the larimer lounge, w/early day miners
jan 21 -- chris brokaw solo
salt lake city, ut, at kilby court, w/early day miners
jan 22 -- chris brokaw solo
boise, id, at neurolux, w/early day miners
jan 23 -- chris brokaw solo
olympia, wa, at manium, w/early day miners
jan 24 -- chris brokaw solo
portland, or, at doug fir lounge, w/early day miners
jan 25 -- chris brokaw solo
san francisco, ca, at bottom of the hill, w/early day miners
jan 26 -- chris brokaw solo
los angeles, ca, at alterknit lounge, w/early day miners
jan 27 -- chris brokaw solo
claremont, ca, at pomona college in the smith campus center, w/early day miners
jan 28 -- chris brokaw solo
reno, nv, at the zephyr bar, w/early day miners
jan 30 -- chris brokaw solo
phoenix, az, at modified, w/early day miners
feb 1 -- chris brokaw solo
austin, tx, at emo's, w/early day miners
feb 2 -- chris brokaw solo
new orleans, la, at the circle bar, w/early day miners
feb 3 -- chris brokaw solo
nashville, tn, at the muse, w/early day miners
feb 4 -- chris brokaw solo
dayton, oh, at wright university, w/early day miners
feb 5 -- chris brokaw solo
chicago, il, at the empty bottle, w/early day miners and archer prewitt
feb 26 -- chris brokaw solo
ny, ny -- 3 pm free in-store performance at NYCD, 173 west
81st St. (just off Amsterdam)
brooklyn, ny, at north 6, w/rachel's
mar 2 -- chris brokaw solo
cambridge, ma, at the middle east, w/lou barlow
mar 19 -- chris brokaw solo
austin, tx, the 12xu showcase of the south by southwest festival, at friends (set at midnight)
apr 13 -- the new year
los angeles, ca, w/silkworm
visalia, ca, w/silkworm apr 13 -- the new year
san francisco, ca, w/silkworm apr 13 -- the new year
seattle, wa, w/silkworm
apr 21 -- chris brokaw solo
bristol, england
london, england apr 23 -- chris brokaw solo
manchester, england apr 24 -- chris brokaw solo
edinburgh, scotland apr 27 -- chris brokaw solo
glasgow, scotland apr 28 -- chris brokaw solo
belfast, ireland apr 29 -- chris brokaw solo
dublin, ireland apr 30 -- chris brokaw solo
limerick, ireland
may 14 -- chris brokaw solo
oak bluffs, ma, (martha's vineyard), at offshore ale
june 21 – premiere of "ROAD"
los angeles, ca, at the los angeles film festival. chris composed the film score for leslie mccleave's feature film, which stars catherine kellner, ebon moss-bachrach, and james urbaniak. ("ROAD" received the outstanding performance award at festival.) see a trailer of the film.
june 25 -- chris brokaw solo
somerville, ma, at pa’s lounge, w/claudia and shirley (from the magnetic fields) and the wingdale community singers
july 14 -- special screeing of "ROAD”
new york city, at the Solar-Powered Arts Festival
july 29 -- the chris brokaw rock band
oak bluffs, ma, (martha's vineyard), at offshore ale, w/kahoots. debut show of the chris brokaw rock band, which features jeff goddard (ex-karate) on bass and kevin coultas (ex-rodan) on drums
august 29 -- chris brokaw solo
portsmouth, nh, at the red door
oct 1 -- the lemonheads
providence, ri, at lupo’s; chris played guitar
oct 16 -- chris brokaw solo
boston, ma, at the museum of fine arts, w/the dirty three
nov 8 -- empty house cooperative
somerville, ma, at p.a.'s lounge at 9pm, w/fern knight,
jesse sparhawk, and in gowan ring
nov 10 -- chris brokaw rock band
cambridge, ma, at the lizard lounge, w/helms and hilken mancini
nov 19 -- screening of "ROAD"
dallas, tx, at the deep ellum film festival; "ROAD" will screen at 2:30pm at the landmark magnolia theater. writer/director leslie mccleave will be in attendance for q&a.
nov 22 -- radio interview, "here and now"
8-minute interview/profile featuring song excerpts on public radio program "here and now"; listen to the interview from the program’s archives for free via streaming audio
nov 30 -- chris brokaw solo
dallas, tx, at trees, w/american analog set
dec 16 - 17 2005 -- chris brokaw solo
limerick, ireland, at the "gravity and grace" festival -- one solo electric guitar performance, friday; and one collaboration with dancers nicole peisl and richard siegal, saturday -- presented by the daghdha dance company
[last updated jan 10 2006]
chris began playing solo in late 1999, at the prompting of good pal doug mccombs, opening shows for brokeback and nobokazu takemura. initially, the shows were for solo electric guitar and tambourine, but chris eventually added vocals, and finally switched to acoustic guitar in 2002. with the release of "red cities" in june 2002, chris played several shows on the east coast with a seven-piece band; but the live show, at the moment, is solo, and exactly like what can be heard on the 2003 cd "wandering as water." chris also has a 4-song ep out called "my confidante + 3, on 12XU records.
CONSONANT is a band showcasing the songwriting talents of CLINT CONLEY and HOLLY ANDERSON. its latest lp, "love and affliction," was released august 2003 on fenway recordings. videos of the band live and in the studio, as well as audio clips of the record, are online at the fenway site. clint is in the seminal band MISSION OF BURMA, while holly has worked as a writer and visual artist for many years in boston and new york. CONSONANT includes clint on guitar and vocals, winston bramen (count me outs, fuzzy, ex-come) on bass, matt kadane (the new year, silkworm) on drums, and mr. brokaw on guitar and vocals. consonant's debut lp was released in the spring of 2002 on fenway and was named the local record of the year by the boston phoenix.
THE NEW YEAR showcases the songwriting of matt and bubba kadane, best known for their work with the dallas band BEDHEAD. THE NEW YEAR includes the kadanes, peter schmidt on guitars, mike donofrio (saturnine) on bass, josh mckay on keyboards, and chris b. on drums. the band has two recordings: 2001's "newness ends," and the 2004 release "the end is near." both are out on touch and go records.
THE EMPTY HOUSE COOPERATIVE is a free-floating collective of musicians, spearheaded and masterminded by multi-instrumentalist DAVID MICHAEL CURRY (willard grant conspiracy, thalia zedek, will oldham, boxhead ensemble) and specializing in improvised music. the EHC has existed for several years and includes stalwart members of the music communities of boston, new york, montreal and louisville, ky. there are two recordings available to date: the full-length cd "improvisational music," on hinah records in france (a trio of curry, brokaw and cellist jonah sacks); and the track "lilacs" on the "acuarela songs" compilation from acuarela records, gijon, spain. hinah's web site also has downloadable mp3s of the ehc. brokaw, curry and sacks performed with the american repertory theatre in march 2003, in the production of "highway ulysses."
EVAN DANDO is a singer/songwriter based in new york city, formerly of THE LEMONHEADS. evan's solo debut, "baby i'm bored," was released in march 2003. chris played guitar and drums on several numbers, and penned the song "my idea" with tom morgan. chris began accompanying evan in june of 2001 at the fleadh festival in london, and since that time has toured with evan as both a duo and with a full band in the US, UK and australia.
PULLMAN is an instrumental combo and collaboration between bundy brown (ex-tortoise, bastro), doug mccombs (tortoise, brokeback, 11th dream day), curtis harvey (rex, letter e), and mr. brokaw. the group has been joined in performance by drummer tim barnes (jim o'rourke, silver jews), and has 2 lp's on thrill jockey.
JUMBO is a boston-based collective of musicians playing, primarily, circus music. the ensemble has existed since roughly 1995 and on any given night includes 20 to 40 members. performances are generally quite spirited and occasionally "ramshackle." JUMBO has "tackled" (sometimes quite literally) "the magical mystery tour," "the nutcracker," and an evening of film soundtracks. an extremely collectible 7-inch and even more collectible cassette of "the nutcracker" can be found, somewhere. bookings are sporadic and cause for great merry-making.
