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By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Todd Glass<\/p><\/div>\n

You can get your weekend off to an early start and be laughing all the way as two comedians with Philly roots perform at area venues tonight \u2013 Chester County native Todd Glass and Philadelphia\u2019s Coleman Green.<\/p>\n

From May 20-22, Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, philadelphia.heliumcomedy.com<\/a>). is hosting Todd Glass.<\/p>\n

A veteran comedian, Glass has been honing his high-energy, off-the-cuff act since he first stepped on stage at age 16. He has a knack for inventive material that often mocks the conventions of stand up and can fire off jokes in a stream-of-conscious matter that is undoubtedly funny.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike a lot of comedians, I was attracted to it,\u201d said Glass, during a phone interview last week from his home in Los Angeles. \u201cIt\u2019s comforting. <\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in the Philly area and used to go to Comedy Works when I was 15. A lot of great acts were playing there like Richard Lewis, Eddie Murphy and Gilbert Gottfried. I found out there was an open mic, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n

\u201cEventually, I moved to L.A. It was either New York or L.A. I always wanted to live in L.A., so I moved there in 1996.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy that time, I had been doing comedy for eight years. It didn\u2019t take long for me to become a feature. I found my home at the Improv Comedy Club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Located at the epicenter of the entertainment world, the legendary Hollywood Improv opened decades ago and continues to be one of the premier comedy venues in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt very at home at the Improv,\u201d said Glass. \u201cIt was my home away from home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glass\u2019 home as a kid was the Berwyn\/Paoli area and he was a student at Conestoga High.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really loved Conestoga,\u201d said Glass. \u201cI had a lot of great teachers at Conestoga.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was young, I always wanted to do comedy. When I moved to L.A., I continued to grow as a comedian. I learn from other comedians \u2013 ones I admire. I did Conan after two years and then the Dennis Miller Show.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you want to become more familiar with Glass, check out his\u00a0Netflix special \u201cAct Happy,\u201d and his frequent appearances on \u201cTosh.0,\u201d \u201cThe Daily Show,\u201d \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live,\u201d \u201cConan,\u201d and \u201cThe Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love playing at Helium,\u201d said Glass. \u201cI come back to Philly once a year to perform at Helium. It\u2019s a January traditional gig that I\u2019ve been doing for seven years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glass is getting ready to do his fourth Netflix special and is considering Helium as a venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cComedy continues to get more real,\u201d said Glass. \u201cThis is a very exciting time to do comedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuckily, I decided to make the best of the pandemic by doing Zoom shows. I missed the audience, but it was still fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know my stuff is funny. I said to myself \u2013 when I come out of this, I want to be a better comedian. I went back and tightened my jokes. I\u2019m ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Todd Glass — https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZBBFX4phNC8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The shows at Helium will start at 8 p.m. on Thursday and 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices start at $36 for a two-person table.<\/p>\n

Other shows this month at the Helium Comedy Club are Rich Vos on May 26 and Darren Brand from May 27-30.<\/p>\n

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Coleman Green<\/p><\/div>\n

On May 20 at the Candlelight Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) will host the return of the Candlelight Comedy Club with Coleman Green as the headliner.<\/p>\n

Green is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer of his own animation series. One of the fan favorites is Coleman\u2019s portrayal of a pink pixel in the Optimum iO Pixels television commercial. Like most entertainers, his progress has been derailed by the pandemic shutdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t really been working much,\u201d said Green, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon while he was working out at an LA Fitness club in Philly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just starting to get back. I\u2019ve only had a few shows \u2013 not enough to keep me from getting rusty. I suffered over the last year. I did start doing some animations. And I\u2019ve been writing more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green is a big dude. If you look at him, you\u2019d probably think — he must have played football.<\/p>\n

And you\u2019d be right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI played football at Dobbins Vo-Tech in the Philadelphia Public League,\u201d said Green. \u201cI was a guard and a linebacker. Then, I played football at Morgan State University. After that, I played semi-pro ball in Canada for a few years. But I\u2019ve always lived in Philly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green\u2019s life path took him from the gridiron to stages in comedy clubs around America.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got into comedy the same way a lot of stand-up guts do,\u201d said Green, who now lives in Northeast Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople kept telling me that I was funny and should do stand up. So, I decided to give it a try. I took a comedy class and now I\u2019ve been doing it for 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started with open mics \u2013 the rough gigs. Then, I was doing gigs as a host. I was hosting at different places. I got my first headline gig at the Comedy Cabaret in Northeast Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Comedy Cabaret kept me onstage almost every week. I went from host to feature to headliner in a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI played a lot of gigs. I was pretty good as a host. You get a 10-15 minute set as a host and 25-30 minutes as a feature. Headliner is 45-60. I built my set from 25 minutes to headline pretty easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green\u2019s comedy is very relatable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s people observations,\u201d said Green. \u201cI talk about family. Basically, I talk about my life. I also bring the audience in and talk with them a little bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy show is a combination of regular routines and improv. I try to regularly add two or three new jokes and replace others. But I still use some of the same jokes from when I started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green now has some rust to shake off.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout working for a year, it\u2019s taking time to get my timing down,\u201d said Green. \u201cIt\u2019s going to take a while for everybody to get their chops back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The layoff will not affect his nervousness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always nervous before I go onstage,\u201d said Green. \u201cIf I\u2019m not nervous, I know I\u2019m going to have a bad set.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Coleman Green \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/IP0hW-ff1SY<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Comedy Club show, which also has Shari Franklin as the emcee and Tim Grill as the feature, will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30.<\/p>\n

On May 21, the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) will host \u201cLove City Music Collective\u00a0presents Reckless Daughter — In Celebration of Joni Mitchell.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peg Talbott-Lane<\/p><\/div>\n

Creator\/Lead Vocalist Peg Talbott-Lane is joined by veteran Philadelphia vocalists Amanda Brizzi and Irene Lambrou, bringing rock, pop, jazz and blues influences to the stage in their interpretations of Joni Mitchell\u2019s songbook. This curated performance of Mitchell\u2019s works between \u201cClouds\u201d (1969) and \u201cMingus\u201d (1979), Reckless Daughter is part revival, retrospective and a celebration of one of the greatest songwriters of our age.<\/p>\n

Featured selections include timeless classics plus deep cuts performed by Love City Music Collective\u2019s 11-member band, as a modern cabaret style performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started Love City Music Collective in 2019,\u201d said Talbott-Lane, during a phone interview last week from Her home in South Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came together to put together our first tribute. I was just coming out of 0 years in another band \u2013 Countdown to Ecstasy, which was a Steely Dan tribute band.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was looking what I wanted to do next. I have a lot of talented musical friends. I wanted to do tribute shows to artists not performing live anymore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really interested in working on a female artist who is not playing anymore. I also wanted a challenge. All roads pointed to Joni Mitchell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mitchell\u2019s career spans decades with her debut, \u201cSong to a Seagull,\u201d dropping in 1968. Mitchell\u2019s career also spans genres.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople think of Joni Mitchell with a guitar,\u201d said Talbott-Lane, who grew up in nearby King of Prussia and graduated from Upper Merion High School.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer middle period was a lot more jazz. My voice fits her mid-career better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Talbott-Lane had an odd choice where to start her band in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI rented RUBA, which is located in Northern Liberties,\u201d said Talbott-Lane. \u201cThey have a theater space upstairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

RUBA is the Russian Ukrainian<\/em>\u00a0Boating Association \u2013 a membership-based hangout on Green Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put together a show and promoted it,\u201d said Green. \u201cI was hoping for 100 people. I didn\u2019t know that here is a huge network of Joni Mitchell fans around the world \u2013 especially in this area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sold out the show with a lot of demand for tickets. I didn\u2019t realize what this meant to this rabid fanbase. It\u2019s dear to us. It\u2019s dear to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoni Mitchell played Philly a lot when she was a young troubadour. She had shows at the Main Point and the Second Fret. Gene Shay played her new song, \u201cBoth Sides Now,\u201d a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

That song is one of the highlights of Love City Music Collective\u2019s set list for this weekend\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re an eight-piece band plus two vocalists and me,\u201d said Talbott-Lane. \u201cThe other vocalists are Amanda Brizzi and Irene Lambrou.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rest of the LCMC is James Farrell (percusion), Barry Hollander (acoustic and electric guitar), Glen Marrazzo (bass), Rob Lawrence (piano, organ), Troy Schoenmeier (acoustic and electric guitar, music director), Mark Schreiber (drums, percussion), Tony Winkler (electric guitar), and Mark Zelesky (woodwinds).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show is like a modern cabaret show \u2013 especially because we have to wait for Larry to tune his guitar between songs,\u201d said Talbott-Lane. \u201cIt\u2019s one 90-minute set. I want it to be a beautiful theater show.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater on May 21, which will also be available via Livestream, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19.50 for in person and $10 for Livestream.<\/p>\n

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Vanessa Collier<\/p><\/div>\n

On May 22, the Sellersville Theater will host a pair of shows by Vanessa Collier.<\/p>\n

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived last spring, it forced Collier to abandon a spring\/summer tour after just one show and to push back the release of her new album. It also wiped out a blues cruise in the fall on which she was scheduled to be a featured performer.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Collier, a resident of Chadds Ford, has been able to start booking shows again.<\/p>\n

In addition to this weekend\u2019s shows in Sellersville, Collier will be performing at the Havre de Grace Jazz & Blues Festival in Maryland on June 5. She has several shows listed for Pennsylvania venues as well as dates in New York, New Jersey and Ohio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI played a show at the Arden Gild in February 2020 and a few other shows after that,\u201d said Collier, during a phone interview. \u201cMy last gig on the tour was March 12 \u2013 the first show of a Midwest tour. We played Mojo\u2019s Boneyard in Evansville, Indiana. That same day, the NBA and MLB stopped their games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realized it was serious, so I said to my band \u2013 \u2018let\u2019s play this show and go home.\u2019 I love to talk to people after my shows. I just like chatting with my fans, but I couldn\u2019t do that. Instead, the show ended, and I had to head back to the Green Room. I like hugging people, but I didn\u2019t want to put them at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collier released her new album \u201cHeart On The Line\u201d on August 21 \u2013 an album that has received rave reviews from music critics and fans alike.\u00a0Still in her mid-20s,\u00a0Collier\u00a0has toured all over the world numerous times and has released three solo albums. With searing saxophone solos, soulful vocals, and witty lyrics, her songwriting features a blend of blues, funk, rock, and soul.<\/p>\n

Collier\u2019s impressive vocals and stinging saxophone work saw her light up stages as part of Joe Louis Walker\u2019s band in 2012 and 2013.<\/p>\n

In 2014, her debut album \u201cHeart Soul & Saxophone\u201d won her accolades as a \u201cBest of 2014 Blues Breaker.\u201d In March 2017, she released her sophomore album \u201cMeeting My Shadow.\u201d Collier\u2019s third album \u201cHoney Up\u201d was released on July 6, 2018.<\/p>\n

Collier\u00a0is primarily a sax player, singer and songwriter but is also well-versed in playing clavinet, flute, electric organ, and percussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was little, I really wanted to play piano,\u201d said Collier. \u201cI don\u2019t know why. I started taking piano lessons but didn\u2019t like the teacher, so I quit after six months. I saw someone playing sax on television and fell in love with it. We rented a sax for me when I was in fourth grade. That was in school. Then, I studied with a private instructor for a few years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I took lessons with Chris Vadala, who played sax with Chuck Mangione. I studied with him for seven years \u2013 classical, jazz and funk. He started me doubling on flute and clarinet. I still play those instruments. Mainly, I play sax \u2014 tenor, some soprano and some baritone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collier\u2019s previous album \u201cHoney Up\u201d was released almost two years and was nominated for Blues Music Award (BMA) Contemporary Blues Album of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat album did well right from the start,\u201d said Collier. \u201cIt was a Top 5 Billboard Blues Album and was well-received by radio deejays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collier\u00a0was nominated in 2017 for a Blues Music Award in the \u201cInstrumental \u2014 Horn Player of the Year\u201d category. She also won first place in the \u201cLyrics Only\u201d category of the 2017 USA Songwriting Competition. In 2018, Collier\u00a0was nominated in two categories at the Blues Music Awards \u2013 \u201cContemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year\u201d and \u201cInstrumental \u2014 Horn Player of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2019, she was again nominated in same two categories at the Blues Music Awards \u2013 \u201cContemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year\u201d and \u201cInstrumental \u2013 Horn.\u201d She claimed first place in the \u201cInstrumental \u2013 Horn\u201d category.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoney Up,\u201d which had a three-month residency on Billboard\u2019s \u201cTop Blues Albums Chart,\u201d provides a good look at Collier\u2019s influences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith jazz, the first person I was turned on to was Cannonball Adderley,\u201d said Collier. \u201cOther major influences were John Coltrane, Junior Walker, and Maceo Parker. Vocally, I started with Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan and that morphed into Norah Jones and Bonnie Raitt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Collier is ready for \u201cHeart on the Line\u201d to take off.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had recorded the basics for the new album back in February,\u201d said Collier. \u201cI had planned to put the vocals on it during the Midwest tour even though it would have been hectic. When I came home, I had a lot of time. I put vocals on. I put horns on a few tracks. I spent time with the mixing. It took longer than I had planned. Like my previous albums, it\u2019s definitely a mixture \u2013 blues, funk, NOLA \u2013 but this one goes rootsier.<\/p>\n

Collier recorded the album in January at Hearstudios in Camden, Maine and released it on her own label \u2013 Phenix Fire Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the same studio I used for \u2018Honey Up\u2019,\u201d said Collier. \u201cI used the same engineer \u2013 Mark Wessel. He was a professor I had at Berklee for a course in music production. He really captures each instrument as it sounds in the room and is absolutely wonderful to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collier\u2019s band will feature stellar guitarist and blues master Arthur Neilson.<\/p>\n

In the 80s and 90s, his guitar work became much in demand.\u00a0Neilson became adept at playing blues, rock and roll, rockabilly and country. At one point, he was gigging in seven bands, including Oxford Blues, Kid Java, Felix and The Havanas and The Guitar Guys from Hell. He also worked\u00a0with guitar great Otis Rush.<\/p>\n

In 1998,\u00a0Shemekia Copeland\u00a0hired Neilson to be the guitarist in her band. He has played on many of Copeland\u2019s Grammy nominated albums including \u201cWicked,\u201d \u201c33 1\/3\u201d and \u201cOutskirts of Love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neilson has released three albums under his own name \u2013 \u201ca piece of wood, some strings, and a pick,\u201d \u201cMoan & Cry\u201d and \u201cHell of a Nerve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collier\u00a0also is a music teacher and has been involved in various \u201cBlues in Schools\u201d programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in Clarksville, Maryland and then graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston,\u201d said Collier, who earned a dual degree in performance and music production, and engineering. \u201cRight now, I\u2019m basically just playing and teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for\u00a0Vanessa\u00a0Collier — https:\/\/youtu.be\/oams93CwIKU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The shows at the Sellersville Theater on May 22 will start at 5 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 for in person and $15 for Livestream.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are Snacktime Brass Band on May 25 and Molly Tuttle on May 26.<\/p>\n

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Jefferson\u00a0Berry\u00a0& The UAC<\/p><\/div>\n

After 15 months of pandemic lockdown, Jefferson\u00a0<\/strong>Berry\u00a0<\/strong>& The UAC (Urban Acoustic Coalition) is ready to rock. The band will celebrate its new album with a pair of \u201cCD Release Concerts\u201d this weekend.<\/p>\n

In the main event, Berry and his band will headline a show at Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) on May 22. Jefferson\u00a0<\/strong>Berry\u00a0<\/strong>& The UAC also have an outdoor 5 p.m. dinner show \u2013 weather permitting \u2013 at Malelani Cafe Dinner Show in Philadelphia on May 23.
\nThe weather outside on Saturday will have no effect on the show at Jamey\u2019s \u2013 but it will be hot inside the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been difficult during the lockdown,\u201d said Berry, during a phone interview last week from his home in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did a couple new video projects. And, I have a record release coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n

On April 23,\u00a0Jefferson\u00a0<\/strong>Berry\u00a0<\/strong>& the UAC\u00a0released its fourth studio album,\u00a0\u201cSoon!\u201d\u00a0<\/em>The LP\u2019s first single,\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ll Soon Be Together\u201d\u00a0recently premiered via\u00a0Americana Highways<\/em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The band\u2019s previous albums were \u201c<\/em>Guitar on the River\u201d (2016), \u201cThe Habit\u201d (2018) and \u201cDouble Deadbolt Logic\u201d (2020).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been tough even keeping a band together,\u201d said Berry, \u201cWe used remote software to rehearse. But a certain magic is missing when it\u2019s not face-to-face.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done Livestream shows every week. It\u2019s been fun but it\u2019s not like playing live for an audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berry\u2019s other career is as a high school economics and government teacher at the Philadelphia School District\u2019s Excel South Academy in Northeast Philly.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the song \u2018Shattered Glass\u2019 on my last album \u2018Double Deadbolt Logic,\u2019 I got a lot of info from my class \u2013 like how to boost and strip a car,\u201d said Berry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album was all pretty much written during the pandemic. There are nine songs on the album. We went into production with 14 songs \u2013 some pre-pandemic but most during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put it into internet software called Soundtrap and then I\u2019d put it out to the band. Then, we\u2019d go into the studio with bass, drums and me.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the stuff really came together when I had them in individually. We recorded the album at Kawari Studio in Wyncote with Matt Muir, who is a great engineer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started last summer and wrapped up in November. Then, we got it mastered and set a release date.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn January, when we were planning the release, I picked May \u2013 Memorial Day. I figured the pandemic should be under control by then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berry grew up in Southern California and is a graduate of University of California Santa Cruz, a school whose sports teams are nicknamed, \u201cBanana Slugs.\u201d He eventually landed in the Philadelphia area where he became part of Philly\u2019s folk\/rock\/Americana scene.<\/p>\n

Berry\u2019s website presented the history behind UAC:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2006, at around 3a.m. at the Falcon Ridge Festival, Jefferson and his banjo playing brother Hank were playing a Hillbilly version of \u201cWhite Room\u201d by Cream. In fest-jam fashion, each vocal verse was separated by an instrumental-lead verse. Out and of the shadows and into the light of the campfire came this guy with a mandolin and long red hair, playing the song\u2019s iconic Clapton lead pretty much verbatim.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the sun was coming up, Jefferson asked Bud Burroughs if he wanted to start a band and Hippies and Hillbillies was born. The album Drumless America was recorded in Bud\u2019s living room: a quirky mix of covers ranging from Robert Earl Keen and Townes Van Zandt to Neil Young and U2, the show and CD was fun for some, but considered blasphemous at the bluegrass festivals the band played.<\/p>\n

\u201cBud and Jefferson\u2019s next venture involved Jefferson\u2019s daughter.\u00a0 Briana Berry and her sister were raised at the summer festivals\u2014Kerrville, Falcon Ridge, XFS and Philly. The Berry\u2019s 2009 album, Fairmount Station featured songs written by Briana and her Dad. It was promoted nationally to radio by Powderfinger Promotions and charted fairly high for an independent release on the folk charts. The band played X-Fest and the Philadelphia Folk Festival that year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Urban Acoustic Coalition came to be in 2014 with the release of Guitar on the River. Again, Bud Burroughs served as the music director for a collection of Jefferson\u2019s city-themed songs. Recorded at MelodyVision by Rodney Whittenberg, the album\u2019s sessions grew the band. Jefferson Berry and the Urban Acoustic Coalition (a mouthful) played the Camp Stage at the Philadelphia Folk Festival that year with a Coalition of players from Boris Garcia, Bad Sister and Beaufort.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was an example of the \u201ccoalition\u201d aspect of the band, an ethic that allowed players to keep their other projects alive while clearing dates with the UAC periodically. While bass players (Billy Hyatt, Dean McNulty) and female vocalists (Irene Lambrou, Emily Drinker) have cycled in and out of the band to pursue their own projects, the core of the coalition for the past six years has been Jefferson, Bud, Marky B! Berkowitz (on harmonica), Dave Brown (on banjo, guitar, keys and anything else needed), David Rapoport (on drums).<\/p>\n

\u201cBud and Jefferson\u2019s next venture involved Jefferson\u2019s daughter.\u00a0 Briana Berry and her sister were raised at the summer festivals\u2014Kerrville, Falcon Ridge, XFS and Philly. The Berry\u2019s 2009 album, Fairmount Station featured songs written by Briana and her Dad. It was promoted nationally to radio by Powderfinger Promotions and charted fairly high for an independent release on the folk charts. The band played X-Fest and the Philadelphia Folk Festival that year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe band\u2019s current line-up has Budd Burroughs on mandolin and keyboards, Mark Berkowitz on blues and chromatic harmonicas, Mike Damora on bass, Caleb Estey on drums and Dave Brown on everything — banjo, lap steel, guitars and fretless bass,\u201d said Berry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also had Meaghan Kyle sing with us. She\u2019s worked so well that she\u2019s now joined the band.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyle is one of a trio of singers along with Jess McDowell and Maren Sharrow in the Philly band No Good Sister.<\/p>\n

Berry offered this description of Jefferson\u00a0<\/strong>Berry\u00a0<\/strong>& The UAC\u2019s music style.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Americana,\u201d said Berry. \u201cIt\u2019s acoustic rock. Basically, I\u2019m an urban storyteller. It\u2019s folk music for the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Jefferson\u00a0<\/strong>Berry\u00a0<\/strong>& The UAC — <\/strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/bgdqMYg9WGw<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Jamey\u2019s on Saturday night will start at 8 p.m. and will also be available via Livestream. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Pay-per-view tickets are $15.<\/p>\n

Other shows scheduled for Jamey\u2019s House of Music this month are Bobby Messano on May 21 and King Solomon Hicks on May 29.<\/p>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) will present two editions of its Rooftop Series this weekend.<\/p>\n

On May 22, the venue will host \u201cHighway 61 Revival \u2013 A Bob Dylan Experience.\u201d The show will celebrate the 80th Birthday of Bob Dylan and feature members of Mason Porter. On May 23, the headliner will be Dave Mattock and Funktap.<\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will present Electron on May 21 and 22 and Aunt Mary Pat on May 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times You can get your weekend off to an early start and be laughing all the way as two comedians with Philly roots perform at area venues tonight \u2013 Chester County native Todd Glass and Philadelphia\u2019s Coleman Green. From May 20-22, Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, philadelphia.heliumcomedy.com). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8457],"tags":[13837,7426,13839,13838,13836,11482],"class_list":["post-48323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-colman-green","tag-featured","tag-jefferson-berry-the-uac","tag-peg-talbott-lane","tag-todd-glass","tag-vanessa-collier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48325,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48323\/revisions\/48325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}