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Paul Stranahan's Electronic Press Kit
For bookings call 216-269-9156 or Email Paul!
The following gigs are scheduled
for 2011. Check back regularly for added gigs:
Friday, December 9, 2011 from 5pm to 7pm @ Whole Foods (13998 Cedar Rd. University Heights, OH 44118). The Paul Stranahan Trio will perform . Jeremey Poparad on guitar, Matt DeRubertis on bass will join Paul on drums. The trio will be doing mostly their own jazzy versions of Christmas tunes.
Sunday, December 11, 2011 starting at 8:30pm @ Beachland Tavern (13998 Cedar Rd. University Heights, OH 44118). PSI-Paul Stranahan’s Insomnia will open up for Eastern Blok. This should be a great show. PSI will feature for the first time a two guitar attack with Tim Mirth and Jeremey Poparad on his new manly 9 string guitar. Matt DeRubertis on bass will join Paul on drums. Then EASTERN BLOK will perform whose “extraordinary pan-cultural ensemble effortlessly blends classical and jazz music with the rich folkloric traditions of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Serbia. The resulting music is as alluring as it is complex. Exotic Middle Eastern motifs merge gracefully with the evocative sounds of Eastern European klezmer music. Beautifully conceived folk passages are followed by perfectly executed Mahavishnu-inspired pyrotechnics. The passion and urgency at which this group plays is heard in every note…” (Minor 7th Magazine).
EASTERN BLOK features classical guitar virtuoso GORAN IVANOVIC, joined by DOUG ROSENBERG on woodwinds, MATTHEW ULERY on upright bass, and MICHAEL CASKEY on percussion. Their website is www.easternblok.net $10 cover charge to support the bands.
Friday, December 16, 2011 from 3pm to 4pm @ Chambrel at Montrose (100 Brookmont Rd., Akron, OH 44333). Paul Stranahan will perform solo marimba.
Thursday, January 5, 2012 @ Now That's Class (
Detroit Avenue Cleveland, OH 44102-2405. P hone: 216-221-8576) PSI - Paul Stranahan's Insomnia will
will open up for HERCULANEUM (Chicago sextet combines avant jazz, bop, chamber w/ members of Icy Demons, Cursive).
Should be a great night on experimental music. PSI will feature a two guitar attack with Tim Mirth and Jeremey Poparad on his new manly 9 string guitar. Matt DeRubertis on bass will join Paul on drums. http://www.herculaneumsound. com/video.html
Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 9pm to 11pm @ Wonder Bar (2044 E. 4th St. Cleveland, OH 44115) The Paul Stranahan Trio will perform.
Previous Performances:
Sunday, November 27, 2011 from 2pm to 3pm @ Homewood Residence at Rockefeller Gardens (3151 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 44118-1753). Paul Stranahan will perform solo marimba.
Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm @ Centenary United Methodist Church (1310 Superior Ave. Akron, OH 44307). The Jeremey Poparad Quartet will perform. Chris Coles on alto sax, Matt DeRubertis on bass and Paul on drums will join Jeremey on guitar. Everyone at the church welcomes all visitors so please come by and check out a great night of jazz music.
Sunday, September 18 2011 @ The Ingenuity Festival from 3pm to 3:45pm at the Scene Stage, PSI-Paul Stranahan’s Insomnia will perform. This is a great festival. You can check out www.ingenuitycleveland.com for more info. Tim Mirth on guitar and Matt DeRubertis on bass will join Paul on drums. The band should really be able to stretch the boundaries at this show.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 @ Stone Tavern (110 E. Main St. Kent, OH 44240). PSI - Paul Stranahan's Insomnia will perform. Jeremey Poparad on guitar and Matt Derubertis on bass will join Paul on drums. It's a new venue for the group and we've heard it's great for music. We'll play instrumental progressive/jazz/ rock/avante-garde/cool music in general.
Thursday July 21, 2011 @ Annabelle’s Bar and Lounge . Location: 784 W. Market St. Akron. OH 44303. The Moho Collective and P.S.I. will perform. PSI-Paul Stranahan’s Insomnia (progressive jazz/rock fusion) will open up for Rochester, NY's jazz-fusion/world/experimental trio, The Moho Collective who make their first appearance in Akron as they tour in support of their debut album. It should be an incredible evening of music! PSI will have Jeremey Poparad on guitar, Paul on drums and welcomes new bassist Matthew DeRubertis. And by the way . . . This is a FREE show!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 starting around 10:00 pm @ AllGoSigns Factory (1935 W. 96th Cleveland, 44102. 216-229-9711). The Straw/Stranahan Duo will be performing. This is a brand new project and will be a debut performance. Brian Straw plays an instrument you have to see and hear for yourself. The best way to describe it is a combination of a gas can and a cello hooked up to a bunch of weird effects. The other half of the duo is Paul on drums. It will be all improvised/avant/atmospheric weirdness.
Saturday, May 14, 2011 @ The Patio Tavern (15570 W. High Street | Middlefield , OH. 216-659-1513.) Red Side Visible will perform. Also on the bill is CoConspirator and Vox Voronet. One of the sites for the club is http://www.reverbnation.com/
Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm @ Prosperity Social Club. (1109 Starkweather, Tremont 44113. 216-937-1938). PSI - Paul Stranahan's Insomnia will perform. We'll be doing progressive jazz as well as debuting new material.
Friday, April 15, 2011 from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am @ Pete's Tavern (1318 Warrensville Center Rd. | Cleveland Heights, OH. 44121. 216-291-0400.) PSI - Paul Stranahan's Insomnia will perform. Tim Mirth is on guitar, Tony Cuda filling in on bass and Paul on drums. We’ll be doing progressive jazz as well as debuting new material written by Tim.
Friday, February 25, 2011 from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am @ Pete's Tavern (1318 Warrensville Center Rd. | Cleveland Heights, OH. 44121. 216-291-0400.) PSI - Paul Stranahan's Insomnia will perform. New to the band is Jack Zucker on guitar, Mke Forfia on bass, and Paul on drums. We'll be doing progressive jazz as well as debuting new material.
Friday, February 11, 2011 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm @ The Carriage Barn at Mill Hollow Vermillion Reservation (51211 N Ridge Rd. Vermillion, OH 44089). Paul Stranahan Trio will perform with special guest vocalist Kelsey Eddington . We’ll be doing a night of vocal jazz standards with a few originals thrown in.
Sunday, January 23, 2011 starting at 2:00 pm @ the Lakewood Public Library - as part of their 'Sunday with Friends' concert series. (15424 Detroit Rd. Lakewood, OH 44107). Paul Stranahan performs Solo Marimba. Paul will play his original compositions, some Bach, and contemporary four mallet pieces specifically written for the marimba.
Friday, November 5, 2010 from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am @ Pete's Tavern (1318 Warrensville Center Rd. | Cleveland Heights, OH. 44121. 216-291-0400.) PSI - Paul Stranahan's Insomnia will perform. We'll be doing progressive jazz as well as debuting new material.
Thursday, October 21, 2010 from 10:00pm to 11:00pm. Live on the radio as part of WRUW’s “Live from Cleveland” concert series - Red Side Visible will perform. Please tune in to 91.1FM or listen on line at www.wruw.org. RSV features the best in gressive/metal/ avant/jazz.
Friday, October 8, 2010 starting at 8:00 pm @ Frohring Recital Hall - Hiram College. The Paul Stranahan Trio will perform.
Sunday, October 3, 2010 from 11:00am to 2:00pm @ The Mustard Seed in Fairlawn. Intransit will perform. Intransit is an excellent trio performing latin, jazz, funk and R&B. John Blosco plays guitar and writes most of their original material. Lincoln Adams plays bass and Paul will be filling in on drums.
Saturday, September 25 from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am @ Pete's Tavern (1318 Warrensville Center Rd. | Cleveland Heights, OH. 44121. 216-291-0400.) PSI - Paul Stranahan's Insomnia will perform. We'll be doing progressive jazz as well as debuting new material.
Sunday, September 12 starting at 2:00 pm @ the Lakewood Public Library - as part of their 'Summer with Friends' concert series. (15424 Detroit Rd. Lakewood, OH 44107). Intransit will perform.
I Sunday, September 5 from 11:00am to 2:00pm @ The Mustard Seed in Fairlawn. Intransit will perform. Intransit is an excellent trio performing latin, jazz, funk and R&B. John Blosco plays guitar and writes most of their original material. Lincoln Adams plays bass and Paul will be filling in on drums.
Saturday, August 28 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm @ Troutman Vineyards (4243 Columbus Rd. Wooster, OH 44691-8468). Intransit will perform. Intransit is an excellent trio performing latin, jazz, funk and R&B.
Saturday, August 28 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm @ the Medina Cultural Heritage Festival at the Gazebo in Medina Square. Intransit will perform. Intransit is an excellent trio performing latin, jazz, funk and R&B. John Blosco plays guitar and writes most of their original material. Lincoln Adams plays bass and Paul will be filling in on drums.
Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ the Beachland Tavern Doors open at 7pm. Red Side Visible with Cuda/Renko will perform. The show starts at 7:30pm. $5 cover. 15711 Waterloo Rd. Cleveland 216-383-1121. RSV goes on first. Should be a great show.www.myspace.com/tonycuda
Friday, August 20 from 6:30 pm to 9:30pm @ The Bistro at Hammonds Corner. (1925 N. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. (Rd. 21). Bath 44333. 330-666-8150) Intransit will perform. The gig is outside and is weather permitting. Intransit is an excellent trio performing latin, jazz, funk and R&B. John Blosco plays guitar and writes most of their original material. Lincoln Adams plays bass and Paul will be filling in on drums.
Saturday Aug. 14 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm @ The Mustard Seed in Fairlawn. Intransit will perform. Intransit is an excellent trio performing latin, jazz, funk and R&B. John Blosco plays guitar and writes most of their original material. Lincoln Adams plays bass and Paul will be filling in on drums.
Saturday, August 7 from 6:30 pm to 7:30pm @ The Twins' Day Festival. (9825 Ravenna Rd. | Twinsburgh | 44087) The Paul Stranahan Trio will perform. If you've never been to the Twins Day festival it's certainly the most interesting event to people watch. It's the biggest gathering of twins in the world.
Thursday August 5 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm @ The Wadsworth Gazebo. Intransit is an excellent trio performing latin, jazz, funk and R&B. John Blosco plays guitar and writes most of their original material. Lincoln Adams plays bass and Paul will be filling in on drums.
Tuesday, August 3 starting at 7:00 pm @ The Sach (7001 Denison, Cleveland, Ohio. 44102). The Tim Mirth Trio will be performing..Here’s how Tim describes the evening and music. “Jazz/Fusion trio featuring Paul Stranahan, Jeremey Poparad and yours truly. I'll be debuting some new material, and some new improv ideas I've been playing with. Should be a cool show. Looking forward to it, hope you can make it out. Guaranteed to be some pretty new ideas there, odd time, spontaneous improv in creative templates, shifts in tempo and alterations in mind ;) All in all a good night of new music.”
Saturday July 31 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm @ Paper Moons Vinyards in Vermilion, OH. Intransit is an excellent trio performing latin, jazz, funk and R&B. John Blosco plays guitar and writes most of their original material. Lincoln Adams plays bass and Paul will be filling in on drums.
Friday, July 23 from 6:30 pm to 9:30pm @ The Bistro at Hammonds Corner. (1925 N. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. (Rd. 21). Bath 44333. 330-666-8150) The Paul Stranahan Trio will perform. The same lineup of the trio that went to France (Chris Herald- alto sax, Jeremey Poparad-bass and Paul on drums) will play some originals, jazz standards and their own versions of rock covers. The gig is outside and is weather permitting.
Thursday July 15 at Annabelle’s. 784 W. Market St. Akron. OH 44303. Red Side Visible will perform. Also on the bill is Major Disappointment and from Philly a great band called Cleric. We can’t wait to share the bill with them. Major Disappointment goes on first at 9pm and then either Red Side Visible or Cleric after that.
Saturday, July 10 from 9:00 pm to 10:00 am @ Pete's Tavern (1318 Warrensville Center Rd. | Cleveland Heights, OH. 44121. 216-291-0400.) PSI - Paul Stranahan's Insomnia will perform. We'll be doing progressive jazz as well as debuting new material.
Thursday, July 8 from 6:00 pm to 9:00pm @ The Bistro at Hammonds Corner. (1925 N. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. (Rd. 21). Bath 44333. 330-666-8150) The Paul Stranahan Trio will perform. The same lineup of the trio that went to France (Chris Herald- alto sax, Jeremey Poparad-bass and Paul on drums) will play some originals, jazz standards and their own versions of rock covers. The gig is outside and is weather permitting.
Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm @ Prosperity Social Club. (1109 Starkweather, Tremont 44113. 216-937-1938). PSI - Paul Stranahan's Insomnia will perform. We'll be doing progressive jazz as well as debuting new material.
Friday, June 18 from 6:30 pm to 9:30pm @ The Bistro at Hammonds Corner. (1925 N. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. (Rd. 21). Bath 44333. 330-666-8150) The Paul Stranahan Trio will perform. The same lineup of the trio that went to France (Chris Herald- alto sax, Jeremey Poparad-bass and Paul on drums) will play some originals, jazz standards and their own versions of rock covers. The gig is outside and is weather permitting.
May 22, 23, 24, 2010 in Belfort, France @ FIMU-Festival International de Musique Universitaire. The Paul Stranahan Trio and RSV - Red Side Visible will perform. Two bands that Paul is involved with have been selected out of hundreds of American acts to perform a great international music festival in Belfort, France. The Paul Stranahan Trio and the avant/progressive/metal band Red Side Visible will perform. See www.fimu.com for more info. Please check back later for performance times and venues. The Trio will be Chris Herald on alto sax and Jeremey Poparad and Paul on drums. Those same people are in Red Side Visible which adds Tim Mirth on guitar and Tim McDonald on tenor sax. Special thanks to James Onysko of Drumplay who hooked us up.
For bookings call 216-269-9156 or Email Paul!
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