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Monkey Rock is a production company/record-label/community comprised of artists and friends from all over the world who support each other by promoting, and performing as a group. Monkey Rock hosts a monthly free concert at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 (198 Allen St. Lower East Side) New York, NY. at 9pm where members and friends of the Monkey Rock,

Sunday, October 24, 2010

This week at Monkey Rock NYC 10/27/2010



Come share a late October night with us...
Free !
9:30 - 12 
@ Googies Lounge (above the Living Room)
154 Ludlow St. Lower East Side


SAMMI GARETT





WOLF VAN ELFMAND






PETER SPEAR

& MORE!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

This Week at Monkey Rock NYC 10/13/2010

Come share a night of music with us
Free !
9:30 - 12 
@ Googies Lounge (above the Living Room)
154 Ludlow St. Lower East Side


FEATURING

ANN DRISCOLL


Ann Driscoll was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and began playing guitar and writing songs at seven, inspired by Nirvana and The Beatles. By the age of 10, she had learned guitar, drums, bass, and had an extensive catalogue of originals as well as covers recorded on cassette.

Her first LP, Young Tracks, digitally and physically released in August 2009, is a collection of the home and studio recordings she made from the ages of 16 to 19. The LP features a young artist delivering intimate, instantly catchy retro-pop. Ann performed all of the instruments on all eleven songs (guitars, bass, drums, piano), except for the cello on album closer, “The Sinking Ship.”

2009 saw the release of three new fully realized recordings, the electro-pop “Trophy F***” the fully orchestrated circus waltz, "Ringmaster" and macabre pop-punk anthem, "I Wanna Be Your Zombie" 




CAMERON MCLAIN


featuring songs from the new The Grace and Grit EP
The Grace and the Grit EP was recorded at the BarberShop Studios in New Jersey over two days in May 2010. The focus of the session was to produce an organic sound with a strong emphasis on live performance.

Cameron wrote the songs on the album over the past two years while he studied Religion and Philosophy at Princeton University, lived in Buenos Aires, and intermittently returned to his hometown of London. The songs on the album are reflective of the many influences and experiences he was exposed to during this time.

The music on the album is rooted in folk but seamlessly integrates Jazz, Funk, and Reggae elements. All the members of the band played for PUJE (The Princeton University Jazz Ensemble).

The lyrics reflect Cameron's deep love of literature - particularly the Beat Generation and the English Romantic Poets - and his burgeoning interest in Buddhism.