BackYard - Live Acoustic Music

BackYard brings the party once again to Coffee Works.  Great way tp spend a Saturday night.  Get a bottle of wine (or 2) and come on out for an evening of great covers and original music from BackYard.  Coffee Works has great snacks, sanwiches, and plnty of coffee drinks to round out the evening.  Never a Cover Charge!  Coffee Works is known as the Best Coffee House in South Jersey when it comes to the music they present and the atmosphere they present it in.  If you’ve never been there you owe it to yourself to check it out.  Always great entertainment and BackYard is always happy to play there.  Hope to see you there and in the mean time check out their website. www.coffee-works.com

Still going strong every tuesday night. The open mic event at Coffee Works may be more popular than ever these days. Every week there has been a full list of very talented performers. I am honored to be part of this event and want to personally thank all the performers that come out and make it a very entertaining evening. Keep coming out and being part of this fun event. You can check out their website for more information and some pictures. You can also pick up an “Open Mic T-Shirt” which are now available through their website. www.coffee-works.com We must be doing somethig right and we attracted the attention of the Courier Post who recently did a nice article on us. Check it out Here!

Robert Hazard, the Philadelphia-raised musician, songwriter and a star of many Camp Jam Festivals, and the writer of hits such as Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” died yesterday, due to complications from pancreatic cancer. Hazard’s longtime friend and former manager Bill Eid confirmed the news earlier today. Robert Hazard would have been 60 on Aug. 21. Hazard had surgery in Boston last week related to his cancer. He had recently postponed tour dates due to his health. We all have memories of his music from the past and really dug his newer folkier material that we all got to hear at Camp Jam. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and those that were close to him. We’ve lost another friend and we will miss him.

It’s not BackYard but there is another terrific performer coming back for what promises to be a great show.  Friday night, August 1st, Coffee Works presents Liz Longley and her special guest Will Knox.  Liz has played at Coffee Works before and each time has mezmorised the audience.  Her and her friend Sarah Zimmerman have put on 2 excelllent performances at Coffee Works this year but this time Sarah is not in the area so Liz is bring another musician friend along.  We enjoy Liz a lot and wanted to let you know about her show this friday night.  Come on out to Coffee Works in Voorhees, NJ for a great free concert.  You can check out Liz on the web. www.lizlongley.com

Just a little follow up on the XPN Music Festival.

We went back to Camden on Sunday, 7/13, and once again we were treated to another great summer day filled with tons of terrific live music.  All of the performances were fantastic but some of the highlights of the weekend were Joan Osbourne closing out the festival on Sunday night.  Preceeded by the one and only Shelby Lynn.  The Saturday night close with Michael Frante and Spearheard was also fantastic and I believe he had the entire place standing if not jumping to his music.  If you were there then you know the kind of energy that filled the place.  It was unbelievable.  Also on Saturday night we happened to be parked near Michaela Majoun so as we all waited for the garage to empty out and traffic to loosen up, we talked with Michaela and ate left over snacks while we raved about the festival.  Just hanging out on the roof of the parking garage.  Every XPN festival we have been to has been spectacular and this one again has gone one step better.  We are already looking froward to next year.  

 -BB