Tour Dates
May 20 2010 8:00P the 8×10 Baltimore, MD Find Tickets
May 21 2010 9:00P North Star Bar Philadelphia, PA
May 22 2010 7:30P Bowery Ballroom Manhattan, NY
Jun 15 2010 7:30P Nightcat Easton, MD
Jun 16 2010 7:00P Sellersville Theater Sellersville, PA
Jun 17 2010 9:00P River Street Jazz Cafe Wilkes Barre, PA
Jun 18 2010 8:00P Bearsville Theater Woodstock, NY
Jun 24 2010 8:00P Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
Jun 25 2010 9:00P Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
Jun 26 2010 7:00P Axe and Fiddle Cottage Grove, OR
Jun 27 2010 11:30P Rachel Browne Theater Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA
Jun 28 2010 7:00P Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Jun 29 2010 7:00P The Church of Holy Trinity Toronto, ON, CANADA Find Tickets
Aug 12 2010 7:00P Dazzle Restaurant Denver, CO
Aug 13 2010 7:00P Dazzle Restaurant Denver, CO

Here’s a video of what folks in Brooklyn got on March 7th with some other supporting players, it’s much like what I heard last night. Just look at what he does, at that energy!

No, I can’t tell you a single title of what they played. It was jazz, it was improv/experimental, it went in all sorts of directions throughout and sometimes seemed to fall right off the cliff to be scooped up halfway down by the strong beat of a bass guitar or a fresh breath of a recognizable piano strain.  This is not just a guy and a piano, it’s loud, it’s raucous, it’s jazzy and it grooves… women danced, “Marv” demanded it!

Sing It Again mp3 Marco Benevento Me Not Me

[edit: go and listen to NPR's song of the day today, by happy coincidence it's Marco Benevento's cover of My Morning Jacket's "Golden"]

This track isn’t very much like what I heard last night… well, I should preface that by saying it was a long set… and I heard so many tracks. They opened with a nice loud number, the third or fourth one in simply took me up to the ceiling and back again as it built and fell with a shimmer of cymbals and electronic noise. After that it was a series of songs, including one by George Harrison, a bit of chatter in between but not much. Toward the end, some requests taken from the meager audience and a pause for breath and some Maker’s Mark (this man had been literally hammering away for over an hour and a half!), and a few more, and then a beautiful closing number.  I shook his hand afterward, thanking him for coming to our city; it was a warm, soft, tired hand that night.

official site……… buy the album, Me Not Me here! and hear a lot more music there too.

MySpace

[edit: I totally forgot to mention the amazing opening band that played last night! Liquid Beat Allstars are not to be missed!!! Last night they had Allie Kral on violin, with them,  from Cornmeal, who was great! .... see down below for gig dates/times here in Chicago]

Go see this amazing artist on tour!:
04.10.09 Fri
Vaudeville Mews
Des Moines, IA
with Reed Mathis and Simon Lott

04.11.09
Dakota
Minneapolis, MN
with Reed Mathis and Simon Lott

04.12.09
CSPS
Cedar Rapids, IA
with Reed Mathis and Simon Lott

04.17.09
Ithaca, NY
Castaways
with Marc Friedman and others
Nathan Moore opens

04.23.09
New Orleans, LA
Tipitina’s
with Adam Deitch, Papa Mali and many others

4.24.09
New Orleans, LA
Riverboat
with Stanton Moore, Mike D and Skerik

4.25.09
New Orleans, LA
The Maple Leaf
with Johnny Vidacovich (late night)

4.29.09
New Orleans, LA
The Howlin Wolf
- solo early set -
-late set – with Stanton Moore, Mike D and Skerik

4.30.09
New Orleans, LA
The Maple Leaf
with Johnny Vidacovich and George Porter
11pm set

05.01.09
New Orleans, LA
One Eyed Jacks
with Stanton Moore, Mike D and Skerik
LATE NIGHT AT THE COLTON THEATRE -
Benevento Russo Duo – show starts 2am.

05.02.09
New Orleans, LA
Tipitina’s
with BUSTLE IN YOUR HEDGEROW
- late show -

05.03.09
New Orleans, LA
The Blue Nile
ME NOT ME CD Release Show
with Reed Mathis and Adam Deitch

05.06.09
Le Divan Orange
Montreal, Canada
with Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr

05.07.09
The Wescott Theatre
Syracuse, NY
with Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr

05.08.09
The Iron Horse
Northampton, MA
with Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr

05.09.09
Portland, ME
Empire Dine and Dance
with Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr

05.12.09
Hartford, CT
Real Art Ways
with Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr

05.13.09
Philadelphia, PA
Johnny Brenda’s
with Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr

05.14.09
Merkin Concert Hall
New York, NY
with Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr

05.15.09
Boston, MA
The Pardise
opening for TLG

05.29.09
Woodstock, NY
MOUNTAIN JAM

June 11th
NYC
The Stone
8pm and 10pm Solo

07.3.09
Quincy, CA
HIGH SIERRA MUSIC FESTIVAL

07.18.09
Sante Fe, NM
New Mexico Jazz Festival

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Chicago! Go hear Liquid Beat Allstars

Apr 11 2009 9:00P
US Beer Co w/ Great Divide Chicago, Illinois
Apr 15 2009 10:00P
Tonic Room Chicago, Illinois
Apr 22 2009 10:00P
Tonic Room Chicago, Illinois
Apr 29 2009 10:00P
Tonic Room Chicago, Illinois
May 2 2009 8:00P
Illinois Brewing Co. (Bloomington, IL) w/ Raoul Duke Bloomington, IL
May 28 2009 9:00P
The Kinetic Playground w/ Steez & The Station Chicago, Illinois

special thanks to Adam Lindstaedt