Goodmorning dear all – Its four in the morning and I’m completely awake thanks to transatlantic mind scrambling. Just got home from three weeks with Rodney Crowell in the blizzardous UK and Scandinavia and now looking forward to the next few months of performances here in The States, starting tonight with Bruce Cockburn at Barbes. Hope to see you.

Instrumental shows (except tonight which is a little of both):
-Feb 10 Brooklyn Barbes w Bruce Cockburn
-Feb 17 Brooklyn Barbes w Steve Cardenas, Greg Cohen
-Mar 8 San Francisco Jazz Festival w Steve Cardenas, Greg Cohen, Rudy Royston
-March 28 Boston Regatta Bar w Steve Cardenas Mat Wilson,
-March 31 and/or April 1 Los Angeles, Largo w Nels Cline Moe Hawk + ?
-April 7-12 NYC The Blue Note w Nels Cline and Steve Cardenas

Singing Shows supporting The Flatlanders (all with Robbie Gjersoe):
-April 15 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Whittaker Center
-April 16 Alexandria, Virginia Birchmere
-April 17 Alexandria, Virginia Birchmere
-April 18 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania World Café
-April 20 Lexington, Kentucky Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour
-April 21 Columbus, OH Theatre
-April 22 Ann Arbor, Michigan The Ark
-April 24 Milwaukee, WI Potawatomi
-April 25 Chicago, Illinois Old Town School
-April 26 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater

More on the two shows this week:
Tuesday February 10 at Barbes 7-9PM 76 9th St (corner of 6th Ave) Park Slope 718 965 9177 www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Jenny Scheinman (violin/vocals), Bruce Cockburn (guitar/vocals)
One of the records I listened to obsessively in college was Bruce Cockburn’s “Dancing In The Dragon’s Jaw”. I lost track of him for years and then recently ran into him backstage at Town Hall. As it turned out he had just been listening to my recent recordings – I think he’s one of the few people that has listened to every one.. When I got home I downloaded some of his recent music and it all came rushing back. He’s tremendous. One of the great voices, writers, melody makers, lyricists. He has released 26 recordings and has won almost every award one can win in music. My current favorite-song-ever is his “Beautiful Creatures”. We’ll do a mix of his music and mine (some new ones!), instrumental and vocal.

Tuesday February 17 at Barbes 7-9PM 76 9th St (corner of 6th Ave) Park Slope 718 965 9177 www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Jenny Scheinman (violin), Steve Cardenas (guitar), Greg Cohen (bass)
This is sort of a dress rehearsal for our San Francisco Jazz Festival performance in about a month’s time, though that one will also include my main man Rudy Royston on drums. To hear Greg Cohen in the tiny space of Barbes is always a treat – he’s got one of the greatest bass sounds on the planet. And Steve will keep us on our toes.

News and Upcoming:
-Jenny Scheinman will be taking off the month of March at Barbes because of an exclusivity agreement with The Blue Note. In her place will be the talented singer and fellow fiddler, Viola Boldt, who has unconfirmed plans for a duo collaboration with the mysterious cult guitar god Moe Hawk, and a debut of her band “The Other Robbie” featuring at least one of these Robbies: Robbie Gjersoe, Robbie Fulks, sometimes cousin Adam Robbie Guapo Levy, and or Sir Robert William Kimbrough. For details check www.barbesbrooklyn.com tba.

Hello dear people, here goes..

Tonight, Jan 13 Singing Show at Barbes 7-9PM 376 9th St (corner of 6th Ave) Park Slope 718 965 9177 www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Jenny Scheinman (vocals/violin), Robbie Gjersoe (acoustic guitar/vocals), Adam Levy (electric guitar/vocals)
Guess what? Adam just got married – he tied the knot Friday.. It took us all by surprise! It was the shortest elopement in history! 5 blocks! we must toast together!.. One of the most blissful tours I had last year was with these two fellows playing with and opening for Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Adam Levy and I have been playing together since the beginning, he’s toured with Norah Jones, has a whole catalog of solo instrumental and vocal recordings, and coaxes pure magic from the strings of his electric guitar. Robbie was born with a slide on his finger and has toured and recorded with outlaw country artists Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, The Flatlanders, The Greencards and Robbie Fulks. We’ll sing harmonies of the three-part variety and attempt to play our asses off..

Rodney Crowell Tour: This is the last leg of a Rodney Crowell tour that, with a few weeks off here and there, started last August in Nashville. We will be singing and playing songs from his grammy nominated album “Sex And Gasoline” as well as songs from the OED-length Rodney Crowell Songbook. If you are not familiar with Rodney, he grew up in east Texas, penned many of the great Emmylou Harris hits, was in her band for a long stretch several decades ago, produced many records and more children with ex-wife Rosanne Cash, is one of the great American songwriters. For the show in Philly and all of Europe we will be an acoustic trio – Rodney (words/guitar), Will Kimbrough (guitar, harmony vocals), me (fiddle, violin – he calls me the fiddlin’ violinist! – and harmony vocals). For Bay Shore, Chatham and NYC we will be joined by my main man (I DO feel like a gloating match maker!) Tim Luntzel on bass, and two special guests, Rosanne Cash and Minton Sparks. And for all shows except Lincoln Center Will and I will open with a set of our songs.
1/19/09 Philadelphia, PA – WXPN World Cafe Live
1/21/09 Bay Shore, NY – Bolton Center for Performing Arts
1/23/09 New York, NY – Allen Room
1/24/09 Chatham, NJ – The Sanctuary Concerts
1/27/09 Glasgow, SCOTLAND – Celtic Connections City Hall
1/28/09 Dublin, IRELAND – Whelan’s
1/29/09 Belfast, IRELAND – Black Box
1/30/09 Malmo, SWEDEN – Kulturbolaget
2/1/09 Helsinki, FINLAND – Vanha Yo-Talo
2/2/09 Gothenburg, SWEDEN – Storan
2/3/09 Stockholm, SWEDEN РȘdra Teatern
2/6/09 Oslo, NORWAY – John Dee
2/8/09 London, ENGLAND – Bush Hall

News & Upcoming & Other
- I’ll be at Barbes Feb 10 and 17, 10th with Bruce Cockburn. I’ll save chairs for the ladies.

-You can hear one of my sets from The Village Vanguard at NPR.org. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96151154

- Both of my 2008 albums are now available; the eponymous vocal debut “Jenny Scheinman”, and my fifth and most extravagant instrumental recording “Crossing The Field”. http://www.jennyscheinman.com/listen.html

Hello all – I’ve returned from my adventures with Rodney Crowell and will be playing a few shows before the year’s end at my local haunts in New York City – three Tuesdays at Barbes and a show at Banjo Jim’s.

Tuesday December 2 at Barbes 7-9PM 76 9th St (corner of 6th Ave) Park Slope 718 965 9177 www.barbesbrooklyn.com
One of the records I listened to obsessively in college was Bruce Cockburn’s “Dancing In The Dragon’s Jaw”. I lost track of him for years and then recently ran into him backstage at Town Hall. As it turned out he had just been listening to my recent recordings – I think he’s one of the few people that has listened to every one.. When I got home I downloaded some of his recent music and it all came rushing back. He’s tremendous. One of the great voices, writers, melody makers, lyricists. He has released 26 recordings and has won almost every award one can win in music. My current favorite-song-ever is his “Beautiful Creatures”. We’ll do a mix of his music and mine (some new ones!), instrumental and vocal. This is a special one.

Tuesday December 9 & 16 at Barbes 7-9PM 76 9th St (corner of 6th Ave) Park Slope 718 965 9177 www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Jenny Scheinman (violin), Steve Cardenas (guitar)
Steve was in my first New York band, is a tremendous improviser, has been a part of Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop band for years as well as Charlie Haden/Carla Bley’s Liberation Orchestra, Joey Baron’s band, and like I, has toured a bunch in the last several years with the great singer Madeleine Peyroux.

Wednesday December 10th at Banjo Jim’s, (9pm) 700 East 9th Street at Ave C, New York, NY 10009 212-777-0869 www.banjojims.com
Jenny Scheinman (vocals/violin), Robbie Gjersoe (acoustic guitar/vocals), Adam Levy (electric guitar/vocals)
I spent a few weeks this summer with these lads opening for and playing with the great West Texas singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Robbie is Jimmie’s long time guitar player, plays the hell out of bluegrass, and has a to-die-for can’t-buy-it feel. Adam is a delicacy. We grew up together playing steady out in SF in The Hot Club Of San Francisco, moved east around the same time and have stayed in close touch through all sorts of twists and turns of fate and fame. This is part of his weekly curated “Wish List” and will include sets by Bukka Allen and Bill Sims.

News & Upcoming & Other

- You can hear one of my sets from The Village Vanguard at NPR.org. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96151154

- I’m in Rolling Stone this month! A great description by David Fricke that finally puts the two sides together as one.

- Both of my 2008 albums are now available; the eponymous vocal debut “Jenny Scheinman”, and my fifth and most extravagant instrumental recording “Crossing The Field”. The two together make a fascinating if not brilliant holiday gift. Go for it!

- Have you seen Elvis Costello recently? His new t.v. show is getting all sorts of funny press – I saw his face on the side of a city bus today.. I’m in one of the episodes http://www.elviscostello.com/news/news.php?uid=35

- More Rodney Crowell dates: philly Jan 19, Bay Shore Boulton Center for the Performing Arts Jan 22, Lincoln Center Allen Room Jan 23, Chattam NJ Jan 24, Europe jan 26 through first weeks of February.

In celebration of my recent instrumental release Crossing The Field, I’ll be playing at the Village Vanguard for a whole week, starting tomorrow.

Tuesday October 28th through Sunday November 2nd at The Village Vanguard, sets at 9 and 11 178 7th Avenue, 212 255 4037, www.villagevanguard.com, $30 (includes $10 drink minimum), all ages welcome.
Jenny Scheinman – violin
Jason Moran – piano
Greg Cohen – bass
Rudy Royston – drums