BOTH SIDES NOW: THE MUSIC AND LIVES OF JONI MITCHELL AND LEONARD COHEN
Doors @ 7pmShow @ 8pmFull BarFree On-site ParkingAll Ages Both Sides Now begins with songs we know, and follows them into the places we don’t. More than a concert and beyond a biography, Both Sides Now traces the lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen—longtime friends and one-time lovers—through love and loss, artistic transformation, and a lifelong search for meaning. Singer-songwriter Robbie Schaefer (founding member of Eddie From Ohio) and GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Danielle Wertz weave a cherished catalog of songs with stories from Mitchell and Cohen’s lives as well as snapshots from their own. Together, they explore the questions that iconic hits such as Hallelujah, Big Yellow Taxi, Suzanne, and Both Sides Now have been asking us all along: How do we find joy amidst heartbreak? What do we hold on to, and what must we let go of? How do we keep growing into the people we are becoming? Journalist Bill Hirschman writes, “This evening is a gift. Both Sides Now instantly regenerates feelings and visions a half-century old as if they are happening for the first time.” Whether these songs have been part of your life for fifty years or you’re just discovering them, Both Sides Now offers a chance to hear them anew in two remarkable voices, through two remarkable lives, and in an evening that is moving, intimate, funny, and alive. Come for the songs you love. Leave knowing them, and perhaps yourself, a little more deeply. -- Robbie Schaefer Robbie is a singer-songwriter, theatre/film artist and current rabbinical student. The guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk band Eddie From Ohio has also recorded several solo albums, including 2017′s Sounds Like Home: Songs From the Musical, Light Years. In addition, Robbie is the founder of OneVoice, an international non-profit that unites and empowers youth through music and the creative arts. The organization was active from 2011-2023 and completed projects in Tanzania, Nicaragua, India, Greece, and Israel. Robbie has shared the stage with Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Keb ‘ Mo, and Emmylou Harris, among others. His first work for musical theater, Light Years, saw its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in 2018 and is now a feature film entitled Burst The Silence, which is currently on the festival circuit and due for wider release by Rolling Pictures in 2024. His newest work for theatre, The Blue Poppy, is an Irish-Jewish ghost story written in collaboration with Scottish playwright Grace Barnes. Also, he likes olives. A lot. -- Danielle Wertz Danielle is a storyteller, collaborator, jazz musician, composer and arranger. Described as, "untarnished by the politics of music" (Jazz Music Archives) and "a masterful ballad interpreter" (New York City Jazz Record) she has rapidly gained national acclaim. After being named a 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition semi-finalist, Danielle independently released her debut album, Intertwined, which ranked #4 on Capital Bop's list of "Best DC Jazz Albums of 2017." That same year she placed 2nd in the Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition and 3rd in the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Vocal Competition. In 2023 Danielle released her sophomore album, Other Side. With this project she made a quantum leap as a composer and conceptualist. Reimagined and rewritten during the pandemic, the album pairs her original compositions with carefully crafted arrangements of standards from the Great American Songbook. Jazziz called the album “expressive and polished” and Jazz Weekly noticed a “Joni Mitchell’d tenderness to her material.” Danielle continues to be an avid collaborator internationally and as a member of the NYC jazz scene, and is looking forward to headlining her first European tour in 2025. Also, she loves chocolate. A lot.
Doors @ 7pmShow @ 8pmFull BarFree On-site ParkingAll Ages Both Sides Now begins with songs we know, and follows them into the places we don’t. More than a concert and beyond a biography, Both Sides Now traces the lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen—longtime friends and one-time lovers—through love and loss, artistic transformation, and a lifelong search for meaning. Singer-songwriter Robbie Schaefer (founding member of Eddie From Ohio) and GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Danielle Wertz weave a cherished catalog of songs with stories from Mitchell and Cohen’s lives as well as snapshots from their own. Together, they explore the questions that iconic hits such as Hallelujah, Big Yellow Taxi, Suzanne, and Both Sides Now have been asking us all along: How do we find joy amidst heartbreak? What do we hold on to, and what must we let go of? How do we keep growing into the people we are becoming? Journalist Bill Hirschman writes, “This evening is a gift. Both Sides Now instantly regenerates feelings and visions a half-century old as if they are happening for the first time.” Whether these songs have been part of your life for fifty years or you’re just discovering them, Both Sides Now offers a chance to hear them anew in two remarkable voices, through two remarkable lives, and in an evening that is moving, intimate, funny, and alive. Come for the songs you love. Leave knowing them, and perhaps yourself, a little more deeply. -- Robbie Schaefer Robbie is a singer-songwriter, theatre/film artist and current rabbinical student. The guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk band Eddie From Ohio has also recorded several solo albums, including 2017′s Sounds Like Home: Songs From the Musical, Light Years. In addition, Robbie is the founder of OneVoice, an international non-profit that unites and empowers youth through music and the creative arts. The organization was active from 2011-2023 and completed projects in Tanzania, Nicaragua, India, Greece, and Israel. Robbie has shared the stage with Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Keb ‘ Mo, and Emmylou Harris, among others. His first work for musical theater, Light Years, saw its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in 2018 and is now a feature film entitled Burst The Silence, which is currently on the festival circuit and due for wider release by Rolling Pictures in 2024. His newest work for theatre, The Blue Poppy, is an Irish-Jewish ghost story written in collaboration with Scottish playwright Grace Barnes. Also, he likes olives. A lot. -- Danielle Wertz Danielle is a storyteller, collaborator, jazz musician, composer and arranger. Described as, "untarnished by the politics of music" (Jazz Music Archives) and "a masterful ballad interpreter" (New York City Jazz Record) she has rapidly gained national acclaim. After being named a 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition semi-finalist, Danielle independently released her debut album, Intertwined, which ranked #4 on Capital Bop's list of "Best DC Jazz Albums of 2017." That same year she placed 2nd in the Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition and 3rd in the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Vocal Competition. In 2023 Danielle released her sophomore album, Other Side. With this project she made a quantum leap as a composer and conceptualist. Reimagined and rewritten during the pandemic, the album pairs her original compositions with carefully crafted arrangements of standards from the Great American Songbook. Jazziz called the album “expressive and polished” and Jazz Weekly noticed a “Joni Mitchell’d tenderness to her material.” Danielle continues to be an avid collaborator internationally and as a member of the NYC jazz scene, and is looking forward to headlining her first European tour in 2025. Also, she loves chocolate. A lot.
Doors @ 7pmShow @ 8pmFull BarFree On-site ParkingAll Ages Both Sides Now begins with songs we know, and follows them into the places we don’t. More than a concert and beyond a biography, Both Sides Now traces the lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen—longtime friends and one-time lovers—through love and loss, artistic transformation, and a lifelong search for meaning. Singer-songwriter Robbie Schaefer (founding member of Eddie From Ohio) and GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Danielle Wertz weave a cherished catalog of songs with stories from Mitchell and Cohen’s lives as well as snapshots from their own. Together, they explore the questions that iconic hits such as Hallelujah, Big Yellow Taxi, Suzanne, and Both Sides Now have been asking us all along: How do we find joy amidst heartbreak? What do we hold on to, and what must we let go of? How do we keep growing into the people we are becoming? Journalist Bill Hirschman writes, “This evening is a gift. Both Sides Now instantly regenerates feelings and visions a half-century old as if they are happening for the first time.” Whether these songs have been part of your life for fifty years or you’re just discovering them, Both Sides Now offers a chance to hear them anew in two remarkable voices, through two remarkable lives, and in an evening that is moving, intimate, funny, and alive. Come for the songs you love. Leave knowing them, and perhaps yourself, a little more deeply. -- Robbie Schaefer Robbie is a singer-songwriter, theatre/film artist and current rabbinical student. The guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk band Eddie From Ohio has also recorded several solo albums, including 2017′s Sounds Like Home: Songs From the Musical, Light Years. In addition, Robbie is the founder of OneVoice, an international non-profit that unites and empowers youth through music and the creative arts. The organization was active from 2011-2023 and completed projects in Tanzania, Nicaragua, India, Greece, and Israel. Robbie has shared the stage with Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Keb ‘ Mo, and Emmylou Harris, among others. His first work for musical theater, Light Years, saw its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in 2018 and is now a feature film entitled Burst The Silence, which is currently on the festival circuit and due for wider release by Rolling Pictures in 2024. His newest work for theatre, The Blue Poppy, is an Irish-Jewish ghost story written in collaboration with Scottish playwright Grace Barnes. Also, he likes olives. A lot. -- Danielle Wertz Danielle is a storyteller, collaborator, jazz musician, composer and arranger. Described as, "untarnished by the politics of music" (Jazz Music Archives) and "a masterful ballad interpreter" (New York City Jazz Record) she has rapidly gained national acclaim. After being named a 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition semi-finalist, Danielle independently released her debut album, Intertwined, which ranked #4 on Capital Bop's list of "Best DC Jazz Albums of 2017." That same year she placed 2nd in the Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition and 3rd in the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Vocal Competition. In 2023 Danielle released her sophomore album, Other Side. With this project she made a quantum leap as a composer and conceptualist. Reimagined and rewritten during the pandemic, the album pairs her original compositions with carefully crafted arrangements of standards from the Great American Songbook. Jazziz called the album “expressive and polished” and Jazz Weekly noticed a “Joni Mitchell’d tenderness to her material.” Danielle continues to be an avid collaborator internationally and as a member of the NYC jazz scene, and is looking forward to headlining her first European tour in 2025. Also, she loves chocolate. A lot.
Doors @ 7pmShow @ 8pmFull BarFree On-site ParkingAll Ages Both Sides Now begins with songs we know, and follows them into the places we don’t. More than a concert and beyond a biography, Both Sides Now traces the lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen—longtime friends and one-time lovers—through love and loss, artistic transformation, and a lifelong search for meaning. Singer-songwriter Robbie Schaefer (founding member of Eddie From Ohio) and GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Danielle Wertz weave a cherished catalog of songs with stories from Mitchell and Cohen’s lives as well as snapshots from their own. Together, they explore the questions that iconic hits such as Hallelujah, Big Yellow Taxi, Suzanne, and Both Sides Now have been asking us all along: How do we find joy amidst heartbreak? What do we hold on to, and what must we let go of? How do we keep growing into the people we are becoming? Journalist Bill Hirschman writes, “This evening is a gift. Both Sides Now instantly regenerates feelings and visions a half-century old as if they are happening for the first time.” Whether these songs have been part of your life for fifty years or you’re just discovering them, Both Sides Now offers a chance to hear them anew in two remarkable voices, through two remarkable lives, and in an evening that is moving, intimate, funny, and alive. Come for the songs you love. Leave knowing them, and perhaps yourself, a little more deeply. -- Robbie Schaefer Robbie is a singer-songwriter, theatre/film artist and current rabbinical student. The guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk band Eddie From Ohio has also recorded several solo albums, including 2017′s Sounds Like Home: Songs From the Musical, Light Years. In addition, Robbie is the founder of OneVoice, an international non-profit that unites and empowers youth through music and the creative arts. The organization was active from 2011-2023 and completed projects in Tanzania, Nicaragua, India, Greece, and Israel. Robbie has shared the stage with Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Keb ‘ Mo, and Emmylou Harris, among others. His first work for musical theater, Light Years, saw its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in 2018 and is now a feature film entitled Burst The Silence, which is currently on the festival circuit and due for wider release by Rolling Pictures in 2024. His newest work for theatre, The Blue Poppy, is an Irish-Jewish ghost story written in collaboration with Scottish playwright Grace Barnes. Also, he likes olives. A lot. -- Danielle Wertz Danielle is a storyteller, collaborator, jazz musician, composer and arranger. Described as, "untarnished by the politics of music" (Jazz Music Archives) and "a masterful ballad interpreter" (New York City Jazz Record) she has rapidly gained national acclaim. After being named a 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition semi-finalist, Danielle independently released her debut album, Intertwined, which ranked #4 on Capital Bop's list of "Best DC Jazz Albums of 2017." That same year she placed 2nd in the Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition and 3rd in the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Vocal Competition. In 2023 Danielle released her sophomore album, Other Side. With this project she made a quantum leap as a composer and conceptualist. Reimagined and rewritten during the pandemic, the album pairs her original compositions with carefully crafted arrangements of standards from the Great American Songbook. Jazziz called the album “expressive and polished” and Jazz Weekly noticed a “Joni Mitchell’d tenderness to her material.” Danielle continues to be an avid collaborator internationally and as a member of the NYC jazz scene, and is looking forward to headlining her first European tour in 2025. Also, she loves chocolate. A lot.