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 - for a list of past venues, please see individual acts under "Vane Pig Artists"  Illegal Contraband will play jazz standards and blues from 9-11. The Doubleday has a great and reasonable menu, good beer on tap, and the best cheesecake in Upstate New York. The Doubleday Cafe is on Main Street in Cooperstown. Liza and A.J. will play at Oneonta's The Green Earth Health Food Store on Saturday, February 14, from 11-12:30. The Green Earth is housed in a beautiful old 19th-century building on Market Street in downtown Oneonta. Yep, it's Green Day! Liza and A.J. will play Oneonta's newest cool place, The Green Toad bookstore and coffeeshop. This special Valentine's Day performance is free and will take place from 1-4. Come check out The Green Toad's beautiful new store, complete with wood floors, high ceilings, open spaces, and a great collection of books! Illegal Contraband will perform a concert set at the Minstrel, on Friday, February 20. They will also be providing music for a contra dance workshop, in lieu of an opening act. The band is comprised of Liza DiSavino, A.J. Bodnar, Tom Wetmore, and Peter Blue. Hot tunes, songs from the Catsills, and originals from Liza and A.J.'s new album, "Alternative Medicine", will be featured. The concert is at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, Normandy Height Rd. Morristown, NJ, and starts at 8:00. Illegal Contraband will play for Swingin' Tern on Saturday, February 21, 2009. The dance starts at 8 at the Ogden Memorial Presbyterian Church in Chatham, NJ. Beginner's workshop at 7:30. Dance starts at 8:00. More info at www.folkproject.org. A special free performance of New Orleans jazz with Liza and A.J. at the Green Earth. The Green Earth is housed in a beautiful old 19th-century building on Market Street in downtown Oneonta. Come stop by and partake of the free samples of delicious food that Dean and Emily are putting out! Laissez les bons temps roullez! The Green Earth hosts Liza and A.J. for an afternoon of Irish music. Come by 1-4 and taste the free goodies! The Green Earth is housed in a beautiful old 19th-century building on Market Street in downtown Oneonta. Liza and A.J. play an Earth Day celebration at the coolest place in Oneonta. Come taste the free food and win prizes! The Green Earth is housed in a beautiful old 19th-century building on Market Street in downtown Oneonta. Illegal Contraband will be playing the Gender Free Dance in New York on May 8. See the Country Dance of New York website at http://www.cdny.org/ for more info. Illegal Contraband will play the Country Dance of New York on May 9. See the website at http://www.cdny.org/ for more info. Liza and A.J. play at the Green Earth. There will be an open house, prizes, and free food! The Green Earth is located on Market St. in Oneonta. Liza and A.J. play at the Green Earth. There will be an open house, prizes, and free food! The Green Earth is located on Market St. in Oneonta. Liza and A.J. make their second appearance at the old and distinguished Old Songs Festival (this one is unofficial though; sh!) They will be backing blues and gospel goddess Lea Gilmore. Lea's spellbinding performances have been seen and heard across the U.S. and Europe. Lea will also form and direct a gospel choir at the festival. Held at the Altamont Fairgrounds, Old Songs is typically attended by upwards of 3,000 people. Lea, Liza, and A.J. will open the festival Friday night at 7 P.M. For more info go to Old Songs THE BEST GIG OF THE YEAR!!! A.J. and Liza play this week-long folk arts school for the eighth time. Where else can you go to study clogging, blues, and the oud in the same week? The school is held at McDaniel College in Westminster Maryland, the first week of July. This is a festival with a purpose: the bringing together of musicians, writers, and artists of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Week-long courses in music, the visual arts, dance, and written and spoken word are offered, with concerts every night. College credit is available. Other artists include Scott Ainslee, Howie Bursen, Sparky Rucker, Guy Davis, Patricio Acevedo, Walt Michael, Rod MacDonald, Peter Hedlund, Sankofa Dance Company, Bob Zentz, and Bob Lucas. We wouldn't miss this, and neither should you. As one student said, "There are only two seasons: Common Ground, and Waiting for Common Ground." Go to Common Ground for more detail. The amazing festival that bridges weeks one and two at Common Ground. Featured this year besides Liza and A.J. are Ralph Stanley, Tim O'Brien, Guy Davis, Scott Ainslee, Walt Michael, Leah Gilmore, Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, Footworks, Professor Louie, Andy Cohen, Bill Troxler, Derrick McQueen, Tomas Montoya, Shelly Ensor, Wherligig, Port Righ, Paul Creighton and Frank McGuire, Dave Bing, Susan Boyer-Haley, Earl White, Here's to the Long Haul, and many more. It's a two-day festival; we officially play on the 11th, but often sit in on the second day. Go to Common Ground for more detail. Liza and A.J. play at the Green Earth! There will be an open house, prizes, and free food! Who can pass that up? Come hear, and enjoy the new dining area - and wonderful soups and baked goods - owners Dean and Emily Stevens have just put in. The Green Earth is located on Market St. in Oneonta. Music will be 1-4 P.M. We don't usually list these, but take it as a reminder: yes, we do parties, weddings, and events as well as concerts and festivals. Liza and A.J. play at the Green Earth! There will be an open house, prizes, and free food! Who can pass that up? Come hear, and enjoy the new dining area - and wonderful soups and baked goods - owners Dean and Emily Stevens have just put in. The Green Earth is located on Market St. in Oneonta. Music will be 1-4 P.M. 1-2 will be blues and jazz; 2-3 will be Songs of Our Green Earth; 3-4 is Blueberry Jam, an open jam session. Come and enjoy! Illegal Contraband will be the dance band at the Folk Project Fall Festival, October 10-12. They will also perform in concert. Also featured will be songwriter Vance Gilbert. The festival is held at Star Lake Camp in Bloomingdale, NJ. For more info, go to Folk Project Liza and A.J. play at the Green Earth! There will be an open house, prizes, and free food! Who can pass that up? Come hear, and enjoy the new dining area - and wonderful soups and baked goods - owners Dean and Emily Stevens have just put in. The Green Earth is located on Market St. in Oneonta. Music will be 1-4 P.M. Structure of the music will have to do with how many kids or adults we have there. Come and enjoy! A few years ago, one of our songs, "Look Away" became a theme song on KPHX radio in Phoenix. We've been told it has garnered us some fans in Arizona. When we met Randy and Shura, two wonderful people from Samaritans on the Border at Common Ground last year, we began looking for opportunities to come out to Arizona to support their work. We will be playing a coffeehouse in Tucson and a Unitarian service in early December. For more info, email us at vanepig@staband.net. Liza and A.J. have been trying to plan a tour of Scotland for awhile now, and it looks like it's finally going to happen. Stay tuned for more details. | Return Home | So What's New? | Vane Pig Artists | Our Online Catalog | Our FAQ Page | Please Contact Us | Download Our Music | Where We Will Be | Thoughts and Musings | |
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