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Summer always brings a slow calendar for Band Brulee as we take off traveling in different directions, but we have three great dates scheduled in August.  Check out the shows page for details.  See you then!

We don't cross the river to Virginia very often (other than to visit Mike's home recording studio).  Lou gets freaked out by the maze of Glebe Roads.  But on Friday night (June 7), Lou and Aura will be playing as a duo at the Casual Pint in Dunn Loring from 8:00 – 10:00 pm.  This place looks really fun, and we already have a great feeling about it based on our emails with the new owner.  It's a small craft beer place with good looking bar food.  People seem to love it here, and we're excited to give it a try.  We think we'll be playing out on a patio in good weather.  If you're not too scared to cross the Potomac, come join us!

We're emerging from a quiet winter with lots of gigs in May and June.  Some are private, but the public ones are listed on our shows page.  And outdoor music is back!  Check us out at City Ridge, Windridge, and Gemeny soon.  We'll also be doing the University Park porchfest with Andrew's neighborhood music community on Saturday May 11.  I don't know the exact time yet, but it will be sometime between 2:00 and 6:00.  Send us a message if you want details.

Lots of travel over here in Bruland right now, which means we won't be performing publicly in April, but we have lots to announce for May and beyond.  The best way to hear about upcoming shows is to join the email mailing list.  Go to the home page to enter your email address, and we'll add you to the list.  We send about one email per month and jealously guard your contact details.  And sometimes, we even remember to announce shows on instagram, so get busy followin'!

Lou and Mike have also been working on recording (with help from Aura and our Danish keyboard player Johannes Langkilde), so you might hear some new studio tracks soon… 

On Saturday, March 9 (4:00-7:00), we'll be playing at Wine and Organic in Chevy Chase DC.  We'll be playing as a full quartet (with our quietest drummer Alexey) in the tiny cafe at this new local business .  They're located at 5712 Connecticut Ave. NW in Chevy Chase DC, right in Aura and Lou's neighborhood.  We'll be playing two sets from 4:00-7:00.  There will be lots of wine tasting with free snacks, and for those of you who truly understand wine, there will be a sommelier on site.  This is a great chance to support some really sweet people running a great new local business.  So some join us!   And watch for lots more shows to be announced soon…

Happy New Year from Band Brulee!  We hope you all had a great Week 52.  We'll be in hiding (and hopefully in the recording studio) in January, but we'll have lots of shows to announce soon.  So join our email mailing list to stay up to date.  And we recently (finally) joined instagram!  I guess this social media thing looks like it's gonna stick around for a while.  So if you haven't started following us yet, what are you waiting for?  Stay warm, see you in March!   

Click here to see our segment on “Good Morning Washington” on ABC news 7!  Last week on the very hottest day of the year, the fantastic folks at Riversdale House Museum asked us to play for a little spot with Britt Waters from WJLA channel 7, DC’s ABC affiliate, to promote our upcoming show for their Jazz on the Lawn concert series.  The spot aired on August 4, at 10 AM.  Thanks to Franklin for extracting the link and posting it on his youtube page.

The Riversdale Jazz on the Lawn show will be August 23 from 7-8 PM at 4811 Riverdale Rd in Riverdale Park, MD - A huge green grassy field surrounded by shady trees, with the historic Riversdale House Museum behind the band. This is a great chance to gather outdoors before one more summer slips away.  Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and your favorite picnic dinner, and come a little early to soak in the great community atmosphere.  We'll have Mike on drums, and the great Lex O'brien on vibraphone for a full Band Brulee family reunion!  And if it rains, come anyway because they'll just move the show to an alternate indoor space.    

Our favorit summer gig!  Check out the shows page for details.

Thursday as a vocal/guitar/trumpet trio at Bocca al Lupo in DC!  Check out the shows page for details…

The great people behind the Chevy Chase Italian favorite I'm Eddie Cano, have opened a great new restaurant in Glover Park, not far from the National Cathedral.  As you can see from this article, they are serious about their Roman-style pizza.  In addition to pizza, there's a wide range of Italian specialties, and a few of the neighborhood favorites have been brought down from Chevy Chase (like the addictive fried zucchini).  Best of all, they have built a little stage, and they are now hosting local music!  
            Unfortunately, Andrew sliced his first finger on his left hand while building a new bass, and that finger is pretty essential for playing upright bass.  So he's on the temporary disabled list.  So we'll be playing this Saturday as a trio with Aura singing, Lou on Guitar, and Franklin on trumpet.  We'll play two sets starting around 7:00 and 8:30ish.  So make reservations for 15 to 30 minutes before one of these two sets to ensure you are settled before the music starts.  And be sure to ask to sit near the band so you are in the front part of the restaurant with good sight lines.  See you there!