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Two Amps, One Microphone now available on cdbaby.com

Good news! The electric duo album I recorded last winter with singer and fiddler Laura Cortese, “Two Amps, One Microphone” is now available at cdbaby.com via [...]

07/02/10 - Berkeley, CA - Freight & Salvage - Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer

http://www.thefreight.org/laura-cortese-jefferson-hamer

from the Freight and Salvage website:

Electric guitar and fiddle meld in intriguing new ways, entwined with sweet harmony vocals in the original songs performed by Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer. Last seen wowing the Freight audience with an opening set for David Lindley, Laura and Jefferson explore new ways to combine their copious instrumental, vocal, and [...]

Summer Tour 2010

This Friday, Laura Cortese and I return to Berkeley’s Freight and Salvage for a headlining show, following up our opening set for David Lindley last March. Then I join up with acclaimed Boston fiddler Tashina Clarridge for a Sacramento concert before heading up to Mt. Shasta Fiddle Camp, where I’ll be teaching and performing with some of the best acoustic musicians on the planet. New Yorkers take note- before leaving the subways behind, I’m doing a full band show at the Rockwood Music Hall this Tuesday. [...]

New Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer Biography

Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer first played music together in a Boston club during the winter of 2008, taking refuge backstage while a February snowstorm raged outside. Now two years into their collaboration, following successful tours of the USA, Scotland, and Denmark, this close-working duo has grown into an explosive big-stage act. [...]

03/31/10 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place – Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer

Who:
Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer

When

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

8:00pm
-
All Ages

Where

The Crepe Place
(map)

1134 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

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03/24/10 – Bellingham, WA – Green Frog – Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer, also Sarazin Blake

Who:
Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer, also Sarazin Blake

When

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

7:00pm
-
All Ages

Where

Green Frog
(map)

902 North State Street
Bellingham, WA 98225-5089

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03/21/10 – Vancouver, BC – Rogue Folk Club – Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer – Opening for Kate Rusby

Who:
Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer – Opening for Kate Rusby

When

Sunday, March 21, 2010

8:00pm
-
All Ages

Where

Rogue Folk Club
(map)

31 – 1465 Lamey’s Mill Road
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3W1

Other InfoLaura and I are thrilled to kick off our west coast tour by opening for the incomporable Kate Rusby in Vancouver, BC !

“Listening to Kate Rusby’s lovely new album, it [...]

West Coast tour with Laura Cortese begins Sunday in Vancouver

Laura and Jefferson – Spring West Coast Tour

I’m looking forward to almost two weeks of shows in the Pacific Northwest and California with Laura Cortese! Our sound is electric guitar and fiddle with original songs and harmony vocals. We’ve got a couple great co-bills, including opening slots for Kate Rusby and David Lindley, and our good [...]

02/05/10 – Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania – Asplundh House Concert – Jefferson Hamer and Laura Cortese

Who:
Jefferson Hamer and Laura Cortese

When

Friday, February 5, 2010

8:00pm
-
All Ages

Where

Asplundh House Concert (map)

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA

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Laura Cortese, Jefferson Hamer, and Matt Malikowski -

Thanks to Joelle Jaffe for shooting and editing this clip from the Freight and Salvage, March 2009. We’re going into the studio today to make Laura’s [...]