Monthly Entertainment Schedule- February 2016

MONTHLY ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE- FEBRUARY 2016

ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY: A Letter From On The Beat Music Agency:

I am originally from the Hudson Valley in Upstate New York and growing up there, Valen- tines day was always thought of as a cold and snowy holiday. Valentines day gifts often included something skiing or snowboarding related. Here in Santa Monica we’re more likely to spend the afternoon strolling along the beach and watching the sunset after a perfect seventy-four degree day. Nonetheless, we musicians tend to make the most out of the extra romanticism the month of February offers. I’m particularly excited to hear the performances of Emma-Jane Thommen, Jesse Palter, and Eva & David who join us for the very first time during the week of Valentines Day.

This month, in the “On The Record” section, we’ll take a little time to get to know singer-songwriter Lola Delon. Lola is originally from Paris, France and comes to LA by way of Rio De Janeiro and NYC. I first met Lola in Brooklyn in 1999 and she is one of the most well traveled, well read, intelligent, and musically informed people I know. A great deal of what I know about modern soul music I learned from recommendations given to me by Lola. In our conversation I think you’ll see that she is a true talent and student of the music. Lola has written songs for American Idol contestants, has a very considerable career as a pop artists in France, and currently has a single out in Korea.

In the past several months our “on The Record” interviews have featured artists who are originally from the UK, Rome, and Paris. Each of these artists have substantial careers in their home country and just by vir- tue of being here in LA, we get the unique opportunity to enjoy them in the intimate lobby lounge of Ho- tel Casa Del Mar. This is just one small example of the depth of talent Los Angeles has to offer and one of the many exclusive experiences that comes along with spending time with us here at Hotel Casa Del Mar.

As always, if you enjoy some of our performing artists, please take a moment to mention it to the artists, or better yet, tag @HotelCasaDelMar in your social media posts and tell the world to come join you for a song and a drink!

Cheers,

Robert Perkins CEO, On the Beat Music Agency 1 MONTHLY SCHEDULE February 2016 1. ZACH PROVOST (6-9pm) 2. EMMA-JANE THOMMEN (solo piano/vocal; 6-9pm) 3. JESSE PALTER BAND (“jazz night”; 6-9pm) 4. DORI & GRETJE TRIO (relaxing Brazilian and jazz; 6-9pm) 5. JESSIE PAYO (7-10pm), DJ HARMONY (10pm-1:30am) 6. LOLA DELON BAND (7-10pm), DJ HARMONY (10pm-1:30am) 7. SUPER BOWL LOBBY PARTY 8. ZACH PROVOST (6-9pm) 9. EMMA-JANE THOMMEN (solo piano/vocal; 6-9pm) 10. TOO MARVELOUS TRIO (6-9pm) 11. ALANNA AND THIS FINE GENTLEMAN (6-9pm) 12. EMMA-JANE THOMMEN (solo piano/vocal; 7-10pm), DJ HARMONY (10pm-1:30am) 13. INBAR HOROWITZ (7-10pm), DJ HARMONY (10pm-1:30am) 14. EMMA-JANE THOMMEN (solo piano/vocal; 5-8pm) 15. ZACH PROVOST (6-9pm) 16. EMMA-JANE THOMMEN (solo piano/vocal; 6-9pm) 17. JESSE PALTER BAND (6-9pm) 18. EVA & DAVID (6-9pm) 19. THE SIRENS (7-10pm), DJ HARMONY (10pm-1:30am 20. JESSIE PAYO (7-10pm), DJ HARMONY (10pm-1:30am) 21. KEVIN LAURENCE (solo piano; 5-8pm) 22. ZACH PROVOST (6-9pm) 23. EMMA-JANE THOMMEN (solo piano/vocal; 6-9pm) 24. TOO MARVELOUS (6-9pm) 25. BRYNN STANLEY (6-9pm) 26. ZACH PROVOST (7-10pm), DJ HARMONY (10pm-1:30am) 27. AYO AWOSIKA (7-10pm), DJ HARMONY (10pm-1:30am) 28. EMMA-JANE THOMMEN (solo piano/vocal; 5-8pm) 29. ZACH PROVOST (6-9pm)

2 WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Monday, February 1, 6- 9 pm ZACH PROVOST

Zach made a name for himself touring the world as musical director for Josh Groban.

Tuesday, February 2, 6-9 pm EMMA-JANE THOMMEN

Performing around the world, Emma-Jane has played at many prestigious venues including at the Pyramids in Egypt, opening for Norah Jones & Corinne Bailey Rae at LA’s famous Greek Theatre, UK & US festivals & concerts alongside Bryan Adams, Ben Howard, Newton Faulkner, Gabrielle Aplin as well as a stint on the Queen Mary 2 sailing to New York playing alongside The Who’s Roger Daltrey & Squeeze Legend Chris Difford.

Wednesday February 3, 6-9 pm JESEE PALTER BAND

Swinging Jazz Singer is the style of early Nancy Wilson.

Thursday February 4, 6-9pm DORI & GRETJE

Dori and Gretje tap in to the swingin’ fun of The Great American Songbook, complimented by beautiful Bossa Nova grooves. Charming, intimate, and exciting, they create magic on stage.

3 February 1-6

Friday, February 5, 7-10 pm JESSIE PAYO BAND

Jessie Payo is a quadruple threat: Singer, Songwriter, Actress, and Dancer -- she emerges as one of the most gifted artists in the modern music scene. Known for her brilliant vocal ability and poetic songwriting savvy she can write and wail everything from Top-40 pop to gretty rock and roll.

Friday, February 5, 10pm-1:30 am DJ HARMONY

European dance flavored electro-lounge.

Saturday, February 6, 7-10 pm LOLA DELON BAND

Raised in Paris, France and having lived in Brazil and the US, Lola was immersed in the culture of art and music since birth. Following the footsteps of Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix and many greats, her musical education took place on the stages of Café Wha?, The Bitter End and other legendary New York City dens in the West Village and Lower East side.

Saturday, February 6, 10 pm -1:30 am DJ HARMONY

European dance flavored electro-lounge.

4 WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Monday, February 8, 6- 9 pm ZACH PROVOST

Zach made a name for himself touring the world as musical director for Josh Groban.

Tuesday, February 9, 6-9 pm EMMA-JANE THOMMEN

Wednesday, February 10, 6-9 pm TOO MARVELOUS TRIO

Too Marvelous Trio focuses on the swinging instrumental and vocal arrangements of the great Nat King Cole Trio. In the traditional piano trio format of piano, bass, and guitar this group recreates the sound and energy of one of the most recognizable bands in jazz history. Peter Smith’s John Storie’s, and Alex Franks’s seamless vocal arrangements are just as spectacular as their instrumental mastery.

5 February 7-13

Thursday, February 11, 6-9 pm ALANNA & THESE FINE GENTLEMAN

Swinging Standards and Torch Songs with this multi-talented FORD Model -Singer/ Trombonist.

Friday, February 12, 7-10 pm EMMA-JANE THOMMEN BAND

Friday & Saturday, February 12 & 13, 10 pm -1:30 am DJ HARMONY

European dance flavored electro-lounge.

Saturday, February 13, 7-10 pm INBAR HOROWITZ

With her dynamically exquisite voice, Israeli artist Inbar Horowitz has been captivating audiences from a very young age. The singer songwriter provides delightful melodies with a unique storytelling ability.

6 WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Sunday, February 14, 5-8 pm EMMA-JANE THOMMEN

Monday, February 15, 6-9 pm ZACH PROVOST

Zack made a name for himself touring the world as musical director for Josh Groban.

Tuesday, February 16, 6-9 pm EMMA-JANE THOMMEN

Wednesday February 17, 6-9 pm JESEE PALTER BAND

Swinging Jazz Singer is the style of early Nancy Wilson.

7 February 14-20

Thursday, February 18, 6-9 pm EVA & DAVID

Eva B. Ross, a jazz based singer/songwriter, met David Miller, a guitarist from Madrid, at UCLA — and she and David have gigged as a duo on campus, in Europe, and at local festivals and clubs around Los Angeles. Eva recently appeared in Chicago at The High Hat Club, Salon-A-Thon, and WDCB Live at the Whiskey Lounge (where she set the attendance record.) Her European tour with David Miller in the Summer of 2014 visited Madrid, Barcelona, Budapest, Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam and London. Their band, Eva B. Ross Foundation, recently released it’s first music video, “Nick’s House” which debuted this fall.

Friday, February 19, 7-10 pm THE SIRENS

Los Angeles native, Molly Miller picked up guitar at the age of seven. She studied Studio Guitar at the University of Southern California, receiving both a Bachelors and Masters in Music. Molly has performed and recorded with artists such as Jason Mraz, Ellis Hall of Earth, Wind & Fire, Kenton Chen, and Bushwalla. Rising starlet Andrée Belle fuses together soul, funk, latin, jazz, and electronic elements with conscious and sultry lyrics to create her own poetic pop sound. The songbird’s electric onstage charisma has prompted a strong following in Los Angeles

Friday & Saturday , February 19 & 20, 10-1:30 am DJ HARMONY

European dance flavored electro-lounge.

Saturday, February 20, 7-10 pm JESSIE PAYO BAND

Sunday, February 21, 5-8 pm KEVIN LAWRENCE

Kevin’s music has developed from single notes on a piano to a unique and eclectic repertoire of original and cover music. With influences such as Billy Joel, Elton John, The Beatles and countless others, he has created a sound that took the 29 year old singer- songwriter years to develop. He has successfully placed 3 original songs in a motion picture, produced and recorded 3 studio albums currently being sold and played by major online retailers, and has developed a strong presence on social media, including a rapidly growing YouTube Channel with 9,000 subscribers and 2 Million video views

Monday, February 22, 6-9 pm ZACH PROVOST

Zack made a name for himself touring the world as musical director for Josh Groban.

Tuesday, February 23, 6-9 pm EMMA-JANE THOMMEN

Wednesday, February 24, 6-9 pm TOO MARVELOUS TRIO

Thursday, February 25 , 6-9 pm BRYNN STANLEY BAND

Pop/Jazz Singer Brynn Stanley is attracting lots of acclaim with her freshman album “Hello California”. In the tradition of Michael Buble and Sara Bareilles, Brynn mixes her charm and appeal with classic standards and modern pop covers and originals.

Friday, February 26, 6-9 pm ZACH PROVOST

Zack made a name for himself touring the world as musical director for Josh Groban.

Friday & Saturday, February 26 & 27, 10 pm -1:30 am DJ HARMONY

European dance flavored electro-lounge.

Saturday, February 27, 7-10 pm AYO AWOSIKA

A graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music in 2007, Ayo is trained in opera and jazz. Her songs reflect Ayo’s gentle but restless spririt to reveal an earthy, mejestic voice and rich, supple grooves that support her meditations on faith in the unseen, the unknown and perhaps the unknowable.

10 WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Sunday, February 28, 5-8 pm EMMA-JANE THOMMEN

Monday, February 29, 6- 9 pm ZACH PROVOST

Zach made a name for himself touring the world as musical director for Josh Groban.

11 February 28-29

12 On theWITH Record

Each month in this section, we feature a different one of our On The Beat artists for an informal interview. This month we’d like to introduce you to a wonderful singer-songwriter from Paris, France: Lola Delon.

On The Beat (OTB): I know you as a multi-talented person, you sing, act, write, obsessed with hip hop and one of the reasons, aside from the rhyming, was and produce. How do you introduce yourself and describe who you are/what that it opened me up through the use of samples to a lot more music, like you do at a cocktail party? the whole P funk catalog which has been extensively sourced in east coast Lola Delon (LD): ): I’m a musician and songwriter. My first instrument is my and west coast hip hop alike. When voice, my second insrument is keys. I’ve written songs for American Idol I moved to NY after high school, I alumni and have a single out in Korea right now. landed in a very vibrant scene of young Jazz musicians and got to delve OTB: That was amazingly concise! Which came first for you, singing or writing deeper into my study of music. I fell music? in love with the standards and Mingus and Duke and Miles, Adderley and LD: Thanks! That was my intention for this interview because I’ve been known pretty much just listen to that for a to wax poetic wich is not always what’s required , unfortunately. Singing was stretch. Later, I met Toby Gad ( who first. As a vocalist I get compared to Joss Stone and Janis Joplin a lot but I wrote hits, for Beyonce, Fergie, John like to think I could be the love child of Aretha Franklin and Mick Jagger. But Legend, etc…) who took me under his actually because I started singing at 4 I was making up a lot of songs then so wing and introduced me to the ropes could be that singing and songwriting came hand in hand. of pop songwriting

OTB: Aretha, Mick, Janis, and Joss, are all so rooted in soul music, and I OTB: Where did you move to NY from? personally know how deep your knowledge of soul music is. Where and how did that start for you? LD: I was born in Paris and lived most of my life there , with a three years LD: One of the great lucks of my life is having been born in a family of music sojourn in Rio de Janeiro, before lovers. My father and step father both were delta blues aficionados and vinyl coming to the States collectors and I inherited that music nerd gene. They were also deep into classic rock and the beatles, stones, bob marley, my mother loved opera OTB: Did you move to New York straight out of high school? Did you move so I got to cast a wide net as far as musical interests. As a teen I became there just by yourself?

13 beings we stand on the shoulders of all our ancestors and that knowledge is LD: Yes, right after high school and I moved with my two best friends and we there for us, now more than ever with the internet. I am so grateful that I get to met another friend from Paris there. We all lived together in a Real World type mine that experience and expertise. And all you need is a library card! . Art is of setting. Lots of estrogen. so vital to our species, from the Lascaux grotto where the first drawings made by man were found to movies, we need to have our stories reflected back to us to assimilate them and know ourselves. To think that I may contribute to that tradition however modestly makes embracing a musician’s life all worthwhile. “I hope to inspire people to more self-acceptance that they are lovable and worthy in all their human OTB: It sounds like from very early on you were quite studious about the music imperfections and messiness” and records you were listening to, were you on that path by yourself based on your own curiosity or is it something that family, teachers, or friends were into - Lola as well?

LD: I think it was probably an innate love of music combined with a propitious access to music. Music was not just appreciated but worshipped in my household. I was left to my own devices when it came to learning about it but I had a vast vinyl collection at my finger tips and I clearly remember reading the credits. I loved Otis Redding and love to look at the line ups of his recording and then discover the same guys on another Stax record and being able to make those connections and recognize players’ individual styles was very rewarding for me.

OTB: What’s next for you as a performing/recording artist? What are you working on these days?

LD: Aside from the songwriting I do for others, I am beginning work on another album. This time I have decided to do the songwriting part on my own and then get help producing it. I feel I’m at the point where I can finally stop hiding behind technique in favor of true artistic expression. Scary and exciting. And more shows this year. I’ve converted my garage and converted it into a recording studio. That’s been very exciting.

OTB: So, we know how you describe yourself at a cocktail party, what do you hope people take away in terms of who you are from one of your performances where they haven’t had the opportunity to speak to you?

LD: I hope to inspire people to more self acceptance, that they are lovable and worthy in all their human imperfections and messiness. Because when we OTB: So something the reader should know is that we actually met in NYC love ourselves, we can extend that to others and not feel threatened by their in 1999. Since then I’ve always considered you to be one of the most well differences. read and intellectually informed people I know. Where did that part of your personallity come from and how do you feel it informs you as a songwriter?

LD: Well, my mom was a teacher and education was definitely one of the chief values I grew up with. I loved reading. Still do. As musicians and human 14 PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CASA DEL MAR BY: