Sanford:
Sanford: is the brainchild of Brooklyn based, but South Carolina born musician Jay Sanford. He does all of the writing, arranging, and performing for his recorded music, including his previous original releases: “Gone to Hell” and “Farewell”. Pulling from a wide range of musical influences, Sanford: curates his live show setlists across genres and decades. From Hank Williams to Phoebe Bridgers to Sam Cooke to Joy Division to Fats Waller to The Rolling Stones, he subscribes to the idea that good music is good music…And to quote Frank Zappa, “Music is the best”. Catch them here the first Thursday of every other month.
11th St Bar510 E 11th St, New York 10009
Sanford: returns to 11th St Bar as part of Jay Sanford’s first-Thursday-of-every-other-month run. The Brooklyn musician’s live set draws freely across genres and decades, moving through material associated with Hank Williams, Sam Cooke, Phoebe Bridgers, Joy Division, Fats Waller, and the Rolling Stones. The available information does not name a regular live-band formation, so expect the focus to be Sanford’s wide-ranging song selection rather than a billed ensemble.
Born in South Carolina and based in Brooklyn, Jay Sanford writes, arranges, and performs his recorded work under the Sanford: name, including the releases Gone to Hell and Farewell. He calls it a mixed-genre project, not “beholden to one genre,” and Twangville heard a “rock engine” beneath the honky-tonk two-step of “Don’t Fence Me In.” On Extinguished Dreams, Wayne Tucker, Andrew Gould, and Brent Chiarello appear on “The Way Out,” whose “soulful arrangement and fun chorus line” stood out to No Transmission. That reviewer called the songs “apple-pie Americana-tinted folk-rock” with melodies that “hook you and make you feel OK,” while Music Mecca described Sanford’s Misfits reworking as a “vintage-style soul ballad.”
A basement club in the East Village, 11th St Bar is a steady fixture for live music, hosting regular house band sets and long-running residencies. The room is a modest space where the audience sits on wooden benches, close enough to hear every note from the front row. Shows typically run from 8:30 PM to 11:00 PM, with multiple sets and a relaxed, conversational atmosphere. The bar is present, offering drinks to accompany the music, and the evening is a night out where people listen, talk, and share in the energy of the performers. It's a place where local musicians play with authenticity and warmth, and the audience is there to experience the music, not just watch it.