welcome to the best of cafe improvs collection of memorable clips from the year two thousand and sixteen let's get very started that goes pop is a conceptual gypsy fusion band based in philadelphia founded by erika delbert and rab's piece in two thousand thirteen they play wonderful music and you can find them and zap goes pop dot com or on facebook that goes brandon broderick is a fantastic guitarist and singer songwriter from central new jersey he has a self released cd that came out in two thousand and fourteen if you can see him at broderick music dot com a veteran of the new jersey music scene he has six c d s most recently in two thousand and fifteen his release was we'll make it up as we go it's wonderful singer songwriter who plays great piano he was here in september of two thousand and sixteen steven to joseph is an award winning musician filmmaker and performer he has eight c d s to his credit and his film a snap tick inventor tourette's and beyond which he artistically plays his life with tourette's syndrome stevens website is stephen de joseph dot com so this is one of it's the piano piece that closes the film and it's called the interview and the concept was well how does threats affect your music and your creativity and so i kind of i just didn't talk and i wrote this this is reactions that question david ross brawn is from scotland he's been published and he's been commissioned to do work he's currently now a student at westminster choir college here in princeton yeah i'm going to try a complete  the american atlantic chorale played here in june of two thousand and sixteen they were founded in two thousand and twelve by randy white a choir teacher at the hopewell verily central high school choral is comprised of thirteen high school students from the area in a rhythm section from pennsylvania and hondros well they're both from peru but they met here in new jersey in two thousand and thirteen at an open mike in perth amboy they're both singer songwriters and they do wonderful music together they were here in july of two thousand and sixteen ye joe jancee as a new jersey native and he's been a singer songwriter for a long time he's been performing approaching songs from his fourth cd releases you can find him a job jancee dot com  devo patricia dorothy is a poet from new jersey and she played here at cafe improv earlier in the year the l the man with the dolphin tattoos he dreamed of her dreaming of him and his dolphin touch to use swimming across his chest and over his shoulder in out of turquoise higher cliff ics and he dreamed of her dreaming of him pouring red wine into glasses and drinking it up while swimming with the dolphins in and out of a language of pictures knowing but not telling and the one window was open a little so that the ten sheer panel fled it sunk but not a lot only a little too cool with the dolphins swimming in and out of blue glyphs across his chest and over his shoulder like a waterfall only they didn't fall down his back no not down his back they stopped at the curve of his shoulder not like it in a proper way but like in a good way and although his chest and shoulder of dolphins swimming in and out of picture where it seemed odd he imagined it was good good to be dreaming of her dreaming of him with dolphins in an out of the blue about chemistry he started a spark was discovered by bonnie raitt and signed to a major label he has a brand new album called i can't stop myself in his the notebook records and he played a year in november of two thousand and sixteen thank you goes like this from the time that he was five years old he was walking with the king born and raised in texas he could have sold his soul to play when he went down to the crossroads he chose to and everybody ought to treat a stranger you're gonna need somebody on your  thank you damsel is beth myers and monica movin they played here in september of two thousand and sixteen their sound is categorised as indie neo folk but it's wonderful you're going to love it barricade tower is the songs in the voice of will read to alan in the guitar of alex but bark and they can be found at bear cave tower dot com they played here in may of two thousand and sixteen brian st john has a brand new cd called the cove and the brian st john band played here at cafe improv in august of two thousand and thirteen you can find him on facebook brian think john music on faceb you instant bingo played a cafe improv here in may of two thousand and sixteen they had this wonderful cd full of really crazy songs you could find them on facebook at instant bingo jam or on the internet at instant bingo jam dot com that moon daddy has a long history of a dual identity they perform as a band with distinctive covers of musical gems from many genres and they're also songwriting team with engaging vocals they played here in november of two thousand and sixt the feline's played here in june of two thousand and sixteen they played all over new jersey in new york city for the past six years the band's musical direction has expanded to include rock power pop punk blues folk and funk alex paul and geoffrey fadden are great eclectic duo they do jazz they do all sorts of wonderful things irish for people in the band is a group of friends who love to play greet traditional irish music they played here kevin in november of two thousand and sixteen you know an upbeat high energy band they've been playing all over new jersey they played here cafe improv in october of two thousand and sixteen and they have a website called the web band dot com can you get better head then elm street combo is a wonderful group of local musicians they played here earlier in the year lisa shields is originally from new jersey but she now lives in the u k she joined us to read poetry here in two thousand and sixteen now i am sure as i said as you guys sit out there you guys probably have books that are loaded onto your phones that you read and i am weird i'm a throwback i like books and i came up with this one it's called bibliophile and unfortunately it's a little saucy because that's what i newfound offer a sanitary reading options for the discreet discerning hipster know pulpy pages that could have been rudely fingered in the racks in the bookstore no bindings to crack no pages lost what's not to love these pixilated wonders i have to shake my head rather than explain the lavish intoxication i find in the way he sent a fresh ank or the near sacred aroma i find in pages that have lived beyond an author's life give me old school freaking papaya wrists and screw the data banks of the easily carried offering  creature of the senses who want plain coffee and honest mugs steaming next to books with pages i want paper and ink i want something i need only light to devour and when the book is one of mine i want meat i want you to hold me in your hands finger every page and no real regret at the finish because we touched each other without that careful condom electronic propriety bareback like love should be well that concludes the best cafe improv two thousand and sixteen when i think our entire crew have helped us out throughout the year with john irving lynn irving mary michaels gina brygada tom imber gotto create a campaign shelley every month at the arts council princeton sali theater thank you