"Worry and Wonder" Record Release Show...Braden Bodensteiner (album release), Kurt G. Johnson, and S

Doors 4pm, Music 7pm

Braden Bodensteiner

Braden Bodensteiner is a singer-songwriter based in Rochester, NY. He is putting out his 9th record, Worry and Wonder, on August 7, 2025. If you’ve seen Braden play live recently, it was likely as the lead guitar player with Hudson Valley-based band, Ongoing featuring Katie Jones, Adam Netsky (Maybird), and Jonathan Hudack.
Worry and Wonder marks the first time Braden has pressed a record to vinyl (which will be available at the release show). In the summer of 2024, Braden and drummer Adam Netsky convened twice in Adam and Katie’s Hudson Valley home to make what would become Worry and Wonder, a collection of breezy and jangly folk rock tunes with maybe a bit more twang than Braden’s most recent solo efforts. The plan was simple: Adam and Braden would record the basic tracks live in hopes of achieving a more casual atmosphere than the last few albums. After Braden overdubbed the rest of the instrumentation, his sister, Laurel Bodensteiner made her long overdue vocal debut on one of her brother’s albums. The result is a country rock record that at turns will remind you of The Byrds, Lucinda Williams, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Joining Braden on stage will be Adam Netsky on drums, Shane McCarthy of Southern Star on bass, Katie Jones on harmonies and keys, and Kurt G. Johnson on lead guitar.
https://bradenbodensteiner.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/braden_bodensteiner/

Kurt G. Johnson

Kurt Johnson is a multi-instrumentalist performer, composer, session musician, and educator based in Rochester, New York. Currently, he can be found performing with: Rounder Records recording artist Mikaela Davis & Southern Star; the long-standing instrumental trio, The Moho Collective; and his singer/songwriter project, The Wallboards.
He was a founding member of the psych-rock band, Maybird, and with them was a Columbia Records recording artist under Grammy Award winning producer Danger Mouse's label, 30th Century Records, from 2015-2019. Kurt is also a founding member of Paradise, Uganda, a cross-cultural collaboration that benefits homeless youth in Kampala, Uganda.
​Kurt has worked with Grammy Award winning drummer and producer Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, Grammy Award winning producer Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) and Dana Colley of Morph*ne, most notably. As a seasoned performer, he has toured and shared the stage with Lake Street Dive, The Gipsy Kings, Portugal. the Man, Circles Around the Sun, Marco Benevento, Jason Crosby, The Babe Rainbow, Bat McGrath, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and many more.
​Having been teaching multidisciplinary music privately for nearly a decade, Kurt was a founding faculty member at the Rochester Contemporary School of Music. He has also augmented many local music programs as a guest instructor. Throughout his years of teaching, he continues to be a dedicated student of contemporary, traditional, and ethnic music and has studied with musical giants such as Ali Akbar Khan, David Liebman, Tony Trischka, Musekiwa Chingodza, David Baker, Gordon Stone, Bob Sneider, and many more.
www.kurtgjohnson.com

Sibling
Sibling is a rock and roll band with heart and harmonies. Made up of Katie Morey (Pleistocene and Ben Morey & The Eyes), Cammy Enaharo (self explanatory), Scar Markham (Chores, Flour Pail Kids), Alex Mockbee (Ben Morey & The Eyes), and Emily Monaco (Anamon, Attic Abasement), Sibling has been friends for years, and always knew something was brewing. Over the past year, they have been joining their musical influences together to bring you fuzzy melodies, with tough and tender bits. Think The Breeders meet Neil Young at a Ramones show, in a meadow at dusk.
https://www.facebook.com/CammyEnaharoMusic/
https://www.instagram.com/katiemoreymusic/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/katiemoreysongs/
https://post-trash.com/news/2018/12/21/anamon-purple-green-and-yellow-album-review
https://www.instagram.com/flourpailkids/?hl=en
Cover: $10

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