School House Rocks:
Joanna Sternberg
with Johanna Samuels
Doors 8 pm / Show 9 pm
Joining forces with Sid the Cat, BBMT’s live concert series, School House Rocks, is pleased to present playful puppets on stage with special guests, Joanna Sternberg & Johanna Samuels. Join us for a magical night of music and marionettes, and on a leap year no less!
Proceeds from every ticket sold will go toward supporting free puppet shows for schools!
This show is recommended for ages 13+.
About Joanna Sternberg
Joanna Sternberg is a singer, songwriter, musician and visual artist born/based in New York City. Joanna started taking piano lessons when they turned 5. Joanna taught themself how to play the guitar and electric bass when they were 11. Joanna has been a freelance musician and visual artist since they were 18-years-old. Joanna finished their double bass performance degree at The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music, where they got a full scholarship. When Joanna was 23, they began writing songs and learning how to sing. At the age of 24 Joanna started singing in public while accompanying themself on different instruments. Today, Joanna continues to write songs, sing, play instruments, and create visual art.
Johanna Samuels
“The first witnesses to Samuels’ new beginnings fittingly became part of the sound of the album [Bystander]. During her darkest moments, while writing in isolation, her old friends in the band Bonny Light Horseman offered to take her out on tour in early 2020. “They re-contextualized music for me all over again,” she says. Observing a truly kind and compassionate music community brought Samuels out of herself even more. Inspired by conversations with producer Josh Kaufman (The Hold Steady, Bob Weir, Cassandra Jenkins) on the road, Samuels took him up on his offer to produce her new songs and retreated to Isokon Studios in Woodstock, NY in the summer of 2021. They made the album as a duo, with Matt Barick (The Walkmen, Fleet Foxes) contributing drums on the entirety of the record. The result is a sonic template that ranges from the soaring and orchestral to the understated and confessional; at turns free-wheeling and filled with swagger then sincere and precise, with each subtle movement serving to highlight Samuels’ lyrical journeys.
… Listeners can count themselves among those being toasted; the lucky ones who get to greet Samuels and hear the tales of her reckoning.”