http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:17:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thursday - August 7, 2008 5:00pm, Columbus Park Blending hip-hop, soul, jazz and funk with an eclectic and poignant tongue twisting lyrical style, the seven members of The Press Project circulate massive amounts of physical and musical energy in a supercharged live performance spectacle. The Press Project has swiftly ascended the ladder of ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/bands/the-press-project.html Thursday - August 7, 2008 5:00pm, Columbus Park Boyz II Men is a four-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B/soul singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with members Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Wanya ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/bands/boyz-ii-men.html Thursday - July 17, 2008 5:00pm, Columbus Park Eve 6 was an alternative rock band from Southern California, who disbanded in 2004. Their musical genre has often been classified as punk or post-grunge. The band formed in 1995 in La Crescenta, California as Eleventeen; the name Eve 6 was only adopted later, ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/bands/eve-6.html Thursday - July 10, 2008 5:00pm, Columbus Park Leandro Barbieri (born on November 28, 1934 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina) better known as Gato Barbieri (Spanish for "Barbieri the Cat") is an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/bands/gato-barbieri.html Thursday - June 26, 2008 5:00pm, Columbus Park Morningside began simply enough: a few friends got together to sing Neil Young tunes and share their own acoustic originals. These relaxed and carefree jam sessions between guitarists Ryan Kimmet, Andrew Kraemer, and multi-instrumentalist Scott Lilley soon became regular, weekly rehearsals. It wasn’t long ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/bands/morningside.html SHIROCK is a progressive rock/pop band currently based in Nashville, TN. The members are Chuck Shirock, Pap, Adam Gatchel, Derek Blank & Jason Bynum. SHIROCK is a band full of big ideas. Over the last five years, the Nashville outfit has released three full-length albums, two EP’s, played hundreds of shows, ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/bands/shirock.html Thursday - June 26, 2008 5:00pm, Columbus Park Blind Melon is an American rock band that existed from 1991 to 1995, and ceased with the death of lead vocalist Shannon Hoon shortly after the release of the band's second record. The band reformed with the new lead vocalist Travis Warren in 2006. Visit ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/bands/blind-melon.html NYC musician Dave Fields has been part of the NYC music scene for decades having worked with Roxy Perry, Frankie Paris and NYC blues great Sweat Georgia Brown. Not just a guitarist, Dave has also been known to tear it up on B3 and piano (but don’t tell anyone Dave ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/bands/dave-fields.html Thursday - June 19, 2008 5:00pm, Columbus Park While Blues Traveler is best known among fans for their improvisational live shows, the general public is most familiar with the group from their fourth studio album Four. Released in 1994, the two singles "Run-around" and "Hook" gained mainstream radio popularity. Blues Traveler's subsequent releases ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/bands/blues-traveler.html Stamford Alive at Five is a free concert series with live music from national and regional headliners, which attracts after work crowds and families. The Concert Series is held at Columbus Park which is the place to be during the summer. Stamford Downtown produces great music, great dancing and great ... http://www.stamfordaliveatfive.com/schedule/alive-at-five-2008-schedule.html