CENTER TWP. Charlie Barath is all in and getting back out. Out playing live music again with his friends, which is what he does for a living.
You can catch Barath on Thursday when the noted bluesman and recording artist performs a hometown show at Jacksons Restaurant + Bar in Center Township. Showtime is 5 p.m.
In 2017, Barath made a bold, life-changing decision to go all-in on his music career. After years of working construction, the Center resident took a shot at entrepreneurship with his wife Gwenda, opening up a sip-wine-while-you-paint franchise in Lawrenceville. When competition with other paint shops forced the couple to close shop, Barath at the urging of his wife, decided to take a run at being a full-time musician.
Apr 9, 2021
Here is a listing of area live music and online music happenings for the weekend and week of Friday, April 9 through Thursday, April 15.
Due to COVID-19-related restrictions, many live music venues across the area are still not able to host performances at this time. The listing below includes both area live public shows and online live-streaming shows; keep checking back, as this listing will be updated as new shows are announced.
If you are attending a public show, be aware that seating and admission may be limited due to restrictions, and masks and social distancing may be required. Please respect others’ personal space if they wish to socially distance from others.
On his first full-length album, Charlie Barath takes the blues into tasty new territory.
Barath treats us to haluski, pierogi, halupki and the smell of kielbasa in the kitchen on High Ball & a Covered Dish, a song inspired by the cooking of his mother, a first generation Polish-American.
Forget the catfish, cornbread, beans and barbecue typically on the lyrical menu of blues songs, Barath s High Ball & a Covered Dish kicks dupa (look it up) with its ode to Eastern European heritage carrying over to his mom wearing a babushka.
The Center Township bluesman s whole Just Me and My Friend(s) album brims with fun and fresh concepts, from the Woody Woodpecker Theme intro and outro to Losin My Mind over You to the quite-literal narrative in She Drives Me to Drink to the playful remorse in Little Turtle Nightlight, the only object the singer has got left after a serial-cheatin , heart-breakin woman does her damage.