A Jukebox in the Field

The Main Street Jukebox in Stroudsburg, PA held an Artist’s Reception on Saturday April 7th for their Potter's Field Exhibition featuring The Art of Abby Braman. A sizable gathering of the artist’s fans along with those who just love to experience good art filled the record store to partake of the images and all they represented. There was much to partake as Ms. Braman’s work moved the viewer of each piece as if he/she were exploring a graveyard of unknown denizens like detectives endeavoring to ascertain the identities of those who lie beneath them. Yet, as the clues resembling the adornments of each work began to unravel, we begin to recall the words spoken by Batman in a DC Comic Book so long ago who said, “We have looked into the abyss only to see our own reflection.” You’ll be able to learn more about Abby Braman and her work from her facebook Profile at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1294835974&sk=info.

The music for the reception was presented by King Dead whose Spaghetti Western with extra meatballs musical style filled the room with a melodious spell hypnotizing its listeners with their measured enchantments. The directions each note played seemed to be random wanderings which transfixed the mind to follow regardless of the un proclaimed destinations. However, once a still unnamable shoreline appeared, the company of travelers quickly explore their surroundings before embarking once again upon another song which soon brought to the imaginable mind the resemblance of the ferry mastered by Charon who have brought other souls across the rivers Styx and Acheron to the underworld to meet the king of the dead.

King Dead is composed of Charlie Abriel on drums, Wil McG on 6-string bass, Will Sovinski on slide guitar and/harmonica, and Kevin Vanderhoof on bass and synthesizer. The music blended well with and complimented the exhibit as the concepts of a potter’s field filled with graves of the unknown dead and the musical journey into the nether worldly realms of the mind seemed to merge in a seamless manner. You’ll be able to learn more about the band and their music on their Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/pages/King-Dead/204059892987488.

In addition to their Potter's Field Exhibition featuring The Art of Abby Braman, the Main Street Jukebox presents numerous events relating to art and music throughout the year along with offering a variety of musical forms recorded on Vinyl Records. The next exhibition is yet to be announced while the current exhibition continues until April 30th. You’ll find more photographs taken during the Artist’s Reception for the Potter's Field Exhibition featuring The Art of Abby Braman in The Main Street Jukebox 2012 Gallery at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150780363105421.465801.636000420&type=3. Please Explore The Main St. Jukebox Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/mainstjukebox or call 570-424-2246 for more information about these events and all they have to offer.