Bei Mir Bist du Schoen Live by The Hot Sardines ( Pop Matters, presented by The Music Playground)

Dixieland has moved on up The Wall Street Journal A revelation Bill Bragin, Lincoln Center Consistently electrifying live Popmatters Take a blustery brass lineup, layer it over a rhythm section led by a stridepiano virtuoso in the Fats Waller vein, and tie the whole thing together with a oneoftheboys frontwoman whose vocals have been compared to Anita O Day s, and you have the Hot Sardines. (We haven t even told you about the tap dancer yet. ) In a short time, the Hot Sardines have gone from their first gig at a coffeeshop on the last Q train stop in Queens to selling out Joe s Pub three times in three months, headlining at Lincoln Center s Midsummer Night Swing (where they played to a crowd of 6000 on Bastille Day), and opening for the Bad Plus, Lulu Gainsbourg and French gypsyjazz artist Zaz. Through it all they ve become regulars at the Shanghai Mermaid speakeasy and