Rachelle Garniez and friends present the 2022 edition of the Farewell Party, a tribute to beloved and influential pop culture musical artists who departed the mortal coil in the past 12 months. This Pangea tradition was established in 2016, as a response to the loss of heroes Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, during a most turbulent time in history.

This year’s party celebrates the legacies of Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ronnie Spector, Meat Loaf, Julee Cruise, and Olivia Newton John, among others.

Together with bassist Derek Nievergelt and violist Karen Waltuch, Rachelle explores the depths of well-known songs, re-interpreting and recreating new connections to familiar sounds.

Native New Yorker, multi-instrumentalist Rachelle Garniez has been described as a “diva with a difference” (Billboard Magazine) and a “certified free spirit” (The New Yorker).

Her original lyrical and melodic story-songs have been described as “romantic, rhapsodic and casually hilarious” (The New York Times). Over the years she has played music in many bands of many kinds, including Rock, Blues, Tango, Country, Latin, Klezmer, Jazz and Tin Pan Alley classics. Her unique sense of song draws from all of these influences and “…wanders through genres, leaving behind nothing but sweet wreckage” (The New Yorker).

A longtime fixture of the New York music scene, she tours most regularly in Europe and is at home on all kinds of stages from theaters to rock clubs throughout the world.

Rachelle recently appeared on the HBO television program “High Maintenance” and along with her VKB bandmates, on “And Just Like That”. Her songs can be heard on several film soundtracks and have been recorded by artists including Catherine Russell, Karen Elson, and Ingrid Lucia of the Flying Neutrinos. She was a performing member as well as a musical director of the Neo-Cabaret troupe The Citizens Band. For several years in the early 2000s, Rachelle was a member of the TED house band led by Thomas Dolby; she was invited in 2019 to perform at a “vintage” reunion of hand-picked TED alumni. She’s performed/recorded with artists including Sven Ratzke, Weimar New York, the Marvin Sewell Group, Tigresa, Rufus Wainwright, Dan Zanes, and Mumbo Gumbo. In 2009, Rachelle composed the music for Taylor Mac’s visionary Obie-Award-winning epic five-hour theater piece “The Lily’s Revenge”.

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There is a $20 minimum per person (food or beverage).

Tickets online are $20. Tickets at the door are $25 (Cash Only).

The house opens at 6:00pm for food and beverage service. Pangea is known for its delicious food. Please join us for dinner.

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