LIVE: Elizabeth & the Catapult @ HVCC, 9/25/09

By Greg Haymes On Sep 28, 2009

Elizabeth Ziman and guitarist Pete Lalish

Indie popsters Elizabeth & The Catapult rolled into Troy on Friday afternoon to play outdoors under the Student Pavilion canopy at Hudson Valley Community College. Led by singer-keyboardist Elizabeth Ziman, the quartet launched a matinee performance drawn primarily from the band’s recently released debut album, “Taller Children,” on the Verve/Forecast label.

Fighting off the chill in the air with her head wrapped in a shawl, Elizabeth sat at the electric piano looking more like a visiting Persian princess than a product of NYC’s Lower East Side club scene.

Singing a mix of pop, classic rock and jazzy soul, she bantered amiably with the audience between songs, while waves of smoke from a nearby outdoor grill cooking chicken wafted across the campus and past the band. Ending the set with a big smile, Elizabeth declared that she was feeling curiously hungry as her band mates nodded approvingly.

Review and photographs by Andrzej Pilarczyk

Andrzej Pilarczyk Catapult Elizabeth HVCC Troy Ziman

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Greg Haymes founded Nippertown, along with his wife Sara Ayers, in 2009. Greg was a musician, journalist, and ambassador to the Capital Region arts community. Greg passed in April of 2019, but his legacy continues.

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3 Comments

Chris says 13 years ago
Listen to EXT for an upcoming Live @ EXT session with the band. Great stuff!
[email protected] says 13 years ago
So, when can we hear this, Chris?
[email protected] says 13 years ago
Thanks go out to astute Nippertown reader Christine Khaikin, who has graciously supplied us with the name of the mystery bassist – Emeen Zarookian. Let’s have a big hand for Emeen…and for Christine, too.