Benevento-Russo Duo drummer Joe Russo will surface in a few new contexts over the coming weeks. This evening he will appear in Denver, Colorado at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom opening for Conspirator with Joe Russo and the Open Air Ensemble. This group also will include Motet keyboardist Steve Vidaic and bassist Aaron Snider (Liza). On September 20, the drummer will perform with Joe Russo and Friends at Harrisburg, PA’s Appalachian Brewing Company, alongside Tom Hamilton (Brothers Past, American Babies) and Justin Wallace (ulu, English Department). As for Hamilton and American Babies, Russo will gig with that band the following weekend, at Teaneck, NJ’s Mexicali Blues (September 27) and The Khyber in Philadelphia (September 28).