A Place. a Band. a Journey. by Richard Cuccaro

January 2012 Volume 12 Issue 7 listings Guide and Beyond with Feature Articles Live!in Ne w Yo r k Ci t y

A Place. A Band. A Journey. By Richard Cuccaro

Spuy’ten Duy’vil “spite + en dive + el” [Dutch slang] 1. a) in spite of the devil b) spitting devil 2. Creek connecting the Harlem and Hudson Rivers The beginning of the 2010 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival was a disaster. The annual Friday afternoon Emerging Artists Showcase, always eagerly anticipated, ran into rough weather. Torrential downpours almost completely washed the audience off the hill. Later that evening, the Friday night “Most Wanted Song Swap” was canceled due to wind-driven sheets of rain. Not a good start to a “festive” festival weekend. Hosted by assigned participant players, the Acoustic Live Friday afternoon booth showcases slogged through a constant downpour. The author, having gotten drenched twice while dealing with canopy leaks, disgustedly waited it out inside his car, trying to dry off. through a sharp uptempo rhythm with tightly The Roots The next day didn’t look much better. At executed starts and stops. Beth did what she The story, however, begins with husband two o’clock the next afternoon, menacing always does, belting out each stanza with the and wife Mark Miller and Beth Jamie thunderheads still loomed overhead. Spuyten ferocity and abandon of a gospel rave-up. Kaufman, who form the main stem from Duyvil, our first Acoustic Live showcase act of I followed them part way, staying inside, next which the band’s other tendrils sprouted. the day, had been one of those acts in Friday’s to Jim, the harp player, and Sarah, the fiddler, Mark was born in Boston and attended Emerging Artists Showcase. A band known for soaking in their swooping melody lines that Brookline High School. He played trumpet, its boisterous spirit, they’d played before the helped the song fly. Tom, the guitarist, and then baritone horn in the orchestra. After remaining dozen or so diehards standing in the John, the bassist, remained behind me, helping seeing Devo on “Saturday Night Live,” rain. I was fearful that the clouds signaled a to drive the song on its merry way. As the last he picked up the electric bass. He told me, trend, but Spuyten Duyvil had some magic up strains of the blues harp finished the song, “mostly I just carried it around to look cool its sleeve. Six of the seven players took shelter Mark swung back into the canopy to change (hard to do with a baritone horn).” [A brainy, in the front end of the 20-foot space created by his instrument for the next song. The audience talented player is never JUST looking cool.] our two adjoining canopies. The drummer, just joyfully whooped its approval. We’ve After high school, he went to Wesleyan outside, braved the elements. Several bars into uploaded a video of the song to YouTube, that University in Connecticut. He studied the song, “Halfway Free,” it became apparent shows the band playing for Alternate Root TV. ethno-musicology and comparative religions that the skies were benign, under the spell of It includes eighth member, Rik Mercaldi, on but spent most of his time in the electronic a benevolent spirit. A stubborn sun emerged, lap steel. Rik was not at Falcon Ridge in 2010. music studio recording songs with his band, drenching the midway audience in sunshine. This was my first close-up taste of this music for films and music for modern dance. The bandleader, Mark, and the lead singer, phenomenon; an organically formed band He met Beth in his first semester. She saw Beth, cautiously walked out into the sunshine, whose disparate pieces meshed as if grown a “sexy, tortured musician guy who was joining their drummer, Lou, who tastefully together out of the same soil. Many months anything BUT boyfriend material,” but was played a marching band snare with brushes. later, I would sit down to dinner with the drawn to him nevertheless. [Fate… never Mark played a small tenor guitar in a crisply group and learn how they formed and grew argue with it.] Mark invited her to join him strummed attack and sang and led the group together. on backup with his college band for one gig at a packed fraternity house. Beth remembers, “That one time was crazy but so fun!!” That would be the last time they’d play together for many years. Beth, a Brooklyn girl, had grown up listening to straight-up folk music, mostly around photo: Richard Cuccaro the campfire at summer camp where, as she stated, “the counselors were all a bunch of politically charged, guitar-slinging late-era hippies.” She developed an appreciation for “pure acoustic, communal music — music that’s meant to be sung together.” She was singing socialist anthems — Ochs, Seeger, Guthrie, Prine — at age 8. She also got involved in musical theater which led to studying and teaching theater, and later, a career in creative education. A Digital Wizard After graduation, Mark went back to Boston, where his degree did not prove to The band at our booth showcase at the 2010 Falcon be a job magnet. One exchange captures Ridge Folk Festival, with the sun finally triumphant the disconnect between where he was and that all worked with Mark in the video game The Rebirth what the world was offering: “I got one call scene out in San Francisco. Mark’s boss One night in Boston, the trip to Spuyten back from a high school teaching position in insisted, so a band was born. Needless to Duyvil began. At a concert at The House of religion that did not require a master’s. The say it was very short-lived. Nevertheless, it Blues, Mark and Beth saw David Lindley first question in the phone interview was ‘Are was a joy making music with my soon-to-be playing “lap slide reggae on something… it you Catholic?’ I answered the question with husband.” While still living in California, had eight strings.” It sounded amazing and a question... ‘Catholic with a big C or a little Mark and Beth got married, with the they were both mesmerized. c?’ and the line went dead…” [My hero!] ceremony taking place back in Brooklyn. Beth, being very resourceful, managed to find He answered an ad for applicants for radio Their daughter, Dena, now 14, was born in San out what the instrument was (a bouzouki — station sales. Although he says it was a Francisco. Mark needed something steadier leave it to David Lindley), and got Mark one “horrible job,” it gave him access to the very with benefits, so he worked in house first at for his next birthday. When Mark got home first personal computer-based digital audio Sega of America and then at Crystal Dynamics. from work and saw it, he thought, “God that’s editing system. He became a “bit of a local He became chairman of the Interactive Audio wonderful!… Now I have to learn how to expert” in digital audio editing. Special Interest Group and helped in the play this thing.” He picked up a copy of Rise In spite of an obvious talent in the digital development of standards for a whole lot of Up Singing. “It had a lot of songs with three realm, Mark decided to move to San digital stuff that, described in “Markspeak,” chords that I knew. I learned how to play it Francisco to become a chiropractor. When is not easily translatable in this publication. and Beth and I did a lot of singing together.” he got there, he got hired by Digidesign, However, the industry needed no translation Additionally, Mark found that playing the the developer of Protools, to support their and he received the first Lifetime Achievement old traditional music in the book unlocked sales team. As soon as he saw Digidesign’s Award from the Game Audio Guild. something in him and he started to write his 24-track recording studio sitting empty all Back East, a Musical Hiatus own music. He recalled that, “I had written night, he quit his pre-med classes and ended A job offer from Harmonix brought Mark and hundreds of pieces of incidental music and up running their tech support department two or three lame attempts at pop music through the launch of Protools. Beth back to the East Coast and Mark worked for them leading “up to but not including the while I was in college. Some part of playing At that point, as he said, “deep in the development and launch of Guitar Hero.” all that old-timey stuff flipped a switch and purgatory of the transition from the mature Needing out of the game business, he went caused me to start writing stuff that had some and peaceful art of analog tape editing to back for his MBA at Northeastern University. meaning.” Beth was surprised because she the nuclear fallout caused by the insertion of Then, Mark and Beth moved to New York, was the one who had gotten into folk music the first generation of PCs into the recording making their home in a big, rambling house at a young age and never expected Mark to studio, I got a random phone call asking if I in Yonkers. Mark had gotten burned out on get into the folky stuff. As Beth described it, could write music for a video game. Needing music during his time in the digital game “The more inspired he became to play and the change, I said “… sure … I can do that.” business and didn’t go near it for a long time. write, the more inspired I became to sing Mark spent the next 10 years building the As Beth explains it: “It wasn’t until years again.” Mark drew upon the history of the largest independent studio for video game later that we began to circle back to music area for the band’s name and for inspiration music and produced soundtracks for more again. In between had been years of parenting in his writing. than 100 titles. Beth joined him in California and making house. Mark was just wrapping Branching Out and they worked together for a while. up grad school and seemed to miss music so Their house in Yonkers, in the Park Hill Early in this period, Mark and Beth played much. Also, he’d expressed a desire for there section, has a big stone porch out front. together in a “dismal blues band.” She said, to be music in the house while our daughter That’s where Mark and Beth began to sing “It was us and a bunch of musician guys was growing up.” and play on a regular basis. The word went out through their circle of friends. The band began to form. In conversation with three of the other band members during our dinner together, I got to see firsthand why these intelligent, articulate, funny people have so much fun making music together and enjoy each other’s company off stage as well. Tom Socol is a good guitarist who had played in a lot of bands but hadn’t played out for a long time. He practiced guitar at home a lot by himself. His wife, Ellen, just

happened to be Beth’s best friend. Ellen photo: Richard Cuccaro told Beth about Tom. She wanted him to start playing out again and suggested that he At our late-night guerrilla showcase at NERFA join Mark and Beth. Although both couples were great friends, Tom was apprehensive really good!” Then, “Hey, they could really and told them of his misperception. He also at first because he’d been through some use harp on that song!” Then, “Wow! They introduced them to the next member, Rik really bad musical matchups and knew could really use harp on ALL their songs!” Mercaldi, who he thought would be a good there was a potential for a vast difference Mark remembered that “this guy would show fit with the band. in their musical tastes and styles. (“It’s like up with his tweed case of harmonicas.” Jim When Tom couldn’t attend all of the 2010 saying. ‘Oh you both like baseball,’ and then would strike up conversations with Mark NERFA Conference, John suggested that Rik one guy is a Yankees fan and the other likes and casually drop hints about his musical fill in at the remaining showcases and jams. the Boston Red Sox.”) He described what, involvement. Mark got the hints and finally That went well, and when the band’s second in his experience, was the usual process of asked, “Do you have a harp?” Did he ever! CD New Amsterdam was almost done (the starting a band this way: “Most of the time, And his own microphone. He was invited on first was an EP calledIn Spite of the Devil), starting a band is like starting an extended stage for the Little Feat staple “Willin.” Mark and something was missing, John suggested family through the Want Ads. ‘We need one liked what he heard and asked Jim to sit in that Rik come and add some lap steel. Doing husband, one wife, 2.5 children and one pet.’ on “Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor.” After overdubs, without previous accompaniment And whatever walks in the door you try to that, Jim was invited to a rehearsal and then a on that instrument, Mark recalled, “he tore up build on. That would be me [the pet].” He festival gig. He said to his wife, “I think I’m this material.” Mark recalled saying, with a was joyfully surprised to discover that he in the band!” Cheshire cat grin, “This CD just got a whole lot enjoyed what Mark was playing. He said, Another piece fell into place when, similar better!” Along with Jim’s Chicago blues harp, it “Mark and Beth had been playing on the to what happened with Tom and Ellen, Lou helped to define what the band is about. porch a lot and I started showing up and we Geser’s wife mentioned to Mark that Lou, All the band members live no more than started playing more.” needing an outlet, played drums. Mark was 10 minutes apart and spend a lot of time Sarah Banks, the violinist, came along next. looking for a drummer who would “get” together. Beth sums up the band’s spirit in She lives on the other side of “their little the band’s sound. Mark had gotten to know her own terms: “Filling our home with music enclave” in Park Hill. For a while it was Lou, and knew that he wouldn’t join unless and singing alongside my husband has been just the four of them, on the porch, playing he could “cut it.” Lou’s ability to soften the a beautiful gift, enriching our relationship traditional songs and Mark’s originals. Sarah sound to fit the band’s concept added the tenfold. Finding my voice again has been pressed Mark to do gigs, saying, “These perfect touch. truly amazing.” songs are really good and we sound really John Neidhart, the bassist, had started off Establishing a relationship with this band has good and we should get some gigs.” in folk and blues and had gone through a been enriching for this author as well. Their Mark liked the arrangement the way it was, long rock ’n’ roll period. He was playing in press copy states: “…foot stompin’, barn playing once or twice a week on the porch. a cover band and, as a change of pace, was burning, rabble rousing live shows blending He acquiesced but not before telling her, looking for a country band to play with. He traditional jug band energy with amped- “This is a really cool thing just the way it entered his credentials to the BandMix.com up lap steel guitar and Chicago-style harp is, and as soon as we make it more than website. After Steve left for California, Mark blues.” Amen to that. that, you know, things will get a lot more wanted to find another bassist, happened To any reader who has not made the trip to complicated.” to be perusing the site and saw John’s Spuyten Duyvil yet… what are you waiting A good friend of theirs, Steve, a professional information and extended an invitation. John for? There’s an adventure waiting for you. made contact and came to a rehearsal. While bassist, a much more serious musician, joined the Website: spuytenduyvilmusic.com group for gigs. He wasn’t into rehearsing but, “he it wasn’t country, he liked the music and did like the gigs.” He later moved to California. thought it was a good fit. However, when Upcoming Gigs Include: he heard gospel-tinged songs and saw no One of the places that the band began to play Jan 7 8pm Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club beer being consumed during rehearsal, he on a steady basis was the Hastings Farmer’s Fair Lawn, NJ became afraid that the band was comprised Market. One frequent visitor to the market 28 8pm Jalopy Brooklyn, NY of Bible-thumping fundamentalists. It was Jim Meigs, editor for Popular Mechanics Feb 6 8pm The Bitter End New York, NY wasn’t until the band lugged a big batch of and a blues harpist. He’d be there every 16 8pm Turning Point Piermont, NY “craft” microbrewed beer (a band staple) to week, watching Spuyten Duyvil play. He Mar 10 7pm Sounding Board Coffeehouse a campsite at Falcon Ridge that he relaxed mentioned to his wife, “Wow! 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Open mic & feature Gore, Lulo Reinhardt, Marco Pereira $25 Adv / $30 Door / $40 VIP 25 7-9 -Radio Free Song Club with Laura Cantrell, Jody Harris, Dave Schramm, Peter Holsapple, Peter Blegvad, Don Piper, Kate Jacobs performance 8pm sign-up One or two songs per person/group and special guests Amy Allison and Emily Arin, 10-Spirit Family Hosted by Su Polo 1 Drink minimum $3 suggested donation Housing Works Used Book Cafe Reunion 126 Crosby Street (212-334-3324) 26 7-Erin Ivey 92Y Tribeca Mainstage www.housingworks.org/usedbookcafe 27 7-Chris Lind, 8-Dana Falconberry, 11PM - Tennessee Hollow 200 Hudson Street 92y.org/92yTribeca Live at Cafe 92YTribeca Irving Plaza 28 7-George Romano 29 7-Frank Tedesso, 8-Matt Kanelos, 9-Melody Kills 17 Irving Place (cor. 15th St.) www.irvingplaza.com Parkside Lounge 30 7-8 -Harper Blynn with special guests ($5 at the door), 9-Tony Scherr Trio with Anton Fier and Rob Jost, 10-Jim Campilongo - 317 E Houston St (bet Aves B & C) 212-673-6270 Joe’s Pub Steve Cardenas Acoustic Duo ($8) www.parksidelounge.net 1st Mondays @ 9:30 Michael Daves’ Bluegrass Jam At the Public Theater 425 Lafayette St. 212-239-6200 31 7-9 -Harper Blynn with special guests ($5 at the door), 9-Billy www.joespub.com Libby Jan 8 7pm Red Horse: Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky $30 Googie’s Lounge The People’s Voice 9 7pm David Wax Museum / Parkington Sisters / Bhi Bhiman $18 Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 10pm-4am My Sweet Karaoke hosted by The Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist 19 7pm Willie Nile $25 Shanthrax & Rick Alert 40 E. 35th Street (betw Madison & Park Aves) 212-787-3903 22 7:30pm Gretchen Peters $15 Adv / $17 Door 6:30-11 - : The Purple Ribbon Concert Shows at 8:00 unless* Admission: $15, $10 memb. 6 A Night of Music & Hope PeoplesVoiceCafe.org 23 7 & 9:30pm Stew and the Negro Problem: Making It CD Release to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society featuring Frank $30 Sellman, Bri Arden, Dan Cloutier, Kim Jennings, and Levi Schmidt Jan 7 A Night of Music & Poetry with Professor Louie & Fast Eddy, Jeffrey Lewis, Shayna Lewis, Joshua Sol & Jordan Carlos 24 9:30pm Stew and the Negro Problem: Making It CD Release $30 ($10-$20 donations accepted at the door) 13 7:30-Christine Hoberg 14 Marie Mularczyk O’Connell & A Joyful Noise + Songs of the People 26 9pm Toshi Reagon: Cover Me With Love $25 from the English Music Halls with Heather Wood, David Jones & 27 9pm Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely Rocks the house $25 14 8:30-Swampboots, 9:30-Cooper Formant Jerry Epstein 28 9pm Toshi Reagon w/ special guest artist Michael Arthur $25 Madison Square Garden 21 Emma’s Revolution (Pat Humphries & Sandy Opatow) 29 7pm Toshi Reagon: Sacred Music Show $25 Feb 4 Kim & Reggie Harris + Jon Fromer 7th Ave. & 33rd St www.ticketmaster.com Kathryn_Space House Concerts 11 Rod MacDonald Mercury Lounge 18 Randy Noojin in Hard Travelin’ with Woody + Elena Skye & Boo Lower East Side/East Village Reiners Doors at 7pm music at 8 pm refreshments served 217 E. Houston St. 212-260-4700 25 Thelma Thomas + James Cannings rsvp essential to: [email protected] www.mercuryloungenyc.com Mar 3 Carolyn Hester Jan 21 Diana Jones music on 4 10 Alix Dobkin + KJ Denhert The Living Room a series of house concerts 17 Irish Women’s Voices for Peace with Gina Tlamsa & others 24 Steve Suffet & Anne Price with special guest Beth Kotkin 154 Ludlow St. betw. Stanton & Rivington St. Acoustic music in an intimate setting, Upper West Side 212-533-7235/7 www.livingroomny.com Reservations a must Contact: [email protected] 31 Toby Fagenson + Caroline Cutroneo & Mara Levine + *Advance Tickets (any show w/ price) @ www.ticketweb.com Sponsored by I-Link Gathering Time Jan 1 7-Sonia Montez, 8-Scott Chasolen, 9-JORSCAN, 10-Clara Jan 12 Abbie Gardner & Friends Apr 14 Ray Korona Band Lofaro Feb 16 Suzie Vinnick 21 Terry Kitchen + Pat Lamanna + Richard Berman 2 8-David Poe, 9-Tony Scherr Trio with Anton Fier and Rob Jost, Mar 1 The Spring Standards 28 Political Cabaret Night w/ Joel Landy, Marc Leavitt, & Rachel Stone 10-Jim Campilongo Electric trio with Stephan Crump and Tony Apr 12 Friction Farm & Anna Dagmar - MO4 Anniversary Show! May 5 Four Shillings Short + TBA Mason with special guest Erik Deutsch ($8) May 3 Brother Sun 12 NYC Labor Chorus 3 7-9 - IMA Live! Showcase featuring TBA, 9-Billy Libby 24 Liz Longley 19 Jolie Rickman Tribute Concert 4 8-Evan Uhlmann, 9-Morgan O’Kane, 10-Spirit Family Reunion Jun 7 Hotels & Highways 5 7-Poor Remy, 8-Silvertone, 9-T.H. White, 10-The Gallerist, 11-Twain Paddy Reilly’s 6 7-Nuala Kennedy, 8-Michele Riganese, 9-Katy Gunn, 11-Blueberry Music Over Manhattan 519 2nd Ave. (29th St.) 212-686-1210 Boogaloo ($8) 251 West 19th Street #7C (betw. 7-8 Ave.) Sundays: 5 - 9pm Bluegrass Jam Session 7 7-Marco Calliari, 7:40-Kobo Town, 8:20-Wesli Band, 9-Juan Saturdays: Doors at 7pm, music starts at 7:30pm Tuesdays: 8 - 11pm McHoney and the Moment Sebastiann Larobina, 10-Carrie Rodriguez ($10) Sundays Doors at 2pm, music starts at 3pm Thursdays: 10pm - 1am Niall O’Leary 8 3-5 -Fiddlefire and Mr. Ray’s Kids Show ($10), 5-7 First- Sundays $15 suggested at door refreshments included Fridays: 11pm - 1am The Prodigals for Jack: A Songwriters Tribute to Jack Hardy with Amy Emerman Reservations a must. e-mail: [email protected] Saturdays: 6 - 9pm Songwriters Open Mic and Showcase and Friends, 9-Alan Hampton, 10pm-2am -Private Event Mar 31 The YaYas and Honor Finnegan 9 6:30-9 -Goldfish Prize Launch Party featuring Cuddle Magic and Postcrypt Coffeehouse more, 9-Tony Scherr Trio with Anton Fier and Rob Jost, 10-Jim The National Underground 2980 Broadway Basement of St. Paul’s chapel, Campilongo Electric Trio with Stephan Crump, Tony Mason ($8) 159 E. Houston St. between Allen and Eldridge Columbia University (212) 854-1953 10 7-9 -On Your Radar hosted by WFUV’s John Platt with Roosevelt www.myspace.com/thenationalunderground http://www.columbia.edu/cu/postcrypt/coffeehouse Dime, John Flynn, and Amber Rubarth ($12), 9PM - Billy Libby [email protected] Shows: 8:30 / 9:30 / 10:30 in order listed Free/Donation 11 7-Lucinda Roberts, 8-Cordelia Stephens Record Release, 9-Amy Open seven days a week until 3:30am Speace, 10-Spirit Family Reunion Radio City Music Hall 13 7-Sultans of String, 10-Miwa Gemini New York Pinewoods 1260 Avenue of the Americas www.radiocity.com 14 7-Mark Lesseraux and The Citizens Folk Music Club Office: 444 W. 54 St, #7 15 7-Roof Access Folk-Fone: 718-651-1115 Shows at various times/locations The Red Lion 16 7-Mark Sebastian, 8-Nancy Magarill, 9-Tony Scherr Trio with Shows at various times/locations www.folkmusicny.org 151 Bleecker St. (Thompson St.) Anton Fier and Rob Jost, 10-Jim Campilongo Electric Trio with Jan 4 7pm Folk Open Sing in Brooklyn 1st Weds ea. mo. @ Brooklyn (212) 260-9797 www.RedLion-NYC.com Stephan Crump, Tony Mason ($8) Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (basement), Mon 7-10pm Dan’s Jam (hosted by Dan Donnelly) Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Info: 212-636-6341, or Laura, 718- 17 7-9 -Mary Bragg, 9-Billy Libby Rockwood Music Hall 18 10-Spirit Family Reunion 788-7563 19 8-10 -I Beg Your Parton with Addie Brownlee ($10), 10-Clementine, 10, 24 Old-Time Music Jam every other Tuesday, 7:30-9:30pm @ 196 Allen St. (bet Houston & Stanton) 212-477-4155 www.rockwoodmusichall.com Stage 1 Jan 2 6-Jennifer Sullivan, 7-Chris Milam, 8-Lubell, 9-Celia Chavez & Anne Klein, 10-Adjoa Skinner, 11-Walter Parks, 12-Teddy Kumpel Loopestra 3 6-Sweet Soubrette, 7-Chris Brown & Kate Fenner, 8-Jerry Fuentes, 9-Joe Brack, 10-Michael Daves, 11-Chris Bergson, 12-The Witching Hour: Taurus Plays Beat Music feat. Chris Morrissey, Mark Guiliana, Aaron Lee Tasjan, & Rich Hinman 4 6-Anthony Mulcahy, 7-Brendan O’Shea, 8-Ross Livermore, 9-Andrew Watt, 10-The Lost Leaders, 11-Aaron Lee Tasjan, 12- Adam Minkoff’s Randomonium 5 6-Joel Streeter, 7-Risa Binder, 8-Todd Kramer, 9-House of Waters, 10-Nick Moran, 11-The Uptown Party Down Band, 12-Brooks Wood 6 6-Lawrence Trailer, 7-Nisha Asnani, 8-Jim Boggia, 9-Julia Haltigan, 10-Lonesome Trio, 11-Jonah Smith, 12-Hot Day at The Zoo, 1-On 7 3-Rachel Epp, 4-Scott Krokoff, 5-The Parkington Sisters, 6-James Adamo Band, 7-Rachel Zylstra, 8-Guy Davis & Corey acousticlive.com January 2011 Live! in Ne w Yo r k Ci t y s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Harris, 9-Jon DiVello Band, 10-Alfonso Velez, 12-The Stone Lone- Jan 1 Hank-O-Rama Uptown Coffeehouse some, 1-Chris Conly 2 Tricked Out Country Tue, 3-Macgillivray, 4-Bob Lanzetti, 5- , 6-Scott Sharon, City Island Community Center 8 Greg Trooper 3 Vicious Country 190 Fordham Street - Lower Level, City Island 10464 7-The Lesser Ghost, 8-Guy Davis, 9-The Gallery, 10-Phamie Gow, 4 Blank Baby and the Adults- Rockabilly Burlesque Show 11-Ori Rakib, 12-David Luther (below the Nautical Museum) (718) 885-2955 5 Hickry Hawkins www.uptowncoffeehouse.org 9 6-Jon Tomlinson, 7-Robby Hecht, 8-Liz Longley, 9-Waiting for All shows start at 6pm Adm. $15 adults $5 children Jerry, 10-Trisha Ivy, 12-Teddy Kumpel 6 Elvis Birthday Bash w/ The Lustre Kings 7 The Buzzards Jan 15 Diana Jones 10 6-Will Hunt, 7-Freddy Hall, 8-Dorie Colangelo, 9-Dan Dauchy, Left on Red (Liah Alonso & Kelly Halloran) 10-Michael Daves, 11-Cyrille Aimee w/ Diego Figueiredo, 12-Bo 8 All Night Chemists / JOMA Showcase Feb 12 TBA DoPena 9 Western Caravan Mar 4 David Roth 11 6-Nathan Reich, 7-Jeff Jacobs Birthday Show, 8-Orly, 9-Taylor 10 Vicious Country Apr 1 Greenwood Birthday Show, 10-Jon Darling, 11-Azro Cady, 12- 11 Susquehanna Industrial Tool and Die Co. May 6 Tom Pacheco Nightmare River Band 12 Jack Grace Band Jun 3 Rod MacDonald 12 6-Ash Hancock, 7-Kris Gruen, 8-Liana Stampur, 9-Shwa Losben, 13 Chris Bergson Band 10-Jimmy and Immy, 11-Oli Rockerberger, 12-William Gruff 14 The Bullets Brooklyn 13 6-Seans Dilemma (Feat. Sean Smith), 7-David Milnes, 8-Nell 15 Dysfunctional Family Jazz Band Bryden, 9-Brian Elmquist, 10, 11-Richard Julian, 1-Tinted Image 16 The Ramblin Kind Barbes 14 3-A Tuff Rose, 4-Matt Robbins, 5-Nerrisa Campbell, 6-Phoebe 17 Vicious Country / 7pm- Hoffman School 376 9th St at 6th Ave Park Slope 718-965-9177 Lyng, 7-Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls, 8-Not from Wisconsin, 18 Michaela Anne www.barbesbrooklyn.com 9-Rebecca Haviland, 1-Frances & Cone All events $10 suggested donation, unless otherwise noted 19 7 to 9 - Hell or High Water / Colt Six Sundays @ 9pm Stephane Wrembel - The Django Experiment 15 4-Janet LaBelle, 6-The Manhattan Valley Ramblers, 7-Lora-Faye, 20 Bill Malchow / Alex McMurray and the Go Cup All Stars 8-Paul Sigismondi, 9-Stassia Feat. Akie Burmiss, 10-Aiden Moore, Mondays @ 7pm Brain Cloud 11-Cameron Scoggins, 12-David Luther 21 Eugene Chryslers Rockabilly Trio Mondays @ 9:30pm Chicha Libre Stage 2 22 Preston Frantz Tuesdays @ 9pm Slavic Soul Party $10/set Jan 2 8:30-Morgan James, 10:30-Patryk Larney 23 Mick Reed Wednesdays in Jan. @7pm Sasha Dobson Wednesdays @ 8pm The Palimpsestic Series $10/set 3 7:30-Lelia Broussard Live Recording (Two Sets), 9:30-Amy Correia 24 Vicious Country 25 Dave Rudbarg Wednesdays @ 10pm The Mandingo Ambassadors $10, 11-Full Vinyl performs the Cars Greatest Hits featuring: Greg Thursdays in Jan. @10pm Smokey’s Secret Family Mayo, Patrick Firth, Zach Jones, Tony Maceli, Casey Shea, Martin 26 Simon and the Bar Sinisters Fridays @ 5pm The Crooked Trio Rivas, Emily Long, Ryan Vaughn, Chris Kuffner and more 27 Babs Winn Jan 1 7pm The Quavers 4 8:30-Yula Beeri and the eXtended Family, 10-Matisyahu Beatbox 28 Kenny Holly 3 7pm The Upright Piano Brigade Split Second Piano Ensemble - Sessions feat. Aaron Dugan & Rob Marscher $20 29 Jason Loughlin Roberto Hidalgo & Marc Peloquin, pianists 5 8-Sophie Auster, 9-Jesse Ruben, 10-The Foreign Tides, 11-Attics, 30 Hay Jude 4 8pm Nillson Brothers Meet Joe Fonda $10 12-The Right Now Freakouts 31 Vicious Country 5 7pm Dayna Kurtz 6 6:15pm-Monterey International Artists APAP Showcase: Nellie 6 Special APAP perfomances: 8pm Matt Munisteri Plays The Lost McKay and Blame Sally w/ Julian Velard $20 9:30-Sister Roseland Ballroom Music Of Willard Robison, 9pm The Victory Band, 10pm Marco Sparrow and the Dirty Birds $10, 11:30-Lily & The Parlour Tricks, 239 W 52nd St (212) 247-0200 Calliari, 11pm Matuto 12:30-Snarky Puppy’s Family Dinner www.roselandballroom.com 7 Special APAP perfomances: 8pm Jordan Tice Trio, 10pm Banda 7 5- High Road Touring + Ground Control Touring APAP Show- Sinaloense De Los Muertos case, 8:30-Blackbird Artist Agency APAP Showcase: Sarah Siskind, The Rubin Museum of Art 8 Special APAP perfomance: 7pm The Brothers Nazaroff Christopher Paul Stelling, Lucy Wainwright Roche, The Milk Carton 150 W 17th Street 10 7:30pm Andy Biskin’s Ibid Kids, Gaby Moreno 212.620.5000 ext 344 www.rmanyc.org 11 8pm Jacob Garchik $10 8 7-Spencer Day $12, 8:30-Fleming Artists APAP Showcase: The Music Without Borders presents the “Naked Soul” Series Jan 6 7pm Bill Charlap Trio $35 Adv / $40 Door / Memb: $31.50 12 8pm Russell Scholl (film series) presents: Now Let Us Praise Guggenheim Grotto, Seth Glier, Caravan of Thieves $12 Famous Women 27 7pm Dana Fuchs $22.50 Adv / $25 Door / Memb: $20.25 9 8-Alan Hampton APAP Showcase Presented by Second Son Produc- 13 8pm Oran Ektin, 10pm The Jack Grace Band. tions, 9-Jonathan Batiste, 10-Jason Lindner / Now vs. Now APAP Feb 10 7pm Jonathan Edwards $25 Adv / $30 Door / Memb: $22.50 14 8pm Superballs, 10pm Las Rubias Del Norte Showcase, 11:30-Sketchy Black Dog 24 7pm Nicole Atkins $25 Adv / $30 Door / Memb: $22.50 15 8pm Vinnie Sperrazza Band 10 7-Lizzy Loeb, 8-Alex Berger, 9-Allie Moss, 10-Jesse Harris Mar 9 7pm Garland Jeffreys $30 Adv / $35 Door / Memb: $27 17 7pm Rufus Cappadocia 11 7:30-Kevin Hearn & Thinbuckle, 10:30-Rocket & The Ghost ( Feat 18 8pm Tony Malaby $10 Members of Lily & The Parlour Tricks), 11:30-In One Wind Symphony Space 19 8pm Matt Munisteri 12 7:30-John W Jung Memorial Concert featuring: Nick Howard, 2537 Broadway (95th St) 212.864.1414 Martin Rivas & Special Guests TBA $15 Adv / $20 Door, 10-Paula www.symphonyspace.org 20 8pm Anders Nilsson Band, 10pm Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts Valstein, 12-Yellowcake 21 10pm People’s Champs 13 7:30-Alternative Guitar Festival Night #1 of 3 Curated by Joel Har- Terminal 5 22 7pm Trio Blasphemy rison & Co-Presented by The New York Guitar Festival -Pillow Wand 610 W 56th St (212) 665-3832 www.terminal5nyc.com 23 9pm The Revelers (Nels Cline & Thurston Moore), -Ben Monder & Pete Rende, (The 24 7pm Boppin’ At The Bop Music of Jimmy Webb), Joel Harrison & Anupan Shobhakar, (Music Terra Blues 25 8pm Kris Davis Trio $10 for National Steel Guitar and Sarode), -Mark Stewart & Gyan Riley 149 Bleecker St 212-777-7776 terrablues.com 26 8pm Hearts & Bones Night #1 Tickets $15 Adv / $20 Door; 3 Night Pass $40, 11- 7pm Acoustic / 10pm Electric 27 8pm Llama, 10pm Cumbiagra Casey Shea Band, 12-Luke Wesley, 1-Snarky Puppy’s Family Dinner 28 7pm The ‘Bad, 8pm Benyoro, 10pm Brooklyn Qawwali Party 14 7:30-Alternative Guitar Festival Night #2 of 3 Curated by Joel Town Hall 29 7pm Anthony Coleman Harrison & Co-Presented by The New York Guitar Festival, -Liberty 123 W.43rd St. www.the-townhall-nyc.org 212-398-6447 (Note: See above for recurring residency performers) Ellman & Vijay Iyer, -Dave Tronzo & Jay Granelli, -Knox Chandler & Ismail Lawal Night #2 Tickets$15 Adv / $20 Door, 10:30-Firehorse (Buy Tickets), 11:30-Lyle Divinsky UMO Music Events The Bell House 15 8-Alternative Guitar Festival Night #3 of 3 Curated by Joel Harrison UMO Weekly Sunday Afternoon Free Winter Music Event 149 7th Street www.thebellhouseny.com & Co-Presented by The New York Guitar Festival Honoring Jim Hall Shades of Green Pub w/ Chris Potter, Scott Colley, Nels Cline, Trevor Dunn, Joel Harrison 125 East 15 Street (Betw Irving Place & 3rd Ave) Brooklyn Bowl String Choir, David Binney, Steve Cardenas, Jim Ridi, Vic Juris, Mary 2pm to 6pm FREE - 1 Drink Minimum / 212-674-1394 61 Wythe Avenue (718) 963-3369 brooklynbowl.com Halvorson, Gilad Hekselman, Obed Calvaire, Jacob Sacks & more Performers welcome: Folk / Rock / R&B 2010 back to 1960’s Night #3 Tickets $15 Adv / $20 Door More info “Underground Music Online” www.umo.com Brooklyn Music Shop presents (Note - Spring, Summer & Fall Music at The Grand Prospect Hall 263 Prospect Avenue Rocky Sullivan’s is in Washington Square Park) (Between 5th & 6th Aves.), Park Slope Tickets: ticketfly.com 129 Lexington Avenue 212-725-3871 Webster Hall Feb 3 Joan Osborne, Catherine Russell and The Holmes Brothers Mondays from 9 ‘til midnight-Informal seisiun of Doors 7:30pm $35 Irish traditional music with Marie Reilly 125 E. 11th St. www.websterhall.com First Acoustics Coffeehouse The Rodeo Bar Bronx First Unitarian Congregational Society 375 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Brooklyn Heights 50 Monroe Place at Pierrepont St. Corner of 27th Street and Third Avenue (212) 683-6500 An Beal Bocht Cafe www.rodeobar.com 445 W 238th St, Riverdale 718-884-7127 anbealbochtcafe.com th Showtimes: Mon-Tues 9pm - Midn, Wed 10pm - Midn Shows at 9:30 Jan 14 Thurs 10pm - 1am Fri-Sat 10:30pm - 1:30am Sun: 4-7pm Trad Irish Session Tues: Open Mic Night

28 Brentwood Rd., Bay Shore, NY eclecticcafe.org Info 631-661-1278 Tickets $10 & $8 8:30pm Rebecca Pronsky open mic 7:30 with Rich Bennett acousticlive.com January 2011 Live! in Ne w Yo r k Ci t y s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 718-288-5994 www.firstacoustics.org 2 shows ea. Sat. Jan-Apr 7:30 & 9pm, $15, $12/SIHS Memb. www.groundsandsounds.uufsb.org All seats $25 Adv / $30 Door Jan 7 The Buddy Hollers Open Mic at 8pm Feature Act at 8:45pm Adm: $12.50 Mar 24 Sloan Wainwright w/ Sharon Goldman 14 The Whistlin’ Wolves Jan 13 The Folk Goddesses, with Martha Trachtenberg, Judith Apr 21 Seth Glier w/ The Antivillains 21 String Fever Zweiman and Hillary Foxsong May 19 Stefan Bauer / Wendy Russell 28 TBA Feb 10 Phil Minissale Jun 2 Brother Sun w/ The Yayas Feb 4 Songs of the Sea & Taverns Landmark on Main Street The Good Coffeehouse Long Island 232 Main Street Port Washington 516-767-6444 Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd St., www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Park Slope Fridays, 8pm gchmusic.org Acoustic Long Island Shows: 8pm Adm: Prem Seats / Memb -- Standard / Memb Jan 14 Aimee Mann $160 / $140 / $120 Jan 13 8pm Wool & Grant Adult $10, Child $5 Deepwell Mansion 497 Route 25a 20 8pm Third Friday Presented by the Park Slope Food Coop Adult Saint James (Long Island) www.acousticlongisland.com 21 Stew and the Negro Problem $40/ $35 / $30 $10, Child $5 Live shows and audio and video podcasts Feb 4 Bettye LaVette $45 / $40 / $35 27 8pm Pat Wictor Adult $15, Child $5 First Wednesday ea. month: 8-10pm - FREE Mar 10 Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes $45 / $40 / $35 Jan 4 Rory Sullivan, Barnaby Bright 31 Leo Kottke $45 / $40 / $35 Jalopy Feb 1 Sarah Blacker, Air Traffic Controller Apr 21 Graham Parker & Garland Jeffreys $45 / $40 / $35 315 Columbia St 718.395.3214 www.jalopy.biz Mar 7 Swear and Shake, TBD May 19 Vance Gilbert & Ellis Paul $45 / $40 / $35 Wednesdays @ 9:30 Roots and Ruckus FREE Apr 4 Chelsea Berry, Heather Maloney Jan 5 8- McMule $10, 9-Bobtown $10, 10-Katie Brennan $10 May 2 Cynthia Summers, Seth Glier Last Licks Cafe 6 9-Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob $10 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 7 2-Pat Conte presents: Banjo Styles Of Dock Boggs Part 1 Workshop Babylon Village Arts Council 109 Brown’s Rd, Huntington 631-427-9547 lastlickscafe.com $25, 6-Art Closing: The Fabulous Jalopy at Five Years by Robin 2nd Thursday Concert Series Open mic - 7:30, sign up @ 7, headliner - 8:30pm Hoffman - Free, 9-The Whiskey Spitters $10, 10:30-Doug Skinner Astoria Fed Savings Bank 180 W Main St Babylon Village $12 Adv, $10 seniors/students, $15 Door, $13 seniors/students and David Gold $10 Free Admission Info: 631-669-1810 babylonvillagearts.org Details @.facebook.com/pages/Last-Licks-Cafe/8145057916 10 8:30-Tony Scherr Trio $5 Jan 28 Anthony da Costa 12 9- Beth Bahia Cohen $10, 10:30-Veveritse Brass Band $10 BACCA Performing Arts Center Feb 25 Evanescent 13 9-Loves It! $10, 10:30-Kristin Andreassen $10 Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts 4th Friday Concert Series 24 Lonesome Traveler 14 2-Pat Conte presents Mountain Banjo Tunings Workshop $25, 149 N Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst 631-587-3696 Brooklyn City Limits presents ($8 Adv / $10 Door): 8-Andrew James Open Mic @ 7:30 Shows @ 8pm Adm: $15 babylonarts.com Our Times Coffeehouse Jr., 9-The Keeps, 10- Frankenpine, 11-The Woodshed Prophets Jan 27 2nd Anniversary Show featuring Elly Wininger / Grand Folk Long Island Ethical Humanist Society 38 Old Country Road, 15 12-Vocal Harmony Basics $20, 2-Vocal Harmony Duos and Trios Railroad / Newland & Miller Garden City 516-541-1006 www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org $20 ($40 both workshops), 7:30-The Jon Herington Band $15 Shows: 8pm (generally on the 3rd Friday of each month) 19 7-Jon Paul $12 Adv / $15 Door, 7:30-Red Molly $12 Adv / $15 Door Court House Concerts Donations: Adults $15, Seniors & Students (w/Schl I.D) $12 20 9-NYC Barn Dance $15 www.pride.hofstra.edu/~GFREY1/index.htm Children (under 12) $6 (very young children are free) 21 4-Pat Conte presents Mountain Banjo Tunings Part 2 Workshop Pre-show gathering 2pm, Showtime 3pm Jan 20 Bill Staines $25, 8-Pat Conte $10, 9-Paul Geremia CD Release for Love My Suggested Donation $15 Mar 16 Chasing June Stuff $10 Reservations required e-mail: [email protected] May 18 The Jammin DIvas 22 1-Alan Pagliere presents: Pedal Steel Show and Tell Workshop $15, 3-Paul Geremia Blues Guitar Workshop $20, 7-Cynthia Sayer Eclectic Café The Song Box House Concerts $10, 8-Chef of the Pasture $10 , 9-Brian Axford $10 Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk Held in recording studio at private residence 26 9-The Homemade Supper Show! $10 28 Brentwood Rd Bay Shore 631 661-1278 Every 4th Sat. in Seaford (south shore Nassau County) 27 9-Jordan Shapiro and Jonah Bruno present: 5th Annual John www.eclecticcafe.org Reservations 516-579-5365 or [email protected]. Hartford Tribute $10 2nd Sat/month 7:30 1-hr open mic, then feature act(s) (confirmation and directions via return email) 28 2-Pat Conte presents: Kentucky Fiddle Part 1 Workshop $25, $10 Admission $9 Seniors $8 members $5 Students Jan 28 8pm Josh Joffen & Cathy Kreger $10 Brooklyn City Limits presents ($8 Adv / $10 Door): 8-Pesky J Jan 14 Rebecca Pronsky with Rich Bennett Nixon, 9-The Roulette Sisters, 10-Spuyten Duyvil, 11-The The University Cafe Newton Gang Finch Mountain House Concerts Sunday Street Acoustic Concert series at The University Cafe 29 7-The Monthly Sunday Night Fish Fry Continues… Free Babylon 631) 661-1278 or [email protected] Student Union Building Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 7pm Pot Luck supper before each show 631-632-1093 www.universitycafe.org -”Special Events” Paper Swan Loft $20 suggested donation Reservations required e-mail: [email protected] 260 Moore St #301 - off the L-train Morgan stop All shows 2pm on Sundays except* www.paperswan.com Folk-Groovin’ Café Jan 8 Mark Erelli / Jeffrey Foucault double bill Conklin Barn (NY Avenue @ High Street), Huntington 22 Garnet Rogers Music Hall of Williamsburg “Add a Little GROOVE To Your Coffee!” 631-368-1920 Feb 12 Vance Gilbert 66 North Sixth Street www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com Performances: 8pm Adm $10 Refreshments included 19 Lucy Kaplansky Mar 4 Brother Sun Pete’s Candy Store Folk Music Society of Huntington 11 James Maddock 709 Lorimer Street Williamsburg (718) 302 - 3770 Congregational Church of Huntington, LI 25 Blackie and The Rodeo Kings www.petescandystore.com 30 Washington Drive, Centerport, (631) 425-2925 fmshny.org Sundays @ 4pm Revolution Church + 9:30pm Dang-It Bobby’s First Saturday Series Concerts begin at 8:30 Open Mic 7:30 Admission $20 / members $15 - no advance tix Upstate New York Rocky Sullivan’s Jan 7 David Massengill Beczak Environmental Education Center Feb 4 Woody Mann (+ Workshop 4-6 pm: Advance tix 917-836-9224) 34 Van Dyke St. (@ Dwight St.), Red Hook UrbanH20 718-246-8050 rockysullivans.com Mar 3 Antje Duvekot 35 Alexander Street Yonkers www.beczak.org April No concert 3rd Sat ea. month Adm: $10 Southpaw May 5 Phil Ochs Song Night Jan 21 7pm Mike + Ruthy and Caitlin Canty 125 Fifth Ave (718) 230-0236 www.spsounds.com Oct 6 Toby Walker Nov 3 TBA Borderline Folk Music Club Warsaw Dec 1 Harry Chapin Tribute Concert At the home of Steve Shapiro 7 Trailside Court, New City Polish National Home 261 Driggs Avenue Hard Luck Café at the Cinema Arts Centre www.borderlinefolkmusic.4themax.com www.warsawconcerts.com 423 Park Ave, Huntington Attendees are asked to bring a cold pot luck dessert dish Third Thursday Concerts begin at 8:30 pm w/ Open Mic at 7:30 pm Reservations strongly suggested Queens Admission $10 / $7 FMSH & CAC members - No advance tickets [email protected] or (845)-354-4586 Jan 19 Robert Bruey & Miles To Dayton Jan 22 Joe Crookston; opener Great Blue $20 / memb $15 (at New The Irish Cottage Folk Jams at the Huntington Library - Free City Volunteer Ambulance Corps) 108-07 72nd Avenue, Forest Hills (between Austin Street and Jan 15, Feb 12, Mar 11, Apr 1, May 27, Jun 10 Caffe Lena Queens Boulevard, two blocks south of the 71st/Continental stop of the E, F, R, and V trains) 718-520-8530 Garden Stage 47 Phila Street,, Saratoga Springs (518) 583-0022 Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau List of Shows: www.caffelena.com/calendar.htm Woodside Library 223 Stewart Avenue Garden City Common Ground Coffeehouse 54-22 Skillman Avenue (718) 429-470O gardenstage.com/calendar.html Concerts scheduled one Friday of the month Sep thru May Venues: First Unitarian Society of Westchester Jan 6 Barnaby Bright $18 Adv / $20 Door 25 Old Jackson Ave, Hastings on Hudson; Staten Island Feb 3 The YaYas and Honor Finnegan $18 Adv / $20 Door South Presbyterian Church, 343 Bwy, Dobbs Ferry; Gathering Time $20 Adv / $22 Door Lewisboro Library, 15 Main Street, South Salem Every Thing Goes Book Cafe Mar 2 James V. Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, & Neighborhood Stage 208 Bay Street 718-447-8256 Apr 13 Brother Sun $20 Adv / $22 Door Hastings-on-Hudson www.well.com/user/ganas/etgstores May 4 TBA info: 914-478-2710 or www.westchesteruu.org/commonground Jun 1 Beatles Jamboree with John Redgate of Beatlemania and Glen Jan 14 7:30pm WinterJam 2012 featuring The Kennedys, Abbie Historic Richmond Town Roethel $20 Adv / $22 Door Gardner, Craig Akin, Anthony Da Costa and Eric Lee @ South Tavern Concerts 441 Clarke Avenue (718) 351-1611 Presbyterian Church $18.50 Adv /$20 Door; Under 12 free www.historicrichmondtown.org Grounds and Sounds Cafe 21 8pm The Woods Tea Company @ Lewisboro Library $12 Adv / Reservations: (718) 351-1611, Ext. 281 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship $15 Door; Seniors $12 ; Kids Under 12 free 380 Nicholls Road (just north of Rt. 347) Stony Brook acousticlive.com January 2011 Live! in Ne w Yo r k Ci t y s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 7:30pm Milton with special guest, Julia Joseph @ The First River Spirit Music Warwick Valley Winery Unitarian Society of Westchester, $15 Adv / $18 Door; kids under $12 free Rainwater Grill 19 Main Street 114 Little York Road, Warwick, NY, 845-258-4858 Hastings-on-Hudson riverspiritmusic.blogspot.com www.wvwinery.com Feb 4 8pm Harry Bolick & Joel Wennerstrom @ Lewisboro Library $12 tix or reserve: e-mail: [email protected] Special Events: Adv / $15 Door; Seniors $12 ; Kids Under 12 free or call (203) 989-0863 Doors open at 7pm for wine tasting and Bistro style dinner 11 7:30pm The Neel Murgai Ensemble @ South Church $18 Adv /$20 Uncorked & Unplugged Afternoon Series 2 - 5pm No Cover Door; Kids Under 12 free Rosendale Cafe Jan 7 Larry Amato 25 7:30pm Common Ground Cabaret with Ralph Gunderman and Gail 434 Main St., Rosendale (914) 658-9048 8 Steve Wells Joy Newman @ The First Unitarian Society of Westchester $12 Adv www.rosendalecafe.com / $15 Door; Kids Under 12 free 14 Mike Corbin Jan 7 8pm Jim Hurst $10 Mar 3 7:30pm The Honeycutters with RJ Storm and Old School @ 15 Marty Koppel South Church $18 Adv / $20 Door; kids under 12 free 10 8pm Singer-Songwriter Tuesdays w/ Stephen Biggio, Kevin John Allen, Luke Liddy, Lydia Adams Davis, Susan Wright, and Norma The Watercolor Cafe Colony Café Jean Martine Free 1094 Boston Post Road Larchmont, NY 10543 13 8pm Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew $10 22 Rock City Road Woodstock 914.834.2213 www.watercolorcafe.net 845 679-5342 Weekdays 6-11 Sat & Sun12-11 closed Wed 20 8pm Stefan Grossman and Steve Katz $15 Jan 5 8pm Mark Erelli and Jeffrey Foucault $15 Feb 4 8pm Tony Trischka solo performance $15 12 8pm Amy Speace $15 Emelin Theater Tarrytown Music Hall 22 7:30pm Ellis Paul $25 Library Lane, Mamaroneck 914-698-0098 25 8pm Ari Hest $20 All shows @ 8pm www.emelin.org 13 Main St Tarrytown (914) 631-3390 27 8pm Steve Forbert $30 Concert Series www.tarrytownmusichall.org 31 8pm Griffin House $20 Jan 15 Aimee Mann $67 presented by Music Without Borders Yesterday: The Beatles Tribute $55 Jan 21 8pm Burton Cummings (lead singer of The Guess Who) 27 $38, $48, $60 New Jersey Feb 10 Commander Cody and Professor Louie & the Crowmatix $30 Feb 8 8pm The Yardbirds & Vanilla Fudge $39, $55, $60 May 19 Atlanta Rhythm Section $39 The Acoustic Cafe 10 8pm Citizen Cope $32, $40, $50 In Our Lady of Mercy School, 25 Fremont Ave. Bluegrass 22 8pm Robert Cray Band $39, $50, $65 Feb 17 Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike $38 Park Ridge Info: 201-573-0718 www.cafeacoustic.org Mar 4 8pm Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo $65 - $135 Showtime: 8pm Doors open at 7:30 Adm $18 - $25 Mar 9 Monroe Crossing $36 10 1pm Tom Chapin & Friends Birthday Concert $20, $30 Apr 20 The Grascals $40 Jan 22 2pm Sloan Wainwright w/spec guest Barnaby Bright $18 23, 24 8pm Levon Helm Band $58 - $105 Feb 19 2pm Willie Nile & Joe D’Urso $20 Folk Apr 20 8pm Greg Lake “Songs of a Lifetime” $49, $70, $85 Mar 18 2pm Pete Fornatale presents Back to the Garden: The Mar 16 The Roches: Suzzy & Maggie w/ spec guest opener Julie Woodstock Festival, stories & songs with music by the Tony Gold $35 Towne Crier Cafe Traguardo Band $20 Apr 22 Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks $39 62 Route 22, Pawling 845-855-1300 www.townecrier.com Apr 14 8pm TBA May 5 Steve Forbert $32 Open Mic every Weds, Thurs - 7pm, signup 5pm $4 May 19 8pm Ellis & Pat Wictor Co-bill $18 Great Traditions Jan 6 8:30pm The McKrells, featuring Brian Melick; guest Bob Jan 21 Black 47 $25 Stump & The Blue Mountain Band $20 Adv / $25 Door Acoustic Night in Metuchen Feb 19 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet $39 7 8:30pm Susan Werner; Also Vance Gilbert $30 Adv / $35 Door Brewed Awakening, 417 Main St. Shows run from 7:30 - 9pm Mar 21 Ladysmith Black Mambazo $59 8 7pm Open Mic Finals, invitational round all seats $8 13 8:30pm Uncommon Ground $17.50 Adv / $22.50 Door The Barrington Coffeehouse Musicafe Hammond House 14 8:30pm Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams 131 Clements Bridge Rd., Barrington 111 Grasslands Rd. Valhalla 914-347-8209 $28 Adv / $33 Door Reservations: 856.573.7800 barringtoncoffeehouse.com www.TribesHill.com 15 7:30pm Petey Hop & The JackRabbits $15 Adv / $20 Door “Friday Main Stage” & “Saturday Night Special” 20 8:30pm Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools $55 Adv / $60 8-10 pm. ($10 cover unless noted*) Harmony Door Jan 6 Color Of Skies / Slightly Sedated 52 Mill Hill Road Woodstock, NY 21 8:30pm Marc Black Band, featuring Amy Fradon & Warren 7 Return Of The Night Of The Living Rob http://www.facebook.com/harmonymusicwoodstockny Bernhardt $20 Adv / $25 Door 13 Scott Sax & Suzie Brown / Larry Saklad *$15 Mondays: Open Mic: Poetry; 22 7:30pm Rethink Pink, featuring Connor Kennedy and Jeremy Baum 14 1st Names Only / Monko Tuesdays: Singles, Duos $20 Adv / $25 Door 20 Jersey Boomers / Barbara Starken Weds. Open Mic: Music (Sign up 7pm, music 8-11pm) 27 8:30pm Blue Chicken featuring Jim Weider, with Sid Mcginnis $25 21 Wool & Grant / Mir Stavola Thursdays: Bluegrass Clubhouse with Bill Keith & guests Adv / $30 Door Fridays & Saturdays: Bands; Sundays: Singles, Duos 27 Michael Kaufman / Kevin Muldrig 28 8:30pm Sloan Wainwright Band $25 Adv / $30 Door 28 Billy Flood / Emily Yanek Hyde Park Library Feb 3 8:30pm Garland Jeffreys; guest Latini & Nowak $25 Adv / $30 Door Feb 3 Mike Volpe / The Skys 4 8:30pm Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson & The Magic Rockers $25 Natalie Acciani / Brittany Ann 2 Main St, Hyde Park 845-227-7791 www.hydeparklibrary.org Adv / $30 Door 4 Sharon Goldman, Carolann Solebello & Loretta Hagen *$15 Living Room Acoustic Series 5 2:30pm Chris Cassone with The Street Kid Band ; guest Green 10 11 Splashing Pearls / Amy Wooden In The Center Haven $15 Adv / $20 Door 11 8:30pm Chris Smither $25 Adv / $30 Door Brennan Coffeehouse Belle Levine Arts Center 521 Kennicut Hill Road Mahopac 12 7:30pm Poco $50 Adv / $55 Door 17 8:30pm CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band $25 Adv / Justice William Brennan Court House Irvington Town Hall Theater $30 Door 583 Newark Avenue Jersey City www.brennancoffeehouse.com/home.htm All Shows 7:30 85 Main Street Irvington www.irvingtontheater.com 18 8:30pm Peter Yarrow $35 Adv / $40 Door 7:30pm Roger McGuinn & John Sebastian $55-$85 Open Mic after each concert 5 min /performer Apr 15 19 7:30pm Greg Brown $40 Adv / $45 Door Sign-up sheet at box office. 21 8pm The Grass Roots $55-$85 Turning Point Prices per show vary Call 800-542-7894 for info James Durst Welcomes Jan 20 Lucy Kaplansky 468 Piermont Ave, Piermont 845-359-1089 Feb 17 Red Molly BeanRunner Cafe www.turningpointcafe.com Mar 16 Ari Hest 201 Division St. (@ Esther St.) Peekskill Jan 6 9pm Bobbie DiBlasio and Cosmic American Derelicts $12.50 Apr 20 Jimmy Webb 2nd Mondays Showtime: 7-9pm $8 Adv / $10 Door 7 5pm John Whoever $10, 9pm Duke Robillard Band $25 Adv Reservations: 914-737-1701 May 18 Chuck Brodsky James Durst MC; brief opening set 11 8pm Bruce Minsky and Friends $10 Jun 15 Ellis Paul 12 8pm Paul Geremia $20 Lake Katonah Lakehouse 13 9pm Big Jim Wheeler and Wheels of Fire $15 Cabin Concerts at Tim & Lori Blixt’s 1 Lower lakeshore Drive, Katonah 14 9pm The Debbie Davies Blues Band $20 60 Hawthorne Road Wayne (973) 616-0853 for reservations or to arrange shuttle from 15 4pm CD Release Party with Tina Vero Band $10 [email protected] www.cabinconcerts.com Metro North (Golden’s Bridge Station): 18 8pm Karen Hudson (Duo) $10 Your hosts: Tim and Lori Blixt [email protected] 19 8pm Ryan Montbleau (solo performance) $20 Acoustic Vacations in the Mountains Inclusive retreats at the 20 8pm Mayra Casales & Friends $20 West Mountain Inn, Arlington Vt. An all new show each night!! Mainstage Coffeehouse Foundation 21 6pm Stefan Grossman & Steve Katz $30 info: www.cabinconcerts.com / www.westmountaininn.com www.themainstage.org 25 8pm Jon Herington Trio $25 Apr 22 3 & 6pm Jory Nash $20 3pm Sold Out Shows presented at Irvington Town Hall 27 9pm Johnny Feds and da BluezBoyz $15 85 Main Street, Irvington www.irvingtontheater.com Celebration House Concert & Workshop Series Tix: (800) 595-4TIX or (914) 591-6602 Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse Clifton Address given with Reservation 973-879-8568 [email protected] Paramount Center for the Arts New Location! Memorial United Methodist Church Please bring a pot luck dish to share 250 Bryant Ave, White Plains (914) 242-0374 After concert jam around the fire for all attending musicians! 1008 Brown Street, Peekskill 914.739.2333 www.WalkaboutClearwater.org www.paramountcenter.org shows start at 7:30pm except* Coffee With Conscience Mar 17 Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul $25, $35, $45 Jan 14 Cathie Ryan $17.50 Adv / $20 Door www.coffeewithconscience.org The Peekskill Coffee House Feb 11 The Ebony Hillbillies $17.50 Adv / $20 Door Concert Series of Westfield Mar 10 Christine Lavin $20 Adv / $25 Door Westfield First United Methodist Church 101 South Division St. Peekskill Apr 14 The Makem & Spain Brothers $20 Adv / $25 Door peekskillcoffee.com 914-739-1287 1 East Broad Street (corner of North Ave) Westfield May 12 Bill Staines with special guest Bowen Staines Shows at 8pm Price online/@door $17.50 Adv / $20 Door Jan 21 Red Molly $19/$23 acousticlive.com January 2011 Live! in Ne w Yo r k Ci t y s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 22 The Kennedys $19/$23 Feb 19 2pm Buckwheat Zydeco $25 Jan 14 The ZuZazz String Orkestra Feb 12 Buskin & Batteau $19/$23 Feb 11 Van Norstrand Brothers Mar 19 Delta Rae $19/$23 Notes From Home Mar 10 Chris Koldewey and John Kirk Apr 16 Trout Fishing in America Adults $21 / Children $10 (house concert series) Apr 14 Dan Milner and Jeff Davis May 21 Brother Sun (Greg Greenway, Pat Wictor & Joe Jencks) $19/$23 Montclair 201-214-1138 Doors open 1 hour before Concert May 12 Forebitter potluck dinner www.notesfromhomenj.com Concerts at the Crossing Reservations: [email protected] RSVP for location CT Folk Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing Feb 4 Brooks Williams First Presbyterian Church 704 Whitney Ave, New Haven 268 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road Titusville Mar 17 “ Afro-Jersey” w/ Terre Roche, Sidiki Conde and Marlon “First Friday” Concert Series www.ctfolk.com/home.html Shows at 7:30pm concertsatthecrossing.com Cherry Gen Adm / $10 Students Door: $20 Gen Adm / $15 Students Jan 21 Mary Gauthier & John Fullbright $20 / $5 kids 18 and under Apr 14 Cosy Sheridan and TR Ritchie Jan 6 7:30pm Gathering Time $20 Mar 24 Ellis Paul w/special guest Emily Baker $23 / $5 kids 14 and May 5 Ana Egge under Jun 23 We’re About 9 Duo Fairfield Theater Company Apr 21 The Write Stuff Vol. 1: A Celebration of the Works of www.fairfieldtheatre.org Legendary Classic Country Songwriters w/ Suzie Brown, Outpost in the “Burbs” Coffeehouse FTC @ The Klein Klein Memorial Auditorium Brittany Ann, Natalie Acciani, Chuck Schaeffer & Jim Henry Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church Street, Montclair 910 FairfieldA venue, Bridgeport $Gen Adm / Memb $20 / $5 kids 14 and under (Larger shows* held at First Congregational Church of Feb 18 8pm Foreigner $45-$85 May 19 Ariana Gillis & Victoria Vox $20 / $5 kids 18 and under Montclair 40 South Fullerton Ave) FTC on StageOne 70 Sanford St., Fairfield shows@ 7:30 973-744-6560 Shows at 8:00 www.outpostintheburbs.org Jan 14 7 & 10pm Marc Cohn $67 Jan 20 Ellis Paul / Ari Hest $25 15 Cheryl Wheeler $32 Lois & Greg House Concerts Feb 4 Raul Midon With Bill Griese $25 20 Lori Mckenna $22 House Concerts Seating limited Reservations req’d 24 Robert Gordon $28 60 Colby Court Belvidere (973) 916-1688 Apr 13 Tracy Grammer / Dan Navarro Co-Bill $22 Good Folk Coffeehouse www.loisandgreg.com May 4 Red Molly With Carsie Blanton $22 Rowayton Methodist Church Fellowship Hall Potluck begins at 1:30, Show begins at 3:00 Rowayton Avenue & Pennoyer Street, Rowayton (203) 866- Heights House Concert Series Princeton Folk Music Society 4450 www.goodfolkcoffeehouse.com Concerts at Christ Congregation Church Doors open at 7:30pm - Music starts at 8pm Jersey City Address given w/ reservation 50 Walnut Lane in Princeton 3rd Friday of the month - 8:15 Adult Donation: $25 - Children 7 to 12 half price - Under 7 free heightshouseconcerts.com 201-310-1322 princetonfolk.org [email protected] (609) 799-0944 All shows Sundays 2:30pm Jan 20 Sloan Wainwright Molten Java Coffee reservations: [email protected] Feb 17 Atwater/Donnelly 213 Greenwood Ave., Bethel Jan 29 Loretta Hagen / Joe Iadanza Mar 16 Bruce Molsky 203-739-0313 mjcoffee.com Mar 25 RUNA Apr 20 Deb Cowan Jan 21 8pm My Dad’s Truck The Hillside Café May 18 Jean Redpath 22 2pm Bill Wisnowski 45 Hillside Crescent, Nutley (@ Church and Prospect St.) Sanctuary Concerts The Ridgefield Playhouse Community room of Franklin Reformed Church www.sanctuaryconcerts.org 80 East Ridge Ridgefield 203-438-5795 shows: 8pm 973-667-7055 www.hillsidecafe.com www.ridgefieldplayhouse.com Jan 21 The Lords of Liechtenstein / The Jen Chapin Trio (Co-Bill) $10 Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham 973.376.4946 [email protected] Jan 20 8pm Aimee Mann w/ spec Guest Ivan & Alyosha $55- $60 Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Coffeehouse Concerts 8pm Admission includes coffee and baked desserts 27 8pm Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer Feb 4 John McKuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band plus Fair Lawn Community Center, 10-10 20th Street, Fair Lawn Beppe Gambetta $25 The Vanilla Bean Cafe Shows at 8:00 201 384-1325 www.hurdygurdyfolk.org plus $25 Prices: member/non-member Mar 3 Tom Paxton Michael Smith Corner of Rts 44, 169 & 97 Pomfret (860)928-1562 thevanillabeancafe.com Jan 7 Spuyten Duyvil and Hungrytown $12 / $15 Splatter Concerts Jan 6 Chris Smither; Chelsea Berry Opens $30 Feb 4 Tripping Lily and Runa $12 / $25 Ukrainian American Cultural Center 13 Songwriter Sessions w/ Chuck Williams, Bernice Lewis, Tom Mar 3 Brother Sun, opener: Mara Levine & Caroline Cutroneo $22 / $25 60 North Jefferson Rd., Whippany Smith- Lisa Martin Hosts $5 24 Danielle Miraglia and Toby Walker $12 / $15 Shows @ 7pm 973-585-7175 www.splatterconcerts.com 14 Yankee Dogs $10 Apr 14 Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem opener: Brad Yoder $22 / $25 Adm $ as listed Ages 13-17: $5 12 & under free 21 Michael Hakanson-Stacy $10 May 5 Robin and Linda Williams & their Fine Group $27 / $30 To order tickets, e-mail name & no. of tickets desired to: Howie Bursen & Friends $20 [email protected] 28 Jun 4 Diana Jones, opener: TBA $17 / $20 Feb 3 Open Mic - Feature: Jake Klar $7 Dec 2 Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang (members of the last group fronted by blues legend Howlin’ Wolf) $20 Adv / $22 Door 4 Les Sampou $15 Maxwell’s 18 Savoy Brown $25 Adv / $27 Door 5 Bill Staines $15 1039 Washington St., Hoboken 201-507-8900 Jan 7 Buffy Sainte-Marie $30 Adv / $33 Door 10 Songwriter Sessions w/ John Fuzek, Mardi Garcia; Lisa Martin or 212-307-7171 www.maxwellsnj.com Hosts $5 Every 3rd Tuesday NJ Songwriters in the Round Stone House Music Club 11 Vance Gilbert $15 Feb 2 8pm Jenny Owen Youngs $10 Adv / $12 Door Mexicali Live 1409 Queen Anne Road Teaneck Venue tel: (201) 833-0011 info: (201)503-1332 Mexicali Live www.pdpconcerts.com 1409 Queen Anne Road Teaneck www.mexicalilive.com Please call ahead or check venue Wellmont Theater The Minstrel 5 Seymour St, Montclair (973) 783-9500 websites before attending shows. Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Hts. Rd, wellmonttheater.com Not responsible for typographical Shows at 8pm 973-335-9489 $7 Cover www.folkproject.org Feb 10 Levon Helm Band / Peter Wolf $40-$80 errors or late performance changes Jan 6 John Forster with Tony DeSantis 13 Open Stage Connecticut 20 Vance Gilbert with Caitlin Canty 27 David Massengill with Honor Finnegan Acoustic Cafe 2926 FairfieldA ve. Black Rock 203-335-FOLK (3655) Montvale Public Library www.acousticafe.com 12 Mercedes Dr Montvale 201-391-5090 montvale.bccls.org Tues: Open Mic 7pm sign up - begin at 9pm $3 Acoustic Celebration Music at the Mission Temple Shearith Israel 46 Peaceable St Ridgefield West Milford Presbyterian Church or St. Stephen’s Church, North Hall 351 Main St 1452 Union Valley Road West Milford 973-728-4201 www.acousticcelebration.org www.musicatthemission.org (203) 431-6501 [email protected] Doors open at 7:30pm - Music starts at 8pm Jan 5 4pm Joe Crookston / Amy Speace $17 Adv / $20 Door Adm: Non-memb Adv / Door @ Temple Shearith Israel Jan 21 Emerging Artist Showcase with Caleb Hawley, The YaYas, 22 4pm Tom Pacheco $17 Adv / $20 Door @ St. Stephen’s Chasing June and The Twangtown Paramours $22 / $25 29 4pm Tim Grimm & Krista Detor $17 Adv / $20 Door Feb 25 Cabin Fever Cure Tour II with We’re About 9 and Barnaby @ St. Stephen’s Bright $22 / $25 Feb 12 4pm Pierce Pettis & Grace Pettis $20 Adv / $25 Door Mar 17 Frank Vignola with special guest Renee Lando $22 / $25 @ Temple Shearith Israel Apr 21 Sierra Hull & Highway 111 $25 / $30 18 4pm David Francey $22 Adv / $25 Door Mar 25 4pm Garnet Rogers $17 Adv / $20 Door New Legacy Concert Series Apr 29 4pm Zoe Mulford $17 Adv / $20 Door Ringwood Public Library 30 Cannici Drive, Ringwood 973-962-6256 Branford Folk Coffeehouse www.palsplus.org/rpl/newlegacy/newlegacy.html First Congregational Church of Branford Seating: first come, first served 1009 Main Street, Branford www.folknotes.org/branfordfolk Jan 29 2pm Alexis P Suter Band $15 Shows: 8pm nonmemb $15, memb $12, children 12 - under, $5 Jan 20 Ellis Paul / Ari Hest $25 Now Feb 4 Raul Midon With Bill Griese $25 accepting Paypal! 24 Robert Gordon $28 Apr 13 Tracy Grammer / Dan Navarro Co-Bill $22 May 4 Red Molly With Carsie Blanton $22

Unitarian Church of Montclair 67 Church Street, Montclair Shows at 8:00 973-744-6560 www.outpostintheburbs.org (Larger shows* held at First Congregational Church of Montclair 40 South Fullerton Ave)

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