february 2014 - Acoustic Live

FEBRUARY
2014
Volume 15 Issue 9
by Richard Cuccaro
An ethereal blend of two voices, guided
by fate to find each other, travels the wire
from iTunes to earbuds and into my ear
canal — so exquisite, it’s almost unbearable.
Hannah Hickok and Maggie Kraus, a lesbian
folk-pop duo, look at all the facets of living
— loving, losing, friendship — as if peering
through a microscope, taking the facets
apart and reassembling them with delicate,
faerie fingers. The songs are presented like
gossamer gifts. A case in point is the stark
beauty of “Curfew” from their second album,
Muscle & Bone. Hannah wrote the song and
sings the lead vocal with a call-and-response
from Maggie in a passage near the end. It
might simply be an unrequited love song,
but it could easily describe a heartbreaking
failed connection between two people, one
who is gay and one who is straight or who is
latently gay but not ready to accept a samesex relationship. Intentional or not, it covers
a rocky terrain young homosexuals tread
daily. The poetic dissection of raw emotion
is astonishing. The words float, first over a
sighing harmonium-like shruti box, then a
delicate guitar refrain and a keening cello:
I was in love / but you were above it / I thought
that I’d won you over somehow … It was a
date / it’s not what we called it / you were
afraid / so I carried all of it / who was to
blame? / You thought you felt it / an honest
mistake / that we never dealt with. / You took
it all for granted / And I took it all to heart /
Things that I intended / I couldn’t even start / I
think my head knew / but didn’t tell my heart /
I missed my curfew / so I could fall apart.
Like a smack addict, I play the track again and
again, nodding off over and over in rushes of
aching, sweet melancholy.
Hannah and Maggie’s almost unearthly
harmonies evoke descriptions like “Simon
and Garfunkel crossed with the Indigo Girls.”
Indeed, they have been included in a number
of Simon and Garfunkel tributes. In a perfect
world, I think their articulate expression of
lives so sharply felt and lived could change a
listener’s DNA. Because Hannah and Maggie
plunge a rapier of emotional honesty into the
psyche, the listener might become a better
person, more empathetic. It’s a high-minded
flight of fancy, but who knows? This is a fastchanging world.
The duo’s new album, In the Company of
Strangers, is set for a Feb. 25 release. Two
songs from the album, “The Final Straw” and
“Morning Star,” are available for listening on
soundcloud.com. When I proposed a February
cover article, they remarked at the serendipity
of the timing.
Hannah, Child Actress and Musician
Hannah Hickok was born and raised in
Dobb’s Ferry, N.Y. Her parents were actors
but her mother quit the theater when Hannah
was born in favor of another career path. Her
father continued as an actor. Hannah said the
concept of performing was an inspiration
from an early age. She spent many an hour
waiting in her dad’s dressing room.
Hannah with her father, backstage
That’s Hannah, in the middle, playing the role of
the dad in “Mary Poppins.”
He’d come backstage to change costumes and
she would witness the transformation of her
father to an actor with “elaborate costumes
and crazy makeup.” She absorbed the idea
that investing one’s time into performance
and the arts was a valuable thing. In addition
to the exposure to Broadway musical theater
tunes, folk revival classics like James Taylor
and Joni Mitchell were played often.
Both parents were good singers who
constantly sang around the house (and still
do). Hannah sang from an early age. She
performed in musical plays — her first was
when she was 5 — and was in chorus all
through grade school and high school. The
shows included “Pippin,” “The Music Man,”
“Mary Poppins” and “Guys and Dolls.” She
also acted as assistant director for some plays
at theater camp. She was a member of the
all-female and coed a capella groups and the
chorus all four years of high school. In her
senior year, she was president of all three.
When Hannah was around 10, there was an
electric guitar sitting in the living room, a
leftover from one of her father’s stage roles.
Hannah picked it up and started playing
it. He taught her how to play The Beatles’
“Blackbird,” the first song she ever learned
on guitar. She also started writing her own
songs. Her father bought an acoustic guitar for
her when she was in middle school. She took
lessons in her first year of high school and then
learned more on her own by figuring out how
to play covers. At this point, her songwriting
output increased.
The drama club would host coffeehouses
every first Friday and that was where Hannah
first performed solo, singing her songs and
accompanying herself on guitar. This set the
stage for the next act when Maggie would
make her entry.
Maggie, the Young Punk Rocker
Maggie Kraus was born and raised in
Maplewood, N.J. Her father has a good voice
and performed in plays throughout high school.
She always liked music and, like Hannah, she
was exposed to folk revivalists James Taylor
and Joni Mitchell. Billy Joel and Paul Simon
were also part of the mix.
Her participatory phase began with guitar
instruction at summer camp when she was
10. After learning the basics, she and a
small group of other campers performed for
everyone in camp. There was supposed to be
an “official” staged performance at the end
of the camp session, but it never happened.
For Maggie, it didn’t matter. She was on
fire to learn guitar. When she got home, she
expanded on the tab method her guitar teacher
had shown her. Hours were spent learning
chords for songs she wanted to sing by
researching guitar tabs on the Internet, figuring
out how to play them. She spent years learning
songs this way.
A young Maggie, on the right, is playing a Fender
Stratocaster almost as big as she is.
Although she had an acoustic guitar, her goal
was to learn rock songs and go electric. She
was into Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana
and Blink 182. The first time she learned the
power chords to a Lenny Kravitz song she
thought, “This is amazing!”
Maggie’s dad was happy that she was playing
acoustic, and wasn’t thrilled that her goal
was to play rock. He resisted the idea that
his daughter might become a punk rocker. In
2001, Maggie was 11 going on 12 when, with
her own allowance, she bought the Fender
Stratocaster that she still occasionally plays.
Initially, she’d crank the sound up on a little
amp, playing “awful music” in her bedroom.
Her first performance was in sixth grade in a
school function called “The Extreme Concert,”
a faculty showcase she was allowed to enter.
Maggie was in chorus, but switched her
energies to forming rock bands when she
was still in middle school. She’d coax boys
into being members of her bands, selecting
roles for them (“OK, Brian, you’re gonna
play drums…”), regardless of their lack of
experience. In high school, tired of wrangling
other students into supporting her, she returned
to acoustic guitar and performed with two
friends as an acoustic trio.
While experimenting with rock, she’d gotten
a friend to record her in a band setting. She
hated the results and invested in an MBox, a
portable computer recording interface (with
mic and instrument ports) for computers.
Using her acoustic guitar, she began making
her own digital recordings of songs using Pro
Tools software. At some point in high school,
the computer crashed, taking hundreds of
hours of recordings with it. Nevertheless, she
continued writing and performing at a lot of
fundraisers, open mics, showcases and other
school events.
The College Crucible
Hannah and Maggie both attended Smith
College in Northampton, Mass.
Although Hannah earned a degree in American
Studies with a focus on Race and Ethnicity
and Maggie in Comparative Literature with
a focus on English and Spanish Literature, it
would be music that defined their path going
forward. Hannah was one year ahead of
Maggie, but their approaches to music were
nearly parallel.
The house to which Hannah was assigned was
an old, Victorian-style residence (the oldest
on campus) that, at 50 coeds, was smaller
than most. It had a odd, funky configuration
of rooms that fostered a close-knit community
vibe. There was a large living room where
everyone would gather together at teatime
once a week on Fridays. When Hannah
had settled in, she wanted to replicate the
coffeehouses she’d experienced in high school,
so she offered to organize a coffeehouse event
at teatime one Friday per month. It was an
outlet for all kinds of creative energy.
There was a broad range of types of
performance, ranging from poetry and music
(Hannah would sing and play guitar) to
displays of visual art or even hair styling.
Hannah ran the coffeehouse events each
month with few exceptions, and with even
more regularity when she was house president
in her junior and senior years.
Hannah was a member of the a capella group,
the Smith College Smiffenpoofs. Maggie
joined the group in her freshman year and
that’s where she met Hannah.
The residence that Maggie lived in was bigger
— around 100 students. She quickly became
active in seeking out other musically inclined
students. She’d roam the halls, listening for
good voices singing, perhaps idly, that she
might recruit for the a capella group. Maybe
they’d be playing a guitar or ukulele and she’d
invite them to jam with her. There was a large
living room in this residence as well and it lent
itself to performing. Maggie quickly seized the
opportunity to organize her own “unplugged”
coffeehouse events. She’d invite three or four
others to perform with her. She held four or
five of these over the course of her time at
Smith. Having gotten acquainted with Hannah
in the Smiffenpoofs, Maggie had watched
YouTube videos of her playing acoustic guitar
and singing, so she invited Hannah to perform
at her coffeehouse. Hannah’s performance at
Maggie’s residence would be the first time
either witnessed the other playing live. Hannah
was impressed to see how Maggie, a freshman,
could organize an event like this.
Hannah returned the favor and invited Maggie
to her monthly teatime event. So Maggie
visited Hannah regularly at Hannah’s campus
residence and found the vibe relaxed and
inviting, more so than her own residence. She
felt honored to be included.
At some point they harmonized on one
another’s songs and some friends suggested
that they sing together. They agreed, but it
was a while before the idea became a reality.
Toward the end of Maggie’s freshman year,
there was an event where graduating seniors
were given a send-off banquet. Maggie sang
a song she’d written, “The Land & The Sea.”
The sentiment reached home for many: I
am the land you are the sea / And I’d walk
a thousand miles / To the coast so we could
meet. Hannah, visibly moved, thought, “Wow,
this girl knows what she’s doing.” The song
is on their first album and Hannah stated that
it has been a fan favorite and has won two
songwriting awards.
discouraged and committed wholeheartedly to
continue playing together.
The following year, after playing informally at
college and around town, they recorded their
debut album, Fine Being Here, which included
both “The Land & The Sea” and “Things
We’ll Never Know.”
Hannah graduated in 2011 and moved to New
York City, with Maggie still having one year left.
At the end of the summer they completed a twoweek Northeast tour, their first extended travel
on the road. Later, in December, they opened for
Dar Williams, an inspirational figure and thus,
for them, their most notable performance to date.
The Career, Off and Running
In 2010, Hannah’s junior year, they sat down
to play music together working on covers and
originals. They entered the Lilith Fair Local
Talent Search songwriting contest and wrote
and recorded their first song, “Things We’ll
Never Know.” The lyrics show a fearless
eloquence: Like a song that I used to play /
I’d forgotten until today / There’s no wishing
this away … And we’re scared that it’s gonna
hurt / But I think that I know the words / And I
know that I wrote them first … For you. They
won the popular vote but the judges gave
the grand prize of opening the N.Y. date on
the Lilith Fair Tour. They were upset but not
to Nashville to Salt Lake City. The next few
months were spent playing locally, for the
most part. They later signed a record contract
with Purebred Records of New Haven, CT.
The duo won the 2012 CT Folk Festival (New
Haven) songwriting contest. This past summer,
I attended the 2013 CT Folk Festival and saw
them perform and introduce new contestants
for the songwriting competition. This past
year also saw them begin recording their third
album, In the Company of Strangers, their
first with Purebred.
Acoustic Live is proud to feature Hannah
Hickok and Maggie Kraus. We were thrilled
to include them in our late-night guerrilla
showcase at the 2013 Northeast Regional
Folk Alliance Conference and we’re eager
to help them promote their new album. We
hope to introduce new listeners to their earlier
albums as well. We recommend a visit to their
website, where their blog will provide more
insight into their gentle, quirky humor as well
as photographic glimpses of their adventures
on tour. If they’re playing close by, don’t miss
a chance to see them live. As stated on their
website: “For all those interested in making
your ears happy, look no further.”
Website: www.hannahandmaggie.com
Upcoming performances include:
In January of 2012, they recorded their
second album, the aforementioned Muscle &
Bone, and released it in May. After Maggie
graduated they embarked on their first
national tour, jumping from Portland, Maine
Feb 20 9:30pm The Bitter End, N.Y.C.
21 10pm lron Horse Music Hall,
Northampton, Mass.
23 2:30pm Heights House Concerts,
Jersey City, N.J.
Mar 1 8pm Union Hall, Brooklyn, N.Y.
22 6pm Seafood Shack, Rehoboth Beach, Del.
30 7:30pm The Burren, Somerville, Mass.
Apr 8 7pm John Platt’s On Your Radar Series,
Rockwood Music Hall, N.Y.C.
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BB King Blues Club & Grill
237 W 42nd St. (betw 7th/8th Ave.) www.bbkingblues.com
8 & 10pm Every Tuesday In Lucille’s:
B.B. King Blues Club All*Stars w/ The Harlem Blues Project
and a revolving cast of NYC blues players $15
FEB 1 8 pm Robert Randolph and The Family Band $30 Adv / $35
Door
4 8 pm Marcia Ball & Tommy Castro And The Painkillers
$28.50 Adv / $35 Door
5, 23 8 pm Johnny Winter $30 Adv / $35
6 8 pm The Ringers w/ Jimmy Herring, Wayne Krantz, Michael Landau,
Etienne Mbappe and Gary Novak $26.50 Adv / $32 Door
9 8pm Clannad $35 Adv / $40 Door
13 8pm Gato Barbieri $35 Adv / $40 Door
21 7:30pm Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters $32 Adv / $37 Door
25 8pm Ladysmith Black Mambazo $40 Adv / $45 Door
Beacon Theatre
74th Street & Broadway
www.beacontheatrenyc.com
Call: (212) 307-7171 / (914) 454-3388 (201) 507-8900
Prices are StubHub @ time of publication
FEB 6 8pm Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings $35 - $60
Best Buy Theater
1515 Broadway @Times Square www.bestbuytheater.com
FEB 22 8pm Railroad Earth $25-$28
Bitter End
147 Bleecker 212-673-7030
$5 Cover/2 drink min. per set www.bitterend.com
FEB 1 2 pm Tunes For Tots --plus-- Lagond Honors/All-Star Band,
with special guest Gedeon Luke (7pm) --plus-- Eleanor & the
Tasties (8:30pm), The Psychedelicatessen, Sprocket Bellechord
Sprocket
2 Canny Ann (7pm) (A DCM Event) --plus-- Singer/Songwriter
Sessions (7pm)
3 N ate Jones(7:30) --plus--The NY Songwriter’s Circle ($10) with:
Gina Spatso, Lisa Vetrone, Stacie Rose, Kristen Hemphill, Aron and
Andy --plus-- Chelsea Chris, The Oz Noy Trio ($15), The Richie
Cannata Monday Night Jam ($10)
4 G et It On (7pm) presents: Frank Migliorelli & The Dirt Nappers,
Skotch Davis, Keely Blaze and the Boys, Future Selves, Dena
5 Armistead (7pm), Emily White
See venue web site for updates
Blarney Star Productions
with Glucksman Ireland House present a monthly Irish
traditional music concert series at Washington Square United
Methodist Church 135 West 4th Street (6th Ave - MacDougal St)
Info: Ireland House (212) 998-3950 or:
www.nyu.edu/pages/irelandhouse
All shows 8pm Concert Adm $15
The Blue Note
131 3rd St 212-475-8592 www.bluenotejazz.com
FEB 27 8 & 10:30pm Bill Evans Soulgrass w/ Tim Carbone, Neal
Evans & Eric Krasno Bar $20 / Table $35
28, MAR 1 8 & 10:30pm Bill Evans Soulgrass w/ John Medeski &
John Popper (Blues Traveler) Bar $20 / Table $35
The Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancy St (at The Bowery) 212-533-2111
www.bowery ballroom.com
Tix @ Mercury Lounge, 866-468-7619, www.ticketweb.com
Cafe Vivaldi
32 Jones St. www.caffevivaldi.com
Open Mic Night Mondays: 6:30-11pm Sign up: 6pm
FEB 1 3 -Talking To Schubert w/ Emir Gamsizoglu, Ege Maltepe, 7-Assaf
Glizner, 8:15-Jonathan Saraga, 9:30-Alex Wan’s group
2 6 -Noel Brennan, 7-Kosi, 8-Wade Ridenhour Trio, 9-John Lander Trio
4 7-A night of Brazilian music w/ Irene Walsh
5 7:15-Roger Davidson, 8:30-Mark Radcliffe, 9:30-Joe Alterman
Hosted By WFUV’s
John Platt
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7-Sharon Goldman, 8:15-Zach Mayer, 9:30-Nicole Zuraitis
8 :15-Christopher Blacker, 9:30-Christina Kaminis w/ Isamu
McGregor
7:30-Janani Shankar, 9:30-Andy Mac and Jodelle
6-Noel Brennan, 8-Blessing Offor, 9-John Lander Jazz Trio
8:15-Isamu McGregor
7 :30-Jeff Franzel w/ guest artist, 8:30-Equilibrium, 9:30-Joe
Alterman
7:30-Pete Muller, 9:30-Addi & Jacq – Vocal/harp duo
6 -11 Valentine’s Day Special 7-Avidya And The Kleshas, 9-Kristin
Hoffmann
8:30-Anat Nir, 9:30-Mike Clifford
8-Sarah Elizabeth Charles, 9-John Lander
7-Irene Walsh presents an evening of Brazilian Music
8-Maya Nova, 9:30-Fred Gilde
7 :30-Warrren Malone and Caitlin Marie Bell, 9:30-John Schmitt
Band
6-Scott Krokoff and Robinson Treacher, 9:30-Emily Wolf
8:30-Mark Radcliffe
8 -Hillary Gardner w/ Joe Alterman Trio @ Renee Weiler Concert
Hall, 8:15-Isamu McGregor
9:30-Gandhi
Carnegie Hall
57th St & 7th Ave. 212-477-0622 www.carnegiehall.org
Ticket info: CarnegieCharge - 212-247-7800.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
FEB 5 8pm Keith Jarrett, Solo Piano Improvisations $45 - $100
7 10pm Lake Street Dive $43 - $50
Zankel Hall
City Winery
143 Varick Street (between Spring and Vandam Streets)
Sundays 11am - 2pm Klezmer Brunch
(212) 608-0555 www.citywinery.com
FEB 1 8pm David Crosby w/ full band $76, $86, $96
4 8pm James McMurtry with Curtis McMurtry $25, $28, $30
5, 12, 19, 26 8 pm Steve Earle Solo & Acoustic Special Request Show
$45, $55, $65
7, 21 8pm Rachael Yamagata $30, $35
8, 9 8pm Jay Farrar $25, $28, $30
10 8pm John Hammond & Albert Cummings $25, $28, $30
13 8 pm Melissa Ferrick’s Valentines Celebration w/ Anne Heaton
$40, $45, $55
14 8pm Marc Cohn Valentine’s Day Show $45, $55, $65
16 8pm Eilen Jewell w/ Linda Draper $17, $20
17 8pm Howie Day $22.
18 8pm Booker T. Jones w/ Aaron Lee Tasjan $35, $45, $50
21 8pm Rachael Yamagata w/ Adrien Reju $35
23 8pm Cheryl Wheeler w/ Seth Glier $20, $22, $25
24 8 pm House Of Speakeasy Presents “This Is Not A Man”
Featuring Steve Coogan, Susan Minot,Tom Reiss, Anton Sword,
Dana Vachon $25, $35, $45
27 8 pm Dar Williams performs her classic album “The Honesty
Room” $35, $45, $50
28 8pm Lucy Kaplansky Trio w/ Lilly Hiatt $25, $30, $32, $35
MAR 1 8 pm Mike Doughty’s World-Renowned, Award-Winning
Question Jar Show - $22, $25, $28, $32
3 8pm Rhett Miller $22, $25, $28
4 8pm Cowboy Junkies $35, $45, $50
7, 8 8pm Bob Mould: 25 Years Of Workbook $30, $35, $42, $45
9 8pm Leo Kottke $30, $35, $40, $45
14 8pm Sharon Corr $25, $30, $35
16 8pm Michael Nesmith $55, $65, $70
20 8pm Keren Ann 18, $20, $25
22 8pm Wesley Stace’s Cabinet Of Wonders $25, $28, $35
23 8pm Richard Shindell $25, $28, $30
25, 26 8pm Los Lonely Boys $30, $45, $50
APR 3 8pm Shawn Mullins W/ Max Gomez $25, $28, $30, $32
The Concert Hall
at the New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Street at Central Park West www.nysec.org
At Rockwood Music Hall 7pm Tuesday, February 8th
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Cornelia St. Cafe
29 Cornelia St. (bet. w 4th St. & bleecker, just off of 6th Ave.)
212-989-9319 www.corneliastreetcafe.com
FEB 3 8 :30pm Amram & Co - David Amram, piano, french
horn, flutes, composition & surprises; Kevin Twigg, drums,
glockenspiel; Rene Hart, bass; Adam Amram, percussion
Country Dance New York
www.cdny.org
Weekly dances are held from September to mid-June
American Contra Dances -- Saturdays 8-11pm
7:30 Beginner’s Workshop -at Chinatown Y’s Houston Street
Center, 273 Bowery, unless otherwise stated
English Country Dances -- Tuesdays & occasional Fridays
7-10:15pm -at Philip Coltoff Center, 219 Sullivan Street
The Cutting Room
44 E. 32nd Street 212-691-1900
thecuttingroomnyc.com
FEB 8 7:30pm James Maddock $25 Adv / $30 Door
10 8pm Mary Fahl (Octo≠ber Project) $25 Adv / $30 Door
21 8pm Lloyd Price $40 Gen Adm / $60 VIP
26 8 pm La La Brooks - former original lead singer of The Crystals
$25 Adv / $30 Door
MAR 3 8 pm ‘Punk Goes Acoustic: Sex Doll Tour’ Glen Matlock (Sex
Pistols) & Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls): Sex Doll Tour
$20 Adv / $25 Door
4 8 pm Nashville to New York w/ Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman,
Marcus Hummon, and Maia Sharp $15 Adv / $20 Door
5 8pm Chip Taylor $15 Adv / $20 Door
8 8pm Billy J Kramer $30 Adv / $35 Door
APR 24 8 pm 5th Annual Songs of Love Benefit Concert feat.
Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band featuring Larry Campbell,
Teresa Williams, Amy Helm and others $125
Dempsey’s Pub
61 2nd Ave. (bet. 3 & 4 St.) 212-388-0662
Tuesdays: 8:30 Traditional Irish Open Session
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola,
Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street
The Ear Inn
326 Spring St 212-226-9060 Music Mon, Weds. No Cover
earinn.com
FEB 19 midn - 3am Dan Cazio w/ Danny Draher
The 55 Bar
55 Christopher St (212) 929-9883 www.55bar.com
FEB 1 10pm SaRon Crenshaw Blues Band
15 10pm KJ Denhert + Band
21 10pm Chris Bergson Blues
See venue web site for updates
Greenwich Village Bistro
13 Carmine St. 212-206-9777
Live music Wednesday thru Saturday 9-11
www.greenwichvillagebistro.com
Highline Ballroom
431 W. 16th Street (between 9-10 Ave.)
www.highlineballroom.com
Seated Shows - Gen Adm / First come, first seated
$10 per person minimum at tables at seated shows
FEB 4 8 pm Suzy Bogguss, Merle Haggard Tribute “Lucky” CD Release
Show $25 Adv / $30 Door
10 A n Evening with Eric Bibb feat. Michael Jerome Browne
$20 Adv / $23 Door
20 8pm Anders Osborne $20 - $45
MAR 27 8pm Jake Shimabukuro $27.50 - $55
28 8pm Garland Jeffreys $30 - $75
Hill Country NY
30 West 26th St #1
(212) 255-4544 www.hillcountryny.com
Tuesdays @ 8:30pm Rock ‘n Twang Live Band Karaoke FREE
FEB 1 9:30pm The Currys No Cover
5 9pm Jason Loughlin No Cover
6 9pm Eddie Clendening & the Blue Ribbon Boys No Cover
7 9:30pm The Sweetback Sisters No Cover
8 10pm Danni Leigh No Cover
9 8:30pm Anni Piper / Brent Johnson $10 - $15
12 9:30pm Tom Pacheco $15-$20
13 1 0:30pm Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy (Ex Drive By Truckers)
No Cover
14 10pm Orville Davis & The Wild Bunch No Cover
15 10pm Empire Beats No Cover
16 8pm Jay Nash / Drew Kennedy No Cover
19 9pm Frank Bang & The Secret Stash No Cover
20 9pm New Country Rehab No Cover
21 10pm Jumbo Brown No Cover
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22 9:30pm Mockingbird Sun No Cover
24 9pm Parker Millsap No Cover
26 9pm Vincent Pastore presents: Killer Joe & Lido Soul No Cover
27 10pm Al Staehely No Cover
28 10pm Peter Karp & Sue Foley No Cover
MAR 5 9pm Honky & Ladytown No Cover
6 9pm Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers No Cover
8 10:30pm Bart Crow $15 - $20
13 9pm The Slim Kings with Liberty Devitto No Cover
14 10:30pm Wayne Hancock $15 - $20
15 9:30pm Bryan Elijah Smith No Cover
27 9pm 2/3 Goat No Cover
APR 4 10:30pm Amy Ray $15 - $20
Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby Street (212-334-3324)
www.housingworks.org/usedbookcafe
The Iridium
1650 Broadway (212) 582-2121 www.theiridium.com
Shows at 8 & 10pm
FEB 1 The Tangiers Blues Band $25
3, 4, 5 Albert Lee w/ Ramblin’ Jack Elliott $35-$55
6,7,8, 9 D anny Seraphine’s CTA w/ Bill Champlin & Larry Braggs
$40-$70
13, 14 Macy Gray $45-$200
15, 16 Buckwheat Zydeco $30
17 L es Paul Mondays featuring Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural (leader of
Buckwheat Zydeco) on Hammond B-3 with The Les Paul Trio $35
20, 21 Casey Abrams $25-40
22 Duke Robillard $25
26 Hot Club of Detroit $25
28 John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) $27.50 - $37.50
29 Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane) $30
MAR 6, 7 Jimmy Webb $30-$45
8 Edgar Winter Band 8pm only *** $65-$95-$175
10 L es Paul Mondays featuring Edgar Winter with the Les Paul Trio
$35-$45-$60
Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place (cor. 15th St.) www.irvingplaza.com
Joe’s Pub
At the Public Theater 425 Lafayette St. 212-239-6200
www.joespub.com
FEB 1 9 :30pm The Amigos Band w/ David Amram
$15 Adv / $18 Door
3 7pm Tony Trischka Great Big World CD Release $20
5 8pm Dirty Bourbon River Show $14
11, 12 7 & 9:30pm CMA Songwriters Series: 10th Anniversary
Celebration w/ Bob DiPiero, Tim Nichols, Jon Nite, Kix Brooks
$35 Rsv / $40 VIP
15 9 pm Goodfolk Presents 2nd Annual Post Valentines Day Love
Session w/ Toshi Reagon, Allison Miller, Lyris Hung, Alex Nolan,
Ganessa James $20
26 9:30pm Dawn Landes $12 Adv / $15 Door
27 7:30 Sold Out) & 9:30pm Greg Laswell $20
Kathryn_Space House Concerts
Lower East Side/East Village
Doors at 6pm music at 7pm refreshments served
rsvp essential to: kathryn_space@yahoo.com
Lets Zydeco
Connolly’s on 45th, 121 West 45th (6th-Bwy) 3rd floor
212-685-7597 www.LetsZydeco.com
Doors Open 6pm for dinner, drinks or socializing
Fri, Sat shows 8:30 to Midnight Dance lesson 7pm
Sunday shows 7:30-10:30pm Dance lesson 6:15pm
Pay at Door- No Advance ticket
FEB 7 J esse Lege & Bayou Brew; held at The Perfect Pint - 3rd
floor; next to Connolly’s $22
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Zydeco Roadrunners; held at The Perfect Pint $24
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Louisiana Band $25
APR 4 Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys $23
Madison Square Garden
7th Ave. & 33rd St www.ticketmaster.com
Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston St. 212-260-4700
www.mercuryloungenyc.com
FEB 25 7:30pm Caleb Hawley $10 Adv / $12 Door
APR 28 10:30pm David Wax Museum $12
The National Underground
159 E. Houston St. between Allen and Eldridge
www.myspace.com/thenationalunderground
info@thenationalunderground.com
Open seven days a week until 3:30am
New York Pinewoods
Folk Music Club Office: 444 W. 54 St, #7
Folk-Fone: 718-651-1115 Shows at various times/locations
Shows at various times/locations www.folkmusicny.org
Folk Open Sing; First Wednesday of each month; 7-10pm; Ethical
Culture Society 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.).
Info: Frank, 212-636-6341, or Laura, 718-788-7563.
Old-Time Music Jam every other Tuesday, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn
Irish Traditional Music Session, 8-11pm Mondays. At the Landmark
Tavern, 626 11th Avenue (on 46th St); co-sponsored with and
led by Don Meade; for info 212-247-2562 or
www.thelandmarktavern.org/events.php
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hanty Sing on Staten Island, usually on the third Sunday. at
the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) on the
3rd Sunday of every month from 2-5pm at the Noble Gallery,
Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace
FEB 7-9 Winter Folk Music Weekend; Hudson Valley Resort & Spa;
Kerhonkson, NY; Info: folkmusicny.org/FAQ_Weekend or call
212-957-8386
Nightingale
213 Second Avenue (corner of 13th Street)
www.nightingalelounge.com
Artists Lounge 1st Wed ea. mo. Open mic & feature
performance 7:30pm sign-up; 1 or 2 songs per person/group
Hosted by Su Polo 1 Drink minimum $3 suggested donation
92Y Tribeca Mainstage
200 Hudson Street 92y.org/92yTribeca
Live at Cafe 92YTribeca
92nd St Y
1395 Lexington Ave. 212.415.5500 www.92Y.org
Parkside Lounge
317 E Houston St (bet Aves B & C) 212-673-6270
www.parksidelounge.net
Orchard House Cafe
1064 First Ave. (@ 58th St) orchardhousecafe@gmail.com
The People’s Voice
The Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist
40 E. 35th Street (betw Madison & Park Aves) 212-787-3903
Shows at 8:00 unless* Admission: $15, $10 memb.
www.PeoplesVoiceCafe.org
FEB 1 Judy Gorman; The Blues Mothers
8 Rod MacDonald
15 Faith Nolan and the Bull Dagger Blues Band; Thelma Thomas
22 Jeremiah Birnbaum; Beth Kotkin; Jon Ziv
MAR 1 T ribute to Carolyn Hester, with Carolyn Hester, Amy and
Karla Blume
8 Alix Dobkin; Wool & Grant
15 P eople’s Purim: Jewish Voices for Peace and Justice (Robin
Greenstein, Paul Stein, tba)
22 The Brooklyn Community Storytellers; Robin Bady
29 Terry Kitchen; Pat Lamanna; Mara Levine & Caroline Cutroneo
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12 TBA
26 Sharon Abreu & Mike Hurwicz; Colleen Kattau and Some Guys
MAY 3 Ben Tousley & Sue Kranz; Carrie & Michael Kline
10 TBA
17 50th Anniversary Tribute to Freedom Summer
Paddy Reilly’s
519 2nd Ave. (@ 29th St.) 212-686-1210
www.paddyreillysmusicbar.us
Sunday: 5-9pm Bluegrass Jam Session
1st & 3rd Mondays: 7:30pm Bluegrass & Beyond Jam
2nd & 4th Mondays: 7pm Bluegrass Slow Jam
Tuesday: 7pm Irish Traditional Nite
Wednesday: 6pm Open Mic Nite
Thursdays: 11pm-1am Irish Culture Nite
w/ Niall O’Leary and Friends
Friday: 11pm - 1am The Prodigals
Saturday: 6-9pm Songwriters Open Mic and Showcase
11pm Irish Nite
Postcrypt Coffeehouse
2980 Broadway Basement of St. Paul’s chapel,
Columbia University (212) 854-1953
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/postcrypt/coffeehouse
Shows: 8:30 / 9:30 / 10:30 in order listed Free/Donation
Listings unavailable at presstime See venue web site for updates
Radio City Music Hall
1260 Avenue of the Americas
www.radiocity.com
The Red Lion
151 Bleecker St. (Thompson St.)
(212) 260-9797 www.RedLion-NYC.com
Mon 7-10pm Dan’s Jam (hosted by Dan Donnelly)
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St. (bet Houston & Stanton) 212-477-4155
www.rockwoodmusichall.com
Stage 1
FEB 1 3 -Noise Collective Songwriter Showcase feat. Chantilly, Sarah
Factor, Jared Bardugone, 5-Mackenzie Shivers, 6-Nelly’s
Echo, 7-Elijah Ocean, 8-Wild Leaves, 9-Selena Garcia,
10-paris_monster, 11-Black Bunny, 12-Secret Islands, 1-Colin
Cannon Trio
3 6 -Rob Teter, 7-Leigh Jones, 8-Sunny Ozell, 9-Elsa Nilsson Quartet,
10-Jim Campilongo Trio w/ Chris Morrissey, Josh Dion, 11-Jussi
Reijonen: un, 12-Carbon Mirage
4 7 -Communion Club Night, Adrian Glynn, Danny Malone, Brave
Baby, Zane Carney, Oh No Fiasco, Oh Honey, Jesse Woods,
Johnnyswim, Morningsiders, Michael Daves, Colony House, Jim
Campilongo, Nels Cline, Chris Morrissey, Josh Dion & More TBA
Plus DJ sets from: Paul Adams (The Big P.A.), Musicbyarthur, Mike
Spinella (Rolling Stone) ($11-$15) All 3 stages
5 6 -Martina Fišerová, 7-Ju-Taun, 8-Matt Keating, 9-Alex Wong,
10-Chris Morrissey, 11-Hannah Lucia, 12-Mike Hubbard
6 6 -Sonali, 7-Frank Viele, 8-Tom Brosseau, 9-Bird Courage, 10-Arum
Rae, 11-Rusty Belle, 12-Life Size
7 6 -Leah Shaw, 7-I Love Suzie, 8-Craig Kierce Band, 9-Oli Brown Band,
10-paris_monster, 11-Craig Alan, 12-Palmslap, 1-Freya Wilcox
8 3 -Ruby Khan, 4-Jack Adams, 5-Rashmi Singh, 6-Lara Johnston,
7-Shira Gavrielov, 8-Jordana de Lovely, 9-Fife & Drom, 10-Anna
Harrington, 11-Jorscan, 12-Benyoro, 1-Ben Mackie
9 3 -Dottie Scharr, 4-Jade Ell, 5-Hannah Gill, 6-Pale Cowboy,
7-Jeannine Hebb, 8-Robert DiPietro, 9-Three Thousand Rivers,
10-Jesse Denaro, 11-Noa Katz, 12-Cariad Harmon
10 6 -Dave Diamond, 7-Karl Lyden Mixtext, 8-Dusty Brown, 9-The Tony
Scherr Trio feat. Rob Jost & Anton Fier, 10-Jim Campilongo Trio
w/ Chris Morrissey, Josh Dion, 11-Teddy Kumpel, 12-Sergio Ortega
11 6 -Peter Wise, 7-Shane Patrick and The Tones, 8-Michaela Anne, 9-Devin
Bing, 10-Michael Daves, 11-Rich Hinman, 12-Brittany Anjou Trio
12 6 -Happiness Machine, 7-Jessie Kilguss, 8-Andrea Wright, 9-Young
Unknowns, 10-Chris Morrissey, 11-Inner Outlaws, 12-Ayal Tsubery
13 6 -Evan Nachimson, 7-Tracy Thorne, 8-Samia, 9-Shayna Steele,
10-My Pet Dragon, 11-Sheriff Ariff, 12-Brooks Long
14 6 -Sofia, 7-Evie Archer, 8-Louise Aubrie, 9-Priya Darshini, 10-The
Thang, 11-Aaron Pfeifer, 12-Color Collage, 1-Fractal Caravan
15 3 -Sebastián Martinez, 4-Eve Lesov, 5-Ponies Will Bite You!, 6-Young
Tricksters, 7-Natalie Mishell, 8-Goodnight Blue Moon, 9-Queen
Orlenes, 10-Modest Midas, 11-Rachel Ann Weiss, 12-Love Science
Music, 1-Christina LaRocca and Her Whiskey Dreams
16 3 -Chelsea Madrigal and the Waking Sea, 4-Echo Bloom, 5-Kat
Calvosa, 6-Savannah Smith, 7-Alice Lee, 8-Frank Bell, 9-Baby
States, 10-Jesse Harris with Star Rover, 11-Margaret Glaspy
17 6 -The Paul Phillips Band, 7-Julia McKinnis, 8-Aaron Comess,
9-The Tony Scherr Trio feat. Rob Jost & Anton Fier, 10-Jim
Campilongo Trio w/ Chris Morrissey, Josh Dion, 11-Grey
McMurray, 12-Thad DeBrock
18 6 -Joel Streeter, 7-Gann Brewer Album Release, 8-Sara Phillips,
9-Ruby My Dear, 10-Michael Daves, 11-Rich Hinman,
12-Jeremy Current
19 6 -Trotta, Ronstadt, & Dalton, 7-Nicola, 8-Brett Conti, 9-Alyssa
Kayhill, 10-Chris Morrissey, 11-Hannah Lucia, 12-Dillon N’Ashe
20 6 -Jake Pinto, 7-Harrison, 8-Rebecca Hart, 9-Bird Courage,
10-Rony’s Insomnia, 11-Crystal Monee Hall, 12-The Majorleans’
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21 6 -The Band of Rivals, 7-Zach Berkman, 8-Mipso, 9-Echo Kings, 10-
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22 3 -Meaner Pencil, 4-Stephen Babcock, 5-Arnan Raz Quartet,
6-Hearts and Bones, 7-Kat Quinn, 8-Silvertone, 9-Elli Perry,
10-Stockade Kids, 11-The Dive Bombers, 12-Bubonik Funk, 1-Terry
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23 4 -Parker Ainsworth, 6-Evelyn Brown, 7-aMBe, 8-Eli Bridges,
9-Keenan O’Meara, 10-Lauren Diamond, 11-Avidya & the Kleshas,
12-Cariad Harmon
24 6 -Song Arts Academy Writers Show, 7-Caitlin Bell, 8-Grace McLean
and Them Apples, 9-The Tony Scherr Trio feat. Rob Jost & Anton
Fier, 10-Jim Campilongo Trio w/ Chris Morrissey, Josh Dion,
11-Grey McMurray, 12-Joshua Garcia
25 6 -Joanna Wallfisch, 7-James Riley, 8-Ryanhood, 9-BMI Acoustic
Lounge, 10-Michael Daves, 11-Rich Hinman, 12-Zach Brock
26 6 -Serena Jost, 7-Craig Greenberg Band, 8-Maria Neckam, 9-Inland
Traveler, 10-Chris Morrissey, 11-Teddy Kumpel, 12-Nufsaid
27 6 -The Ghost of Arthur James, 7-Mree, 8-The Attic Ends, 9-Martin,
Zach & Friends Salute the Everly Brothers, 10-Scott Sharrard,
11-Tipsy Oxcart, 12-Challenger, 1-Hurrah! A Bolt of Light
28 6 -Katie Nelson, 7-Sorcha Richardson, 8-Emergency Tiara,
9-Winklereed, 10-Michael Wagner, 11-Brian Dunne, 12-The
Perennials, 1-Barton Stanley David
MAR 1 5 -Mad For Justice, 6-Paul Sachs, 7-The Amigos Band
w/ Brianna Thomas, 8-Billy Keane, 9-Vérité, 10-Johnnie Lee
Jordan, 11-Bryan Dunn, 12-The End Men, 1-James Rouse
Stage 2
FEB 1 7 :30-Watermelon, 8:30-Kwame Binea, 9:30-Julia Haltigan,
11:30-The Essex, 12:30-Boo City
3 8 :30-Bobby McGrath & the Brothers, 9:30-Sun Nectar,
10:30-Inland Traveler, 11:30-Austin Jenckes
4 7 -Communion Club Night All 3 stages ($11-$15)
5 7 :30-Carrie Manolakos ($15-$20), 9-Chris Ayer w/ Kevin Garrett
($12), 10:30-The Dirty Gems
6 7-Andy Shauf, 8-The Westies, 9-Kalob Griffin Band ($10)
7 7 -5j Barrow, 8-Fierce Bad Rabbit, 9-Animal Years, 10-Tommy & the
High Pilots, 12-Arjun
8 7 -Broken Record Player, 8-Bridge City Hustle EP Release Show,
9-Colin Smith, 11-Nicky Egan
9 7 -Salo, 8-Jim Keller, 9:15-Star Rover, 10:15-Margaret Glaspy,
11:15-2001 (Joan as Police Woman & Ben Davis)
10 8 & 10-Jon Batiste & Stay Human Spontaneous Combustion ($20),
11 7 -On Your Radar w/ Darlingside, Meg Hutchinson, Wool & Grant
Hosted by John Platt from WFUV ($12), 9-Zane Carney ($10),
10:30-Hey Rosetta! ($15)
12 7 :30-Hey Rosetta! ($15), 9-Chargaux Presents RED: feat. Jennah
Bell, Bianca Raquel, & Katrina Bello ($10), 10-Now vs. Now (Jason
Lindner, Panagiotis Andreou, Mark Guiliana) ($10), 11:15-Damon
Fowler ($10)
13 7 -Dave & Emma Hart Record Release, 8-Emily Kinney ($15- $20),
9-Amy Vachal, 10-Charlene Kaye, 11-Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey
Heart
14 7 :30-Kate McGarry CD Release ($20), 8:45-David Ramirez ($12$15), 10-Sam King, 11:30-Black Taxi ($12-$15)
15 7 -Jon Christopher, 8-The Chevin w/ The Yells ($10), 10-Mamarazzi,
11:30-Black Taxi ($12-$15)
16 7 -Lana Is Record Release ($7), 8-Woodbine Falls, 9-Branches,
10-Cassandra Jenkins, 11-Ricardo Grilli
17 8 :30-Nicole Weiss & the Upward Somethings, 9:30-Sophia Bastian,
10:30-The Nepotist
18 9-Zane Carney ($10), 10-The Get Togethers
19 7 -Claudia Acuña ($15), 8:15-Anthony Hall, 9:30-The Feeling ($10),
10:30-Hungry Hands, 11-The New Velvet
20 7 -Kate Vargas Album Release, 8-Sun Hollow Sun, 9-Lincoln Durham
($10), 10-Natalia Clavier ($10), 11-The Bailen Brothers
21 7 -Aziza & the Cure Record Release, 8-Soul Inscribed ($10),
9-Danielle Parente, 10-Mark Guiliana Presents: “My Life Starts
Now” feat. Stu Brooks & Yuki Hirano ($15), 11:15-The Gold
Magnolias, 12:15-Beecher’s Fault
22 7 -Graham Colton w/ Cumulus ($10), 9:15-Mikaela Davis ($10),
10:30-Mikal the Rebel and ISA, 12:30-City Dwelling Nature Seekers
23 8-Drew Yowell, 9-Hildegunn Gjedrem, 10-Frank LoCrasto
24 7 -Todd Alsup, 8:15-Bryan Sutton, Michael Daves ($10 - $12),
10-Shayfer James, 11-The Exotic Exeriment
25 7 -Brett Ferguson ($10), 8-Jean Rohe, 9-Zane Carney ($10),
10-Jon Cowherd, 11-Adam Minkoff Presents: George Harrison
Birthday Tribute
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11:30-Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co
27 8-Leroy Justice ($8), 10:30-Christina Courtin, 11:30-Suntalk
28 7 -On Impulse Record Release, 8-Deb Oh & the Cavaliers, 9-Miko &
the Musket, 10-Sam King, 11-Aabaraki
MAR 1 8 :30-The Tales Reunion Show, 9:30-Lily & The Parlour Tricks,
10:30-The Boston Boys, 11:30-And The Kids, 12:30-Home Body
Stage 3
FEB 1 7 -Tom Glynn ($10), 8:30-Arthur Lewis ($10), 10-Luke Wesley
($10)
3 8-Elizabeth & the Catapult ($10), 9:30-Kole and John Zay ($10)
4 7 -Communion Club Night All 3 stages ($11-$15)
5 8:30-Marc Scibilia w/ Jake Etheridge & Wes Harllee ($12)
6 8 -Caitlin Canty, Kristin Andreassen ($15), 10:15-Gretchen
Parlato & Alan Hampton ($15)
7 8-Carol Lipnik (w/ Matt Kanelos on Piano) ($10), 10-Dan Mills ($12)
8 8-Alan Semerdjian ($12-$15), 9:30-Matt Simons ($12)
9 8 -This is Not the Radio feat: Lynette Williams, Éyal hai, Jon Braman,
MaG, Akie Bermiss, Abraham Marder, Arthur Lewis ($8), 10:30-Sean
W. Spellman of Quiet Life, Widower, George Washington’s Horse ($10)
10 8 -Sheri Miller’s Valentine’s Day Song Release Show - “February 14
(I Don’t Want a Valentine)” ($10), 10-Elizabeth & the Catapult ($10)
11 8 -Dave Doobinin (Buy Tickets), 9:30-Oli Rockberger (Duo with Ryan
Scott) (Buy Tickets)
12 8-Peter Blachley ($15), 9:30-Marc Scibilia ($12)
13 8-Rose and the Nightingale ($12), 9:30-Leyla McCalla ($12)
14 8 -Rockwood is for Lovers! An Evening with Richard Julian &
Rosita Késs ($10)
15 7:30-Ed Romanoff ($10), 9:30-Julia Weldon ($10)
16 8 -Maya Isacowitz ($10), 9:30-Stephie Hacker & Pete McCann ($10)
17 8-Elizabeth & the Catapult ($10)
18 8-Daughter & Son ($10), 9:30-Alli Foss & the Everythings ($10)
19 8-Tor Miller ($12)
20 8-Abby Payne ($10), 9:30-Matt Singer, Ryan Hobler ($5)
21 8-Joe Brent & Sara Caswell ($10, 9:30-Adam Day ($10)
22 8 -Matt Sucich ($7), 9:30-Freedy Johnston ($15), 11-Matthew
Szlachetka ($10)
23 T he Big Bright - Fiona McBain, Glenn Patscha & Liz Tormes ($10),
9:30-Briar Rabbit Lindsay Katt ($10)
24 8-Elizabeth & the Catapult ($10), 9:30-Tom Hayes ($10)
25 8-Blake Whyte ($10), 9:30-Lily Kershaw ($12)
26 8 -Sam Bisbee ($10), 10-Mark Bryan (Hootie & the Blowfish) ($15-$20)
27 8 -Ernie Halter ($15-$20), 9:30-Rene Lopez ($10)
28 8-Charlie Parr ($10), 9:30-Matt Munhall ($10)
MAR 1 8 -The Sea The Sea ($10), 9:30-Broken Crowns w/ Alec Gross
($10)
See venue web site for updates
Rocky Sullivan’s
129 Lexington Avenue 212-725-3871
Mondays from 9 ‘til midnight-Informal seisiun of
Irish traditional music with Marie Reilly
The Rodeo Bar
375 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10016
Corner of 27th Street and Third Avenue (212) 683-6500
www.rodeobar.com
Showtimes: Mon-Tues 9pm - Midn, Wed 10pm - Midn
Thurs 10pm - 1am Fri-Sat 10:30pm - 1:30am
Mariachi Mondays 8pm
FEB 1 Rhythm Bound (NOTE: 11:30pm start - Bar Mitzvah event prior)
2 Super Bowl Party with Mariachi Tapatio De Alvaro Paulino
3 Kuntry Karaoke
4 Western Caravan
5 Brain Cloud
6 Hickry Hawkins
7 Memphis Train and The Boxcar Horns
8 Bobby Volkman
9 The Bakersfield Breakers
10 Kuntry Karaoke
11 Babs Winn and the Kickin Boogie Band
12 Susquehanna Industrial Tool and Die Co.
13 Travis Whitelaw
14 Your Ex-Girlfriends
15 Roy Wilson and The Buzzards
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Lindy Loo and Special Guests
Kinks Tribute
Myles Mancuso / 7 to 9 - Hell or High Water
Jack Grace Band
Screaming Rebel Angels
Hugh Pool
Kuntry Karaoke
Thomas Wesley Stern
Moot Davis
Joe Taino
Demolition String Band
See venue web site for updates
Roseland Ballroom
239 W 52nd St (212) 247-0200
www.roselandballroom.com
The Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th Street
212.620.5000 ext 344
www.rmanyc.org
Music Without Borders presents the “Naked Soul” Series
All shows at 7pm
FEB 14 Susan Werner $35 Adv / $40 Door / $31.50 Memb
MAR 7 Mary Gautier $30 Adv / $35 Door (re-sched. from 1-3)
14 David Wilcox $35 Adv / $40 Door / $31.50 Memb
MAY 9 Dan Bern $40 Adv / $45 Door / $36 Memb
30 Shelby Lynne $45 Adv / $50 Door / $40.50 Memb
JUN 13 Jill Sobule $30 Adv / $35 Door / $27 Memb
27 Ben Sollee $27.50 Adv / $30 Door
DEC 12 2014 Dana Fuchs $30 Adv / $35 Door / $27 Memb
SubCulture
45 Bleecker Street, Downstairs (212) 533-5470
www.subculturenewyork.com
FEB 1 7:30pm Yoed Nir $15-$20
7 9:30pm The Grahams $12
28 7:30pm Howard Fishman Quartet $15-$20
Sugar Bar
254 W. 72nd St. 212.579.0222
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (95th St) 212.864.1414
www.symphonyspace.org
FEB 2 3 pm Film, The Great Flood, a collaboration between filmmaker
and multimedia artist Bill Morrison and guitarist and composer
Bill Frisell, inspired by the 1927 catastrophe $14; Seniors &
Students $12; Memb $10
9,16 8pm* Film, The Great Flood $14; $12; $10
22 1 1am, 2pm Just Kidding series / Family: The Okee Dokee
Brothers w/ guest Hubby Jenkins (Carolina Chocolate Drops)
$20, Memb $13 /$17, Kids $15
8pm How Can I Keep from Singing; Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
at Symphony Space; fundraiser for the Woody Guthrie Center will
honor American folk legend Pete Seeger, recipient of the Woody
Guthrie Prize, w/ Arlo Guthrie, Tony Trischka and other special
guests $50/$40
The Tank
151 west 46th street 8th floor 212-563-6269
FEB 9 4 pm “As if Through a Glass Darkly” a performance in art by
Frank Tedesso w/ Peter Lewy, Dawn Landes, Stephanie Claire
Luzzi, Janie Mathews, Katy Clements and Matt Kanelos
Terminal 5
610 W 56th St (212) 665-3832 www.terminal5nyc.com
Terra Blues
149 Bleecker St 212-777-7776 www.terrablues.com
7pm Acoustic / 10pm Electric
The Town Hall
123 W.43rd St. www.the-townhall-nyc.org 212-398-6447
MAR 7 8 pm Josh Ritter (Acoustic Show) w/ guest Gregory Alan Isakov
$40 / $30
UMO Music Events
Parts • Accessories • Repairs
• Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Custom Electric Guitars
RICK KELLY, LUTHIER
42 Carmine Street, NYC
212.691.8400
www.kellyguitars.com
UMO Weekly Sunday Afternoon Free Winter Music Event
Shades of Green Pub
125 East 15 Street (Betw Irving Place & 3rd Ave)
2pm to 6pm FREE - 1 Drink Minimum / 212-674-1394
Performers welcome: Folk / Rock / R&B 2010 back to 1960’s
More info “Underground Music Online” www.umo.com
(Note - Spring, Summer & Fall Music
is in Washington Square Park)
Webster Hall
125 E. 11th St.
www.websterhall.com
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An Beal Bocht Cafe
445 W 238th St, Riverdale 718-884-7127 anbealbochtcafe.com
Shows at 9:30
Sun: 4-7pm Trad Irish Session Tues: Open Mic Night
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718.885.3779 www.starvingartistonline.com
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www.barbesbrooklyn.com
All events $10 suggested donation, unless otherwise noted
Sundays @ 9pm Stephane Wrembel
Mondays @ 7pm Brain Cloud
Mondays @ 9:30pm Chicha Libre
Tuesdays @ 9pm Slavic Soul Party $10/set
Wednesdays @ 8pm The Palimpsestic Series $10/set
Wednesdays @ 10pm The Mandingo Ambassadors
FEB 1 4 pm Songs For Unusual Creatures, 7pm Zeke Healy & Karen
Waltuch, 8pm Dolunay, 10pm Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos
2 7pm Akiko’s Band House Of Illusion
4 7pm Enso String Quartet
5 8pm Rob Garcia 4 (Palimpsestic Series) $10
6 8pm Rachelle Garniez, 10pm The Crate Robber Series
7 8pm Pedro Giraudo Sextet, 10pm Mariachi Flor De Toloache
8 8 pm Doug Wieselman’s -Solo Clarinet, 9pm Tongues In Trees,
10pm Smokey’s Secret Family
9 7pm Barbes Classical: Tekalli Duo
11 7pm Ben Holmes Quartet
12 8pm Aqualude (Palimpsestic Series) $10
13 8pm The Four Bags, 10pm The Pre-War Ponies
14 8pm Opera On Tap, 10pm Las Rubias Del Norte.
15 8pm Sanda Weigl, 10pm Life In A Blender
16 7pm Bob Jones/Jon Sholle Duo
18 7pm Que Vlo-Ve
19 8pm Jeff Davis’ Dragon Father Palimpsestic Series) $10
20 8 pm Papanosh With Special Guest Roy Nathanson, 8pm Gato
Loco - De Bajo
21 8pm Regional De NY, 10pm Ola Fresca
22 7 pm Three Duos: Sue Garner and Rick Brown, JD Foster And Anna
Coogan, Eszter Balint And Chris Cochrane, 10pm Spanglish Fly
25 7pm Bushwick Book Club
26 8pm Tom Rainey & Ingrid Laubrock (Palimpsestic Series) $10
27 7:30pm Weird Wednesdays (On Thursdays), 10pm Andy Statman
28 8pm Kotorino, 10pm Chia’s Dance Party
(Note: See above for recurring residency performers)
The Bell House
149 7th Street www.thebellhouseny.com
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue (718) 963-3369 www.brooklynbowl.com
Brooklyn Music Shop presents
Prospect Range 1226 Prospect Ave. @ Vanderbilt
Reservations via email: Don@BrooklynMusicShop.com
Shows @ 8pm
FEB 8 Pat Wictor and John Munnelly
MAR 1 Rebecca Pronsky – Dare Dukes
APR 19 Kate Klim and Joe Duraes
First Acoustics Coffeehouse
First Unitarian Congregational Society
Brooklyn Heights 50 Monroe Place at Pierrepont St.
718-288-5994 www.firstacoustics.org
All seats $25 Adv / $30 Door except**
*All concerts 8pm except*
MAR 22 Christine Lavin with Hugh O’Doherty **$30 Adv / $35 Door
30 Wool&Grant and The Boxcar Lilies
APR 12 A ztec Two-Step (@ Union Temple of Brooklyn) **$30 Adv /
$35 Door**
MAY 3 We’re About 9 and ilyAIMY
17 Seth Glier and The Yayas
JUN 7 L ivingston Taylor w/ Spec Guest Kate Taylor $35 Adv / $40 Door**
The Good Coffeehouse
Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd St.,
Park Slope Fridays, 8pm www.gchmusic.org
Jalopy
315 Columbia St 718.395.3214 www.jalopy.biz
Wednesdays @ 9pm Roots and Ruckus FREE
Date Night: Dinner for two and a show any Thursday $45
Tuesdays @ 9pm Open Mic
FEB 1 3 - Old Time Open Jam with Harry Bolick, 9- M.Shanghai String
Band $10
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Workshop $25, 4- Riley Baugus Old Time Guitar Workshop $25,
4- Dirk Powell Fiddle Workshop $25, 8- Dirk Powell & Riley Baugus
$20, 10:30- Little Laffs with Hop-a-long Andrew $5 Kids, $10
Adults, $25 Family
4 -Making Music Kids Class (ages 6-8) starts $225 / 8
weeks; Free Trial First Class; Sibling Discount 50%, 9-Isaiah John
MacMenami
4 :30 Jr. Folk Kids Music Classes start (ages 8-14 ) $395 / 8
weeks; Free Trial First Class; Sibling Discount 50%, 9- Que Vlo Ve?,
10- The Whiskey Spitters
5 :30- At The American Folk Art Museum (as part of Free Music
Fridays - 2 Lincoln Square, NYC): Jan Bell, At Jalopy: 9- Session
Americana and Friends $10
9- Bob Jones and Kenny Kosek, 10- The Weal and Woe $10
2 - Gypsy Jazz Mandolin Workshop with Sam Harmet, Part I $25,
12- Vocal Harmony Basics $20, 2- Vocal Harmony Duos and Trios
$25, Both Vocal Harmony Workshops $40, 8- Rushad Eggleston
/ Red Dog Run $10
9-Open Mic Night / Cowboy Ernie
8 - Skye Steele & Charlie Burnham, 9-Zeke Healy & Karen
Waltuch, 10- Mamie Minch and Tamar Korn $10 cover for the night
9 -Savannah Smith / 10-Grant Gordy and Ross Martin $10 for both
2 - Balkan Singing Workshop woth Carol Freeman $30, 2- Gypsy
Jazz Mandolin Workshop with Sam Harmet, Part II $25
9-Open Mic Night / John Pinamonti
9- Radio Jarocho $10
9 - Marty Cutler & The Moggy Fountain Boys / 10- Peter Stampfel
and the Ether Frolic Mob $10 for both
2 -Country Harmony Workshop with Val Mindel $30, 4:30-At
The American Folklife Center: How to Mine for National
Treasure at the Library of Congress (AFC staff folklorist and
ethnomusicologist Nancy Groce comes to Jalopy for an informal
presentation about the AFC archive)
8-If I Had A Hammer - A celebration of the life and good works of
Pete Seeger 1919 - 2014
9-Open Mic Night / Dubl Handi
8- Krewe de la Rue - Mardi Gras Night! -- BUY TIX --
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 North Sixth Street www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com
MAR 8 9 pm Josh Ritter (Acoustic Show) / Gregory Alan Isakov $30
SOLD OUT
Littlefield
622 Degraw Street (bet 3 - 4th Ave) littlefieldNYC.com
FEB 7 The Old Ceremony, Pete Galub $13-$15
8 9 pm Dig Deeper Presents Jimmy “Preacher” Ellis (backed by the
Brooklyn Rhythm Band), Dig Deeper Residents Mr. Robinson and DJ
Honky $15 - $20
15 8-The Bernie Worrell Orchestra $15
28 8-frog, 9-Hani Zahra, 10-The People, 11-Bear Ceuse $8-$10
Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street Williamsburg (718) 302 - 3770
www.petescandystore.com
February Residencies:
Tuesdays @10pm Andrew Rose Gregory and the Color Red Band
Thursdays @9pm The Chapin Sisters
Rocky Sullivan’s
34 Van Dyke St. (@ Dwight St.), Red Hook
718-246-8050 www.rockysullivans.com
Two Moon Art House & Café
315 4th Avenue www.twomoonbklyn.com
2nd Fridays 8pm Co-hosts Carolann Solebello & Bev Grant
$10 Donation - One drink minimum
FEB 14 8 pm Bev & Carolann Present… Short sets by Karen
Dahlstrom (Bobtown), Wool&Grant, and Carolann Solebello,
followed by a Nashville-style in-the-round
Union Hall
702 Union St. (718) 638-4400 www.unionhallny.com
FEB 3 9:30pm John Hodgman: Secret Society $7 SOLD OUT
Warsaw
Polish National Home 261 Driggs Avenue
www.warsawconcerts.com
Queens
The Irish Cottage
108-07 72nd Avenue, Forest Hills (between Austin Street and
Queens Boulevard, two blocks south of the 71st/Continental stop
of the E, F, R, and V trains) 718-520-8530
Woodside Library
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Every Thing Goes Book Cafe
& Neighborhood Stage 208 Bay Street 718-447-8256
www.well.com/user/ganas/etgstores
FEB 15 8 pm Pete Seeger Tribute w/ Soni Moreno, Stan Jay, Bob
Wright, Bob and Ruth, Caroline Cutroneo, more TBA
Historic Richmond Town
Tavern Concerts 441 Clarke Avenue (718) 351-1611
www.historicrichmondtown.org
Reservations: (718) 351-1611, Ext. 281
2 shows ea. Sat. Jan-Apr 6 & 8pm, $15, $12/SIHS Memb.
FEB 1 Songs of the Sea & Taverns
8 The Whistling Wolves
15 Wahoo Skiffle Crazies
22 Julia & Kacey
MAR 1 TBA
8 Mara Levine & Caroline Cutroneo
15 Irish Stout
22 Risky Business Bluegrass Band
29 The Johnson Girls
Long Island
Acoustic Long Island
Deepwell Mansion 497 Route 25a
Saint James (Long Island) www.acousticlongisland.com
Live shows and audio and video podcasts
First Wednesday ea. month: 8-10pm - FREE
MAR 5 Gillian Grassie, Luke Wesley
APR 2 Kira Valella, Kelli Rae Powell
MAY 7 Todd Kramer, Barnaby Bright
JUN 4 Heather Maloney, Darlingside
JUL 12 4-8pm 9th Annual Summer Concert, performers TBA
Babylon Village Arts Council
2nd Thursday Concert Series
American Legion Hall 22 Grove Pl. Babylon Village
Free Admission Info: 631-669-1810 babylonvillagearts.org
BACCA Performing Arts Center
Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts 4th Friday Concert Series
149 N Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst 631-587-3696
Open Mic @ 7:30 Shows @ 8pm Adm: $15
Every 3rd Sunday 1-5pm Song Swap
www.babylonarts.com
4th Friday Concert Series - Artists TBA
Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
37 W. Main Street Bay Shore (631)969-1101
www.boultoncenter.org
All shows 8pm Reserved Seating - Adm: Member / Non-Memb
FEB 1 Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar $35 / $40
14 Red Molly $30 / $35
19 Taj Mahal Trio $75 / $80
28 T ab Benoit with Special Guest: Tommy Malone of the Subdudes
$45 / $50
MAR 7 Savoy Brown Featuring Kim Simmonds $40 / $45
8 Black 47 - The farewell performance $35 / $40
21 Jonathan Edwards & Jon Pousette-Dart $40 / $45
22 Bettye LaVette $40 / $45
30 7pm Richard Shindell $35 / $40
APR 4 C elebrating the Songs of John Lennon - Beatles & solo Years
featuring The Nutopians $35 / $40
14 Roger McGuinn $40 / $45
MAY 1 Junior Brown $35 / $40
2 Strunz & Farah $35 / $40
9 Steve Forbert $30 / $35
10 David Bromberg $65 / $70
Court House Concerts
www.courthouseconcerts.com
Pre-show gathering 2pm, Showtime 3pm
Suggested Donation: $20
Reservations required e-mail: courthouseconcerts@yahoo.com
Eclectic Café
Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk
28 Brentwood Rd Bay Shore 631 661-1278
www.eclecticcafe.org
2nd Sat/month 7:30 1-hr open mic, then feature act(s)
$10 Advanced, $13 Door
FEB 8 Low ‘N Lonesome
MAR 8 Kim and Reggie Harris
APR 12 John Flynn
MAY 10 The Boxcar Lilies
Finch Mountain House Concerts
Babylon 631) 661-1278 or kfinken@suffolk.lib.ny.us
7pm Pot Luck supper before each show
$20 suggested donation Reservations required
acousticlive.com
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The Vault, 90-21 Springfield Blvd. , Dix Hills
Hosted by Jim Frazzitta
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Folk-Groovin-Café
Prospective performers contact frazzittasongs@optimum.net
or 631-368-1920
Performances: 8pm Adm $10 Refreshments included
Folk Music Society of Huntington
Congregational Church of Huntington, L.I.
30 Washington Drive, Centerport, (631) 425-2925
www.fmsh.org
First Saturday Series Concerts begin at 8:30 Open Mic 7:30
Admission $25 / members $20 - advance tix on website
FEB 1 Caravan of Thieves
MAR 1 Modern Man
APR 5 A n Evening of Fingerstyle Guitar w/ Bob Ardern, Howard
Emerson & Hiroya Tsukamoto
MAY 3 Beaucoup Blue & Jon Brooks
JUN 7 John Gorka
Hard Luck Café at the Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave, Huntington
Third Thursday Concerts begin at 8:30pm w/ Open Mic at 7:30pm
Admission $15 / $10 FMSH & CAC members - No advance tickets
FEB 20 Rebecca Pronsky & Bill Scorzari & Friends
MAR 20 TBA
APR 17 Mountain Maidens
MAY 15 TBA
Folk Jams at the South Huntington Public Library
One Sunday each month, Sep-June, 1-4pm FREE
Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 18, Jun 8
Garden Stage
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau
223 Stewart Avenue Garden City
www.gardenstage.com/calendar.html
Concerts scheduled one Friday of the month Sep thru May
FEB 7 Pat Wictor / Glen Roethel $20 Adv / $22 Door
MAR 7 C arole King Songbook w/ Brittany Ann, Natalie Acciani, Kat
Quinn, Anna Dagmar, Meg Braun $20 Adv / $22 Door
APR 4 Zoe Lewis / Matt Nakoa Opening $20 Adv / $22 Door
MAY 2 Gathering Time $20 Adv / $22 Door
JUN 6 Rod MacDonald w/ Mark Dann on Bass $18 Adv / $20 Door
Grounds and Sounds Cafe
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
380 Nicholls Road, Stony Brook www.groundsandsounds.org
Open Mic at 8pm Feature Act at 8:45pm Adm: $12.50
FEB 14 Dan Pelletier
MAR 14 Christine Sweeney
APR 11 Kerry Kearney
MAY 9 TBA
JUN 13 Miles to Dayton
Landmark on Main Street
232 Main Street Port Washington 516-767-6444
www.landmarkonmainstreet.org
Shows: 8pm Adm: Prem Seats / Memb -- Standard / Memb
Fabulous Folk Series
FEB 8 8pm Ruthie Foster & Eric Bibb $42, $47, $52
MAR 1 8pm Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul $37, $42, $47
8 8pm Meet the Smithereens $42, $47, $52
21 8pm James Maddock & Willie Nile $42, $47, $52
29 8pm Jon Anderson: The Voice of Yes $57, $62, $67
APR 5 A Very Special John Platt’s On Your Radar w/ Brother Sun, Amy
Speace and Martyn Joseph $37, $42, $47
26 8pm Paula Cole $42, $47, $52
MAY 17 Iris DeMent $37, $42, $47
Last Licks Cafe
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
109 Brown’s Rd., Huntington 631-427-9547 lastlickscafe.com
Open mic: 7:30pm, sign up @ 7pm, headliner: 8:30pm
Adm: $15 / $10 seniors/students
FEB 22 The Cafe Racers with Rick Cashman
MAR 22 Fiddler’s Green
APR 26 The Septemberists and The April Fools
Our Times Coffeehouse
Long Island Ethical Humanist Society 38 Old Country Road,
Garden City 516-541-1006 www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org
Shows: 8pm (generally on the 3rd Friday of each month)
Donations: Adults $15, Seniors & Students (w/Schl I.D) $12
Children (under 12) $6 (very young children are free)
FEB 1 6 7pm “For the Love of Pete” - A Memorial Performance in
Memory of Pete Seeger Featuring 10 regional artists performing
songs written and made popular by Pete. More information and
details see website $20 60% of door being donated to Clearwater
21 Liz Queler & Seth Farber
MAR 21 The YaYas
APR 18 Toby Walker
MAY 16 Stephanie Bettman & Luke Halpin
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The Song Box House Concerts
Held in recording studio at private residence
Every 4th Sat. in Seaford (south shore Nassau County)
Reservations 516-579-5365 or songbox@optonline.net
(confirmation and directions via return email)
FEB 22 8pm Jesse Terry & Craig Bickhardt Sugg. donation: $15.
Soulful Sundown Coffeehouse Series
The Unitarian Universalist Church at Shelter Rock
48 Shelter Rock Road. Manhasset www.uucsr.org
7:30 Uplifting message, then music - Chris Marshak & band
8:30 Feature act FREE
FEB 14 Eugene Ruffolo
MAR 14 Jesse Terry
APR 11 Amy Speace
MAY 9 Kat Quinn
JUN 13 Sloan Wainwright
The Stephen Talkhouse
161 Main Street, Amagansett, NY www.stephentalkhouse.com
The University Cafe
Sunday Street Acoustic Concert series at The University Cafe
Student Union Building Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY
631-632-1093 www.universitycafe.org -”Special Events”
e-mail: SundayStreetWUSB@aol.com
All shows 2pm on Sundays except*
FEB 9 Toby Walker
23 Pesky J. Nixon / Miles to Dayton (co-bill)
MAR 9 Poor Old Shine
23 The Paul McKenna Band
Westchester
Beczak Environmental Education Center
UrbanH20
35 Alexander Street Yonkers www.beczak.org
3rd Sat ea. month @7pm Adm: $10
FEB 15 Hogmaw w/ South County
The Capitol Theatre
149 Westchester Avenue (914) 934-9362
Caramoor
149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah www.caramoor.org
Roots Music in the Music Room
Info: 914.232.5035 Tickets: 914.232.1252
Common Ground Community Concerts
info: 914-478-2710 or www.commongroundfusw.com
Fall 2013 Season
Venues:
Common Ground Coffeehouse @ The First Unitarian Society
25 Old Jackson Ave, Hastings on Hudson Shows @ 7:30pm
FEB 22 8pm The Andy Statman Trio
MAR 22 7:30pm Jules Shear and Pal Shazar
APR 2 7:30pm Roosevelt Dime
Common Ground @ South Church
South Presbyterian Church, 343 Bwy, Dobbs Ferry
FEB 1 7:30 pm: Marika Hughes and Bottom Heavy
MAR 1 7 :30pm Howard Fishman presents “Bob Dylan and The
Band’s Basement Tapes”
APR 5 7:30pm Sam Baker and Carrie Elkin
Emelin Theater
Library Lane, Mamaroneck 914-698-0098
All shows @ 8pm www.emelin.org
Bluegrass
FEB 14 8pm The HillBenders $36
MAR 14 8pm Special Consensus $32
APR 11 8pm Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass $38
Folk
MAR 22 8pm Red Molly $29
Great Traditions
FEB 8 8pm CJ Chenier and The Red Hot Louisiana Band $37
MAR 1 8pm Slavic Soul Party $28
Pop Rock
MAR 7 8pm Nicole Atkins $32
Hammond House
111 Grasslands Rd. Valhalla 914-347-8209
www.TribesHill.com
Irvington Town Hall Theater
85 Main Street Irvington www.irvingtontheater.com
MAR 29 8pm Richard Shindell $25, $30, $40
Lake Katonah Lakehouse
1 Lower lakeshore Drive, Katonah
fReservations monty@montgomerydelaney.com
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The Peekskill Coffee House
101 South Division St. Peekskill
www.peekskillcoffee.com 914-739-1287
Schedule unavailable at press time
River Spirit Music
River Spirit Music House Concert Series
Hastings-on-Hudson (address provided with reservation)
Reservations - www.riverspiritmusic.com
Sundays. Doors/potluck dinner - 4PM; Music - 5PM
Donation: $20 in advance, $22 at door (subject to availability)
FEB 23 Lauren Fox
MAR 23 Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche
APR 6 Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line
MAY 4 Fred Gillen, Jr. & Friends Farewell Show
Tarrytown Music Hall
13 Main St Tarrytown (914) 631-3390
www.tarrytownmusichall.org
presented by Music Without Borders*
MAR 9 7pm *Johnny Winter & Edgar Winter $39-$85
14 8 pm *Richard Thompson Solo/Acoustic w/Teddy Thompson
$40, $50, $65
16 7pm *Jefferson Starship $38, $45, $55
29 8pm *Iris Dement & Susan Werner $30, $40, $50
30 7pm *Punch Brothers $33, $45, $50
APR 3 8pm Leo Kottke & Loudon Wainwright III $38, $48, $58
18 8pm *Delbert McClinton $38, $48, $60
22 8pm Ani DiFranco $39-$75
MAY 10 8pm Judy Collins & Don McLean $58-$125
JUN 20 8 pm Happy Together Tour featuring The Turtles w/ Flo &
Eddie , Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) Mark Farner (Grand
Funk Railroad), Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels and Gary
Lewis & the Playboys $55-$125
Tarrytown Tunes
Christ Episcopal Church, West Elizabeth St. / Rte 9, Tarrytown,
Tarrytown Tunes @ Facebook
Doors - 45 min. before showtime $20 sugg. donation @ door
“mingle and munch” after show - pot luck dish requested
more info: tarrytowntunes@gmail.com
FEB 22 7:30pm KJ Denhert
MAR 15 7:30pm Jesse Terry
Towne Crier Cafe
379 Main Street Beacon, NY
(845) 855 1300 www.townecrier.com
Show Adm: Adv / Door (Adv: + $3/ticket handling)
FEB 1 8:30pm Popa Chubby Band $25 Adv / $30 Door
7 8:30pm Donna The Buffalo $25 Adv / $30 Door
8 8:30pm James McMurtry $25 Adv / $30 Door
9 7:30pm Nuala Kennedy Trio $20 Adv / $25
13 7:30pm David Wilcox $25 Adv / $30 Door
14 8:30pm Buckwheat Zydeco $35 Adv / $40 Door
15 8 :30pm Jim Weider & special guest Amy Helm present “A Night
Of Guitar Ballads” by The Band, Dylan & more $35 Adv / $40 Door
16 7:30pm Yarn $15 Adv / $20 Door
22 8 :30pm Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson & The Magic Rockers
$25 Adv / $30 Door
23 7:30pm Cherish The Ladies $35 Adv / $40
24 7:30pm Slaid Cleaves $25 Adv / $30 Door
28 8 :30pm CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band
$25 Adv / $30 Door
MAR 1 8:30pm Kelly Joe Phelps $25 Adv / $30 Door
2 7 :30pm John McEuen (of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) & David
Amram with Matt Cartsonis $20 Adv / $25
8 8:30pm Leo Kottke $50 Adv / $55 Door
15 8:30pm Lucy Kaplansky $25 Adv / $30 Door
18 7:30pm Wayne Hancock $20 Adv / $25 Door
19 7:30pm Peggy Seeger $20 Adv / $25 Door
21 8:30pm Clancy Tradition $20 Adv / $25 Door
28 8:30pm Jorma Kaukonen $55 Adv / $60 Door
APR 4 8 :30pm Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
$25 Adv / $30 Door
5 8 :30pm Lennon Re-Imagined, featuring The Nutopians
$30 Adv / $35 Door
12 8:30pm Chris Smither $25 Adv / $30 Door
27 7:30pm John Mccutcheon $25 Adv / $30 Door
MAY 10 8 :30pm Robben Ford; with special guest Scott Beall w/
James Cammack $40 Adv / $45 Door
11 7 :30pm Holly Near with John Bucchino and Emma’s Revolution
$25 Adv / $30 Door
16 8 :30pm Buskin & Batteau; also Brother Sun $25 Adv / $30 Door
Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse
New Location! Memorial United Methodist Church
250 Bryant Ave, White Plains (914) 242-0374
www.WalkaboutClearwater.org
Shows start at 7:30pm except*
acousticlive.com
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MAR 8 Sara Thomsen $18 Adv / $23 Door
APR 12 Seamus Kennedy $18 Adv / $23 Door
MAY 10 John Gorka $20 Adv / $25 Door
Rockland County
Borderline Folk Music Club
At the home of Steve Shapiro 7 Trailside Court, New City
or New City Ambulance Corps, 200 Congers Road, New City
www.borderlinefolkmusicclub.org
Attendees are asked to bring a cold pot luck dessert dish
Reservations strongly suggested
solz1@optonline.net or (845)-354-4586
FEB 16 2 pm Sandy Cash, Pat Lamanna opens @ New City Volunteer
Ambulance Corps $20 / Memb $15 (+ dessert dish)
Turning Point
468 Piermont Ave, Piermont 845-359-1089
www.turningpointcafe.com
Open Mic Night Weds & Thurs, 7pm, signup 5-7pm $4
FEB 1 9pm Duke Robillard Band $25
5 7:30pm Marcia Ball Band $40
7 8pm David Johansen $40
9 3pm Rod MacDonald and Mark Dann $17.50
12 8pm Junior Watson Band $20
15 9:15pm Robert Ross Blues Band $20
16 4pm James Maddock $25
20 8pm Shemekia Copeland Band $50
MAR 1 9pm Peter Karp Sue Foley Band $25
7 9pm John Primer Band $20
8 7 th Annual Townes Van Zandt birthday Celebration with The Cosmic
American Derelicts and more
15 9pm Alexis P. Suter Band $25
16 4pm Back to the Garden 1969 $25
23 4pm Jeremy Spencer (Fleetwood Mac ) Band $25
28 9pm Marc Berger and Ride $15
30 4pm Garnet Rogers and Archie Fisher $20
APR 13 4 & 7pm Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks $35
18 8pm The Kennedys $25
19 8:30pm Riley Etheridge Band $20
26 9pm Cheryl Arena Band $20
MAY 8 8pm Steve Forbert $30
18 4pm Marjorie Thompson $15
Upstate New York
Caffe Lena
47 Phila Street,, Saratoga Springs (518) 583-0022
List of Shows: www.caffelena.com/calendar.htm
Colony Café
22 Rock City Road Woodstock
845 679-5342 Weekdays 6-11 Sat & Sun12-11 closed Wed
Harmony
52 Mill Hill Road Woodstock, NY
http://www.facebook.com/harmonymusicwoodstockny
Mondays: Open Mic: Poetry;
Tuesdays: Singles, Duos
Weds. Open Mic: Music (Sign up 7pm, music 8-11pm)
Thursdays: Bluegrass Clubhouse with Bill Keith & guests
Fridays & Saturdays: Bands; Sundays: Singles, Duos
Hyde Park Library
2 Main St, Hyde Park 845-227-7791 www.hydeparklibrary.org
Living Room Acoustic Series
In The Center
Belle Levine Arts Center 521 Kennicut Hill Road Mahopac
Rosendale Cafe
434 Main St., Rosendale
(914) 658-9048
www.rosendalecafe.com
FEB 1 8pm Dirk Powell & Riley Baugus $20
14 8 pm Amy Fradon and Leslie Ritter Valentine’s Concert $15
MAR 14 8 pm Eddie Bond & the New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters $10
Singer-Songwriter Heaven
House Concerts in Beekman, N.Y.
Potluck @ 2pm; Show @ 3pm All are welcome!
Limited seating; reservations requested
Tel: John Hamilton, 917-734-8851
or email Birdman566@aol.com
MAR 22 8pm*** Pierce Pettis (potluck at 7pm***)
JUN 1 Jory Nash
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Warwick Valley Winery
114 Little York Road, Warwick, NY, 845-258-4858
www.wvwinery.com
Special Events:
Doors open at 7pm for wine tasting and Bistro style dinner
Uncorked & Unplugged Afternoon Series 2 - 5pm No Cover
FEB 1 Redden Brothers
2 Ray Longchamp
8 Tim O’Donohue
9 Matt Turk
16 Rave On - Music of Buddy Holly
17 Steve Wells
New Jersey
The Acoustic Cafe
In Our Lady of Mercy School, 25 Fremont Ave.
Park Ridge Info: 201-573-0718 www.cafeacoustic.org
Showtime: 8pm Doors open at 7:30 Adm $18 - $25
FEB 15 The Kennedys
MAR 22 Ari Hest
APR 26 The Grand Slambovians w/guest Jann Klose
MAY 31 Toby Walker
Acoustic Night in Metuchen
Brewed Awakening, 417 Main St. Shows run from 7:30 - 9pm
The Barrington Coffeehouse Musicafe
131 Clements Bridge Rd., Barrington
Reservations: 856.573.7800 www.barringtoncoffeehouse.com
7:30 - 11pm & beyond Wide Open Mic Every Thursday FREE
“Friday Main Stage” & “Saturday Night Special”
8-10 pm. ($10 cover unless noted*)
Cabin Concerts at Tim & Lori Blixt’s
60 Hawthorne Road Wayne (973) 616-0853
timandlori@cabinconcerts.com www.cabinconcerts.com
Your hosts: Tim and Lori Blixt
Acoustic Vacations in the Mountains Inclusive retreats at the West
Mountain Inn, Arlington Vt. An all new show each night!!
info: www.cabinconcerts.com / www.westmountaininn.com
APR 6 3pm Sam Baker
MAY 4 3pm Buzz Cason $25
AUG 12-14 Ellis Paul @ West Mt. Inn (see above) E-Mail for info.
Coffee With Conscience
www.coffeewithconscience.org
Concert Series of Westfield
Westfield First United Methodist Church
1 East Broad Street (corner of North Ave) Westfield
Shows at 8pm Price online/@door
FEB 15 Tom Prasada-Rao & Cary Cooper $20 Adv / $24 Door
MAR 15 Kim & Reggie Harris $19 Adv / $24 Door
APR 26 Carsie Blanton $19 Adv / $24 Door
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Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Coffeehouse
Fair Lawn Community Center, 10-10 20th Street, Fair Lawn Shows
at 8:00 201 384-1325 www.hurdygurdyfolk.org
Prices: member/non-member
JAN 11 The Whistling Wolves plus The Triple Play Allstars*
FEB 1 C. Daniel Boling plus The Boxcar Lilies
MAR 1 An Evening with Aztec Two Step
APR 19 Joe Crookston plus Connor Garvey
MAY 10 Vance Gilbert plus Honor Finnegan
JUN 7 Catie Curtis plus Jenna Lindbo
Mexicali Live
1409 Queen Anne Road Teaneck www.mexicalilive.com
FEB 19 8pm Duke Robillard / Joe Ferreri $20
MAR 1 8 pm 5th annual Mardi Gras Bash; Brother Joscephus and the
Love Revolution $15
7 9pm Stirfried w/ spec guest John Popper $20
22 9pm Willie Nile and His Band $30
29 8pm Tony Trischka Territory $15
APR 5 9pm Hot Club of Cowtown $25
The Minstrel
Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Hts. Rd,
Shows at 8pm 973-335-9489 $8 Cover www.folkproject.org
FEB 7 Cindy Mangsen & Steve Gillette with Jean Scully
14 Valentines Day Extravaganza
21 Beppe Gambetta
28 L’il Rev
MAR 7 Andy Cohen
14 Open Stage
21 Legends of the Celtic Harp
28 Orrin Star; Opening Act TBA
APR 4 Jack Williams with The Levins
11 The Bucky Pizzarelli - Ed Laub Duo
18 Open Stage
Music at the Mission
West Milford Presbyterian Church
1452 Union Valley Road West Milford 973-728-4201
www.musicatthemission.org
Doors open at 7:30pm - Music starts at 8pm
Adm: Non-memb Adv / Door
FEB 15 Cliff Eberhardt $22 Adv / $25 Door
APR 26 Lucy Kaplansky $25 Adv / $28 Door
New Legacy Concert Series
Ringwood Public Library
30 Cannici Drive, Ringwood 973-962-6256
www.ringwoodlibrary.org/newlegacy.shtml
Seating: first come, first served
MAR 2 2pm Alexis P. Suter $20
APR 6 2pm Shemekia Copeland $30
njpac
Concerts at the Crossing
1 Center Street Newark (973) 642-8989 www.njpac.org
Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing
268 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road Titusville
Shows at 7:30pm www.concertsatthecrossing.com
Notes From Home
Cozy Cabin Concerts
Green Brook, New Jersey 732.752.5294
www.facebook.com/CozyCabinConcerts
divab202@yahoo.com
Darress Theatre
615 Main Street, Boonton, NJ
Open Mic every third wed ea/month Sign-up: 7:30pm
More info: darresstheatre.com rocktime1.com
Ethical Brew
The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County
687 Larch Avenue, Teaneck
www.ethicalfocus.org info: bethj.stein@gmail.com
JAN 25 8 pm Les Paul Tribute featuring Tom & Sandy Doyle; Special
guest: Christine DeLeon
Heights House Concert Series
Jersey City Address given w/ reservation
www.heightshouseconcerts.com 201-310-1322
All shows Sundays 2:30pm
reservations: info@HeightsHouseConcerts.com
FEB 23 Hannah and Maggie $20
MAR 23 The YaYas $20
The Hillside Café
45 Hillside Crescent, Nutley (@ Church and Prospect St.)
Community room of Franklin Reformed Church
Doors open: 7:30pm Shows: 8pm Admission: $12
973-667-7055 www.hillsidecafe.com
JAN 18 Greg Trooper
FEB 15 Amy Rigby w/ Wreckless Eric
MAR 15 Pat Wictor
(house concert series)
Montclair 201-214-1138 Doors open 1 hour before Concert
potluck dinner www.notesfromhomenj.com
Reservations: chris@notesfromhomenj.com RSVP for location
FEB 8 Greg Greenway
MAR 15 Cosy Sheridan
Outpost in the “Burbs” Coffeehouse
Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church Street, Montclair
(Larger shows* held at First Congregational Church of Montclair
40 South Fullerton Ave)
973-744-6560 Shows at 8:00 www.outpostintheburbs.org
FEB 14 Chad (Stuart) & Jeremy (Clyde) $30
21 Marshall Crenshaw with guest Loretta Hagen $25
MAR 28 James Maddock Trio
APR 3 Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett Guitarists of Little Feat $32
Princeton Folk Music Society
Concerts at Christ Congregation Church
50 Walnut Lane in Princeton 3rd Friday of the month - 8:15
info@princetonfolk.org (609) 799-0944
www.princetonfolk.org
FEB 21 Jeff Warner - “Mountains to the Sea”
MAR 21 David Jones
APR 18 The Honey Dewdrops
MAY 16 Tom Chapin
Sanctuary Concerts
www.sanctuaryconcerts.org
Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham
973.376.4946 Boxoffice@sanctuaryconcerts.org
Concerts 8pm Admission includes coffee and baked desserts
FEB 22 Cheryl Wheeler with special guests Pesky J. Nixon $25
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South Orange Performing Arts Center
1 Sopac Way, South Orange, NY www.SOPACNow.org
FEB 1 2 & 8pm Hair (Musical Theater) 25-$50
15 8pm Susan Werner and David Wilcox $25-$40
28 8pm The Cowboy Junkies perform “The Trinity Session” $35-$65
MAR 1 8pm Buckwheat Zydeco $24-$40
2 7:30pm Shawn Colvin $35-$55
8 8pm Johnny Winter $33-$60
15 8pm Richard Thompson w/ Teddy Thompson $33-$60
22 8pm Richard Shindell & Lucy Kaplansky $25-$50
23 7:30pm Mason Jennings $23-$38
28 8pm Iris Dement & Red Molly $25-$45
29 8pm Oleta Adams $33-$58
MAY 7 7:30pm Suzanne Vega $34-$50
9 8pm Tom Paxton & Holly Near $25-$48
15 7:30pm The Mavericks $60-$85
JUN 7 8pm The Smithereens $33-$60
The Society Cafe Concert Series
Anderson Hall Unitarian Universalist Society of Ridgewood
113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood
www.societycafeconcertseries.com Doors 7pm Show 8pm
Splatter Concerts
Ukrainian American Cultural Center
60 North Jefferson Rd., Whippany
Shows @ 7pm 973-585-7175 www.splatterconcerts.com
Adm $ as listed Ages 13-17: $5 12 & under free
To order tickets, e-mail name & no. of tickets desired to:
splatterconcerts@yahoo.com
Connecticut
Acoustic Celebration
Temple Shearith Israel 46 Peaceable St Ridgefield
or St. Stephen’s Church, North Hall 351 Main St
www.acousticcelebration.org
(203) 431-6501 info@acousticcelebration.org
MAR 23 Krista Detor
APR 6 The Carper Family
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Branford Folk Coffeehouse
First Congregational Church of Branford
1009 Main Street, Branford www.folknotes.org/branfordfolk
Shows: 8pm nonmemb $15, memb $12, children 12 - under, $5
FEB 8 Bill Staines
MAR 8 French Canadian Music
APR 12 Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
MAY 10 Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen
CT Folk
First Presbyterian Church 704 Whitney Ave, New Haven
“First Friday” Concert Series www.ctfolk.com/home.html
Gen Adm / $10 Students Door: $20 Gen Adm / $15 Students
MAR 7 Burning Bridget Cleary
APR 4 Audition Finals for the 2014 CT Folk Festival and Green Expo
MAY 2 A Tribute to Simon and Garfunkel with Kristen Graves,
Hannah and Maggie and Mighty Purple
Fairfield Theater Company
www.fairfieldtheatre.org
FTC @ The Klein Klein Memorial Auditorium
910 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport
FTC on StageOne
70 Sanford St., Fairfield Shows: 7:45pm
FEB 6 Tim Reynolds TR3 $32-$37
9 Albert Lee $29-$32
15 Taj Mahal Trio $95-$1
MAR 6 Los Lobos $105 SOLD OUT
Norwalk Concert Hall
125 East Ave, Norwalk Shows 8pm
FEB 7 Steve Earle $27, $37, $47
MAR 21 Keb’ Mo’ $45, $55, $65
28 Los Lonely Boys $35, $45, $55
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Rowayton Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Rowayton Avenue & Pennoyer Street, Rowayton (203) 866-4450
www.goodfolkcoffeehouse.com
Doors open at 7:30pm - Music starts at 8pm
Adult Donation: $25 - Children 7 to 12 half price - Under 7 free
FEB 22 Pierce Campbell
MAR 22 Ronny Cox
APR 26 Small Potatoes
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websites before attending shows.
Not responsible for typographical
errors or late performance changes
Molten Java Coffee
Richard Cuccaro, Publisher
Viki Peterman, Treasurer
Lyn Hottes, Contributing Editor
213 Greenwood Ave., Bethel
203-739-0313 www.moltenjavaevents.com
The Ridgefield Playhouse
80 East Ridge Ridgefield 203-438-5795
www.ridgefieldplayhouse.com
JAN 7 8pm Hot Tuna Acoustic $47.50
9 8pm Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam $62.50
18 8pm Martin Sexton $70
FEB 2 8pm 10,000 Maniacs $50
6 8pm Clannad $50.
8 8pm Gin Blossoms $45
12 7:30pm Jay Nash w/ Special Guest PJ Pacifico $28
14 6:30pm Valentine’s Day Gala Cheap Trick $130
15 8pm Robert Randolph & The Family Band $45, $55, $65
20 8pm Angelique Kidjo $50
MAR 6 8pm Cowboy Junkies $60
8 8pm Dickey Betts & Great Southern $75
The Sounding Board
The Universalist Church of West Hartford,
433 Fern Street, West Hartford
http://www.folknotes.org 860-635-7685
Doors 7pm Music 8pm Adv tix: www.brownpapertickets.com
reservations or more info: reservations@folknotes.org
Adm: gen. / mem. Children 12 and under $8
FEB 1 Bay Spring Folk $17 / $15
8 Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen $17 / $15
15 Bob Franke $18 / $16
MAR 1 Bob Zentz $17 / $15
8 B ok, Trickett & Muir (@ The Unitarian Society Of Hartford)
$22 / $20
15 Mike & Ruthy $16 / $14
22 Brother Sun $20 / $18
29 Klezamir (At The Unitarian Society Of Hartford) $16 / $14
APR 5 The Kennedys $TBA
12 Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line $TBA
19 Walt Michael & Co. $TBA
26 Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem $TBA
MAY 10 Red Molly (At The Unitarian Society Of Hartford) $TBA
17 The Portable Folk Music Festival $TBA
31 T he Dulcimer Association - Benefit for the Sounding Board (at The
Unitarian Society) $TBA
The Vanilla Bean Cafe
Corner of Rts 44, 169 & 97 Pomfret (860)928-1562
www.thevanillabeancafe.com
FEB 1 Michael Hakanson-Stacy
7 Santina King
8 Garnet Rogers
15 Mark Erelli
21 Lisa Martin
22 Atwater Donnelly
MAR 1 Griff Tones
7 Grayson McCarthy
8 Maria Sangiolo and Anne Belliveau
15 Cashel Rock
21 Lisa Martin
22 Delta Generators
29 Tim Peck Trio
APR 26 Andrew McKnight
Voices Café
The Unitarian Church 10 Lyons Plains Road Westport
203-227-7205 x14 www.voicescafe.org
All Shows 8pm; Reserved seating for groups of 4+
Adm: Adv / Door
FEB 15 Goodnight Moonshine
MAR 8 TBA
APR 12 The YaYas + Carolann Solebello
MAY 10 Cheryl Wheeler
JUN 14 TBA
For me, Pete Seeger was like a favorite old uncle who was going to save us from
ourselves. When his wife, Toshi, passed away last July, it was safe to assume
Pete would not be around much longer. She was his rock. Now he is gone and
he is irreplaceable. Not too many people would argue with the title above, but I
know Pete would have hated it. Sorry, Pete. You can’t argue with me this time.
I had approached him during the Clearwater Festival in 2005 and said,
“Thanks for everything, Pete. We owe you a lot.” He responded angrily, “You
don’t owe me anything!” I was shocked, but later parsed it this way: If someone
thought Pete was in an exalted position, it took away from his idea of everyone
pitching in on an equal footing, pushing for justice and change. He hated to be
idolized. If I were to respond to Pete today, I would tell him, “It’s OK to avoid
idolatry, Pete, but sometimes we need that guy with a vision to point the way.”
It might’ve worked, but probably not.
In August of 2008, I gave my props by doing a cover feature about him in
this publication. I called it, “All Together Now…” That was what he was about:
getting everyone singing together, building a sense of community.
Recently, singer/songwriter Rod MacDonald reminded me of an interview he
conducted with Pete for the the December 1982 / January 1983 issue of The
Fast Folk Musical Magazine booklet and record. Rod, a law school graduate
and a very smart guy, managed to ask all the right questions, and in doing so,
captured the essence of Pete Seeger, a man of principle and vision, as well or
better than all the accolades I’ve heard in the days following his death.
Rest well, Pete. You’ve earned it.
—Richard Cuccaro
Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014)
Photo: Richard Cuccaro
Acoustic Live Mourns the Passing of an Icon