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There have been many tributes to New York City. It’s almost a cliche to even think about writing a song about it. Well, we have one more, and it’s worth hearing… and seeing. Nashville songwriter Robby Hecht’s self-titled new album will have its local CD release at Rockwood Music Hall on March 24. An accompanying video of one of its songs, “New York City,” is truly compelling. Although the city’s structure forms the setting, it’s clearly the human element that is at the core of the inspiration for Robby. The throb of a drumbeat supports a pulsating calliope-like electric piano while a kaleidoscope of urban New York humanity rushes at the viewer. It’s a combination of ancient film footage and stills as well as contemporary video and photographs. He sings: New York City, take my mind off it, take my mind off it… / New York City make me fight for it, make me fight for it… / There ain’t no pity in New York City… Over the span of decades, people fight, are struck down, arrested, taken into custody… on and on. The song’s rhythm is maintained with the steady pace of each photo or three seconds (or so) of each video clip. There is a counterbalance in the opposing actions of the inadvertent actors: braggadocio and fear, ecstasy and cruelty, desperation and defiance, calm and hysteria. There is, too, a brilliance in the assemblage of the mosaic of the old and new, showing the timeless nature of the mortal struggle against the potentially lethal forces that are unleashed daily by a large metropolis. Robby has stated: “New York City to me is a world of contrasts: fear and exultation, community and isolation, bright lights against a starless sky. It’s a place where for generations, people from across the world have gone to challenge themselves and start over under a new set of rules. This video is a collage of some of my favorite images, a variety of people past and present in many different parts of New York finding their way.” Bespectacled, with eyes that often look into a middle distance with a near-expressionless stare, Robby Hecht tends to give off the vibe of a resolute avoidance of drama. This is in some ways true, but it’s because the turbulence in his songs is understated. His voice is a velvety baritone with an unerring sense of melody a virtuoso violinist might attain. His songs sweep over the listener like a warm rain, a satisfying drenching, or, as another musician put it, “a warm blanket.” He’ll allow himself a sly smile, mid-song, during a low-key cover of a macho pop confection like “I’m Sexy and I Know It,” but his ever-present, even, relaxed manner tends to reinforce the impression of a calm approach to every song, no matter what the content. There will be no extreme grimacing, for instance, to demonstrate a message; no acting out. The song will do its job to convey the story. No histrionics here. We caught up with Robby at the 2013 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference and pitched our offer for a cover article. He graciously consented, so here we are. Beginnings Robby Hecht was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1978. After brief moves to Houston and New Orleans while his father, a doctor, finished med school, his residency and initial medical stints, the family settled in Knoxville, Tenn. Robby was around 7. His father plays the mandolin. Robby said, MARCH 2014 Volume 15 Issue 10

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There have been many tributes to New York City. It’s almost a cliche to even think about writing a song about it. Well, we have one more, and it’s worth hearing… and seeing. Nashville songwriter Robby Hecht’s self-titled new album will have its local CD release at Rockwood Music Hall on March 24. An accompanying video of one of its songs, “New York City,” is truly compelling.Although the city’s structure forms the setting, it’s clearly the human element that is at the core of the inspiration for Robby. The throb of a drumbeat supports a pulsating calliope-like electric piano while a kaleidoscope of urban New York humanity rushes at the viewer. It’s a combination of ancient film footage and stills as well as contemporary video and photographs. He sings: New York City, take my mind off it, take my mind off it… / New York City make me fight for it, make me fight for it… / There ain’t no pity in New York City… Over the span of decades, people fight, are struck down, arrested, taken into custody… on and on. The song’s rhythm is maintained with the steady pace of each photo or three seconds (or so) of

each video clip. There is a counterbalance in the opposing actions of the inadvertent actors: braggadocio and fear, ecstasy and cruelty, desperation and defiance, calm and hysteria. There is, too, a brilliance in the assemblage of the mosaic of the old and new, showing the timeless nature of the mortal struggle against the potentially lethal forces that are unleashed daily by a large metropolis. Robby has stated: “New York City to me is a world of contrasts: fear and exultation, community and isolation, bright lights against a starless sky. It’s a place where for generations, people from across the world have gone to challenge themselves and start over under a new set of rules. This video is a collage of some of my favorite images, a variety of people past and present in many different parts of New York finding their way.”Bespectacled, with eyes that often look into a middle distance with a near-expressionless stare, Robby Hecht tends to give off the vibe of a resolute avoidance of drama. This is in some ways true, but it’s because the turbulence in his songs is understated. His voice is a velvety baritone with an unerring sense of melody a virtuoso violinist might

attain. His songs sweep over the listener like a warm rain, a satisfying drenching, or, as another musician put it, “a warm blanket.”He’ll allow himself a sly smile, mid-song, during a low-key cover of a macho pop confection like “I’m Sexy and I Know It,” but his ever-present, even, relaxed manner tends to reinforce the impression of a calm approach to every song, no matter what the content. There will be no extreme grimacing, for instance, to demonstrate a message; no acting out. The song will do its job to convey the story. No histrionics here.We caught up with Robby at the 2013 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference and pitched our offer for a cover article. He graciously consented, so here we are.

BeginningsRobby Hecht was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1978. After brief moves to Houston and New Orleans while his father, a doctor, finished med school, his residency and initial medical stints, the family settled in Knoxville, Tenn. Robby was around 7.His father plays the mandolin. Robby said,

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“I grew up singing the songs he would learn on his instrument.” Their musical tastes also influenced him. “My parents listened to a lot of classic folk and singer/songwriter music — Jim Croce, John Denver, Paul Simon, Peter Paul and Mary, Judy Collins, Crystal Gayle … these were all major influences early in my development as a songwriter.”His own tastes went through phases common to many. There was rock, of course. In grade school there was classic rock: hair bands like Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Poison. In high school he was into Counting Crows, Lemonheads, The Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, The Band, Sarah McLachlan and The Indigo Girls. Robby didn’t write or play popular music until he went to college. He did sing, however. He was in chorus from grades eight through 11, then joined the chamber singers group when he was a high school senior. Although he took guitar lessons when he was 10 and 14, he never stuck with it for very long.

Higher Education Plus TravelDuring his time at the University of Wisconsin in Madison as an English and history major, Robby began gravitating toward a musical career. His focus as a listener was on FM radio staples such as Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Marc Cohn, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Joni Mitchell, Ben Harper, Coldplay and David Gray. The Internet was a handy tool to find tablature and learn favorite songs. He started playing in the stairwell of his dorm for the acoustics. “I made both friends and enemies that way,” he said.During his freshman year, he started performing at open mics and at age 18 he made a “strangely confident and final” decision to commit to music as his calling and career. After graduating, he took a few months off to travel in Europe with a friend. They stayed in a town about 40 minutes by train outside Paris. Robby would travel into Paris and busk outside the Hotel deVille numerous times. “It wasn’t the best place for an American busker,” he said. “The U.S. tourists walking by were looking for someone playing an accordion.” He played a couple of times in the garden at the Louvre. He’d also sit alongside the Seine and play — not performing so much, but nevertheless getting noticed by passersby.

AllDay RadioA short time afterward, Robby moved to San Francisco. There, he met multi-instrumentalist Jason Jurzak at an open mic. They partnered, with Robby on lead vocals, and played local coffeehouses. They’d hire backup musicians

once in a while, but they were essentially a duo. After ruminating for a while about a name, they picked “AllDay Radio.” They decided to move to more music-friendly Nashville, but were not received warmly by music publishers, who believed that if the style wasn’t country (they were decidedly folk/pop), it must be left-of-center. AllDay Radio made an album anyway and, slyly referencing an imaginary TV show, called it The Best of Season One. They printed a limited number of copies and sold them in DVD cases. The album, laden with acoustic guitar, fiddle and dobro licks and hummable melodies, is still available on iTunes and is well worth a purchase (I’ve got mine).

Jason didn’t stay in Nashville long — less than a year — before relocating to New Orleans. AllDay Radio ended amicably. Robby said that since Jason plays tuba, he found a great home in the “Big Easy.” He gets a lot of work with a number of bands and has been nominated as best sousaphone player in New Orleans.

Kismet and the Existential DilemmaRobby had reconnected with Annie Klaver, a coed friend from Wisconsin, during his travels in Europe. They were both part of the small group who shared the accommodations outside Paris. Annie, who had been working in Rotterdam for the past three years, was relocating to the U.S. and given a choice by her employer of two locations: Irvine, Calif., or Nashville. Eerily, on the day after Jason and Robby decided to move to Nashville, she emailed him, and knowing that Robby was from Tennessee, asked him what Nashville was like. Robby replied, “We just decided

yesterday to move there. We should live together.” So, she picked Nashville. When Jason moved out, Robby and Annie went from being roommates to being a couple. She’s his wife today.All through Robby’s growth as a musician, he was puzzled by his tendency to swing between being outgoing one day, to being painfully shy the next. He didn’t know why he was like this, but suspected something wasn’t right. This made it difficult to make plans to further his career. On his website, he states: “My condition made it hard to really commit to anything … It made it hard to want to record a record. It made it hard to tour or to co-write with somebody. Because at some subconscious level, I didn’t know what version of myself I was going to be when I showed up.” After Annie described to him the drastic nature of his day-to-day personality shifts, he sought medical help and confirmed his self-diagnosis that he was suffering from a bipolar disorder. This began an approximately three-year period of testing different doctors and regulatory medicines to stabilize the effects of his bipolarity. As he explained it, any person with this problem has to use trial-and-error to find out what works, and an artist, in particular, must have faith that their personality won’t change so much that they experience a loss of creativity. For Robby, the chance to function more consistently was worth the gamble.

A Time of RecognitionDuring this period, Robby was touring as he worked his way through treating his condition. He also began testing his abilities in the largest competitive songwriter festivals in America: the Telluride Troubadour Contest (Telluride, Colo.), the Wildflower Songwriting Contest (Richardson, Texas) and the Kerrville New Folk Competition (Kerrville, Texas).He went to Telluride in 2006. “I was playing at it, but it felt real. I was there, competing in something I loved to do, and hoped that I was good at it.” He won second place and said, “It was a real confidence booster.” It also introduced him to a whole national community of singer/songwriters many of whom have become good friends (including the brilliant Nels Andrews, that year’s winner). Robby waited four years, then returned in 2010, this time taking first place.Robby had applied three times to the Kerrville festival and failed to make the cut for the songwriter competition. He competed at Wildflower in 2007 and took first place. Another attendee suggested that he go to Kerrville without any ties to the competition. So that year, he went to Kerrville simply as an attendee, without any status as a

competitor. He was just another folkie, sitting around the campfires and swapping songs. This gave him the feel of the festival and allowed him to relax when he returned in 2008 as a competitor and took first place.

The AlbumsRobby released his first solo CD, Late Last Night, in 2008, the year he won at Kerrville. It’s concrete proof that he’d found his voice and was hitting his stride. Some of the lyrics buoyed by exquisite melodies appear to reflect Robby’s struggles with the darker side of his personality. On the first track, “Something, Somehow,” we hear: can you hear me scream can you hear me crawl / can you hear me knocking holes in the wall / yeah, I just can’t take it but I got my hands on something, somehow / oh, and baby, I’m going under now.The title track points to a sense of inertia at the end of a relationship: days will come / when I’ll miss you some / and I’ll pray to God / to have you back home / but I will not move / I’ll just watch you fly away.Last of the Long Days was released in 2011. I reviewed several songs from the album in our December 2013 NERFA wrap-up issue. About “Real Someday,” I wrote that it explores some of life’s existential questions: Hey old friend, would you come back home / I’m still here and I’m all alone / I know that you would find your way / Come back now it’s all OK / and I swear we’ll make it real someday. It has a repetitive refrain toward the end, I’m gonna be somebody, which repeats about eight times. Robby’s sound and his varying modulation make it thoroughly enjoyable. I also drew attention to his cover of Townes Van Zant’s “If I Needed You,” a duet with Jill Andrews, formerly of The Everybodyfields, calling it “exquisitely done.” A link to a live performance of this song, with Liz Longley providing harmony, is among the many video links on Robby’s website. The cache of videos is a treasure-trove. A video he made of “The Hard Way,” also from this album, is comprised of amateur video clips of people dancing to the song’s bubbling, perky melody, reveling in their own movement. This is in contrast to the sad lyrics of the song which contains the album title: I will leave you alone, babe / It’s the last of the long days / And I’ll think of you this way / When I’m gone. It begins as we watch a grainy clip of a woman winning a large sum of money on a TV game show. As she reacts by deliriously running around the set, the song kicks in. The rest of the video is a celebration of dancers’ ecstatic physical reaction to other music, but in total sync with the beat of “The Hard Way.” It’s mesmerizing and I watched it again and again, transfixed.

The new CD, Robby Hecht, maintains the already high quality of his collected work. Along with the aforementioned “New York City,” other songs worth mentioning include “Soon I Was Sleeping.” With its pedal steel guitar backup, it has a strong country flavor and covers the familiar ground of an alcoholic’s failing marriage. He sings: …I called her up tipsy / she said she doesn’t miss me / I was thinkin’ I’d rather be dead / I put that bottle of whiskey / right where she used to kiss me / and soon I was sleeping instead. Rose Cousins, duetting beautifully, sings the part of the protagonist’s wife. Chris Parton of CMTEdge.com called her vocal “wounded but resolute.” Parton also took note of another song on the album called “The Sea and the Shore,” that Robby co-wrote with Amy Speace, as being similar thematically to “Soon I Was Sleeping.” In the song, the sea symbolically stands in for an errant male who returns to the shore, his mate, with a new song of redemption: here I am, with all that I have learned / I can hold you now with arms of foam and spray … Oh, please don’t say you’ll leave me here alone … The shore responds: …you left me here so long / I was promised to the moon while you were gone … You said all these things before / and I tell you I can’t hear them anymore… Robby told Parton, “The songs are very different in their imagery and characters, but both deal with the way inconsistency can ruin a relationship. This theme of inconsistency is what I identify with most closely on the record, and that definitely comes from living with bipolar and trying for so many years to figure out why it felt like I was two different people at the same time.”On another track, “Papa’s Down the Road Dead,” things lighten up a bit. It’s a tongue-

in-cheek, honky-tonk rockabilly treat that bounces happily along despite the title and subject matter: Mama come runnin’ through the screen door / throwed herself down on the floor / Papa’s down the road dead / Sister, she began to sob / brother knew he’d have to find a job… “When I’m With You Now” is a homage to a hard-won peace he’s forged with his wife, Annie. When I’m with you now, it’s like flyin’ away…We’re looking forward to the release party at Rockwood Music Hall on March 24. We know that Robby Hecht live will be a thrill, as sure and steady as his recordings.

Upcoming Performances include:Mar 1 7:30pm Prescott Center for the Arts,

Prescott, Ariz.2 7pm Higley Center for the Performing Arts,

Gilbert, Ariz.5 7pm Coconino Center for the Arts,

Flagstaff, Ariz. 6 7:30pm Old Town Center for the Arts,

Cottonwood, Ariz.7 7:30pm Pinos Altos Opera House, Pinos

Altos, N.M.8 7:30pm Music in Corrales, Corrales, N.M. 12 4:50-5:10pm Gueros - South By Soup Fest

Benefit, Austin, Texas15 12:30-1pm Threadgill’s World

Headquarters (Outdoor Stage) - Folk Alliance Party at SXS, W. Austin, Texas

20 7:30pm Ebenezers Coffeehouse, Wash. D.C.24 8pm Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3,

New York, N.Y. 26 8pm Club Passim, Cambridge, Mass. 28 8pm Burlap and Bean, Newtown Square, Pa.

Website: robbyhecht.com

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ManhattanBB King Blues Club & Grill

237 W 42nd St. (betw 7th/8th Ave.) www.bbkingblues.com8 & 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

MAR 1 8pm The Fabulous Thunderbirds feat. Kim Wilson $27.50 Adv / $32 Door

8 8pm Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes $36.50 Adv / $40 Door

29 8pm Robert Cray Band $46.50 Adv / $50 Door31 8pm Joe Louis Walker CD Release Show $12 Adv / $15 Door

Beacon Theatre74th Street & Broadway

www.beacontheatrenyc.comCall: (212) 307-7171 / (914) 454-3388 (201) 507-8900

Prices are StubHub @ time of publicationMAR 7-29 8pm (Tues-Wed, Fri-Sat) The Allman Brothers Band

$50.99 - $150APR 29 8pm Nickel Creek w/ spec guest The Secret Sisters $35 - $59JUN 17, 18 8pm Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band $59.50-$129

Best Buy Theater1515 Broadway @Times Square www.bestbuytheater.com

Bitter End147 Bleecker 212-673-7030

$5 Cover/2 drink min. per set www.bitterend.comMAR 1 Joe Brack --plus-- The Mad Things --plus-- J Tronius (A DCM

Event) -- plus-- Sprocket, Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket, Sprocket2 Hadley Kennary (7:30), Alexis Keegan --plus-- Singer/Songwriter

Sessions (7pm)3 Nate Jones (7:30) --plus-- ($10) With Kim Edwards, Matt Kozial,

Martina San Diego, Chelsea Chris, Gabe Merizalde ---plus-- Rob Balducci, The Oz Noy Trio ($15), The Richie Cannata Monday Night Jam ($10)

4 Boyd USA (Acoustic), Margaret Valentine ($10), Scratch Track5 Upsidasium (Razor Boy Music), Maddy Ruff, The David Kolker Band ($8)6 Eve Lesov ($10), Badia Farha ($10), 20 Minute Tango ($7), Paul

Coelho7 Stabwounds (7pm), Wine Teeth, The Rub, Dahka Band, Viva La Hop,

Funknasty, Gone Quite Mad8 Andrew Kluger (7pm), The Acadamy Blues Project, The Humble

Grapes, Biscuits & Gravy, Ill Doots, Balkin Brothers, --plus-- The Billy Hector Band

9 Singer/Songwriter Sessions (7pm) --plus-- The Bitter End Allstar Jam Featuring Mark Greenberg

10 NY Songwriters Collective --plus-- Special Guest set with Simon Kirke ($10) --plus-- The Oz Noy Trio ($15), The Richie Cannata Monday Night Jam ($10)

11 Allison Turner (7:30), Ella Berkley, Chris Watson, Mansingh ($12), The David Kolker Band ($8)

12 Scott James (7pm) (L Rock Enteretainment), Nalani & Sarina, Matt Krenz & The Divine ($10)

13 Marina Evans), Nashville Nights Featuring: Scott Reeves & Emily Reeves (Buy advance Tix For Nashville Nights)

14 Maquina Mono (7pm), Absolute Shower, The Lovely, Barefoot Walking, NOY, Animal Reporters, Alexi Martov

15 Burne Holiday (7pm), Sympathy & The Lion, Man From Glove, Lo Fi 3, Soraia, Broken Luxury, Sprocket

16 Singer/Songwriter Sessions (7pm)17 Amy Jo Johnson ($10), The Lord Calverts, The Oz Noy Trio ($15),

The Richie Cannata Monday Night Jam ($10)18 Leave A Lasting Mark Presents the Music Of The Filmore East (7pm)

--plus-- Boyd USA, Pat Guadagno19 Sophie Villy (7pm), Ash, The Shiners20 Amy Vachal (7pm), Evan Nachimson, Janele Kroll, Daniel Woods

--plus-- L Rock Entertaiment Presents Womans History Month : A Night Of Sirens with: Eril Pilo, Christina LaRocca, Rew Starr, Mike McHugh, Lyndol Descant, Ellia Bisker, Dez Gutierrez, Kjersti Kvelli, Nicole Kimacha, Lisa Bianco, Ionie Bernstein, Sal Mastrocola, Steph-anie Gandleman, Peter Bliss, Larissa Shmailo (poet), Becca Bernard, Arlene Gould, Dara Eagle

21 FLWRS (7pm), Ruby My Dear, Amethyst, Andrew Mancilla & The Artists, The Middle Eight, Madame Mayhem, Diamond Jig Band

22 Rachel Chevat (7pm) --plus-- Ross Livermore (8pm), Barbaric Yawp, 13th Alibi, Metorana, Mals Totem, The Bowery Boys

23 Singer/Songwriter Sessions (7pm) --plus-- The Bitter End Allstar Jam Featuring Mark Greenberg

24 Kondor, Matt Pinto (A DCM Event), The Oz Noy Trio ($15), The Richie Cannata Monday Night Jam ($10)

25 Ryan Aderrey (7:30), Alexa & Cindy Rainni, Mikal The Rebel & Isa26 You & Your Sister (7:30), John Splithoff, Mansingh27 Charlie Puth (7:30)($10) (Buy Advance Tix For Charlie), Anna

Paddock ($7), Carlin (EP Release)28 Flutronix (7pm), At The Moment, Villalobos Brothers, The Schooley

Mountain Band, Knight Blade, Tatto Money, Sharif Mekawy29 Youth Arts Forum (2-6:30) --plus-- Christine Hoberg (7pm), Allison

Gordon,Sleeper Hit, John Gordon (The Deacon Of Funk), Danielle Helena, Mo Greene, Whiskey Reverb

30 Singer/Songwriter Sessions (7pm)31 The Moth (7pm)($8), The Oz Noy Trio ($15), The Richie Cannata

Monday Night Jam ($10),See venue web site for updates

Blarney Star Productionswith 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/irelandhouseAll shows 8pm Concert Adm $15

MAR 2 8pm Paddy KeenanAPR 25 8pm John FaulknerMAY 1 8m Sean McComiskey

The Blue Note131 3rd St 212-475-8592 www.bluenotejazz.com

MAR 1 8 & 10:30pm Bill Evans Soulgrass w/ John Medeski & John Popper (Blues Traveler) Bar $20 / Table $35

APR 18,1 9, 20 8 & 10:30pm Playing For Jim Hall w/ Bill Frisell & Julian Lage, guitar; Scott Colley, bass; Joey Baron, drums Bar $20 / Table $35

22-27 8 & 10:30pm Stanley Clarke & Friends Bar $30 / Table $45

The Bowery Ballroom6 Delancy St (at The Bowery) 212-533-2111

www.bowery ballroom.comTix @ Mercury Lounge, 866-468-7619, www.ticketweb.com

Cafe Vivaldi32 Jones St. www.caffevivaldi.com

Open Mic Night Mondays: 6:30-11pm Sign up: 6pmMAR 1 7:15-Dawn and Ryan Cantwell, 9:30-Fakin’ It featuring Zack

Foley and Jason Consolacion2 6-Noel Brennan, 8-Nightingale Jazz Band, 9-John Lander Jazz Trio4 7-A night of Brazilian music with Irene Walsh5 7:15-Roger Davidson, 8:30-Mark Radcliffe, 9:30-Joe Alterman6 9:30-Fred Gilde7 9:15 & 10:45-Kristin Hoffmann8 7:30-Chris Milam11 9-Dottie Scharr13 7:30-Pete Muller, 9-Marques/Stinson/O’Farrill Trio14 8-Johnny Boy Mollica, 9:30-James Richards and Jodie Manross15 9-KH16 6-Noel Brennan, 9-John Lander Jazz Trio18 8-Peri Lyons; Special birthday bash19 8:30-Equilibrium21 7-Tina deVaron; CD Release Event22 9:30-Emily Forst and Guy Jones25 7-10 -A night of Brazilian music, 8:30-Mark Radcliffe26 9:30-Joe Alterman27 9-Marques/Stinson / O’Farrill Trio30 6-Special Event: Noel Brennan’s students in peformance, 8-Dimitrije

Vasiljevic, 9-John Lander Jazz Trio

Carnegie Hall57th St & 7th Ave. 212-477-0622 www.carnegiehall.org

Ticket info: CarnegieCharge - 212-247-7800. Stern Auditorium / Perelman StageMAR 23 3pm Ellington’s Sacred Music $7.50-$35

31 8pm The Music of Paul Simon w/ Josh Ritter, Joe Henry, Bob Mould, Ben Sollee, Dan Wilson, Bettye LaVette, Joy Williams, Brett Dennen, Madeleine Peyroux & Jon Herington, Allen Toussaint, Judy Collins, Isobel Campell & Andy Cabic, Antibalas, others TBA $48-$160

APR 26 3pm Family Concert: Natalie Merchant Zankel HallMAR 8 1pm Family Concert: Regina Carter’s Reverse Thread $12-$18

9:30pm Zawinul Legacy Band $43-$5021 10pm Bettye LaVette $43-$50Carnegie Kids: Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem FREE APR 9 10am @ LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, LaGuardia Com-

munity College, Mainstage Theatre, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Queens

MAY 18 2pm @ Bronx Library Center, Bronx Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge Road (at Briggs Avenue), Bronx

JUN 11 10:30am Hudson Guild, 441 West 26th Street (at Tenth Avenue), Manhattan

City Winery143 Varick Street (between Spring and Vandam Streets)

Sundays 11am - 2pm Klezmer Brunch (212) 608-0555 www.citywinery.com

MAR 1 8pm Mike Doughty’s World-Renowned, Award-Winning Question Jar Show - $22, $25, $28, $32

3 8pm Rhett Miller $22, $25, $284 8pm Cowboy Junkies $35, $45, $507, 8 8pm Bob Mould: 25 Years Of Workbook $30, $35, $42, $459 8pm Leo Kottke $30, $35, $40, $4514 8pm Sharon Corr $25, $30, $3516 8pm Michael Nesmith $55, $65, $7020 8pm Keren Ann 18, $20, $2522 8pm Wesley Stace’s Cabinet Of Wonders $25, $28, $3523 8pm Richard Shindell $25, $28, $3024, 25, 26 8pm Los Lonely Boys $30, $45, $50APR 3 8pm Shawn Mullins W/ Max Gomez $25, $28, $30, $324 8pm Pat McGee with Jeff LeBlanc- 4/5 $22, $25, $309, 10 8pm Johnny Clegg w/Jesse Clegg $35, $45, $5013 8pm An Acoustic Evening with Al Stewart $32, $35, $4014 8pm Simon Townshend with Danielia Cotton $22, $25, $2818 8pm Wesley Stace’s Cabinet Of Wonders $25, $28, $3520 8pm The James Hunter Six $35, $40, $4521 8pm Ben Taylor $12, $15, $1827 8pm Raul Midón $20, $25, $28, $3528 8pm House Of Speakeasy presents In Case of Emergency featuring

Ayad Akhtar, Mark Kingwell, Stephen Lang, Amor Towles, Evie Wyld $25, $35, $45

29 8pm Ray Wylie Hubbard with Kelley Mickwee $20,$22, $25MAY 4 8pm Suzanne Vega w/ Ari Hest $40, $45, $55, $605 8pm Rodney Crowell featuring Steuart Smith & Friends $25, $28,

$30, $3212 8pm Robben Ford w/Jason Loughlin $25, $35, $42

The Concert Hallat the New York Society for Ethical Culture

2 West 64th Street at Central Park West www.nysec.org

Cornelia St. Cafe29 Cornelia St. (bet. w 4th St. & bleecker, just off of 6th Ave.)

212-989-9319 www.corneliastreetcafe.comMAR 4 8:30pm Benjamin Scheuer, $10 cover plus $10 minimum8 9 & 10:30pm Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet $10 cover plus $10

minimum 10 6pm Michael Lydon, guitar & voice & whistling; Ellen Mandel,

piano; Dave Hofstra, bass $15 includes a drink

Country Dance New York www.cdny.org

Weekly dances are held from September to mid-JuneAmerican 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 Room44 E. 32nd Street 212-691-1900

thecuttingroomnyc.comMAR 3 8pm ‘Punk Goes Acoustic: Sex Doll Tour’ Glen Matlock (Sex

Pistols) & Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls): Sex Doll Tour $20 Adv / $25 Door

4 8pm 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 Door8 8pm Billy J Kramer $30 Adv / $35 DoorAPR 24 8pm 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 Pub61 2nd Ave. (bet. 3 & 4 St.) 212-388-0662

Tuesdays: 8:30 Traditional Irish Open Session

Hosted By WFUV’sJohn Platt

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196 Allen St. (bet Houston & Stanton) Manhattan www.rockwoodmusichall.com

At Rockwood Music Hall 7pm Tuesday, March 11th

Cricket Tell the Weather No Fuss & Feathers Road Show Mike Laureanno

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Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street

The Ear Inn326 Spring St 212-226-9060 Music Mon, Weds. No Cover

earinn.com

The 55 Bar55 Christopher St (212) 929-9883 www.55bar.com

MAR 1 10pm KJ Denhert5 7pm KJ Denhert11 10pm Leni SternSee venue web site for updates

Greenwich Village Bistro13 Carmine St. 212-206-9777

Live music Wednesday thru Saturday 9-11www.greenwichvillagebistro.com

Highline Ballroom431 W. 16th Street (between 9-10 Ave.)

www.highlineballroom.comSeated Shows - Gen Adm / First come, first seated

$10 per person minimum at tables at seated showsMAR 9 8pm The Seldom Scene $27.50 - $4527 8pm Jake Shimabukuro $27.50 - $5528 8pm Garland Jeffreys $30 - $75APR 10 8pm Chick Corea @ The Town Hall $47-$9727 8pm The Last Waltz Live w/ Rev Tor Band & Friends; An All-Star

re-creation of The Band’s classic concert film $27 - $45

Hill Country NY30 West 26th St #1

(212) 255-4544 www.hillcountryny.comTuesdays @ 8:30pm Rock ‘n Twang Live Band Karaoke FREE

MAR 1 10pm Badnews Barnes & The Brethren Of Blues5 9pm Honky & Ladytown No Cover6 9pm Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers No Cover8 10:30pm Bart Crow $15 - $2012 9:30pm Henry Gross No Cover13 9pm The Slim Kings with Liberty Devitto No Cover14 10:30pm Wayne Hancock $15 - $2015 9:30pm Bryan Elijah Smith No Cover19 9pm Runaway Dorothy No Cover20 9pm Jordan Tice No Cover21 10pm The Bloodshots No Cover22 10pm Love Handles No Cover24 9pm Gurf Morlix $2526 9pm Orville Davis No Cover27 9pm 2/3 Goat No Cover28 10pm Bennett Jackson No Cover29 10pm The Railers No CoverAPR 1 9pm Wendy Colonna No Cover3 9pm Greg Garing No Cover4 10:30pm Amy Ray $15 - $209 9pm The Carper Family / Reed Turner No Cover11 10pm Ramsay Midwood No Cover12 10pm Wink Keziah No Cover14 9:30pm Ray Bonneville $20-$2515 9:30pm Lipbone Redding No Cover17 9pm Buggaboo No Cover19 Jonny Grave & the Tombstones No Cover23 9pm The Frazier Band No Cover24 9pm Danny Brooks No Cover25 10pm I’ll Be John Brown No Cover

Housing Works Used Book Cafe126 Crosby Street (212-334-3324)

www.housingworks.org/usedbookcafe

The Iridium1650 Broadway (212) 582-2121 www.theiridium.com

Shows at 8 & 10pmMAR 6, 7 Jimmy Webb $30-$45 8 Edgar Winter Band 8pm only *** $65-$95-$17510 Les Paul Mondays featuring Edgar Winter with the Les Paul Trio

$35-$45-$60

Irving Plaza17 Irving Place (cor. 15th St.) www.irvingplaza.com

Joe’s PubAt the Public Theater 425 Lafayette St. 212-239-6200

www.joespub.com MAR 3 7pm Kelly Joe Phelps $20APR 1 7:30pm The Stray Birds: CD Release

Kathryn_Space House ConcertsLower East Side/East Village

Doors at 7pm music at 8pm refreshments servedrsvp essential to: [email protected]

MAR 8 8pm Ed Snodderly (fiddler role in O Brother Where Art Thou) $20 suggested donation

APR 4 8pm Amy Correia $20 suggested donation

Lets ZydecoConnolly’s on 45th, 121 West 45th (6th-Bwy) 3rd floor

212-685-7597 www.LetsZydeco.comDoors Open 6pm for dinner, drinks or socializing

Fri, Sat shows 8:30 to Midnight Dance lesson 7pmSunday shows 7:30-10:30pm Dance lesson 6:15pm

Pay at Door- No Advance ticketMAR 2 Mardi Gras Party featuring C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot

Louisiana Band $25APR 4 Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys $23

Madison Square Garden7th Ave. & 33rd St www.ticketmaster.com

Mercury Lounge217 E. Houston St. 212-260-4700

www.mercuryloungenyc.comMAR 10 10pm Poor Old Shine $10 Adv / $12 DoorAPR 19 8pm Bobby Bare Jr. $1228 10:30pm David Wax Museum $12

The National Underground159 E. Houston St. between Allen and Eldridgewww.myspace.com/thenationalunderground

[email protected] Open seven days a week until 3:30am

New York PinewoodsFolk 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 Ope n 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 BrooklynIrish Trad itional 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

Monthly Shanty 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

MAR 2 2-5pm Pete Seeger Memorial Sing; @ John St. Church, 44 John Street, NYC Hosted by The New York Packet w/ special guests; A “free will donation” event. Balance after expenses sent to the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater

28 8pm Legends Series: Peggy Seeger in concert @ Second Presbyterian Church, 6 W 96th St, NYC (South corner - 96th Street & CPW); $22 Gen Adm; $18 for Memb, BQ NOW, and NOW-NYC; $10 for Under 12 / FT students Info: 212-957-838

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 Cafe1064 First Ave. (@ 58th St) [email protected]

The People’s VoiceThe 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.orgMAR 1 Tribute to Carolyn Hester, with Carolyn Hester, Amy and

Karla Blume8 Alix Dobkin; Wool & Grant15 People’s Purim: Jewish Voices for Peace and Justice (Robin Greenstein, Paul Stein, tba)22 The Brooklyn Community Storytellers; Robin Bady29 Terry Kitchen; Pat Lamanna; Mara Levine & Caroline CutroneoAPR 5 Ray Korona Band12 Pete Seeger Celebration26 Sharon Abreu & Mike Hurwicz; Colleen Kattau and Some GuysMAY 3 Ben Tousley & Sue Kranz; Carrie & Michael Kline10 TBA17 50th Anniversary Tribute to Freedom Summer

Paddy Reilly’s519 2nd Ave. (@ 29th St.) 212-686-1210

www.paddyreillysmusicbar.usSunday: 5-9pm Bluegrass Jam Session

1st & 3rd Mondays: 7:30pm Bluegrass & Beyond Jam 2nd & 4th Mondays: 7pm Bluegrass Slow Jam

Tuesday: 7pm Irish Traditional NiteWednesday: 6pm Open Mic Nite

Thursdays: 11pm-1am Irish Culture Nite w/ Niall O’Leary and Friends

Friday: 11pm - 1am The ProdigalsSaturday: 6-9pm Songwriters Open Mic and Showcase

11pm Irish Nite

Postcrypt Coffeehouse2980 Broadway Basement of St. Paul’s chapel,

Columbia University (212) 854-1953http://www.columbia.edu/cu/postcrypt/coffeehouse

Shows: 8:30 / 9:30 / 10:30 in order listed Free/DonationFor current week’s listings see website

Radio City Music Hall1260 Avenue of the Americas www.radiocity.com

The Red Lion 151 Bleecker St. (Thompson St.)

(212) 260-9797 www.RedLion-NYC.comMon 7-10pm Dan’s Jam (hosted by Dan Donnelly)

Rockwood Music Hall196 Allen St. (bet Houston & Stanton) 212-477-4155

www.rockwoodmusichall.comStage 1MAR 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

2 3-M.R. Poulopoulos, 4-Raye, 5-Richard Saunders, 6-St. Grandson, 7-Mayday Radio, 8-Songs of Water, 9-Jared Mahone, 10-Ron Gallo, 11-Joe Fletcher, 12-Zanzibar Holy Rites

3 6-Imran Ahmed, 7-Danny Severance, 8-Masha, 9-The Tony Scherr Trio feat. Rob Jost & Anton Fier, 10-Jim Campilongo Trio w/ Chris Morrissey, Josh Dion, 11-Crowley, 12-Get Up With It: The Music of 70’s Miles Davis (Presented by Dan Brantigan and Michael Eaton)

4 Communion Club Night - All Stages w/ Bear’s Den, Pearl and the Beard, Vacationer, Foreign Fields, Emily Fehler, Zane Carney, Lyle Divinsky, MT Warning, Dustin Tebbutt, Nevada, Nevada, Michael Daves, & More TBA ($11)

5 6-Lawrence Trailer, 7-Greg Banks, 8-Jesse Thomas, 9-Phil Pickens, 10-Adrianne Lenker, David Moss, & Michael Chorney, 12-Aviva Jaye

6 6-Yanni Burton, 7-Actual Wolf, 8-North of Nashville, 9-Forget, For-get, 10-Bud Rice Record Release, 11-Coyle Girelli, 12-Jeremiah Birnbaum & Friends, 1-Hurrah! A Bolt of Light

7 6-Jennifer Sullivan, 7-Lucia Marco, 8-Arum Rae, 9-TAT, 10-zero-bridge, 11-Joni Fatora, Erin and the Wildfire, Dave Farah

8 3-Emily Duff, 4-Timbila, 5-Libbie Schrader, 6-Brianna Falcone, 7-Shira Gavrielov, 8-PJ Loughran, 9-Mindy Gledhill, 10-Basinger, 11-Cult Classic, 12-The Mallett Brothers Band, 1-The Mighty Good boys

9 3-Emma White, 4-Bhrigu Sahni, 5-Matthew Kiss, 6-Jared Saltiel, 7-The Levins, 8-Kevin Garrett, 9-Samia, 10-Brooks Wood, 11-Alexia Bomtempo, 12-Cariad Harmon

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11 6-Toby Singer, 7-Colee James, 8-Bucky Hayes, 9-Blind Boy Paxton, 10-Michael Daves, 11-Jeff Taylor, 12-Brian Lang

12 6-Patrick Freeman, 7-Rosita Késs, 8-Marion Corrales, 9-Josh Taylor, Todd Kramer, Jeremy Nash, 10-Nicholas Howard, 11-Azro Cady, 12-Sto

13 6-Camila Meza, 7-Marion LoGuidice, 8-aMina, 9-Bird Courage, 10-Billy Woodward, 11-Angela Laino, 12-Laurent Bourque, 1-Hur-rah! A Bolt of Light

14 6-Bianca Monica, 7-Rhett Price, 8-Trivial Shields, 9-Alex and Janel, 10-Selena Garcia, 12-Whetherman, 1-ThatsMyCole

15 3-Marina Evans, 4-Jamie Block, 5-Musekiwa Chingodza w/ mbiraNYC, 6-Jodie and the Normals, 7-Frank Bell, 8-Chameleon, 9-Daniel Feels, 10-Black Bunny, 12-Bridget Davis & The Viking Kings

16 3-Bay Bryan, 4-Paula Jaakkola & Anat Nir, 5-James Adamo, 6-Shayna Leigh, 7-Elizabeth Hunter, 8-Freddy Fuego X-Tet, 9-Revi Roza, 10-Everest Cale, 11-Kirby Brown, 12-Cariad Harmon

17 7-The Sometime Boys, 8-Miwa Gemini, 9-The Tony Scherr Trio feat. Rob Jost & Anton Fier, 10-Jim Campilongo Trio w/ Chris Morrissey, Josh Dion, 11-Brittany Anjou Trio, 12-Tim Kuhl’s - Saint Helena

18 6-David Clement, 7-Lost Leaders, 8-Easy Tells, 9-Margaret Glaspy, 10-Michael Daves, 11-Alex Morgan, 12-Akie Bermiss

19 7-Cassandra Kubinski, 8-Michael Bellar & the As-Is Ensemble, 9-Warren Malone w/ Ryan Morgan, 10-Ian Romer, 11-Musical Monk, 12-Matt Howels Blues Project

20 6-Simona Green, 7-Mount Mantra, 8-Tiger Darrow, 9-Scott Chaso-len, 10-Harrow, 11-Burnell Pines, 12-Michael Coleman, 1-Hurrah! A Bolt of Light

21 6-Emily Forst, 7-Sean Kiely, 8-Ariel Lask, 9-Marie Davy, 10-Jeff Fiorello, 11-Earthquake Lights, 1-Vincent Illuzzi

22 3-Kevin Miller, 4-Kara Ali, 5-Sarah Dooley, 6-JindaLee, 7-Jeff Jacobs, 9-Our Griffins, 10-Rachel Ann Weiss, 11-Douglas & the Goodharts, 12-Connor Kennedy, 1-Ben Mackie

23 3-Ben Raab, 4-AK, 5-Carly Eden, 6-Drew Angus, 7-Ashni, 8-Mon-ica Allison, 9-Emily Danger, 10-The Dang-it Bobbys, 11-Snir Yamin, 12-Cariad Harmon

24 6-William Z Villain, 7-David Bronson, 8-Jes Hudak, 9-The Tony Scherr Trio feat. Rob Jost & Anton Fier, 10-Jim Campilongo Trio w/ Chris Morrissey, Josh Dion, 11-Arthur Vint & Associates, 12-The Cold Start

25 6-Steve Everett, 7-Aly Tadros, 8-Andrew Rose Gregory, 9-Luke Wesley, 10-Michael Daves, 11-Justina Soto, 12-Akie Bermiss

Stage 2MAR 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

2 7-Jack’s Waterfall, 8-Dear Georgiana, 9-Spirit Kid, 10-Kate Ferber, 11-Jeff Taylor

3 6-Rosco Bandana, 7-Boom Forest, 8-Foreign Fields, 9-The Howlin’ Brothers ($10 ), 11:30-Nate Jones

4 Communion Club Night - All Stages $115 7-Seth Walker, 8-Barnaby Bright ($10-$12), 9-Jesse Terry &

The Blue Sky Warning, 10-Baby Alpaca, 11-Mom and Dad6 7-My Cousin, The Emperor 10th Anniversary Show, 8-Lapland Re-

cord Release, 9-paris_monster, 10:30-Joseph King Record Release ($10-$15), 11:30-Stargazy

7 7-Heymoonshaker ($10), 8-Paulie Z, 9:15-Niall Connolly, 11:30-The Uptown Party Down, 12:30-Ula Ruth

8 8-Air Traffic Controller, 9-Jacob Jeffries Band, 10-Love in Stock-holm, 11-5j Barrow, 12-Jeremy Mage and the Magi Record Release

9 4-Private Event, 6:30-Just Married & Friends, 7:30-Brent Arnold, 8:45-Jerry Joseph ($12 ), 10-John Splithoff w/ Emmet Cohen

10 7:30-Alyson Faith, 8:30-CallmeKat, 9:30-Scars on 45 ($12), 10:30-Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Heart

11 7-Albert Guerzon ($12), 8-Main Squeeze Orchestra, 9-Zane Carney ($10), 10-The Karma Exchange

12 7-Roger Street Friedman ($10 ), 8:15-Kate Nauta, 10:15-The Dirty Gems

13 7:30-Early Elton - Fan Favorites ($20), 9:30-Early Elton - Perform-ing “11 - 17 - 70” in its Entirety ($20) (Two Show Pass $32)

14 9:15-Alecia Chakour, 10:30-Fife & Drom Record Release, 11:30-The Gold Magnolias, 12:30-Progger

15 7-Austin Ellis ($10), 8:15-Amy Vachal, 10:15-Mamarazzi, 12:15-Numasbala

16 7-Kate Baker, 9-Boroko, 10-Elephant Wrecking Ball, 11-Super Hi-Fi17 7-Sean Sullivan, 9-The Greys, 10-Arian Saleh Birthday Show18 7:30-Kiha & The Faces (Sold Out), 9-Zane Carney ($10),

10:15-Communion Presents: Syd Arthur ($12-$15), 11:30-Jacknife Sympathy

19 7-Domino Kirke ($10 ), 8-Woodbine Falls, 9:15-Glen David Andrews ($12), 11-The Jewbadours

20 7-Elise Testone ($12-$15), 8:30-Kris Bowers Record Release ($10- $12), 9:30-Miss Tess & the Talkbacks, Mike and Ruthy ($10), 11:30-The Flowdown, 12:30-The Funky Knuckles

21 9-T.H.E.M. EP Release Show, 10-Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band, 12:15-Swift Technique

22 7-Tony Lucca, Matt Duke, Honor By August, Todd Carey ($15 ), 9:30-Matthew Mayfield ($12), 11:30-Urban Sun. 12:30-The Chronicles

23 7-Tony Lucca, Matt Duke, Honor By August, Todd Carey ($15 ), 9:30-Nicole Zuraitis

24 7:15-John Fullbright w/ Kristin Diable ($12 ), 9:15-Catey Shaw25 7:15-Noah Gundersen w/ Armon Jay ($12), 9:15-Zane Carney

($10), 10:30-Faces On Film ($10)Stage 3MAR 1 8-The Sea The Sea ($10), 9:30-Broken Crowns w/ Alec Gross ($10)2 9:30-The Falls ($8)3 8-Building Pictures ($10), 9:30-The Suitcase Junket w/ Andy

Friedman ($10)4 Communion Club Night - All Stages $115 10-Beans on Toast ($12)6 8-Emily Kinney ($15), 9:30-Sonya Kitchell w/ Alan Hampton

(10:30) ($10)7 7:30-Tica Douglas, Kyle Morgan ($8), 9:30-Aurora Barnes ($10)8 8-Dan Navarro ($15), 10-Ranjit & the Ambassadors (Unplugged) ($10)9 8-Erene ($10), 9:30-Duke Special ($15)10 8-SIV & Natalie Cressman ($10)11 7-On Your Radar w/ Cricket Tell the Weather, The No Fuss &

Feathers Road Show (Carolann Solebello, Karyn Oliver, Catherine Miles), Mike Laureanno - Hosted by John Platt from WFUV ($12), 10-City of the Sun ($8)

12 8-Dida Pelled ($10), 9:30-Michael Brunnock ($10)13 8-The Looking ($10 ), 9:30-Chris Morrissey & Alan Hampton ($10)14 7:15-Chris Cubeta w/ Matt Singer ($5), 9:30-An Evening with Evan

Felts, John Schmitt, & Sam King ($15)15 7:15-Brad Cole’s Acoustic Circus feat. a Tribute to Patty Griffin

w/ Jeff Libman ($10), 10-Nick Africano ($10 )16 8-Dan Bern ($20)17 8-A.J. Croce ($20)18 8-Bluebirds of Paradise ($10), 10-Warden Harry String Band ($5)19 7:45-Riley Etheridge ($10 Sold Out), 10-Grant Lee Phillips ($20)20 8-Martin Rivas ($10), 9:30-Chris Morrissey & Alan Hampton ($10)21 8-Beans on Toast ($12), 10-House of Waters ($10)22 8-Bennett ($10), 10-Johnny Azari ($10-$12)23 8-Clara Lofaro ($10)24 8-Robby Hecht & Friends Record Release ($10), 10-Anthony da

Costa ($10)25 7-Big City Folk Tuesday Night Song Club Hosted by Niall Con-

nolly... featuring Anthony Mulcahy, Caitlin Marie Bell, Randy Burns, Warren Malone ($10)

See venue web site for updates

Rocky Sullivan’s129 Lexington Avenue 212-725-3871

Mondays from 9 ‘til midnight-Informal seisiun of Irish traditional music with Marie Reilly

The Rodeo Bar375 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 - MidnThurs 10pm - 1am Fri-Sat 10:30pm - 1:30am

Mariachi Mondays 8pmMAR 1 Eugene Chryslers Rockabilly Trio2 NY City Slickers3 Kuntry Karaoke4 Dirty Water Dogs5 Brain Cloud6 Hickry Hawkins

7 $5 Dollar Bill Valentine and the Downtime Players8 Mick Hargreaves and the King Guys9 Dysfunctional Family Jazz Band10 Kuntry Karaoke11 Western Caravan12 Susquehanna Industrial Tool and Die Co.13 9:30pm Popa Chubby plays a tribute to The Rolling Stones $20

Adv / $25 Door14 Scott Sharrard15 Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez16 The Costellos17 Kuntry Karaoke18 Lindy Loo and Special Guests19 Hank Wedel20 Hugh Pool / 7 to 9 - Hell or High Water21 Jack Grace Band22 Gene Casey and the Lonesharks23 Mariachi Tapatio De Alvaro Paulino24 Kuntry Karaoke25 Maynard and The Musties26 Big City27 Jumbo Brown28 Simon and the Bar Sinisters29 Lustre Kings30 Regina Bonelli31 Kuntry KaraokeSee venue web site for updates

Roseland Ballroom239 W 52nd St (212) 247-0200

www.roselandballroom.com

The Rubin Museum of Art150 W 17th Street

212.620.5000 ext 344 www.rmanyc.org Music Without Borders presents the “Naked Soul” Series

All shows at 7pmMAR 7 Mary Gautier $30 Adv / $35 Door (re-sched. from 1-3)14 David Wilcox $35 Adv / $40 Door / $31.50 MembMAY 9 Dan Bern $40 Adv / $45 Door / $36 Memb30 Shelby Lynne $45 Adv / $50 Door / $40.50 MembJUN 13 Jill Sobule $30 Adv / $35 Door / $27 Memb27 Ben Sollee $27.50 Adv / $30 DoorDEC 12 2014 Dana Fuchs $30 Adv / $35 Door / $27 Memb

SubCulture45 Bleecker Street, Downstairs (212) 533-5470

www.subculturenewyork.comMAR 5 7:30pm Karan Casey Band $17-$227 7:30pm Rupert Boyd $10-$178 7:30pm Will Champlin $15-$7527 7:30pm John Gorka $25-$30APR 2 8pm Hot Club of Cowtown $20-$255 7:30pm Caravan of Thieves $15-$2010 7:30 & 10pm Glen Phillips / Natalia Zuckerman $25-$3019 7:30pm Toby Lightman / Leigh Nash $20 Adv / $25 Door

Sugar Bar254 W. 72nd St. 212.579.0222

Symphony Space 2537 Broadway (95th St) 212.864.1414

www.symphonyspace.org

Terminal 5610 W 56th St (212) 665-3832 www.terminal5nyc.com

Terra Blues149 Bleecker St 212-777-7776 www.terrablues.com

7pm Acoustic / 10pm Electric

The Town Hall123 W.43rd St. www.the-townhall-nyc.org 212-398-6447

MAR 7 8pm Josh Ritter (Acoustic Show) Gregory Alan Isakov $30, $40

8 8pm The Chieftains $45, $55, $6518 8pm Rosanne Cash The River & The Thread $35, $50, $7523 5pm The Klezmatics; Havana Nagila w/ Arturo O’Farrill, Sofia Rei,

Lewis Kahn, Reinaldo De Jesus & Others $40, $45, $5028 8pm Pat Metheny Unity Group with Chris Potter, Antonio San-

chez, Ben Williams, Giulio Carmassi $55, $75, $95

UMO Music EventsUMO 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 / 212-674-1394Performers 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)

Parts • Accessories • Repairs • Acoustic & Electric Guitars

Custom Electric Guitars

RICK KELLY, LUTHIER42 Carmine Street, NYC

212.691.8400www.kellyguitars.com

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Webster Hall125 E. 11th St. www.websterhall.com

BronxAn Beal Bocht Cafe

445 W 238th St, Riverdale 718-884-7127 anbealbochtcafe.comShows at 9:30

Sun: 4-7pm Trad Irish Session Tues: Open Mic Night

Starving Artist Cafe & GalleryCity Island 249 City Island Avenue

718.885.3779 www.starvingartistonline.com

BrooklynBarbes

376 9th St at 6th Ave Park Slope 347-422-0248www.barbesbrooklyn.com

All events $10 suggested donation, unless otherwise notedSundays @ 9pm Stephane Wrembel

Mondays @ 7pm Brain CloudMondays @ 9:30pm Chicha Libre

Tuesdays @ 9pm Slavic Soul Party $10/setWednesdays @ 8pm The Palimpsestic Series $10/setWednesdays @ 10pm The Mandingo Ambassadors

MAR 1 4pm Songs For Unusual Creatures. Every First Saturday w/ Michael Hearst, Ben Holmes, Allyssa Lamb, Kristin Mueller, and Jonti Siman, 6pm Mamie Minch (Every Saturday in March), 8pm Radio Jarocho, 10pm Banda Sinaloense de Los Muertos

2 7pm Stephen Clair and the Millionaires4 7pm Matt Pavolka’s Horns Band5 8pm Molly Tigre (Palimpsestic Series) $10.6 8pm Rachelle Garniez, 10pm Haas Powert Tice7 8pm Ben Holmes Quartet, 10pm Cumbiagra 8 7pm Women: Experimental Films. The Shed presents a film screen-

ing in celebration of Women’s Day. The event will showcase 14 films 8:30pm Mamie Minch, 10pm Grupo Chonta

9 7pm Barbès Classical: PubliQuartet11 7pm Zeke Healy & Karen Waltuch12 8pm Anthony Burr Trio (Palimpsestic Series) $1013 8pm The Henry Girls, 10pm The Pre-War Ponies14 8pm Bad Reputation, 10pm Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts.15 6pm Mamie Minch18 7pm Kristin Andreassen & Alec Spiegelman19 8pm JC Sanford (Palimpsestic Series) $10.20 7pm The Flail, 8pm The Four Bags, 9pm Andy Statman22 6pm Mamie Minch, 8pm The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble,

10pm Las Rubias Del Norte23 7pm Couple Coffee24 9:30pm Big Lazy26 8pm Tyler Blanton (Palimpsestic Series) $1027 7:30pm Weird Wednesdays (on Thursdays)29 8pm R-Tronika, 6pm Mamie Minch(Note: See above for recurring residency performers)

The Bell House149 7th Street www.thebellhouseny.com

Brooklyn Bowl61 Wythe Avenue (718) 963-3369 www.brooklynbowl.com

Brooklyn Music Shop presentsProspect Range 1226 Prospect Ave. @ Vanderbilt

Reservations via email: [email protected] @ 8pm

MAR 1 Rebecca Pronsky – Dare Dukes APR 19 Kate Klim and Joe Duraes

First Acoustics CoffeehouseFirst 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 Door30 Wool&Grant and The Boxcar LiliesAPR 12 Aztec Two-Step (@ Union Temple of Brooklyn) **$30 Adv /

$35 Door**MAY 3 We’re About 9 and ilyAIMY17 Seth Glier and The YayasJUN 7 Livingston Taylor w/ Spec Guest Kate Taylor $35 Adv / $40 Door**

The Good CoffeehouseEthical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd St.,

Park Slope Fridays, 8pm www.gchmusic.org

Jalopy315 Columbia St 718.395.3214 www.jalopy.biz

Wednesdays @ 9pm Roots and Ruckus FREEDate Night: Dinner for two and a show any Thursday $45

Tuesdays @ 9pm Open MicMAR 1 3-Open Old Time Jam with Harry Bollick, 9- M Shanghai -

Tribute to Gillian Welch $102 10:30 Little Laffs with Hilary Hawke $5 Kids, $10 Adults, $25

Family, 2-Greek Smyrneïka, Politika, and Rebetika Vocal Workshop $30, 4- Sing-A Long with Don Friedman $5, 7- Garrin Benfield $5, 7:45-Liv Carrow $5, 8:30-Mail The Horse $5, 9:15- Joe Crow Ryan $5

6 7-Adult Student Recital, 8- C. Gibbs $10, 9-Kristin Mueller $107 5:30-Cherven Traktor (@ The American Folk Art Museum), 9- NYC

Barn Dance w/ Caller: Dave Harvey, Band: Old Time Remedies $13 Adv / $15 Door

8 9-Brooklyn Folk Festival 2014 Preview Show feat. The Down Hill Strugglers, Peidmont Bluz, Wyndham Baird $10

9 1-Percussive bowing technique The Chop Workshop w/ Casey Driessen $75, 2-Folk Harmonies of the Balkans $30, 7:30-Casey Driessen $10, 9- David Moss Record Release $7

13 9-Eddie Bond and the New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters -From Galax, Va. 10

14 8-The Intergenerational Guitar Trio w/ Andres Nilsson (30 some-thing), Ron Meissner (50 something and Ron Gluck (70 something) $10, 9- Holte $10, 10- The Whistling Wolves $10

15 1- John Schwab Back-Up Guitar Workshop $50, 8- Everythings Coming Up Industrial Musicals $10, 9:30- Franklin Bruno and Friends play Insustrial Musicals $10

16 12- Vocal Harmony Basics $20, 2- Vocal Harmony Duos and Trios $25 (Both Vocal Workshops $40), 7- St. Patricks Party at The Tavern, 7:30- Spuyten Duyil / Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen

21 6-Jack Dwyer Mandolin Chord Shapes Workshop $40, 9-Barry Mitterhoff $15, 10- Jack Dwyer $15

22 8-Up For Anything - The Red Hook Glass Bottom Dramatical Players $17

23 3 & 8-Up For Anything - The Red Hook Glass Bottom Dramatical Players $17

24 8- Up For Anything - The Red Hook Glass Bottom Dramatical Players $17

27 8-Josh Freeburn and His Band $10, 9- Victor V. Gurbo & Co. $10, 10- Miss Phiro Swing Party $10

28 9-Jessy Carolina & The Hot Mess $1029 3- Brooklyn Cajun Jam FREE, 8- Triboro $TBA, 9-Millers Crossing

$TBA30 11:30- The Good Ms. Padgett Kids Show $8 kids & adults, $25

family of four

Music Hall of Williamsburg66 North Sixth Street www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com

MAR 8 9pm Josh Ritter (Acoustic Show) / Gregory Alan Isakov $30 SOLD OUT

Littlefield622 Degraw Street (bet 3 - 4th Ave) littlefieldNYC.com

Pete’s Candy Store709 Lorimer Street Williamsburg (718) 302 - 3770

www.petescandystore.com

Rocky Sullivan’s34 Van Dyke St. (@ Dwight St.), Red Hook718-246-8050 www.rockysullivans.com

Two Moon Art House & Café315 4th Avenue www.twomoonbklyn.com

2nd Fridays 8pm Co-hosts Carolann Solebello & Bev Grant$10 Donation - One drink minimum

MAR 14 8pm Bev & Carolann Present… Jerry Mitnick (formerly in The Human Condition)

Union Hall702 Union St. (718) 638-4400 www.unionhallny.com

MAR 1 8:30pm Hannah & Maggie, Julia Weldon, The Wendy Hackett Band $12

6 8pm Richard Buckner, Dan Abraham $1521 8:30pm Anya Marina & Friends, The Brixtons $10APR 2 8pm Run Boy Run, Wahoo Skiffle Crazies $105 9pm Great Lakes, The Inner Banks, Talsness $8

WarsawPolish National Home 261 Driggs Avenue

www.warsawconcerts.com

QueensThe 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 Library54-22 Skillman Avenue (718) 429-4700

Staten IslandEvery Thing Goes Book Cafe

& Neighborhood Stage 208 Bay Street 718-447-8256 www.well.com/user/ganas/etgstores

Historic Richmond TownTavern Concerts 441 Clarke Avenue (718) 351-1611

www.historicrichmondtown.orgReservations: (718) 351-1611, Ext. 281

2 shows ea. Sat. Jan-Apr 6 & 8pm, $15, $12/SIHS Memb. MAR 1 TBA 8 Mara Levine & Caroline Cutroneo 15 Irish Stout 22 Risky Business Bluegrass Band 29 The Johnson Girls

Long IslandAcoustic Long Island

Deepwell Mansion 497 Route 25aSaint 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 WesleyAPR 2 Kira Valella, Kelli Rae PowellMAY 7 Todd Kramer, Barnaby BrightJUN 4 Heather Maloney, DarlingsideJUL 12 4-8pm 9th Annual Summer Concert, performers TBA

Babylon Village Arts Council2nd Thursday Concert Series

American Legion Hall 22 Grove Pl. Babylon VillageFree 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 Arts37 W. Main Street Bay Shore (631)969-1101

www.boultoncenter.org All shows 8pm Reserved Seating - Adm: Member / Non-Memb

MAR 7 Savoy Brown Featuring Kim Simmonds $40 / $458 Black 47 - The farewell performance $35 / $4021 Jonathan Edwards & Jon Pousette-Dart $40 / $4522 Bettye LaVette $40 / $4530 7pm Richard Shindell $35 / $40APR 4 Celebrating the Songs of John Lennon - Beatles & solo Years

PIERREPONT ST. AT MONROE PL.BROOKLYN HEIGHTS

FOLK CONCERTSAT FIRST UNITARIAN

Christine Lavin with

Hugh O’DohertyMarch 22nd

Saturday, 8pm

$30 In Advance / $35 At Door $30 In Advance / $35 At Door$25 In Advance / $30 At Door

Wool&Grant and

The Boxcar LiliesMarch 30th

*Sunday, 3pm

Aztec Two-Step

@ Union Temple of Bklyn17 Eastern Pkwy

April 12th

Saturday, 8pm

All shows are at First Unitarian, except April 12th, Aztec Two-Step (@Union Temple)

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featuring The Nutopians $35 / $4014 Roger McGuinn $40 / $45MAY 1 Junior Brown $35 / $402 Strunz & Farah $35 / $409 Steve Forbert $30 / $3510 David Bromberg $65 / $70

Court House Concertswww.courthouseconcerts.com

Pre-show gathering 2pm, Showtime 3pmSuggested Donation: $20

Reservations required e-mail: [email protected]

Eclectic CaféUnitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk28 Brentwood Rd Bay Shore 631 661-1278

www.eclecticcafe.org2nd Sat/month 7:30 1-hr open mic, then feature act(s)

$10 Advanced, $13 DoorMAR 8 Kim and Reggie HarrisAPR 12 John FlynnMAY 10 The Boxcar Lilies

Finch Mountain House Concerts Babylon 631) 661-1278 or [email protected]

7pm Pot Luck supper before each show$20 suggested donation Reservations required

MAR 15 Michael Smith

Folk-Groovin’ CaféThe Vault, 90-21 Springfield Blvd. , Dix Hills

Hosted by Jim Frazzitta www.facebook.com/pages/The-Folk-Groovin-Café

Prospective performers contact [email protected] 631-368-1920

Performances: 8pm Adm $10 Refreshments included

Folk Music Society of HuntingtonCongregational 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 7:30Admission $25 / members $20 - advance tix on website

MAR 1 Modern ManAPR 5 An Evening of Fingerstyle Guitar w/ Bob Ardern, Howard

Emerson & Hiroya TsukamotoMAY 3 Beaucoup Blue & Jon BrooksJUN 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

MAR 20 Rorie Kelly / Tom Griffith & Martha TrachtenbergAPR 17 Mountain MaidensMAY 15 Scott Cook & TBA

Folk Jams at the South Huntington Public Library One Sunday each month, Sep-June, 1-4pm FREE

Mar 9, Apr 13, May 18, Jun 8

Garden StageUnitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau

223 Stewart Avenue Garden City www.gardenstage.com/calendar.html

Concerts scheduled one Friday of the month Sep thru MayMAR 7 Carole King Songbook w/ Brittany Ann, Natalie Acciani, Kat

Quinn, Anna Dagmar, Meg Braun $20 Adv / $22 DoorAPR 4 Zoe Lewis / Matt Nakoa Opening $20 Adv / $22 DoorMAY 2 Gathering Time $20 Adv / $22 DoorJUN 6 Rod MacDonald w/ Mark Dann on Bass $18 Adv / $20 Door

Grounds and Sounds CafeUnitarian Universalist Fellowship

380 Nicholls Road, Stony Brook www.groundsandsounds.orgOpen Mic at 8pm Feature Act at 8:45pm Adm: $12.50

MAR 14 Christine Sweeney

APR 11 Kerry KearneyMAY 9 TBAJUN 13 Miles to Dayton

Landmark on Main Street232 Main Street Port Washington 516-767-6444

www.landmarkonmainstreet.orgShows: 8pm Adm: Prem Seats / Memb -- Standard / Memb

Fabulous Folk SeriesMAR 1 8pm Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul $37, $42, $478 8pm Meet the Smithereens $42, $47, $5221 8pm James Maddock & Willie Nile $42, $47, $5229 8pm Jon Anderson: The Voice of Yes $57, $62, $67APR 5 A Very Special John Platt’s On Your Radar w/ Brother Sun, Amy

Speace and Martyn Joseph $37, $42, $4726 8pm Paula Cole $42, $47, $52MAY 17 Iris DeMent $37, $42, $47

Last Licks CafeUnitarian 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/studentsMAR 22 Fiddler’s GreenAPR 26 The Septemberists and The April Fools

Our Times CoffeehouseLong Island Ethical Humanist Society 38 Old Country Road,

Garden City 516-541-1006 www.ourtimescoffeehouse.orgShows: 8pm (generally on the 3rd Friday of each month)

Donations: Adults $15, Seniors & Students (w/Schl I.D) $12Children (under 12) $6 (very young children are free)

MAR 21 The YaYasAPR 18 Toby WalkerMAY 16 Stephanie Bettman & Luke Halpin

The Song Box House ConcertsHeld in recording studio at private residence

Every 4th Sat. in Seaford (south shore Nassau County) Reservations 516-579-5365 or [email protected]

(confirmation and directions via return email)MAR 22 8pm Carolann Solebello & Acoustic Trio The End Of America APR 26 8pm Cecilia Kirtland & Friends (Full Band, CD Release)MAY 24 8pm TBAJUN 28 8pm Gina Forsyth / Honor Finnegan

Soulful Sundown Coffeehouse SeriesThe Unitarian Universalist Church at Shelter Rock

48 Shelter Rock Road. Manhasset www.uucsr.org7:30 Uplifting message, then music - Chris Marshak & band

8:30 Feature act FREEMAR 14 Jesse TerryAPR 11 Amy SpeaceMAY 9 Kat QuinnJUN 13 Sloan Wainwright

The Stephen Talkhouse 161 Main Street, Amagansett, NY www.stephentalkhouse.com

MAR 1, 21, APR 19 8pm The Nancy Atlas Project $15MAR 22 8pm Celtic Cross $10

The University CafeSunday Street Acoustic Concert series at The University Cafe

Student Union Building Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY631-632-1093 www.universitycafe.org -”Special Events”

e-mail: [email protected] shows 2pm on Sundays except*

MAR 9 Poor Old Shine $15 Adv / $20 Door23 The Paul McKenna Band $15 Adv / $20 DoorAPR 5 8pm Keep Me In Your Heart: A Long Island Musicians’ Tribute

to Warren Zevon; featuring Kerry Kearney, Claudia Jacobs, Russ Seeger, Pete Mancini, Mick Hargreaves, Bill Herman, Cindy Lopez and others; A benefit for WUSB-FM $15 Adv / $20 Door (*Saturday show)

13 Rod Picott $20 Adv / $25 Door (*Sunday, at 7pm)MAY 4 7pm Casey Neill and the Norway Rats/Butchers Blind opens

$20 Adv / $25 Door 17 8pm Bob Dylan’s 73rd Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys,

Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian and Bill Herman $30 Adv / $35 Door (*Saturday show)

WestchesterBeczak Environmental Education Center

UrbanH2035 Alexander Street Yonkers www.beczak.org

3rd Sat ea. month @7pm Adm: $10MAR 15 7:30pm Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen

The Capitol Theatre149 Westchester Avenue (914) 934-9362

Caramoor149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah www.caramoor.org

Roots Music in the Music Room Info: 914.232.5035 Tickets: 914.232.1252

Roots Music in the Music RoomMAR 8 8pm Sarah Jarosz $15, $35, $45, $60APR 12 8pm Aoife O’Donovan / The Stray Birds $15, $35, $45, $55June 28 American Roots Music FestivalEvening Performances:Rosanne Cash, The River & The ThreadThe Lone BellowDaytime Performances:Bruce Molsky, Tony Trischka & Michael DavesKim & Reggie HarrisMiss Tess & the TalkbacksJoe Crookston & the BlueBird Jubilee with Peter GlanvilleCricket Tell the WeatherSpuyten DuyvilWalkabout Clearwater Chorus

Common Ground Community Concertsinfo: 914-478-2710 or www.commongroundfusw.com

Venues: Common Ground Coffeehouse @ The First Unitarian Society25 Old Jackson Ave, Hastings on Hudson Shows @ 7:30pm

MAR 22 7:30pm Jules Shear and Pal ShazarAPR 2 7:30pm Roosevelt Dime

Common Ground @ South ChurchSouth Presbyterian Church, 343 Bwy, Dobbs Ferry

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 TheaterLibrary Lane, Mamaroneck 914-698-0098

All shows @ 8pm www.emelin.orgBluegrassMAR 14 8pm Special Consensus $32APR 11 8pm Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass $38FolkMAR 22 8pm Red Molly $29Great TraditionsMAR 1 8pm Slavic Soul Party $28Pop RockMAR 7 8pm Nicole Atkins $32

Hammond House111 Grasslands Rd. Valhalla 914-347-8209

www.TribesHill.com

Irvington Town Hall Theater85 Main Street Irvington www.irvingtontheater.com

MAR 29 8pm Richard Shindell $25, $30, $40

Lake Katonah Lakehouse1 Lower lakeshore Drive, Katonah

Reservations [email protected]

The Peekskill Coffee House 101 South Division St. Peekskill

www.peekskillcoffee.com 914-739-1287

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 - 5PMDonation: $20 in advance, $22 at door (subject to availability)

MAR 16 Vance GilbertMAR 23 Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche POSTPONEDAPR 6 Nora Jane Struthers & The Party LineMAY 4 Fred Gillen, Jr. & Friends Farewell Show

Life on Firethe new album from

Scott Wolfson and Other Heroesavailable now at

www.scottwolfson.com

““Life on Fire rocks effortlessly and joyously and ruminates softly when it has to. We’re expecting a lot of airplay for this album.”

— Richard Cuccaro, Acoustic Live in NYC

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Tarrytown Music Hall13 Main St Tarrytown (914) 631-3390

www.tarrytownmusichall.orgpresented by Music Without Borders*

MAR 9 7pm *Johnny Winter & Edgar Winter $39-$8514 8pm *Richard Thompson Solo/Acoustic w/Teddy Thompson

$40, $50, $65 16 7pm *Jefferson Starship $38, $45, $5529 8pm *Iris Dement & Susan Werner $30, $40, $5030 7pm *Punch Brothers $33, $45, $50APR 3 8pm Leo Kottke & Loudon Wainwright III $38, $48, $5818 8pm *Delbert McClinton $38, $48, $6022 8pm Ani DiFranco $39-$75MAY 10 8pm Judy Collins & Don McLean $58-$125JUN 20 8pm 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 TunesChrist Episcopal Church, West Elizabeth St. / Rte 9, Tarrytown,

Tarrytown Tunes @ FacebookDoors - 45 min. before showtime $20 sugg. donation @ door

“mingle and munch” after show - pot luck dish requestedmore info: [email protected]

MAR 15 7:30pm Jesse Terry

Towne Crier Cafe379 Main Street Beacon, NY

(845) 855 1300 www.townecrier.com Show Adm: Adv / Door (Adv: + $3/ticket handling)

MAR 1 8:30pm Kelly Joe Phelps $25 Adv / $30 Door2 7:30pm John McEuen (of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) & David

Amram with Matt Cartsonis $20 Adv / $257 8:30pm Vance Gilbert; also Marc Black & Warren Bernhardt

$25 Adv / $30 Door8 8:30pm Leo Kottke $50 Adv / $55 Door9 7:30pm Maia Sharp; also Kim Richey $20 Adv / $25 Door14 8:30pm Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown $25 Adv / $30 Door15 8:30pm Lucy Kaplansky $25 Adv / $30 Door16 7:30pm Lunasa $30 Adv / $35 Door18 7:30pm Wayne Hancock $20 Adv / $25 Door19 7:30pm Peggy Seeger $20 Adv / $25 Door21 8:30pm Clancy Tradition $20 Adv / $25 Door22 8:30pm James Maddock Band $20 Adv / $25 Door23 7:30pm Matt Rae Trio; + Geoff Hartwell Band $15 Adv / $20 Door28 8:30pm Jorma Kaukonen $55 Adv / $60 Door29 8:30pm Tom Chapin + Work O’ The Weavers $20 Adv / $25 DoorAPR 3 7:30pm Bill Kirchen $20 Adv / $25 Door4 8:30pm Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

$25 Adv / $30 Door5 8:30pm Lennon Re-Imagined, featuring The Nutopians

$30 Adv / $35 Door6 7:30pm Joan Osborne $45 Adv / $50 Door11 8:30pm Leo Moran & Anthony Thistlethwaite (of The Saw Doctors)

$25 Adv / $30 Door12 8:30pm Chris Smither $25 Adv / $30 Door13 7:30pm Teetotallers $25 Adv / $30 Door19 8:30pm Rory Block $25 Adv / $30 Door25 8:30pm Back To The Garden 1969 $25 Adv / $30 Door26 8:30pm Chris Trapper; with special guest The Trapps

$17.50 Adv / $22.50 Door27 7:30pm John Mccutcheon $25 Adv / $30 DoorMAY 2 8:30pm Ellis Paul $20 Adv / $25 Door3 8:30pm David Wax Museum $20 Adv / $25 Door8 7:30pm Motherlode Trio with special guests — Benefit Concert for

the Haldane School Foundation $35 Adv / $40 Door9 8:30pm John Pizzarelli with Martin Pizzarelli $45 Adv / $50 Door10 8:30pm Robben Ford; with special guest Scott Beall w/James

Cammack $40 Adv / $45 Door11 7:30pm Holly Near with John Bucchino and Emma’s Revolution

$25 Adv / $30 Door16 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.orgShows start at 7:30pm except*

MAR 8 Sara Thomsen $18 Adv / $23 DoorAPR 12 Seamus Kennedy $18 Adv / $23 DoorMAY 10 John Gorka $20 Adv / $25 Door

Rockland CountyBorderline Folk Music Club

At the home of Steve Shapiro 7 Trailside Court, New Cityor New City Ambulance Corps, 200 Congers Road, New City

www.borderlinefolkmusicclub.orgAttendees are asked to bring a cold pot luck dessert dish

Reservations strongly [email protected] or (845)-354-4586

MAR 23 2pm Brother Sun @ New City Volunteer Ambulance Corps $20 / Memb $15 (+ dessert dish)

Turning Point468 Piermont Ave, Piermont 845-359-1089

www.turningpointcafe.comOpen Mic Night Weds & Thurs, 7pm, signup 5-7pm $4

MAR 1 9pm Peter Karp Sue Foley Band $252 4pm Vox Lumina + Erik Lawrence Group $12.507 9pm John Primer Band $208 7th Annual Townes Van Zandt birthday Celebration with The Cosmic

American Derelicts and more9 4pm Rita Harvey $2014 9pm Big Jim Wheeler’s Band In Black; Johnny Cash tribute $1515 6pm Danny Kalb interprets Dave Van Ronk $20

9pm Alexis P. Suter Band $2516 4pm Back to the Garden 1969 $2521 8pm The The Band Band $3022 8pm The UpSouth Twisters - rockin’ zydeco $2023 4pm The Levins and Loretta Hagen $20

Jeremy Spencer (Fleetwood Mac ) Band $25 Cancelled27 8pm Cris Williamson $2828 9pm Marc Berger and Ride $1529 9pm Todd Wolfe Band $2030 4pm Garnet Rogers and Archie Fisher $20APR 13 4 & 7pm Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks $35 18 8pm The Kennedys $2519 8:30pm Riley Etheridge Band $2026 9pm Cheryl Arena Band $20MAY 8 8pm Steve Forbert $30 18 4pm Marjorie Thompson $15

Upstate New YorkCaffe Lena

47 Phila Street,, Saratoga Springs (518) 583-0022 List of Shows: www.caffelena.com/calendar.htm

Colony Café22 Rock City Road Woodstock

845 679-5342 Weekdays 6-11 Sat & Sun12-11 closed Wed

Harmony52 Mill Hill Road Woodstock, NY

http://www.facebook.com/harmonymusicwoodstocknyMondays: Open Mic: Poetry;

Tuesdays: Singles, DuosWeds. Open Mic: Music (Sign up 7pm, music 8-11pm)

Thursdays: Bluegrass Clubhouse with Bill Keith & guestsFridays & Saturdays: Bands; Sundays: Singles, Duos

Hyde Park Library2 Main St, Hyde Park 845-227-7791 www.hydeparklibrary.org

Living Room Acoustic Series

In The CenterBelle Levine Arts Center 521 Kennicut Hill Road Mahopac

Rosendale Cafe434 Main St., Rosendale (914) 658-9048

www.rosendalecafe.comMAR 1 8pm Rozsa $1011 8pm Singer-Songwriter Tuesdays w/ Laura Hersh, Brian Dolzani, The

Prinesters, Rick Snyder, Chris Fuller, Adrien Reju Free 15 8pm Jesse Lege and Bayou Brew $1016 5pm Irish Pub Songs Session Free 23 4:30pm Celtic Cafe Free 25 8pm Singer-Songwriter Tuesdays w/ Decoster, Karen Hudson,

Jaclyn Falk, Bruce Concors, and Dark Moses Free APR 8 8pm Singer-Songwriter Tuesdays w/ Ken McNally, Eric Sommer,

John Pray, Ratboy, Sarah & Jay Perrotta, and Gregg Stolarik Free

18 8pm Old Buck $1519 8pm Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine present “Virtuoso

Ineptitude” $1025 8pm Geoff Muldaur $20

Singer-Songwriter HeavenHouse Concerts in Beekman, N.Y.

Potluck @ 2pm; Show @ 3pm All are welcome!Limited seating; reservations requested

Tel: John Hamilton, 917-734-8851 or email [email protected]

MAR 22 8pm*** Pierce Pettis (potluck at 7pm***)JUN 1 Jory Nash

Warwick Valley Winery114 Little York Road, Warwick, NY, 845-258-4858

www.wvwinery.comSpecial Events:

Doors open at 7pm for wine tasting and Bistro style dinnerUncorked & Unplugged Afternoon Series 2 - 5pm No Cover

MAR 1 Steve Wells2 Nailed Schutt 8 4 Gun Ridge9 Marty Koppel15 E’lissa Jones16 Evan & Lesley22 Steve Devenuta23 Longchamp & Manzo29 Tony Vitello30 McMuleAPR 5 Petey Hop6 Tim O’Donohue12 Gene Foccarelli 13 Carnaby Street19 Steve Wells 27 Redden Brothers 28 Mike Herz and Emily BarnesMAY 3 Straight Shot4 Longchamp & Manzo10 Evan & Lesley11 Rave On - Music of Buddy Holly17 ShoeHorn Duo18 Tim O’Donohue

New Jersey The Acoustic Cafe

In Our Lady of Mercy School, 25 Fremont Ave. Park Ridge Info: 201-573-0718 www.cafeacoustic.orgShowtime: 8pm Doors open at 7:30 Adm $18 - $25

MAR 22 Ari HestAPR 26 The Grand Slambovians w/guest Jann KloseMAY 31 Toby Walker

Acoustic Night in MetuchenBrewed Awakening, 417 Main St. Shows run from 7:30 - 9pm

The Barrington Coffeehouse Musicafe131 Clements Bridge Rd., Barrington

Reservations: 856.573.7800 www.barringtoncoffeehouse.com7:30 - 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’s60 Hawthorne Road Wayne (973) 616-0853

[email protected] www.cabinconcerts.comYour 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.comAPR 6 3pm Sam Baker $20MAY 4 3pm Buzz Cason $25AUG 12-14 Ellis Paul @ West Mt. Inn (see above) E-Mail for info.

Coffee With Consciencewww.coffeewithconscience.org

Concert Series of WestfieldWestfield First United Methodist Church

1 East Broad Street (corner of North Ave) WestfieldShows at 8pm Price online/@door

MAR 15 Kim & Reggie Harris $19 Adv / $24 DoorAPR 26 Carsie Blanton $19 Adv / $24 Door

Concerts at the CrossingUnitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing268 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road TitusvilleShows at 7:30pm www.concertsatthecrossing.com

APR 26 7:30pm An Evening with Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Fraser Haas $25; Children 14 and under $5.

Cozy Cabin ConcertsGreen Brook, New Jersey 732.752.5294www.facebook.com/CozyCabinConcerts

[email protected]

Darress Theatre615 Main Street, Boonton, NJ

Open Mic every third wed ea/month Sign-up: 7:30pmMore info: darresstheatre.com rocktime1.com

Ethical BrewThe Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County

687 Larch Avenue, Teaneckwww.ethicalfocus.org info: [email protected]

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www.heightshouseconcerts.com 201-310-1322All shows Sundays 2:30pm

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The Hillside Café45 Hillside Crescent, Nutley (@ Church and Prospect St.)

Community room of Franklin Reformed ChurchDoors open: 7:30pm Shows: 8pm Admission: $12

973-667-7055 www.hillsidecafe.comMAR 15 Pat Wictor + Shawn Taylor

Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Coffeehouse Fair Lawn Community Center, 10-10 20th Street, Fair Lawn Shows

at 8:00 201 384-1325 www.hurdygurdyfolk.orgPrices: member/non-member

MAR 1 An Evening with Aztec Two StepAPR 19 Joe Crookston plus Connor GarveyMAY 10 Vance Gilbert plus Honor FinneganJUN 7 Catie Curtis plus Jenna Lindbo

Mexicali Live1409 Queen Anne Road Teaneck www.mexicalilive.com

MAR 1 8pm 5th annual Mardi Gras Bash; Brother Joscephus and the Love Revolution $15

7 9pm Stirfried w/ spec guest John Popper $2022 9pm Willie Nile and His Band $3029 8pm Tony Trischka Territory $15APR 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.orgMAR 7 Andy Cohen14 Open Stage21 Legends of the Celtic Harp28 Orrin Star; Opening Act TBAAPR 4 Jack Williams with The Levins11 The Bucky Pizzarelli - Ed Laub Duo18 Open Stage

Music at the MissionWest Milford Presbyterian Church

1452 Union Valley Road West Milford 973-728-4201www.musicatthemission.org

Doors open at 7:30pm - Music starts at 8pm Adm: Non-memb Adv / Door

APR 26 Lucy Kaplansky $25 Adv / $28 Door

New Legacy Concert SeriesRingwood Public Library

30 Cannici Drive, Ringwood 973-962-6256www.ringwoodlibrary.org/newlegacy.shtml

Seating: first come, first servedMAR 2 2pm Alexis P. Suter $20APR 6 2pm Shemekia Copeland $30

njpac1 Center Street Newark (973) 642-8989 www.njpac.org

Notes From Home (house concert series)

Montclair 201-214-1138 Doors open 1 hour before Concert potluck dinner www.notesfromhomenj.com

Reservations: [email protected] RSVP for locationMAR 15 Cosy Sheridan

Outpost in the “Burbs” CoffeehouseUnitarian 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.orgMAR 7 A Trio of Duos featuring Barnaby Bright,Lera Lynn (with

Joshua Grange) and The Sea, The Sea28 James Maddock Trio w/ guest Michaela McClainAPR 3 Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett Guitarists of Little Feat

w/ guest Patrick Dyer Wolf $3225 No Fuss and Feathers Roadshow: Carolann Solebello, Karyn

Oliver, and The YaYasJUN 6 Forever Ray special guests Jazz House Kids $28.13 Indigenous $25

Princeton Folk Music SocietyConcerts at Christ Congregation Church

50 Walnut Lane in Princeton 3rd Friday of the month - 8:15 [email protected] (609) 799-0944

www.princetonfolk.orgMAR 21 David JonesAPR 18 The Honey DewdropsMAY 16 Tom Chapin

Sanctuary Concertswww.sanctuaryconcerts.org

Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham973.376.4946 [email protected]

Concerts 8pm Admission includes coffee and baked dessertsMAR 1 John Mceuen and David Amram $2529 Shawn Mullins Spec guest Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton $25MAY 10 Marshall Crenshaw + Jim Boggia Audience Appreciation

Concert $20 (free for Pick Six) 17 Modern Man and Buskin & Batteau End-of-Season Concert and

Celebration $15 (free for Pick Six)

South Orange Performing Arts Center1 Sopac Way, South Orange, NY www.SOPACNow.org

MAR 1 8pm Buckwheat Zydeco $24-$402 7:30pm Shawn Colvin $35-$558 8pm Johnny Winter $33-$6015 8pm Richard Thompson w/ Teddy Thompson $33-$6022 8pm Richard Shindell & Lucy Kaplansky $25-$5023 7:30pm Mason Jennings $23-$3828 8pm Iris Dement & Red Molly $25-$4529 8pm Oleta Adams $33-$58MAY 7 7:30pm Suzanne Vega $34-$509 8pm Tom Paxton & Holly Near $25-$4815 7:30pm The Mavericks $60-$85JUN 7 8pm The Smithereens $33-$60

The Society Cafe Concert SeriesAnderson Hall Unitarian Universalist Society of Ridgewood

113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood www.societycafeconcertseries.com Doors 7pm Show 8pm

Splatter ConcertsUkrainian American Cultural Center60 North Jefferson Rd., Whippany

Shows @ 7pm 973-585-7175 www.splatterconcerts.comAdm $ as listed Ages 13-17: $5 12 & under free

To order tickets, e-mail name & no. of tickets desired to: [email protected]

MAR 2 Sue Foley & Peter Karp $23 Adv / $25 DoorAPR 26 Studebaker John & The Hawks $23 Adv / $25 Door

ConnecticutAcoustic Celebration

Temple Shearith Israel 46 Peaceable St Ridgefield or St. Stephen’s Church, North Hall 351 Main St

www.acousticcelebration.org(203) 431-6501 [email protected]

MAR 23 Krista Detor30 Tom PachecoAPR 6 The Carper FamilyMore TBA…

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

MAR 8 French Canadian MusicAPR 12 Sparky and Rhonda RuckerMAY 10 Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen

CT FolkFirst Presbyterian Church 704 Whitney Ave, New Haven

“First Friday” Concert Series www.ctfolk.com/home.htmlGen Adm / $10 Students Door: $20 Gen Adm / $15 Students

MAR 7 Burning Bridget ClearyAPR 4 Audition Finals for the 2014 CT Folk Festival and Green ExpoMAY 2 A Tribute to Simon and Garfunkel with Kristen Graves,

Hannah and Maggie and Mighty Purple

Fairfield Theater Companywww.fairfieldtheatre.org

FTC @ The Klein Klein Memorial Auditorium910 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport

APR 18 8pm BB King $45-$115FTC on StageOne

70 Sanford St., Fairfield Shows: 7:45pm MAR 6 Los Lobos $105 SOLD OUT8 Stephen Kellogg Band w/ Caroline Rose $2815 Roomful Of Blues w/ John Fries Band $4216 Mockingbird Sun $2018 Jonathan Richman feat. Tommy Larkins $2223 Teddy Geiger w/ Sarah Barrios, Jesse Ruben $19 Adv / $23 DoorAPR 11, 12 Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensitive Boys $3818 Jonathan Edwards and Jon Pousette-Dart $55

23, 24 The Revivalists $2525 The Remains $35, $5526 Toubab Krewe $17

Norwalk Concert Hall125 East Ave, Norwalk Shows 8pm

MAR 21 Keb’ Mo’ $45, $55, $6528 Los Lonely Boys $35, $45, $55

Good Folk CoffeehouseRowayton Methodist Church Fellowship Hall

Rowayton Avenue & Pennoyer Street, Rowayton (203) 866-4450 www.goodfolkcoffeehouse.com

Doors open at 7:30pm - Music starts at 8pmAdult Donation: $25 - Children 7 to 12 half price - Under 7 free

MAR 22 Ronny CoxAPR 26 Small Potatoes

Molten Java Coffee213 Greenwood Ave., Bethel

203-739-0313 www.moltenjavaevents.com

The Ridgefield Playhouse80 East Ridge Ridgefield 203-438-5795

www.ridgefieldplayhouse.comMAR 6 8pm Cowboy Junkies $608 8pm Dickey Betts & Great Southern $75

The Sounding BoardThe Universalist Church of West Hartford,

433 Fern Street, West Hartfordhttp://www.folknotes.org 860-635-7685

Doors 7pm Music 8pm Adv tix: www.brownpapertickets.com reservations or more info: [email protected]

Adm: gen. / mem. Children 12 and under $8MAR 1 Bob Zentz $17 / $158 Bok, Trickett & Muir (@ The Unitarian Society Of Hartford)

$22 / $2015 Mike & Ruthy $16 / $1422 Brother Sun $20 / $1829 Klezamir (At The Unitarian Society Of Hartford) $16 / $14APR 5 The Kennedys $TBA12 Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line $TBA19 Walt Michael & Co. $TBA26 Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem $TBAMAY 10 Red Molly (At The Unitarian Society Of Hartford) $TBA17 The Portable Folk Music Festival $TBA31 The Dulcimer Association - Benefit for the Sounding Board (at The

Unitarian Society) $TBA

The Vanilla Bean CafeCorner of Rts 44, 169 & 97 Pomfret (860)928-1562

www.thevanillabeancafe.comMAR 1 Griff Tones7 Grayson McCarthy8 Maria Sangiolo and Anne Belliveau15 Cashel Rock21 Lisa Martin22 Delta Generators29 Tim Peck TrioAPR 26 Andrew McKnight

Voices CaféThe Unitarian Church 10 Lyons Plains Road Westport

203-227-7205 x14 www.voicescafe.orgAll Shows 8pm; Reserved seating for groups of 4+

Adm: Adv / DoorMAR 8 Remembering Billie and Ella; Nicole Pasternak Jazz Quartet

featuring Chris BrownAPR 12 The YaYas + Carolann SolebelloMAY 10 Cheryl WheelerJUN 14 TBA

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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)

MAR 7 A Trio of Duos featuring Barnaby Bright,Lera Lynn (with Joshua Grange) and The Sea, The Sea

28 James Maddock Trio w/ guest Michaela McClainAPR 3 Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett Guitarists of Little

Feat w/ guest Patrick Dyer Wolf $3225 No Fuss and Feathers Roadshow: Carolann Solebel-

lo, Karyn Oliver, and The YaYasJUN 6 Forever Ray special guests Jazz House Kids $28.13 Indigenous $25

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