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Thursday, June 06, 2013 8:00 PM
The Blue Dogs
With nearly a million miles logged and 100,000 records sold, South Carolina’s BLUE DOGS continue to ride the highways, churn out new music, and win over new fans. Founded initially as a part-time love affair for writing and playing music, the BLUE DOGS spent the better part of the early 90’s honing their songs and live show at venues throughout Mid-Atlantic. Although the band has grown a legion of fans over the years, the BLUE DOGS’ musical diversity has been difficult to classify. Having started as a bluegrass/country/folk-rock duo, and then with the advent of a full band in 96, the BLUE DOGS found themselves with echoes of bluegrass, jam band rock, commercial roots pop/rock, and Americana….somewhere to the right of Americana and left of mainstream Nashville.
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Saturday, June 08, 2013 8:00 PM
Stephen Kellogg
“Countdown To Blunderstone” tour
Milow opens
Stephen Kellogg Autobiography – February 2013
My name is Stephen Kellogg.
I’m thirty-six years old. I say that I’m from Northampton, MA because that’s where I got my start, though now I live in Southern Connecticut. I’ve spent the better part of the last ten years on the road or in the studio, but I have four daughters and a beautiful wife too. I asked if I could write my own biography, partially because it saves money, and I figured if someone wanted to learn about me, I’d just as soon tell them myself.
My music has been described as Americana, Country-Rock, Folk, Singer/Songwriter, and, somehow, pop. I have always thought of it as American-rock n’ roll. It’s a product of my father’s record collection, from Jim Croce and Cat Stevens to Eagles and The Band. Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with showmanship and acts that put on great concerts. Sometimes that meant Van Halen, other times it meant the Grateful Dead, and most recently it’s probably more to do with John Prine. For what it’s worth, Tom Petty is my favorite artist. Although it’s been pointed out to me by one quite popular publication that I’m “no Bruce Springsteen”, I’ve decided to continue making music anyway (I’m laughing as I write this in case that’s not clear).
The thing is…I fell into this job. I like people. I like sharing a world-view. I don’t mind singing and playing guitar, but I never expected that I’d do it for a living. Like a lot of folks, I think I just figured I wasn’t good enough or that maybe it wasn’t possible. The fact remained though that I needed a way to provide for my family, presumably just like those of you reading this biography (or for the younger generations, the same way your parents have). Ultimately writing songs and playing them for people has become that living. There are many occupations for which I have immense admiration – doctors, soldiers and teachers topping the list. But there isn’t another job I think I’d necessarily be suited for, so this is what I do.
In November of 2012, my band of the last ten years decided to take a hiatus. We performed our final show at Webster Hall in New York City for three hours and said goodbye for now. 2012 also took with it my mother-in- law and my grandmother. Most of this happened in late Spring, when my house was under renovation; the foundation was still there, but the house was literally ripped apart. Some metaphor, huh? 2012 was a year of change if nothing else. The musical result of this tumultuous period is Blunderstone Rookery. The title comes from the boyhood home of my favorite character in my favorite book, “David Copperfield”.
I produced Blunderstone Rookery in conjunction with my long-time musical collaborator, Kit Karlson. Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk) mixed the album. We chose to make the record in Bridgeport, Connecticut because, after making the last few in Los Angeles and New York, I really wanted to work on home turf. The music was played by a number of friends of mine, some of them play in bands you may have heard of (Travis McNabb and Annie Clements from Sugarland, Sean Watkins from Nickel Creek, Jerry DePizzo from OAR), and many of them, including me, you may not have heard of. I loved working on Blunderstone Rookery more than any album I’ve ever made and it’s my ninth studio effort. It was a fresh process. One that began with the exciting notion, “what if I say exactly what I want to say” and ended with me handing my father a vinyl copy to add to his record collection.
That, after all, is why I do this.
Using words and intention in the hopes of a positive legacy for my family.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 8:00 PM
Roosevelt Dime
Good Night Moonshine (featuring MOLLY VENTER from Red Molly) opens
Imagine yourself relaxing on a steamboat as it lazily floats down the Mississippi River all the way to The Big Easy. Suddenly, the band strikes up a tune, music fills the air and everyone is on their feet, clapping, dancing and singing along. Welcome to the world of Roosevelt Dime, a four-piece, Brooklyn, N.Y.-based band that blends elements of acoustic jug-band blues, classic New Orleans soul and neo-folk to create an original sound best described as Kings County Steamboat Soul. The band’s nontraditional lineup — consisting of banjo, electric and gut-bucket basses, percussion, clarinet, saxophone, and the occasional electric guitar — and seamless mixture of musical genres has been described as “a perpetual crowd-pleaser” by the New York Times. Now, the group is poised for a breakthrough with its new album Steamboat Soul. Roosevelt Dime has recently been featured in The Philadelphia Folk Fest, Musikfest, No Depression, On Your Radar with WFUV’s John Platt, and official showcases at the International Folk Alliance in Memphis 2011, and Toronto 2013. So hop aboard the S.S. Rosie and get ready for the ride of a lifetime!
“FEW SINGERS TURN FIRST TIME LISTENERS INTO ETERNAL FANATICS AS EFFORTLESSLY AS MOLLY VENTER… HER VOICE IS LIKE AN UNBELIEVABLE BURGUNDY; MANY NOTES, FLAVORS, FRAGRANCES, AND IT ALL GOES DOWN LIKE SILK.”
-AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE
Goodnight Moonshine is a collaboration of songwriters Molly Venter of the chart-topping Americana group Red Molly, and Eben Pariser of the explosive Brooklyn quintet Roosevelt Dime. Steeped in the 90's alternative music of their youth, Goodnight Moonshine plays modern folk music with brazen vocals and roots & blues guitar. Imagery-rich stories and bold melodies create a sound that is both celebratory and mournful, reminding the listener of what it felt like to fall in love with a band for the first time.
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Saturday, June 15, 2013 8:00 PM
The Fred Eaglesmith Travelling Steam Show
Fred Eaglesmith comes down from Canada for a rockin’ fun show. Working outside the pop music radar, Eaglesmith has forged one of the most unique and eminent careers in contemporary music. His previous 16 releases have won him comparisons to such major talents as Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, John Prine, T Bone Burnett and Steve Earle. His songs have been recorded by fellow artists like superstar Toby Keith (who covered Eaglesmith’s “White Rose” on his recent hit album Big Dog Daddy and included his recording of “Thinking ‘Bout You” in the movie “Broken Bridges” and on its soundtrack album ), The Cowboy Junkies, Kasey Chambers, Mary Gauthier, Ralph Stanley II, Dar Williams and Todd Snider, and he is the subject of a tribute album by other fellow songwriters. He has also scored a #1 bluegrass song with James King’s recording of his “Thirty Years of Farming.”
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Friday, June 21, 2013 8:00 PM
Robbie Schaefer
The Michael Clem Trio
You know them from one of our favorite bands, Eddie From Ohio!
Robbie Schaefer is an Artist—writing and recording music, playing shows, and running OneVoice (onevoicecommunity.org), a non-profit he founded that connects children around the world through music and uses those connections to affect social change. In other words, he gets to go to places like Africa and India, sings with children, and helps them to do things like create schools or provide heart surgeries for kids who need them. Music is a powerful thing.
And Eddie’s bassist, (another Artist !) Michael Clem brings together a group of seasoned musicians for his trio! This latest creation from EFO’s bass guy features Clem on guitar, mandola, harp & mouth, and he is sandwiched by two fine fellow Charlottesville, VA music chums, Rusty Speidel(of SGGL fame) on guitar & higher vocals, plus Thomas Gunn(of Lost Highway) on upright bass & lonesomer vocals.
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Saturday, June 22, 2013 8:00 PM
The Rock and Roll Jubilee!
One of our most requested customer favorites! A tribute to the Founding Fathers of Rock and Roll from station WJKS – Craig Evans, George Garrett, B. J. Kocen, Brian Sulser, Brad Tucker, and Jim Wark present an evening of The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley. Step back in time for this truly special event – get your tickets early!
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013 8:00 PM
Anthony Snape
Born in Australia, pop rock music artist and writer Anthony Snape was introduced to US audiences by virtuoso guitarist Tommy Emmanuel. NBC, ABC and PBS have all played his songs and he has since played colleges and venues such as The Birchmere , The National, The Majestic, The House of Blues LA & New Orleans, Bluebird Café , BB King’s NYC, performing arts centers in Virginia, Nashville, Texas, Kansas, Boston and Wisconsin, festivals (SXSW) and many more. He’s given goose bumps to IDOL judge Kara Dioguardi and affected the lives of people all over the world with his music. Recently Anthony ran his first Kickstarter campaign and invited fans to get involved with his new record project. In 30 days they raised over $26,000. Anthony is currently licensing his new record, Resonate, produced in the US by Andy Hunt (Good Charlotte, Smash Mouth, Jars of Clay, Olivia Newton-John, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors) and set for release in May 2013. See him LIVE at Ashland Tea and Coffee -
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Thursday, June 27, 2013 8:00 PM
Randall Bramblett
“One of the South’s most lyrical and literate songwriters.” Rolling Stone
“You can’t do better than Randall Bramblett.” Bonnie Raitt
Randall Bramblett has kept very busy over the years, selling out shows and being sought out by the best artists in the business. 2012 found him playing with the Allman Brothers at the Beacon Theater in NYC, New Year’s Eve with Widespread Panic, (he leads the MegaBlaster Horns,) and at New Orleans JazzFest with Chuck Leavell, in addition to performing on a new CD and touring with Bonnie Raitt.
Randall’s real claim to fame is his exhilarating and heart-felt live show. An honest and true performer, Randall and his band leave it all on the stage every night, and his many devoted fans have taken notice. With headlining slots at many theaters and festivals, and numerous sold out performances, Bramblett’s already shining star continues to rise. Each performance converts a new group of listeners into die-hard fans.
A jewel of Southern music, Randall Bramblett thrives on his new release, The Bright Spots, due May 14 on New West Records. Fresh off the inclusion of one of his songs on Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning album Slipstream, he has put together a masterful recording soaked with the soulful feel that has defined his music and that of his Southern contemporaries like Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes. From Howlin’ Wolf to Ray Charles and “dark Motown” influences, sitar samples, gospel strains and even a snippet of water-splashing pygmies, The Bright Spots mixes diverse elements that dovetail into Randall’s finest album yet.
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Friday, June 28, 2013 8:00 PM
The Bumper Jacksons
“The Bumper Jacksons are a big, fat party. Hot and sweet, their trad jazz and pre-war country repertoire paint’s America’s story from New Orleans’ brothels to Appalachian hollers. Unafraid to scrap together new sounds from forgotten 78's, the Bumper Jacksons boldly and elegantly balance paying homage to the traditions while fashioning their own unique, DIY style."
If you like the music of Sidney Bechet, Roscoe Holcum, Meschiya Lake, Skillet Lickers, Mississippi Sheiks, Sam Chatmon, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Madeleine Peyroux, the New Orleans Jazz Vipers, the Smoking Time Jazz Club, Tom Waits, Ethel Waters, Ralph Stanley, the Mills Brothers, Hank Williams
- this band is for you!
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Saturday, June 29, 2013 7:30 PM
The Songwriter’s Showdown SHOOTOUT!!
Round 7
All of our Tuesday night Round 7 winners gather to win the BIG prize!
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Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:00 PM
Mary Flower
With her warm contralto and dazzling skills as an instrumentalist and arranger, Mary Flower has cemented her status as one of the most dynamic performers on the acoustic blues circuit. Flower is deep in the pocket of the country blues and there are few musicians in the genre bringing as much creative spark and low-key mojo to this century-old music.
– Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Hailing from Portland, Oregon, guitarist and lap slide player Mary Flower is renowned for her uniquely personal vision of roots music that blends ragtime, acoustic blues and folk – technically dazzling yet grounded in the down-to-earth simplicity of early 20th century American music. With nine albums to her name, this Yellow Dog Records recording artist has earned rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for her instrumental skill – a mastery of the Piedmont blues style that takes most players a lifetime to hone – for which Flower is most celebrated. Her performances around the world include Merlefest, Prairie Home Companion and the Winnipeg Folk Festival to name a few. A seasoned teacher, Mary has been on staff at many guitar workshops including Fur Peace Ranch,Centrum Blues Festival, Swannanoa and the Augusta Heritage Center.
2008 and 2012 Blues Music Award Nominee
2000 and 2002 Finalist at National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship
2011 Muddy Award Recipient from Cascade Blues Assn. for “Acoustic Guitar”
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Friday, July 12, 2013 8:00 PM
The Iguanas
The word “Americana” gets tossed around rather loosely these days; it can mean anything from a hipster with a recently-discovered acoustic guitar to a decades-long denizen of the Grand Ole Opry. But when you set aside the Johnny-come-rootly types from the real deal, it’s a sure bet that you’re going to stray into Iguana territory. Based out of New Orleans for the past couple of decades – save for a short, Katrina-imposed exile in Austin – the Iguanas define a sound of Americana that crosses cultures, styles, eras… and even languages. Their latest album, Sin to Sin, is their first studio recording since 2008’s If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times, and its release coincides with their appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
“The title for the new album,” says sax player/vocalist Joe Cabral, “comes from one of the tracks we cut during the sessions that didn’t make it onto the record.” At this point, the band’s guitarist and vocalist Rod Hodges picks up the trail. “It’s a line from a tune called ‘Blues for Juarez,’” he says, “that goes, ‘We rode the back roads from sin to sin.’”
The Iguanas’ two-decade road may not exactly have driven them from sin to sin, but it’s taken them all over the map, both figuratively and literally. While bassist René Coman is the only member of the band who is a native of the Crescent City, a languid swampiness so deeply suffuses their sound that you can almost smell the peanut shells on the floor. But there’s far more depth to it than the N’Awlins patina that rests, sometimes lightly, sometimes heavily, on anything the city touches. It’s almost as if the Iguanas dragged sand up from Juarez and mud from the Mississippi Delta, threw them both into the white-hot crucible of rock, and built their foundation from there, with drummer Doug Garrison anchoring their sound deep in the groove.
“Spanish was spoken around the house when I was growing up,” says Cabral, “but I was listening to all kinds of stuff: Herb Alpert, Boots Randolph, country music, rock, polkas… The area of south Omaha where I grew up was the classic American blue collar ethnic melting pot of Irish, Italians, Poles, Mexican-Americans, who all sort of brought these pieces into the mix.”
“How could we not wind up in New Orleans?” asks Rod Hodges, a little rhetorically. “I mean, at Tipitina’s they might have Doug Sahm one night and Fela Kuti the next.” And sure enough, even on their first album (The Iguanas, Margaritaville/MCA 1993), the band was comfortable planting Allen Toussaint’s oft-covered “Fortune Teller” cheek-by-jowl with cumbia master Celso Piña’s “Por Mi Camino (Along My Way),” leading Entertainment Weekly to conclude, “never have accordions and saxophones been so much in love.” People echoed that sentiment in their review of Nuevo Boogaloo (Margaritaville/MCA 1994), saying “any group that can turn on a dime from a gorgeous R&B ballad like “Somebody Help Me” to the steamy tropical funk of “La Tentación” is clearly here to stay.
And stay they have, through half a dozen studio albums, countless tours and JazzFest appearances, and a flood that did it’s best to take their adopted city with it. It’s a testament to the band’s longevity and endurance that they’re still configured pretty much the way they were 20 years ago, while their onetime label, MCA, has gone the way of mousse-abused coiffures and Hammer pants.
Joe Cabral is pretty philosophical about the band’s persistence in the face of challenges that would have felled – indeed, have felled – lesser bands. “First of all, this is all we know how to do; we’re musicians. But more than that,” he continues, “we respect the power of the band as an entity, and each individual in the band steps up to play his part. When it’s good, that’s really what it’s all about.
Rod Hodges agrees. “I don’t want to get all heady and mystical about this, but it’s not really an outward reward we’re looking for. We still all enjoy playing music, we all get along, and finding a group of people who can say that after all this time is a pretty rare thing.”
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Friday, July 26, 2013 8:00 PM
Eric Brace and Peter Cooper
Eric Brace is the lead singer and songwriter for the renowned roots rock band Last Train Home. Peter Cooper is a music journalist, professor of country music, and a highly acclaimed songwriter in his own right. When they play together, it’s something special. Their latest project is the Grammy-nominated and critically acclaimed “I Love: Tom T. Hall’s Songs of Fox Hollow.” The duo’s 2nd album, “Master Sessions,” is a tour de force with two of their instrumental musical heroes: Lloyd Green on pedal steel, Mike Auldridge on dobro. This follows their 2009 release, “You Don’t Have To Like Them Both,” also on Red Beet Records.
“Eric Brace and Peter Cooper bring the sound of East Nashville to my radio shows. Authentic, intelligent and beautifully played….” — Bob Harris, BBC Radio
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Friday, August 02, 2013 8:00 PM
Jimmy LaFave
Jimmy LaFave is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician born in Wills Point, Texas. After moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma, LaFave crafted a musical style called Red Dirt music and became a disciple of the state’s most famous folk musician: Woody Guthrie. LaFave is an Advisory Board member and regular performer at the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. In 1996 he received the Kerrville Folk Festival songwriter of the year award and appeared on the TV show Austin City Limits. He has recorded 15 albums and his 2007 release, Cimarron Manifesto, reached the No. 1 mark on the Americana Music Association album chart. In 2012, LaFave released the studio album Depending On The Distance. Red House recording artist, “LaFave is nothing if not a red–dirt romantic. Viewing the world from an open road and an open heart, with one eye on the girl and the other on the mythological lure of the highway. First it was Woody Guthrie and then Jack Kerouac, now it’s LaFave and his brand of dirty–boots folk–rock… Jimmy has the most expressive voice this side of Belfast… it’s the music of Jimmy LaFave that really defines this part of the land.” –– Oklahoma City Gazette
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Saturday, August 17, 2013 8:00 PM
The Honky Tonk Experience
Formed in the spring of 2003, The Honky Tonk Experience brings country classics to life while at the same time performing songs of current artists whose music is true to what country music used to be and still should be. From Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings to Dwight Yoakam and Dale Watson. From Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson and Buck Owens to BR5-49 and The Derailers. A Honky Tonk Experience show brings young and old together on the dance floor. The “Experience” is a true “hard-core” country music band!!!!
The “Experience” is comprised of five of Richmond, Virginia’s most respected musicians. Each member has forged their own reputation by playing in a variety of other bands over the past 20 years. Brad Spivey provides the classic country lead vocals. Mike Lucas is well known for his distinctive Tele picking. Mark Watts has spent 20+ years drumming up and down the East Coast. Randy Cook provides the “cryin” steel guitar and harmony vocals. Clark Ball, bassist, provides the solid foundation for the band to build their sound upon.
The “Experience” has performed at several high profile shows over the past few years. The 2005 “High on the Hog” was the first time in the 29 year history of that event that a band has been asked to play two years in a row. The “Experience” also performed this year at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts popular Thursday night concert series, Third Thursdays. The Honky Tonk Experience has also shared the stage with several national acts. These include Travis Tritt, BR5-49, Dale Watson, Webb Wilder and Junior Brown.
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Friday, August 23, 2013 8:00 PM
Dale Ann Bradley
She’s the 2007, 2008 , 2009, 2011, &20 12 IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year and has been hailed by Alison Krauss and Ricky Skaggs as one of the greatest vocalists in country and bluegrass music. A former Coon Creek Girl and mainstay at Kentucky’s Renfro Valley Barn Dance, Bradley commands a list of awards as long as Highway 40, yet a few minutes with her tells you she is something even more than extraordinarily gifted – she’s extraordinarily human. A Primitive Baptist preacher’s daughter out of the hills of Kentucky where no musical instruments were allowed, Bradley grew up in a self-described “backwoods holler” down a rural road where electricity and running water weren’t available until she was in high school – something she has more in common with the first generation of bluegrass than her contemporaries in today’s scene.
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Saturday, August 24, 2013 8:00 PM
Jesse Harper
former Old School Freight Train guitarist and front man, and current Love Canon font man brings his talents to the stage at 8 PM. You never know, Daniel Clarke may join in the fun!
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Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:00 PM
Donna Ulisse
Country music fans remember Ulisse from her days when she was signed to Atlantic Records in the early 1990’s where she released a critically acclaimed album Trouble at The Door with three singles and two videos. She was also a guest on many national television shows including Hee Haw, Nashville Now, Crook and Chaseand NBC’s Hot Country Nights.
These days Donna Ulisse is becoming a key figure in the bluegrass, folk and acoustic music scene as a singer/performer and songwriter. She has recorded five albums in the past five years of her original material which have charted prominently in the Bluegrass Unlimited charts, The Folk DJ National chart, The Americana Music Charts and Billboard Bluegrass chart. Her 2012 Christmas album All The Way To Bethlehem was called “a masterpiece” by Kyle Cantrell, host of Bluegrass Junction on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Edward Morris, writer for CMT.com dubs her “one of the most commanding voices in bluegrass music.”
As a songwriter she has had songs recorded by bluegrass artists Claire Lynch, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, The Bankesters, Nu-Blu and was an International Bluegrass Music Association 2012 Songwriter of the Year Nominee.
Ulisse grew up in the Hampton area and graduated from Bethel High School.
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