Corinna Smith; Adam Ezra Group
Happy Spring, everybody. That might sound sarcastic, considering our “spring” season has really sucked so far. What to make of this cold, wet, and still snowy weather? Who knows? The April showers have not sprung May flowers but there is plenty of warmth rising up from the roads and streets of New England, those roads and streets that host hot, sweet music venues from which poor crazy country music, raucous rock and roll, rowdy blues, and smoking‘ jazz. Here are some hot shows from which to choose this merry month of May. C’mon, baby. Let the good times roll.
May 1: Au Revoir, Glacier, Girih, Arrowhead, and Co 1 playing at Uncharted, 103 Market Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. 8:00 p.m to 12:30 a.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/221634448408316/
May 1: Lello Molinari, CD Release Party for The Italian Job, Volume 2, at The Regatta Bar,
Arthur James
May 2: Arthur James, a looming giant in the Central, Massachusetts and New Hampshire blues scenes, play every Wednesday at Public House Pub Quechee, 5813 Woodstock road, Quechee, Vermont. (Arthur James is filling in for his buddy Brian Warren who is recovering from a stroke he had last summer).
May 2: May 2– ARJUN @ the The Regattabar at Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett Street, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. http://www.getshowtix.com/regattabar/moreinfo.cgi?id=3884
May 2: Anthony Coleman, at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington, Ave., Boston, Massachusetts. https://necmusic.edu/event/7246
May 3: The New Review with Luhs and Matthew Stubbs And The Antiguas, playing at Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Avenue, Brighton, Massachusetts. https://www.facebook.com/events/194522337811424/
Kim Riley
May 3: Kim Riley kicks off the music series at Labelle Winery in Amherst, New Hampshire.
May 3: Ilene Springer, Jones River Tavern- Kingston, Massachusetts, 8:00 p.m.
May 4: Grooveworks. TJ Callahan’s on route 38 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
May 4: May 4 Kosher Kid & The Incredible Amplifires at Theodores in Springfield, Massachusetts, from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
May 4: Heavy AmericA, Hard Rock Café, Boston, Massachusetts. https://heavyamerica.bandcamp.com/releases
Tony Soul Project, Tony Parente
May 4: Tony Soul Project, Pete’s Bar & Grill, Quincy, Massachusetts. 9:00 p.m.
May 5: The Donktet at The Grog, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Cinco De Mayo, funk/jazz/soul/R&B 9:00 p.m., $5 cover.
May 5: Dehumanized, Burial, Medicated Savage, Rival Cinema, Agawam Legion Post 185, The Tank, 478 Springfield Street, Feeding Hill, Massachusetts. https://www.facebook.com/events/940937512749475/
May 5: The Hipshot Band LLC has a debut performance at The Latchkey, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
May 5: MoGuitar Blues Band plays Davignon Snowshoe Club in Manchester, New Hampshire. https://www.moguitarnh.com/
Ilene Spring album cover
May 5: Ilene Springer, The Middle Ground, Weymouth, Massachusetts, 9:00 p.m. to midnight. Solo acoustic covers.
May 5: Supply and Demand , 8:00 p.m. at Clear River Inn & Tavern in Pittsfield, Vermont.
May 5: The Peace Movement Benefit Mixer, Chill On Park, 142 Park Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts, Jazzmyn Red, Adonis, INT’L Show, Dezi Leon, Hosted by Keyz Boston; Music by DJ Lady Jaey. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213605063778274&set=p.10213605063778274&type=3&theater
May 5: Honoring The Elements Of Hip Hop; Norwood Space Center, 83 Morse Street, Norwood, Massachusetts. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213605064578294&set=p.10213605064578294&type=3&theater
May 5: Jonee Earthquake Band, The Alpha Process, The Black Summers, Time Out Timmy, Mantra at Tower Hill Tavern, Laconia, New Hampshire. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10212582269567570&set=p.10212582269567570&type=3&theater
May 6: Cassandre McKinley at City Winery, Boston, Massachusetts. 11:00 a.m.
Dara Cassidy
May 6: Dara Cassidy, Celebration Of Life, Boathouse Bar, Dracut, Massachusetts. https://www.facebook.com/events/331976580541863/
May 6: Bruce Marshall Group CD Release Party at The Bull Run in Shirley, Massachusetts, 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
May 6: Blues Tonight Band, at Iron Tails Saloon. Daytime show running from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This event marks the sixth year Blues Tonight Band have been playing this exciting venue. As a bonus attraction, guitarist Steve Dineen will be filling in on guitar.
May 7: Parts Per Million, Thunder Road Music Club, Somerville, Massachusetts.
Schooltree album, prog rock
May 9: Women Of Prog Rock Tour, Regent Theatre, Arlington, Massachusetts, 7:00 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. Participating bands Schooltree and Hypaspace are local. Laura Meade is from New York (although the band she performs with, IZZ, is from Rhode Island.)
https://www.facebook.com/events/287935571760841/
May 10: Girl’s Night Out featuring all female lineup of New England songwriter’s at Songwriter’s Night at Franks in Worcester, Massachusetts.
May 10: Jesse Williams Group; funky, slinky, New Orleans jazz with Bruce Bears, Mark Teixeira, and Ryan Taylor. Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
May 11: Percy Hill, in concert, celebrating Color In Boom CD’s 20th anniversary, at The Sinclair, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
May 11: Outlaw Road Show featuring Daniel Miller And The High Life, Chris Moreno, and a “secret set” by a visiting international act. Sally O’Brien’s in Brighton, Massachusetts.
Steve Morgan And The Kingfish
May 11: Steve Morgan And The Kingfish, at O’Shea’s, 9:00 p.m. All other Friday and Saturday nights at Stewart’s Seafood Restaurant…7-10pm.
May 11: Eric Green solo at Silver Street Tavern, Waterville, Maine. 9:00 p.m.
May 11: Nicole Knox Murphy, Bonfire Country Bar Manchester 8:00 p.m. to midnight.
May 11: Annie Brobst Band, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
101.7 The Bull Ram Trucks Music Lounge (Medford MA)
VIP Book Release Party
“Road to My First Rodeo”
Tickets available at www.ABBtickets.com
the Lied To’s new album
May 12: The Lied To’s at The Commune Cafe in Newburyport, 8:00 pmm.
May 12: Three@Home (duo of Mary Casiello and Dann Russo) with openers Linda Marks and Terry Smith, at The Music Salon in Waltham, Massachusetts.
May 12: Dave B And Hot Shots playing Swing City in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dance lesson at 8:00 p.m. Band at 9:00 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1637277522974084/
Susan Cattaneo
May 12: Susan Cattaneo, Jim Guadet and The Railroad Boys at Old Sloop Coffeehouse in Rockport, Massachusetts at 7:30 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/349670865450919/
May 12: Granite State Meltdown, at Redhook Brewery, Redhook Way, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at 4:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1789051948058349/
May 12: Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson at Chan’s in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
May 12: Dave B And The Hot Shots,
May 12: Girls on Girls Tribute Band at Padavano’s Place
Abbie Barrett
May 12: Abbie Barrett, Lily Black, Burren Backroom, Somerville, Massachusetts, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/365000137336669/
May 12: Terminal Velocity at Princeton Station in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
May 12: Johnny Hoy And The Bluefish, CNOTE, Hull, Massachusetts.
May 15 Sonya Rae Taylor at Chianti Restaurant and Lounge Beverly, Massachusetts.
May 17: Mythical Beasts playing their third Thursday residence at The Sinclair, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
May 17: Billy Price, Menotomy Grill in Arlington, Massachusetts. https://www.facebook.com/MenotomyGrill/?hc_location=ufi
May 18: New England Blues Summit, continuing May 19th, and May 20th. The weekend event, to held at Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Featuring Monster Mike Welch, Cheryl Arena and Danielle Miraglia, Sam Gentile, others. https://www.facebook.com/NewEnglandBluesSummit/
May 18: Niki Luparelli and the Gold Diggers; Blonde Side Of The Moon, Burlesque set to Pink Floyd’s music. Oberon Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There is another show on May 19th. https://www.facebook.com/events/426055667865332/
May 18: Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers at Jasper Hill Café in Holliston, Massachusetts. www.jasperhillcafe.com
May 18: Hipshot Band playing at 39 West Restaurant And Lounge, Cranston, Rhode Island. www.hipshotband.com
May 18: Woodland Protocal at The Grog in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
May 18: Morgan Heritage @ Ocean Mist in Rhode Island.
May 18: Sugarcones, Facctones, Charlie Don’t Surf, A Bunch Of Jerks, at Midway Café, 3496 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8:00 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/182708172349141/
GrandEvolution CD Tell Me Why
May 19: GrandEvolution CD release show @ Tradesman in Milford
May 19: Stratospheerius @ Starlight in Southbridge, Massachusetts.
May 19: Ilene Springer, Stars- Hingham, Massachusetts. 9:00 p.m.
May 19: 9:00 p.m. THREE TRIBUTE BANDS – Mark Silva‘s Fair Warning, Nightshade & Gold, and Ronnie C.’s the BOSS at The C Note Hull – just $10.00.
May 19: Jesse And The Hogg Brothers, McGann’s in Boston, Massachusetts.
Boneshakerz
May 19: Boneshakerz, the Village Trestle, Goffstown, New Hampshire, at 8:00 p.m. The Boneshakerz head back to where it all started… The Village Trestle in Goffstown. This is where Rick King, mainstay for the Sunday jams, Scot Gibbs husband of Trestle co-owner Amberly Gibbs, and Angelo Mullen frequent jammer met Toronto native Paul Dickinson and decided to pool their talents. These guys are looking forward to coming back home and they will be ready to rock.
May 19: No Shoes Nation, playing at Stumble Inn in Londonderry, New Hampshire.
May 19: Plumfest Porch Music Festival, all over Plum Island, Plum Island, Massachusetts.
May 19: Gay Perkoski, Craftroots Brewing, Milford, Massachusetts, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
May 19: Acton Jazz Cafe 3rd Annual Reunion at The Chelmsford Center for the Arts 7:00 p.m. featuring BJ Magoon and Driving Sideways, and Stan Strickland and Phil Grenadier with The Phill Argyris Quartet.
Nicole Knox Murphy, Texas Pit
May 19: Nicole Knox Murphy, at the newly opened Shane’s Texas pit in Hampton, New Hampshire, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
May 19: AD/HD, Boobfest, Uncle Eddies, Salisbury Beach, Salisbury, Massachusetts.
May 18: Marc Ford, Mike Moore, Matt Zajac Band, Thunder Road Music Club, Somerville, Massachusetts. 7:00 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/858961980966095/
May 19: The Knock Ups, The State Of The Union, The New Frustrations, The Imposters at Midway Café, 3496 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. https://www.facebook.com/events/209083379841106/
Paul Costley
May 20: Yamica Cain-Peterson, Nate Comp, Paul Costley at Castaway, Dover, New Hampshire, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
May 20: Adam Ezra Group’s Annual Boston Hahbah Cruise, 2:00 p.m. On board the Provincetown II Boat. https://www.bandsintown.com/e/22109627?app_id=bit_facebook_tab&came_from=270
May 24: Bumpin Uglies @ Greasy Luck Brew Pub in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
May 24: Evan Goodrow Band, playing at Street Side At The Cabot, 286 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts, 8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1856199651337149/
May 24: Concord Main Streets Café, in Concord, Massachuset with Lori Zuroff, Molly Flannery and Bill McCormack
May 25: Veteran’s Benefit for Homeless Shelter For Homeless Vets; The Breakaway in Danvers, Massachusetts. Featuring the music of Hirsh Gardner, Rusty Coones, The Priest, and American Who Sensation. 6:00 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/181323589161352/
May 25: May 25: Clavis Brudon Band at The Village Trestle, Goffstown, New Hampshire.
May 25: Bruce Marshall at Jasper Hill Café in Holliston, Massachusetts. www.jasperhillcafe.com
Daybreakers debut album
May 25: The Daybreakers, The Peacheaters(Allman Brothers Tribute), Black Box Theatre, Franklin, Massachusetts.
May 25: Jennifer Mitchell Band, Olympus Pizza, 42 Allenstown Road, Allenstown NH
42 Allenstown Road Suncook NH 8pm
May 25: Whiskey Grim will be making our debut at Pit Road Lounge in Concord, New Hampshire.
May 25 & 26: Blackheart at Uncle Eddies, at Salisbury Beach, Salisbury, Massachusetts.
Ma7 26: Manchucka, Tower Hill Tavern, 263 Lakeside Ave., Laconia, New Hampshire. 9:00 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/150932862409012/
May 26: Brooks Hubbard & Paul Costley, British Beer Company, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 10:00 p.m. to midnight.
Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, Otis Doncaster
May 26: Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson at Nelson’s Candies in Wilton, New Hampshire.
May 26: R&B Dignity, J’s Tavern, Milford, New Hampshire, 8:00 p.m.
May 26: Anthony Geraci and the HipNotics at the City Winery Boston, Massachusetts.
May 26: Revolver playing at the Beverly Franco-American Club 8:00 p.m. No cover/non smoking room.
May 26: Cruchcoat, Tiger Bomb, Euphemia, at The Apohadion Theatre, 107 Hanover Street, Portland, Maine. 8:30 p.m. to midnight. https://www.facebook.com/events/1135073166633208/
May 27: Family Affair will be at The Grog for the Sunday Blues Memorial Day party, 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Enjoy the show, gentle readers.
