Hear Here for June 26 to July 2, 2009

FRIDAY

Club Helsinki: Chops & Sauerkraut w/ special guest Teddy Weber (9pm)

Guthrie Center: JoAnne Redding

Mahaiwe: Keller Williams (8pm)

Mission: Mieka Pauley, Jason Myles Goss (8pm)

Dreamaway Lodge: Bobby Sweet

Main St. Public House: Winged Heart Band

Castle St. Cafe: The BTUs

Mass MoCA: Roomful of Teeth

Iron Horse: Tribute to Steve Ferguson, founding member of NRBQ, featuring Al Anderson, Frankie Gadler, Joey Spampinato, Johnny Spampinato, and other musical guests with an opening set by The Spampinato Brothers (7pm)

Calvin: Madeleine Peyroux, Kelly Joe Phelps (8pm)

PACE: Emily Greene, Alex Bartlett, Elizabeth Colegrove (8pm)

Valentines: Mark Lind and the Unloved, Bulldog Courage, Morgan Knockers (8pm)

Caffe Lena: Frank Vignola Trio

Revolution Hall: Foy Brothers Band (CD release)

Tess' Lark Tavern: Lustre Kings (10pm)

SATURDAY

Club Helsinki: Helsinki Comedy Project featuring Seth Herzog (9pm)

Guthrie Center: David Roth

Bogies: Crankenstein

Sandisfield Arts Center: Victoria and her Empire: an evening of words and music w/ Ben Luxon and Simon Winchester (8pm)

Mission: Roz Raskin and the Rice Cakes, Alan Hague (8pm)

The Room @ Rebel Sound Records: Home Invasion, Legit, After the Fall, Speak of the Horse (7pm)

Dreamaway Lodge: Rev Tor (solo)

Castle St. Cafe: Wanda Houston Trio

Mass MoCA: Blonde Redhead

Iron Horse: Tribute to Steve Ferguson, founding member of NRBQ, featuring Al Anderson, Frankie Gadler, Joey Spampinato, Johnny Spampinato, and other musical guests with an opening set by The Spampinato Brothers (7pm) with Robbie Fulks

Caffe Lena: Aoife Clancy

Revolution Hall: Alive! Kiss tribute, Blackcat Elliot

Red Square: Karma's Army, Ganbwa, Object, Split 2nd Alibi, La Cosa Nostra, J-Ice (8pm)

Simon's Rock: Aston Magna Festival - "Celebrating Josef Haydn (1732-1809) and Bach," featuring Haydn's String Quartet Op. 33, No. 1 and "Arianna a Naxos," Bach's "Wedding Cantata" and Villa Lobos' "Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5." (6pm)

SUNDAY

PS 21 Chatham: Rod Ferrone (5pm)

Club Helsinki: Summer Song Search Finals (8pm)

Dreamaway Lodge: Steve Adams

Iron Horse: Evolution Trio featuring Doug Abrams, Alex Snydman, and Alec Derian - CD Release (7pm)

PACE: Who Shot Hollywood, Client 9, Fashion People and Bad Vibes (8pm)

Caffe Lena: Matthew Loiacono

Revolution Hall: Yonder Mountain String Band

Berkshire School of Music: The King & Queen of Klezmer Cookie Segelstein & Josh Horowitz (3pm, 413-442-1411)

MONDAY:

Club Helsinki: Steve Adams (7pm)

Mission: Adam Carroll, Owen Temple (8pm)

The Room @ Rebel Sound Records: Werewolves of Pittsfield, Frantic Onslaught, Alert, Use Your Head (7pm)

Iron Horse: Ryan Cabrera, The Kin (7pm)

TUESDAY

Colonial Theatre: PDQ Bach & Peter Schickele: The Jekyll & Hyde Tour (7:30pm)

The Room @ Rebel Sound Records: Dee Cracks, The Adorkables Johnie 3, The Prozacs (7pm)

WEDNESDAY

Valentines: The Jety Boys (8pm)

Live on the lake: Static

THURSDAY

Club Helsinki: Deafened By Love (8pm)

Albany Riverfront Park: The Village People (5pm)

First United Methodist Church: American Jazz Repertory Orchestra, plus local all-stars Charlie Tokarz, Gary Miller, Andy Kelly, and Vikki True. The two-part program will feature (1) vocal and instrumental selections from “the great American songbook,” plus (2) a tribute to the big-band era. Comprising first-chair musicians and top soloists from the NY area, The American Jazz Repertory Orchestra plays the original arrangements of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, and Stan Kenton. (7:30pm, berkshiresjazz.org)

Hear Here for May 29 - June 4, 2009

FRIDAY:
Helsinki: Mother Fletcher (9pm)
Monterey Store: Joel Schick (7pm)
Castle St.: the BTUs
Dream Away Lodge: Moonshine Holler
Dotties: Jesse Peters, Hub and Spoke Tour (7:30pm, dottiescoffeelounge.com)
Flavours: DPR and DREDI
Iron Horse: Poco, Craig Bickhardt (7pm)
Calvin: The Bangles, Antigone Rising featuring Shannon McNally (8pm)
PACE: Unofficial Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Preview Tour:Abi Tapia and Blue Moose & The Unbuttoned Zippers (8pm)
Elevens: Super SEcret Surprise Early Show with Super Secret Guest Act w/ Surprises & Nuclear Waste Management Club (featuring Peyton Pinkerton (Pernice Bros/Silver Jews)7-9pm
Elevens: The Angels Share, Bound to Stand, Mass Productions
Valentines: Pony in the Pancake (6pm, downstairs)
Valentines: Tribute: Hot Cousin plays the Ramones, Cosmo Vinyl's Army plays the Clash (7pm, downstairs)
Red Square: Yarn, Girls, Guns & Glory (8pm)
Revolution Hall: Blue Hand Luke, Twisted String Band, Ramblin Jug Stompers
the Linda: Duke Robillard Band (8pm)
Caffe Lena: James Lee Stanley & John Batdor (8pm)

SATURDAY:
Helsinki: The Big Takeover (9pm)
Guthrie Center: The Nields (guthriecenter.org, 528-1955)
Mahaiwe: Close Encounters With Music: Gala Performance: Mendelssohn/Franck (6pm)
Castle St.: Rob Putnam, Guitar; Rob Kelly, Piano; Jeff Stevens, trumpet
Dream Away Lodge: Freakwent Flyahs and 10 Minute Turns
Sandisfield Arts Center: The Mountain Laurel Band (7pm)
Flavours: Crankenstein
Iron Horse: The Spampinato Brothers, SPF-4 (7pm)
PACE: Steve Biegner Band (8pm)
The Room @ Rebel Sound Records: Blackouts (reunion), Petulant Child, Dead Aces, Shock Treatment (7pm)
Elevens: Eva Cappelli & the Watershops Band, Robert American's Little Brother
Brass Cat: Yucky Octopus, the Uncomfortables, The Excuses, Problem with Dragons, The Prozacs, Dennis Most and the Instigators and more (8pm)
Valentines: Katie Haverly and Vox Celeste, We are Jeneric, El Duke (9pm, downstairs)
The Egg, Steve Earle, Justin Townes Earle (8pm)
Red Square: Boyish Good Looks, The Ashbury, Public Noise Concern, Two Minutes Too Late (8pm)
Caffe Lena: The Dyer Switch Band (8pm)
Barrington Stage Company: Bacon Brothers (8pm)

SUNDAY:
Mixed Company: Mike and Ruthy, Chris Merenda (7pm)
Dream Away Lodge: Jack Waldheim
Elevens: The Uncomfortables, the Pathetics, Petulant Child
Northern Lights: Earth Crisis, Walls of Jericho, Reign Supreme, Unholy, Blood Stands Still
the Linda: Ne'imah Jewish Community Chorus (7pm)
Caffe Lena: The Greencards (7pm show sold out, may add a 9:30 show: 518-583-0022)

MONDAY:
Helsinki: Dominic Lydon (7pm)
Iron Horse: 5-Alone (7pm)
Valentines: No Use For A Name, Only Crime, Pour Habit (7:30pm, upstairs)

TUESDAY:
Iron Horse: Marcia Ball (7pm)
Elevens: Spouse residency

WEDNESDAY:
Red Square: Julius C, Apollo Run (8pm)


THURSDAY:
Helsinki: Chris Merenda & the Wheel (7pm)
Iron Horse: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys (7pm)
Pearl St.: Isis, Pelican, The Tombs
Alive at Five: Blues Traveler, Jim Weider's Project Percolator

Hear Here May 20/22 2009

Thurs May 21
3rd Thursday in Pittsfield!!!
hear

Friday May 22

Elevens
SLOWEST RUNNER, THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS,
DUST SAVIOR,
THE ACCIDENT THAT LED ME TO THE WORLD, - Play Try Try Try
HADOKEN

Main Street Public House
Hudson City Ramblers
Play Skeleton Dance

Dreamaway
Swati
http://myspace.com/swatilive
Play Stay

Mission
Seth Glier w/ Flynn
Play Gotta Get Away

Helsinki
Guy Davis
Play Frop Down Mama

Castle Street
Lee Shaw Duo, Piano

The Room at Rebel Sound Records
A Sign Before (reunion) - Play Poser
Mike Tierney solo
Matt Anish


Guthrie Center -- All Arlo all the time
Play Dust Storm Disaster from tribute to Woody 1996 performance at

the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

The Basement (noho)
The Wandas - everyday is as bad as Monday
The True Jacqueline
Lake Champagne



Saturday May 23


Rebel Sound Records
Peace Creeps
Mudlark
For the Worse

Brass Cat
Storm the Ohio
Play Proved you Wrong

Helsinki
KING WILKIE
Play Orange Creme Houses

Iron Horse
Momus, Melissa St. Pierre
Play Momus The Next Time
Play MSP Fig iii

Castle Street
Leo Russo Duo, Sax

Mass MoCA 10th Anniversary Ball
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Pricy
Play 100 days 100 nights

Dreamaway
Bobby Sweet
www.bobbysweet.com
Play who cares?

Mission
Adam Michael Rothberg
Play Not to Leave

Sunday May 24

Helsinki
A TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN

Flavours
Floyd Patterson Jr Band

Elevens
SHOW STARTS AT 9pm w/ KATYLAND
MYA ELAINE (Portland, Oregon) - Play This Train
w/ STEWART LEWIS {myspace.com/stewartlewis} (NY)/ BROOKE BROWN

SARACINO (www.myspace.com/brookebrownsaracino)/ BRANDEE SIMONE

(from Los Hijos Unicos)



Wednesday May 27

Montague Phantom Brain Exchange #18
Wednesday, May 27th, 9pm Five Bucks!
at the Rendezvous
78 3rd St
Turners Falls, MA 01376

Chris Corsano
Exusamwa
lecture by Dr. Abby Drake
DJ Angela Weirdo Sawyer
videos by Carrie Bren

Play Exusamwa - Faraway smile.mp3
http://happyninvalley.blogspot.com/ for more information

Hear Here for April 24 - 30

FRIDAY:
Club Helsinki: Frank Carillo & the Bandoleros (9pm)
Mahaiwe: Rufus Wainwright, Sloan Wainwright (8pm)
Main St. Public House: Abby Lappen (8:30pm)
Castle St.: BTUs
Dream Away Lodge: Rosewood Thieves
Mission: Jenee Halstead with Donovan Roberts (8pm)
Iron Horse: Junior Brown, The Lonesome Brothers (7pm)
Pearl St: Granola Funk Express, Elijah Divine, DJ megha (9pm)
The Elevens: Jackhammer Soul (7-10pm)
Hampshire College Tavern: Jets and snakes, the Government, boomsnake, hawaiian boyfriend (8pm)
21 center st. basemenet noho: Lord Jeff, prince rama of ayodhya, truman peyote (9:30pm)
Valentine's: The Erotics, Demons Alley, Hijinx, Roller Rockers (8pm)
Northern Lights: Tesla, The Leo Project, Damage
Red Square: Boombox, Peace Stormwind & Jeff Bujak (8pm)
Revolution Hall: goodship Offical Unofficial TNO Afterparty w/ the Jerks (back from japan + jenks), McGillicuddy
The Linda: Justin Townes Earle
Caffe Lena: Red Molly

SATURDAY:
Mahaiwe: Close Encounter With Music: Beethoven and Shostakovich (6pm)
Club Helsinki: The Overtakers (9pm)
Castle St.: Mike Schiffer Duo
Dream Away Lodge: Chris Merendia, Milton
Mission: Mark Erelli (8pm)
Rebel Sound Records: The Damaged, White Boys Can't Jump, This Name is Taken (7pm)
Iron Horse: The Nields (7pm)
Iron Horse: Gokh-Bi System (10pm)
The Elevens: Space Captain, Our Mothers are Gods, Color, The Devil's Moses
Valentine's: Machete, Problem with Dragons, Vermin Feast (9pm)
The Egg: Mark O'Connor (7:30pm)
Northern Lights: Burning Human, Skinless, Brick by Brick, Ashes of Atrocity, The Viking
Red Square: Psylab, Synewave (8:20pm)
Revolution Hall: Moon Boot Lover, Eric Margan and the Red Lions, Matt Durfee
Caffe Lena: Tom & Thomasina Winslow with Nick Katzman
Albany Sonic Arts @ Upstate Artists Guild: Corridors, Benny Nelson/Jay Sullivan, Delicate Sen (8pm)
Brass Cat: Angry Johnny and the Killbillies
Bistro 186: SPF-4

SUNDAY:
Club Helsinki: The Styx County Fair (8pm)
Iron Horse: Ponytail, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Rabbit Rabbit (8:30pm)
The Elevens: The Trials & Tribulations, Dame Satan (SF), Saint Solitude (NC), Sore Eros, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (ME)
Caffe Lena: Anais Mitchell

MONDAY:
Club Helsinki: Yellow House Jazz Band (7pm)
The Elevens: Bunnys A Swine, Whoreafrost, Technoir MA, The Static, Amargosa
Valentine's: Hjertestop, Anal Warhead, Reagan's Still Dead (7pm)

TUESDAY:
Iron Horse: Sara Walkins of Nickel Creek, Brooke Brown-Saracino (7pm)
Northern Lights: Gavin Rossdale, Endless Hallway
Red Square: Ninja Academy (8:20pm)

WEDNESDAY:
Iron Horse: Allan Holdsworth Trio (7pm)
Rendezvous (turners falls): QFWFQ Duo, K Olive McKeon (+Lily Gold), Kate Rainy, Gerald Clark III
Valentine's: The Deadbeats (10pm)
Northern LIghts: Family Force 5, 30H!3, The Maine, Hit the Lights, A Rocket To the Moon

THURSDAY:
Iron Horse: Smokin' Joe Kubek Band featuring Bnois King (7pm)
Valentine's: The Dirties, The Whack Jobs (9pm)
Northern Lights: Eve 6, Young and Divine, Last Minute Letter
Red Square: Sugarproof, Deja (8pm)