With dozens of concerts, coffeehouses, jam sessions and open mics scheduled throughout
Note: A number of LI-based artists and the creators of AcousticMusicScene.com will be heading up to Monticello, New York over Veteran’s Day Weekend for the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference. Information on that will be posted elsewhere.
Thursday, 11/1
Caroline Doctorow and Rorie Kelly, singer-songwriters, "Live in the Lobby" series at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts, Main Street, Patchogue. 7 p.m. $10.
Bennett Harris, acoustic blues, Bar-BQ,
Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream, Freddy’s Bar & Backroom,
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a penchant for positive music and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 p.m. No cover.
Friday, 11/2
Blacklisted and Banned — electro-acoustic, politically charged offshoot of LI’s rockin’ senior-citizen blues band, The Defibrillators — are featured performers, along with a poet, at the monthly Peacesmiths Coffeehouse, 25 Broadway (Route 110), Amityville. 8:30 p.m. until very late. $7 donation (includes healthful punch and munchies). For more information, call Judy at 516-285-9005 or Margie at 516-796-6651.
Island SongwritersShowcase, featured artist followed by an open mic, Border’s, Jericho Turnpike, Syosset. 8 p.m. Those wishing to perform must sign up at 7:30 p.m. Free.
Cathy Kreger, LI singer-songwriter, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 pm. No cover.
Bernice Lewis, singer-songwriter, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West,
Live at the Lyceum features bluegrass bands The Wiyos and The Second Fiddles, Brooklyn Lyceum,
Saturday, 11/3
Patty Larkin, a guitar-focused singer-songwriter, performs as part of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturdays Series, Congregational Church of Huntington,
Sunday, 11/4
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange weekly music series features Jen Chapin and Rachel Loshak, Brooklyn Lyceum,
Free Grass Union, bluegrass and old-timey mountain music, Fadelay’s Deli Pub,
Priscilla Herdman, The Bryant Library,
The Homegrown String Band, LI’s Jackofsky family plays old-time country music inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, Brentwood Public Library,
Joe Jencks, gifted and soulful touring troubadour with a deep voice and a strong social conscience (with Helena Nash), Long Island Center for Yoga, 107 East Main Street, Babylon. 7 p.m. $15. 631-853-5445.
Sloan Wainwright, sister of Rufus, aunt of Rufus and Martha, and a talented singer-songwriter in her own right, performs for the Sunday Street Acoustic Music Series at the University Cafe,
Little Toby Walker, 2002 International Blues Challenge winner and finger-pickin’ good Delta blues and ragtime guitarist, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley. 2-3:30 p.m. (www.friends-arts.org). 631-399-1511, ext. 240. $2 for adults; $1 for seniors and students.
Monday, 11/5
Open Mic, hosted by Dave Drew, Bartini’s,
Tuesday, 11/6
Back Roads Trio, bluegrass, Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/7
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Tim Blane, Boston-based acoustic rocker, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
An evening of traditional Irish music and dancing, Ceol,
Thursday, 11/8
The Klezmatics, Brooklyn Lyceum,
Friday, 11/9
Jonathan Kalb, blues guitarist, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West,
Saturday, 11/10
LI singer-songwriter David Bailey and engaging LI folk pop duo Princess Peapod share a bill for The Eclectic Cafe at the Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk,
Tom Rush, gifted singer-songwriter and well-known folk troubadour, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-967-1101. $35.
Sunday, 11/11
Folk Jam & Sing-Along sponsored by the Folk Music Society of Huntington – a monthly gathering for mostly amateur musicians and those who love to sing, during which everyone joins in on songs primarily from the book “Rise Up Singing” – Huntington Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington. 1-5 p.m. Free.
Free Grass Union, bluegrass and old-timey mountain music, Fadelay’s Deli Pub,
Finger-pickin’ good blues guitarist Little Toby Walker and European acoustic bluesmaster Hans Theessink help mark the Long Island Blues Society’s 10th Anniversary with a special concert at the University Cafe,
Monday, 11/12
The Moonshiners String Band,
Open Mic, hosted by Dave Drew, Bartini’s,
Wednesday, 11/14
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Johnny Cuomo, LI-based folk-rocker with a Celtic twist, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Thursday, 11/15
Greg Klyma, a folk troubadour with a rock n’ roll heart from Buffalo, joins New England artists Ryan Fitzsimmons and Tom Bianchi (a former LIer) for a return engagement at Fadelay’s Deli Pub, 422 West Main Street (Route 27A), Patchogue. 8 p.m.
Cathy Kreger, LI singer-songwriter,
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a penchant for positive music and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 p.m. No cover.
Friday, 11/16
Zoe Lewis, Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society,
Friday, 11/16 – Sunday, 11/18
Eisteddfod-NY, annual traditional music festival (featuring concerts, workshops, a ballad swap, an open stage and more) presented by the Folk Music Society of NY Inc./New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club, at The Renaissance Charter School, 35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights, Queens. (www.eisteddfod-ny.org). 718-965-4074. All-festival pass is $75 (if booked by Nov. 6), $85 at the door. Daily and concert-only tickets also available.
Saturday, 11/17
Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Cafe features Patti DeRosa (a
Joe Iadanza, LI-based singer-songwriter, The Cup Coffeehouse, 2268 Railroad Avenue, Wantagh. 8:45 p.m. $2 to sit or $1 added to food bill.
Lucy Kaplansky, one of the finest female vocalists on the contemporary folk scene today, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-967-1101. $35.
Sunday, 11/18
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange features Jen Chapin, KJ Denhert and Debbie Deane, Brooklyn Lyceum,
Free Grass Union, bluegrass and old-timey mountain music, Fadelay’s Deli Pub,
Greg Trooper, singer-songwriter, performs in the intimate setting of the Finch Mountain House Concerts in Babylon (LI’s own Tim Dillon opens), 3 p.m.; pot-luck supper at 2 p.m, bring a dish to share. $20 donation. For reservations and more information, call 631-661-1278.
Monday, 11/19
Open Mic, hosted by Dave Drew, Bartini’s,
Tuesday, 11/20
Stuart Markus, Rachel’s Watersie Grill, 281 Woodcleft Avenue, Freeport. 6 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/21
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Kerry Kearney, veteran LI bluesman, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Stuart Markus, LI-based singer-songwriter, Marino’s Remedies Cafe, 95 E. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 8:30 p.m.
Friday, 11/23
Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts, Brooklyn-based jug band, Barbe’s,
Saturday, 11/24
Cathy Kreger, LI singer-songwriter, Elijah Churchill’s, 1031 Route 25A,
Stuart Markus, LI-based singer-songwriter, Treehouse Cafe, 1833 Sunrise Highway, Merrick. 10 p.m.
Pat Wictor (rootsy singer-songwriter, song stylist and lap-style slide guitarist) and Danny Bakan (Toronto-based Americanadiana singer-songwriter and clawhammer-style banjo player) play The Song Box in Seaford. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Since this is part of an intimate series of shows held in a recording studio at a private residence, seating is limited to about 35 and advance reservations are necessary. Send an e-mail to songbox@optonline.net or call 516-579-5365. A pot-luck buffet is served during the break between performers.
Sunday, 11/25
Free Grass Union, bluegras, Fadeley’s Pub, 422 W. Main Street (Route 27A), Patchogue. 4:30 p.m. No cover.
Monday, 11/26
Dayna Kurtz, Americana singer-songwriter, Barbe’s, 376 Ninth Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Wednesday, 11/28
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by a featured performer, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Thursday, 11/29
Cathy Kreger, LI singer-songwriter,
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a penchant for positive music and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 p.m. No cover.
Friday, 11/30
Paul Geremia, veteran country bluesman, brings his finger-picking and slide-style guitar playing to the Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.bsec.org). 718-768-2972. $15.
Stuart Markus, LI-based singer-songwriter, Marino’s Remedies Cafe, 95 E. Hoffman Avenue, Levittown. 9 p.m.
Open Mic, hosted by Joseph Ady, The Coffee Beanery, 12 Indian Head Road, Kings Park. 7:30 p.m.
Coming Up in December
(Editor’s Choices denoted in boldface type)
Saturday, 12/1
Vance Gilbert, one of the most talented and witty singer-songwriters on the folk circuit today, performs for the Folk Music Society of Huntington at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport (just off Route 25A). 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an hour-long open mic at 7:30, for which prospective performers must sign up before 7:15 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $20; $15 for members.
Sunday, 12/2
Free Grass Union, bluegras, Fadeley’s Pub, 422 W. Main Street (Route 27A), Patchogue. 4:30 p.m. No cover.
The Pines, a new Minneapolis-based "goth folk" duo whose music combines roots, blues and indie-rock, Sunday Street Acoustic Series at The University Cafe, Stony Brook Union Building at Stony Brook University. 2 p.m. (www.universitycafe.org). For reservations and addition information, send an e-mail to SundayStreet WUSB@aol.com or call 631-632-1093. $15; $10 for students.
Dar Williams, one of today’s top contemporary folk singer-songwriters, Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn 8 p.m. $30; $35 at the door.
Tuesday, 12/4
Back Roads Trio, bluegrass, Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 9:30 p.m.
Stuart Markus, LI-based singer-songwriter, Rachel’s Waterside Cafe, 281 Woodcleft Avenue, Freeport. 6 p.m.
Wednesday, 12/5
Holley Anderson, feminist folksinger performs during the annual Green Party holiday party, Pisces Cafe, 14A Raidlroad Avenue, Babylon. 7 p.m.
Thursday, 12/6
Open Mic, featuring singer-songwriters and spoken word, The Perch Cafe, 365 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation.
Friday, 12/7
"Dedicated to Susan Blake," a special open mic tribute, also featuring invited musical guests Katherine Congdon (NYC singer-songwriter) and Andy Greenhouse (NYC guitarist-composer), at Peacesmith’s monthly Topical, A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry & Whatever Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway (Route 110), Amityville. 8:30 p.m. until very late. $7 donation (includes healthful punch and munchies).
The Dreamsicles (harmonic duo of Tom Prasada-Rao and Cary Cooper), Garden Stage at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue, Garden City. 8 p.m. (www.uuccn.org). $15.
Jacque Dupree, one of the lead vocalists of Casselberry/DuPree, who describes her music as "gospelized folk on the verge of country," The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West,
Island SongwritersShowcase, featured artist followed by an open mic, Border’s, Jericho Turnpike, Syosset. 8 p.m. Those wishing to perform must sign up at 7:30 p.m. Free.
Open Mic, hosted by Joseph Ady, The Coffee Beanery, 12 Indian Head Road, Kings Park. 7:30 p.m.
Hank Stone, LI-based singer-songwriter, Pisces Cafe, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon. 8 p.m. No cover.
Saturday, 12/8
Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts play jug band, old time, tin pan alley, early jazz and blues music, Barbe’s, 376 Ninth Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Anthony da Costa, a gifted, up-and-coming 16-year-old singer-songwriter from Pleasantville, NY; and Abbie Gardner, a talented 30-something singer-songwriter and dobro player, who also is part of Red Molly, the NY-based Americana trio, perform as a duo for The Eclectic Cafe at the Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. 8:30 p.m. show is preceded by an hour-long open mic at 7:30 p.m. $10.
2007 has proven to be quite a good year for da Costa. He wowed the crowd at this summer’s Huntington Folk Festival, was the overwhelming audience favorit among emerging artists at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (earning a spot in next year’s Most Wanted Song Swap), was a winner in the prestigious 2007 Kerrvile "New Folk competition, showcased at the Folk Alliance conference in Memphis and was the subject of much postive buzz at NERFA. A prolific songwriter, he has penned more than 100 songs, ranging from heartfelt ballads like "Ain’t Much of a Soldier" to the amusing and topical "Poor, Poor Pluto."
Gardner may be best known as part of Red Molly. However, she also has recorded solo albums, including last year’s Honey On My Grave; does swing dance gigs with her dad, jazz painist Herb Gardner, and his band; and joins other artists, like da Costa, on occasion. Gardner – whose wide-ranging musical repertoire reveals the influence of blues, bluegrass, old-timey, folk and torch songs – was a Northest finalist in the 2006 Independent Music World Series, a 2006 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival New Song Contest finalist, and a 2004 John Lennon Songwriting Contest winner.
Mid-Island Song Crafters, features unsigned LI artists singing original songs, The Conklin Barn, 2 High Street (at New York Avenue/Route 110), Huntington. 5 p.m. For more information, advance tickets, or to perform, call Jennifer Ostrowsky at 516-567-8353. $9 + canned goods for distribution to the needy during the holidays.
Sunday, 12/9
LI bluesman Bennett Harris leads an acoustic trio (with bass and fiddle), Longwood Public Lirary, 800 Middle Country Road, Middle Island. 631-924-9090. Free
Nerissa & Katryna Nields, two harmonizing sisters from Western Massachusetts make wonderful music together as they tour in support of their new release, Sister Holler, Sunday Street Acoustic Series at The University Cafe, Stony Brook Union Building at Stony Brook University. 2 p.m. (www.universitycafe.org). For reservations and addition information, send an e-mail to SundayStreet WUSB@aol.com or call 631-632-1093. $20; $15 for students.
Wednesday, 12/12
Aztec Two-Step, the harmonious, folk-rockin’ duo of Rex Fowler and Neal Schulman’s annual holiday season visit to The Brokerage, 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore, is always a treat. 8:30 p.m. $30.
Thursday, 12/13
Open Mic, featuring singer-songwriters and spoken word, The Perch Cafe, 365 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation.
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a penchant for positive music and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grille, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 p.m. No cover.
Friday, 12/14
LI bluesman Bennett Harris, Jesse’s Roadhouse BBQ, 1810 Merrick Road, Merrick. 8:30 p.m.
Mike & Ruthy (Michael Merenda & Ruth Ungar, acoustic roots duo who also are part of The Mammals, Barbe’s, 376 Ninth Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Phil Minissale, the "Long Island Blues Boy," is the featured act at the Grounds and Sounds Cafe, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook, Nichols Road, just north of Route 347. (www.groundsandsounds.uufsb.org). Show begins with an open mic at 8 p.m.; Minissale performs at 8:45 p.m. $10.
Open Mic, hosted by Joseph Ady, The Coffee Beanery, 12 Indian Head Road, Kings Park. 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, 12/15
Bob Westcott’s Annual Holiday Revue, a benefit concert for the Folk Music Society of Huntington, features talented LI singer-songwriters and musicians Tim Dillon, Dee Harris and Cathy Kreger, Hard Luck Cafe, Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport. (www.fmshny.org). 631-661-1278. 8 p.m. (no open mic tonight). $10; $7 for members.
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