More than 125 concerts, open mics and jam sessions slated for October through mid-November 2008 appear in this installment of the Long Island AcoustiCalendar. In addition to a lot of talented homegrown talent, touring artists of note visiting Long Island include Freebo (Oct. 3), Eilen Jewel (Oct. 5), Iain Campbell Smith, Lucy Kaplansky, John Sebastian and David Grisman (Oct. 11), Magpie (Oct. 17), Lara Herscovitch (Oct. 18), Chad & Jeremy and Paul Geremia (Oct.24), Livingston Taylor (Oct. 25), Susan Werner (Nov. 1), Terence Martin (Nov. 2), Jud Caswell and Ken Whiteley (Nov. 7), Mary McCaslin and Mustard’s Retreat (Nov. 9), and Shawn Colvin (Nov. 14). [To see the detailed calendar listings, click on the headline.]

With the advent of fall, live music on Long Island moves back indoors and many of the region's monthly folk and acoustic music concert series start anew. The Folk Music Society of Huntington launches its 40th anniversary season. Acoustic Long Island in St. James debuts a new format. The Fifth Annual Port Jefferson American Music Festival features a number of acoustic artists. And in Brooklyn, the 11th Annual Park Slope Old-Time & Bluegrass Jamboree features a day and a half of workshops, jamming and concerts of traditional American music. More than 100 concerts, open mics and jam sessions slated for September through early October 2008 appear in this installment of the AcousticMusicScene.com's Long Island AcoustiCalendar. [To see the detailed calendar listings,...

Summer is in full swing on Long Island, with lots of outdoor concerts and festivals. Indoor concerts, open mic nights and jam sessions also abound. Warm weather and some hot acoustic music remain in the forecast. Click on the headline for a run-down of nearly 150 summertime acoustic music happenings from Brooklyn to the East End.

Warm weather and some hot acoustic music are in the forecast for Long Islanders this summer, including a number of outdoor concert series and festivals. More than 125 concerts, open mics and jam sessions set for June through mid-July appear in this installment of the Long Island AcoustiCalendar. [To see the listings, click on the headline.]

A lot of good live acoustic music is on tap for Long Island listeners during May. Siobahn Quinn and Michael Bowers, a talented Virginia-based duo, play the Garden Stage in Garden City on May 2. The Folk Music Society of Huntington brings four truly gifted emerging artists (Joe Crookston, Anthony da Costa, Lindsay Mac and Randall Williams) to the Congregational Church in Centerport on May 3 as part of the Falcon Ridge Preview Tour (See the article about the tour that graces AcousticMusicScene.com’s home page). Canadian singer-songwriter Garnet Rogers makes a return visit to the University Café in Stony Brook on May 4. Top-notch Philadelphia-based father and son acoustic blues and roots duo Beaucoup Blue perform...

Spring has sprung. Crocuses are blooming. But it’s not just the birds that are singing. Throughout Long Island – from Brooklyn to the Hamptons and many places in between –a growing number of singer-songwriters, song stylists and other acoustic musicians are strutting their stuff in concerts, jams and open mics. In addition to a lot of homegrown talent, notable touring artists like Greg Brown, Tom Chapin, Jerry Douglas, Arlo Guthrie, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Colin Hay, Garnet Rogers, The Roches, SONiA & Disappear Fear, Cheryl Wheeler, Dar Williams, and Jack Williams visit during April and May. So too do such emerging talents as Joe Crookston, Anthony da Costa, Lindsay Mac and Randall Williams (together...

You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy Irish music. And there will certainly be a lot of opportunities to hear some “reel” good tunes and ballads this month in the run-up to St. Patrick’s Day. In addition to some fine music being performed by local artists, a number of talented touring artists visit our Isle this month. Of particular note are the performers on the bill for the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Phil Ochs Song Night that kicks off the month on March 1; Celtic fiddler Eileen Ivers at Bay Shore’s Boulton Center for the Performing Arts and Cathie Ryan, the former lead singer of Cherish the Ladies, at Port Washington’s Landmark on...

"The nights were long and cold and scary; can we live through February?" That's a question posed by Dar Williams in her song "February" from her 1998 release, Mortal City. Indeed, we can. Although it may be bitter cold out at times, Long Islanders can find plenty of good, live acoustic music indors to help warm our hearts and souls. In addition to a number of talented local artists, you are bound to love the sound that the gifted and eclectic young Canadian duo known as Twilight Hotel (a highlight of both the 2007 Shelter Valley Folk Festival in Ontario and the AcousticMusicScene.com Showcase at NERFA in Monticello last fall) makes in Babylon on Valentine's Day, while talented...

The new year gets off to a good start on Long Island, musically speaking , with a number of talented local and touring artists slated to perform at venues in Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn and Queens. Visiting artists include Wisconsin-based singer-songwriter johnsmith (Jan. 4 in Garden City), Maine's Jud Caswell and Massachusetts' Chris O'Brien on an "emerging artists" double-bill (Jan. 5 in Centerport), husband & wife duo The Kennedys and singer-songwriter Ellis Paul (Jan 6 and 20, respectively, in Stony Brook) , eclectic indie singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco (Jan. 17 in Huntington), New England's well-traveled troubadour Bill Staines (Jan.18 in Garden City). The iconic Richie Havens and Jorma Kaukonen (Jan. 18 and 24, respectively, in Bay Shore),...

Caroling, Handel's "Messiah" sing-ins and stagings of "The Nutcracker" may dominate the musical landscape in December. However, local and touring artists also ensure us that there is some fine acoustic music in the offing. [To see the listings for December, as well as some listings for January 2008, click on the headline].

With dozens of concerts, coffeehouses, jam sessions and open mics scheduled throughout Long Island this month, acoustic music fans have reason to give thanks. You can “elect” to go out and hear some veteran local artists who have been plying their craft on LI for years and/or such touring artists as Paul Geremia, Patty Larkin, Tom Rush and Hans Theessink. [To see the calendar listings for November and select listings for the first half of December 2007, click on the headline].

While the outdoor festival season on Long Island begins to draw to a close in September, there will be plenty of good live acoustic music to enjoy indoors this fall. A listing of more than 100 concerts, coffeehouses, jam sessions and open mics that are scheduled in September and October follows. A number of acoustic music happenings during the first half of November also are included. [To see the listings, click on the headline].