On tour now with the Folk Arts Quartet! Check it out! 19 year old Jenna Moynihan is quickly making a name for herself in the fiddle world. A native of Lakewood, New York, she grew up playing Scottish and Cape Breton traditional folk music, and has since branched into a variety of different folk traditions [...]
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NOMINATE BLUE!
It’s that time of year again…The Portland Phoenix Best Of Nominations have begun. http://contests.thephoenix.com/thebest/portland/2012/noms/arts#cat10268
READ MORE »JAZZ AT THE BLUE featuring MARK TIPTON’S Tip o’ the Hat Series | Saturday, January 21, 2012 | 10PM
Mark and his fearless Trio present the First Installment in their “Tip ‘O the Hat” Series at BLUE, Portland’s most intimate music venue. First Set: Each month, Mark pays homage to a late great musician who has a profound influence his Musical Life and Personality. (FYI - Not all musicians chosen are associated with Jazz!) [...]
READ MORE »Sean Mencher & His Rhythm Kings | Saturday, January 21, 2012 | 8PM
Sean Mencher and His Rhythm Kings play classic 1950′s style Rockabilly music. These guys put on a lively show…a guaranteed great time! http://www.jumpingfrom6to6.com/itvmencher.htm
READ MORE »Chris Trapper | Friday, January 20, 2012 | 8PM
DON’T MISS THIS SHOW…Not only a great musician but a humorous entertainer! CHRIS TRAPPER began his career as the front man for late–90’s alternative rock band THE PUSH STARS (Capitol Records). With four CD releases and several high profile national tours – including a run with Matchbox Twenty – The Push Stars served to establish Chris [...]
READ MORE »Matt Meyer & The Gumption Junction | Friday, January 20, 2012 | 10PM
Join Portland’s Handsomest Band™ as they play their inimitable blend of old time mountain music, new roots, and sea shanties. ALWAYS A GREAT TIME! Like them on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Matt-Meyer-and-the-Gumption-Junction/140085522688090
READ MORE »Luke Mulholland Band | Thursday, January 19, 2012 | 10PM
The Luke Mulholland Band (blues/rock) was formed in fall 2007 and, over the past couple of years, has toured extensively alongside rock legends Dickey Betts, Blue Oyster Cult and Blues Traveler to name a few. As Berklee graduates in May 2011, Luke and the band have begun touring full time with an immediate focus on [...]
READ MORE »Kristen Marlo | Thursday, January 19, 2012 | 8PM
American songwriter Kristen Marlo began singing before she could talk, and hasn’t stopped since. She is a classically trained vocalist and self-taught guitarist, but also an accomplished composer and lyricist. Inspiration for her prolific songwriting comes from passion for new experiences; her work covers the full range of human emotion, from love and lust to [...]
READ MORE »MSA In The Round | Thursday, January 19, 2012 | 6PM
Doug Kolmar, Adam Nordell, and Phil Daligan take this stage for this months MSA In the Round GOUG KOLMAR: It’s not everyone who can write a song combining elements as diverse as Hurricane Katrina, a taxi driver, Acadian culture, and quantum physics set to a jzzy bossa-nova beat, but Doug Kolmar pulls it off smoothly. [...]
READ MORE »Castlebay - “Robert Burns, The Man, The Myth, and The Music” | Wednesday, January 18, 2012 | 7:30PM
A concert of music and lore, will be presented on this Wednesday at 8pm at Blue. The duo Castlebay (Julia Lane & Fred Gosbee) are two accomplished vocalists who accompany themselves with Celtic harp,12-string guitar, fiddle, and woodwinds. Romantic love ballads, robust drinking songs, and moving humanistic anthems from the pen of Burns will be interspersed [...]
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