Traditional Irish Music & $3 Guinness (20oz) ALL NIGHT!

Concert with Ed & Neil Pearlman - Highland Soles

Ed is one of America's finest fiddlers in the Scottish and Cape Breton styles. His playing was heavily influenced by the Cape Breton community in Boston and by native Scots players he brought to town while he was performer and director of the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club from 1981 to 1999.  Ed is a popular fiddle instructor in Portland and elsewhere; in October, he taught and performed in Scotland at the Blazin Fiddles traditional music camp.  Ed and his son Neil perform in their family band, Highland Soles.  Neil, a talented multi- instrumentalist in his own right, will join Ed on the piano and mandolin.  Neil has not only played Scottish music all his life, but also plays piano in the jazz quartet, Indigo For Now.

Seisún (session) is a tradition throughout Ireland, in the town Pubs, where musicians, who are often patrons, gather in a large circle and acoustically perform the traditional music of Ireland. Seisún takes place right here at Blue each and every Wednesday evening around 9:00 P.M. If you have not experienced it, come down to the Blue, have a Guinness and treat yourself!

Beaux de l’air  

Beaux de l'Air is a cabaret groove/jazz band out of Portland, Maine. Formed early in 2006, Beaux's music is groovy, often danceable, with dramatic and lyrical songs incorporating a variety of styles. One song remakes the 1910 song “let me call you sweetheart” with a funk groove, and has a quiet, sultry rap of the original verses over a drum break that segways into a trumpet melody. Other songs spoof styles, be it a hip-hop song rapping about Marx and Baudelair in “Cynic”, or an overdramatized and humorous narration of family craziness and pollution in the cabaret disco-tango-swing tune “Mercury”. The music incorporates elements from the 1930s and 40s, swing, latin, New Orleans, Eastern Europe, and tango, often using harmonic minor melodies over hip grooves that change from hip-hop, afrocuban, swing, tango to afropop.

Delta Blues legends Tommy Johnson, Robert Johnson, and Petey Wheatstraw were all said to have sold their souls to the devil in exchange for their exceptional musical abilities. Now, we're not saying that Samuel James sold his soul to the Devil... but we're not NOT saying that either.

Erin Sprinkle

Erin Sprinkle is a local to Portland.  She's been playing for about five years, but just started to seriously invest in writing her own music and in performing.  The Style of music could be described as acoustic/folk/blues. She hopes to create a moody and introspective atmosphere with her voice, guitar, and some assistance from friend Nick MacDonald and his mandolin.

Okbari

Okbari performs multi-instrumental original music inspired by the Middle Eastern, Turkish, and Indian traditions. They also present traditional and classical pieces from these traditions, as well as new interpretations of percussive pieces from Eastern Europe and South India. Okbari’s music is largely inspired by the poetic traditions of Turkey and Persia, and is lyrically based on works from these areas. Okbari is Amos Libby and Eric LaPerna. Amos is a disciple of Vidwan Vasudev Rao of Bangalore, India, and a student of oud virtuoso Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian of Bath, Maine. Eric is a student of renowned Lebanese percussionist Michel Merhej Baqlouq. Okbari performs on the oud, bouzouki, doumbek, riqq, tabla, ney, mridangam, and several other instruments from around the world.

Lauryn Hottinger is a New England native, fresh from recording her first independent album. Her introspective, poetic style projects classic images seen from a refreshingly new prospective. She takes the artistry of the female acoustic soloist to a different place. Her music draws the listener in with its personal style. The crisp emotion in her voice is accompanied by fluid, determined acoustic guitar. She weaves a tapestry of experience that tell tales of veiled uncertainties with a musical maturity beyond her years. A new music to open the mind. A new face that is turning heads.

Sara Gillis
BLACK EAGLE: Native Cherokee Name
Genre: Native/folk acoustic.  She has only been playing guitar and Writing songs for a little over a year.  She draws on her Cherokee heritage to enhance and breathe life into the songs she sings. She incorporates vision/life experience and a whole lot of heart and soul into her music. She has been inspired by all the musicians and artists she has met in the Portland community and is thrilled to perform at Blue and share her music.                
~Chintowa Black Eagle

Jazz Standards and more. Jazz guitar, saxophone and keyboards, The Jeff Scott Trio, a very talented collection of passionate jazz musicians, will dazzle you with their brilliant renditions of your favorite jazz standards. Don’t miss this show!