Henrie, Manning and Friends

Date: Friday, May 9th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: bluegrass
Price: FREE

Henrie, Manning and Friends is an acoustic trio playing high energy music in the bluegrass tradition. The band features the flatpicking guitar playing of Bobby Henrie, fiddling of Rick Manning and bass accompaniment of Doug Henrie. Bobby is best known to Ithaca music fans and dancers for his rockabilly and swing playing in Bobby Henrie and the Goners and Tres Swing. His musical roots are found in bluegrass music and the stylings of Doc Watson. Rick Manning and Bobby played for years together in Cornerstone, one of Ithacas favorite bluegrass and acoustic country bands of the 90s. Rick, perhaps best known as the waterfront trail guy, now plays fiddle and mandolin around town and the region for the Contradictions and the BowSox. Doug Henrie is well known for his bass playing in the Woodshed All Stars, Tres Swing, and of course in the Henrie Brothers with Bobby and other siblings.

Black Eyed Susies

Date: Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: Neo old-time and americana
Price: FREE

The Black Eyed Susies are an all-girl old-time/Americana string band from Trumansburg, NY. Jiamie Pyles (guitar), Leah Houghtaling (banjo) and Amelia Sauter (upright bass) have been lassoing audiences with their lonesome cowgirl tunes and exquisite three-part harmonies since February 2007. Blending old-time, americana and blues, their music sings of decades past, lost love, booze and morphine through both traditional tunes and originals. This all-girl band can croon, rock, sing the blues, make you laugh, make you cry, and make you thirst for some bourbon and a Miller High Life.

Toivo

Date: Friday, May 16th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Price: FREE

Toivo is an acoustic band from Trumansburg, N.Y. that plays the Traditional Dance Music of New York's Finger Lakes Region. The band consists of Richard Koski, button accordion; Jason Koski, mandolin; Jim Reidy, guitar; Stefan Senders, banjo; Harley Campbell, upright bass; and Annie Campbell, snare drum.

Liz Stahler and Namoli Brennet

Date: Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: pop-folky
Price: FREE

You've likely heard Liz before, singing her heart out at the piano or while strumming her guitar. She's developed quite a following with her catchy tunes. Stahler is like a more genuine Sheryl Crow. She is blessed with gold for a voice and a penchant for songwriting - she can seemingly tell a story with one syllable. www.lizstahler.com
Commanding. Intriguing. Unique. Her impassioned performances, punctuated by her quirky humor and enthusiasm, have won over fans all over the country. She's even got a song about Ithaca. This girl's gotta eat, and shes coming to your town. Now go feed the rock star. www.namolibrennet.com

Long John & The Tights

Date: Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: eltic, bluegrass, and northern square & contra-dance music
Price: FREE

Long John and the Tights is the latest in a distinguished line of old-time string bands from the Ithaca, New York area to receive national attention. John, Stefan, Jim and Randi present wonderful songs and dance tunes from the Southern Appalachian Mountains with the knowledge and respect gained from their many years of deep involvement with this age old musical idiom. The fiddle, banjo, piano, and tenor guitar blend together to create a sound that is innovative in its melodic complexity, fresh in its energy and solidly traditional in its drive and passion.

Jessica Flood

Date: Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Time: 7pm
Genre: eclectic mix of folk, blues, jazz
Price: FREE

Jessica Flood is a classically trained singer (and experienced stage actress) who boasts a fabulous vocal range. She can be sad and sultry, her voice brimming like a full glass of red wine. Or she can she can lash out, propelling piercing melodies into the blackness. She has the voice of an angel with one hell of a set of lungs. This music could be described as the "mix tape in Jessica's head," a significant departure from the hard rock of Missing Marcus for whom she is the lead singer. An eclectic mix of folk, roots and blues music, with a few jazz standards and modern rock gems thrown in, each song is an exploration of themes found throughout American popular music, from the Appalachian mountains down to the Mississippi delta.

Open Door Mission with June Drucker and friends

Date: Friday, May 30th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: old time
Price: FREE

All the way from east of the Bershire Mountains, it's June Drucker (fiddle), Shirley White (mandolin), and Ithaca's own Sally Freund (guitar) with special guests Amelia Sauter (doghouse bass) and Leah Houghtaling (banjo) of the Black Eyed Susies.

Julia Othmer

Date: Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Price: FREE

Jennie Stearns and her band

Date: Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: indie folk
Price: FREE

Jennie Stearns' new album, Birds Fall, has been a hit close to home in Ithaca and as far away as the U.K.and France. "A Lucinda weariness in her voice effectively contradicts the lightness of her singing." (Doug Lane, Freight Train Boogie). "Stearns' voice enters further forward and richer than it has ever been heard before." (Dirty Linen) "A voice that carries a lightly fractured beauty that can melt hearts while withholding enough grit to make her point when called upon." (Altcountrytab.com). Jennie will be joined by her band: Mike Stark (piano), Brian Dozoretz (upright bass), and Matt Saccuccimorano (drums).

Bayou Road Krewe

Date: Friday, June 13th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: cajun
Price: FREE

Aiden James

Date: Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: pop-folky
Price: FREE

Aiden James is a honey-voiced musician who is relatively new to the scene but who is already making his mark in the music world. He delivers soul and passion in every original song he performs. www.myspace.com/aidenjames

Gretchen Witt

Date: Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Price: FREE

Aceto, Lieberman and Shew

Date: Friday, June 27th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Price: FREE

Mary Lorson and Friends

Date: Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Price: FREE

Band'o: The Sillanpaa Family

Date: Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Price: FREE

Gregory Douglass

Date: Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: contemporary folk/rock/pop
Price: FREE

Gregory Douglass possesses the voice of an angel - an angel in league with a devil, who conspires to seduce you with beauty. His passionate amalgamation of contemporary folk, pop, and rock have been compared to Jeff Buckely, Tori Amos, Peter Gabriel, and Bjork. He has toured with They Might Be Giants, and been co-billed with Tracy Chapman, Third Eye Blind, Melissa Ferrick, Martin Sexton, and Michelle Branch to name a few. He is HOT. www.gregorydouglass.com.

Jan Bell and The Cheap Dates

Date: Friday, July 25th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Price: FREE