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Southern New England Indigenous Music

Calenders and Listings

Musi-Cal Concert Search

Folknotes, Sounding Board's Newsletter

CTFOLK.COM

WPKN Amazon Women's Calender

Pollstar

WUMB Boston Calender

Providence Journal Club Calender

WFUV New York Calender

Dirty Linen Gig Page

Dirty Linen Concerts in Connecticut

CTNOW Nightlife

The New London Day Entertainment

Acorn Online Southwest Connecticut Events

Open Mike Online

CT Central Music

Tim's Concert Listings

Hartford Advocate Music

New Haven Advocate Music

Mohegan Sun

Foxwoods

Acoustic Live / New York

The Phoenix: Boston, Worcester, Providence, Manchester, Portsmouth or Portland

Boston Globe Calender

New England Musical Scrapbook

Elevator Music, New Haven, CT

Tribes Hill


Great Places to Hear Live Music in Western Connecticut


Infinity Hall, Norfolk, CT

The Space, Hamden, CT

The Palace Theatre, Waterbury, CT

The Warner Theatre, Torrington, CT

Fairfield Theatre Company, Fairfield CT

Northwest Park, Windsor, CT

Roaring Brook Nature Center, Canton, CT

U. of Hartford, Music for a Change Series, West Hartford, CT

Acoustic Cafe, Bridgeport, CT

Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford, CT

The Sounding Board, West Hartford, CT

hear at the HOME, New Haven, CT

SONO Caffeine, Norwalk, CT

Westport Arts Center

Nights at the Beekley, New Hartford, CT

Groovin' in New Fairfield, New Fairfield, CT

Jitter's Club/Coffee House, Southington, CT

Acoustic Celebration, Ridgefield, CT

Ridgefield Folk at the Library, Ridgefield, CT

Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT

Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT

Dittos at Bohemian Pizza, Litchfield, CT

GW Tavern, Washington Depot, CT

Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook/ Newtown, CT

Crown and Hammer Restaurant, Collinsville, CT

Molten Java, Bethel, CT

Roots Music Coffee House, Danbury, CT



Great Places to Hear Live Music in Eastern Connecticut


The Vanilla Bean, Pomfret, CT

Cheney Hall, Manchester, CT

First Friday Coffeehouse, Norwich, CT Arts Council

Bean and Leaf, New London, CT

Rain Desert Cafe, Danielson, CT

Bank Street Cafe, New London, CT

El-N-Gee Club, New London, CT

Hygenic Art Park, New London, CT

The Steak Loft, Mystic, CT

Oasis Pub, New London, CT

CT Audobon Center, Glastonbury, CT


Great Places to Hear Live Music in Western Massachusetts


Iron Horse Music Hall, Northhampton, MA

U'n'I Coffeehouse Springfield, MA

PACE, Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, MA

Mocha Mayas, Shelburne Falls, MA


Great Places to Hear Live Music in New York


Town Crier Cafe, Pawling, NY

Watercolor Cafe, Larchmont, NY

Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY

Irvington Town Hall, Irvington, NY

The Friends of Music, The Mansion Series, Middletown, NY

Steven Talkhouse, Amagansett, L.I., NY

Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, Westhampton Beach, L.I., NY



Great Places to Hear Live Music in Eastern Massachusetts


Fox Run House Concerts, Sudbury, MA

Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA

Club Passim, Cambridge, MA

Green Rooster Coffeehouse, Worcester, MA

Natick Center for the Arts, Natick, MA

List of Venues in Boston, MA



Great Places to Hear Live Music in Rhode Island


Stone Soup Coffeehouse, Pawtucket, R.I.

Peeptoad Coffeehouse, Foster, RI

Common Fence Coffeehouse, Portsmouth, RI

Chan's Eggroll and Jazz, Woonsocket, RI

Blackstone River Theatre, Cumberland, RI

Greenwich Odeum. East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Lupo's at the Strand, etc, Providence, RI

AS220, Providence, RI


Great Places to Hear Live Music in Northern New England


Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH




2010 Outdoor Folk and Roots Music Festivals

Dirty Linen's Festival Index
Complete Listing
Festival Finder
Another Index
NEFFA Festival , Natick, MA,
April 23-25, 2010
Daffodil Festival, Meriden, CT
April 24-25, 2010
Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival, Darlington, MD
May 7-9, 2010
Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerrville, TX
May 27-June 13, 2010,
Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival, Strawberry Park, Preston, CT
June 3-6, 2010
Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival
June 5, 2010
Boston Folk Festival
June 6, 2010
Blast From The Bayou Cajun Festival, Strawberry Park, Preston, CT
June 10-13, 2010
Roots on the River 2010, Fred Eaglesmith Weekend, Bellows Falls, VT
June 10-13, 2010
Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT
June 12-26, 2010,
Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
June 19-20, 2010
New Bedford Summerfest
July 3-4, 2010, best value in a folkfest
Great Blue Heron Music Festival
July 2-4, 2010, Sherman, NY
Sailfest, New London, CT
July 9-11, 2010, free of charge, great fireworks display on saturday night
Solarfest, Middletown Springs, VT
July 16-18, 2010
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Oak Hill, NY
July 15-18, 2010
Green River Balloons and Music Festival, Greenfield, MA
July 16-18, 2010
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hillsdale, NY
July 23-25, 2010
Floyd Fest, Floyd, VA
July 22-25, 2010
Champlain Valley Folk Festival, Ferrisburgh, VT
July 30 - August 1, 2010
Podunk Bluegrass Festival, East Hartford, CT
August 5-8, 2010
Litchfield Jazz Fest, Kent, CT
August 6-8, 2010
Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI
August , 2010
Sono Arts Celebration, South Norwalk, CT
August 7-8, 2010
Philadelphia Folk Fest, Schwenksville, PA
August 20-22, 2010
Great Waters Folk Festival, Wolfeboro, NH
August 2010
Rhythm and Roots, Charlestown, RI
September 3-5, 2010
Twin Angel Folk Festival, Southington, CT
September 11, 2010
Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo, New Haven, CT
September 10-12, 2010
Providence Sustainability Festival
September 2010 ?,




2009 Outdoor Summer Music Series


Esker Point Concerts, thursdays, Groton, CT, (look under Groton events)

Cookin' at McCooks Park in Niantic, CT,

Willimantic Street Festival, third thursdays, Willimantic, CT

Blues on the Beach, wednesdays, Westerly, RI

Lowell Summer Music, Lowell, MA

Music on The River, mondays, East Haddam, CT

Jonathan Edwards Summer Music, thursdays, North Stonington, CT

Chirp in Ridgefield, CT

Litchfield CT Concerts on the Green

Other things to do while in Litchfield, CT



Favorite Online streaming music


Grassy Hill Radio, Lyme, CT

WFUV, Fordham University, New York

WUMB, UMASS Boston

Folk Alley, Kent State, Ohio

WXPN, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

KEXP, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

WERS, Emerson College, MA

KUT, Univ. of Texas, Austin,

WWOZ, New Orleans and Louisiana Music Radio

My LaunchCast Station; Scroll down to Member Search and enter cmalik@sbcglobal.net

Links to streaming news and information worldwide via my homepage




Some music is for dancing


Hartford Community Dance

Contra Dances in SouthEastern New England

The Dance Gypsy

Arn Burkhoff's Cajun Zydeco Events Listing

Gary Hayman's Zyd-EMagic Cajun/Zydeco Music & Dance Site

CONNtra CONNection Contra Dances in Connecticut



A few of the musicians that I admire and enjoy

Lara Herscovitch
Songwriting with conscience and consciousness, CT's State Troubadour
Deb Pasternak
superior songwriting and then some, true genius
Anais Mitchell
beautiful voice, moving and wordly lyrics
Fruit
Synergy redefined, Mel Watson is extraterrestrial
Jonathan Byrd
Extraordinary songwriting
The Be Good Tanyas
talent from Vancouver
Keb Mo
wow
Kathleen Edwards
edgy for a pop artist
Beth Orton
mind expanding
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
synergy
The Waifs
style
Po Girl
a little of this and a lot of that
The Duhks
multi faceted
Crooked Still
potential....
The Mammals
high energy
Leona Naess
moving
Kasey Chambers
brilliant
Sheila Nicholls
packs a message
The Wailin Jennys
harmonious canadian trio
Fred Eaglesmith
genius with a lexicon
Erin McKeown
amorphous
Dave Alvin
rock on
Deb Talan
half of the weepies
Ellen McIlwaine
EW come home
Kris Delmhorst
Powerful songwriting, very endearing performer
Jeffrey Foucault
One to watch
JP Jones
Prolific songwriter with a message
Trina Hamlin
Trina is not to be missed, sweetest, most resonant voice on the scene
Kreg Viesselman
Heartful songwriting, booming voice, and incredible performance intensity
Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem
This music feels good. Rani Arbo is genuine.
Girl Howdy
Four women play high energy Honky Tonk, Southern New England style
Patty Griffin
Tremendous talent, wide range of styles and emotions
Lori McKenna
Great writer, unique voice
Jen Chapin
soulful, compassionate, complex
Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman
chemistry
Merrie Amsterburg
should tour more!!
Marci Geller
altogether rich pleasing vocals and songwriting
Hickory Project
My pick for old time/bluegrass band of the century
Nils Lofgren
Should need no introduction
Ruthie Foster
get grounded
Adrian Belew
Yo
The Figgs
faster and louder
Greg Brown
never get enough greg
John Gorka
witful genius
Peter Mulvey
should be a lot more popular
Jessica Owen
Multi talented, at least as good as Jessica Schoenberg
Joel Cage
great musician and human being
David Massengill
Unique
Dana Robinson
multi-instumentalist troubadour with a strong positive vibe
Lui Collins
a whole 'nother dimension of beauty
Wendy Wall
powerful
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart
effervescence redefined
Laura Veirs
gentle voice and ecothemes
Emiliana Torrini
innovative
James McMurtry
keep on writing!

Zydeco Hogs
le bon temps roulez

The Slug Nickel Band
5 piece rocking jam band
The Reducers
my nominee for CT State Band, sorry NRBQ
NRBQ
New Rhythm and Blues Quartet
Ninth Wave
Surf Music is alive and well in CT
Buddy and Julie Miller
country western sound, but breaks all the rules
Edie Carey
Be a poet about it
Abigail Washburn
unique voice, cross cultural sound, also tours with Sparrow Quartet and Uncle Earl
Eddie Vaan Shaw Jr.
Great electric guitar player from Chicago, plays with his father's band Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang
Kate Callahan
fresh and gifted
Brian Webb
inspirational writer and performer
Bruce Cockburn
very few come close to his talent
Richard Thompson
if folk rock music had a king.....
Margo Hennebach
currently part of Mad Agnes, and formerly Madwoman in the Attic
Judy Hyman
great violinist, resume includes the Horseflies
Bayou Brethren
CT Cajun Dance band with 2 fine violin players
Jerree Small
watch out for jerree
Ani DiFranco
Ani says it all
Kristin Cifelli
up and coming
Eliza Gilkyson
impressive
Antje Duvekot
unique
Jonatha Brooke
half ot The Story
Johnsmith
positive message, great voice, great human being
John Cale
Unofficial site: Fear is a Man's Best Friend (Don't accept the xupiter plugin!)
Sonny Landreth
high energy electric guitar
Railroad Earth
high energy
The Rivergods
a whole lotta talent, a whole lotta band
Darin Keech and the Band of Humans
If I only had a .............manager
Rachel B. Davis
star potential
Santa Mamba (formerly Planet Groove)
High energy, very danceable, and extraordinary musicians
Stephanie Fix
Watch out for Stephanie: oustanding newcomer at Falcon Ridge in 2003, a truly great lyricist and vocalist





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