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Josh “FunnyFlips” Filipowski is a contributor to The Howard Stern Show (SiriusXM) & The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Jokes (Alpha/Penguin), has been on NBC’s Today in LA and Law & Order, and recently hosted The Boston Local Music Festival.

He’s the creator of March Comedy Madness (64+ comedian annual tournament to benefit the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation), The Quadrennial Comedy Games (formerly the Comedy Olympics), and the Comedy Speakeasy (The World’s first online comedy club).

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Playing Blue Album!

Playing Pinkerton!

Probably playing Island In The Sun too!

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Clandestine:

Clandestine is a high-energy instrumental funk band that uses improvisation to create a unique show every time. On-the-fly communication and improvised solos are a couple of the tools Clandestine uses to bend their music as they see fit in the moment. If you want to dance, or if you want to listen carefully, Clandestine is the band for you.

The womps:

Funky New England-formed fusion jam band The Womps is a band that’s unique in its innovations, and familiar in its roots of the old jam scene.

Divide and Conquer has called them a band with “craftsmanship, filled with love and good ole-fashioned elbow grease.” The Womps communicates with other musicians and audiences what they term “a strive to make each show unique through collective improvisation, soaring harmonies and engaging songwriting.”

Leaders of The Womps Jason Lilly (drums, guitar, and vocals) and Kailey Zercher (violin and vocals) are performers who inspire performers of all ages to become, like themselves, “their own creators, no matter what others tell them is or isn’t possible.”

Treat yourself to great jazz by acclaimed vibist, pianist, drummer, and composer, Ed Saindon.

Music will include the Great American Songbook, mainstream jazz, and original compositions. Saindon is one of the country’s leading vibraphonists, influenced by pianists stretching from Fats Waller and Art Tatum to the present. He is known for developing and refining a “pianistic style,” using four mallets to play the vibraphone and marimba.

In 1972 Saindon entered Berklee College of Music, first studying drums with renowned drummer Alan Dawson, then switching to piano and vibraphone under the tutelage of seven-time Grammy winner, vibist Gary Burton.

Saindon has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, Brazil, Mexico, and Japan. He has played and/or recorded with Fred Hersch, Dave McKenna, Louie Bellson, Dave Liebman, Herb Pomeroy, Ken Peplowski, Warren Vache, Kenny Werner, Mick Goodrick, Peter Erskine, Jeff Hamilton, Howard Alden, Dick Johnson, Marvin Stamm, Michael Moore, and others. His CDs include: “Swing on the Sunnyside”, “Depth of Emotion”, and “Key Play”.

In additional to performing, recording, and composing, Saindon is passionate about music education. He has taught at Berklee since 1976. He also has written several articles in leading publications including Downbeat and the Percussive Arts Society’s magazine, Percussive Notes. And he has authored several books including a four-volume series, The Complete Guide to Improvisation and Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist.

About the Seacoast Jazz Society

The Seacoast Jazz Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in New Hampshire, dedicated to providing education, community outreach, jazz appreciation, scholarships for young artists, performances, and events. To become a member or join the mailing list go to:

https://www.seacoastjazz.org.

Treat yourself to great jazz by acclaimed vibist, pianist, drummer, and composer, Ed Saindon.

Music will include the Great American Songbook, mainstream jazz, and original compositions. Saindon is one of the country’s leading vibraphonists, influenced by pianists stretching from Fats Waller and Art Tatum to the present. He is known for developing and refining a “pianistic style,” using four mallets to play the vibraphone and marimba.

In 1972 Saindon entered Berklee College of Music, first studying drums with renowned drummer Alan Dawson, then switching to piano and vibraphone under the tutelage of seven-time Grammy winner, vibist Gary Burton.

Saindon has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, Brazil, Mexico, and Japan. He has played and/or recorded with Fred Hersch, Dave McKenna, Louie Bellson, Dave Liebman, Herb Pomeroy, Ken Peplowski, Warren Vache, Kenny Werner, Mick Goodrick, Peter Erskine, Jeff Hamilton, Howard Alden, Dick Johnson, Marvin Stamm, Michael Moore, and others. His CDs include: “Swing on the Sunnyside”, “Depth of Emotion”, and “Key Play”.

In additional to performing, recording, and composing, Saindon is passionate about music education. He has taught at Berklee since 1976. He also has written several articles in leading publications including Downbeat and the Percussive Arts Society’s magazine, Percussive Notes. And he has authored several books including a four-volume series, The Complete Guide to Improvisation and Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist.

About the Seacoast Jazz Society

The Seacoast Jazz Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in New Hampshire, dedicated to providing education, community outreach, jazz appreciation, scholarships for young artists, performances, and events. To become a member or join the mailing list go to:

https://www.seacoastjazz.org.

All Ages

All Ages

A band consisting of Cody Nicolas on usually 2 guitars, Jonathan Hape on most all of the drums, and Donovan Hill on a bass or two.

After 7 years and a brief hiatus in the late ’10’s, the band has shared the stage with Circa Survive, Explosions In The Sky, Maps and Atlases, Dawn of Midi, Chon, and Basement.

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About Showmen’s Rest

Fronted by Portland guitarist Jimmy Dority and backed by ex-members of the Seacoast’s own Tan Vampires (Mike Effenberger and Nick Phaneuf), Showmen’s Rest have cultivated a “garden” of songs expressing love and hope, alienation and despair, and the gray area between it all.

About North Village

North Village was born from the embers of the Seacoast Last Waltz Project, as singer/songwriter Martin England discussed starting a new band with Last Waltz bassist Greg Glasson and guitarist/singer Tristan Omand after one of their rehearsals. The trio was joined by drummer Rick Habib and keyboardist Jay Cohen in the spring of 2022, and the quintet set out to arrange, rehearse and record many of England’s compositions he’d penned. Lyrically, the songs are steeped in the fires of love and loss but reek of resilience and joy. Musically, these arrangements range from inspired, frenetic jams to super-focused melodic tapestries, pulling in various influences by The Band, the Allman Brothers, Uncle Tupelo, John Prine, and the Grateful Dead. North Village will record its debut album in the winter 2022-23, and release it sometime in the early summer of 2023.

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Formed in 2014 by Moe Pope and producer The Arcitype, STL GLD’s powerful message and exhilarating live show has quickly earned them the reputation as one the most exciting bands to come out of New England.

On the surface, they are a Hip Hop band. However, through their captivating performances, STL GLD (pronounced STILL GOLD) blends elements of Hip Hop, Rock, Punk, and Cinematic Orchestra together for an unforgettable experience.

Because of this, STL GLD were crowned winners of “Live Artist of the Year” at the 2018 Boston Music Awards and “Boston’s Best Band” by Improper Bostonian in the same year.

Their sophomore album ‘Torch Song’ (BMAs “Album of the Year” in 2017) paved the way for an exciting year for the band, getting to share the stage with the likes of Eminem, Khalid, and The Roots.

Their third studio album, ‘The New Normal’ continued the band’s evolution, allowing them to set new precedents by building collaborations with the Museum of Fine Arts and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

“Ultimately, The New Normal epitomizes deftly executed rap yet still relies heavily on the insular creative visions that STL GLD become synonymous with. Unveiling it at the Museum of Fine Arts was a move that made sense — the album is a masterpiece in its own right.” – Candace McDuffie, Vanyaland

When the pandemic struck, the band was knees-deep into creating their fourth studio album. With the inability to share the same space together for some time, and the world changing around them so dramatically, so did their album. Inspired by the fierce and emotional determination exhibited by John Boyega following the murder of George Floyd, Pope found a kindred spirit in the actor, sharing the same anger and frustration with the world’s continual mistreatment of people of color. The toll this takes on his mental health became the centerpiece of this album, and the inspiration from Boyega fueled his will to fight for balance; the title ‘Rock Boyega’ was born.

“I went looking for peace,” says songwriter M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger about his new album Quietly Blowing It, out June 25, 2021, on Merge Records. “It’s not exactly a record about the state of the world—or my world—in 2020, but more a retrospective of the past fi ve years of my life, painted in sort of impressionistic hues. Maybe I had the presence of mind when I was writing Quietly Blowing It to know that this was the time to go as deep as I needed to in order to make a record like this. And I got the time required in order to do that.” He pauses and laughs ruefully. “I got way more time than I needed, actually.” Quietly Blowing It was written and arranged by Taylor in his home studio—his 8’ × 10’ sanctuary packed fl oor to ceiling with books, records, and old guitars—as he watched the chaotic world spin outside his window. “Writing became a daily routine,” he explains, “and that was a ballast for me. Having spent so much time on the road over the past ten years, where writing consistently with any kind of fl ow can be tricky, it felt refreshing. And being in my studio, which is both isolated from and totally connected to the life of my family, felt appropriate for these songs.”

Between March and June, Taylor wrote and recorded upwards of two dozen songs—in most cases playing all of the instruments himself—before winnowing the collection down and bringing them to the Hiss band. In July, the group of musicians, with Taylor in the production seat, went into Overdub Lane in Durham, NC, for a week, where they recorded Quietly Blowing It as an organic unit honed to a fine edge from their years together on the road. “We all needed to be making that music together,” he recalls. “We’ve all spent so many years traveling all over the world, but in that moment, it felt cathartic to be recording those particular songs with each other in our own small hometow n.”Throughout Quietly Blowing It, Taylor brings his keen eye to our “broken American moment”—as he first sang on Hiss Golden Messenger’s critically acclaimed, GR AMMY®-nominated Terms of Surrender—in ways that feel devastatingly intimate and human. Beginning with the wanderer’s lament of “Way Back in the Way Back,” with its rallying cry of “Up with the mountains, down with the system,” Taylor carries the listener on a musical journey that continually returns to themes of growing up, loss, obligation, and labor with piercing clarity, and his musical infl uences—including classic Southern soul and gospel, renegade country, and spiritual jazz—have never felt more genuine. Indeed, Quietly Blowing It is a distillation of the rolling Hiss Golden Messenger groove, from the rollicking, Allman-esque “The Great Mystifier” to the chiming falsetto soul of “It Will If We Let It,” to the smoky, shuffl ing title track with its bittersweet guitar assist from Nashville legend Buddy Miller. The album ends with soulful lead single “Sanctuary,” a song about trying to reconcile tragedy and joy, with references to John Prine (“Handsome Johnny had to go, child…”), economic disparity, and the redemptive quality of hope.

Indeed, when he sings, “Feeling bad, feeling blue, can’t get out of my own mind; but I know how to sing about it,” it feels like the album’s spiritual thesis. Throughout Quietly Blowing It, Taylor reckons with the tumultuous present in wholly personal terms, encouraging listeners to do the same. “These songs always circle back to the things that I feel like I have a handle on and the things that I’m not proud of about myself. When I think of the phrase ‘quietly blowing it,’ I think of all the ways that I’ve misstepped, misused my gifts, miscommunicated. ‘Born on the level, quietly blowing it.’ That’s what’s on my mind there. Always fuckin’ up in little ways.”Surrounding himself with a trusted cast of collaborators that includes Miller, songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov, songwriter and Tony Award–winning playwright Anaïs Mitchell, multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman, Dawes’ brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith, and his oldest musical confidant Scott Hirsch, Taylor has made his most audacious and hopeful work yet with Quietly Blowing It; it’s an album that speaks personal truth to this moment in which the old models of being feel broken and everything feels at stake. “I don’t know that the peace that I crave when I’m far from home exists, actually,” says Taylor. “It’s more complicated. I still don’t know what peace means for me, because I can be sitting on the couch watching a movie with my family and be completely tangled up in my head. But if I keep on doing my own personal work on myself—writing records like Quietly Blowing It—I have to think that I’m getting closer.”

“I went looking for peace,” says songwriter M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger about his new album Quietly Blowing It, out June 25, 2021, on Merge Records. “It’s not exactly a record about the state of the world—or my world—in 2020, but more a retrospective of the past fi ve years of my life, painted in sort of impressionistic hues. Maybe I had the presence of mind when I was writing Quietly Blowing It to know that this was the time to go as deep as I needed to in order to make a record like this. And I got the time required in order to do that.” He pauses and laughs ruefully. “I got way more time than I needed, actually.” Quietly Blowing It was written and arranged by Taylor in his home studio—his 8’ × 10’ sanctuary packed fl oor to ceiling with books, records, and old guitars—as he watched the chaotic world spin outside his window. “Writing became a daily routine,” he explains, “and that was a ballast for me. Having spent so much time on the road over the past ten years, where writing consistently with any kind of fl ow can be tricky, it felt refreshing. And being in my studio, which is both isolated from and totally connected to the life of my family, felt appropriate for these songs.”

Between March and June, Taylor wrote and recorded upwards of two dozen songs—in most cases playing all of the instruments himself—before winnowing the collection down and bringing them to the Hiss band. In July, the group of musicians, with Taylor in the production seat, went into Overdub Lane in Durham, NC, for a week, where they recorded Quietly Blowing It as an organic unit honed to a fine edge from their years together on the road. “We all needed to be making that music together,” he recalls. “We’ve all spent so many years traveling all over the world, but in that moment, it felt cathartic to be recording those particular songs with each other in our own small hometow n.”Throughout Quietly Blowing It, Taylor brings his keen eye to our “broken American moment”—as he first sang on Hiss Golden Messenger’s critically acclaimed, GR AMMY®-nominated Terms of Surrender—in ways that feel devastatingly intimate and human. Beginning with the wanderer’s lament of “Way Back in the Way Back,” with its rallying cry of “Up with the mountains, down with the system,” Taylor carries the listener on a musical journey that continually returns to themes of growing up, loss, obligation, and labor with piercing clarity, and his musical infl uences—including classic Southern soul and gospel, renegade country, and spiritual jazz—have never felt more genuine. Indeed, Quietly Blowing It is a distillation of the rolling Hiss Golden Messenger groove, from the rollicking, Allman-esque “The Great Mystifier” to the chiming falsetto soul of “It Will If We Let It,” to the smoky, shuffl ing title track with its bittersweet guitar assist from Nashville legend Buddy Miller. The album ends with soulful lead single “Sanctuary,” a song about trying to reconcile tragedy and joy, with references to John Prine (“Handsome Johnny had to go, child…”), economic disparity, and the redemptive quality of hope.

Indeed, when he sings, “Feeling bad, feeling blue, can’t get out of my own mind; but I know how to sing about it,” it feels like the album’s spiritual thesis. Throughout Quietly Blowing It, Taylor reckons with the tumultuous present in wholly personal terms, encouraging listeners to do the same. “These songs always circle back to the things that I feel like I have a handle on and the things that I’m not proud of about myself. When I think of the phrase ‘quietly blowing it,’ I think of all the ways that I’ve misstepped, misused my gifts, miscommunicated. ‘Born on the level, quietly blowing it.’ That’s what’s on my mind there. Always fuckin’ up in little ways.”Surrounding himself with a trusted cast of collaborators that includes Miller, songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov, songwriter and Tony Award–winning playwright Anaïs Mitchell, multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman, Dawes’ brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith, and his oldest musical confidant Scott Hirsch, Taylor has made his most audacious and hopeful work yet with Quietly Blowing It; it’s an album that speaks personal truth to this moment in which the old models of being feel broken and everything feels at stake. “I don’t know that the peace that I crave when I’m far from home exists, actually,” says Taylor. “It’s more complicated. I still don’t know what peace means for me, because I can be sitting on the couch watching a movie with my family and be completely tangled up in my head. But if I keep on doing my own personal work on myself—writing records like Quietly Blowing It—I have to think that I’m getting closer.”

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Hailing from all corners of the country, Kind Hearted Strangers began in the foothills of Colorado – where an impromptu open mic performance by songwriter Marc Townes quickly evolved into something much bigger. With genre bending improvisations from lead guitarist Kevin Hinder and bassist/vocalist Ace Engfer, KHS has become a dynamic full band capable of bridging the gap between all out rock n’ roll and their harmony-driven acoustic roots.

The latest addition of Nashville drummer Eggy Gorman sees the band growing into a road-driven force, hungry for live music, delivering high-energy rock shows across the country.

Their debut record “East // West” (2021) digs into the places they’ve come from and explores the places they’re going to, with a diverse sound that reflects the broad influences each member brings to the band.

Recorded in Denver, CO by Todd Divel of Silo Sound, mixed in Richmond, VA and mastered in Seattle, WA – the album shares a wide-ranging influence and perspective on the relationships we have with one another and the places we call home.

Album #2 is due in Spring of 2023 and features a collaboration with visual artist/painter Dylan Lynch. Recorded Live in Richmond, VA on August 20th, the process of this record featured an accompanying Art Exhibition and a live audience.

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Crown Jules is a six piece R&B and Soul outfit performing the classics of Motown, Stax and Muscle Shoals with just the right blend of contemporary hits. This band delivers a tight, high energy set sure to get you out of your chair and on the dance floor.

Composed of some of the seacoasts finest veteran musicians and fronted by the powerhouse vocals of Jules Eatmon, Crown Jules is a sure fire crowd pleaser and a performance you won’t want to miss.

Crown Jules is Jules Eatmon on vocals, Jim Dozet on guitar, Nick Phaneuf on bass, Chris Sink on keys, George Laliotis on drums and Carrie Boeing on back-up vocals

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Albino Mbie is a multi award-Winning Musician, Guitarist, Singer, Composer, Sound Engineer, Music Producer, and a Berklee College of Music Professor in Boston. He was born in Kamubukwane District, Bairro George Demitrove, well known as Benfica, in the suburbs of Maputo, Mozambique, the capital city of Mozambique, a country in Southern Africa known for its rich musical and cultural heritage. Fueled by the resourcefulness and determination that have always characterized Mozambicans, he built his first guitar at age 15 from a 5-liter can of oil, scrap wood, and strings made from electrical cords. He moved to the US to attend Berklee College of Music in 2009, being among the first Africans awarded a full tuition scholarship via the Berklee African Scholars Program. In 2013, he graduated with a dual major in Music Production & Sound Engineering and Guitar Performance and dual minors in Acoustics and Electronics. Since then, he has shared his

Mozambican roots—music, dance, culture, and native languages enriched by the experience of living and studying in the US with the rest of the world. During the years, he learned to combine rhythmic patterns and musical concepts to create a unique Marrabenta, Nikatche, Afro-Pop, and Moz-Jazz sound.

His passion for travel, discovery, experimentation, to be an active touring musician allowed him to share the stage with godfathers of American jazz, such as Wayne Shorter, Joe Lovano, John Patitucci, and more, as well as African giants such as Richard Bona, Jimmy Dludlu, Mulatu Astatke and many more.

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*This is a general admission show. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. *

Hailing from the Atlantic coastline of Rhode Island, Will Evans has spent the last decade as the frontman for the New England-based Roots Rock outfit Barefoot Truth. After four albums and 50+ million streams on Pandora & Spotify, he embarked on his solo journey—and has since released three additional full-length albums and traveled the U.S. & Europe several times over.

Showcasing his skills as a multi-instrumentalist, Evans displays technical mastery of live-looping in his shows that include the didgeridoo, steel drums, percussive beatboxing, acoustic guitar, and layers of soulful vocals.

His album “Rise” was nominated for three categories by the New England Music Awards: Album of the Year, Roots Act of the Year, and Video of the Year. The album features deeply personal topics of humanity, compassion, and a reflection of the current political times.

While promoting the album, he toured extensively with his friend, mentor, and fellow conscious-roots musician Trevor Hall, performing for sold-out crowds across North America and Europe. Shortly after returning to the U.S., he recorded a full-length live album for Sugarshack Sessions and also released ‘The Summer Swell,’ a 3-song live EP, as well as a new summer-vibed single: “Lean In.”

ENVIRONMENT, HOPE, AND INCLUSION

A lifelong surfer and environmentalist, Evans’ songs speak to the importance of connecting with—and protecting–the earth. At a time when so many are looking for words of inspiration and reassurance, his songs deliver messages of family, love, hope, and inclusion.

Will Evans has shared the stage with many top artists, including Crosby & Nash, Grace Potter, Bruce Hornsby, Rusted Root, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Trevor Hall, Xavier Rudd, Donavon Frankenreiter, Six60, Ryan Montbleau, Railroad Earth, and members of Dispatch.

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*All tickets are general admission, seating is available on a first come, first serve basis.*

AJ Lee and Blue Summit made their first appearance in Santa Cruz in 2015. Led by singer, songwriter, and mandolinist, AJ Lee, the bluegrass band has performed all over the world, but finds home in California’s Bay Area. In 2019, they released their debut album, Like I Used To. Their second full length project, I’ll Come Back, came out August 2021 – with national touring in support of the record ongoing.

Unlike their first record, which featured experimentation with session musicians and electric instruments, the new project is a pure reflection of the live sound of the group, hearkening back to their acoustic roots. Each band member performs at their peak, and the variety of songs on the record caters to their broad fanbase. Certain tracks (“Put Your Head Down,” and “Faithful,”) fall more in the classic bluegrass realm of songwriting, while others (“Lemons and Tangerines,” and “I’ll Come Back,”) fall into that hard-to-define realm of acoustic Americana that blends mesmerizing lyricism and acoustic mastery.

Although falling loosely under the bluegrass label, AJLBS generally plays sans banjo, with Sullivan Tuttle and Scott Gates on steel stringed acoustic guitars, AJ on mandolin, Jan Purat on fiddle, and Chad Bowen on upright bass – a configuration effectively used to create unique space and texture in the arrangements not as commonly found in the music of their peers. Drawing from influences such as country, soul, swing, rock, and jam music, the band uses the lens of bluegrass as a vessel through which to express and explore the thread that binds and unifies all great music.

Members:

AJ Lee, lead vocals, mandolin

Scott Gates, guitar

Sullivan Tuttle, guitar

Chad Bowen, bass

Jan Purat, fiddle

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Over the course of seven studio albums and countless shows around the world, keyboardist Marco Benevento has amassed a devoted fanbase, while drawing praise from tastemakers far and wide. Los Angeles Times has written, “it’s safe to say that no one sees the keyboard quite like Marco Benevento’s genre-blind mashup of indie rock, jazz and skewed improvisation,” while NPR Music raves that Benevento combines “the thrust of rock, the questing of jazz and the experimental ecstasy of jam,” and Rolling Stone praises “the textures and colors available in his keyboards and arsenal of manipulated pedals and effects along with his deceptively rich, catchy melodies and straight-ahead grooves.”

Indeed, Marco Benevento’s music covers a wide swath of ground, seemingly connecting the dots in the vast space between LCD Soundsystem and Leon Russell, His songwriting is smart and earthy, yet simultaneously pulsating with dance rock energy. Benevento’s high energy live shows—fronting a three-piece band currently comprised by bassist Karina Rykman and drummer Chris Corsico—have led to numerous high profile appearances, ranging from Carnegie Hall to Pickathon. In the studio, he’s collaborated with the likes of Richard Swift (The Shins, Nathaniel Rateliff), Leon Michels (Lee Fields, Freddie Gibbs) and Simone Felice (The Felice Brothers, The Lumineers) among others.

On his latest album, simply titled, ‘Benevento,’ the Woodstock, NY-based artist dives deep down a psych funk rabbit hole, reimagining the current Zeitgeist of these troubled times through surrealistic optimism and the pure joy of an irresistible groove on tracks like “At The End Or The Beginning,” “Winter Rose” and “Do You Want Some Magic?”

“Benevento jams with a concentration on the textures and colors available in his keyboards and arsenal of manipulated pedals and effects. His songs feature deceptively rich, catchy melodies and straight-ahead grooves that expand with subtle mounting gestures.” – Rolling Stone

“A musician so original that he can ultimately only be judged against his own standard.” -All Music

“Reminiscent of Dr. John’s New Orleans psychedelia and piano chops with a hint of Father John Misty’s general coolness, Marco Benevento brings something very unique to the modern pop world.” – The Wild Honey Pie

“Benevento continues to straighten his twisted sound into the guise of an indie-rock singer-songwriter, harnessing his inventive sonic palette into rewardingly bite-size pop songs that touch on disco and soul.” – LA Times

“Marco Benevento is one of the most talented keys players of our time.” – CBS

“Benevento’s colorful, improvisational, piano-based compositions stretch so wide and cover so much sonic ground that the idea of genre seems quaint. Very quietly, he has been evolving into one of the most vital figures in jazz or rock or post-jazz or post-rock or—all of music.” –Kansas City Pitch

“Imaginative at heart, Benevento demands you to be too when engaging with his work. Otherwise, you probably are missing out on something special. Driven to experiment with chords and melodies with the intention of getting a little dirty along the way, Benevento’s collisional approach is refreshing and absolutely delightful.” – Consequence of Sound

“A vocalizing party-starter, Benevento extrudes sinister balladry and hustling disco beats.” – Village Voice

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Over the course of seven studio albums and countless shows around the world, keyboardist Marco Benevento has amassed a devoted fanbase, while drawing praise from tastemakers far and wide. Los Angeles Times has written, “it’s safe to say that no one sees the keyboard quite like Marco Benevento’s genre-blind mashup of indie rock, jazz and skewed improvisation,” while NPR Music raves that Benevento combines “the thrust of rock, the questing of jazz and the experimental ecstasy of jam,” and Rolling Stone praises “the textures and colors available in his keyboards and arsenal of manipulated pedals and effects along with his deceptively rich, catchy melodies and straight-ahead grooves.”

Indeed, Marco Benevento’s music covers a wide swath of ground, seemingly connecting the dots in the vast space between LCD Soundsystem and Leon Russell, His songwriting is smart and earthy, yet simultaneously pulsating with dance rock energy. Benevento’s high energy live shows—fronting a three-piece band currently comprised by bassist Karina Rykman and drummer Chris Corsico—have led to numerous high profile appearances, ranging from Carnegie Hall to Pickathon. In the studio, he’s collaborated with the likes of Richard Swift (The Shins, Nathaniel Rateliff), Leon Michels (Lee Fields, Freddie Gibbs) and Simone Felice (The Felice Brothers, The Lumineers) among others.

On his latest album, simply titled, ‘Benevento,’ the Woodstock, NY-based artist dives deep down a psych funk rabbit hole, reimagining the current Zeitgeist of these troubled times through surrealistic optimism and the pure joy of an irresistible groove on tracks like “At The End Or The Beginning,” “Winter Rose” and “Do You Want Some Magic?”

“Benevento jams with a concentration on the textures and colors available in his keyboards and arsenal of manipulated pedals and effects. His songs feature deceptively rich, catchy melodies and straight-ahead grooves that expand with subtle mounting gestures.” – Rolling Stone

“A musician so original that he can ultimately only be judged against his own standard.” -All Music

“Reminiscent of Dr. John’s New Orleans psychedelia and piano chops with a hint of Father John Misty’s general coolness, Marco Benevento brings something very unique to the modern pop world.” – The Wild Honey Pie

“Benevento continues to straighten his twisted sound into the guise of an indie-rock singer-songwriter, harnessing his inventive sonic palette into rewardingly bite-size pop songs that touch on disco and soul.” – LA Times

“Marco Benevento is one of the most talented keys players of our time.” – CBS

“Benevento’s colorful, improvisational, piano-based compositions stretch so wide and cover so much sonic ground that the idea of genre seems quaint. Very quietly, he has been evolving into one of the most vital figures in jazz or rock or post-jazz or post-rock or—all of music.” –Kansas City Pitch

“Imaginative at heart, Benevento demands you to be too when engaging with his work. Otherwise, you probably are missing out on something special. Driven to experiment with chords and melodies with the intention of getting a little dirty along the way, Benevento’s collisional approach is refreshing and absolutely delightful.” – Consequence of Sound

“A vocalizing party-starter, Benevento extrudes sinister balladry and hustling disco beats.” – Village Voice

Kids 6 and under – FREE

All Ages

What does a “kids show” mean? Marco will be playing a set much like his nighttime ones, though we’ll be turning the volume down a bit, and going a little easier on the lights. We’ll have a padded area in front of the stage just for kids, so they can dance around without being underfoot.

For lunch, we’ll have hot dogs, chicken tenders, mac and cheese, and maybe even grilled cheese.

And yes, the bar will be open.

Over the course of seven studio albums and countless shows around the world, keyboardist Marco Benevento has amassed a devoted fanbase, while drawing praise from tastemakers far and wide. Los Angeles Times has written, “it’s safe to say that no one sees the keyboard quite like Marco Benevento’s genre-blind mashup of indie rock, jazz and skewed improvisation,” while NPR Music raves that Benevento combines “the thrust of rock, the questing of jazz and the experimental ecstasy of jam,” and Rolling Stone praises “the textures and colors available in his keyboards and arsenal of manipulated pedals and effects along with his deceptively rich, catchy melodies and straight-ahead grooves.”

Indeed, Marco Benevento’s music covers a wide swath of ground, seemingly connecting the dots in the vast space between LCD Soundsystem and Leon Russell, His songwriting is smart and earthy, yet simultaneously pulsating with dance rock energy. Benevento’s high energy live shows—fronting a three-piece band currently comprised by bassist Karina Rykman and drummer Chris Corsico—have led to numerous high profile appearances, ranging from Carnegie Hall to Pickathon. In the studio, he’s collaborated with the likes of Richard Swift (The Shins, Nathaniel Rateliff), Leon Michels (Lee Fields, Freddie Gibbs) and Simone Felice (The Felice Brothers, The Lumineers) among others.

On his latest album, simply titled, ‘Benevento,’ the Woodstock, NY-based artist dives deep down a psych funk rabbit hole, reimagining the current Zeitgeist of these troubled times through surrealistic optimism and the pure joy of an irresistible groove on tracks like “At The End Or The Beginning,” “Winter Rose” and “Do You Want Some Magic?”

Press Quotes

“Benevento jams with a concentration on the textures and colors available in his keyboards and arsenal of manipulated pedals and effects. His songs feature deceptively rich, catchy melodies and straight-ahead grooves that expand with subtle mounting gestures.” – Rolling Stone

“A musician so original that he can ultimately only be judged against his own standard.” -All Music

“Reminiscent of Dr. John’s New Orleans psychedelia and piano chops with a hint of Father John Misty’s general coolness, Marco Benevento brings something very unique to the modern pop world.” – The Wild Honey Pie

“Benevento continues to straighten his twisted sound into the guise of an indie-rock singer-songwriter, harnessing his inventive sonic palette into rewardingly bite-size pop songs that touch on disco and soul.” – LA Times

“Marco Benevento is one of the most talented keys players of our time.” – CBS

“Benevento’s colorful, improvisational, piano-based compositions stretch so wide and cover so much sonic ground that the idea of genre seems quaint. Very quietly, he has been evolving into one of the most vital figures in jazz or rock or post-jazz or post-rock or—all of music.” –Kansas City Pitch

“Imaginative at heart, Benevento demands you to be too when engaging with his work. Otherwise, you probably are missing out on something special. Driven to experiment with chords and melodies with the intention of getting a little dirty along the way, Benevento’s collisional approach is refreshing and absolutely delightful.” – Consequence of Sound

“A vocalizing party-starter, Benevento extrudes sinister balladry and hustling disco beats.” – Village Voice

An evening of new and favorite songs. The band is in really good form.

Requests for particular songs in advance can be sent to cormacmuzk@aol.com

Cormac McCarthy is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and musician. His concerts are a mix of ballads, biting humor and country blues guitar picking. He has recorded 5 albums (two for internationally known Green Linnet records) and is planning a new one.

Cormac has performed from Alaska to Bermuda and most of the states in between – from the Newport Folk Festival and Ben and Jerry’s One World, One Heart Festival to syndicated radio shows such as the Folk Sampler and Mountain Stage.

“A distinctive songwriter with a warm, powerful, inherently melodic baritone, a fine guitarist and a devastating wit … enormous writing gifts, capable of putting chills into your spine or a silly grin on your face…”-Jeff McLaughlin, Boston Globe

All Ages

Tenor and Soprano saxophonist Nick Goumas is a jazz musician who has developed his own mature, imaginative and identifying style. Nick performs with energy, feeling and musical integrity. His Quartet is joined by three outstanding Boston area musicians who all have outstanding credentials: Geraldine Bergonzi ,Bruce Gertz. & Peter Moutis . Drawing from the “American Songbook” along with today’s Jazz Standards, the Quartet’s post Bebop contemporary straight ahead style and it’s display of rhythmic and harmonic sense produces some exciting jazz improvisations. Their growing audience has a mixture of musicians and jazz aficionados alike.

Joining Nick on piano is an outstanding jazz pianist and vocalist Geraldine Bergonzi . She is one of the most exciting female musicians in the greater Boston area..Her exceptional combination of vocal and pianistic styles infuses her music with an unequaled spirit of warmth and energy. Jeri’s repertoire spans the jazz tradition from standards of Porter , Gershwin and Ellington to the contemporary sound of Miles Davis ,Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner . She’s a gifted player and her presentation is full of heart.

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With his passion for music and playing on stage, bassist and lead singer Reece Leddy formed a band in the summer of 2020. He would first bring the idea to Rocky Capone (Guitar) to start the band. They quickly acquired a drummer who would be short-lived and later replaced by Declan Nuchow-Hartzell to fill the spot. Through 2020 and 2021 they would practice privately in Leddy’s garage as a three piece band until early 2021 when they decided that they needed another guitarist. Reece would then connect with Ian Hawkins (Guitar) who he met in Ecology class Sophomore year and remembered that he played guitar. He knew nothing about Ian’s skill or interest in music and was lucky enough to find out he just scored a skilled metal head. Ian would also become their co-lead singer and would sing the songs with more thrash/metal influence. Some weeks later they would gain inspiration to make this garage band more than a hobby and give it a name. After experimenting with names like Windsor and RRID, Granite Danes were born. Their core influence is thrash metal, hardcore, metalcore, pop punk, and garage rock such as Metallica, Sum 41, and The Offspring. They are at their core, a rock band with a variety of sub genres but don’t like to label themselves. They just love to play music.

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Not Fade Away Band performs Dead-Zeppelin: NFAB is ready to rock The Press Room for this special event featuring Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin mashups, all done in NFAB’s own style, with edgy improvisations and soulful vocal harmonies. Grab your tickets and come on along!

NFAB strives to bring their audiences high energy, danceable versions of their favorite songs. Each show is a unique experience with a mix of Grateful Dead along with covers from various artists and select NFAB originals. We like it heavy and work hard to deliver high impact performances that leave our audiences both satisfied and wanting more. Love is real, NFA!

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MARBLE EYES is a soulful, energetic rock band based out of the New Hampshire Seacoast. This group has multiple lead singers and vocal harmonies in the same spirit as The Band and Traveling Wilburys. The feel good, larger than life sound has been dubbed by its fanbase as “Rock & Roll For The Soul”.

Marble Eyes formed amidst the pandemic and features players from national touring acts such as Pink Talking Fish, Kung Fu, The Indobox and more. While this challenging time seemed to bring most of the world to a standstill, it was also the catalyst to create a burst of positive energy with the birth of this band.

Bassist, Eric Gould, and guitarist, Mike Carter, live close to each other but were always too busy to get together. With touring halted, they finally found the time to make some music. Carter invited keyboardist Max Chase to set up in Gould’s driveway with social distancing measures in place. From the first notes, it was evident that this was no ordinary jam session. There was something very special about this collection of voices. Gould invited drummer, Adrian Tramontano, to the next session and he added his virtuosic color, taking each song to new heights. The energy of this lineup made it clear that Marble Eyes was here to stay.

Over the course of the shutdown, the band penned over 50 songs together. All four band members have contributed songs to the Marble Eyes repertoire. Each character is defined and, together, they have created something positive and exciting in the midst of one of the most challenging times of this century.

All Ages

MetaBeat has been playing the music of The Beatles with their own jazz twist for over ten years. On Sunday May 14th, they’ll bring the sounds of The Beatles to The Pressroom for a special Mothers Day Brunch show beginning at 12 noon.

Local musicians Mark Shilansky and Les Harris Jr. formed the group through their mutual love of The Beatles. The current line-up consists of some of the best musicians in New England.

Taylor O’Donnell-vocals

Chris Klaxton-trumpet, guitar, vocals

Eric Byers-guitar and vocals

Greg Loughman-bass and vocals

Mark Shilansky-piano, voice and arrangements

Les Harris Jr.-drums

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Scissorfight

2016 marked the reemergence of Scissorfight. The retooled version of the band features new members Doug Aubin on vocals and Rick Orcutt behind the drums, along with founding members Paul Jarvis and Jay Fortin. A new pair of scissors, same fight. Different yet familiar. Carrying on the traditional and forging a new chapter.

Tree

For the uninitiated, Tree formed in Westwood, MA in the late ’80s. By the mid-’90s, the group of school friends had cemented their status as one of Boston rock’s prime movers. Their sound was a mix of hard rock and hardcore punk. And frontman Dave Tree crafted lyrics that spoke to the political and social issues of the day.

If you were a rock fan in Boston in the ’90s, it’s a safe bet you had a copy of Plant A Tree Or Die or Downsizing The American Dream on CD or cassette tape. Tree was a fixture at the annual Boston Freedom Rally, which took place each year down on the Common back in the day. They were live, they were loud, and then–like most local acts, after a time–they were gone.

But now Tree is back. And the timing couldn’t be better.

All Ages

Sorry Mom is a femme punk band from New York City. Their music chronicles queer experiences and suburban despair through a nostalgic punk sound. What began as a group of college friends playing music together quickly evolved into something bigger upon the release of Sorry Mom’s debut EP “Juno Goes to the Big House” in April 2021. As of July 2022, the band has garnered 10M+ streams across platforms and 50k+ followers across socials. In Fall 2021 and Spring 2022, Sorry Mom embarked on tours of the Northeast, playing ~30 unique venues across the region. Sorry Mom is currently working on their first full length album, slated for release in early 2023.

Froggy is a queer punk band formed by Morgan, Fiona, and Brooke in the Philly suburbs circa 2020. Inspired by L7, the Dead Milkmen, Bikini Kill and more, they released their first EP “Sopa De Elote” in 2021, and dropped their first full-length album “Harmburger” in the summer of 2022. They’ve played with notable artists like: Anti-Flag, The Queers, Pears, and Bad Cop Bad Cop, and their song “7-Eleven Nachos” even got its own professional video made by 7-Eleven. With a mix of classic punk, grunge, and youthful humor, believe us, Froggy will rock your socks off!

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The Edd is a jamtronic space rock quartet, formed in Burlington VT in 2009. They make each of their live shows unique, with extensive improvisation, high energy, and clever setlist writing. With nearly a decade and a half of shows under their belt, The Edd has developed a “gleefully dark and schizophrenic prog-rock” sound and quite the cult following.

Their debut album “I’m with Bob” was released in 2017 and showcases the band’s ability to bring the listener on a true sonic journey.

“Burlington quartet specializes in a deeply heady brand of largely instrumental rock that induces a sort of psychological delirium” – Seven Days

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Cindy Foster has been making people laugh across the world performing her live stand-up show. Cindy’s acclaimed video shorts on social media have a whopping 65 million views and climbing! Extraordinary numbers representing the strength of her popularity that stretches beyond her beloved LBGTQ + community.

From her living room couch in Massachusetts, Cindy had what her friends and family thought was, ‘an impossible dream,’ to perform on stage. With nothing more than her cell phone and ‘impossible dreams,’ she started creating videos that have now reached 65 million views making Cindy a social media sensation! Welcome to our community.

First 30 tickets: $15

Next 60: $22

Last 25: $25

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This ain’t no disco

It ain’t no country club either…

Giddy up girls, for THE DOLLY DISCO

The Dolly Parton Inspired Country Western Dance Party!

This is for the 9 to 5 workin’ girls with a calling from another era who just want something a little classic. Join us in Rainbowland where you’ll dance with somebody, hand in hand to the music of Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves, Orville Peck, Shania Twain, Miley Cyrus, Cher, Whitney Houston, The Chicks, Madonna, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, and more.

So wrangle your country-disco dancing queens and come party!

All Ages

The Press Room pays tribute to legendary Boston jazz musicians Herb Pomeroy, Serge Chaloff, Boots Mussulli and Ray Santisi with performances from their classic 1955 recording “Boston Blow Up!” on Sunday June 4th at 6:00pm featuring:

Jeff Stout- trumpet

Danny Harrington- baritone sax

Jim Pisano- alto sax

Mark Shilansky- piano

Marty Ballou- bass

Les Harris Jr.-drums

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Spafford are known for their astonishing improvisational ability and off-the-cuff extended jams, Spafford paints a picture in real-time each night with a musical palette known only to each other. It’s a private language comprised of both their talent as musicians as well as their formidable catalog of influences, spanning 90’s alt-rock radio hits to Steely Dan and The Crystal Method. Each Spafford show is a sonic pilgrimage, the journey of a team of musicians so in tune with each other that a single note communicates intent and purpose. Spafford is amongst the most creative and hard-traveling bands on the contemporary jam scene, performing countless sold-out headline dates along with high profile festival sets at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Firefly Music Festival, and many others.

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Spafford are known for their astonishing improvisational ability and off-the-cuff extended jams, Spafford paints a picture in real-time each night with a musical palette known only to each other. It’s a private language comprised of both their talent as musicians as well as their formidable catalog of influences, spanning 90’s alt-rock radio hits to Steely Dan and The Crystal Method. Each Spafford show is a sonic pilgrimage, the journey of a team of musicians so in tune with each other that a single note communicates intent and purpose. Spafford is amongst the most creative and hard-traveling bands on the contemporary jam scene, performing countless sold-out headline dates along with high profile festival sets at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Firefly Music Festival, and many others.

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Spafford are known for their astonishing improvisational ability and off-the-cuff extended jams, Spafford paints a picture in real-time each night with a musical palette known only to each other. It’s a private language comprised of both their talent as musicians as well as their formidable catalog of influences, spanning 90’s alt-rock radio hits to Steely Dan and The Crystal Method. Each Spafford show is a sonic pilgrimage, the journey of a team of musicians so in tune with each other that a single note communicates intent and purpose. Spafford is amongst the most creative and hard-traveling bands on the contemporary jam scene, performing countless sold-out headline dates along with high profile festival sets at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Firefly Music Festival, and many others.

Doors 6 / Show 7

$25 Advanced / $30 Day of Show

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Mo Lowda & the Humble are a self produced indie rock band hailing from Philadelphia. The band just finished up their fourth LP, to be self titled and released March 3, 2023 with five singles leading up. Since releasing their debut album in 2013, they’ve vastly expanded the sonic exploration of their recorded material whilst developing a dialed in, yet energetic live show through persistent touring. In turn, they’ve built a ravenous and loyal following across the country, selling out clubs and theaters throughout the US each year. Mo Lowda’s upcoming selftitled album is their most versatile and ambitious work yet. It visits some previously uncharted sonic territory for the band, while still providing the thoughtful, creative songwriting their fans have grown to love. Visit www.molowda.com for all tickets

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