Susan Batkin got back to us about the new Monday jam at Paddy Reilly's. It's the second and fourth Monday of the month, so the next one will be on April 14. She says, "You should attend this meetup if you play: banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle or bass. This is a SLOW JAM -- meant for advanced beginning and intermediate players." You can read more here:
http://banjo.meetup.com/56/calendar/7597170/
Melody also wanted to plug the Greensky Bluegrass Band, a Michigan band that will be at the Parkside tonight at 8. They're "nice boys, Telluride Festival winners and all that," she says. Formed in 2000, they did in fact win the Festival Band Competition at Telluride in 2006, and have shared bills with Ralph Stanley, Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, Sam Bush and King Wilkie. Stop by and let them know what kind of bluegrass fans we have in NYC.
Tomorrow night Kari Denis and Rob Hecht will be doing a fiddle duo show at Rockwood, 7pm. Also tomorrow, Lindy Loo and Cell Block Seven will be at the Rodeo Bar at 10.
Jonah Bruno's South Slope String Band will be at Bar BQ in Park Slope on Wednesday, from about 8:30 to 11 or so, and Jonah will also be playing Shel Silverstein tunes with Astrograss For Kids at the Donnell Library on Saturday at 2:30, celebrating Shel's first poetry collection. Details on this and everything else are below in the calendar.
Lots of stuff going on later in the week, most notably Adam Nash's Bluegrass Saturday Night, four great bands at Banjo Jim's starting at 7pm: The Eversole Family Band, Vincent Cross and Good Company, Brad Einhorn's new project, Kings County Strings (not just a store, but also a band!), and All Night Cooking. Let's make sure to get out and support this new event.
As always please let us know what's going on so we can feature it here. Send your gig notices, myspace bulletins, facebook posts and carrier pigeons to pickin@ponkiesburg.com by Wednesday for inclusion. In addition to this email newsletter, these updates and more are published on our blog, the Ponkiesblog. See below for details.
- Monday, March 31
- 8:30 pm
- Whisky Rebellion opens for Junior Brown
Maxwell's
1039 Washington Street, Hoboken NJ - Tuesday, April 1
- 7:00 pm
- Kari Denis and Rob Hecht
Rocwood Music Hall
184 Allen St, New York NY
Kari says, "For those of you who haven't heard Rob, he is a pretty amazing fiddle player and does all sorts of crazy rhythmic percussive stuff and cool harmonies. We will be playing all traditional fiddle tunes with Rob's added twist to the rhythm and harmonies. We may have a cello along on some tunes for some trio work. It should be a really fun show! If I can convince him, Reggie might make his first public appearance playing bass at a show!" - 9:00 pm
- Fresh Baked
Abilene
442 Court St., Brooklyn NY - 10:00 pm
- Lindy Loo and Cell Block Seven
The Rodeo Bar - 10:00 pm
- Michael Daves
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St, New York NY - Wednesday, April 2
- 7:30 pm
- Angel Band Jam
Vin Rouge
5th Avenue between 17th & 18th St, Brooklyn NY
For Details, call Bill Duke, 917-859-5397 - 8:30 pm
- South Slope String Band
Bar BQ
689 6th Ave (At 20th), Brooklyn NY - 9:00 pm
- Sheriff's Good Time Jam
The Baggott Inn
82 West 3rd Street, New York NY - Thursday, April 3
- 9:00 pm
- Freddy's Old-Time Americana Jam
Freddy's
485 Dean Street, Brooklyn NY
This monthly excursion into music from the pre-recorded era runs the gamut from bluegrass to old-time fiddle tunes to folk songs. Hosted by the Strung Out String Band, the old time jam is always packed with musicians and drunken Park Slopies. Bring instruments and friends and remember the rules: No twelve bar blues, No songs that aren't at least 50 years old, Everyone gets to play. - 9:30 pm
- Old Time Country Blues Jam
Jalopy
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY - Friday, April 4
- 9:00 pm
- Anina's First Friday Jam
110 Bleecker St.
New York NY - 9:00 pm
- Lennie's Jam
Contact Lennie: lenniekagan@aol.com or 646-215-0577 - 9:00 pm
- Roots & Blues Roundup
Jalopy
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY
With the Second Fiddles, the Cangelosi Cards, and the Cheatin' Hearts. - 10:00 pm
- John Pinamonti
Sunny's
253 Conover St, Brooklyn NY - 10:00 pm
- The Whisky Rebellion
Banjo Jim's
9th St and Ave C, New York NY - Saturday, April 5
- 11:00 am
- Traditional Appalachian Clogging Classes
Chelsea Studios
151 W 26 St, 6th Fl
Beginner 11-12:30, Intermediate 12:30 - 2, Advanced 2 - 3:15. Contact Mary Beth Yakoubian for information: ykoubian@optonline.net. The dancers love live music so musicians are welcome! - 12:00 pm
- Bluegrass Jam In Williamsburg
Spike Hill Bar
184 Bedford St, Brooklyn NY - 12:30 pm
- Bluegrass Brunch with Copper Kettle
Nolita House
47 E Houston St - 7:00 pm
- Bluegrass Saturday Night
Banjo Jim's
9th St and Avenue C, New York NY
The night begins with THE EVERSOLE FAMILY BAND, from North Carolina at 7:00 VINCENT CROSS and GOOD COMPANY bring their unique brand of high lonesome at 8:00. Brad Einhorn's new band KINGS COUNTY STRINGS will be a journey into the roots of bluegrass at 9:00. Finally, ALL NIGHT COOKING, comes along at 10:30 for two sets of hard driving bluegrass. - 10:00 pm
- Bluegrass Jam at Sunny's
Sunny's
253 Conover Street, Brooklyn NY - Sunday, April 6
- 12:30 pm
- Bluegrass Brunch with Fresh Baked
Nolita House
47 E Houston St, New York NY - 5:00 pm
- Paddy Reilly's Jam
Paddy Reilly's
2nd Avenue and 29th Street, New York NY - 5:00 pm
- Ponkiesburg Pickin' Party
Kili
79-81 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn NY - Monday, April 7
- 9:30 pm
- Michael Daves' Bluegrass Jam
The Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston St., New York NY - Tuesday, April 8
- 10:00 pm
- Michael Daves
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St, New York NY - Wednesday, April 9
- 7:30 pm
- Angel Band Jam
Vin Rouge
5th Avenue between 17th & 18th St, Brooklyn NY
For Details, call Bill Duke, 917-859-5397 - 9:00 pm
- Sheriff's Good Time Jam
The Baggott Inn
82 West 3rd Street, New York NY - Thursday, April 10
- 9:30 pm
- Old Time Country Blues Jam
Jalopy
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY - Friday, April 11
- 9:00 pm
- Lennie's Jam
Contact Lennie: lenniekagan@aol.com or 646-215-0577 - 10:00 pm
- Liz Sevcenko
Sunny's
253 Conover St, Brooklyn NY - Saturday, April 12
- 11:00 am
- Traditional Appalachian Clogging Classes
Chelsea Studios
151 W 26 St, 6th Fl
Beginner 11-12:30, Intermediate 12:30 - 2, Advanced 2 - 3:15. Contact Mary Beth Yakoubian for information: ykoubian@optonline.net. The dancers love live music so musicians are welcome! - 12:00 pm
- Bluegrass Jam In Williamsburg
Spike Hill Bar
184 Bedford St, Brooklyn NY - 12:30 pm
- Bluegrass Brunch with Copper Kettle
Nolita House
47 E Houston St - 9:00 pm
- Doug Hatt and Fresh Baked
Banjo Jim's
This will be Fresh Baked's first evening show since January. This gig will mark the third birthday for our band (4/9/2005) and is on my b-day eve, so we'd like to see all of our friends there. It's part of Eli Smith's monthly gig, so there will be other bands there as well. - 9:00 pm
- The Havens
Freddy's
6th Ave and Dean St, Brooklyn NY - 10:00 pm
- Bluegrass Jam at Sunny's
Sunny's
253 Conover Street, Brooklyn NY - Sunday, April 13
- 12:30 pm
- Bluegrass Brunch with Fresh Baked
Nolita House
47 E Houston St, New York NY - 2:00 pm
- Joe Beasley Sacred Harp Sing
St. Paul's Church
199 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY
bjpub@prodigy.net - 5:00 pm
- Paddy Reilly's Jam
Paddy Reilly's
2nd Avenue and 29th Street, New York NY - 5:00 pm
- Ponkiesburg Pickin' Party
Kili
79-81 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn NY
