Featuring the music of The Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Marshall Tucker Band.
Performed by an all-star jam band featuring members of New Riders of the Purple Sage, Zen Tricksters, and Max Creek. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Tribute to Blues Legend James Cotton 12/6/18
Tribute to Blues Legend James Cotton
Featuring Bob Margolin, James Montgomery, Jerry Portnoy, Rick Estrin, Mark Hummel, Curtis Salgado, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines, plus special guests to be announced. Continue reading
Journeyman 3/30/19
Shaun Hague has built quite the resume in the last decade of his life. At just 17, he was named “The Best Young Blues Guitarist” by The House of Blues and by 21, the young guitarist was playing guitar for blues phenom Kenny Wayne Shepherd. His career has also seen him sharing the stage with Amos Lee, John Waite, Terra Naomi, performing on Jay Leno and sitting in with John Fogerty. Continue reading
Bill Frisell Trio ft. Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen 1/17/19
Over the years, Frisell has contributed to the work of such collaborators as Paul Motian, John Zorn, Elvis Costello, Ginger Baker, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III, Van Dyke Parks, Vic Chesnutt, Rickie, Lee Jones, Ron Sexsmith, Vinicius Cantuária, Marc Johnson (in “Bass Desires”), Ronald Shannon Jackson and Melvin Gibbs (in “Power Tools”), Marianne Faithful, John Scofield, Jan Garbarek, Lyle Mays, Vernon Reid, Julius Hemphill, Paul Bley, Wayne Horvitz, Hal Willner, Robin Holcomb, Rinde Eckert, The Frankfurt Ballet, film director Gus Van Sant, David Sanborn, David Sylvian, Petra Haden and numerous others, including Bono, Brian Eno, Jon Hassell and Daniel Lanois on the soundtrack for Wim Wenders’ film Million Dollar Hotel. Continue reading
Entrain 1/12/19
Epic in sound and kaleidoscopic in vision, the eclectic Martha’s Vineyard-based six piece Entrain has been thrilling critics and fans alike since its inception. Continue reading
Under the Covers 12/13/18
What makes a cover song great? Is it an unexpected pairing of artist and the material? Is it presenting a song that everyone knows in a brand new light? Is it pulling off a faithful recreation of something that seems impossible? It’s probably a little of all of that, and then some. Continue reading
Paul Bielatowicz 12/20/18
Paul Bielatowicz, guitarist for Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy, returns to the Narrows for a special solo show that combines music and film into one stunning performance! Continue reading
Ward Hayden and the Outliers 12/29/18
Their love for early rock ’n’ roll, true country, raw blues and pretty much any kind of authentic American music branded them quickly as anomalous — and electrifying. Since that time they’ve barnstormed far beyond their Boston hometown, playing honky-tonks, beer joints and more recently concert venues throughout the U.S. They’ve amassed a loyal legion of fans along the way. The media have noticed too, including Rolling Stone, which heralds them as a “modern-day Buddy Holly plus Dwight Yoakam divided by the Mavericks.” Continue reading
Alejandro Escoverdo w/ Don Antonio 1/24/19
Crossing borders, jumping barriers, taking risks, betting it all: that’s the path Alejandro Escovedo has been taking in his lifelong search for the heart of rock and roll. Continue reading
David Bromberg Quintet 4/27/19
For Americana godfather David Bromberg, it all began with the blues.
His incredible journey spans five-and-a-half decades, and includes – but is not limited to – adventures with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jerry Garcia, and music and life lessons from seminal blues guitarist Reverend Gary Davis, who claimed the young Bromberg as a son. A musician’s musician, Bromberg’s mastery of several stringed instruments (guitar, fiddle, Dobro, mandolin), and multiple styles is legendary, leading Dr. John to declare him an American icon. In producing John Hartford’s hugely influential Aereo-Plain LP, Bromberg even co-invented a genre: Newgrass. Continue reading