Pictured: The Matt Shwachman Band, interviewed on The Weekly Shuffle, WCUW, on Thursday, Feb. 19.
Tonight, the Birch Hill Dam headlines Tammany Hall with Devoid and Say Uncle; and Sam James does an acoustic show at the new Chasers on Commercial Street.
Friday, Doctor Robert plays covers at The Cannery in Southbridge; Alex Lopez and the Tone-Deffs open for The Dave Rivers Group at The Lucky Dog Music Hall; Holmes jams at PJ's in West Boylston; Brendan Mahoney, the awesome singer for OSB, is at Greendale's; Brett and Lisa Brumby (from She's Busy) harmonize at Brian's in Linwood (Northbridge, essentially); The Shills, This Car Up, The Wandas and Huck team up at Ralph's; Skullfunked returns to Irish Times; the Matt Shwachman Band debuts at Sakura Tokyo (where they also play Saturday night); Mocha Java jams at Creegan's, where there is no cover charge for this one; Bill McCarthy's singing at the Galway Bay; The Brennan Brothers harmonize at the Fiddler's Green; Jeff Pitchell leads Texas Flood at Gilrein's; Wasted Ammunition fires at Mill Street Brews in Southbridge; The G-Spots are with the American Mother-effers at Moynihan's; Cirkestra returns to Nick's; and Linda Dagnello sings with Pamela Hines at the Chloe Bistro in Hudson (they hit Nick's on Saturday).
On Saturday, The Delta Generators, fresh from Memphis where they made it to the finals at the International Blues Challenge, are doing a show at The Dive Bar; Weight of Gravity jams at the Wheelock Inn in Millbury; Luke Mulholland teams up with Pete Prince of Moon Boot Lover at Tammany Hall; Last Lights has its last show at London Billiards; The Stymonsters infect Greendale's; White Mountains open for Superbear at Ralph's; Lisa Marie's belting it at Gilrein's; Fennario pays tribute to The Dead at Spiritual Haze; Jabbers debut at the Hotel Vernon; John Cate rocks Vincent's; local funksters White Chocolate return to The Lucky Dog; the White Eagle is the place for a benefit with live music, dancing, raffles and food to raise money for Mindy and Missy Hamblin, who recently lost their stepmom and, occasionally, it's worth mentioning something that's a drive from here - the 17th annual Cajun and Zydeco Mardi Gras Ball returns to Rhode Island's Rhodes on the Pawtuxet Ballroom – it features CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Lousiana Band, and you can get all the info you need on that at mardigrasRI.com.
Sundays, there are two blues jams going on – The Beer and Blues Jam at the Cannery and the long-established afternoon jam at Frank's in East Brookfield.
Next Wednesday, there's a free show at the Lucky Dog with Dark Symphony, Sunshine Riot and Bullet. And Andy Cummings is doing every Wednesday now at Block5.
Other events and happenings around town:
On Thursday, comedian and sketch artist Troy Thirdgill performs at WPI as part of Black History Month.
Friday and Saturday night at Worcester Academy's Warner Theatre, the music and theatre department brings us Anything Goes, celebrating the legendary artist Cole Porter.
The global movement to end violence against women and girls is expressed in The Vagina Monologues, the Eve Ensler play performed at Clark University's Atwood Hall on Friday. Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary kicks off Friday night flicks this week, showing films each week at 6:30 p.m. Also Friday, Victory! The 2009 Black History Month Step Show benefits the YMCA at Mechanics Hall.
On Saturday, it's women's basketball at its best as Wheaton takes on Clark University with a game at 1 p.m. Walk at dusk with the owls in a Massachusetts Audubon Society program at 4 p.m. at Burncoat Pond in Spencer. At 7 p.m., enjoy Food for the Gods – a chocolate tasting and wine event at the Fitchburg Art Museum. Molly's in the Doghouse is sponsoring the first ever Dogball, which benefits the Sterling Animal Shelter, at Greendale People's Church. The event includes a bake sale and kissing booth – I'm sure manned by canines. Completely switching gears, if you like this sort of thing, Dr. Dirty John Valby is at the Artist Development Complex on Saturday. He's a hypnotist, and a little on the silly side, but nothing a few drinks can't help at least get you through.
For kids, Foothills Theatre is putting on Hansel, Gretel and the Pixalated Prince, which is a twist on the classic tale, with performances at 10 a.m. through Saturday. In the evenings, The Rainmaker is on the Foothills stage.
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