Thanks to Shane Hall for coming on the show this week, promoting his new disc, Basic Draining. And of course, on Thursday, Hall's holding his CD release party at Spiritual Haze. Listen and learn at www.myspace.com/hallofshane. Also Thursday, Sam James does an acoustic performance at Chasers; Country Dave is at 3-G's, offering karaoke and also performing and dancing a bit himself; Roots of Creation joins Indobox at Tammany Hall; and Jim Devlin returns to Irish Times.
Friday, Uncle Billy's Smokehouse, The Howl and Hey Now Morris Fader team up at Ralph's for a night of blues and rock; Jug O Punch does Irish stuff at the Fiddler's Green; The Breakfast cooks at Tammany Hall; Jason James plays his guitar down at Creegan's; Lori Brooks leads her band at Mill Street Brews in Southbridge; the New Riders of the Purple Sage are out at the lake, Webster Lake, that is, at Point Breeze Restaurant; the Coyotes return to the Blue Plate in Holden; funny guy Howie Newman tells jokes and sings at the Harvest Cafe in Hudson; Mike Crandall plays the blues at Gilrein's; The Matt Schwachman Band heads to Chasers (which is where Voodoo once sat on Commerical Street); Flock of A-Holes brings its wacky '80s show to Irish Times; Touched rocks Sakura Tokyo and God's Green Earth joins Skulltoboggan the Lucky Dog, which celebrates its 10th anniversary next weekend, so tune in to my show for an interview with owner Erick Godin.
Saturday, by popular demand, The Hurricane Horns makes a swift return to the Dive Bar; Bret Talbert sings at the Whistle Stop in Oxford; Holmes gets funky at the Cannery in Southbridge; Moral Dilemma works it out at the Lucky Dog; The Pathetics rock The Hotel Vernon with The Numbskulls, Can't Kill Katie, Sadplant, Reign of Pestilence and the Groinoids; Go Gadget Go is down the street from the Vernon at the Nines; Ralph's is helping Amanda Lirange celebrate her birthday with a show that includes 7 Minute Stagger; Rob Ledoux's band Atomic Stereo is back at JJ's in Northboro along with good friends Huck; Kayla Daly opens for the mighty Castine at Tammany Hall; First Class Fool pays tribute to Rod Stewart at PJ's in West Boylston; The Cosby Sweaters sing tunes that were out when the Cosby Show was on at the Galway Bay; The Matt Swhachman Band heads out to Copperfield's in Boston where he "heads a ridiculous lineup" (that means good), a band called Dirty Taffy pulls its band into Partner's Pub in Fitchburg; harp guy Shakey Steve's bringing his band to Gilrein's; Psychobilly Cadillac pulls into Vincent's along with Jason James; Uncle Billy's Smokehouse always feels back at home at Greendale's; Of One Mind joins the lineup at London Billiards; Bill McCarthy's singing with his guitar at Al Fresco in Holden; and Jon Short does his oldtime blues thing at Nick's.
Sunday, Lisa Marie and All Shook Up is joined by guest Greg Tower for an afternoon show at The Nines (that one is at 2 p.m.); Detour 45, Shakey Ground and the Abominables join the Gorilla Battle (which is an Indie label) at Tammany Hall; and Brian Richard sings over at Funky Murphy's.
Other stuff going on:
On Friday, spoken word artist Cowboy Matt is doing an intimate set at The Q at 8 p.m.; The Producers opens at Mount Wachusett's Theatre at the Mount and continues with performances throughout the weekend; and pianist Ellis Marsalis, the elder Marsalis, performs a night of hot jazz at Mechanics Hall.
On Saturdays now, the Worcester Art Museum is offering the WAM Zip Trips, where visitors are invited to take a fast paced tour, and gallery talk, throughout the museum, which is designed to be short, but offer in-depth views of some of the exhibits there. The Hibernian Cultural Center is hosting a St. Patrick's Corned Beef Dinner Dance, with dinner and traditional Irish dancing.
On Sunday, The Tatnuck Bookseller in Westboro is hosting its first ever juried exhibit of local student art. Artists from grades 9-12 from many of the surrounding towns are showing their work in drawing, painting and more. The opening reception is from 2-5 p.m. And there's a working called Poetry Writing from Life led by Heather Macpherson from 2-4 p.m. at Vasa Hall.
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