March 2019
VARIETY NIGHT WITH SPECIAL GUEST SEAN PAWLING
Variety Night (Hosted by that Mandell guy since 1974) presents special guest Sean Pawling and his great original arrangements and original songs, plus as always our talented sign-ups to fill out the bill. This month we will begin taking sign-ups for Variety Night on Sunday, March 3 at 1pm. Please note this show is a special Variety Night on the 4th Sunday of the month instead of the usual 3rd Sunday. Sign-ups are taken until all eight slots have been…
Find out more »ADRIAN LEGG
Globally acclaimed by critics and fans alike for his unique acoustic and electric fingerstyle guitar playing, Adrian Legg masterfully blends diverse musical styles, influences and inspirations to create a distinctive sound all his own. With multiple awards and accolades spanning four decades, Legg has been heralded as a “guitarist of astonishing virtuosity, (whose) imagination and melodic invention seem unbounded,” (Q magazine); “ridiculously talented,” (Music Week) and “simply the best acoustic guitar player I’ve ever heard.”(guitar icon Joe Satriani). Setting the…
Find out more »April 2019
CLAUDE BOURBON
Ready for a unique and talented take on a wide range of musical traditions? Claude Bourbon is known throughout Europe and America for amazing guitar performances that take blues, Spanish, and Middle Eastern stylings into uncharted territories. Claude’s inimitable style incorporates all five digits on each hand dancing independently but in unison, plucking, picking and strumming at such speed and precision that his fingers often seem to melt into a blur. Thousands of people in the UK, Europe and USA…
Find out more »SPRING MUSIC CLASSES/WORKSHOPS BEGIN HERE STARTING NEXT WEEK
Affordable Guitar (the best deal in town—8 Beginning Guitar classes 90 bucks) and Vocal classes plus Ted Owens’ Rock/Blues Jam Class for Teens, Tom Corbett’s Bluegrass/ Country Jam Class, Bernie Pearl’s Acoustic and Electric Blues Jam classes, and Beginning, Beginners Plus and Ongoing Ukulele (April 13 start for Beginning) with Cali Rose start next week. We also have a fingerpicking workshop with Rick Ruskin and Roy Bookbinder on June 1. On Monday, April 15 we kick it off with our…
Find out more »THE SUSIE GLAZE NEW FOLK ENSEMBLE + RICK SHEA
Award-winning vocalist Susie Glaze, mandolinist Steve Rankin, fiddler Mark Indictor and bassist Fred Sanders are The Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble, the newest version of the acclaimed Los Angeles-based Americana group, a lush new folk Americana fusion ensemble, presenting gorgeous eclectic blends of mountain folk and exciting new grassy and Celtic-inspired originals, all with the remarkable voice of Susie Glaze. The group has been likened to the classic British bands Pentangle and Fairport Convention in that they blend classic folk…
Find out more »SPRING MUSIC CLASSES/WORKSHOPS BEGIN HERE THIS WEEK
Affordable Guitar (the best deal in town—8 Beginning Guitar classes 90 bucks) and Vocal classes plus Ted Owens’ Rock/Blues Jam Class for Teens, Tom Corbett’s Bluegrass/ Country Jam Class, Bernie Pearl’s Acoustic and Electric Blues Jam classes, and Beginning, Beginners Plus, and Ongoing Ukulele (April 13 start for Beginning) with Cali Rose start this week. We also have a fingerpicking workshop with Rick Ruskin and Roy Bookbinder on June 1. Tonight, on April 15, we kick it off with our…
Find out more »BERNIE PEARL & MIKE BARRY
The blues is life itself to Bernie Pearl. A guitarist with an upbeat, finger-poppin’ picking style he learned at the elbows of bluesmasters Sam ‘Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi Fred MacDowell, and others. Yet, Bernie Pearl is no hidebound traditionalist. As music critics and aficionados have said for years, he is a craftsman who packs his songs with melodic interpretations that are new and personal each time he picks up his vintage Martin or National. To hear him tell it,…
Find out more »VARIETY NIGHT WITH SPECIAL GUEST GRINNELL
Variety Night (Hosted by that Mandell guy since 1974) presents our special guest singer/songwriter Grinnell with his fine song interpretations, plus as always our talented sign-ups to fill out the bill. This month we will begin taking sign-ups for Variety Night on Sunday, April 7 at 1pm. Please note this show is a special Variety Night on the 4th Sunday of the month instead of the usual 3rd Sunday which happens to be Easter. Sign-ups are taken until all eight…
Find out more »May 2019
MICHAEL CHAPDELAINE
Michael Chapdelaine is the only guitarist ever to win First Prize in the world’s top competitions in both the Classical and Fingerstyle genres; the Guitar Foundation of America International Classical Guitar Competition and the National Fingerstyle Championships at the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield , Kansas. From New York’s Lincoln Center to the Cactus Cafe in Austin, from Milano to Bangkok, Michael continues to enchant, dazzle and surprise audiences and critics alike as he redefines the modern acoustic guitar…
Find out more »JIM HURST
"Jim Hurst is one of the most versatile and tasteful guitar players I know. Whether he's flailing the rhythm for an old time fiddle tune, laying down a funky groove, or finger picking a beautiful ballad, his playing is both impeccable and creative. Accompanying this instrumental virtuosity is a rich and expressive voice with a surprising range." Mark Schatz Jim Hurst’s unique picking style and mastery of bluegrass guitar wows audiences and is revered by both novice guitar players and…
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Please note all shows start at 8pm and doors open at 7:30pm unless indicated otherwise. People who already have their tickets (purchased them in advance) get in first when doors open at 7:30 pm. After the people who already have their tickets are admitted any remaining tickets will go on sale.
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