Mike Stevenson
There’s a few things that have mercifully allowed me to maintain sanity through these crazy times: Participating in the latest “No Kings” rally, and attending a concert at one of my favorite music venues. And what are my favorite music venues, you ask? I’ll discuss all these on tonight’s show, but first here is my criteria: I favor small intimate spaces. I appreciate decent food on the menu and reasonably priced IPA or Pilsner on draft. I greatly appreciate ease of parking (extra points if parking attendant is named “Chooch.”) I expect the venue to have a friendly vibe (extra points if I bump into old friends). Finally, I want no longer than 2 hour drive and the AC in my Pontiac Vibe to be functioning properly.
Audio available for 2 weeks after air date | Clip begins with final minutes of Matt Mania’s always-awesome show The Trip
- John Hiatt “Have a Little Faith in Me” Live From Austin, TX 2005
- John Hiatt “Memphis in the Meantime Live From Austin, TX 2005
- John Hiatt “Slow Turning” Live From Austin, TX 2005
- The Cowboy Junkies “Misguided Angel” 200 More Miles Live Performances
Patrons of Stone Mountain Arts Center enjoy Trump Derangement Syndrome-centered conversation, delicious food, and generous pours of wine before the music starts.
- Marcia Ball “Another Man’s Woman” (D Penn) Hot Tamale Baby
- Marcia Ball “La Ti Da” (M Ball) Live! Down the Road!
- Shelby Lynne “Leavin” Live at McCabes
- Shelby Lynne “Jesus on a Greyhound” Live at McCabes
- Shelby Lynne “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” (Bachrach/David)Just a Little Lovin’
- Cat Clyde & Jeremie Albino “I Been Worryin’” Blue, Blue, Blue
- Cat Clyde “Wild One” Mud Blood Bone
- Jake Xerxes Fussell “Ring Farewell” Good and Green Again
- Lisa O’Neil “Blackbird” Heard a Long-Gone Song
- Joan Shelley “Where I’ll Find You” Joan Shelley
- Rosanne Cash “I Still Miss Someone” (Tommy Cash) The List
- Rosanne Cash with Jeff Tweedy “The Long Black Veil” The List
- Dakhabrakha “Baby”
Rosanne Cash calls Payomet Music Center in Truro, MA her favorite venue to perform. Ukraine’s Dakabrakha says, “Так! Це місце таке чудове !”
- Calexico “Alone Again Or” (Arthur Lee) Live at China Theater Stockholm 2003
- Pomme “Susanne” (L Cohen)
- Riverside “Agnes Obel” Philharmonics
- Princess June “Beyond the Fence”
- The Mekons “Wild and Blue” The Curse of the Mekons
- The Mekons “Millionaire” I Heart the Mekons
- The Weisstronauts “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself” (Bacharach/David)
Never been to a riot, but I did see Jon Langford & Sally Timms perform at Myrtle in East Providence
- NewGrass Revival with Leon Russell “I’ve Just Seen a Face” The Live Album
- NewGrass Revival with Leon Russell “Prince of Peace” The Live Album
- NewGrass Revival with Leon Russell “Stranger in a Strange Land” The Live Album
- Jessy Carolina & the Hot Mess “Nobody’s Sweeheart”
It ain’t in Webster. There’s Bluegrass every Wednesday at NickaNees. And Jessy Carolina & the Hot Mess once in a blue moon.
- Jessy Carolina & the Hot Mess “I’ll See You In My Dreams” (Gus Kahn)
- Jon Baptiste “The Very Thought of You” Hollywood Africans
- Jon Baptiste “What a Wonderful World” Hollywood Africans
- Karan Casey “An BuachaillÃn Bán” Songlines, 1998
- Karan Casey “Ballad of Accounting” (E MacColl) Songlines, 1998