Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men 7:30 pm
Tickets $22 advance
Special $35 "Angel" ticket available online
From the mean streets of LA - a founding member of The Blasters, then The Knitters, then a stint with X... but for the last decade or so, Dave Alvin has become a Grammy-winning solo artist, veteran road-dog and leader of one of the great, gritty, glorious roots-rock ensembles.... get ready to rock, BF!
 

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007
Hunger Mountain Boys 7:30 pm
Tickets $14 advance
Special $20 "Angel" ticket available online
This isn't your grandpa's bluegrass-unless your grandpa really rocked out with a steel guitar. The Hunger Mountain Boys bring acoustic roots music to a whole new level, paying homage to the soulfulness and sincerity of old-time country while subtly incorporating rock, jazz and ska influences.
 

Saturday, March 3, 2007
2nd Annual Chris Whitley Memorial Celebration
7:30 pm

Tickets $18 advance
Special $30 "Angel" ticket available online
Join Australian guitar wizard Jeff Lang and passionate guitarist (and brother) Dan Whitley in our 2nd Annual remembrance of the late great Chris Whitley. Evening host will be former Ingrid's Ruse axeman Josh Maiocco.

Friday, March 9, 2007
Peter Mulvey 7:30 pm with special guest CHRIS PUREKA
Tickets $16 advance
Special $25 "Angel" ticket available online
Peter Mulvey has been wowing area audiences with his guitar pyrotechnics, fascinating song structures, melodic inventiveness and sly stage presence. With that many adjectives going for him, how could we not welcome him back? He's a road warrior poet with amazing guitar skills, deft wordplay and a whip-smart mindset. His accompanist, David "Goody" Goodrich, is a guitar god who always looks astonished and surprised at the amazing range of sounds he coaxes from the instrument. A night with Peter and Goody is one of pure musical delight, and should be savored, enjoyed and remembered. Be there or B Flat Major!

Sat. 31 March
George V. Nostrand and George's Back Pocket
$12 adv/$14 door $20 on-line "Angel" ticket
7:30 pm
Bellows Falls' own native son returns from Rutland!
"In little more than a year (George "G.V." Nostrand) released an original disc, Radio Songs and a live recording from the Windham in Bellows Falls. He recently started another band; George's Back Pocket. He sings, performs and generally revels in his own music." - ROBERT RESNIK
 

Fri. 6 April
Jim Gilmour Band $10 adv/$12 door, $18 on-line "Angel" ticket
http://www.jimgilmour.com/
The man from Middletown Springs returns with his fine, supple folk-rock exploring the place where life, love and loss collide. An accomplished sound engineer and producer, Gilmour is one of the brightest lights in the Vermont musical galaxy.

Saturday, April 14
HAALE
7:30
$12 advance, $20 on-line "Angel" ticket
Iranian/New York vocalist Haale and her band craft an hypnotic aural experience. Prepare to be transported somewhere precariously yet beautifully balanced between the ancient and modern, East and West. A panoramic blend of luscious rock, heady bass, and brilliantly produced rhythms. She draws from both the American rock lexicon and Sufi mysticism...She sings in Persian and English, quotes Iranian poets like Rumi and shreds on guitar. 'HAALE...underscores the evolution and transformation of centuries-old art forms as they adapt to the new realities of a multiethnic city' - THE NEW YORK TIMES

Thursday, April 19
AZTEC TWO STEP
7:30
$18 advance, $30 on-line "Angel" ticket
East coast beatnik sensibilities and wide-open, ethereal harmonies characterize this legendary duo. Aztec Two-Step continues to impress with intelligent songwriting, dazzling acoustic lead guitar, and inspiring harmonies. After 30 plus years of nonstop touring and the release of their new studio album, "Days of Horses," they have become one of acoustic music's most popular and enduring acts.

Friday, May 4
Rusty Belle
Friday, May 4, $12 advance, $20 on-line "Angel" ticket
Rusty belle is a mostly acoustic group based in a house in Amherst, MA.  They started playing together in the spring of 2006 and have
carved out a distinctive sound and a repertoire too big for their fingers to hold. These are versatile musician who can all play
several instruments and sing at the same time. Matt Lorenz plays a Cuban-made classical guitar from the 1930s, Kate Lorenz slams away at
tin cans and flower buckets, a washboard and kettle, Jazer Giles on the accordion and a modified Rhodes electric piano and Zak Trojano
does the drums, electric and acoustic guitar, with some slick slidings with glass or steel. They utilize homemade junk instruments
such as a medicine cabinet bass, a tin can fiddle, and a steel can tom.  The four wind up their vocal chords to harmonize with alarming
integrity.
 

Sunday, May 13
JAMES KEELAGHAN
$18 advance, $30 on-line "Angel" ticket
Dazzling musicality from this Canadian legend. Writer of contemporary classics like Cry Cry Cry's "Cold Missouri Waters" and interpreter nonpareil, James Keelaghan's music is as expansive as the western landscape itself, his voice as rich and deep as the prairie soil. His new disc, A FEW SIMPLE VERSES, is among his best - "If you like the late the late Stan Rogers, James Keelaghan is -bar none- his heir apparent" - STEREO REVIEW
 

Saturday, May 26
JOE STACEY & EZRA VEITCH
, $10 advance, $20 on-line "Angel" ticket
The return of two of the region's favorites - alt. country rockin'
roots performers Joe and Ez in an acoustic performance.

Saturday, June 16th
Matt Haimovitz
$15 advance, $30 on-line "Angel" ticket
World-class cellist Matt Haimovitz returns to the Falls of Bellow:
"Some of the most moving and soulful playing heard by this listener
in a very long time. The music seemed to pour out of his cello and
wash over the huddled group...." - THE NEW YORK TIMES.
 

HAALE
Friday, August 10
Doors 7; show 7:30
$14 advance
$25 on-line "Angel" ticket
Amazing New York/Iranian band that filled Boccelli's in April. Get your tickets early! 'Haale draws from both the American rock lexicon and Sufi mysticism...She sings in Persian and English, quotes Iranian poets like Rumi and can shred on guitar.' - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Saturday, August 25th: Patrick Fitzsimmons
 

Saturday, September 29th: Lisa Lawrence & David James Sheehan
(Soul Mining Inc)
7:30 pm
 

Friday, October 12: Chris O'Brien
(Vermont Festivals LLC)
7:30
Doors open at 7
http://www.chrisobrienmusic.com/
Lighthouse’s hauntingly sparse instrumentation and wistfully literate lyrics are the result of years of hard work and fine songwriting. The influences heard are identifiable, but not prevalent. The emphasis is on the lyrics, which are Chris O’Brien through and through. The music on the album is an amalgamation of Tom Waits circa The Heart of Saturday Night, Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, and even Tom Petty’s Wildflowers era of songwriting. The songs linger after they finish, like the last wisps of smoke from a fire.

Chris O'Brien wowed us with a brief appearance last Monday at the benefit concert for the Vitale family - now come enjoy a whole evening of his music!!
 

Saturday, Oct 27, 2007
7:30 pm
Pamela Wyn Shannon
Massachusetts-based musician Pamela Wyn Shannon's inventive and intricate guitar work has been described as "a tiny chamber orchestra working in unison at the end of her hands," and her vocal style has a delicate lilting sensitivity.
$12.00 advance
$14.00 at the door

Saturday, November 3
7:30 pm
Roger Marin & Gordie Tentrees
Canadian singer/songwriter Rager Marin, a member of Fred Eaglesmith's band, teams up with Gordie Tentrees for a rockin' evening!

Tuesday, December 4th
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Orchestra
Two cellos, violin, two guitars and a rock and roll heart
"Quietly brilliant." - Rolling Stone
One of the consummate songwriters and live performers of our time, Austin, Texas' Alejandro Escovedo is iconoclastic, romantic, brilliant and complex. Plus he can rock the house down. If you don't know Alejandro, visit www,alejandroescovedo.com and get caught up. This show will feature string-quartet Alejandro and will be spoken of in hushed terms for years to come.
General seating: $22.00
"Angel" tickets - front row: $35.00

Friday, December 14th
7:30 pm
Angela Easterling
"This is country roots rediscovered and played the way it was always meant to be played" -Smart Choice Music
$10.00 advance
$12.00 at the door

Saturday, Feb. 2: Josh Maiocco and Jesse Peters
(Flying Under Radar)
7:30
Second annual Saxton's River Smackdown with two of our hometown favorites!
And this time, it's personal... The second annual Saxton's River Smackdown, with two of the region's finest axemen and song slingers.
$12 advance, $15 door
10 front row "Angel" tickets $25, available online only
 

Friday, Feb. 8th: Diana Jones
(Vermont Festivals)
Adopted as an infant and raised in New York, Diana left home at the age of 15 in search of her roots. Unlike most of her friends, Diana was attracted to the music of Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline, as well as contemporary artists Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. It wasn't until she was reunited with her birth family and the music of the Eastern Tennessee hills some years later, that she discovered why that music had always moved her.

"Diana's music is informed by the themes that have run through her life…love, loss, and redemption…bringing to mind both Emily Dickinson & Loretta Lynn in the same breath. From the mournful lament of a dance hall girl, to the stomping melodic rant of a young woman's burial instructions,
each of Diana's original songs from her latest CD, My Remembrance of You, draws life from the rich cross currents of old timey, country blues and mountain music."

Saturday, Feb. 16th: Trei Arcusi
SEE ALSO OUR ETHNIC MUSIC SERIES
(Miamon Miller)
$10.00 advance, $12.00 door
Trei Arcusi wtih Miamon Miller (violin), Becky Ashenden (bass & santuri) and Chuck Corman (kontra & guitar)  plays the folk music of the Carpathian Mountains and Greece. From the sophisticated meters of the Romanian învîrtita to the dance cycles of the Hungarian tánzház, Trei Arcusi is
excited to bring the music of the Transylvanian village to Boccelli's inBellows Falls.

Less than a year old, Trei Arcusi performed for the Buffalo On The Danube Labor Day workshop in West Virginia and this year will be a featured oddity in the Champlain Valley Folk Festival.

And, Boccelli's will be offering several Hungarian specials in addition to our regular menu this night!
 

Thursday Feb. 28: Richard Shindell
(Flying Under Radar)
7:30 pm
"America's finest singer/songwriter" (STEREO REVIEW) makes a rare solo appearance.
$24 advance, $26 door
10 front row "Angel" tickets $35, available online only
 

March 15: Seth Glier
(Vermont Festivals)
7:30 pm
$8 advance/$10 door

Seth Glier makes the journey from Boston to Bellows Falls for his first professional appearance in the area, having played at private gigs in the area in the past.  This 18 year old phenom should not be missed.

Every so often an artist emerges on the scene as fully formed, with distinct vocals, a palpable presence and well-crafted lyrics where the songs truly belong to the singer. Seth Glier joins the rank of artists with such an emergence. This singer/songwriter/pianist, born and raised in rural Western Massachusetts, delivers an organic performance, rich in emotion and intellect. Glier's blend of smooth folk and bluesy soul is a sound all his own.

Sharing the stage with the likes of John Mayer, Shemekia Copeland and Martin Sexton, Glier's accomplishments far surpass his age.  Seth's energy and passion conveyed during live shows leave listeners talking for days after his performance. "Glier takes his audience to a place that is unknown without his intoxicating groove," wrote Performer Magazine.

Sat. Mar. 29
7:30
SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION
(Flying Under Radar)
After an enthusiastically-received debut opening for Greg Brown, we just had to bring this duo in for their own night. Fabulous harmonies a la Emmylou and Gram!
$15 advance, $17 door
10 front row "Angel" tickets $25, available online only

April 11: Chris O'Brien
(Vermont Festivals)
7:30
$10 advance/$12 door. Limited number of $15 front row "Big Fans of Chris O'Brien" tickets available online only.

Not-to-be missed Chris O'Brien returns to Bellows Falls for an encore!
 He is quickly becoming the favorite performer in a town full of great performances and outstanding artists.

Chris O'Brien's Lighthouse CD is an album of quiet, sophisticated beauty that serves as evidence that O'Brien is indeed one of Boston's best singer-songwriters. After growing up in an environment filled with music and musicians it seems only natural that O'Brien's full length debut sounds so finely crafted.

Lighthouse's hauntingly sparse instrumentation and wistfully literate lyrics are the result of years of hard work and fine songwriting. The influences heard are identifiable, but not prevalent. The emphasis is on the lyrics, which are Chris O'Brien through and through. The songs linger after they finish, like the last wisps of smoke from a fire, due in part to the bare-bones sound that the record possesses. The songs consist mostly of a single guitar, bass, and drums with an occasional, lonesome slide guitar part whining its way into the mix.
 

Saturday, July 12th, 7:30 pm:
The Dreyfus Affair
(part of the Fuge Imaginea International Music Series produced by Miamon Miller):

Get ready for Bastille Day with the Dreyfus Affair where bourgeois café music and revolutionary klezmer meet in a most unusual mix. Clarenetist Ilene Stahl (Klezmer Conservatory Band and Klezperanto) teams with violinist Miamon Miller (Bucovina Klezmer and Trei Arcusi) to play a wide swath of music ranging from Eastern Europe to the Americas. Evan Harlan
(accordionist extraordinaire) joins the band in an evening of what promises to be high-energy, fun-filled, hyphenated music-making. Let Them Eat Blintzes!

Tickets: $10 in advance or $12 at the door. For more information: 802-387-3022
 
 

Friday, July 18,   RICHARD SHINDELL
 presented by Flying Under Radar    Doors 7:00 pm   Show: 7:30 pm
$24 advance
$35 "Angel" tickets (front-row, reserved seat)

"A lapidary craftsman of song. His work has the unadorned beauty of Shaker furniture." - NEW YORK TIMES. Richard Shindell is, hands down, one of the absolute avatars of folk-based singer/songwriter music. As part of folk supergroup Cry Cry Cry (with Dar Williams and Lucy Kaplansky) Shindell won audiences across the US & Canada. As a solo artist, he's a triple threat: master guitarist, exquisite vocalist and stunning songwriter. "America's best singer songwriter" - STEREO REVIEW.

Tickets available at Village Square Booksellers, Bulls Eye Music, Fat Frank's and Boccelli's on the Canal in Bellows Falls. On line at www.brattleborotix.com
By mail: send SSAE and check made out to Flying Under Radar, PO Box 653, Bellows Falls, VT 05101 (Checks must be received no less than seven days prior to concert).

Saturday, August 23: Samirah Evans 7:30
Fuge Imaginea and Miamon Miller present:

The sultry sophisticated voice of Samirah Evans has captivated audiences across the globe. In New Orleans a city famous for its music, Samirah is one of its most popular jazz & blues vocalists. She’s shared stages with legendary national artists from B.B. King and James Brown, to New Orleans Queen of Soul, Irma Thomas. Her performances have featured trumpeter Terence Blanchard, saxophonist Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers and Shannon Powell former drummer for Diana Krall  and the Harry Connick, Jr. band.
Tickets: $12 in advance or $15 at the door. For more information: 802-387-3022
 

MONDAY, August 25 (yes, it’s a Monday and Boccelli’s will be open for dinner!!!!)

TOM RUSSELL

presented by Flying Under Radar    Doors 7:00 pm     Show: 7:30 pm
$24 advance

$35 "Angel" tickets (front-row, reserved seat - limited to 10)
Powerful songwriter of the American West, Tom Russell has appeared numerous times on Late Night with David Letterman, has had his material recorded by the likes of Johnny Cash, K.D. Lang and scores of others. Join us for an evening with this towering figure in American song. Tickets are extremely limited: we suggest you purchase in advance.
Tickets available at Village Square Booksellers, Bulls Eye Music, Fat Frank's and Boccelli's on the Canal in Bellows Falls. On line at www.brattleborotix.com. By mail: send SSAE and check made out to Flying Under Radar, PO Box 653, Bellows Falls, VT 05101 (Checks must be received no less than seven days prior to concert).
 
 
 

Friday, September 26: Jon Shain

Saturday, October 4th: Jazz singer Fred Sokolow, with clarinetist Bill Shontz
7:30 pm; doors open at 7:00pm
$10.00 advance, $12.00 at the door

Saturday, October 25: Eden MacAdam & Larry Unger
7:30 pm; doors open at 7:00pm
$10.00 advance, $12.00 at the door
 

Saturday, Nov. 7th: Red Molly
7:30 pm; doors open at 7:00pm
$13.00 advance at Boccelli's, Village Square Books
$15.00 at the door
$25.00 "Angel" tickets with front row seating available online
Red Molly, the trio who wowed us at Roots on The River in 2007 with the sweetest harmonies this side of paradise, are coming back to Bellows Falls
The trio of Laurie McAllister, Carolann Solobello and Abbie Gardner met at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in 2004 and have been together ever since.  They sing in gorgeous three-part harmony, play like angels and have the most engaging stage presence you could ask for.  If you have not guessed, they are one of my favorite groups I have had the pleasure to hear and present.  And to top it off, they are about the nicest artists you will come across, bar none.

Ticket demand is already strong, so you might want to pick up yours sooner rather than later.  Don't get left out by waiting to the last minute.

Friday, December 5: Meg Hutchinson & Chris Pureka

doors 7pm
show 7:30pm
$12 adv/$14 door
online @ www.brattleborotix.com

Meg Hutchinson is an award winning contemporary acoustic songwriter who is a master of introspective ballads. Her elegant and free-floating melodies feel both modern and rooted.
Chris Pureka is an indie-acoustic songstress whose simple, yet heartfelt and vulnerable delivery often resembles shades of female greats like Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch or Mary Gauthier.
 

saturday, january 3, 2009: Erica Wheeler
$15 advance/$17 door
Show: 7:30; doors open at 7
http://ericawheeler.com/index.php?page=homepage
This is Erica's first Boccelli's appearance and her first time in bf in a long time.   come on down and have dinner before the show, then relax on the first saturday of the new year with a wonderful evening of music with Erica.  if you have not heard her before, i think you will like her as much as I do.  If you have heard her, you don't need any further encouragement from me.  come on down.

$15 advance/$17 door; limited number of front row ANGEL tickets online only at www.brattleborotix.com.  general admission tix available online and at village square booksellers, boccelli's on the canal, fat franks and bull's eye music, all in bf.

Saturday, January 17: Draa Hobbs & Heather Lane
7:30 pm
$10 advance, $12 at the door
jazz standards

Friday, February 6: Mark Erelli
with Stephen Chipman
(Vermont Festivals)
7:30 pm
$15 advance, $17 at the door;
special front-row Angel tickets $25(online only at brattleborotix.com/)
Blues, western swing, folk, country, harmonica, and lead guitar - Boston's Mark Erelli does it all. Grammy winner Dave Alvin said, "If I had a voice like Mark Erelli, I could go places."
 

Saturday, February 28: Chris O'Brien
(Vermont Festivals)
w/Jenee Halstead
7:30 pm
$12 advance, $14 at the door;
special front-row Angel tickets $20(online only at brattleborotix.com/)

Chris O'Brien's Lighthouse CD is an album of quiet, sophisticated beauty that serves as evidence that O'Brien is indeed one of Boston's best singer-songwriters. After growing up in an environment filled with music and musicians it seems only natural that O'Brien's full length debut sounds so finely crafted.

Lighthouse's hauntingly sparse instrumentation and wistfully literate lyrics are the result of years of hard work and fine songwriting. The influences heard are identifiable, but not prevalent. The emphasis is on the lyrics, which are Chris O'Brien through and through. The songs linger after they finish, like the last wisps of smoke from a fire, due in part to the bare-bones sound that the record possesses. The songs consist mostly of a single guitar, bass, and drums with an occasional, lonesome slide guitar part whining its way into the mix.
 

Saturday, March 7: Trei Arcusi
(Fuge Imaginea)
7:30
advance: $10; at the door:$12
Trei Arcusi wtih Miamon Miller (violin), Becky Ashenden (bass & santuri) and Chuck Corman (kontra & guitar)  plays the folk music of the Carpathian Mountains and Greece. From the sophisticated meters of the Romanian învîrtita to the dance cycles of the Hungarian tánzház, Trei Arcusi is excited to bring the music of the Transylvanian village to Boccelli's inBellows Falls. Joined by belly dancer Amity.
 

Friday March 13: Seth Glier
(Vermont Festivals)
7:30 pm
$12 advance/$14 door
special front-row Angel tickets $20(online only at brattleborotix.com/)
 This 19 year old Boston phenom should not be missed!

Every so often an artist emerges on the scene as fully formed, with distinct vocals, a palpable presence and well-crafted lyrics where the songs truly belong to the singer. Seth Glier joins the rank of artists with such an emergence. This singer/songwriter/pianist, born and raised in rural Western Massachusetts, delivers an organic performance, rich in emotion and intellect. Glier's blend of smooth folk and bluesy soul is a sound all his own.

Sharing the stage with the likes of John Mayer, Shemekia Copeland and Martin Sexton, Glier's accomplishments far surpass his age.  Seth's energy and passion conveyed during live shows leave listeners talking for days after his performance. "Glier takes his audience to a place that is unknown without his intoxicating groove," wrote Performer Magazine.

Thursday, March 19: STAN RIDGWAY TRIO
(Flying Under Radar)
Doors: 7:00 pm
Showtime: 7:30 pm
$20.00 - advance
$35.00 - "Angel" (front row, reserved seating) tickets available on line and mailorder only.
"Some know him just as the long lost singer with the great Wall of Voodoo, others as one of the great unsung maverick geniuses of our time." - MELODY MAKER
Stan Ridgway is a true original. From his early days with L.A.'s Wall Of Voodoo (and their immortal "Mexican Radio" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdpllAHo0ng), to his even more intriguing solo career, Ridgway has created an astonishing body of work. With the voice of a carnival barker, a narrative stance halfway between Raymond Chandler and Cormac McCarthy and a sonic world reminiscent of both Film Noir and Spaghetti Western, this is a show not to miss.

Tickets available at Village Square Booksellers, Fat Frank's and Boccelli's on the Canal in Bellows Falls. On line at http://www.brattleborotix.com. By mail: send SSAE and check made out to Flying Under Radar, PO Box 653, Bellows Falls, VT 05101 (Checks must be received no less than seven days prior to concert).

GET YOUR WINGS AND BE A DOUBLE ANGEL! - ANGEL TICKETS TO BOTH SHOWS (Stan Ridgeway/richard Shindell) FOR JUST $60.00! Available by mailorder and online only.
 

Wednesday, March 25: Richard Shindell
(Flying Under Radar)
7:30 pm
$24 advance/$26 door
special front-row Angel tickets $35(online only at http://www.brattleborotix.com)
America's astonishing expatriate singer-songwriter, with a new album NOT FAR NOW featuring the extraordinary "One Man's Arkansas" and "Balloon Man."

"You'll quickly realize you're in the presence of a master who can draw you in and punch your lights out with the turn of a phrase." - STEREO REVIEW.

"He is the best - the vocal equivalent of Shaker furniture. His melodies are just as beautifully unadorned." - NY TIMES
 

Tickets available at Village Square Booksellers, Fat Frank's and Boccelli's on the Canal in Bellows Falls. On line at http://www.brattleborotix.com. By mail: send SSAE and check made out to Flying Under Radar, PO Box 653, Bellows Falls, VT 05101 (Checks must be received no less than seven days prior to concert).

GET YOUR WINGS AND BE A DOUBLE ANGEL! - ANGEL TICKETS TO BOTH SHOWS (Stan Ridgeway/richard Shindell) FOR JUST $60.00! Available by mailorder and online only.
 

SUNDAY April 19: Mary Gauthier
(Vermont Festivals)

$20 advance/$25 door
ANGEL: Front Row Tix: $35 -- Available only at Brattleborotix.com
 
 

Thursday, May 14 Peter Mulvey
with Jesse Peters
(Flying Under Radar)
Doors: 7:00 pm
Showtime: 7:30 pm

$16.00 - advance
 

Guitar wizard and poetic maestro Mulvey (www.petermulvey.com) returns to Bellows Falls. "Peter Mulvey is consistently the most original and dynamic of the US singer-songwriters to tour these shores! A phenomenal performer with huge energy, a quick fire, quirky take on life, and an extraordinary guitar style, a joy to see," says THE IRISH TIMES. Opening the show will be Jesse Peters, whose complex and fascinating songs have been gaining wider and wider notoriety. Jesse will be kicking off his "Hub And Spoke Tour" - three weeks of tour dates all within 100 miles of Peters' Saxtons River home, all powered 100% by bicycle. Read all about the tour on Jesse's homepage, www.jessepeters.com.

Advance tickets available until day of show at Village Square Booksellers, Fat Frank's and Boccelli's on the Canal in Bellows Falls. Online at http://www.brattleborotix.com. By mail: send SSAE and check made out to Flying Under Radar, PO Box 653, Bellows Falls, VT 05101 (Checks must be received no less than seven days prior to concert). To charge by phone ($2/ticket service charge) call Flying Under Radar at 802-463-3669.

Saturday, May 16
7-10 pm
Cajun dance party with Little Orphans
10.00
 

Friday, June 12 noon
Roots on the River open Mic @ Boccelli's
noon

Saturday, June 27: Lil Orphans Special Blend
(Lil Orphans)
7-10 pm;
Cajun dance party 7-10 pm
$10.00
 

Thursday, July 2:  Antje Duvekot & Chris O'Brien
(Flying Under Radar)
Terrific co-bill of two of the fastest rising young stars of the Northeastern roots music scene.
7:30 pm
doors open at 7pm
$14.- advance, $16 at the door
$25.00 - "Angel" (front row, reserved seating) tickets available on line only. Proceeds benefit Parks Place.
Tickets by mail: send check and SSAE to FUR, PO Box 653, Bellows Falls, VT 05101.

""I live for those moments when I hear a performer for the first time and detect unmistakable magic... Chris O'Brien is an uncommonly talented lyricist, with a voice that feels comfortable and familiar at first listen." -Michael Witthaus Eagle Times

"Antje Duvekot's provocative, dark-eyed ballads are becoming the talk of the folk world. Duvekot has gotten hotter, faster than any local songwriter in recent memory." -The Boston Globe

Saturday, July 11: Mo Ambesa
Carribean reggae/hip hop/ jazz blend
(Fuge Imaginea)
7:30
doors open at 7
$8.- advance, $10.- at the door
roots reggae & jazz harmonies with hip-hop flavored rhythms & vocalizations
Get down with local favorite Mo
Ambesa!  This band will rock you with it's unique blend of  Caribbean jazz
and hip hop.  Mo Ambesa, which means 'children of the conquering lion' in
Amharic, discovered their shared interest in reggae and jazz harmonies at
the Vermont Jazz Center in 2007.  Since then, they've been gigging all
over our corner of New England but somehow managed to miss Bellows Falls;
a situation soon-to-be rectified.

Dan Rossow - vocals, trumpet & keys
Dylan Richardson - vocals & tenor sax
Isaac Luxon - guitar
Pat Stevens - bass
Molly Steinmark - drums & vocal
Ben Carr - drums & vocal

Friday, July 24
Caro Diallo
African dance/drumming
7:30 pm; doors open at 7
$10.00 advance, $12.- at the door
If you have never seen traditional West African dance before, Diallo's unbounded energy mixed with athletic finesse provides an uplifting introduction to an art that both soothes and energizes while invoking a community spirit. For those familiar with African dance, Diallo's artistry - accompanied by accomplished local drummers and special guests- will move and inspire you. The infectious rhythms will guarantee that you will have a hard time staying in your seat!
 

Saturday, July 25: Planet Zydeco
(Lil Orphans)
7-10 pm;
Cajun dance party 7-10 pm
$10.00

PLANET ZYDECO is an exciting New England-based zydeco band that captures the essence of traditional rural-style accordion-driven dance music as it is played in clubs and dance halls in southwest Louisiana today. The Planet's funky syncopated sound includes Rose Sinclair on accordion, Peter Pettengill and Nick Keil on twin electric guitars and harmony vocals, Alan Bradbury on bass, Paul McTaggart on drums, and Suzanne Wozniak on rubboard.

Saturday, August 8: Aiofa Clancy and Pipeline
(Fuge Imaginea)
$12 in advance (will be
available starting on July 22nd) or $15 a the door
7:30 pm; doors open at 7

Aoife Clancy (pronounced "Eefa") brings a refreshing new voice to folk
music, one that ranges from traditional Irish songs to ballads and
contemporary folk. Aoife comes from the small town of Carrick-on-Suir, in
Co Tipperary, Ireland, where her musical career began at an early age. Her
father Bobby Clancy of the legendary Clancy Brothers, placed a guitar in
her hands at age ten, and by age fourteen was playing with her father in
nearby pubs.

"Pipeline" features Dermont Hyde on Uilleann pipes, tin whistle, low
whistle, small pipes and vocals and Tom Hake on bouzouki, guitar and harp.

Aoife, Dermont and Tom are in the midst of a tour which is taking them all
over New England and we're very lucky to have them fall into our midst on
a Saturday night in Bellows Falls.
 
 
 

Thursday, August 20: Eliza Gilkyson with Nina Gerber
(Flying Under Radar)
Doors 7, Show 7:30 pm

Eliza Gilkyson is a riveting performer who has truly come into her own in the past few years with gorgeous vocals and amazing songwriting. Her political songs brilliantly counterpoint her unabashedly spiritual and romantic leanings. Joan Baez's latest features two of Eliza's songs, including the masterwork, "Rose of Sharon." Accompanying Eliza will be California guitarist extraordinaire Nina Gerber, well known for her blazing accompaniment to artists as diverse as Kate Wolf, Greg Brown, Dave Alvin and Laurie Lewis.

$24 advance. Front row "Angel" tix online or by mail only. Tickets on sale FRIDAY at Boccelli's, Village Square Books, Fat Franks. On sale now at http://www.brattleborotix.com

For tickets by mail, include a SASE and check made out to FUR and send to PO Box 653, Bellows Falls, VT 05101.
 

Saturday, August 22: Samirah Evans and the Handsome Devils
featuring her Leo/Virgo party!
(Fuge Imaginea)
7:30
$12 advance, $15 at the door

Qucikly becoming a southern Vermont favorite, jazz singer Samirah Evans has shared the stage with legendary national artists from B.B.King and James Brown, to New Orleans
Queen of Soul, Irma Thomas. After Hurricane Katrina, Samirah moved to
Vermont where she has continued to wow audiences. Each year in New Orleans, Samirah had a major birthday party in honor of those born into the house of Leo.  This year Samirah (Leo) and husband Chris (Virgo) want to celebrate their birthdays with you in the only town that rivals the Big Easy -Bellows Falls, VT!  All born under the signs of
Leo and Virgo will partake in a free champagne toast, cake, and gift
raffles. Other zodiac sign are invited to join in on the fun.  It’s not
all party though, Samirah will perform New Orleans classics and songs from
her new release  “My Little Bodhisattva”. In addition, Samirah’s put the
word out to her many musician friends so expect surprise visits by guest
artists!

The Handsome Devils: Michael Szoldos/saxophone, Miro Sprague/piano,
George Kaye/bass, Connor Meehan/drums

Saturday, September 5: Alastair Moock
(Vermont Festivals)
$14 in advance, $16 at the door
limited number of front-row “angel” seats at $25.
Winner of numerous musical awards, Moock has a unique style that mixes gutsy singing, humor, and storytelling. His songs are engaging on both a personal and cultural level, and his lyrics observant, heart-wrenching, funny, and defiant — often all at once.
“If you like Mark Erelli, Jeffrey Foucault, Slaid Cleaves, or Stephen Kellogg, then Alastair's show is one that you will thoroughly enjoy.  His current album “Fortune Street” has a broad range of musical style, ranging from blues and 70s-era soul, to ballads and a little folk-rock mixed in to keep it interesting. His lyrics are the poetic backbone to the music, and his raspy voice the unique and appealing vehicle for delivery of his carefully crafted words.

Friday, September 25: Starline Rhythm Boys
(Vermont Festivals)
7:30
$16 advance/$18 door

limited number of ANGEL: Front Row Tix: $25 -- Available only at Brattleborotix.com
Vermont's own hard-driving Starline Rhythm Boys is a rockabilly trio which has wowed Roots on the River Festival crowds for the last two years. See them in the great
music room at Boccelli's for a "kick out the jams" concert that will have
you on your feet.
The door opens at 7 p.m. and showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 in
advance, $18 at the door, and are available at Boccelli’s, Village Square
Booksellers, and Fat Franks in Bellows Falls, The Vault and Radio Shack in
Springfield, Misty Valley Books in Chester, and at www.brattleborotix.com.
There are a limited number of front-row “angel” seats at $25.
For more information, please call 463-9595.

Saturday, September 26: Murphy's blues
A funky, soulful, feelgood groove
7-10pm $7.00
Murphy's Blues is a high-energy band known for passionate performances, non-stop dance grooves and seriously fun-minded music. Male and female vocals, full vocal harmonies, a riotous sax, clean and soulful guitar and bass work, rapid-fire keyboards, dead-on percussion and one mean blues harp. Their song list includes R&B, soul, funk, rock and blues favorites and originals done in their  own playful and powerful style that keeps people out on the dance floor.
 

Saturday, October 10: The Boogie Men
7:30 - 10:00
doors open at 7pm
Get ready to stomp, rock, shuffle and - yes - boogie!  New Hampshire's own "darlings of the dance floor," the Boogie Men, are coming to Boccelli's.  Featuring swank-spankin' harp tones and dirty guitar licks, the Boogie Men are a five-piece cover band specializing in the dance tunes of (but not limited to) 60s classic rock/pop and hoppin' country blues.  Their up-beat music has energized a growing audience for the last two years, including those who attended the 2008 and 2009 Greenfield, Blue-B-Que.
 
 

Friday, October 23: Housetop
(Fuge Imaginea)
7:30 pm
doors open at 7
$10 advance, $12 at the door
Local musicians Anna Patton (clarinet), Peter Siegel
(guitar/mandolin) and sisters Naomi (violin/mandolin) and Erica Morse
(bass) have a terrific quartet called "Housetop".  The group specializes
in swing, jug band, and Western swing from the 30s and 40s sprinkling the
repertoire with some of their own material.  They're developing quite a
reputation as a band that combines high-energy and playful instrumentals
with wonderful vocal arrangements.
 

Friday, October 30: White Noise
(Vermont Festivals)
Tickets: $10 in Advance, $12 at the Door.
A decade ago The White Noise band was called "the best Rock and Roll Band in the Area" by Arts and Entertainment writer Bruce Whitman, writing for southern Vermont's Brattleboro Reformer. The band's popularity ranged throughout northern New England. In the ensuing years band members left live performing to pursue writing and recording and a variety of other musical interests. Now, guitarists, Bud Pyatak, Charly McLoughlin, Gary Keiser and bassman George Smith along with drummer Sean McLoughlin and keyboard player Chris Pyatak return to live performing. New songs highlight both sweet and powerful performances of their award winning compositions and more.
 

Saturday, November 7: Mark Shelton
7:30 pm
Tickets: $10 in Advance, $12 at the Door.
Performing a musical tribute of the hits by Elvis Presley, Mark Shelton will also be crooning stunning renditions of songs by the Everly Brothers, Perry Como, Dion and the Belmonts, Roy Orbison, Ricky Nelson, Del Shannon, chuck Berry, and just about any other major artist of the era.

"Mark Shelton provides an evening worth looking forward to that won't let you down...Shelton pays homage to the great singers of the past and has the vocal ability to make you remember what great singing was like"
                                            Brian Johnson, director, Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT