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