New Shows
New Year's Eve!! with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Friday, December 31 | Downstairs
Celebrate the New Year with the best party in town! Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews is a rare artist who can draw both the unqualified respect of jazz legends and deliver a high-energy rock show capable of mesmerizing international rock stars and audiences alike. With such an unprecedented mix of rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop and soul, he had to create his own name to describe his signature sound: Supafunkrock!
Brad
Friday, October 8 | Downstairs
On Sale Thursday, 9/2!
Brad formed officially in 1992 although the individual band members had been playing together for a long time before that. The original line-up was composed of vocalist Shawn Smith, guitarist Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam), bassist Jeremy Toback and drummer Regan Hagar. Their new album is Best Friends? ...
An Acoustic Evening with...
James Hunter
Wednesday, October 6 | Upstairs | 2 Shows
Join him for this special, intimate, solo acoustic performance! A native of Colchester, England, James Hunter fell in love with Soul and R&B music early on. Later, he cut his chops playing clubs and the festival circuits in England. He's also toured extensively with Van Morrison, singing alongside greats like John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, Jimmy Witherspoon and Georgie Fame. Still, as oddly familiar as James Hunter may "sound" upon first listen, he actually pays loving homage to all the Soul greats ... unlike any other...
Charlie Hunter Trio
Saturday, November 13 | Upstairs | 2 Shows
Since the debut of Charlie Hunter Trio in '93, Hunter has recorded 17 albums and worked with Miles Perkins, Les Claypool, John Ellis, Bobby Previte, Leon Parker, Mos Def, Norah Jones, Adam Cruz, and John Mayer to name just a few...
Mavis Staples
with Jolie Holland
Monday, October 4 | Downstairs
With the groundbreaking family gospel group The Staple Singers ("I'll Take You There", "Respect Yourself") and on her own, Mavis is responsible for blazing a rhythm & blues trail while never relinquishing her gospel roots. Her latest album, You Are Not Alone, produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, will be released on September 14, 2010...
Playing For Change
Monday, November 15 | Downstairs
On Sale 9/10
Playing for Change is an extraordinary effort to unite musicians and vocalists from diverse parts of the globe, while at the same time seeking to immerse audiences in a multimedia movement to inspire, connect and bring peace to the world through music. Bill Moyers called it a remarkable example of "the simple yet transformative power of music... to touch something in each of us."
Punch Brothers (feat. Chris Thile)
Monday, October 25 | Downstairs
"Antifogmatic" is a bit of bygone slang that mandolinist Chris Thile and his bandmates stumbled across, "an old term," explains the Punch Brothers founder, "for a bracing beverage, rum or whiskey, that one would have in the morning before going out to work in rough weather."...The New York Times says: "[They] have the unplugged lineup of an old-fashioned string band... But their music is as radical as progressive bluegrass..."
