Nick Bullock

Date: Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: psychedelic folk-pop
Price: FREE

A rare solo show with Nick Bullock! For the past eight years Nick has crisscrossed the country on tour with his Ithaca-based band, Revision, playing over one hundred and fifty shows a year. Nick's East Coast upbringing has indelibly stamped his musical style, evident in everything from his New York City lyrics to his North Carolina picking. Nicks story? Guy meets guitar, guy falls for guitar, guy marries guitar. somewhere along the line guy gets disenfranchised with his marriage. Guy meets songs, guy falls for songs, rendezvousing at mysterious and smoky clubs late at night. Guitar confronts guy about his affair with songs... at the end of the day, guy, guitar and songs realize this will work out just fine for all three of them.

Common Railers

Date: Friday, March 19th, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: country/blues/pop/rock
Price: FREE

The Common Railers sound ranges from more traditional folk and bluegrass, to singer-songwriter, pop and americana. Songwriting is shared by guitarist Peter Glanville and mandolin, banjo and accordion player Gordon Rowland, who often collaborate on the band's original material. Upright bassist Mike Costello and drummer Shane Hartman add intricate grooves to the bands original material. You can often hear Chad Crumm's soaring fiddle lines or funky banjo solos adding the finishing touches to the songs.

Writers' Cafe: Local Authors Read in Celebration of Drink

Date: Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Time: 5pm-6pm
Genre: readings by local authors
Price: FREE

From tea to smoothies to whiskey, local writers will read short pieces, both fiction and non-fiction, exploring the themes of what we drink, how we drink and who we drink with. Authors will include Leslie Daniels (Cleaning Nabokov's House), Rebecca Barry, (Later, at the Bar), Ellen Hartman (Calling the Shots; Plan B: Boyfriend), Rachel Dickinson (Falconer on the Edge: A man, his birds and the vanishing landscape of the American West), and Amelia Sauter (cocktail columnist for The Ithaca Post).

The Writers' Cafe is curated by Leslie Daniels. Felicia's will offer a specialty menu of "writers' cocktails" for the event including the Hemingway Daiquiri, Irish Coffee, and housemade Chai.

Author websites:
www.lesliedaniels.com
www.racheldickinson.com
www.rebeccabarry.net
www.ellenhartman.com
www.ameliasauter.com

Johnny Dowd Band

Date: Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: americana punk anti-christ
Price: FREE

Johnny Dowd is the white dolamite, living the life most men only dream about. Poetic mumbles laced with the sparkling vocals of Kim Sherwood Caso.

Bernie Upson Trio

Date: Friday, March 26th, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
Genre: jazz
Price: FREE

Some of the grooviest, jazziest jazz in Ithaca...

Drink in the Dark for Earth Hour

Date: Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Time: 8:30pm-9:30pm
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Price: FREE

For the second year, Felicia's is participating in Earth Hour with their own special event, Drink in the Dark. During Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people, organizations, corporations and governments around the world will come together to make a bold statement about their concern for climate change by doing something quite simple: turning off their lights for one hour, 8:30pm-9:30pm. Last year, 80 million Americans officially voted for action with their light switch, joining iconic landmarks from around the world that went dark for Earth Hour, including: Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Las Vegas Strip, United Nations Headquarters, Great Pyramids of Giza, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Watch last year's event at Felicias on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJN1OwUjCQw

Cosmic Country Cowboys

Date: Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Time: 7pm
Genre: country soul
Price: FREE

The Cosmic Country Outlaws are Marianne Marsh, Park Doing, Jim Catalano and Alan Pauling. They play "outlaw" country music by artists such as
Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Gram Parsons, Buck Owens and Loretta Lynn (heavy on the Gram!) sweet and low-down, with some originals for
spice. It's not country radio - it's country soul music.

Toivo

Date: Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: Old-time
Price: FREE

Toivo from Tburg plays original accordion numbers, Finnish tunes, Tex-Mex tunes, and dance numbers from all over the place. Richard Koski, button accordion; Jason Koski, mandolin; Jim Reidy, guitar; Stefan Senders, banjo; Harley Campbell, upright bass; and Annie Campbell, snare drum.

Bronwen Exter

Date: Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: Lounge Pop
Price: FREE

Think Cowboy Junkies and Mazzy Star. Breathy, ethereal and mesmerizing, this Newfield-gone-NYC musician has a smoky, husky voice and original soul-melting melodies.

Paris Texas

Date: Friday, April 9th, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: bluegrass
Price: FREE

Paris Texas delivers a rollicking night of bluegrass, string swing, and Texas music The band features the flatpicking guitar playing of Bobby Henrie, fiddling of Rick Manning and bass accompaniment of Harry Aceto. Bobby is best known his rockabilly and swing playing in Bobby Henrie and the Goners and Tres Swing. Rick Manning and Bobby played for years together in Cornerstone, one of Ithacas favorite bluegrass and acoustic country bands of the 90s. And Harry is one of those multi-talented musical Acetos. Need we say more?

Chris Seeds and Peter Glanville

Date: Sunday, April 11th, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: indie folk
Price: FREE

Songwriters Chris Seeds and Peter Glanville combine for a set of acoustic yarns and travel diaries.

Bayou Road Krewe

Date: Friday, April 16th, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
Genre: cajun
Price: FREE

When you picture the hot and steamy dance halls of southwest Louisiana, filled with the irresistable beat of high energy 2-steps and sultry waltzes, that is the music that Bayou Road Krewe will bring to you. The Krewe features the twin fiddles of Susi Mills and Steve Selin, Jason Zorns rockin rhythm guitar and Susis sweet and powerful French vocals. The dancers will never want to leave the dance floor due to the Krewes rhythm masters, Joe Damiano on bass and Gary Graeff from Lafayette, Louisiana on drums. If you can not get all the way to Louisiana on I -10, the Bayou Road Krewe can bring the music and feel of Louisiana to you!

Janet Robin and Namoli Brennet

Date: Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: rockin' woman
Price: FREE

Best known as the guitarist for Linsday Buckingham, Janet Robin is now shining as a solo artist. She has been described as a "killer guitarist" who also happens to be a great singer and songwriter. www.janetrobin.com. Namoli Brennets impassioned performances, punctuated by her quirky humor and enthusiasm, have won over fans all over the country. She has been described as "the ADHD love-child of Tracy Chapman and Bob Dylan" (Milo Pehr Press). www.namolibrennet.com

Jennie Lowe Stearns

Date: Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: indie folk
Price: FREE

Jennies phenomenal talent and down-home style can be compared with Gillian Welch and Lucinda Williams. Her strong yet intimate vocal style and the vivid imagery portrayed by her lyrics gently draw the listener into her world. Despite the often sombre mood, you'll find yourself strangely at one with her perspective. www.jenniestearns.com.

Long John & The Tights

Date: Friday, April 30th, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: old time
Price: FREE

The string band with a leg up on old time music! LJT plays southern Appalachian mountain music from around 1920 - 1940, mixing in Celtic, bluegrass, and northern square & contra-dance music. John Hoffmann plays fiddle with Stefan Senders on 5-string banjo, Randi Beckmann on piano, and Jim Reidy on banjo uke, and Jody Platt on tenor guitar.

Mary Brett Lorson and The Soubrettes

Date: Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: vintage lyrical american
Price: FREE

Mary Lorson's straightforward and lyrical songwriting style has been long appreciated through her musical endeavors with Madder Rose, Saint Low and The Piano Creeps. Now, with her new outfit, Mary Brett Lorson and the Soubrettes, the singer chases the Burlesque musical roots of America's traveling vaudeville shows. Ghostly and dreamy, transporting and unsettling, Lorson's vintage songwriting style grasps the fleeting fine line between funny and tragic. Band members include: Jen Middaugh (vocals, percussion), Leah Houghtaling (vocals, banjo), and Amelia Sauter (vocals, upright bass).

Aceto Lieberman Quartet

Date: Friday, May 7th, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: jazz
Price: FREE

Eric Aceto (Violin), Harry Aceto (Bass) and Chad Lieberman (Piano/Melodica) and Michael Wellen (drums) playing originals, latin, beautiful ballads and swingin' standards.

Steve Gollnick

Date: Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: indie-pop
Price: FREE

Rusted-out indie-pop from the wrong side of Saturday night. www.myspace.com/stevegollnick

Pearls and Swine

Date: Friday, May 14th, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: old-time
Price: FREE

What happens when you have the Hogwashers in your hand and I have the Pearly Snaps in my hand and we're both running really fast and then we bang into each other. Rosie newton on fiddle, Stephanie Jenkins on banjo and Steve Selin on guitar.

Black Walnut Band

Date: Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: country soul
Price: FREE

New to the music scene, the members of The Black Walnut Band are eager to entertain the world with their acoustic indie country soul sound. The band is made up of musicians from all over Ithaca including Jen Cork and Sharon Costianes on vocals, Dustin Stuhr (Urban Horse Thieves) on guitar, David McKinley on dobro and harmonica, Steve Reichland on drums and Mike Levy (Hogwashers, Small Kings) on upright bass.

Gregory Douglass and Rebecca Pronsky

Date: Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: contemporary folk/rock/pop
Price: FREE

Gregory Douglass evocative, alternative sound channels everyone from Stevie Wonder to Fiona Apple according to Instinct Magazine. With seven critically acclaimed, independent CDs under his belt, the 28 year old Vermont native has shared the stage with artists like They Might Be Giants, Dar Williams, Jason Mraz, Regina Spektor and Margaret Cho. www.gregorydouglass.com. The Ithaca Times describes indie twang artist Rebecca Pronsky as a songbird: -With a brutal, cutting lyricism and a jazz trained voice, Ms. Pronsky is an act worth catching. Her latest EP, The Best Game in Town, [is] a lush combination of indie pop, Americana, folk and jazz.- www.rebeccapronsky.com/

Pamela Means

Date: Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Time: 7pm
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Genre: outspoken folk rock
Price: FREE

Pamela Means is a Boston-based Out (spoken), Biracial indie folk artist whose "kamikaze guitar style" and punchy provocative songs have worn a hole in her guitar. Armed with razor wit poetry and irresistable charm, Pamela Means' "stark, defiant songs" (New York Times Magazine) set the status quo and the stage afire. www.pamelameans.com.

Earl Pickens and Family

Date: Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Time: 7pm
Website: Click Here
Genre: alt country
Price: FREE

These banjo-toting alt-country crooners have just released their acoustic interpretation of the classic U2 album, Joshua Tree. Each song is dismantled and reconstructed with banjo, upright bass, mandolin, fiddle and haunting vocal harmonies. An exceptional feat. Catch them on WVBR on Nonesuch this afternoon, too!

Skilled and clever songwriting. -The Village Voice

A DANG GOOD TIME -TimeOut New York

Just filled with good songs. -David Dye, host World Cafe

www.myspace.com/earlpickensmusic