Evil City String Band

Date: Friday, August 29th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: old time
Price: FREE

Richie Stearns (banjo), Steve Selin (fiddle), Pat Burke (guitar) and Ben Gould (bass).

Ithaca Roller Derby After Party

Date: Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Time: 9:30pm-close
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Price: FREE

Whats hotter than a bunch of power house girls on skates beating each other up? A bunch of power house girls on skates sipping colorful martinis at Felicias. The SufferJets bout with the Harrisburg Fallout Femmes begins at 7pm at Cass Park, with the after party at Felicias starting immediately after the bout. Drink specials and no cover. www.ithacarollerderby.com

Lizzy Picciallo

Date: Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: Folky Acoustic Rock
Price: FREE

Progressive, innovative, rockin' songs that will make you think and move. Lizzy's vocal style is jazzy and edgy. Her debut album 'Drawing Triangles' won the local Jimmy award in 2007 as best female vocal performance and also received an honorable mention as best solo album of the year.

The Small Kings

Date: Friday, September 5th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: rockin' acoustic
Price: FREE

From far and wide, Marty did walk. From sea ship to truckers cab to freight train yard gravel pile sleeping accomodations, he did carry his guitar. From his point of view the world owed him nothing and gave him everything. Even an extremely loyal back-up band that waited and waited, though in vain, for his impending return, and thus as to be expected of dreams deferred, he failed to return one too many times, and thus failed to make the gig, again. and again... and thus, the extremely loyal back-up band once known as The Unleavened Experience, and another once known as Pavlov's Kittens, and another once known as The Abdominal Snowpersons, tired of the perpetual distrophy of their lead singer, fired him, cold turkey. They returned semi-triumphantly as the wee rulers of their domain, the little people who like their homes to be homes, as the guys that make music because it is music, now known as The Small Kings.

Becky Chace

Date: Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: Acoustic Rock
Price: FREE

Becky Chace writes, performs, and records genre-defying, soulful music which twists and turns through the varied paths of life leaving listeners feeling connected to the bigger picture through the window of her work. Her music has the sadness and swing of alt-country and blues ala Lucinda Williams, but can kick into the rock bravado of rock and pop ala Bruce Springsteen and drop into the lonely despair of a folk song all in one set.

Bayou Road Krewe

Date: Friday, September 12th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: cajun
Price: FREE

Come dance to local cajun band Bayou Road Krewe: Steve Selin (fiddle or drums), Joe Damiano (banjo), Susi Mills (fiddle) and Ellyn Sellers-Selin (triangle), and friends. Correct Felicia is she missed anyone here...

Shannon Hawley

Date: Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: Acoustic, Indie
Price: Free

Singer and songwriter Shannon Hawley is a passionate and unflinching new artist who explores the mysteries of life with an open, honest heart. Hawley uses her hauntingly beautiful voice as a vehicle to explore her own personal quest to transform pain into art, to become "one whole person." Other recurring themes in her music include love, travel, family, and connection to people and places.

Long John & The Tights

Date: Friday, September 19th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: eltic, bluegrass, and northern square & contra-dance music
Price: FREE

The String Band With A Leg Up On Old Time Music! LJT plays music that became popular in the southern Appalachian mountains from
around 1920 - 1940, mixing in some elements of today's 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 now with Jody Platt on
tenor guitar.

Jennie Stearns

Date: Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: indie folk
Price: FREE

Jennie Stearns' new album, Birds Fall, has been a hit close to home in Ithaca and as far away as the U.K.and France. "A Lucinda weariness in her voice effectively contradicts the lightness of her singing." (Doug Lane, Freight Train Boogie). "Stearns' voice enters further forward and richer than it has ever been heard before." (Dirty Linen) "A voice that carries a lightly fractured beauty that can melt hearts while withholding enough grit to make her point when called upon." (Altcountrytab.com). Jennie will likely be joined by her band: Mike Stark (piano), Brian Dozoretz (upright bass), and Matt Saccuccimorano (drums).

Goatboy

Date: Friday, September 26th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Genre: fiddle tunes
Price: FREE

Judy Hyman (fiddle), Richie Stearns (banjo), Jeff Claus (banjo uke), Steve Selin (fiddle), Ben Gould (upright bass)

Gregory Douglass and Stewart Lewis

Date: Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: contemporary folk/rock/pop
Price: FREE

Gregory Douglass possesses the voice of an angel - an angel in league with a devil, who conspires to seduce you with beauty. His passionate amalgamation of contemporary folk, pop, and rock have been compared to Jeff Buckely, Tori Amos, Peter Gabriel, and Bjork. He has toured with They Might Be Giants, and been co-billed with Tracy Chapman, Third Eye Blind, Melissa Ferrick, Martin Sexton, and Michelle Branch to name a few. He is HOT. www.gregorydouglass.com. Stewart Lewis is a new hot pop star. The film and TV world have been taken by Stewarts songs, which have been featured on shows such as Ghost Whisperer, MTVs Laguna Beach, Joan of Arcadia, Dawsons Creek, Biggest Loser, and the 20th Century Fox feature film Firehouse Dog. www.stewartlewis.com

Adrianne with guest Nina Storey

Date: Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm
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Genre: Acoustic Rock
Price: FREE

Award-winning singer-songwriter ADRIANNE has been playing, writing and performing for over ten years, by way of Miami, Boston, Toronto, London, Los Angeles and now Atlanta. She has shared the stage with artists like Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne, and just last week performed on The Folk Boat cruise with Patti Griffin, Lyle Lovett, and Emmylou Harris. Adrianne has a voice that is uniquely beautiful and moving and songs that go straight for the truth. Her intensely personal lyrics, innovative open tunings, and riveting performance style have critics and industry leaders fairly gushing over her prodigious creative gifts. www.myspace.com/adriannemusic. Nina Storey's voice has recently been described as ...half Janis and half Alanis, and whose arresting delivery is three parts Virgin Mary and one part Dirty Harry..." www.myspace.com/ninastorey.

Namoli Brennet

Date: Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Time: 7pm
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Genre: pop-folky
Price: FREE

Commanding. Intriguing. Unique. Namoli's impassioned performances, punctuated by her quirky humor and enthusiasm, have won over fans all over the country. She's even got a song about Ithaca. This girl's gotta eat, and shes coming to your town. Now go feed the rock star. www.namolibrennet.com

Jen Cork

Date: Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Time: 7pm
Genre: pop-acoustic-folky
Price: FREE

Ithacan Jen Cork is not just another girl with a guitar. New to the music scene, her sultry voice and engaging performances have already been turning heads. Most recently she has been in the studio with Dustin of the Urban Horse Thieves.

Toivo

Date: Friday, October 24th, 2008
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
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Price: FREE

Toivo, the band from Trumansburg playing Finger Lakes Traditional music, has a new CD! It's called "Laughing Shoe" and it's stepping out with lots of Rich Koski's original accordion numbers, some Finnish tunes, some Tex-Mex tunes, and some other nearly forgotten dance numbers from all over
the place. The band consists of Richard Koski, button accordion; Jason Koski, mandolin; Jim Reidy, guitar; Stefan Senders, banjo; Harley Campbell, upright bass; and Annie Campbell, snare drum.