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Bob Dylan “Rough and Rowdy Ways” Tour nights Stops at Beacon Theatre, Capitol Theatre in November

Bob Dylan will hit the road for the “Rough and Rowdy Ways” tour in November, following his longest touring hiatus since the 1980s. The tour is billed as a worldwide tour running until 2024.

Rough and Rowdy Ways follows the release of the singles “Murder Most Foul” and “I Contain Multitudes,” with the former earning Dylan his first-ever #1 song under his own name on any Billboard chart. Dylan has also announced a 1980s-era bootleg series release, and streamed a concert called Shadow Kingdom.

Dylan’s fall dates will also mark the return of the road band, a slightly altered version of the group that hit the road in the fall of 2019, with two new members featured alongside regulars Charlie Sexton, Tony Garnier and Donnie Herron.

The tour makes stops in NYC on November 19-21 at The Beacon Theatre, and then Bob Dylan will hold a two-night run right after at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester. Tickets will go on sale Oct. 1 via BobDylan.com.

Bob Dylan Fall 2021 “Rough and Rowdy Ways” Tourdates

Nov. 2 – Milwaukee – Riverside Theatre

Nov. 3 – Chicago – Auditorium Theatre

Nov. 5 – Cleveland – Key Bank State Theatre

Nov. 6 – Columbus, Ohio – Palace Theatre

Nov. 7 – Bloomington, Ind. – U Auditorium

Nov. 9 – Cincinnati – Procter & Gamble Hall

Nov. 10 – Knoxville, Tenn. – Knoxville Auditorium

Nov. 12 – Louisville, Ky. – Palace Theatre

Nov. 13 – Charleston, WV – Municipal Auditorium

Nov. 15 – Moon Township, Penn. – Morris Univ. – UPMC Events Center

Nov. 16 – Hershey, Penn. – Hershey Theatre

Nov. 19 – New York City – Beacon Theatre

Nov. 20 – New York City – Beacon Theatre

Nov. 21 – New York City – Beacon Theatre

Nov. 23 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

Nov. 24 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

Nov. 26 – Providence, RI – Providence Performing Arts Center

Nov. 27 – Boston – Wang Theatre

Nov. 29 – Philadelphia – The Met

Nov. 30 – Philadelphia – The Met

Dec. 2 – Washington, DC – The Anthem

September 29, 2021
Sunday Gospel Blues with Robert Cray at Homer Center for the Arts

Robert Cray and his four piece ensemble helped turn the Homer Center for the Arts into a Sunday soul release of blues on September 26. In just over 40 years, Cray and his band have recorded 20 studio releases, as well as co-wrote and performed on Eric Clapton’s iconic blues piece “Old Love.” When Producer Steve Jordan worked with Robert in the studio, he said the artist has to be able “to perform at a live capacity, a very high level. The way Robert sings and plays, that’s at the highest level. So, boom. We got that.”

photo by Perri Sage

The Homer Center for the Arts helped treat the 400 person capacity crowd to a live performance as intimate as a studio recording. The center is a community of artists, art lovers, music makers, and creators who truly have the fervor for live music. The 150-year-old church turned venue still boasts rows of pews leftover from with balcony spirits. At one point Robert looked up to the center ceiling and said “Jimi… (Hendrix) can you hear me?,” a nod to Jimi’s quote about a live music performance, “When I get up on stage – well, that’s my whole life. That’s my religion. My music is electric church music, the cosmos are the sky church as you can see.” On the altar with Robert Cray was bass player Richard Cousins, drummer Terrence Clark and keyboardist Jim Pugh. Robert’s catalog of sound included all the ups and downs of lifestyle love through the blues.

“You can’t make me change” and “Anything you Want,” both performed in Homer this evening, originated in the studio with drummer and producer Steve Jordan, who produced Cray’s blues album Take Your Shoes Off, winning the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000.

photo by Perri Sage

Robert begged for someone to “Fix This” during a take on a painful love experience: “Fix this, broken heart of my I just can’t catch my breath, I’m all, torn apart, Trying to forget all the pain I’ve been through And all the time spent with you, not knowing you never gave a damn about us.” The band kept the bitter blues ballads on “I’m Done Crying,” for accepting a love that’s come to its end, singing “I’ve got no more tears you can’t hurt me anymore At least now I know where I stand you won’t take away my dignity Cause I am still a man.”

Cray gives hope for the ones still looking to move past an old love with “Bouncin Back,” singing “I’m finally bouncin’ back, I’ve got the urge to dance, I believe that I’ll Give love just one more chance.”

The crowd heard Crays’ classic cut off his 1986 studio album Strong Persuader. “Right Next Door (because of me),” a tale about being the man on the side that sacrifices his love for the woman’s greater good. You can hear Cray’s guitar tone influence on John Mayer’s new Sob Rock album.

photo by Perri Sage

The band closed with “You Must Believe in Yourself” That’s what you gotta do now! What you gotta do!,” to a standing ovation from the Homer audience. The two song encore “You Move Me” and “Time Takes Two” helped end the Sunday sermon, “You know time makes two, it takes two to heal a broken heart.”

The Sunday gospel blues presented by Robert and his band helped ease everyone’s restless hearts in attendance.

Robert Cray – Homer Center for the Arts, Homer, NY – September 26 2021

Setlist: Anything you want, I Shiver, You can’t make me Change, Deep in my Soul, Fix This, Bouncin Back, Sitting on top of the world, Chicken in the Kitchen, You don’t even care, Hot, I’m done Crying, Right Next Door, You Must Believe in Yourself

Encore: You Move Me, Time Takes Two

Photos by Perri Sage

September 28, 2021
Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Kicks off 45th Season

The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra in Ithaca are welcoming a 45th season. This year, the orchestra promises a diverse lineup, acclaimed soloists, and above all, “uplifting, thought-provoking, and inspirational” programming.

The season kicked off on Sunday, September 26th with a Chamber Music Series program of string classics. The intimate performance at First Unitarian Church in Ithaca featured three diverse pieces. The first two selections highlighted Taileferre, a trailblazing French female composer, and George Walker, the first Black composer to win a Pulitzer prize. The program closed with a performance of Brahms’ “String Sextet No. 2 in G Major.” The composers’ youthful vision connects them: all three composers were in their mid-20s when writing these symphonies.

Standout performers this season include violinist and concertmaster Christina Bouey. Bouey will perform a Beethoven solo at CCO’s next offering, a rendition of “Beethoven’s Fifth” scheduled for October 23rd. Ithaca College will host the event. This season will also feature a performance of Rodrigo from Jordan Dodson, who has been called “one of the top young guitarists of his generation.” Dodson will play at Ithaca College as well, on Saturday, November 20th.

Beyond professional performances, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra also boasts a vibrant youth orchestra. The CCYO just began rehearsals in step with the new season. The program offers kids exposure to a new level of play, as former member Connor Furman detailed in the orchestra’s latest newsletter. Furman, who now sits principal his college orchestra, explained the joy of having access to symphony music in a small community.

I came from a very small high school…we didn’t have a marching band, and there was no orchestra, so going from an extremely small band, to a full symphonic orchestra was really a completely new experience. And I loved it! I got to play things I knew I would never play at my high school.
Connor Furman

The Youth Orchestra will have their first performance of the season in a winter showcase on January 8th, 2022. But those with young children who may not be ready for their own sheet music need not fear. The CCO offers an immersive Family Concert Series as well, kicking off on November 18th. The program combines live music, narrated children’s books, and opportunities for tots to try new instruments with the help of CCO musicians. Moreover, the event is free of admission.

For further details on CCO’s upcoming calendar, and to purchase tickets to any and all events, visit the CCO website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnnGiBl9V8c

September 28, 2021
Zac Brown Band Shows in Syracuse and Saratoga cancelled

The upcoming Zac Brown Band shows on Saturday at St Joseph’s Health Amphitheater in Syracuse, and Sunday at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) have been cancelled. Frontman Zac Brown announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Brown said in a tweet, “I have made the difficult decision to pause Zac Brown Band’s ‘The Comeback Tour.’ Despite taking precautions, I’ve tested positive for COVID-19,” “I am deeply disappointed this has happened, as touring is our life and performing live for our fans is the best part of our job.”

“The bottom line is that I want to take every precaution to put the health and safety of our fans and crew first. We will resume the tour as soon as I have finished the CDC-mandated quarantine and it is safe for our band members and crew to do so,” Brown posted.

To all our fans, pic.twitter.com/Ozq0MxoaOy
— Zac Brown Band (@zacbrownband) September 28, 2021

Four Zac Brown Band shows in total have been cancelled, including Clarkston, Michigan on September 30, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania on October 1, Syracuse on October 2 and Saratoga Springs on October 3. Refunds will be available for those canceled shows at the point of purchase.

The tour takes its name from Zac Brown Band’s upcoming album, The Comeback, slated for release on October 15, featuring the group’s current radio single, “Same Boat.”

September 28, 2021
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical” wins big at the 2021 Tony Awards
On Sunday, September 26, 2021 the Tony Awards returned for the first time in two years to shine a light on the best of Broadway. Hosted by Audra McDonald at The Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, the two-hour awards ceremony streamed on Paramount+, followed by Leslie Odom Jr. hosting “The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!,” a two-hour live concert event featuring Broadway entertainers. Group performances included scenes from “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical,” “Jagged Little Pill” and “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”

The big winner of the night was “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” receiving 10 awards, including best musical, best choreography and best direction of a musical. Aaron Tveit won his first Tony for best leading actor in a musical, and was uniquely the only actor nominated in the category.

“A Christmas Carol” had the second most awards with five, many for technical categories. Adapted by Jack Thorne from the Charles Dickens classic, the play starred Campbell Scott as Scrooge and won the 2021 Tony Awards for scenic design, costume design, lighting and sound design for a play, and took the award for Best Original Score. Although it had 12 nominations, “Slave Play” was shut out of the awards.

photo by Joan Marcus

Performers at the 74th Annual Tony Awards included Jennifer Nettles and Tony Award winners Jennifer Holliday and Ali Stroker. The evening also featured a reunion of the cast of “Hairspray,” including Tony Award-winner Marissa Jaret Winokur, Matthew Morrison, Kerry Butler, Chester Gregory and Darlene Love.

The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

Read the full list of winners for the 2021 Tony Awards below.

Best Play
- “The Inheritance” – Matthew Lopez — Winner
- “Grand Horizons” – Bess Wohl
- “Sea Wall/A Life” – Simon Stephens and Nick Payne
- “Slave Play” – Jeremy O. Harris
- “The Sound Inside” – Adam Rapp
Best Musical
- “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- “Jagged Little Pill”
- “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Revival of a Play
- “A Soldier’s Play” — Winner
- “Betrayal”
- “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune”
Best Book of a Musical
- Diablo Cody – “Jagged Little Pill” — Winner
- John Logan – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, and Kees Prins – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
- Andrew Burnap – “The Inheritance” — Winner
- Ian Barford – “Linda Vista”
- Jake Gyllenhaal – “Sea Wall/A Life”
- Tom Hiddleston – “Betrayal”
- Tom Sturridge – “Sea Wall/A Life”
- Blair Underwood – “A Soldier’s Play”
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
- Mary-Louise Parker – “The Sound Inside” — Winner
- Joaquina Kalukango – “Slave Play”
- Laura Linney – “My Name Is Lucy Barton”
- Audra McDonald – “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune”
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
- Aaron Tveit – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
- Adrienne Warren – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” — Winner
- Karen Olivo – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Elizabeth Stanley – “Jagged Little Pill”
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
- David Alan Grier – “A Soldier’s Play” — Winner
- Ato Blankson-Wood – “Slave Play”
- James Cusati-Moyer – “Slave Play”
- John Benjamin Hickey – “The Inheritance”
- Paul Hilton – “The Inheritance”
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
- Lois Smith – “The Inheritance” — Winner
- Jane Alexander – “Grand Horizons”
- Chalia La Tour – “Slave Play”
- Annie McNamara – “Slave Play”
- Cora Vander Broek – “Linda Vista”
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
- Danny Burstein – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Derek Klena – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Sean Allan Krill – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Sahr Ngaujah – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Daniel J. Watts – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
- Lauren Patten – “Jagged Little Pill” — Winner
- Kathryn Gallagher – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Celia Rose Gooding – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Robyn Hurder – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Myra Lucretia Taylor – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Direction of a Play
- Stephen Daldry – “The Inheritance” — Winner
- David Cromer – “The Sound Inside”
- Kenny Leon – “A Soldier’s Play”
- Jamie Lloyd – “Betrayal”
- Robert O’Hara – “Slave Play”
Best Direction of a Musical
- Alex Timbers – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Phyllida Lloyd – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
- Diane Paulus – “Jagged Little Pill”
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics Written for the Theatre)
- Christopher Nightingale (music) – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Paul Englishby (music) – “The Inheritance”
- Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb (music) – “The Rose Tattoo”
- Lindsay Jones (music) – “Slave Play”
- Daniel Kluger (music) – “The Sound Inside”
Best Choreography
- Sonya Tayeh – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Anthony Van Laast – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Scenic Design of a Play
- Rob Howell – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Bob Crowley – “The Inheritance”
- Soutra Gilmour – “Betrayal”
- Derek McLane – “A Soldier’s Play”
- Clint Ramos – “Slave Play”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- Derek McLane – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Riccardo Hernández and Lucy MacKinnon – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Costume Design of a Play
- Rob Howell – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Dede Ayite – “Slave Play”
- Dede Ayite – “A Soldier’s Play”
- Bob Crowley – “The Inheritance”
- Clint Ramos – “The Rose Tattoo”
Best Costume Design in a Musical
- Catherine Zuber – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Emily Rebholz – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Mark Thompson – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Lighting Design of a Play
- Hugh Vanstone – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Jiyoun Chang – “Slave Play”
- Jon Clark – “The Inheritance”
- Heather Gilbert – “The Sound Inside”
- Allen Lee Hughes – “A Soldier’s Play”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- Justin Townsend – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Bruno Poet – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
- Justin Townsend – “Jagged Little Pill”
Best Sound Design of a Play
- Simon Baker – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid – “The Inheritance”
- Lindsay Jones – “Slave Play”
- Daniel Kluger – “Sea Wall/A Life”
- Daniel Kluger – “The Sound Inside”
Best Sound Design of a Musical
- Peter Hylenski – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Jonathan Deans – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Nevin Steinberg – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Orchestration
- Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine and Justin Levine – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Tom Kitt – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Ethan Popp – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
September 28, 2021
Madeon Plays two nights of ‘Good Faith’ at Terminal 5
Hugo Pierre Leclercq, a.k.a. Madeon wrapped up a two-night run at Terminal 5 on Friday, September 24^th in support of 2019’s excellent LP Good Faith. The album was released back in November 2019, just a couple of months before COVID would force the music industry into lockdown. Madeon had completed a short first leg of the tour around the time of the release, and a planned second leg was never announced until earlier this spring when live music started to make a comeback.

Madeon at Terminal 5, 9/24/21 – Photo by BuscarPhoto

Good Faith is a lively mix of electropop and deep house elements, presented with very colorful collage-style visuals. Madeon is alone on stage, positioned on a small platform in the center of the stage and backed by a large LED screen. Flanked by two DJ tables on the sides, Madeon is in full-view and the perfectly symmetrical presentation is visually stunning and focuses the crowd’s attention towards center-stage the whole time. Even though the production was not overly large on stage, the lighting had no problem filling the cavernous Terminal 5.

Madeon at Terminal 5, 9/24/21 – Photo by BuscarPhoto

The tour continues on the east coast with a show in New Haven on Tuesday, 9/28 before heading out west for the remainder of the dates through October. See a full list of the tour dates HERE. Next up at Terminal 5 is Tinashé this Thursday, 9/30 followed by a stop on Dr. Dog’s final tour on October 2 – full list of shows at the venue can be found HERE.
September 28, 2021
Celebrate Mexico Now Continues 18 Year Tradition for Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage month is now and Celebrate Mexico Now (CMN) longstanding 18 years tradition remains unbreakable so their festival pushes on. CMN remains to be the first and only independent festival in New York City devoted to spotlighting contemporary Mexican artistry. Throughout October and November there will be a season of six free live and streaming events to celebrate.

CMN continues to celebrate the diversity of Mexican culture, this festival will explore contemporary dance, music, film, visual art, feminist history and arts business. Dance films will be featured in this program, created by prominent choreographers before this lockdown. Leaders of Mexican performance venues will discuss the struggles of persevering throughout the pandemic, we will hear from singer-songwriter Renee Goust with an in depth conversation involving the role of the Indigenous woman in Mexican history. While more events are still being announced, you can count on the screening of two short documentaries on elders within the community and a conversation with their directors.

We must thank Claudia Norman who founded CN Management in 2004 and for her award-winning curation and production. Over hundreds of native Mexican artists, sculptors, musicians, poets, chefs, filmmakers, actors, painters, and directors have been welcomed to perform at venues like The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, New York University, Columbia University from her hard work. Ms. Norman aims to present and preserve Mexican traditions which is why celebrating this year is vital while continuing to keep viewers safe. Due to COVID there will only be one in-person event which will still showcase ancient traditions and vibrant new ideas in Mexico’s vital arts including works from Mexican and Mexican-American creators with US artists who appreciate and embrace Mexican traditions. While this event will take place in New York thousand avid streams come from Canada, Europe, Central and South America.

While we all very much miss the live experience, the silver lining of an online festival is the opportunity to expand our audience beyond New York City. It was important to us to continue presenting this festival even under extreme duress and a closed border. First and foremost, we must make sure that this vital cultural interchange continues in a way that prioritizes the safety of our participants and audiences.
Claudia Norman

Come help bring CMN to life, celebrating and supporting NYC and Mexican families during Hispanic Heritage month.

All 2021 Celebrate Mexico Now events will be streamed free via the festival’s website at MexicoNowFestival.org and Facebook Live. The films Yolik (Despacio) and Tote/Abuelo will be available to view through October 31; all other programming will be fully available after the premiere date.

The complete Celebrate Mexico Now schedule follows below.

September 28, 2021
Miss Madeline Reconciles With Pop Stardom In “Lullaby”

Modern pop phenomenon Miss Madeline has a confession to make with her new single and music video, “Lullaby.”

Having spent much of last year providing escapist thrills for locked down fans around the world via a series of single releases and exciting collaborations, “Lullaby” and “Bad Girls” mark the launch of a daring new era for Miss Madeline, lit up with decadent sensuality, Y2K pop power, and ever-increasing artistry. Both singles herald Miss Madeline’s soon-to-be-announced debut EP, with growing anticipation after performing four consecutive sold-out shows in New York City and Los Angeles this summer.

I’m coming to terms with being perceived as heartless, ruthless, and realizing it goes hand in hand with being the ‘life of the party’ and a ‘money machine’. It’s about getting caught up in the pop star lifestyle. I think I would call this my most vulnerable track thus far in terms of admitting to this concept of being blinded by the limelight
Miss Madeline

The Jersey Girl-turned-NYC It Girl has already earned attention from a range of outlets – spanning PAPER, Office mag, and even Grindr – with tracks like “Attention,” as well as its high-energy remix featuring RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 winner Yvie Oddly. Recent tracks including “Platinum,” “Ready Set Go,” and Ayla D’Lyla x Miss Madeline’s “Life Could Be Sweet” have been ascending influential playlists around the globe; all are joined by official music videos streaming now via YouTube. With new music on the horizon, Miss Madeline is set to take over the world.

Lullaby follows Miss Madeline’s summer single “Bad Girls” and its Leander Capuzzo-directed, megsuperstarprincess-styled companion visual, met with praise by MTV, PAPER, Office Mag among other outlets – the latter of which writing, “The video calls upon Bad Girls Club and Girls Gone Wild, as a set of the fiery musician’s sexy girlfriends play-fight on a trashed mattress, pour drinks on each other, and tackle the ‘resident bad boy,’ autographing his abs.”

September 27, 2021
Mild High Club Returns to NYC for the First Time Since 2019
Cheers filled the room as the lights dimmed at Webster Hall on Friday, September 24th as Mild High Club sauntered onto the stage to greet their fans for the first time since late 2019.

Formed in 2012, Mild High Club is the solo project of Alex Brettin. Influenced by jazz and AOR, Brettin tours with a talented supporting band to bring his music to life.

With roughly half of the crowd covering their faces in masks, the room felt friendly but tense as everyone eased back into being shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers. Once the band played a few tracks off of their first album in four years, Going Going Gone, the tension eased as the crowd sang along.

Brettin mixed in crowd favorites such as “Windowpane” and “Skiptracing” which got the crowd waving their hands in the air and dancing. The pure joy of being back at a concert was palpable as one front-row attendee gushed to his friend, “Dude, I am so happy we made it out to this show…it’s been so long since I’ve seen live music.”
September 27, 2021
Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr., Folk Implosion, goes Acoustic this week in Ithaca, Rochester and Buffalo

Lou Barlow, founding member of Dinosaur Jr., will make a few stops in New York State this week, with performances in Ithaca, Rochester and Buffalo.

On Tuesday, September 28, Lou will be at Six Mile Creek Vineyard in Ithaca, and the next night head north to Rocheter for an intimate show at the Bug Jar on Wednesday, September 29. He’ll then play a unique backyard show in Buffalo on Thursday, September 30.

Lou shared this message with his fans in announcing the shows:

Hi everyone, I’ve got even more time before I head out on tour with Dinosaur Jr. so I want to do even more acoustic shows, again in the eastern US and a little further south. If you haven’t seen me before it’s always pretty fun and loose. I take requests and ramble on about things here and there. I really enjoy it, play for about 2 1/2 hours and haven’t had any complaints! I’ll play songs off my new LP too. Join me!

Lou Barlow began writing songs in 1981 inspired by bands like Minor Threat and the AM radio of his childhood, John Denver and Black Flag. The first official results of these pendulum swings were released as contributions to the 1984 Deep Wound 7”. By 1986 he was home recording his first acoustic LP Weed Forestin’ and touring his post-hardcore collaboration, Dinosaur Jr,, leaving in 1989 to join Sebadoh, and late in the ’90s, Folk Implosion, including the 1995 top 40 hit “Natural One.”

In 2005 Lou finally released a proper, under his own name, solo LP: EMOH,” an acoustic-based, singer-songwriter , studio-recorded effort that began a run of 4 similar collections culminating with 2016’s Apocalypse Fetish EP. Concurrently he rejoined Dinosaur Jr. and contributed songs to their successful 4 LP (and counting) reunion era.

For the Bug Jar show, proof of vaccination is required to attend this show, and seating is first come, first serve for this limited capacity event. Tickets for all shows are available here.

September 27, 2021