And, now, a few musical selections to take us through the weekend: Friday 1/16/09 BAM Café: MLK Weekend: Mama Africa- A tribute to Miriam Makeba (Poets/Singers/Musicians) Free!! 9:00pm Saturday 1/17/09 Bell House: The Mugs, Robbers On High Street, Mussels, Chocopine (Indie Rock) $10, 8:00pm BAM Café: MLK Weekend: PS24 (Hip Hop/Acoustic Folk) Free!! 9:00pm Barbes: […]

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And, now, some musical selections from today through Wednesday: Monday 1/12/09 Jalopy: Tony Scherr (Folk) $5, 9:00pm Barbes: Curhachestra (electronic) $10, 7:00pm Bell House: Monday Night Vinyl Club (Front Lounge) Free!!! 8:00pm; Oktoberfest (Revisited) w/ Sausages, Beer, and Ploka $5, 7:30pm Tuesday 1/13/09 Bar 4: Open Mike Night: Hosted by Tanya Buziak. Pre-list @ 6:15pm, […]

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And, now, a selection of musical events through the weekend: Thursday 1/8/09 Bell House: The Depreciation Guild, Dead Leaf Echo, Luxa (Indie/Electronic/Rock)) Free!!, 8:00pm * There is also free Brooklyn Lager from 8-9pm (Shhhhh….don’t tell too many people) Friday 1/9/09 BAM Café: Marshall Crenshaw (Pop/Rock) Free!! 9:00pm Saturday 1/10/09 BAM Café: Takka Takka, Tamar Eisenman […]

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And now, some musical choices between today and Wednesday: Monday 1/5/09 Jalopy: Tony Scherr (Folk) $5, 9:00pm Barbes: Chicha Libre (Latin/Surf/Psychedelic) $10, 9:30pm Tuesday 1/6/09 Bar 4: Open Mike Night: Hosted by Tanya Buziak. Pre-list @ 6:15pm, Sign up @ 8:00pm, Start @ 8:30pm (mostly Singer-Songwriters) Free!! Wednesday 1/7/09 Issue Project Room: Car Commercial, Talibam! […]

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And, now, some musical selections on this fairly quiet Christmas week: Monday 12/22/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Barbes: Chicha Libre (Latin/Surf/Psychedelic) $10, 9:30pm Tuesday 12/23/08 Bar 4: Open Mike Night: Hosted by Tanya Buziak. […]

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And a few musical selections for a cold and wet weekend: Friday 12/19/08 BAM Café: The Fay Victor Ensemble (Jazz) Free!! 10:00pm Saturday 12/20/08 BAM Café: Tamaraqs Winter Solstice Hafla (Belly Dancing/ Raqs Sharki) Free!! 10:00pm Music Hall of Williamsburg: The Slackers (Ska/Reggae/Rock) $15 Advance/$17 Day of Show, 9:00pm Southpaw: The Menahan Street Band, Naomi […]

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And now, some musical selections between today and Wednesday: Monday 12/15/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Tuesday 12/16/08 Bar 4: Open Mike Night: Hosted by Tanya Buziak. Pre-list @ 6:15pm, Sign up @ 8:00pm, Start […]

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And, now, some musical selections through the weekend: Thursday 12/11/08 Music Hall of Williamsburg: Will Sheff (of Okkervil River) $17, 9:00pm Friday 12/12/08 BAM Café: Brandon Ross (Virtuoso Guitarist) Free!!, 9:00pm Saturday 12/13/08 BAM Café: TrioNada (Jazz) Free!!, 10:00pm Music Hall of Williamsburg: Meat Puppets (Country/Punk/Psychedelic) $18 Advance/$20 Day of Show, 9:00pm Sunday 12/14/08 Barbes: […]

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And, now, some musical options from today through Wednesday: Monday 12/8/08 The Bell House: Monday Night Vinyl Club: Bring your 38/45/78 rpm record and spin one side. Free!!, 8:00pm Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Tuesday […]

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And, now, a few musical selections to take you through the weekend. Thursday 12/4/08 Union Hall: Benjy Ferree w/ Special Guest (Indie Folk) $10, 7:00pm The Bell House: Blip Festival 2008: Assembling 40 practitioners of the chipmusic movement. Chipmusic or chiptune can be characterized as music written in sound formats where all the sounds are […]

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And, now, a selection of musical happenings between today and Wednesday: Monday 12/1/08 The Bell House: OUTSMARTED – Music Trivia Night (In the Front Lounge) Hosted by Conrad of Takka Takka & Sara Schaefer. Free!!! 8:00pmpm Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in […]

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And, now, some musical options for the first part of the week: Monday 11/24/08 The Bell House: Monday Night Vinyl Club (In the Front Lounge). Bring one 33/45/78 rpm record and play one side of it. Free!!! 7:30pm Barbes: Chicha Libre (Latin/Surf/Psychedelic) $10, 9:30pm Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, […]

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And, now, a selection of musical events through the middle of the week: Monday 11/17/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Tuesday 11/18/08 Bar 4: Open Mike Night–Hosted by Tanya Buziak. Pre-list @ 6:15pm, Sign up […]

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And, now, some musical selection from now through the weekend: Thursday 11/13/08 Barbes: Michael Attias Quartet (Jazz/Avant-Garde) $10, 10:00pm Friday 11/14/08 BAM Café: Gif (Hip Hop) Free!!, 9:00pm Music Hall of Williamsburg: James McMurty, Kevin Kinney (Singer-songwriter) $20, 9:00pm Saturday 11/15/08 Jalopy: Two man Gentleman Band (Hot Club Jazz/Old Time Country/Vaudvillian Swing) Free!! (although since […]

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And, now, some musical options for the first half of the week: Monday 11/10/08 The Bell House: Monday Night Vinyl Club (In the Front Lounge) Bring one 33/45/78 rpm record and play one side of it. Free!!! 7:30pm Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and […]

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Here, friends, is a small selection of musical opportunities from today through the weekend: Thursday 11/6/08 Union Pool: The Heavy, Kenan Bell, Madison (Indie) $10, 8:00pm Friday 11/7/08 BAM Café: Cordera (Latin Folk-Rock) Free!!, 9:00pm Saturday 11/8/08 Southpaw: Deer Tick, Luke Temple, Those Darlings (Indie) $10, 9:00pm Sunday 11/9/08 Union Hall: Tearing The Veil of […]

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And, now, a selection of musical events between now and Wednesday: Monday 11/3/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Tuesday 11/4/08 Vote: Despite many great concerts and election parties happening throughout Brooklyn and all the five […]

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Herewith a small selection of musical events to take us through the weekend: Thursday 10/30/08 Europa Night Club: Color Is The Keyboard (Art & Music Collaboration) Halloween Costume Party Featuring: Ande Sedwick, Douglas Bradford Quartet, The Rich get Richer, The Dang-It Bobby’s, Collective Pusuit(Jazz/Indie/Experimental) –$5, 8:00pm Friday 10/31/08 BAM Café: Antarsia Ensemble & Luminescent Orchestrii […]

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And now, a selection of upcoming music events courtesy of our faithful contributor Dan Bennis: Monday 10/27/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm BARBES: Chicha Libre (Latin/Surf/Psychedelic) $10, 9:30pm Tuesday 10/28/08 Brooklyn Botanic Gardens: No music, […]

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And now, a selection of upcoming music events courtesy of our faithful contributor Dan Bennis: Thursday 10/23/08 Freddy’s Bar & Backroom: The Rich Get Richer (Indie) –Free!!, 10:00pm Southpaw: Daptone Family Fundraiser For Barak Obama. Featuring–The Budos Band & Naomi Shelton and The Gospel Queens + a variety of guests from the Daptone family sure […]

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Below, are some musical choices for the next few days, and we will note that there are some interesting ones: Monday 10/20/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Union Hall: White Denim, Papertrigger, Wild Light (Indie) […]

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And, now, a selective look at some music choices available to you this weekend: Friday 10/17/08 The Bell House: Obamarama!!!: Party & Silent Auction to benefit Barack Obama. Featuring: Anti-Pop Consortium, Dirty On Purpose, Dragons of Zynth, Takka Takka, and more. Hosted by Eugene Mirman. 7:00pm, $25 donation (although if you feel like donating more, […]

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And now, we present the return of our GL Concert Calendar courtesy of our faithful correspondent Dan Bennis. This covers a selection of shows from today through Wednesday: Monday 10/13/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm […]

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And now, a selection of musical events between today and Sunday: Thursday 9/18/08 The Bell House: The Lily’s, Matt Pond PA, Robbers On High Street, and Special Guests (Indie)- Free!!, 8:00pm (Gowanus Grand Opening!!!) Friday 9/19/08 Union Hall: Oppenheimer, Merz (Indie Rock via Dublin)- $10, 8:00pm Saturday 9/20/08 Southpaw: 5th Annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival […]

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And, now, a selection of music coming up this week through Wednesday: Monday 9/15/08 Union Hall: Lymbyc Systym, This Will Destroy You, Joemca & The Poets (Indie/Electronic) 7:30pm, $8 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Barbes: […]

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