Good Music New York

Friday, January 27th
7:30 pm
Hungarian House
213 East 82nd St
between 3rd & 2nd Ave
Manhattan
$15.00

A Benefit Dance Party with Live Music from Greece and Neighboring Countries with eight bands and three dance teachers

Live music by:

*Astoriani* - Greek Demotika
*Beth Bahia Cohen and Friends* - Eastern & Western Pontic and Greek Island
*Carol Freeman & Friends* - Greek Smyrneika
*George Manioudakis* (clarinet) - Epirotika etc.
*Kavala Brass Band* - Greek Macedonian and Thracian
*Mavrouthi Kontanis Group* - Songs from the Greek Islands and Asia Minor
*Zagnut Orkestar* - Balkan Brass Wedding Music

Thursday, January 19th
Kings County Opry
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St. at 6th Ave.
Brooklyn
8:30 pm
Free
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The evening starts at 8:30 pm with a song circle featuring all the night's acts as they jam and croon away on whatever songs strike their fancy. Following the circle three bands play an hour set. Sir His Highness El Presidente Doc Oscar books amazing bands every month and you can be assured an evening steeped deep in the hills of traditional American song.

Sunday, January 1st
8pm - 1am
Rodeo Bar
375 Third avenue
Corner of 27th St.
Manhattan
Full Dinner Menu
FREE

Celebrate the New Year with the annual Hank-O-Rama festival. This year five of New York's best country and honky-tonk bands will be playing at the Rodeo Bar from 8:00pm till 1:00am. It's free and it should be a blast.

• 8:00 - American String Conspiracy
• 8:30 - Blue State Band
• 9:00 - Whisky Rebellion
• 10:00 - Lonesome Prairie Dogs
• 11:00 - Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers

Thursday,December 15th
Kings County Opry
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St. at 6th Ave.
Brooklyn
8:30 pm
Free
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The evening starts at 8:30 pm with a song circle featuring all the night's acts as they jam and croon away on whatever songs strike their fancy. Following the circle three bands play an hour set. Sir His Highness El Presidente Doc Oscar books amazing bands every month and you can be assured an evening steeped deep in the hills of traditional American song.

Friday, December 16th
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Riverbank State Park
Indoor Gymnasium
679 Riverside Drive
At 145th Street
Manhattan
FREE

Presenting world-renowned live musicians from all over the globe, including the Brilho de Luz Band, from Rio de Janeiro, and the Congolese Soukous All-Stars, who have been touring the world to critical acclaim. Be prepared to dance! These are highly infectious beats by globally recognized artists. In addition, for the little ones, there will be a Village Exhibit by Corrine Patterson, and a storyteller segment from Suzette Constantine. Riverbank State Park is a lovely open park style, from 125th St. to 145th St. overlooking the Hudson River.

Wednesday, December 14th
7:00 pm
Ace of Clubs (Formerly Acme Underground)
9 Great Jones St
(btw Broadway and Lafayette)
Manhattan
$8.00 Cover

Thee biggest NYC bluegrass show in recent memory (depending on the condition of your memory) is coming on Wednesday at the Ace of Clubs featuring two of my favorite local bluegrass bands plus a very special out-of-town guest, Gordon Stone. Gordon is one of the top improvising banjoists in the country and had performed with the likes of Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Tex Logan, and is featured on a couple Phish albums. We performed as a duo for several years when both based in Western MA, and since he's in Vermont and I'm in Brooklyn, we don't get to play so often anymore, so it's a rare pleasure to present what we do to you NYC peeps.

Wednesday, December 14th
10:00 pm
Rodeo Bar
375 Third avenue
Corner of 27th St.
Manhattan
Full Dinner Menu
Free

Sean Kershaw is the kind of drunk who makes things happen. In the past two years, he has gone from singing alone next to the pool table in a mostly empty dive bar to assembling an all-star classic country band; and, in the process, he has transformed Sunday nights at Hank’s Saloon into the place to be for ass-shaking Brooklyn honky-tonk. The lineup varies from week to week, but usually includes two guitars, a banjo, mandolin, bass, drums, and pedal steel., and features members of Uncle Fucker and, occasionally, someone from Sean's other, hard-rockin' band, The Blind Pharaohs. The set list rests heavily on the classics—Hank, Johnny, Merle, assorted bluegrass—but also veers into the realm of originals, Pogues covers, and a crowd-frenzying rendition of “Eastbound and Down” (a.k.a. the theme from Smokey and the Bandit.) When these boys play, there are only two things you can be sure of: Somebody in the band is gonna end up loaded, and somebody in the audience is gonna end up dancing.

Sunday, December 11th
7:00 pm - Midnight
The Living Room
154 Ludlow Street
(between of Stanton and Rivington)
Lower East Side, Manhattan
$10 Cover

The night of Sunday, December 11th, a circle of New York musicians will be hosting a benefit for the millions left homeless in latest earthquake in Pakistan. Participating performers will include a mixture of American - roots music and contemporary takes on traditional Pakistani devotional songs, Ghazal. All donations, including the $10 door cover will be given to Americares, a non - profit supplying direct and sustainable aid in the form of medicine and shelter to the affected regions.