Good Music New York

Saturday, August 6th
8:00 pm
Barbes
376 9th St. (at 6th Ave.)
Brooklyn

Jug Bands seem to be sprouting from trees these days. Every time I look around a corner I seem to see someone thumping away on a washtub bass or humming a ditty through a kazoo. However, the Brooklyn based Jug Addicts have been around for years and have developed a loyal, if at times fanatic, following. They are a band who are as interested in having fun on stage as they are at putting on a great show.

Every Monday in August
9:00 pm
Barbes
376 9th St.
(at 6th Ave.)
Brooklyn
FREE

The Roulette Sisters will be be in residence every Monday for the month of August. An all-girl trio in the tradition of the Boswell and the Andrews Sisters, these sisters play an American repertoire that spans the Carter Family, Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Pink Anderson, Memphis Minnie, Papa Charlie Jackson as well as original compositions. The sisters are rumored to have different fathers, but don't you go spreading rumors - they are strong believers in their own kind of familiy values. - and they can probably kick your ass anyway.

With Megan Burleyson - Vocals & Washboard, Mamie Minch - Resonator guitar & Vocals, Meg Reichardt - Guitar and long-lost half sister Karen Waltuch on Violoa.

Every Sunday Night
9:30pm - 1:00am
Free
Hanks Saloon
46 3rd Ave
Brooklyn
Cross Street: Atlantic Avenue
Phone: (718) 625-8003

Every Sunday night till the end of the world, Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers play their unique brand of good times country, honkeytonk and rockabilly from 9:30 till they drop. They have been holding court on Sundays at Hanks Saloon for over two years now. Drop by to see what you've been missing.

• Free sausage
• $2.00 beer
• Dancing and good times

Every Wednesday Night
9pm till late
Free
Baggot Inn
82 W. 3rd St.
(between Thompson and Sullivan)

Every Wednesday night the luminaries of the New York Bluegrass and Old Time scenes convene in at the Baggot Inn to drink beer together, pick tunes and argue over the relative merits of singing in B or A and whether it's wrong for four jews to be singing about Jesus. The best part of the show is that it's an open jam so bring yer axe and play along. You're guaranteed a good time, cheap enough beer, an enthusiastic audience and a cast of characters that's always keeps the night entertaining.

Every Thursday Night
7:30-10pm
Free
Old Devil Moon
511 E. 12th St.
(between Avenues A & B)
(212) 475-4357

From the full tilt roar of a square dance to high lonesome sound in songs of love and murder, the Wahoo String Band primarily plays songs and instrumentals from the American South. On occasion they range a bit farther afield with tunes from Scandinavia, Portugal, Mexico and French Canada.

Tuesday, July 26
7:30 pm
Satalla
37 West 26th St.
(6th Ave/Broadway)
$12 Admission

The Red Stick Ramblers play a mixture of Cajun fiddle tunes, Western Swing, traditional jazz of the 1920s and 1930s alongside a steadily growing number of tradition-inspired originals. Based in Southern Louisiana, they build upon the songs of seminal fiddlers like Dennis McGee and Dewey Balfa, along with jazz and country swing bandleaders such as Bob Wills and Django Reinhardt, finding a common thread of danceable rhythms and strong, elegant melodies.

Wednesday, July 20th
9:30 pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St.
(between 4th St. and Astor Place)
$20.00 (Buy Tickets)

Don't miss the return of Mali's desert guitar rebels Tinariwen, living legends of contemporary Touareg (Tamashek) music from the deserts of northern Mali, whose US debut at Joe's Pub last October was selected by Time Out NY as one of the Top concerts of 2004. Tinariwen are the creators of a new and contemporary style of Touareg music, often simply referred to as guitar, which MOJO magazine calls "just about the best blues experience this far north of the Sahara".