Good Music New York - Country & Honky-Tonk

Kings County Opry

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:18:03 -0700

Thursday, April 20th
8:00 pm
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.

NYC Opry

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:36:16 -0800

Wednesday March 1st
7:00 pm
Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St.
Corner of Church St.
in TriBeCa, Manhattan
$7.00 Cover

Have a hankerin' for good country music in New York City? Well, stop by the Knitting Factory Tap Bar for a new monthly country music showcase curated by our friends Alex Battles and Doc Oscar. This month's show will feature these great bands:

7pm Alex Battles and the Whisky Rebellion
8pm The Bluemoon Ramblers
9pm The Bosco Stompers
10pm Citigrass

Enjoy.

NYC Opry

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:22:31 -0800

Wednesday February 1st
7:00 pm
Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St.
Corner of Church St.
in TriBeCa, Manhattan
$7.00 Cover

M Shanghai String Band
Kara Suzanne & the Gojo Hearts
Charlie Faye
Uncle Leon and the Alibis

Enjoy.

Hank-O-Rama

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:46:57 -0800

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

Kings County Opry

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:24:56 -0800

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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Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:59:19 -0800

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.

Country To Country - Benefit for Pakistan Earthquake Aid

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:48:06 -0800

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.

Red Hook Roundup

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:33:07 -0800

Friday, November 11th
9:00 PM
Lillie's
46 Beard Street
Corner of Dwight St.
Red Hook, Brooklyn
$5.00 Cover

It's CMA week here in NYC and the New York country music scene is up in arms over being excluded from Nashville's shining lights. There are many events coming up this week. Starting Friday, November 11th at Lillie's Bar. It's the Red Hook Roundup! Featuring six great New York country bands. It's only five bucks and a subway ride away.

9:00 - Graveyard Shift
10:15 - M. Shanghai String Band

The Sheriff Sessions Third Annual American Roots Festival

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:43:31 -0700

Friday, Nov. 4th & Saturday, Nov. 5th
Baggot Inn
82 W. 3rd St.
(between Thompson and Sullivan)
Greenwhich Village, Manhattan

Every year the luminaries of the New York Bluegrass and Old-Time scene gather at the Baggot Inn for the annual Sherriff Sessions. This years festival features thirteen amazing bands and special guests. Make a note of these dates and trek on down to the Village for two nights of amazing music.

Jack Grace in October

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 07:17:32 -0700

It’s a rare person who can actually make a living playing any kind of music in New York City, let alone country. But Brooklyn-born Jack Grace seems to be doing a good job of cornering the market--whether it's in the back room of Howard Johnson's, or warming up ballrooms for Merle Haggard.

With a warmly understated vintage-hollowbody sound, a crack team of backup folks (including, on various occasions, lap steel, organ, and accordion), and a booming set of pipes that sound like some long-lost Texas crooner remastered, Jack and the gang can be found on some back-corner stage most nights of the week, belting out future country-rock classics, and busting their asses to make it sound easy.

This October there are a number of opportunities to hear Jack Grace play:

Oct. 7th, 10:00 pm - Barbes
Oct. 21st, 11:00 pm - Lillie's
Oct. 22nd, 11:00 pm - Lakeside Lounge
Oct. 28th, 10:00 pm - Rodeo Bar
Oct. 29th, 11:00 pm - Lillie's
Oct. 30th, 12:00 am - Superfine Brunch

Dumbo Arts Festival

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 06:50:25 -0700

Friday October 14th & Saturday October 15th

There's a big ol' festival going on in Dumbo Brooklyn. The galleries will be open to the public, the baby-strollers will be hogging the sidewalks and, as always, New York's own Jan Bell will be curating some of New Yorks best musical showcases.

The music will vary from American old-time to gypsy-punk-surf-rock, to Macedonean dances to honkey-tonk to, well, a little of everytthing. The lineup is as follows:

Wayne Hancock

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 07:41:20 -0700

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

Wayne "The Train" Hancock has been called "the master of hillbilly swing," a "roots Renaissance man," a "country singer's country singer" and "Hank Williams meets Gershwin." But the phrase most frequently echoed throughout his career is "Wayne Hancock is the real deal." Joe Ely said it, Hank Williams III said it, Bobby Koefer from the Texas Playboys said it, as have countless music fans and writers when referring to Hancock's authentic and original blend of honky tonk, western swing, blues and big band that he calls "juke joint swing!"

Gray vs Blue

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:54:38 -0700

Saturday, October 8th
4:00 pm - 2:00 am
The Hook
8 Commerce St.
Between Richards and Columbia
Red Hook, Brooklyn

A North-South battle of the bands to benefit the New Orleans Musicians Clinic (NOMC). This annual festival of rockabilly, country, beer and men in oversized caps brings together twenty-two bands from around the country to play music, whine over the lack of unblemished skin left to get tattooed and swill North Carolina Moonshine.

All the proceeds from this years festival will be donated to help musicians who were displaced by hurricane Katrina.

I'm not sure exactly what the schedule is but I do know the bands who are playing.

Kings County Opry

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:00:39 -0700

Thursday, October 20th
Kings County Opry
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St. at 6th Ave.
Brooklyn
8:30 pm
Free
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Super 2nd Saturdays at Lillie's

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:57:37 -0700

Saturday, October 8th
10:00 pm
Lillie's
46 Beard St.
Corner of Dwight St.
Red Hook, Brooklyn
FREE

On the second saturday of every month Alex Battles puts together a great (and free) country music showcase at Lillie's bar in Red Hook. Come on out and join in the fun with this great music and your old friend beer.

The October lineup is:

10pm - The Blue State Band
11:30pm - The Blue State Band
1am - Matt Wissler (of the Wissler Family)