Miss Tess is a New York City based songwriter and performing musician, who tours regularly with her band, as “Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade”. In addition to Tess on her 1920s archtop guitar, the current lineup includes Alec Spiegelman on sax & clarinet, Paul Dilley on upright bass, and Matt Meyer on drums.

After nationally touring for the last five years, Miss Tess has just released her anticipated fifth album, “Darling, oh Darling”. The album presents an ecclectic array of originals, all stemming from roots in jazz, swing, blues, and folk. Miss Tess draws comparisons to artists such as Jolie Holland, Madeleine Peyroux, Regina Spektor, or Ella Fitzgerald, but maintains a style all of her own.

”Outstanding Folk Artist of the Year”–Boston Music Awards

“The area’s next musical sensation” –Boston Magazine

“Miss Tess takes old music and makes it sound fresh. She also makes new music with a sense of history and context to it. No matter what label you want to put on it, it’s damn good music. Period.” –Matt Smith, Club Passim

“If Billie Holiday and Chet Atkins had a musical baby, it would be Miss Tess. With a calmness that belies the intensity in her music, Miss Tess will cement a place in your music- loving heart with her first note.” –Caroline Aiken, Singer/songwriter

“This is music cut from a different cloth than the cardboard-stiff newness of more trend driven singer-songwriters, and it’s appeal more closely resembles your favorite pair of jeans: the lovingly broken-in elegance that inspires confident ease.”–Jon Santiago, Charleston City Paper

Just listen:

http://www.misstessmusic.com/audio/02_That_oo_oo_oo_hifi.m3u

For more info visit www.misstessmusic.com.

The show starts at 8pm/$10. Purchase advance tickets by clicking the button below. (Your receipt is your ticket.)

Howie Campbell brings us a smooth yet feisty jazz ensemble, complete with the smoothest horns you’ve ever heard. The show starts at 8pm/$5.

Deja Moo brings happy, uplifting, jugband-style oldtime to our stage for a night of raucous fun. The show starts at 8pm/$5.

Listen at www.dejamoo.us.

Dallas Wesley has been creating a lot of buzz lately with his Hank Williams performance in the Live Arts production of Lost Highway. If you’ve seen him as Hank, you know what a consumate musician and singer he is…and now’s your chance to see Dallas Wesley as Dallas Wesley. Soulful, melodic, with a voice that knows no limitations and and ear for a tune that will keep you humming for days-that is the real Dallas Wesley. Guest musicians back him up for an evening of folk, pop, and americana music. The show starts at 8pm/$5.

www.myspace.com/johndallaswesley.

Capturing the unique musical flavors of West Africa, North Africa, the Caribbean, and Americana music, Vagabon Tribe brings a funky fusion to the stage. Whether they are playing original compositions or unique arrangements of traditional music, audiences are immediately drawn to the unique instruments, African driven beats, and the mellow grooves and melodies from around the globe.

Vagabon Tribe includes African harp and percussion work by Rusty Eklund and masterful guitar and kora playing by Malian virtuoso Lamine Soumano. Unfortunately, Vagabon’s lead singer Djoba was unable to make the tour. As they say, whenever one door closes, another opens-and thus we are very pleased to announce that Charlottesville’s African Drummer Darrell Rose joins Vagabon Tribe for this show.

As if that’s not enough, we are also priveleged to include special guests Jim Gagnon and the Dreamtime Project. Myth, music, storytelling and the beat of drums bring magic to the Dreamtime Project’s show.

Quite simply, these are some of the best African/world-beat musicians around, and we’re very excited about this show.

Listen at www.vagabontribe.com and www.dreamtimeproject.com. The show starts at 8pm/$10.

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The Free Radicals describe themselves as “Americana HonkyTonk Swing.” With a string-band sound and music spanning oldtime, country, americana, honkytonk, and western swing, this group is just as fun as the name suggests. With special guest Sue Harlowe.

8pm/$5