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May 2008
Music and Events

Fri May 02 Hipology
Incredible jazz, funk, soul and groove! This band really has its roots firmly planted in the funky world of SOUL MUSIC! It's all about the GROOVE, man!

Fri May 09 Amorphous Band
A Steamroller of Funk, Jazz & Jam!

Fri May 16 The Joe Grind Band
A great local rock & blues band!

Fri May 23 Sheepdip
Awesome classic rock band!

Fri May 30 Jah Spirit
Insightful lyrics, smooth sounds, and gauranteed to get your body moving; Jah Spirit is reggae for all people of the world.- "Jah Spirit's Ceasefire CD is certainly enjoyed by fans of all music. Their rub-a-dub-style reworking of Smokey Robinson's 'My Girl' is the obvious early favorite, but audiences will remember dancing to 'Politrixions' and the title track. 'Wisdom' has a deep ska groove and 'Come Around Dub' invites the party to continue all night" -- WORCESTER PHOENIX. -ALL SONGS

Sat May 31 Birdfeeder
Thom - Guitar. Jay - Guitar. Walt - Bass . Ted - Drums. Matt - keyboards Mike - Everything Else. Sounds Like: A Falcons Nest.


June 2008
Music and Events

Fri Jun 06 The Folksoul Band
The Folksoul Band, an amazing 8-piece band playing their own variety of New Orleans-based roots music, including cajun, soul and Mardi Gras dance music! Featuring members of Tattoo and The Lunatic Fringe! Also starring the incredible 2D! (no special glasses needed)

Sat Jun 07 Ameranouche
The Ameranouche Trio features guitarists Richard Sheppard, Ryan Flaherty and bassist Xar Adelberg. The nationally acclaimed Gypsy Jazz ensemble plays acoustic hot jazz, both original compositions and unique arrangements by American and Gypsy songwriters. The music is universal and reaches diverse audiences worldwide. Ameranouche performances are patterned with virtuosity, eclecticity and inspiring energy. Audiences are taken aback by Sheppard’s brillant guitar work and the groups ceaseless musicianship.

Fri Jun 13 Dave & The Daddy-O's
The legendary masters of rock & roll!

Sat Jun 14 Sam Cooper
Sam Cooper played music in Colorado for several years. Then last year, he started playing music in Oregon instead. He has also played music in other places. For instance, he recently played music in California. Once, he played music in Montreal, Canada. Sam has also played music in the Negev, the southern desert of Israel. Sam loves to play his own songs all by himself. He also loves playing various instruments with other people. Since leaving Colorado, Sam has performed or recorded with the following acts: Brand Name Family, Breathe Clouds, Horse Feathers, Invisible Rockets, The Ivonrose Family Jamboree, Tchotchkes, teamAWESOME!, and quite possibly more. Sam has written many songs. Playing guitar and singing and stuff, Sam recorded fifteen of these songs and made an album called Murray Manor. Sam is currently working on releasing a trilogy of three song CD's: one in April, one in May, and one in June 2008.

Fri Jun 20 The Birchbenders
The Birchbenders come to you from the hills and hollers of New Hampshire's Monadnock region. With wild-eyed energy and a penchant for improvisation, the band performs a varied repertoire of bluegrass and American roots music. Come out and hear corn husk voices combine in crisp harmonies. Hear banjos, fiddles, and mandolins spring to the end of breakdowns, and listen to a group that loves to pick. The Birchbenders are guaranteed to get the room dancing!

Sat Jun 21 Welcome to Florida
Welcome to Florida is New Hampshire's hottest new musical supergroup, composed of four of the most talented young'uns that the state has ever birthed. Since the year 2001, WTF has been rocking the Northeast gently but consistently, and these boys have no intention of stopping any time soon. As the new century has rolled onwards, the band has continued to hone its unique sound and has issued an album of all original songs during each year of its existence. WTF's ever-growing fan base agrees that this is one of the most intriguing and promising groups in recent memory, so take some time to get yourself acquanted with the men (and the boy) behind the music...

Fri Jun 27 Hot Day At The Zoo
This fiercely progressive, 4-piece string band (guitar, mandolin, banjo, upright bass) is pioneering a new genre of music their fans are calling "ZooGrass"!!! It's a high-energy, gritty-urban-bluegrass with strong elements of folk, rock, blues, ragtime and jazz.

Sat Jun 28 The Gordon Stone Band
The Gordon Stone Band combines bluegrass and jazz, blended with Latin, world beat and funk in tunes ranging from laid back grooves to high energy musical excursions. As journalist Tim Lynch puts it, "This is music with enough energy to appeal to rock and jam-bands fans, as well as acoustic music lovers, newgrass fans and jazz lovers, all with enough danceable energy to move entire festival sites into dancing frenzies. " The music will lift you up. In 1992 and'93 Gordon records on Phish releases, "Picture of Nectar" and "Rift" and has also played live shows with them.


July 2008
Music and Events

Fri Jul 11 Jah Spirit
Insightful lyrics, smooth sounds, and gauranteed to get your body moving; Jah Spirit is reggae for all people of the world.- "Jah Spirit's Ceasefire CD is certainly enjoyed by fans of all music. Their rub-a-dub-style reworking of Smokey Robinson's 'My Girl' is the obvious early favorite, but audiences will remember dancing to 'Politrixions' and the title track. 'Wisdom' has a deep ska groove and 'Come Around Dub' invites the party to continue all night" -- WORCESTER PHOENIX. -ALL SONGS

Sat Jul 12 Ameranouche
The Ameranouche Trio features guitarists Richard Sheppard, Ryan Flaherty and bassist Xar Adelberg. The nationally acclaimed Gypsy Jazz ensemble plays acoustic hot jazz, both original compositions and unique arrangements by American and Gypsy songwriters. The music is universal and reaches diverse audiences worldwide. Ameranouche performances are patterned with virtuosity, eclecticity and inspiring energy. Audiences are taken aback by Sheppard’s brillant guitar work and the groups ceaseless musicianship.

Fri Jul 25 The Verbs
THE VERBS are jammin' up some new school "blueZgrass" to the liking of many ears. Dancing feet world wide are screaming in joy for the fast steps thier people are turning up while listening to THE VERBS. Playing in kick ass rooms like the Press Room, the Grog, and the Blue Mermaid among many others, THE VERBS are kickin' grass all over the Seacoast music scene. Sharing stages with thier friends like Artty Raynes, Hot Day at the Zoo, Seth Gooby, Alli Beaudry, Mike Morris and Dan Walker also makes for some very happy audiences! Guest musicians are a frequent, pleasant surprise. Thier Demo, "Live at WUNH" is available at shows for the price of an email address. Look for this high energy, bluegrass act performing thier blend of original and cover tunes all over New England.


August 2008
Music and Events

Fri Aug 08 Welcome to Florida
Welcome to Florida is New Hampshire's hottest new musical supergroup, composed of four of the most talented young'uns that the state has ever birthed. Since the year 2001, WTF has been rocking the Northeast gently but consistently, and these boys have no intention of stopping any time soon. As the new century has rolled onwards, the band has continued to hone its unique sound and has issued an album of all original songs during each year of its existence. WTF's ever-growing fan base agrees that this is one of the most intriguing and promising groups in recent memory, so take some time to get yourself acquanted with the men (and the boy) behind the music...

Fri Aug 15 Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade
Miss Tess is a young, Boston-based songwriter, whose “Modern Vintage” sound bridges eras and styles. With vocals that can soar or caress, Tess strums and picks her way through an array of styles, from ragtime, to blues, country, to swing. She writes songs with a troubadour’s sensibility, infused with the flavors of the vintage music of these genres. Constantly performing, she engages fans of all types, even those not familiar with these styles of music. A Miss Tess set conjures a cast of dreamers and lovers, down on their luck and charming their ways in and out of trouble. Familiar faces mingle in the crowd, courtesy of folks like Bessie Smith and Tom Waits, perpetual muses to her style. Since moving to Boston in late 2005, Miss Tess formed her own band, The Bon Ton Parade, a dynamic, solo-swapping combo, comprised of sax & clarinet, upright bass, brushes on drums, and backing harmonies. With the Bon Tons, she began playing Cambridge hotspots Club Passim, The Lizard Lounge, Toad, and The Plough & Stars. In 2006 Tess and her band clinched an indefinite Sunday night residency at a cozy music joint called Toad. In May of 2007, she released her first album with her Boston band, Modern Vintage, a term she coined to describe her emerging style, deeply rooted in traditional music. The album was recorded at Hi-N-Dry, the studio of Boston legend Mark Sandman and produced by Morphine drummer Billy Conway.

Fri Aug 22 The Birchbenders
The Birchbenders come to you from the hills and hollers of New Hampshire's Monadnock region. With wild-eyed energy and a penchant for improvisation, the band performs a varied repertoire of bluegrass and American roots music. Come out and hear corn husk voices combine in crisp harmonies. Hear banjos, fiddles, and mandolins spring to the end of breakdowns, and listen to a group that loves to pick. The Birchbenders are guaranteed to get the room dancing!


September 2008
Music and Events

Fri Sep 05 Jah Spirit
Insightful lyrics, smooth sounds, and gauranteed to get your body moving; Jah Spirit is reggae for all people of the world.- "Jah Spirit's Ceasefire CD is certainly enjoyed by fans of all music. Their rub-a-dub-style reworking of Smokey Robinson's 'My Girl' is the obvious early favorite, but audiences will remember dancing to 'Politrixions' and the title track. 'Wisdom' has a deep ska groove and 'Come Around Dub' invites the party to continue all night" -- WORCESTER PHOENIX. -ALL SONGS

Fri Sep 12 The Everyday Prophets
Ingredients: Two parts live electronic dance rhythm derived from the crushed reggae, electronica, funk, hip-hop, or rock root Three parts melody picked from any fruit that that is in season and irresistible One cup lyrics drawn from the fountain of life Several parts audience of any color, flavor, or season Directions: 1. Mix all ingredients by hand and slowly stir in colored light, sound effects, and audience. 2. Place in venue and cook for four hours. When the roof has risen well above the venue, increase heat and continue to bake until audience is caramelized, remove from heat and allow to cool. Serve at any meal. Feeds the Universe.

Fri Sep 19 The Luminescent Orchestrii
LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII IS: Romanian gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard-rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle, all eaten and spit out by two violins, resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonica and bass. The members of the Orchestrii come from different scenes in New York City, yet come together through their love of Balkan and Gypsy music. Sxip Shirey is an international circus composer, Sarah Alden is an old-time fiddle player, Rima Fand is an experimental theater composer, and Benjy Fox-Rosen is a free-jazz bassist.

Fri Sep 26 Dave & The Daddy-O's
The legendary masters of rock & roll!


Weekly Events

Monday Monday night bluegrass jam! Starting 3/24/08

Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT 9:30-11PM. Please call ahead of time to see if there is room to sign up. Everyone gets about 15 minutes of fame. Acoustic only please.

Thursday LADIES NIGHT SPECIALS!

Shows are either donations or between $5-$10...21+ and start at approx. 9:30 PM unless otherwise stated. Please call or email to confirm information. Thank you all for supporting live music! Please be a good neighbor and don't drink & drive! Check us out on Myspace! www.myspace.com/harlowspubmusic