Friday March 12th, 2010 - $12

Over the past 20 years, Mulvey has pursued a restless, eclectic path as a writer and musician – immersing himself in Tin PanAlley jazz, modern acoustic, poetry, narrative, and Americana stylings. Relentlessly touring as a headliner – his attitude is, “When you love what you do, you can work all the time,” – he has also shared the stage with luminaries such as Emmylou Harris, Richard Thompson, Ani diFranco, Indigo Girls, and Greg Brown, and has attracted an audience that stretches from Anchorage to Amsterdam.

Thursday March 18th, 2010 - $10

Bruce Katz occupies a unique space where blues, jazz, rock, soul, and the many aspects of Americana all collide into a style of original instrumental music all his own.

“He can play jazz, blues, Bach, anything. Man, he’s a heavy!”
- Gregg Allman

“This man is as good as it gets. One of the greatest keyboard artists I’ve ever heard.”
- John Hammond

“Now that’s a piano player!”
- Pinetop Perkins

Wednesday March 24th, 2010 - $35

Dynamic on stage, down to earth off stage, 13-time Grammy winner Dan Tyminski has the voice, instrumental chops, and charisma to be counted among the most recognizable and popular male vocalists on today’s bluegrass and country music scenes. His ace instrumental skill and burnished, soulful tenor singing have been key components of Alison Krauss and Union Station. You’ll recognize his voice as the Man of Constant Sorrow from the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers’ film
“O Brother Where Art Thou”

Thursday March 25th, 2010 -
$8 in advance, $10 at the door
w/ THE CONSTELLATIONS,
THE POSTELLES

Hockey is on the fast track to success. Their debut album is an effervescent pop tablet, it fizzes with call-to-arms choruses, dirty guitars and club friendly disco beats. There are flashes of pop rock, dance funk and the Elton John-style piano stomps. Overall, it’s an eclectic sketch of a band brimming with ideas. With an armoury of songs and a full US tour, the band scored a major label deal with Virgin in 2008.

Saturday March 27th, 2010 - $18
w/ Willie Green

John Lee Hooker Jr. was born in Detroit “Motor” City with Delta blues-filled blood running through his Motown veins. The son of the great John Lee Hooker, he was exposed the life of the blues from a young age. At only eight years old Jr. performed on Detroit’s WJBK radio and knew from that moment that he wanted to follow the path of his father and become a world-class musician. As a 2008 Grammy nomination. Jr. Hooker continues to carry the blues into the 21st century.

Sunday March 28th, 2010 - $10

With echoes of the Bee Gees, Prince and Roxy Music, Tigercity’s funky, electro-driven indie-pop was born of a desire to avoid what Gillim calls the “scratchy post-punk guitar sound” New York bands have been milking for the past few years. Since the critically and commercially successful self-release of their Pretend Not To Love EP in July 2007, Brooklyn’s TIGERCITY has been touring almost continuously, bringing their brand of pop escapism to the masses.

Saturday April 3rd, 2010 - $10

Northern California native, now Nashville-based, Shane Dwight is a young American Roots Music artist for the 21st century – a killer blues player who can rock the house all night long with the best of them, and an introspective singer-songwriter whose voice rings true at alt-country, Americana, R&B, and flat-out Rock N Roll. There is no pigeonhole for Shane Dwight, and no single corral can hold this bucking bronco. His music draws in equally from classic blues,urban R&B, alt-country and modern rock without missing a beat.

Saturday April 10th, 2010 - $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Since the summer of fear and hate (2002), The Thermals have been cranking out three-minute, no-fi sonic gems with a neo-grunge attitude. When they’re not powering through one of their catchy anthems, they’re racking their brains to come up with ridiculous(ly bad) new sub-genres. Hey, they just thought of a new one! Just in time for the release of their new album, Now We Can See. It’s totally post-power-pop.

Saturday April 17th, 2010 - $12

The band has made waves in the genre, landing high Billboard and iTunes World Music chart positions as well as major television appearances on shows like Live With Regis And Kelly, A&E Breakfast With the Arts and PBS’ popular program Out of Ireland, with its multi-influence style of Celtic rock. It’s the kind of overall sound and devotion package that has created not only die-hard fans, but “Haggis Heads” that follow the band from gig to gig.

Thursday April 29th, 2010 - $12

Local Natives make soaring, sky-scraping harmonies, dreamy orchestral melodies, and throbbing tribal beats that bash their way into your soul. Theirs are songs you can dance to almost as well as you can swoon to them. Drawing a line from the vocal stylings of Crosby Stills Nash & Young and the Zombies through the more esoteric edges of post-punk and Afro-beat, this California five piece have communally crafted a brand of indie rock all their own.

Thursday, May 13th, 2010 - $10

Eluvium’s lambent ambient goes straight to the heart and the mind, weaving a mysterious and captivating sound into the landscapes of internal emotion, making him one of the most intriguing and successful ambient composers currently working. All of the feelings that many pop musicians rely on lyrics to convey are here, cloaked inside of sonic clouds.

“A magnificent set, awash in textures, atmospheres, moods, and emotion.”
ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Friday May 21st, 2010 - $7

In Cotton Jones, Michael Nau and fellow Page France alum Whitney McGraw pursue even dreamier sounds, weaving elements of folk, jazz and country into a woozily melodic quilt of Americana with psychedelic sensibilities. Cotton Jones’ full-length debut, Paranoid Cocoon, released in January, is a quiet storm of a record full of gorgeous, harmony-laden songs like “Gotta Cheer Up” that linger in the air like hazy, sweetly scented smoke long after they’re over.