Saturday, April 23rd (special Saturday night show!)
Special Event! Green Room Gathering
Songwriters! Please join us to share your songs and recieve feedback from fellow musicians. Free pizza and soft drinks will be served. Tommy Crawford will host! RSVP to anoncoffeehouse@gmail.com if you plan to attend.
Martin has been performing in the Upper Valley and beyond for nearly 15 years with several different collaborations He is a singer songwriter that also does a large variety of covers. He is sure to please with his fine picking and heartfelt tunes. Be sure to pick up a copy if his CD "A Meeting Of Mountains, from The Decato Sanborn Project.
Rupert Wates was born in London and studied at Oxford University. He has been a full time songwriter since the late 1990s, when he signed a publishing contract with Eaton Music Limited. In London he worked with some of the best performers in the city. Moving in 2001 to Paris, Wates formed his own quartet and began playing live regularly. In fall 2006 he came to the US. He is now based in New York City and Colorado. Since coming to the US, he has won more than 40 songwriting and performing awards (www.rupertwatesmusic.com/awards).
Sunday Table
Sunday Table is a jazz quartet based in Hanover, NH. The band takes its name from a song that nods to our origin in Sunday afternoon jam sessions in the lobby of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where we work. Comprised of Jason Pettus (keyboard and melodion; pathologist), Eric Bronstein (string bass; family practitioner), Tom Davis (guitar; medical oncologist), and Grace Crummer (vocals; clinical research coordinator), the band celebrates songs old and new from the American Songbook. Are we medical professionals who play music, or musicians who have medical day jobs? Come listen and decide for yourself!
Friday April 8: "Nameless at the Anonymous" -- 3 acts that have performed at the legendary Nameless Coffeehouse in Cambridge, MA are coming to the Anonymous!!
Brian Carroll and Mark Burds
Cut from the same cloth, but born about 15 years apart, Brian Carroll and Mark Burds knew the first time they played music together, they had something special. Though their creative paths and experiences contain a variety of differences, they share many common threads in the tapestry of their musical collaboration. Their love of traditional American Roots and instrumental music coupled with their shared appreciation for the country, bluegrass and roots music landscape of today is evident in their sound. Dusty and worn at times and rollicking and twang-infused at others. They struggle to find a definition to what exactly “it” is that they play, but as both are multi-instrumentalists and songwriters, they are a duo that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Dean Stevens
For over four decades, Dean Stevens has delighted audiences of all ages throughout the Americas. An exuberant performer of distinctive style and wit, he combines an intricate, self-taught guitar style with a versatile and expressive singing voice. He has established himself as a formidable creator and interpreter of a wide spectrum of songs in English and Spanish. His own material explores a variety of personal and social topics, paints sketches of people and places, celebrates the Earth, and annoys the narrow minded.
Eric Kilburn
Eric Kilburn has played on Passim’s stage over 40 times, both as a headliner and opening for the likes of Tracy Chapman, Shawn Colvin, Eric Andersen and others, He took a 26 year sabbatical from touring and active performing, taking time to raise a family,and record over 800 albums at his studio,Wellspring Sound. Eric’s songs have been covered by Arlo Guthrie, Fred Small, Sally Rogers, Priscilla Herdman, Lucie Blue Tremblay, and many others.
Friday, May 29th
SHOW CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
Dan and the Dinos
Country/Bluegrass with emphasis on harmony singing, weathered to a smooth sound from over 40 years of playing together.
Quentin Callewaert is a 19 year old guitarist and singer from Byfield, Massachusetts. His eclectic playing style includes elements of classical music, contemporary fingerstyle, bluegrass, and jazz. He is currently a student at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Martin has been performing in the Upper Valley and beyond for nearly 15 years with several different collaborations He is a singer songwriter that also does a large variety of covers. He is sure to please with his fine picking and heartfelt tunes. Be sure to pick up a copy if his CD "A Meeting Of Mountains, from The Decato Sanborn Project.
Friday, May 8th
SHOW CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
Karen Liot Hill
Karen plays familiar songs with her own twist. She wears a lot of hats - city councilor, short-order cook, and mom - and she loves playing piano and singing. Karen believes singing is where the head and the heart connect.
Vermont-based roots guitarist William Lee Ellis has been hailed a “wizard on steel strings” (Blues Revue) whose “art is original and contemporary…timeless” (Jorma Kaukonen). Formerly from Memphis, TN, William is an associate professor of music at Saint Michael’s College and records for the Yellow Dog label. He is the son of banjo composer Tony Ellis.
The Burds Brothers are a central Vermont based music duo consisting of brothers Mark (vocals, guitar) and Peter Burds (banjo). Though primarily influenced by the contemporary and traditional music of the bluegrass genre - jazz, classical, and celtic influences can also be traced throughout their live sets and in each of their dynamically arranged songs. Songs ranging from traditional fiddle instrumentals to poetic originals, these musicians play it all.
Friday, April 17th
SHOW CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
Take a step back in time with the Bradford Bog People. Their music features lively banjo & fiddle tunes, sweet harmonies, and some clogging. Band members include Beth Eldridge (fiddle, guitar, and vocals), Tii McLane (banjo, fiddle, guitar, vocals, and clogging), and Woody Pringle (banjo, fiddle, and mandolin). Visit their web page bradfordbogpeople.com and listen to their music at reverbnation.com/bradfordbogpeople.
Out on a Limb - acoustic music with a twist! Featuring mando, banjo, tenor banjo, fiddle, bass, guitar, clarinet, and four vocalists, this Upper Valley quartet mashes up Americana, Appalachian, bluegrass, country blues, folk, New England dance music, spirituals, and rock 'n roll. Songs you'll love . . . from Hank to Hendrix!
Ava Burnham is a singer-songwriter and music producer from Michigan. She performs mostly original songs with folk, country, and pop influences, but also plays occasional covers, with the hope that they will not outshine her original stuff.
RSVP on Facebook
Friday, March 27th
SHOW CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
Never Too Late is a folk harmony quartet that entertains with a mixture of original songs and the best of the contemporary singer-songwriter movement.
With a captivating soprano voice and award winning songwriting, Caroline Cotter's songs take listeners all over the world and into the depths of the human heart. Since her debut album, "Dreaming as I Do", released and reached #5 on the Folk DJ Charts in 2015, Caroline has performed over 700 shows in 45 states and 13 countries. Currently touring to support her second major release, "Home on The River”, No Depression calls it "sweet and smooth, and downright refreshing... raising spirits with one song, calming them with another." Icon Magazine writes, "Her well-constructed songs bring to mind the early work of Mary Chapin Carpenter.” "Today's folk scene has a new champion, one who encapsulates the sweetness, serenity and sophistication that has always made the genre so affecting in such a timeless manner. In that regard, 'Home on the River' is an absolutely essential record." (Country Standard Time)
Formed in early 2016 and hailing from the woods of central Vermont, Still Hill plays a unique blend of progressive bluegrass dipped in folk, Americana, and old time roots music. Still Hill’s original songwriting, instrumental improvisation, and 3-part harmonies will make you hoot, holler, dance and leave you wanting more each and every time.
Friday, March 13th
SHOW CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
JukeJoynt
JukeJoynt entertains with a mix of ballads, blues, and rock featuring original compositions along with covers from James Taylor, The Beatles, Sam Cook, The Band and many more.
Jenna Rice is a guitarist and singer-songwriter who grew up in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont. Her songs celebrate the stories of ordinary people and the highs and the lows of being alive on this Earth. Jenna began writing songs after she built a guitar as a woodworking project, taught herself to play it and realized that if you put a poem and a guitar together you have a song!
Jenna’s lyrics on life, love, and loss, carried along by her honest, haunting vocals and down-to-earth guitar playing, will slip into your mind, touch your heart, and leave you seeing the world just a bit differently than you did before.
Marc Shapiro and Billy Corbett are a new-old-time duo rooted in the hills of Vermont and New Hampshire. Marc and Billy forage from a collection of newer tunes and traditional tunes and stew them in a broth of bluegrass and folk.
Building on a friendship that began many years ago, Marc (banjo, guitar, vocals) and Billy (mandolin, guitar, vocals) established themselves in the New England music scene playing listening rooms, festivals, and bars.
Friday, January 31st - View Event on Facebook
Peter began playing the electric guitar as a teenager in Connecticut rock groups that opened for some nationally known acts. Since then, Peter has released 3 original solo guitar instrumental CDs that have been received well at album review sites.
Turnip Truck is a 5 piece outfit from central Vermont. The band plays a mix of bluegrass, swing, gypsy jazz and old folk and country music. Often times swapping lead vocal duties and instruments throughout the course of a show, the band is defined by tight harmonies and a penchant for improvisation.
Susan Brison
Best known by her Upper Valley friends as a jazz singer, Susan has sung folk music since she was a child. In this set, she’ll accompany herself on guitar and dulcimer, singing traditional Appalachian tunes, an original composition, and songs by Bob Dylan and by Joni Mitchell.
Friday, January 17th - View Event on Facebook
Chip and the Old Block
Ford Daley has been singing and picking music in the Upper Valley for the better part of the last 50 years. His daughter Graham has followed in his footsteps, both as a high school science teacher and a performer. Graham and Ford love to work up new songs and old favorites together and are grateful for the opportunity to sing them for you somewhere other than in the living room.
Singing two part harmonies with their own style and energy, from songs you will remember fondly (and an occasional original song), “Oxford & Clark” make an entertaining duo performing Americana music made famous by entertainers like: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Roger Miller, The Kingston Trio, The Everly Brothers and more.
Sierra & Andrew are a musical duo from Plum Island, MA, uniting soulful vocals, piano, and dynamic guitar work to bring a powerfully engaging repertoire of original songs. The two lifelong musicians have been writing and performing together for over 10 years, both as a duo and with their original rock band, Unnamed Colors.
