Last call for a really good one featuring locals BROWN BIRD, TIG & BEAN, and CACTUS ATTACk opening for Brooklyn's O'Death at the Met on THURSDAY (the 26th); call 401.729.1005 for details. On FRIDAY (the 27th), action abounds starting with an all-ages double-dip at the News Café in Le Bucket (401.728.6475) with KID MOUNTAIN and Wakefield's POINT STREET BRIDGE. R&B crew FELIX BROWN plays the Newport Blues Café (401.841.5510), and there's a solid rap bill at Firehouse 13 (401.270.1801) with Brooklyn's SKYZOO leading the way, along with local wordsmith ZUMO KOLLIE (get his Last Showing), and get back to FH13 on SATURDAY (the 28th) for a great cause as THE [VIENNAGRAM:], MOTHER NIGHT, and more help out the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Also on Saturday, THE SILKS play the "Red, White and Blues" benefit at the Pell Chafee Performance Center, with eats provided by Nick's on Broadway, Gracie's, and more. Tickets are $60, and all proceeds benefit Trinity Rep's artistic and educational programming. Then shoot over to Pawtucket for JOE FLETCHER & THE WRONG REASONS, PETE BERNHARD (of Devil Makes Three), and THE MIGHTY GOOD BOYS at the Met, and head back there on SUNDAY (the 29th) for the RI LEGENDS BLUES JAM (starting at 4 pm) with hosts Marty Ballou, Mark Taber, and more (and free of charge). Some afternoon family fun is to be had at Roots Café downtown with the new "SUNDAY STOMP!" weekly music party, with plenty of activities, storytelling, and face-painting for the kids; Joe's Backyard Band, Chris Monti, Sean Rogan, and more will entertain the tykes while you hit the bar; the fun starts at 3:30 pm, followed by the Blues & Jazz Jam hosted by SWEET P & THE WHO DAT BAND; call 401.272.7422 for all the details. On MONDAY (the 30th), DJ NOOK spins at Local 121's Taproom (21+ and no cover). And on WEDNESDAY (the 1st), head south to the Knickerbocker Café in Westerly for blues trio JOHN FRIES & THE HEAT from New London (no cover, 401.315.5070).
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- Boo City and She Rides get ready for SXSW
On FRIDAY (the 2nd), local booty-shaking crew BOO CITY will perform two full sets at their SXSW "Fun-raiser" at Fête; there will be plenty of raffles, prizes, guest appearances, and AfroSonic spinning between sets; $5 at the door, call 401.383.1112 for details.
- From Courageous men to Jocie Adams
Six straight days of live action on tap here! On FRIDAY (the 4th) Mark Cutler's MEN OF GREAT COURAGE rock out at Nick-a-Nee's (21+, no cover, 401.861.7290).
- Soundsessioning; plus, Lighting Bolt and Allysen Callery
Last call for a good one going down at AS220 (401.831.9327) on THURSDAY (the 22nd) with makeupbreakup headlining (debuting new stuff from the forthcoming Scents LP) with THE BROTHER KITE , THE PRESS , and CELLAR DOVES ($6).
- Hit the sauce
Come find us at the Salon on THURSDAY (the 10th) high-posting in the basement with DJS WAY O'MALLEY AND NO GO GO spinning assorted party jams; 21+ and no cover all night, call 401.865.5330.
- Brown Bird shape the sound of human existence
Last fall, Brown Bird officially downsized to two incredibly-talented partners in vocalist/guitarist/percussionist David Lamb and MorganEve Swain handling fiddle, cello, upright bass, and vocals.
- Photos: Best Music Poll 2011 Awards Party at the Met
Providence Phoenix staffers present Best Music Poll awards to local bands at the Met on June 14, 2011.
- Musings and mutterings from the worlds of Maine music
MICAH BLUE SMALDONE is taking his talents to Fort Kent.
- Nothing Drab about it
We found ourselves happily trampled last weekend by DRAB PONY , JEREMY ROBINSON 's on/off improv project, as they whipped up a froth of excessive noise tantrums in the darklit rodeo of the Apohadion in Bayside.
- Photos: David Wax Museum + Brown Bird + Mountain Man at the Newport Folk Festival
David Wax Museum, Brown Bird, and Mountain Man perform at Newport Folk Festival on July 31, 2011.
- Brown Bird go for it with Salt For Salt
Brown Bird couldn't have chosen a better launching point to Go For It than their latest album, Salt for Salt , as the incredibly talented twosome of David Lamb and partner MorganEve Swain leave the shipyard and coffeehouse behind and set out to make music a full-time career.
- Running with the Devil
The surge of locally-harvested folk/roots/Americana acts flourishing in Rhode Island continues.
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