Feel the Barn!! The Barn at The Farmstand has become a gathering place for the community and is available for special events and weddings. Kimball is also presenting concerts in the barn, starting in late May and running through late September on Sundays, tapping into the relationships he developed as an artist manager in the music business for 32 years. His career in music began with a very successful concert series at the Eagle Mountain House in Jackson, from 1982- 1984, and he is has been bringing an equally eclectic mix of music to The Barn since 2016.

We're pleased to welcome back WMWV as a sponsor of the Feel the Barn Music Series!

As our Feel the Barn Concert Series enters it's 10th year, our reputation has created interest from more and more well known acts that don't typically play a 90 seat barn in NH! We are looking to make some improvements in our sound reinforcement that will make it comparable to what these nationally touring artists are accustomed to. These improvements include a digital mixing board, better microphones, additional monitor wedges, cables and audio effects.

To accomplish this goal, we are offering a number of awesome premiums, some directly related to the series, others to our B & B and our food. Assuming we hit the mark for these improvements, we will have a system in place for 2025 that is on a par with many of the full time venues our artists encounter on tour. If we exceed our goal, we’ll hopefully be able to include gear to live stream our concerts all over the world.
Click here to see what rewards await those who participate.

Our intimate and rustic venue, in an 1810 era restored barn only seats 90 people, after that we sell “lawn seats” for 10.00 less. Folks can set up in the dooryard or on the lawn where they can hear and see the show
Doors at 6:00pm - Music at 7:00pm except as noted
All shows are BYOB
All ticket purchases here will include a nominal fee for charge sales of 2.00 per ticket
to help defray CC charges
You can also purchase tickets in person at The Farmstand
Please note: ticket sales are final, and non-refundable
All tickets are will-call day of show

Here's the Morning Show interview I did on July 14 with Program Director Roy Prescott on WMWV, about the series

NH Magazine Best of NH 2020!
Our venue was honored as an Editor’s Choice for Best Music Venue in NH! Here’s what author Ernest Thompson (On Golden Pond) had to say:

Missing the Music by Ernest Thompson
If BC means Before Covid and AD After the Danger that remains real and present, what I look forward to most is what I’ve always loved about New Hampshire — its amazing melding of nature at its purest and most accessible and the boundless opportunities to experience my fellow Granite Staters’ extraordinary talent, being free to enjoy — and produce — beautiful music at the coolest venue I know, The Farmstand in Tamworth, to get my film “Parallel America” back in production, but never to forget the peace and solidarity we’ve known in lockdown and the inspiring courage and care of our frontline heroes.

Alana MacDonald
RESCHEDULED TO Thursday Sept 26
6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get tickets here: $37.00

Come enjoy the music and songs of one of The Valley's best-known vocalists and musicians Alana MacDonald of the renowned Devonsquare band.

Alana MacDonald, former singer, songwriter, and violinist of the super folk trio Devonsquare will be returning to the barn for an exciting night showcasing Alana’s talents and charm. Alana is celebrating her 50th year with Devonsquare by performing new songs and old favorites with her bandmates Robbie Coffin, Teg Glendon, and pianist Mike McGinnis. The band released five records between 1983 and 1996, two on Atlantic Records. They toured with Peter Frampton and Melanie, opening for many artists such as Bonnie Raiit, Kris Kristofferson and Roy Orbison. After the death of band member, Herb Ludwig, in 2005, Tom and Alana joined Rex Fowler from Aztec Two Step in “The John Lennon Project: from 2010 to 2014. Tom Dean retired in 2018 and after saying goodbye to Devonsquare, Alana, after much soul searching, decided to move forward solo. Don’t miss this rare night with the multi-talented and striking Alana.

Sunday Sept 29, 2024
Mark Erelli
Get Tickets Here $27.00

Mark Erelli has forged a colorful career by making the art of “being everywhere all the time” seem effortless. It’s hard to think of another artist who seems equally at home serving as a sideman for GRAMMY-winning artists like Paula Cole, Marc Cohn, and Josh Ritter, or producing albums for Lori McKenna, as he does writing and producing his own material, like last year’s “By Degrees,” on which he was joined by a host of voices including Rosanne Cash and Sheryl Crow. That song was nominated for “Song Of The Year” at the 2019 Americana Music Awards, and served to reintroduce Erelli to a wider audience. And just in time, because his latest album, “Blindsided”, combines the exuberance of Erelli’s signature sound with the wisdom that comes with over 20 years of songwriting, capturing an artist at a point in his career where he is clearly digging deep and swinging for the fences.

Jim Kweskin w/ Samoa Wilson
Sunday Oct 6 - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here - $32.00
Jim Kweskin is the founder of the legendary 1960s Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Fritz Richmond, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Mel Lyman and Bruno Wolfe. During the five years they were together, they successfully transformed the sounds of pre-World War II rural music into a springboard for their good-humored performances. Their imitators were legion, including a San Francisco jug band that became the Grateful Dead, a Los Angeles jug band that became the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and a New York jug band that became the Lovin' Spoonful. No other group attained their unique blend of youthful energy and antiquarian expertise, tight musicianship, loose camaraderie, and infectious swing.

These days Jim is best known as a singer and bandleader, but he also created one of the bedrock guitar styles of the folk revival, adapting the ragtime-blues fingerpicking of artists like Mississippi John Hurt and Pink Anderson to the more complex chords of pop and jazz. He has maintained a remarkably consistent musical vision since his jug band days, continuing to explore traditional folk and blues with the sophisticated sensibility of a jazz musician, and jazz with the communal simplicity of a folk artist. He has recorded many solo ventures, as a member of the U and I band, with band-mate Geoff Muldaur, with Samoa Wilson, with The Texas Sheiks as well as performing and recording with a wide variety of well-known musicians such as Maria Muldaur, John Sebastian, David Grisman, Cindy Cashdollar, Happy Traum, Meredith Axelrod, Juli Crockett and Samoa Wilson, to name a few.

Jim Kweskin's shows radiate charm, humor, sophistication and talent. Jim sings a collection of familiar songs by Benny Goodman, Johnny Mercer, the Sons of the Pioneers, Fats Waller, and Somethin' Smith & the Redheads. There's an endearing sense of good humor to Kweskin's interpretations that makes his performances a delight. Because of his vast repertoire and love of the music, Kweskin is recognized as one of the best interpreters of the great American songbook.

Rhett Miller (From Old 97s)
Sunday Oct 13 - 4:00pm doors / 5:00pm show
Get Tickets Here - $42.00

Texas native Rhett Miller is perhaps best known as the frontman of the Dallas-based alt-country band the Old 97’s, although he has also pursued a critically acclaimed solo career. Formed in 1993, the Old 97’s built a devoted following with their brash blend of country and power pop influences. Old 97s front man, Rhett Miller, doesn't fit into a mold, nor does his music. A native of Austin, Texas, he got his start with the Old 97's in Dallas, and they've since released 12 studio albums. Powered by Miller's distinct voice combined with clever yet vulnerable lyrics, they were pegged alt-country in the '90s and stood at the forefront of that movement, touring incessantly and gaining popularity with songs like "Barrier Reef" and the fan favorite "Timebomb."

Regarding his dual career as a band member and solo artist, he said, "I get to have the best of both worlds, I get to be in a rock band that plays in front of big crowds every once in a while, and I also get to play as a solo artist where the crowd can be hundreds of people but it still becomes this intimate moment where you can tell a story and sing a song."

Here’s Rhett live at World Cafe on YouTube

Take a Scroll Down Memory Lane and check out our Past Shows below.
Our first concert in The Barn was in 2016, with New Orleans' own, Paul Sanchez, and Boston singer/songwriter Amy Fairchild. it was a great night of music, to a full house. We had a New Orleans-centric menu available for purchase, including Muffalettas, Red Beans and Rice and Bread Pudding.

The Soggy Poboys
Sunday May 26th 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

Born on a snowy Fat Tuesday night of 2012, the Soggy Po' Boys have been honing their craft of New Orleans' music in their Tuesday residency in their home town of Dover New Hampshire. The New Orleans flavored septet doesn’t just play their weekly gig and call it at that. No, they fit in more than a hundred shows every year, from festivals and concerts to politics-infused burlesque collaborations and street parades.

Part of the beauty of New Orleans music is that it's celebrated and appreciated wherever it goes, from the street to the theater. The Po' Boys are doing their part to spread the greatest music on earth around their home in New England and when touring, throughout the rest of the country. The Soggy Po' Boys serve their jazz messy, mixing brass-fueled mayhem with spirituals, Meters-style old-school funk, and the Caribbean side of the New Orleans tradition. We will have a special menu of all New Orleans food available for purchase before the show. Come early.
The Soggy Poboys Live on YouTube

Bobby Keyes Quartet
Sunday June 2nd 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

Bobby Keyes is a guitarist whose career spans from American Roots to Pop Music, writing and performing with roots artist like Jerry Lee Lewis to pop artist Robin Thicke. Some of the songs he covers from other artists are Caravan, Brazil, Smile, Nightingale, Yellowbird. But, it is with his Trio that Bobby composes and performs the music which he is most passionate about; and where he defines our American musical heritage by blending rhythm and blues, country, jazz, rock, pop and swing. Bobby’s guitar playing is inspired and his sound is clean and refreshing. Along with Drummer Marty Richards (Peter Wolf, Bob Dylan) and Bassist Marty Ballou (Peter Wolf, The Ritz), and special guest guitarist Kevin Barry (Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Emmy Lou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter) , this band will surely delight the Farmstand audience.

Here’s a little something from the mellower side of the trio YouTube

Suitcase Junket
Sunday June 9 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

Matt Lorenz's vision, manifest in The Suitcase Junket, developed in the tension between the grand and the solitary. Grand in its imagery, sound, and staging. Solitary in its thrift and self-reliance. What instruments he requires, Lorenz builds from scratch and salvage. What parts five players would perform, he performs alone. The spectacle of his one-man set bears constant comparison to legends of showmanship, brilliance, madness, and invention.

Here’s Matt live with an interesting cover YouTube

Billy Wylder
Sunday June 16 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

From the front-lines at Standing Rock to the archaic streets of Jerusalem, the Sahel Desert to Carnegie Hall, music has been the source of strength for Billy Wylder. The band features Avi Salloway (Bombino/Hey Mama) joined by an inspired cast of singular artists who have performed across five continents including concerts at Coachella, Newport Folk Festival, New Orleans Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Fest, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center.

Billy Wylder released their seminal third album, Trying to Get Free (Sand & Gold Records), on August 25, 2023. The music weaves together American folk and rock with sensibilities from the Sahara Desert, exploring new musical space akin to Devendra Banhart, Beck, and Tinariwen. Billy Wylder’s new recordings evoke musical evolutions built on grooves informed by ancient African rhythms, art-rock textures, expansive guitars, violins, synths, and drum machines. Salloway’s lyrics flow with inspiration from mythical songwriting hero Leonard Cohen, while threading together more abstract imagery reminiscent of Thom Yorke.

On the new record, Billy Wylder grapples with some of the most critical questions of our time. What is freedom? Has the American dream died? What is truth and what is truly important to us? The band knows that it takes courage to follow your dreams, to create your own sense of purpose and meaning while living in a society where the media and politics relentlessly project fear, hatred, division, and consumerism. Billy Wylder’s live shows are known for bringing together diverse audiences and building community through uplifting performances, movement, and a sense of universal goodwill. The global band includes musicians from Vermont, Cuba, Peru, and Chicago.

Billy Wylder has toured extensively, performing and collaborating with renowned artists including Jack Johnson, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bombino, The Low Anthem, and Pete Seeger.
“A sense of mystery and majesty.” –No Depression
“Songs that sound impossibly up-to-minute while remaining steeped in tradition.” –PopMatters
Touring band:
Avi Salloway (vocals, guitar), Rob Flax (violin, synth, vocals), Jennifer Giammanco (bass, vocals), Ricardo Guerra (drums, vocals)

Links:Website:
billywlder.com
Facebook: facebook.com/billywylder
Music Video: https://youtu.be/drdkdWgfQU0
Live Video: https://youtu.be/CIKfPPbp1cQ + https://youtu.be/R2it0GL82rw
Listen here: https://linktr.ee/billywyldermusic

Jon Stetson - America’s Master Mentalist
June 23, 2024 - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

America's Master Mentalist returns to The Barn! Last year, Jon blew away a full house here at The Farmstand with his illusions and mind-bending tricks. Jon is the one Entertainer/Speaker who understands the importance of capturing the Mind share and the Heart share of his audiences. He was the chief consultant on the CBS show, The Mentalist, with the lead character based on Jon and his unique talent.

The Stetson Experience is intelligent, interactive, sophisticated fun. Along with hundreds of corporate appearances, Jon has performed for three U.S. Presidents, The King of Sweden, The Royal Family of Monaco, and has appeared on several major Television Networks. Interjecting uproarious comedy into each program.

Steve Forbert
Sunday June 30, 2024 6:00pm Doors / 7:00pm show

Steve Forbert is one of the few artists who can mesmerize a crowd with nothing but a distinctive voice, an acoustic guitar and his trusty harmonica slung around his neck. More than four decades have passed since Forbert first made his way to New York City from Meridian, Mississippi and his intimate verbal imagery, paired with a roots-rock musical approach, struck a chord with millions of people during the transitional period between ‘70s folk-rock and ‘80s New Wave.

Forbert’s debut album, ‘Alive On Arrival’, became one of 1978's most acclaimed records. Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild recently reflected that “now or then, you would be hard-pressed to find a debut effort that was simultaneously as fresh and accomplished,” comparing it to “a great first novel by a young author who somehow managed to split the difference between Mark Twain and J.D. Salinger.”

Butcher Baglio and Estes
Sunday July 7 - 6:00pm Doors / 7:00pm show

Three legendary Boston rockers return to The Barn for the third time this summer forr an entrancing night of acoustic music.. Sal Baglio’s Stompers, The Estes Boys and Jon Butcher Axis have been an important part of the Boston music scene for many years.

Lead singer for the seminal 80’s rock and roll band The Stompers, Sal Baglio has continued to hone his craft, writing original songs for the past fifteen years. His one-man carnival ride includes his new album Music For Abandoned Amusement Parks. Part music, part storytelling, Sal’s show is pure musical memory theatre. Anyone who ever ran to a music store, rushed home to their turntables, read ALL of the liner notes of their favorite bands will be transported by Mr. Baglio’s stories, original songs, AND cover songs featured in his performance.

With a Grammy nomination, 19 national and international releases to date, hit videos in steady rotation on MTV and VH1, arena tours supporting the likes of The J. Geils Band, Rush, Def Leppard, Scorpions and INXS, film scores and music licensing for hit cable and TV shows such as Shameless (Showtime), The Simpsons (FOX), The Sopranos and Six Feet Under (HBO), and guest appearances on the EXPERIENCE HENDRIX TOUR, Jon Butcher continues to write and perform to this day, further cementing his reputation as one of the most creative and accomplished musicians to ever come out of Boston. www.jonbutcher.com

Allen Estes has co-written songs with: Tammy Wynette, Shania Twain, David Mallet and many more, and has opened for Bonnie Raitt, Tim McGraw, Reba MacIntire, Robert Palmer to name just a few. He is also writing and recording new music. This will be a great night of original songs re-imagined, as well as songs from the great American Music catalog.

Here’s BBE at the Shalin Liu in Rockport YouTube

Verdict Music Revue featuring Ernest Thompson
Sunday July 14 ,2024

On Golden Pond Oscar winner Ernest Thompson returns to his favorite New Hampshire venue, this time hosting the hottest party of the summer as he shares the stage with his new friends at Verdict Music and with old friends and longtime collaborators Justin Jaymes and Joe Deleault and with Ray Porcell, whom Ernest shook the Farmstand rafters with three years ago, and with John Davidson, who opens and closes his Club Sandwich show with songs written with Ernest

The road to this particular Roman holiday — well, French: it’s Bastille Day! — began when local legend Justin happened to be listening to WMWV the day fellow legend Bruce Marshall announced his signing with Verdict, a relatively new and very dynamic music label based in Massachusetts. That led Justin to Verdict founders Steve and Viv Berger which led to Ernest’s joining the club and bringing with him Ray and Joe and John, along with songs he’s written with Carly Simon and Natalie MacMaster.

With a special guest appearance by Bruce Marshall! it’s gonna be a concert for the ages.
Click to hear interview of Ernest by George Cleveland for WMWV done on 10/6/21

Jamie McLean Band
Sunday July 21 2024

Another Farmstand favorite returns for a fourth time to rock The Barn! Jamie opened up our 2017 series with a rocking show on Memorial Day Weekend. You've seen Jamie and fellow band members with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Aaron Neville, Brandi Carlisle, The Lone Bellow, Taylor Hicks, Ingrid Michaelson and many more.

This Americana, Alt- Country trio will have you on your feet with their infectious brand of Americana / Southern Rock, it promises to be a great night of food, music and dancing.

David Wax Museum
Sunday July 28- 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

David Wax Museum blends the ancient and ever-relevant rhythms of traditional Mexican music with amber pop hues, their unabashed rock riffs emanating an air of AM radio circa 1975, all tethered together by seductive harmonies. It’s a seamless tapestry of boundless curiosity, an artful display of what Wax frames as “the lines blurring and dissolving between musical cultures and eras.” As it humbly beckons listeners to fulfill its title, You Must Change Your Life sounds out a thousand minor- and major-key ways one can do just that.

“A band that joyfully celebrates and preserves the heart of Americana music.” — WORLD CAFE

Here’s their national TV debut, on CBS This Morning

Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar
Sunday August 4th- 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar are making some rare duo appearances in 2024. The Louisiana slide guitar wizards trademark bottle neck chops and Cashdollars dobro and steel string talents culminate in world renowned showcases of guitar virtuosity. Revered for his unique slide guitar technique, Sonny Landreth has collaborated with many legendary performers including John Hiatt, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton.

Cindy Cashdollar’s expertise is in great demand on both steel guitar and dobro. She has worked with many leading artists in various genres including Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart and Ryan Adams. With the iconic western swing group Asleep At The Wheel, she garnered 5 Grammy awards and was the first woman to be inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2011.

Performing a mix of original songs with contemporary and traditional blues and roots music, the show is electric, virtuosic, and tastefully delivered by these two great instrumental masters.

Freebo and Alice Howe Band
Sunday August 11th- 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

Alice Howe and Freebo present a unique study in contrasts, bringing together a rising voice in Americana music and a venerable rock, folk, and blues icon. Each a compelling performer in their own right, they both lead and support each other in their well-crafted songs with flawless harmonies and tasteful instrumentation. They have worked as creative collaborators in the studio and on stage since 2017. Freebo weaves his unique fretless bass stylings into Alice’s superb vocals for a presentation with undeniable chemistry.

To hear Alice Howe sing is to be enraptured by the natural, unaffected beauty of her voice. There’s no artifice, no histrionics — just honest, authentic, emotionally resonant singing in the tradition of the roots music that shaped her. On Circumstance, her second and latest album, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter guitarist displays her vocal prowess and introspective writing in abundance, mining both her heart and her musical tastes for a deep, personal journey across an Americana soundscape dotted with blues, folk, country, soul and rock. Recorded in two sessions at the legendary Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where Etta James and Wilson Pickett once shook the walls, the record channels their spirits with 11 stirring tracks that pull no punches diving into the vagaries of the heart and her own personal journey. As an old soul inside a 30-something millennial, Alice puts her stamp on Americana’s venerable strands with 10 standout originals evoking both the classic singer-songwriters and the seminal music that once filled airwaves, roadhouses and juke joints.

Freebo is best known for his decade of touring and recording with Bonnie Raitt, and has distinguished himself as one of the great bassists of our time, playing on records with CSN, Maria Muldaur, John Mayall, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, and Neil Young as well as appearing on Saturday Night Live, The Midnight Special, The Muppet Show, and in concert with the legendary Spinal Tap. Not willing to simply rest on those achievements, Freebo delved more deeply into his creativity and has become a highly regarded singer/songwriter, now working on his 6th full-length solo CD. A multi award winner and finalist in numerous songwriting contests, Freebo’s music reflects his compassionate concern for the world and people around him, and his lyrics and open stage banter have helped him connect with listeners worldwide. A live musical experience with Freebo is astute, insightful, clever, and truly melodic.

https://www.alicehowe.com
https://www.freebomusic.com

Chris Smither
Sunday August 18 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here - 32.00 - LAWN SEATS

Honing a synthesis of folk and blues for 50 years, Smither is truly an American original. Reviewers and fans from around the world, including Rolling Stone and The New York Times, agree that Chris continues to be a profound songwriter, a blistering guitarist, and intense performer as he draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets and humanist philosophers. Oh, and he just so happened to pen the Bonnie Raitt classic, “Love Me Like a Man” at the ripe old age of 16!

NEW YORK TIMES: Mr. Smither has taken the blues in a direction entirely his own: stoic existential ruminations sung in a pained, weathered moan and set to quietly virtuosic guitar.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Wise words pour forth from Chris Smither – observations and aphorisms, similes and internal rhymes, run-on sentences and concise quips, all in a conversational flow. The careful construction of Smither’s lyrics is a thing of beauty and the bedrock of his bluesy folk music. Smither is an excellent acoustic guitarist and first-rate foot-stomper.

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: [Smither] taps his foot to keep the rhythm, much like the late blues legend John Lee Hooker. His finger-picked guitar lines are sleek, unhurried and insistent. And then there’s the voice – equal parts gravel and molasses.

ROLLING STONE: Bathed in the flickering glow of passing headlights and neon bar signs, Smither’s roots are as blue as they come. There is plenty of misty Louisiana and Lightnin’ Hopkins in Smither’s weathered singing and unhurried picking. So fine.
www.chrissmither.com

Jim Lauderdale
Monday Sept 2 (Labor Day) 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here -37.00
At any given time, you’re likely to find Jim Lauderdale making music, whether he’s laying down a new track in the studio or working through a spontaneous melody at his home in Nashville. And if he’s not actively crafting new music, he’s certainly thinking about it. “It's a constant challenge to try to keep making better and better records, write better and better songs. I still always feel like I'm a developing artist,” he says. This may be a surprising sentiment from a man who’s won two Grammys, released 34 full-length albums, and taken home the Americana Music Association’s coveted Wagonmaster Award. But forthcoming album Game Changer is convincing evidence that the North Carolina native is only continuing to hone his craft.

Operating under his own label, Sky Crunch Records, for the first time since 2016, Lauderdale recorded Game Changer at the renowned Blackbird Studios in Nashville, co-producing the release with Jay Weaver and pulling from songs he’d written over the last several years. “There's a mixture on this record of uplifting songs and, at the same time, songs of heartbreak and despair—because that's part of life as well,” he says. “In the country song world especially, that's always been part of it. That’s real life.”

Lauderdale would know: He’s been a vital part of the country music ecosystem since 1991, when he released his debut album and began penning songs for an impressively long roster of country music greats. “When I was a teenager wanting to be a bluegrass banjo player, I never would have imagined that I would get to work with people like Ralph Stanley, Robert Hunter, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and John Oates ,” he muses. “Getting to work with them inspires me greatly to this day, and I know it always will.” ,” he muses. “Getting to work with them inspires me greatly to this day, and I know it always will.”

Sept 8, 2024
Sarah Borges Band - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here - $27.00

Sarah Borges's unbridled joy at making music two decades into a storied career comes through loud and clear in her latest long player, aptly titled Love's Middle Name. Her third studio record with The Broken Singles, Love's Middle Name is a muscular 10 song cycle that pulses with raw, gritty, unfettered emotion. As the kids like to say: this record has all the feels.

Conduct even a quick Google search, and you'll find that Sarah has been dubbed everything from an Americana darling, to a roots rocker, to a cowpunk by tastemakers as diverse as The New York Times and Sirius XM Outlaw Country Radio. With this latest release Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles show that all of those titles are well deserved.

Amy Fairchild and Thomas Juliano House Concert
Saturday February 24, 2024
Doors 6:00pm
Music 7:00pm

Ticket includes a complimentary bowl of our own house-made Gumbo. It's a BYOB event.
Limited space, only 20 tickets available. At the time this was posted, there are also rooms available if you would like to stay over after the show and enjoy a full, locally sourced breakfast in the morning. You can book directly on the “reservations” page.

Amy Fairchild is a multi-award winning songwriter living in Boston, MA. Right from the start of her musical career in Northampton, MA in 1996, this roots-pop beauty garnered high honors revealing a talented songwriter who deftly gets to the heart of the matter. She won the Lilith Fair Talent Competition in 1999 and took home a top Kerrville Folk Festival prize in 2001.
in June 2014 she released her self-titled third record to the acclaim of the best music writers in Boston including the legendary Steve Morse. With 3 videos in support of the record worthy of the best airplay from the MTV days, Amy shows no signs of taking her foot off the gas as she's back in the studio working on a new record. Dave Marsh said, “If there still was a recording industry, this would come out on a major label and would be such a big hit you’d be sick of her by now. Not many people make records this good.” Her latest Release, "Nobody's Satellite, was released in 2017.

Thomas Juliano is a guitarist living in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a diverse player influenced by rock, country, blues, folk and jazz. He studied at Berklee College of Music graduating in 1987. He was a founding member of the Boston based band Talking to Animals (featuring Juliana Nash, Jay Bellerose and Greg Porter) signed to Velvel/Columbia records in the mid 90’s. After disbanding in 1999 he became a touring member of the widely popular band Seven Mary Three with whom he recorded and toured with until 2012. He has since maintained a strong presence in the Boston music scene and has performed, toured and recorded as a sideman with artists such as Todd Thibaud, Water and Sand, Amy Fairchild, Session Americana, Birdsong at Morning, Kimon Kirk, Dennis Brennan, and many others. He currently teaches guitar at UMass Lowell and is contributing to sound libraries and recording projects for Film and TV at his studio. His girlfriend is a total smoke show.

www.amyfairchild.com
Thomas Juliano

The Iguanas
Sunday July 16 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

What if Americana actually encompassed ALL of North America? You'd have the Franco Acadian inflections of Canada, as best exemplified by the accordion, blues and jazz, the only truly indigenous music the US has ever produced, and the lilting grace and fiery passion of the music of Mexico. You'd also have New Orleans' premiere distillers of this continental musical melange, The Iguanas.

Taking their cues from all of the above influences and then some, the band redefines the notion of Americana, crossing cultures, styles, eras...and even languages. It's as if Rue Bourbon, Muscle Shoals and Plaza Mexico were all within earshot of each other and The Iguanas were the musical conduit between them. Based out of New Orleans for the past couple of decades save for a short, Katrina imposed exile in Austin the members of the Iguanas have (collectively or individually) played or recorded with everyone from Charlie Rich, Alex Chilton, and Willie DeVille to Emmylou Harris, Allen Toussaint, and Pretty Lights.
Check out the Iguanas Live here Youtube
We will have a special menu of all New Orleans food available for purchase before the show. Come early.

Watermelon Slim
Sunday July 23 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans has built a remarkable reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity. HARP Magazine wrote “From sizzling slide guitar…to nitty-gritty harp blowing…to a gruff, resonating Okie twang, Slim delivers acutely personal workingman blues with both hands on the wheel of life, a bottle of hooch in his pocket, and the Bible on the passenger seat.” Paste Magazine writes “He’s one hell of a bottleneck guitarist, and he’s got that cry in his voice that only the greatest singers in the genre have had before him.”

Here’s Watermelon Slim Live at the legendary Ground Zero Club Youtube

The Soggy Poboys
Sunday July 30 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

David Wax Museum
Sunday August 6 - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

“A band that joyfully celebrates and preserves the heart of Americana music.” — WORLD CAFE

Here’s their national TV debut, on CBS This Morning

Butcher Baglio and Estes
Sunday August 13 - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

Three legendary Boston rockers return to The Barn this summer after an entrancing night of acoustic music 2 years ago. Sal Baglio’s Stompers, The Estes Boys and Jon Butcher Axis have been an important part of the Boston music scene for many years.

Terrence Simien and the Zydeco Experience
Sunday August 20 - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

For over 40 years, two-time GRAMMY award winning, 8th generation Louisiana Creole, Terrance Simien (born September 3, 1965), has been shattering the myths and often misinformation, about what his traditional Zydeco roots music is – and is not. It most certainly is American roots music and it is music born of the black and mixed race French speaking Creoles of South Louisiana. It’s exhilarating and as complex and diverse as the Creoles. It’s also more than just one rhythm and one tempo. Sure it’s about dancing; “less dancing please”, said no-one ever! But, it’s also about grooving in place and dancing freely. It’s definitely about the vocal performance as well. Terrance’s lead vocals and the stunning three part harmonies of he, Danny and Stan – are proof positive that vocal performances matter – a lot! Zydeco is dynamic and evolving – remaining relevant to allow its artists to express themselves within their genre without constraints.

Simien is as knowledgable about this music genre as anyone alive today, because he’s now been touring and recording professionally, as a band leader almost as long as any zydeco artist in history! Fact not fiction. With one exception -the Queen, Ida Guillory! In fact he’s only one of a handful from a generation with a direct link to the pioneers of contemporary zydeco who with the exception of the Queen, Ida Guillory (born in 1929) have all passed on. When Simien started his band in high school in 1981, he was one of only 3 young zydeco artists performing the music as all the others were 20+ years older than he was. Another little known fact for those not as knowledgeable about the history of zydeco, Simien is one of those young emerging artists who was responsible for the 1990’s renaissance of zydeco music.
We will have a special menu of all New Orleans food available for purchase before the show. Come early.
Here’s Terrance and the band @ the NY State Blues Festival YouTube

Glen David Andrews
Sunday August 27 - 6:00pm doors
6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

“The best way to describe Glen is, a mix of Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Solomon Burke, and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and a Glen David show covers everything from jazz to gospel, funk and soul. It’s a show not to be missed, and no better way to end the long weekend. Glen will be appearing with his band of all star New Orleans musicians. I had the pleasure of managing Glen for 8 years, believe me, you do not want not miss this show. Check him out on his website or go to youtube, you’ll be amazed.
We will have a special menu of all New Orleans food available for purchase before the show. Come early.
Here’s Glen live with special guests Robert Mercurio and Ben Ellman from Galactic YouTube

Alana MacDonald
Sunday Sept 3 - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show

After 50 years performing and touring with Devonsquare, she’s not letting her 75th birthday slow her down. Alana will be performing with former backing musicians for Devonsquare, debuting some new songs she has written, and taking you down memory lane with some Devonsquare classic tunes, accompanied by Teg Glendon, Robbie Coffin, and Michael McInnis.
Here’s Alana from her Devonsquare days YouTube

Miriam featuring Amy Fairchild and Carla Ryder
Sunday Sept 10 - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
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With Amy Fairchild and Carla Ryder's side-project, Miriam, the focus is on the tight harmonies, catchy songs and superb playing. At times playful, at times moody. But mostly it’s boot-stompin,’ lead vocal swappin’, ass-kickin’ fun. Steve Morse, former critic of 30 years at The Boston Globe says, " Music for the sheer pleasure of it... effervescent harmonies and melodic nirvana."

It started in a graveyard. A stark gray stone surrounded by lush green grass. It bore the name Miriam and underneath the words, “I Am So Happy”. The picture so perfectly depicted such artistic and emotional contrast in its dreary, macabre sweetness, it had to be put to use. In 2009, when multi-award-winning singer-songwriters Amy Fairchild and Carla Ryder decided to combine their voices and join forces to start a band, Miriam was born.

It was sheer coincidence that they would later learn Miriam was a strong and insightful biblical prophetess of the Old Testament who led her people in song and instrument.They recruited the coveted multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Andy Santospago, whose music traverses a long and winding road from classical, jazz, acoustic finger style, Latin, bluegrass and folk, and rock. Over the next few years, they would pluck up talented drummer about town Ian McMillan, and monster bass player Jeff St. Pierre.
Here’s Miriam live at Toad in Cambridge YouTube

Miriam on Facebook

Sam Tracy
Sunday Sept 17 - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
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Local fave Sam Tracy returns to the barn this summer as a headliner. Sam has been garnering lots of praise for her singing and playing. She is a part of the Starlight Honeys, one of the area’s most popular bands, winners of the WMWV Song of the Year Contest.

The buzz is building, there’s a new album in the works, and you’ll see and hear what all the excitement is about when she steps on stage.

Here’s Sam live 4 years ago YouTube

Suitcase Junket
Sunday Sept 24 -6:00pm doors / 7:00pm
Matt Lorenz's vision, manifest in The Suitcase Junket, developed in the tension between the grand and the solitary. Grand in its imagery, sound, and staging. Solitary in its thrift and self-reliance. What instruments he requires, Lorenz builds from scratch and salvage. What parts five players would perform, he performs alone. The spectacle of his one-man set bears constant comparison to legends of showmanship, brilliance, madness, and invention.

Here’s Matt live with an interesting cover YouTube

Our next concert was on Labor Day, Monday Sept 5th with Glen David Andrews and his band. This one was off the chain, and included a second line down to the dam and back! Glen had some of the Crescent City's most talented musicians in his band, it was a memorable night. www.glendavidandrewsband.com

Saturday May 13, 2017 - singer/songwriter Cormac McCarthy, a New England treasure, we're pleased to present Cormac (and friends) in our barn, the closing event for Wet Paint Art Week. Doors 6:30pm, food available for purchase, Tickets $10.00 Available on our "reservations" page. It's a BYOB event.
" A distinctive songwriter with a warm, powerful, inherently melodic baritone, a fine guitarist and a devastating wit ... enormous writing gifts, capable of putting chills into your spine or a silly grin on your face..." – Jeff McLaughlin, The Boston Globe
www.cormac-mccarthy.com

Wet Paint May 8 - I3 2017, The Tamworth Visitors Council transformed Tamworth's historic community into an outdoor painting studio with a vision of becoming one of the East Coast’s most prestigious plein air art events, WET PAINT. This event showcased some of nation’s top plein air landscape painters alongside Emerging artists. Painters participated in a 6 day plein air celebration that includes public paint-outs, complimentary daily receptions, painting demonstrations, educational events and numerous activities at participating local businesses. Wet Paint returns May 7 - 14, 2018, and will again include a concert at The Farmstand.

On Sunday Sept 25th 2017 we hosted a family-friendly day with Amy Fairchild and Carla Ryder's side-project, Miriam. The focus is on the tight harmonies, catchy songs and superb playing. At times playful, at times moody. But mostly it’s boot-stompin,’ lead vocal swappin’, ass-kickin’ fun. Steve Morse, former critic of 30 years at The Boston Globe says, " Music for the sheer pleasure of it... effervescent harmonies and melodic nirvana." They released a cd in May 2015 to a sold out crowd at The Burren in Somerville MA and are continuing their residency at Toad in Porter Square, Cambridge, MA the last Tuesday of each month until the end of days. We pressed cider, and served up some fall food. It was a great afternoon of music, food and fun.

Miriam, Feelin' The Barn. Andy Santospago, Carla Ryder, Amy Fairchild and Jeff St Pierre (left to right)

On Sunday May 28 2017 - The Jamie McLean Band rocked the barn. You've seen Jamie and fellow band members with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Aaron Neville, Brandi Carlisle, The Lone Bellow, Taylor Hicks Ingrid Michaelson and many more. This Americana, Alt- Country trio will be rocking the band on Memorial Day Weekend. It was a great night of food, music and dancingt. The BBQ sold out before the show even started! www.jamielcleanband.com

Friday June 23, 2017 - Croga. Forged in Acadia, this band of unique characters from as far away as the wild shores of New Zealand and as intimately close as the still untamed shores of southwestern Mount Desert Island, brings together a youthful passion and an irrepressible love for traditional Celtic music. www.crogamusic.com

Sunday July 2, 2017- Comedian Jake Johannsen. We were so pleased to present Jake, who in addition to his HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central and Netflix specials, made 46 appearances on David Letterman, and was one of Dave's favorite comics. It was a packed house and a good time was had by all. www.jakethis.com

Sunday July 9, 2017 Kenny White - Astonished audiences often ask KENNY WHITE after a live performance, “How come I’ve never heard of you?” when in fact, the pianist, singer/songwriter, producer and arranger has been very well known in the NYC recording scene for decades. He comes to the world of the touring singer-songwriter following a long and successful musical journey. LONG LIST OF PRIORS, his aptly named new album, is the latest collection of original songs: indelible snapshots of the human condition, from heart-wrenching to hilarious and observed with the precision of a diamond cutter.

Sunday July 23, 2017 - Jon Stetson
Jon Stetson is the one Entertainer/Speaker who understands the importance of capturing the Mind share and the Heart share of his audiences. He was the chief consultant on the CBS show, The Mentalist, with the lead character based on Jon and his unique talent.
The Stetson Experience is intelligent, interactive, sophisticated fun. Along with hundreds of corporate appearances, Jon has performed for three U.S. Presidents, The King of Sweden, The Royal Family of Monaco, and has appeared on several major Television Networks. Interjecting uproarious comedy into each program. $20.00
www.stetsonmastermentalist.com

Thursday August 3, 2017 Amy Fairchild
Amy Fairchild is a multi-award winning songwriter living in Boston, MA. Right from the start of her musical career in Northampton, MA in 1996, this roots-pop beauty garnered high honors revealing a talented songwriter who deftly gets to the heart of the matter. She won the Lilith Fair Talent Competition in 1999 and took home a top Kerrville Folk Festival prize in 2001.
in June 2014 she released her self-titled third record to the acclaim of the best music writers in Boston including the legendary Steve Morse. With 3 videos in support of the record worthy of the best airplay from the MTV days, Amy shows no signs of taking her foot off the gas as she's back in the studio working on a new record. Dave Marsh said, “If there still was a recording industry, this would come out on a major label and would be such a big hit you’d be sick of her by now. Not many people make records this good.” Her latest Release, "Nobody's Satellite, was released on April 25,2017, and this is her Mt Washington Valley CD release party! www.amyfairchild.com

Sunday August 20, 2017 - Devonsquare with Special Guest Rex Fowler of Aztec Two Step. 5:00pm doors, 6:00pm show.
We're SO excited about this concert announcement. the first Valley appearance by Devonsquare in two years, with special guest Rex Fowler from Aztec Two Step. They will be collaborating on each others sets, and you might even hear some of the Nutopians catalog of John Lennon classics. Tickets on sale Friday, June 3rd, $25.00. This WILL sell out, don't miss your chance to see these two great acts together.
www.devonsquare.com / www.aztectwostep.com

Sunday September 10, 2017 - Crushed Out
We often say, "get out and support local music", well, it doesn't get any more local than this, as Tamworth's own, Crushed Out, Feel the Barn on Sunday Sept. 10th. Frankie and Moselle just returned from a triumphant 45 day tour of England and Europe, and this will be their first gig in Tamworth since that very successful tour. As always, doors are an hour before showtime, and food will be available for purchase. All shows are BYOB (Alcohol only if you are 21, obviously! Check them out on bandcamp, https://crushedoutmusic.bandcamp.com/

Sunday October 1, 2017 Butcher Baglio and Estes Unplugged
The Farmstand closed out it's 2017 Feel the Barn Concert Series with three Boston rock legends, Jon Butcher (John Butcher Axis) Sal Baglio (The Stompers) and Allen Estes (The Estes Boys). They will combine their talents for a night of acoustic music, sharing original tunes as well as their take on songs from the American music catalog, Dylan, Prine, Leadbelly, The Band etc, with three part harmonies, acoustic guitars, and mandolin. Doors at 6:00pm, with food available for purchase until 7:00pm showtime. BYOB Get your tickets here

Saturday May 12, 2018 - Judith Owen / Leland Sklar and Pedro Segundo
This special performance will be at The Preserve at Chocorua, just down the street, as we are incorporating our first show of the season with the Tamworth Visitors Council's Wet Paint Week.

This firebrand singer-songwriter and pianist is currently riding the wave of a tremendous couple of years. Her previous album Somebody’s Child was adored by critics around the world - The Sunday Times UK chose it as one of the best records of 2016 and Analog Planet said that it “sparkles with Owen’s witty energy” and noting that “the songs will stay with you long after the record ends”.

Her live performances, whether as a headliner or as the handpicked opening act for Bryan Ferry’s recent tours of Europe and North America, have been wowing listeners and gaining fans like fellow artist Jackson Browne, who said of Owen’s onstage prowess: “It’s a masterclass on how a show should be done.” Appearing with the legendary bassist Leland Sklar, (James Taylor, Phil Collins, Jackson Browne, Carol King, George Strait and many more!) and percussionist Pedro Segundo. Tickets are 25.00, and the performance is preceded by an art show featuring all the paintings done that week here in Tamworth. Tickets $25.00, available here

Sunday Feb 18th 6:00pm
Our First House Concert with Cormac McCarthy is SOLD OUT!!
Cormac is a New England treasure, and we're pleased to have him for our first house concert in the living room at The Farmstand. Doors will be at 6:00pm, and your ticket includes a bowl of chili.

Tickets $20.00 and there are only 20 available. It's a BYOB event.

" A distinctive songwriter with a warm, powerful, inherently melodic baritone, a fine guitarist and a devastating wit ... enormous writing gifts, capable of putting chills into your spine or a silly grin on your face..." – Jeff McLaughlin, The Boston Globe

House Concert
Sunday March 25th 6:00pm
Amy Fairchild w/ Tom Juliano
Tickets $20.00 and there are only 20 available. It's a BYOB event, and your ticket includes a bowl of Jambalaya!

Amy Fairchild is a multi-award winning songwriter living in Boston, MA. Right from the start of her musical career in Northampton, MA in 1996, this roots-pop beauty garnered high honors revealing a talented songwriter who deftly gets to the heart of the matter. She won the Lilith Fair Talent Competition in 1999 and took home a top Kerrville Folk Festival prize in 2001.
in June 2014 she released her self-titled third record to the acclaim of the best music writers in Boston including the legendary Steve Morse. With 3 videos in support of the record worthy of the best airplay from the MTV days, Amy shows no signs of taking her foot off the gas as she's back in the studio working on a new record. Dave Marsh said, “If there still was a recording industry, this would come out on a major label and would be such a big hit you’d be sick of her by now. Not many people make records this good.” Her latest Release, "Nobody's Satellite, was released on April 25,2017, and this is her Mt Washington Valley CD release party!

June 3, 2018 - Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick
We are so pleased to be presenting Guy and Billy in our first concert in The Barn here at The Farmstand. Long-time fans of this phenomenal duo surely have some fabulous memories of their past performances at The Eagle Mountain House back in the day. Van Duser’s exquisite guitar stylings coupled with Novick’s jazzy clarinet playing have all the makings for a memorable concert.

" two elegant gents of the swing music world", Garrison Keillor, Prairie Home Companion

They’ll stun you with the mastery of their playing, Birmingham, AL News

"Riveting echoes of an earlier jazz era"
Washington Post
Tickets $20.00 in advance / $25.00 D.O.S.

June 24, 2018 - Walter Parks
"Walter Parks is an extraordinary singer whose songs can break your heart as well as get you dancing. Lyrical and political, personal and otherworldly at the same time, transcendent as well as down to earth, Walter is a musical treasure, an artist of the highest caliber. To hear him is to be lifted into a mystical sphere. I adore him." - Judy Collins

Having toured for 10 years with Woodstock legend Richie Havens and the found of the swamp blues outfit Swamp Cabbage, Walter learned the importance of delivering songs with relevant stories. Walter now lives in New York but he grew up in Florida and after Richie's passing he started researching music that was made in the Okefinokee Swamp near where he grew up, from Smithsonian Archives. He is presenting re-imagined arrangements of this southeast Georgia swamp music, originals and some Richie Havens songs in his new show.

"A listen to Parks' soulful Americana rock is to be immersed in warm guitar melodies, smoky vocals and troubadour narratives that gather strength with age." ' WNYC www.walterparks.com Tickets $15.00 in Advance / $20.00 D.O.S.

July 8, 2018 Paul Sanchez
w/ special guest Sam Tracy
We are pleased to welcome Paul back to The Barn in 2018. We worked together back in my Artist Management days, and he was the first show we ever presented here at The Farmstand. Fans may know native New Orleanian Paul Sanchez as a founding member of the rock band Cowboy Mouth, with whom he has 11 albums; for his role in the HBO series Treme where he played himself; or as the creative force behind the musical Nine Lives, a musical adaptation of the best-selling novel by Dan Baum. Nine Lives follows the lives of nine people in New Orleans from 1965 (the year Hurricane Betsy ravaged the city) through 2005 (the year of Hurricane Katrina) and beyond.

Paul Sanchez transforms audiences with his unique blend of music and storytelling – at once powerful, sad, humorous, entertaining, and hopeful.

Sam Tracy opens the show, and you'll see why she has become one of our most popular local artists. She is a multi-instrumentalist, a self-taught picker who excels on banjo and guitar, with a beautiful voice to boot. No surprise that she is often compared to bluegrass phenom Sara Jarosz.

We're also featuring an all-Jazzfest menu with cochon de lait, crawfish monica, jambalaya and andouille sausages!! tickets $15.00 www.paulsanchez.com

July 15, 2018 Jon Stetson
America's Master Mentalist returns to The Barn! Last year, Jon blew away a full house here at The Farmstand with his illusions and mind-bending tricks. Jon is the one Entertainer/Speaker who understands the importance of capturing the Mind share and the Heart share of his audiences. He was the chief consultant on the CBS show, The Mentalist, with the lead character based on Jon and his unique talent.

The Stetson Experience is intelligent, interactive, sophisticated fun. Along with hundreds of corporate appearances, Jon has performed for three U.S. Presidents, The King of Sweden, The Royal Family of Monaco, and has appeared on several major Television Networks. Interjecting uproarious comedy into each program. Tickets $20.00 in Advance / $25.00 D.O.S.
www.stetsonmastermentalist.com

July 22, 2018 Jon Butcher and Allen Estes
Two legendary Boston rockers return to The Barn this summer after an entrancing night of acoustic music last fall. Both The Estes Boys and Jon Butcher Axis have been an important part of the Boston music scene for many years. With a Grammy nomination, 19 national and international releases to date, hit videos in steady rotation on MTV and VH1, arena tours supporting the likes of The J. Geils Band, Rush, Def Leppard, Scorpions and INXS, film scores and music licensing for hit cable and TV shows such as Shameless (Showtime), The Simpsons (FOX), The Sopranos and Six Feet Under (HBO), and guest appearances on the EXPERIENCE HENDRIX TOUR, Jon continues to write and perform to this day, further cementing his reputation as one of the most creative and accomplished musicians to ever come out of Boston. www.jonbutcher.com

Allen has Co-written songs with: Tammy Wynette, Shania Twain, David Mallet and many more, and has opened for Bonnie Raitt, Tim McGraw, Reba MacIntire, Robert Palmer to name just a few. He is also writing and recording new music. This will be a great night of original songs re-imagined, as well as songs from the great American Music catalog. www.allenestes.com Tickets $20.00 in advance / $25.00 D.O.S.

August 5, 2018 Jamie McLean Band
You asked, so he's coming back! Jamie opened up our 2017 series with a rocking show on Memorial Day Weekend. You've seen Jamie and fellow band members with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Aaron Neville, Brandi Carlisle, The Lone Bellow, Taylor Hicks, Ingrid Michaelson and many more.

This Americana, Alt- Country trio will have you on your feet with their infectious brand of Americana / Southern Rock, it promises to be a great night of food, music and dancing. www.jamielcleanband.com Tickets $15.00 in advance / $20.00 D.O.S.

August 17, 2018 Watermelon Slim
“The most exciting and authentic blues performer I’ve heard in years.” A.W., Paste Magazine

2x Winner: 2008 Blues Music Award Band of the Year and Album of the Year
2x Winner: 2006 & 2007 MOJO Magazine’s #1 Blues Album of the Year
Winner: 6th Annual Independent Music Awards Blues Album of the Year

An ever-expanding career of ramshackle grandeur.
Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans has built a remarkable reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity. HARP Magazine wrote “From sizzling slide guitar…to nitty-gritty harp blowing…to a gruff, resonating Okie twang, Slim delivers acutely personal workingman blues with both hands on the wheel of life, a bottle of hooch in his pocket, and the Bible on the passenger seat.” Paste Magazine writes “He’s one hell of a bottleneck guitarist, and he’s got that cry in his voice that only the greatest singers in the genre have had before him.”

Two of Slim’s records were ranked #1 in MOJO Magazine’s annual Top Blues CD rankings. Industry awards include The Independent Music Award for Blues Album of the Year, The Blues Critic Award and Canada’s Maple Blues Award for International Artist of the Year among others. Slim has hit #1 on the Living Blues Charts, top five on the Roots Music Report and debuted in the top ten in Billboard. One of Slim’s most impressive industry accolades may be the liner notes of The Wheel Man eagerly written by the late legendary Jerry Wexler who called him a “one-of-a-kind pickin’ n singing Okie dynamo.” Slim has been embraced for his music, performances, backstory and persona. He has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered, The BBC’s World Service and has been featured in publications like Harp, Relix, Paste, MOJO, Oklahoma Magazine and Truckers News as well as newspapers like The London Times, Toronto Star, Chicago Sun-Times, The Village Voice, Kansas City Star, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Michelle Shocked’s JAMS Magazine. watermelonslim.com Tickets $25.00

August 19, 2018 Devonsquare and Peter Gallway
Another show back by popular demand. Last year, Devonsquare sold out The Barn well in advance of their performance and we expect the same thing to happen this year.
After 43 years of performing across the US and Europe as well as releasing 5 critically acclaimed recordings, two for Atlantic Records and three independently released projects, the Folk-n-Roll band Devonsquare has decided this will be their last year of live performances.

This show with their longtime producer and performing artist Peter Gallway will be one of the highlights of this final year for the band and fans alike.

Tom Dean & Alana MacDonald, the 2 remaining original members of the group, will be joined by longtime bassist Teg Glendon and guitarist Robbie Coffin. Tickets $35.00

www.devonsquare.com www.petergallway.com

September 16, 2018 Sal Baglio and the Idolators
w/ Special Guest Moselle Spiller
Another artist returning By Popular Demand! Sal is a founding member of the legendary Stompers, and he'll be bringing one of his solo projects, The Idolators to The Barn for this show. For 40 years, as leader of The Stompers, Sal has delighted audiences with his majestic rockin’ tunes, spunk, and passion. He has labeled his new ensemble THE IDOLATORS which features Jeff Keithline (upright and electric bass), Jim Scopa (guitar) and Joe Donnelly (Drums) Live music created with acknowledged tradition and talent, serving up a big dollop of integrity! Now that’s personal transcendence!

THE IDOLATORS perform new original music and carefully chosen songs from the giant pioneers.
Sal is a monster guitar player, song writer, and singer in his own right having a long history of musical success in various bands and as a solo artist. Several of Sal's compositions have been featured in Hollywood films.

Local Fave Moselle Spiller, formerly of the band Crushed Out, will be opening the show with an eclectic mix of rockabilly, soul, rock ad do-wop. Not to be missed! Tickets $20.00

September 23, 2018 Carla Ryder and The Blue Ribbons
Carla Ryder: Rock n' roll flapper, garage serenader, folk balladeer, front-porch chanteuse, country crooner, lover of language. She is a wife, mother of three young kids, urban public school educator, front-woman, singer, and songwriter. With a total of 7 albums under her belt, she has toured extensively and developed a loyal and enthusiastic following. A true storyteller, she writes from the heart and from the gut a lyrical portrait of the human condition. Confessional or observational she passionately blends her experiences with those of others and the world around her. Her sound has been described as rootsy, raw, soulful and soaring. She has crafted a style that is heart wrenching and heart warming all at once. She'll make you cry one minute and make you dance the next. Her charm, presence and humor exude a connection to the audience so deep that from the crowd, you feel that you know her personally.

The Blue Ribbons: It was recently written that if you don't know the Blue Ribbons, you're doing something wrong.
2015 Boston Music Award Winners - 2016 BMA nominees. The Blue Ribbons was formed by singer/songwriter/keyboardist James Rohr. They have been building a base of devoted fans with their original and soulful music. Described as

“Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart,” they
combine “upbeat disillusionment and celebratory fatalism with musicianship” – Charan Devereux - Boston Globe.
Tickets $15.00

Saturday February 16, 2019
HOUSE CONCERT IN OUR LIVING ROOM!

singer/songwriter Cormac McCarthy, a New England treasure, we're pleased to present Cormac (and friends) in our barn, the closing event for Wet Paint Art Week. Doors 6:00pm, your ticket includes a complimentary bowl of our own house-made Gumbo. Music at 7:00pm Only 20 Tickets available, Tickets $20.00 Available on our "store" page. It's a BYOB event.
" A distinctive songwriter with a warm, powerful, inherently melodic baritone, a fine guitarist and a devastating wit ... enormous writing gifts, capable of putting chills into your spine or a silly grin on your face..." – Jeff McLaughlin, The Boston Globe
www.cormac-mccarthy.com

March 9, 2019 House Concert

Marina Evans & Bernardo Baglioni are a tight and organic folk/americana duo. From an earlier indie folk and jazz background, songstress Marina has evolved into a more seasoned roots/blues sound alongside Berna's gritty slide guitar and voice, creating the intimate give and take of their live act. Listen and learn more:
marinaevansmusic.com
bernardobaglioni.bandcamp.com
Doors 6:00pm
Music 7:00pm
Tickets $20.00
Ticket includes a complimentary bowl of our own house-made Gumbo. It's a BYOB event.
Limited space, only 20 tickets, 6 left as of 3/4/19

Saturday April 27th
Amy Fairchild House Concert in our Living Room

Sunday June 2nd
Sam Tracy and Friends
$15.00

Local fave Sam Tracy returns to the barn this summer as a headliner, kicking off our season. Sam has been garnering lots of praise for her singing and playing. The buzz is building, and you’ll see why when she steps on stage. For all of our shows, doors are at 6:00pm, Music begins at 7:00, and all shows are BYOB.

Sunday June 9th
Amanda Fish
$20.00
Amanda Fish, sister of Samantha Fish, began as a singer songwriter in late 2012, refining her original material as a solo act for 2 years before she formed her band in early 2014, a Roots Rock and Soul project featuring Amanda's signature 'from-the-gut' vocals locked into a sturdy groove.

In 2015, she released her first LP, "Down In The Dirt", on VizzTone Label Group, for which she was awarded the 2016 "Sean Costello Rising Star" Blues Blast Music Award. Amanda and her band set Beale Street on fire in the 2017 International Blues Challenge Semi Finals.
In 2018,

Amanda released her second studio album, "Free", on VizzTone Label Group, debuting at #6 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart and nabbing a Blues Music Award for Best Emerging Artist Album. Here’s an interview with Roy Prescott on WMWV originally aired on June 5th.

Sunday June 16th
Peter Gallway and The Real Band
Special Guest Tom Dean
$20.00

Called “a master of free verse” in the Boston Globe, Peter Gallway has released more than twenty-five albums on Warner/Reprise and various independent labels. A founding member of The Fifth Avenue Band, albums have spanned styles from ‘60’s rock and roll, to “jazzy folk”, to atmospheric Americana. Along with his solo recordings, he has collaborated with acclaimed singer-songwriter Annie Gallup in the duo Hat Check Girl, with six releases to their credit.

Peter Gallway has also produced over fifty albums and special projects, such as the Grammy nominated Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the ‘60s, and Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro, and participated in Laura Nyro’s final album, Angel In the Dark. He has also produced projects for singer/songwriters Cliff Eberhardt, Annie Gallup, Louise Taylor, Aztec Two-Step, Wendy Beckerman, and Japan’s Bread and Butter, to name a few. He has had his music featured in film and theater and has had songs performed and recorded by Bette Midler, Kenny Rogers, Cliff Eberhardt, Bread & Butter, Kalapana and others.

He will be joined by long-time friend and music collaborator Tom Dean (Devonsquare). Wildfires in the hills and canyons of Los Angeles, radio ghosts, the road, redemption, Elvis, the moon, Robert Johnson, small town New England life and of course love and all its entanglements. These are the themes one can expect from this well traveled, seasoned singer and songwriter.

Independent Songwriter Magazine says, “He's simply one of the finest singer-songwriter-musicians, walking this planet today."

Sunday June 23rd
Harvey Reid and Joyce Andersen
$20.00
Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen will play separately and together, and will take you on a whirlwind tour of American music, with slashing blues, down-home bluegrass, gospel, razor-sharp duet harmony, dazzling fiddle tunes and flashy guitar instrumentals, and the songs that they grabbed out of the air themselves.

Jamie McLean Band
Sunday June 30th
$20.00

Another Farmstand favorite returns for a third time to rock The Barn! Jamie opened up our 2017 series with a rocking show on Memorial Day Weekend. You've seen Jamie and fellow band members with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Aaron Neville, Brandi Carlisle, The Lone Bellow, Taylor Hicks, Ingrid Michaelson and many more.

This Americana, Alt- Country trio will have you on your feet with their infectious brand of Americana / Southern Rock, it promises to be a great night of food, music and dancing.

Along with having earned all his cub scout badges, McDonald once stopped some little kids from crying by taking away a guy's trombone.

Appearing with Mike is Wolfeboro’s Carolyn Plummer. Carolyn possesses an uncanny ability to introspectively pull funny from places most of us hide from. She puts a nail through the hearts of whiners, self loathers and the self sorry of the world and makes the average seem hilarious and larger than life. Most of all, Carolyn's twisted perception of our common existence leaves audiences hysterically shaking heads in agreement that the world is indeed a very funny place. The third child of a congregational minister and an "aloof" homemaker mother;…... "aloof? My mom's clueless: her favorite band in Blootie and the Hoefish.”

Carolyn learned early on that she could lament, or she could make fun. See her once and you'll quickly figure out which path she chose and that path is funny.

Sunday August 4th
Marcia Ball
$40.00
We are SO pleased to present Long Tall Marcia Ball in our barn this summer!
"Rollicking, playful, good-time blues and intimate, reflective balladry...her songs ring with emotional depth." - Rolling Stone

Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist, songwriter and vocalist -- and official 2018 Texas State Musician -- Marcia Ball was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall Of Fame on October 25, 2018. This was the fifth anniversary class of Hall Of Fame inductees, which also included Los Lobos and Ray Charles. Previous inductees include Willie Nelson, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, Asleep At The Wheel, Loretta Lynn, Townes Van Zandt and others.

Marcia Ball’s barrelhouse style of play, her relentlessly feel-good party tunes, her soulful roadhouse band, the patch of white hair on the front of her dark mane and her impossibly long legs crossed daintily at the knee as she pounds away – are iconic in the Gulf Coast music universe. Rollicking R&B rave-ups. USA Today

Sunday August 11th
Jon Pousette Dart Duo
$40.00
Jon Pousette-Dart is best known as an American Classic and Folk Rock songwriter, musician, and performing artist. Growing up in Suffern, NY with a household of artists, including his father, grandfather, and sister, he separated himself by picking up a guitar at the age of 10 and mapping out a life in music before he ever attended a little league game. Since then it’s been a long and well-traveled road in the world of music.

Jon has released 10 albums to date, which includes both the Pousette-Dart Band and solo albums. The discography follows the path of these recordings, many of which have audio streams available for you to take a listen. Visit The Archives and listen to previously unreleased music clips from Jon Pousette-Dart and The Pousette-Dart Band.

Sunday August 25th
Walter Parks and Amy Fairchild
$20.00
Two of our favorite singer/songwriters return for a co-billed night of great music.
Having toured for 10 years with Woodstock legend Richie Havens, and the founder of the swamp blues outfit Swamp Cabbage, Walter learned the importance of delivering songs with relevant stories. Walter now lives in New York but he grew up in Florida and after Richie's passing he started researching music that was made in the Okefinokee Swamp near where he grew up, from Smithsonian Archives. He is presenting re-imagined arrangements of this southeast Georgia swamp music, originals and some Richie Havens songs in his new show. www.walterparks.com

Amy Fairchild is a multi-award winning songwriter living in Boston, MA. Right from the start of her musical career in Northampton, MA in 1996, this roots-pop beauty garnered high honors revealing a talented songwriter who deftly gets to the heart of the matter. She won the Lilith Fair Talent Competition in 1999 and took home a top Kerrville Folk Festival prize in 2001.
in June 2014 she released her self-titled third record to the acclaim of the best music writers in Boston including the legendary Steve Morse. With 3 videos in support of the record worthy of the best airplay from the MTV days, Amy shows no signs of taking her foot off the gas as she's back in the studio working on a new record. Dave Marsh said, “If there still was a recording industry, this would come out on a major label and would be such a big hit you’d be sick of her by now. Not many people make records this good.” Her latest Release, "Nobody's Satellite, was released on April 25,2017 www.amyfairchild.com

Sunday September 8th
Vance Gilbert
$25.00
Vance Gilbert burst onto the singer/songwriter scene in the early 90's when buzz started spreading in the folk clubs of Boston about an ex-multicultural arts teacher who was knocking 'em dead at open mics. Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Vance started out hoping to be a jazz singer, and then discovered his affinity for the storytelling sensibilities of acoustic folk music. Once word got out about Gilbert's stage-owning singing and playing, Shawn Colvin invited him to be special guest on her Fat City Tour. Noted not only for being the ever consummate performer, Gilbert has recorded 12 albums, including 4 for Philo/Rounder Records and a duo album with friend Ellis Paul. Along with being opener of choice for artists as varied as Aretha Franklin, Arlo Guthrie, and Anita Baker, 2006 and 2007 found Gilbert opening 140+ shows for comedian George Carlin. Most recently he’s the opener of choice for Paul Reiser and The Subdudes.

Considered by many to be an integral part of the national folk scene, Gilbert's approach to the acoustic singer songwriter idiom is significant. Gilbert's compositions, while frequently employing sophisticated melodies and harmonies that attest to his jazz roots, remain sublime attestations to the storyteller's craft. He even has a tune on a Grammy Nominated children’s album. How rounded is that?

Sunday September 15th
Kerri Powers
$15.00
Produced By Eric Michael Lichter At Dirt Floor Studios In East Haddam Connecticut, Kerri Powers New Album Starseeds Boasts Eight New Original Compositions And Two Choice Covers -- A Moving Take On Blind Faith’s Restive Anthem “Can’t Find My Way Home” And “Polly,” A Lovely Song Of Wistful Reflection Written By The Late Gene Clark.

Powers Makes It Consistently Clear That She’s Adept At Expressing Sentiments That Ring And Resonate With Common Appeal. With The Assertive “Mine The River,” She Explores The Idea Of Finding A “Motherlode,” Using It As A Metaphor For Striking It Rich In Romance And Maintaining A Sense Of Gratitude, Even When Faith Seems Especially Fleeting.

The Boston Globe Proclaimed, "There's An Authenticity At Work Here, A Heart-Tugging Gravity And A Lively Intelligence To Go Along With The Sass.” The Hartford Courant Called Her A “Mark Twain-Like Trickster Whose Wry Words, Dramatic Sense Of Dynamics And Supple Phrasing Can Celebrate Joy And Hope.”

Sunday September 22nd
Carla Ryder and the Blue Ribbons
$20.00
Carla Ryder: Rock n' roll flapper, garage serenader, folk balladeer, front-porch chanteuse, country crooner, lover of language. She is a wife, mother of three young kids, urban public school educator, front-woman, singer, and songwriter. With a total of 7 albums under her belt, she has toured extensively and developed a loyal and enthusiastic following. A true storyteller, she writes from the heart and from the gut a lyrical portrait of the human condition. Confessional or observational she passionately blends her experiences with those of others and the world around her. Her sound has been described as rootsy, raw, soulful and soaring. She has crafted a style that is heart wrenching and heart warming all at once. She'll make you cry one minute and make you dance the next. Her charm, presence and humor exude a connection to the audience so deep that from the crowd, you feel that you know her personally.

The Blue Ribbons: It was recently written that if you don't know the Blue Ribbons, you're doing something wrong.
2015 Boston Music Award Winners - 2016 BMA nominees. The Blue Ribbons was formed by singer/songwriter/keyboardist James Rohr. They have been building a base of devoted fans with their original and soulful music. Described as

“Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart,” they
combine “upbeat disillusionment and celebratory fatalism with musicianship” – Charan Devereux - Boston Globe.

Saturday September 28th
Jon Butcher and Allen Estes
$25.00
Two legendary Boston rockers return to The Barn this summer after an entrancing night of acoustic music last fall. Both The Estes Boys and Jon Butcher Axis have been an important part of the Boston music scene for many years. With a Grammy nomination, 19 national and international releases to date, hit videos in steady rotation on MTV and VH1, arena tours supporting the likes of The J. Geils Band, Rush, Def Leppard, Scorpions and INXS, film scores and music licensing for hit cable and TV shows such as Shameless (Showtime), The Simpsons (FOX), The Sopranos and Six Feet Under (HBO), and guest appearances on the EXPERIENCE HENDRIX TOUR, Jon continues to write and perform to this day, further cementing his reputation as one of the most creative and accomplished musicians to ever come out of Boston. www.jonbutcher.com

Allen has Co-written songs with: Tammy Wynette, Shania Twain, David Mallet and many more, and has opened for Bonnie Raitt, Tim McGraw, Reba MacIntire, Robert Palmer to name just a few. He is also writing and recording new music. This will be a great night of original songs re-imagined, as well as songs from the great American Music catalog.

Sunday October 6th
Slaid Cleaves
$30.00
Cleaves is a full-time touring musician, but like most musicians has held many day jobs: janitor, warehouse rat, ice cream truck driver, rope-tow operator, film developer, groundskeeper, meter reader, and pizza delivery driver. He was even a human guinea pig. He was paid to be a subject in drug studies by a pharmaceutical company.

Cleaves's musical roots extend back prior to his days playing in a high school "garage band" with his childhood friend Rod Picott. The two shared a love of music, especially Bruce Springsteen and named their band The Magic Rats, after a character in Springsteen's song "Jungleland."

He brought his love of American artists such as Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and more with him to Cork, Ireland, where he spent his junior year of college. To help pass the time he learned how to play the songs on guitar and on November 18, 1985 he made his debut as a busker—a street singer—in Cork City, Ireland.

After several false starts he started to gain notice around Portland, Maine and in 1990 released his debut cassette, The Promise. Only a few songs off this album, "Sweet Summertime", "Lonesome Highway" and "Wrecking Ball" still occasionally get played in concert. The original tape has unfortunately been lost, and only copies remain.

That was followed a year later by Looks Good from the Road, recorded with his rock band, The Moxie Men. By the end of the year they were the darlings of the Portland press and touted as one of the bands "most likely to succeed."

However, Cleaves's solo acoustic side took over and in 1991 he moved with his wife, Karen, to Austin, Texas. In 1992, he was a winner of the prestigious New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival, an award previously given to such artists as Nanci Griffith, Robert Earl Keen, Amy Fairchild and Steve Earle.

Sunday July 18, 2021
Chris Smither
$26.00 Lawn seats / the barn seats are sold out
TICKETS ON "The Store" PAGE
Honing a synthesis of folk and blues for 50 years, Smither is truly an American original. Reviewers and fans from around the world, including Rolling Stone and The New York Times, agree that Chris continues to be a profound songwriter, a blistering guitarist, and intense performer as he draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets and humanist philosophers. Oh, and he just so happened to pen the Bonnie Raitt classic, “Love Me Like a Man” at the ripe old age of 16!
www.chrissmither.com

Sunday July 25, 2021
Comedian Mike McDonald
and The Greek Kid, Chris D
$26.00
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Mike McDonald is Funny-smart, with a PHD in sarcasm,…. A style that has brought him to 50 different countries doing stand-up, either entertaining our troops for the USO, corporate schmooze fest's on fancy islands, or crushing the main stage on Cruise ships or Vegas and Atlantic City Casino’s.

Mike has shared the stage with Robin Williams, Bill Burr, Tom Cotter, and Chris Rock. McDonald is a two-time Ace Award winner, and has appeared on HBO's Downtown Productions, Showtime, Comic Strip Live, MTV's Half-hour Comedy Hour, and the Comedy Channel. Mike’s also seen in the films When Stand-up Stood Out & Call Me Lucky about Boston’s rich comedy history.

As a Producer/Comedian, Mike brought friends Steven Wright and Paula Poundstone to their very 1st comedy auditions. In addition, Mike’s Cable Comedy Show in Boston saw the 1st time TV appearances of John Pinette, Dennis Leary, Kevin Meaney, Jonathan Katz, Wendy Liebman and Louie CK.

Heroically, Mike once saved some children from an adult by taking away the man's Trombone. Appearing with Mike will be The Greek Kid, Chris D, https://www.facebook.com/cdimitrakopoulos

Sunday August 1, 2021
Soggy Po’ Boys
A New Orleans Dance Party!
$26.00
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Born on a snowy Fat Tuesday night of 2012, the Soggy Po' Boys have been honing their craft of New Orleans' music in their Tuesday residency in their home town of Dover New Hampshire. The New Orleans flavored septet doesn’t just play their weekly gig and call it at that. No, they fit in more than a hundred shows every year, from festivals and concerts to politics-infused burlesque collaborations and street parades.

Sunday August 8, 2021
Jon Stetson - America’s Master Mentalist
$26.00
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America's Master Mentalist returns to The Farmstand this summer, to baffle and amaze. Jon has performed at The White House three times, and was the chief consultant to the CBS show, The Mentalist, and who the lead character was based on. This will be his third time at The Farmstand, get your tickets early, this one will sell out!

Billy Wylder
Saturday August 14th 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
$21.00
TICKETS ON "The Store" PAGE

From the front-lines at Standing Rock to the archaic streets of Jerusalem, the Sahel Desert to Carnegie Hall, music has been the source of strength for Billy Wylder. The band features Avi Salloway (Bombino/Hey Mama) joined by an inspired cast of singular artists who have toured across five continents including concerts at Coachella, Newport Folk Festival, New Orleans Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Fest, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center.

Rising from the ashes of 2020, Billy Wylder forge ahead with their new EP, Whatcha Looking For, (out April 9). The music weaves together American folk and rock with sensibilities from the Sahara Desert, exploring new musical space akin to Beck, The Barr Brothers, and Tinariwen. The band has toured extensively, performing and collaborating with renowned artists including Jack Johnson, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bombino, The Low Anthem, and Pete Seeger. 

“A sense of mystery and majesty.” –No Depression
Watch the Santiago music video

Sunday August 15, 2021
Bill “The Sauce Boss” Wharton
$26.00
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Bill Wharton brings his swamp-funk, slide guitar-one-man band, and a pot of gumbo all across the US and to Canada, Europe, and Asia. The Sauce Boss cooks gumbo while performing; serving up bowls to the audience at the end of the shows. He has served well over 200,000 people for free at his legendary live shows. Sauce Boss is the guy Jimmy Buffett sings about in "I Will Play for Gumbo". Albert Castiglia's version of Wharton’s blues anthem, "Let the Big Dog Eat" hit #1 on the Roots Music Report. The tune was also in the soundtrack of Jonathan Demme's movie "Something Wild".

Bill’s music is featured throughout the soundtrack in the just released rockumentary, “Jimmy Carter Rock and Roll President”. The movie is getting raves. 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, RogerEbert.com calls it, "fresh water in the middle of a desert", and the Los Angeles Film Awards presented Wharton with "Best Original Score" for his work in the film. They also awarded the movie "Best Documentary Feature," "Best Editing," and "Best Picture!" Jimmy Carter himself said of the film, "I wouldn't change a thing.

Intro to Gumbo Cooking Class with Kimball and the Sauce Boss
Monday August 16th 6:00pm
$40.00

Bill and I are doing a cooking class together, - Intro to Gumbo 101. We'll be showing you how to prepare an entire meal of southern/New Orleans style dishes, which you’ll get to eat at the end of the class. There might even be some impromptu music happening!

The Menu:
The Sauce Boss's Gumbo - Made with chicken, seafood and andouille
Cocho de Lait - slow cooked pork, typically served in a poboy with cajun slaw and creole mayo
Corn macque choux - Legendary side dish at many of Kimball's catered events
Collards greens - We grow 'em, but you apparently don't know how to use them, so come and get educated on this under-appreciated green
Bread pudding - A classic New Orleans bread pudding with hard sauce
You will get to try all the food being prepared, and we'll be pairing it with appropriate beverages!

Tickets can be purchased here on the store page or stop by The Farmstand to reserve your place. Seating is limited, so act fast!

Btw/ They call Bill, The Sauce Boss, because he makes a killer hot sauce with datil peppers, a strain that is native to his home state of Florida. He now grows all of the datil peppers he needs for his products himself. I'm sure he will tell us all about that endeavor as well. You might even here a song or two while food is cookin'!

Sunday August 22, 2021
Glen David Andrews
$26.00
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“The best way to describe Glen is, a mix of Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Solomon Burke, and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and a Glen David show covers everything from jazz to gospel, funk and soul. It’s a show not to be missed, and no better way to end a summer weekend. Glen will be appearing with his band of all star New Orleans musicians. I had the pleasure of managing Glen for 8 years, believe me, you do not want not miss this show, one of New Orleans most charismatic performers, from the legenday Nola Andrews family that has given us so many great musicians including cousins Trombone Shorty Andrews and James “The Satchmo of the Ghetto” Andrews, and brother Derrick Tabb of the Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Band. Check him out on his website or go to youtube, you’ll be amazed.

Cormac McCarthy Trio
Sunday August 29, 2021
$21.00
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Cormac is a New England treasure, and we're pleased to have him join us with his trio for this show.

Cormac was nominated for both Outstanding Folk/Acoustic Act, and Outstanding Folk/ Acoustic Album by the Boston Music Awards. Cormac’s album, Troubled Sleep helped to kick off the Green Linnet Records' prestigious singer-songwriter Redbird Series devoted to the most creative of this generations acoustic musicians and songwriters. Troubled Sleep won high praise and some overseas attention in the UK. Cormac was honored to be one of the artists asked to perform in Boston’s WUMB Folk Radio 10th Anniversary Celebration. He has been invited 3 times to the stage of the Newport Folk Festival, and twice to appear on NPR’s "Mountain Stage" Live radio show.

" A distinctive songwriter with a warm, powerful, inherently melodic baritone, a fine guitarist and a devastating wit ... enormous writing gifts, capable of putting chills into your spine or a silly grin on your face..." – Jeff McLaughlin, The Boston Globe

Monday Sept 6, 2021 (Labor Day)
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles
$21.00
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Sarah Borges's unbridled joy at making music two decades into a storied career comes through loud and clear in her latest long player, aptly titled Love's Middle Name. Her third studio record with The Broken Singles, Love's Middle Name is a muscular 10 song cycle that pulses with raw, gritty, unfettered emotion. As the kids like to say: this record has all the feels.

Conduct even a quick Google search, and you'll find that Sarah has been dubbed everything from an Americana darling, to a roots rocker, to a cowpunk by tastemakers as diverse as The New York Times and Sirius XM Outlaw Country Radio. With this latest release Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles show that all of those titles are well deserved.

Sunday September 12, 2021
Jon Pousette Dart Duo
$41.00
TICKETS ON "The Store" PAGE - Proof of vax required to sit in the barn, otherwise you can sit on the lawn or in the dooryard.
Jon Pousette-Dart is best known as an American Classic and Folk Rock songwriter, musician, and performing artist. Growing up in Suffern, NY with a household of artists, including his father, grandfather, and sister, he separated himself by picking up a guitar at the age of 10 and mapping out a life in music before he ever attended a little league game. Since then it’s been a long and well-traveled road in the world of music.

Sunday September 26, 2021
Amy Fairchild & Todd Thibaud
$21.00
TICKETS ON "The Store" PAGE
Proof of vax required to sit in the barn, otherwise you can sit on the lawn or in the dooryard

Two of the Boston area’s most talented songwriters / performers join forces for this special double bill with a shared band. It will be a memorable night of great music.

Amy Fairchild is a multi-award winning songwriter living in Boston, MA. Right from the start of her musical career in Northampton, MA in 1996, this roots-pop beauty garnered high honors revealing a talented songwriter who deftly gets to the heart of the matter. She is a 2x winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. won the Lilith Fair Talent Competition in 1999 and took home a top Kerrville Folk Festival prize in 2001. Noted music critic Dave Marsh said about her album, Mr Heart, , “If there still was a recording industry, this would come out on a major label and would be such a big hit you’d be sick of her by now. Not many people make records this good.”

Todd Thibaud is a Vermont born, Boston based Singer-Songwriter who’s songs are a slice of what life is really like...the pains and pleasures, love lost and life reborn. Using songwriters like Elvis Costello, Neil Finn, Johnny Cash and John Hiatt for inspiration, Thibaud has built a sound that is entirely his own. His music is meshed with elements of Americana, Folk, Country and Roots Pop Rock, making it seem at once familiar and new.

You’ve probably heard Todd even if you haven’t listened to one of his albums or attended his buoyant, high-energy shows. His songs are regularly featured on TV, where ESPN especially has taken Todd’s straight and true art to heart, and most recently on episodes of NCIS and Justified. His work has also appeared in films, such as John Favreau’s Love & Sex. Plus, the Boston-area singer and picker has been played on Americana radio since the early ‘90s.

Sunday October 3, 2021
Steve Forbert
$31.00
TICKETS ON "The Store" PAGE
Proof of vax required please.

Steve Forbert is one of the few artists who can mesmerize a crowd with nothing but a distinctive voice, an acoustic guitar and his trusty harmonica slung around his neck. More than four decades have passed since Forbert first made his way to New York City from Meridian, Mississippi and his intimate verbal imagery, paired with a roots-rock musical approach, struck a chord with millions of people during the transitional period between ‘70s folk-rock and ‘80s New Wave.

Forbert’s debut album, ‘Alive On Arrival’, became one of 1978's most acclaimed records. Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild recently reflected that “now or then, you would be hard-pressed to find a debut effort that was simultaneously as fresh and accomplished,” comparing it to “a great first novel by a young author who somehow managed to split the difference between Mark Twain and J.D. Salinger.”

Sunday October 10, 2021
Note: Earlier Start / 4pm doors 5pm show
Ernest Thompson - Natural Born Storyteller
$26.00
TICKETS ON "The Store" PAGE
Proof of vax required please
Click to hear interview of Ernest by George Cleveland for WMWV done on 10/6/21

Ernest Thompson has won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Writers Guild Award and a Broadway Drama Guild Award for Best Play. His work has been nominated for a Tony, an Emmy and a British Academy Award. His more than 35 plays have been seen in theatres around the world. The most enduring, ON GOLDEN POND, has been translated into 30 languages, Arabic the newest, and played in more than 40 countries on six continents.

A prolific songwriter, Ernest has had the honor of working with legendary composers and singers, producing songs he’s used in his films and plays. With longtime collaborator Joe Deleault, Ernest created THE FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE, written with and performed by Carly Simon, and the anthemic ON GOLDEN POND, composed with and featuring the award-winning Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster. Ernest has directed videos for his songs BRONTË BROOK, written with and performed by the remarkably talented Ray Porcell, and YOU ARE LOVED, with the extraordinary Justin Jaymes. For this show, Ernest will be joined by Ray, guitarist Jarrod Taylor and bassist Al Hospers. Ernest’s music is available on iTunes and at Amazon and other online outlets.

House Concert!
Sunday April 3rd, 2022
MY Darling Clementine
SOLD OUT!!
We are pleased to welcome, all the way from across the pond, My Darling Clementine. This incredible Americana duo's most recent record was a reworking of Elvis Costello tunes, with the legendary Steve Nieve from Elvis' band! "During the past 7 years they have played over 600 shows, won numerous awards and have more than earned their own bona fides, with their wry yet heart-on-sleeve songcraft spotlighting the vagaries of romance and the human condition, and their match-made-in-heaven harmonies"

https://mydarlingclementinemusic.co.uk/

Sunday May 29, 2022
The Suitcase Junket
$26.00
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Matt Lorenz's vision, manifest in The Suitcase Junket, developed in the tension between the grand and the solitary. Grand in its imagery, sound, and staging. Solitary in its thrift and self-reliance. What instruments he requires, Lorenz builds from scratch and salvage. What parts five players would perform, he performs alone. The spectacle of his one-man set bears constant comparison to legends of showmanship, brilliance, madness, and invention.

While audiences are captivated by his solitary form and the show itself, Lorenz, who homesteads with rescue dogs and chickens in rural Western Massachusetts, is most serious about the songs. He has been building a catalog, writing a world into existence. Solitary on stage and on the road, his mind is crowded with characters, narratives, voices, imagery, sounds as wide and varied as mountain throat singers and roadhouse juke boxes, plus newsreels of the planet's destruction and salvage. With this 2020 release, The End is New, Lorenz’s grand vision for the song overrides the how of it.

Sunday June 5, 2022
Marcia Ball
$45.00
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We are SO pleased to present Long Tall Marcia Ball in our barn this summer!
"Rollicking, playful, good-time blues and intimate, reflective balladry...her songs ring with emotional depth." - Rolling Stone

Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist, songwriter and vocalist -- and official 2018 Texas State Musician -- Marcia Ball was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall Of Fame on October 25, 2018. This was the fifth anniversary class of Hall Of Fame inductees, which also included Los Lobos and Ray Charles. Previous inductees include Willie Nelson, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, Asleep At The Wheel, Loretta Lynn, Townes Van Zandt and others.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, and apparently the band's as well, Raelyn Nelson's June 12th appearance at The Farmstand is going to have to be postponed to a future date. We will be contacting ticket holders to arrange refunds. Sorry about that!

Sunday June 12, 2022
Ali McGuirk Band
$20.00
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Ali McGuirk has made a career of captivating audiences with her powerful, buttery voice and heartfelt songwriting. Her earliest years as a performer were spent earning residencies across 4 continents, from Santorini to Hong Kong. In 2016, she was recognized by the Boston Globe as an "artist to hear," along with Lake Street Dive, Haim and other notable names. Shortly thereafter, she released her debut, self-titled EP and has been riding that momentum ever since.

In November 2017, she released her first full-length album, "Slow Burn," which saw her working with an eclectic mix of artists, including Boston guitar legend Jeffrey Lockhart (Lettuce, D'angelo, Lalah Hathaway), Brandon Mayes (Kendrick Lamar, Soulja Boy), DeShawn D’Vibes Alexander (Marcus King, Eric Krasno) and Cilla Bonnie (Air Traffic Controller).

"Slow Burn" was named on multiple year-end lists, including Boston rock critic Steve Morse's Top Ten Albums of 2017, and contributed to Ali’s current total of 7 Boston Music Award nominations and her 2018 New England Music Award nomination for R&B Act of the Year.

Sunday June 19, 2022
Al Hospers and Friends
$15.00
TICKETS ON "The Store" PAGE
Al started playing music while studying art at the University of Florida far too many years ago. He has toured as an opening act for Tower Of Power, Argent, Canned Heat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvin Bishop and more. While attending the University of Miami he performed with jazz greats such as Ira Sullivan, Louis Bellson, Stan Getz and had a rock/pop band with Bruce Hornsby. He's bringing his jazz quartet to our barn, including the amazing Jarrod Taylor on guitar, Tom Robinson piano and Jared Steer on drums.

Sunday June 26, 2022
Jon Stetson - America’s Master Mentalist
$31.00
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America's Master Mentalist returns to The Barn! Last year, Jon blew away a full house here at The Farmstand with his illusions and mind-bending tricks. Jon is the one Entertainer/Speaker who understands the importance of capturing the Mind share and the Heart share of his audiences. He was the chief consultant on the CBS show, The Mentalist, with the lead character based on Jon and his unique talent.

The Stetson Experience is intelligent, interactive, sophisticated fun. Along with hundreds of corporate appearances, Jon has performed for three U.S. Presidents, The King of Sweden, The Royal Family of Monaco, and has appeared on several major Television Networks. Interjecting uproarious comedy into each program.

Sunday July 10, 2022
Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem
$26.00
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Harmony, rhythm and indelible songs are the hallmarks of Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, an Americana quartet that has been touring together for 20 years strong. From the Newport Folk Festival to Solid Sound and beyond, this band delivers wit, camaraderie, and pure musicality to renew the human spirit. Their sound is “tight, with stylish, unexpected choices” (Acoustic Guitar), a mix of New Orleans grooves, old-time gospel harmonies, bluesy swing fiddle, fiery electric and acoustic guitar, and junk percussion. Their lockstep harmonies shake the rafters or hush the room, and their originals, wild card covers and traditional tunes plumb the human condition with joie de vivre. “Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem dig deep into their collective souls, finding joy in the moment, peace in the harmonies, and rapture in the rhythmic drive” (The Hartford Courant).

Sunday July 17, 2022
Chris Smither
Special Guest Alex McMurray
$36.00
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Honing a synthesis of folk and blues for 50 years, Smither is truly an American original. Reviewers and fans from around the world, including Rolling Stone and The New York Times, agree that Chris continues to be a profound songwriter, a blistering guitarist, and intense performer as he draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets and humanist philosophers. Oh, and he just so happened to pen the Bonnie Raitt classic, “Love Me Like a Man” at the ripe old age of 16!
www.chrissmither.com
Please note that Chris has requested that if you are seated inside the barn, you wear a mask. It’s not a demand, but he hopes you will respect his request.

Songwriter, singer and guitarist Alex McMurray has been writing and performing music in New Orleans since 1989. Past and current bands include Tin Men, The Valparaiso Men's Chorus, The Write Brothers, Royal Fingerbowl, 007 and the Happy Talk Band. He has worked as a sideman with Susan Cowsill, Paul Sanchez, Spencer Bohren, Greg Schatz, John "Papa" Gros, Lynn Drury and many others. Awards include the 2020 Offbeat Magazine Best Country/Folk/Singer-Songwriter Artist and Album awards for his 2020 release "Lucky One", a 2014 Big Easy award for best Roots Rock artist and 2010 Big Easy award for Album of the Year. He also played himself on the HBO series “Treme” for several episodes.

Sunday July 24, 2022
Watermelon Slim
$26.00
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“The most exciting and authentic blues performer I’ve heard in years.” A.W., Paste Magazine
2x Winner: 2008 Blues Music Award Band of the Year and Album of the Year
2x Winner: 2006 & 2007 MOJO Magazine’s #1 Blues Album of the Year
Winner: 6th Annual Independent Music Awards Blues Album of the Year

An ever-expanding career of ramshackle grandeur.
Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans has built a remarkable reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity. HARP Magazine wrote “From sizzling slide guitar…to nitty-gritty harp blowing…to a gruff, resonating Okie twang, Slim delivers acutely personal workingman blues with both hands on the wheel of life, a bottle of hooch in his pocket, and the Bible on the passenger seat.” Paste Magazine writes “He’s one hell of a bottleneck guitarist, and he’s got that cry in his voice that only the greatest singers in the genre have had before him.”

Sunday July 31, 2022
Robbie Fulks
$31.00
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Singer/songwriter Robbie Fulks is one of the more heralded talents in the alternative country movement, displaying an offbeat, sometimes dark sense of humor in many of his best moments. While Fulks' best-known songs are often bitingly funny, he also has a gift for writing incisive, evocative material in the country and pop traditions. As time has passed, he's built on the irreverent old-school twang of 1996's Country Love Songs, moving toward the tougher roots rock sound of 1998's Let's Kill Saturday Night and the eclectic, ambitious pop of 2001's Couples in Trouble. With the spare, acoustic sound and stark storytelling of 2013's Gone Away Backward and 2016's Upland Stories, Fulks received some of the strongest reviews of his career, and the latter album earned him his first Grammy Award nomination.
New York Times: “Mr. Fulks is more than a songwriter. He's a gifted guitarist, a soulful singer with an expressive honky-tonk tenor, and he's a natural performer. But what really sets him apart is his songwriting.”

Journal of Country Music: “Walking to the beat of a different drum, singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks has carved a path between punk iconoclasm and country traditionalism, the Sundowners and Steve Albini, Bloodshot and Geffen, Chicago and Nashville.”

SPIN: “The most underappreciated singer-songwriter in America.”

Chicago Tribune: “Robbie Fulks is hotter than a Gatling gun! A masterly, multifaceted songwriter who can belt out hip-shaking honky tonk, honeydew pop and chilling little ballads with an unrivaled skill and spirit. So good, he's scary.”

Sunday August 7, 2022
Aztec Two-Step 2.0
$31.00
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Aztec Two-Step 2.0

Originating from a chance meeting at a Boston folk club open mic night in 1971, Rex Fowler & Neal Shulman burst on the scene as Aztec Two-Step in '72 with their self-titled debut album on Elektra Records. This first album and their three subsequent albums for RCA Records made the duo staples of progressive FM and college radio, helping to usher the folk-rock music of the 1960s into the 1970s and beyond. Rex and Neal went on to spend a lifetime of making music together, earning countless accolades over the years while building a loyal fan base.

Following Neal’s 2018 retirement, original founding member, principal singer and songwriter Rex has continued on, expanding the band's musical legacy with his new ensemble Aztec Two-Step 2.0. With 2 and 3-part harmonies, multi-instrumental arrangements, and Dodie Pettit’s dazzling guitar work, they’ve recaptured the feeling of Rex & Neal’s original studio recordings, at the same time putting a fresh spin on the songs. Still performing favorite ATS classics and old forgotten gems, the stage patter is still as engaging, fun, and poignant as ever.

“The old songs done in this new lineup brought new life to the music. This truly is a band that people need to experience!!” - Ron Olesko, WFDU-fm/ Folk Music Notebook/ Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club, NJ

Sunday August 14, 2022
The Soggy Poboys
$26.00
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Born on a snowy Fat Tuesday night of 2012, the Soggy Po' Boys have been honing their craft of New Orleans' music in their Tuesday residency in their home town of Dover New Hampshire. The New Orleans flavored septet doesn’t just play their weekly gig and call it at that. No, they fit in more than a hundred shows every year, from festivals and concerts to politics-infused burlesque collaborations and street parades.

Sunday August 21, 2022
Kenny White
w/ special guest Amy Fairchild
$31.00
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Finally, one of our most requested artists returns to The Farmstand! Astonished audiences often ask KENNY WHITE after a live performance, “How come I’ve never heard of you?” when in fact, the pianist, singer/songwriter, producer and arranger has been very well known in the NYC recording scene for decades. KENNY WHITE comes to the world of the touring singer-songwriter following a long and successful musical journey. An accomplished pianist, who also performs on guitar, Kenny has now become more known for his clever lyrics. LONG LIST OF PRIORS, his aptly named current album, is the latest collection of original songs: snapshots of the human condition. Audiences often comment that a Kenny White concert moves them to laughter and tears — sometimes within the same song! “If Mark Twain could sing and play piano like a virtuoso, his name would be Kenny White.” –Stu Kuby, The Strand, Hudson Falls, NY. Kenny recently completed an 18-month tour performing his original songs while traveling as the opener for Stephen Stills & Judy Collins, and has toured for many years with Cheryl Wheeler. He is looking forward to returning to the road to perform his own full-length shows.

Amy Fairchild is a multi-award winning songwriter living in Boston, MA. Right from the start of her musical career in Northampton, MA in 1996, this roots-pop beauty garnered high honors revealing a talented songwriter who deftly gets to the heart of the matter. She won the Lilith Fair Talent Competition in 1999 and took home a top Kerrville Folk Festival prize in 2001.
in June 2014 she released her self-titled third record to the acclaim of the best music writers in Boston including the legendary Steve Morse. With 3 videos in support of the record worthy of the best airplay from the MTV days, Amy shows no signs of taking her foot off the gas as she's back in the studio working on a new record. Dave Marsh said, “If there still was a recording industry, this would come out on a major label and would be such a big hit you’d be sick of her by now. Not many people make records this good.”

Sunday August 28, 2022
Alana MacDonald
$36.00
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Come enjoy the music and songs of one of The Valley's best-known vocalists and musicians Alana MacDonald of the renowned Devonsquare band.

Monday (Labor Day), Sept 5, 2022
Glen David Andrews
$26.00
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Another artist who we constantly get requests to re-book, “The best way to describe Glen is, a mix of Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Solomon Burke, and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and a Glen David show covers everything from jazz to gospel, funk and soul. It’s a show not to be missed, and no better way to end a summer weekend. Glen will be appearing with his band of all star New Orleans musicians. I had the pleasure of managing Glen for 8 years, believe me, you do not want not miss this show, one of New Orleans most charismatic performers, from the legendary Nola Andrews family that has given us so many great musicians including cousins Trombone Shorty Andrews and James “The Satchmo of the Ghetto” Andrews, and brother Derrick Tabb of the Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Band. Check him out on his website or go to youtube, you’ll be amazed.

Sunday Sept 11, 2022
Mark Erelli
$26.00
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Mark Erelli has forged a colorful career by making the art of “being everywhere all the time” seem effortless. It’s hard to think of another artist who seems equally at home serving as a sideman for GRAMMY-winning artists like Paula Cole, Marc Cohn, and Josh Ritter, or producing albums for Lori McKenna, as he does writing and producing his own material, like last year’s “By Degrees,” on which he was joined by a host of voices including Rosanne Cash and Sheryl Crow. That song was nominated for “Song Of The Year” at the 2019 Americana Music Awards, and served to reintroduce Erelli to a wider audience. And just in time, because his latest album, “Blindsided”, combines the exuberance of Erelli’s signature sound with the wisdom that comes with over 20 years of songwriting, capturing an artist at a point in his career where he is clearly digging deep and swinging for the fences.

Sunday Sept 18, 2022
Carla Ryder and The Blue Ribbons do “Tapestry”
$26.00
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Carla Ryder: Described as a rock n' roll flapper, garage serenader, front porch chanteuse, country crooner. Boston Globe critic Steve Morse, calls Carla "An aspiring rock singer who seems to get better with each appearance. Almost too versatile to categorize, but she has fun trying”.
http://www.carlaryder.com/

Blue Ribbons: Described as “Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart,” they combine “upbeat disillusionment and celebratory fatalism with musicianship” – Charan Devereux; Boston Globe.
https://www.facebook.com/blueribbs

Carla Ryder and the Blue Ribbons play Tapestry…

Tapestry is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1971 on Ode Records and produced by Lou Adler. The album was certified 13× Platinum and it is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 25 million copies worldwide. It received four Grammy Awards in 1972, including Album of the Year. The lead singles from the album—"It's Too Late" and "I Feel the Earth Move"—spent five weeks at number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts. In 2000 it attained number 74 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. In 2020, Tapestry was ranked number 25 on Rolling Stone list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Cormac McCarthy
$21.00
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Cormac is a New England treasure, and we're pleased he is returning to Feel the Barn! Cormac was nominated for both Outstanding Folk/Acoustic Act, and Outstanding Folk/ Acoustic Album by the Boston Music Awards. Cormac’s album, Troubled Sleep helped to kick off the Green Linnet Records' prestigious singer-songwriter Redbird Series devoted to the most creative of this generations acoustic musicians and songwriters. Troubled Sleep won high praise and some overseas attention in the UK. Cormac was honored to be one of the artists asked to perform in Boston’s WUMB Folk Radio 10th Anniversary Celebration. He has been invited 3 times to the stage of the Newport Folk Festival, and twice to appear on NPR’s "Mountain Stage" Live radio show.

" A distinctive songwriter with a warm, powerful, inherently melodic baritone, a fine guitarist and a devastating wit ... enormous writing gifts, capable of putting chills into your spine or a silly grin on your face..." – Jeff McLaughlin, The Boston Globe

Bobby Keyes Quartet
Sunday May 21st 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here $21.00

Bobby Keyes is a guitarist whose career spans from American Roots to Pop Music, writing and performing with roots artist like Jerry Lee Lewis to pop artist Robin Thicke. Some of the songs he covers from other artists are Caravan, Brazil, Smile, Nightingale, Yellowbird. But, it is with his Trio that Bobby composes and performs the music which he is most passionate about; and where he defines our American musical heritage by blending rhythm and blues, country, jazz, rock, pop and swing. Bobby’s guitar playing is inspired and his sound is clean and refreshing. Along with Drummer Marty Richards (Peter Wolf, Bob Dylan) and Bassist Marty Ballou (Peter Wolf, The Ritz), and special guest guitarist Kevin Barry (Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Emmy Lou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter) , this band will surely delight the Farmstand audience.

Here’s a little something from the mellower side of the trio YouTube

Comedian Mike McDonald
w/ Dave Rattigan
Sunday May 28st 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here $21.00

Mike McDonald is Funny-smart, with a PHD in sarcasm,…. A style that has brought him to 50 different countries doing stand-up, either entertaining our troops for the USO, corporate schmooze fest's on fancy islands, or crushing the main stage on Cruise ships or Vegas and Atlantic City Casino’s.

As a Producer/Comedian, Mike brought friends Steven Wright and Paula Poundstone to their very 1st comedy auditions. In addition, Mike’s Cable Comedy Show in Boston saw the 1st time TV appearances of John Pinette, Dennis Leary, Kevin Meaney, Jonathan Katz, Wendy Liebman and Louie CK.

Along with having earned all his cub scout badges, McDonald once stopped some little kids from crying by taking away a guy's trombone.

Joining Mike for the show is Dave Rattigan, known for his dead-pan delivery and quick, dry wit, Dave is one of the busiest comics in Boston. He’s performed in top clubs and theaters, opened for The Beach Boys, Jeff Dunham and Nick DiPaolo, and created the themed stand-up comedy show “How Men Think (Or Do They).” His CD, Dave Rattigan: Thinks He’s Funny, received airplay on Sirius Satellite Radio and on stations around the world. He’s appeared in television commercials and independent film projects; written funny columns for the Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and others; and his video clips have run on Nickmom.com and Rooftop Comedy.

Author Tom Piazza - The Auburn Conference
Saturday June 3rd 5:00pm
Free Event

It is 1883, and America is at a crossroads. At a tiny college in Upstate New York, an idealistic young professor has managed to convince Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Confederate memoirist Forrest Taylor, and romance novelist Lucy Comstock to participate in the first (and last) Auburn Writers’ Conference for a public discussion about the future of America. By turns brilliantly comic and startlingly prescient, The Auburn Conference vibrates with questions as alive and urgent today as they were in 1883—the chronic American conundrums of race, class, and gender, and the fate of the democratic ideal.

Tom Piazza’s twelve books include the novels A Free State and City of Refuge, and the post-Katrina manifesto Why New Orleans Matters. He was a principal writer for the HBO series Treme, and a Grammy Award winner for his album notes to Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey. He lives in New Orleans.

Alex McMurray and Cormac McCarthy
Sunday June 4 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here $25.00
A co-bill with two of my favorite songwriters!

Songwriter, singer and guitarist Alex McMurray has been writing and performing music in New Orleans since 1989. Past and current bands include Tin Men, The Valparaiso Men's Chorus, The Write Brothers, Royal Fingerbowl, 007 and the Happy Talk Band. He has worked as a sideman with Susan Cowsill, Paul Sanchez, Spencer Bohren, Greg Schatz, John "Papa" Gros, Lynn Drury and many others. Awards include the 2020 Offbeat Magazine Best Country/Folk/Singer-Songwriter Artist and Album awards for his 2020 release "Lucky One", a 2014 Big Easy award for best Roots Rock artist and 2010 Big Easy award for Album of the Year. He played himself on the HBO series “Treme” for several episodes.

Cormac is a New England treasure, and we're pleased he is returning to Feel the Barn! Cormac was nominated for both Outstanding Folk/Acoustic Act, and Outstanding Folk/ Acoustic Album by the Boston Music Awards. Cormac’s album, Troubled Sleep helped to kick off the Green Linnet Records' prestigious singer-songwriter Redbird Series devoted to the most creative of this generations acoustic musicians and songwriters. Troubled Sleep won high praise and some overseas attention in the UK. Cormac was honored to be one of the artists asked to perform in Boston’s WUMB Folk Radio 10th Anniversary Celebration. He has been invited 3 times to the stage of the Newport Folk Festival, and twice to appear on NPR’s "Mountain Stage" Live radio show.
Cormac Live on YouTube
Alex Live in his treehouse on YouTube

Rhett Miller (From Old 97s)
FRIDAY, June 9 - 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here $35.00
Texas native Rhett Miller is perhaps best known as the frontman of the Dallas-based alt-country band the Old 97’s, although he has also pursued a critically acclaimed solo career. Formed in 1993, the Old 97’s built a devoted following with their brash blend of country and power pop influences. Old 97s front man, Rhett Miller, doesn't fit into a mold, nor does his music. A native of Austin, Texas, he got his start with the Old 97's in Dallas, and they've since released 12 studio albums. Powered by Miller's distinct voice combined with clever yet vulnerable lyrics, they were pegged alt-country in the '90s and stood at the forefront of that movement, touring incessantly and gaining popularity with songs like "Barrier Reef" and the fan favorite "Timebomb."

Here’s Rhett live at World Cafe on YouTube

Sarah Borges
Sunday June 11 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here $25.00

Sarah Borges's unbridled joy at making music two decades into a storied career comes through loud and clear in her latest long player, aptly titled Love's Middle Name. Her third studio record with The Broken Singles, Love's Middle Name is a muscular 10 song cycle that pulses with raw, gritty, unfettered emotion. As the kids like to say: this record has all the feels.

Conduct even a quick Google search, and you'll find that Sarah has been dubbed everything from an Americana darling, to a roots rocker, to a cowpunk by tastemakers as diverse as The New York Times and Sirius XM Outlaw Country Radio. With this latest release Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles show that all of those titles are well deserved.

Here’s Sarah Live on the Outlaw Country Cruise YouTube

Mark Erelli
Sunday June 18 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here $25.00

Erelli has forged a colorful career by making the art of “being everywhere all the time” seem effortless. It’s hard to think of another artist who seems equally at home serving as a sideman for GRAMMY-winning artists like Paula Cole, Marc Cohn, and Josh Ritter, or producing albums for Lori McKenna, as he does writing and producing his own material, like last year’s “By Degrees,” on which he was joined by a host of voices including Rosanne Cash and Sheryl Crow. That song was nominated for “Song Of The Year” at the 2019 Americana Music Awards, and served to reintroduce Erelli to a wider audience. And just in time, because Blindsided combines the exuberance of Erelli’s signature sound with the wisdom that comes with over 20 years of songwriting, capturing an artist at a point in his career where he is clearly digging deep and swinging for the fences.

Mark Live, the Beehive Sessions Youtube

Session Americana
Sunday June 25 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
$25.00

Session Americana is a group of musicians’ musicians: a cast of top-shelf players, singers, and writers: Billy Beard, Jon Bistline, Ry Cavanaugh, Dinty Child, and Jim Fitting. From the beginning, there were lines around the block to get into Toad and Lizard Lounge for Session Americana’s weekly residencies in Cambridge, MA. Those nights included an astonishing array of collaborations and sit-ins, and long-term “seventh chair” guests.

The group tours internationally, including an annual tour of Europe, taking their songs and hundreds more from the American songbook, on the road. Whether you catch Session Americana in a rock hall, listening room, performing arts center, or on a festival stage, you’ll be part of the mob from the intimate, raucous scene they built years ago at Toad.

Here’s Session Americana Live Youtube

Hymn for Her
Sunday July 2 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here $20.00

Hymn for Her have been busy touring across the country and abroad over the past few years, injecting juiced-up backwoods country blues with a dose of desert rock psychedelia that has been described as “Hell’s Angels meets the Amish,” and “Hillbillies with electronics opening Pandora’s Box” The duo certainly covers a lot of musical territory in their performances. Their wild-eyed mash-up of country, blues and punk led U.K. music critic Steve Bennett to call H4H’s sound “a riotous, rocking roadkill stew,” while others have referenced such diverse bands as Captain Beefheart, Primus, X, R.L. Burnside, JS Blues Explosion and the Ramones.

Impressively, the two create their “ripsaw sounds” (Los Angeles Times’ Randy Lewis) with only a few instruments. Wayne (with the devilish voice), mainly playing the kick-drum, high-hat, acoustic guitar and harp, serves as the group’s rhythmic driving force. Lucy (of the fallen-angel voice) delivers a gritty squall on her “Lowebow” — a custom-made cigar-box guitar: “The Riff Monster.”

Their daughter would often take part on piano and vocals, which led to her joining the band. In 2022, the trio played 60 dates in Europe during the summer. The family band will be touring the US in 2023. Catch this trio as they burn down the highway and tear up your town like a Wichita twister.

Here’s a taste from Music City Roots Youtube

Bill “The Sauce Boss” Wharton
Sunday July 9 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm show
Get Tickets Here $25.00

Bill Wharton brings his swamp-funk, slide guitar-one-man band, and a pot of gumbo all across the US and to Canada, Europe, and Asia. The Sauce Boss cooks gumbo while performing; serving up bowls to the audience at the end of the shows. He has served well over 200,000 people for free at his legendary live shows. Sauce Boss is the guy Jimmy Buffett sings about in "I Will Play for Gumbo". Albert Castiglia's version of Wharton’s blues anthem, "Let the Big Dog Eat" hit #1 on the Roots Music Report. The tune was also in the soundtrack of Jonathan Demme's movie "Something Wild".

Bill’s music is featured throughout the soundtrack in the just released rockumentary, “Jimmy Carter Rock and Roll President”. The movie is getting raves. 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, RogerEbert.com calls it, "fresh water in the middle of a desert", and the Los Angeles Film Awards presented Wharton with "Best Original Score" for his work in the film. They also awarded the movie "Best Documentary Feature," "Best Editing," and "Best Picture!" Jimmy Carter himself said of the film, "I wouldn't change a thing.

Here’s The Boss Youtube