Anne’s Shore & More #46 – June 27 2012

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WEEK

I’ll be on vacation for the next two weekends, and I’m happy to say that there are a lot of good shows coming up during that time. This Thursday night (first night of vacation!) it looks like I will finally get a chance to check out Vince Thompson and friends (http://www.reverbnation.com/vincethompson) at the Steak Loft in Mystic. Vince will have Andy Solberg on guitar, Rory McLeod (formerly with Jack Smith and the Rockabilly Planet) on upright bass, and Bart Lingley (who used to tour with the Dixie Chicks) on drums. The show is from 7 to 10 pm and there is no cover.

Also on Thursday night, Sandman and friends (http://www.sandmanmusic.net/) will be playing at Sneekers Cafe in Groton. This show is also from 7 to 10 pm and there’s no cover. Hmm, maybe I can catch some of this also.

Friday night will be a bit tricky, with two really good shows happening in New London, both on Bank Street, about 1/2 mile away from each other. Gone For Good (https://www.facebook.com/wearegoneforgood) will be doing their last show ever at the Oasis Pub (bassist Ryan Perkins is moving to Hawaii), and this show will also be a record release for their new album Marvelous Liar.  Also on the bill are their practice space roomies Recur Occurrence (http://www.myspace.com/recuroccurrence) and Bedroom Rehab Corporation (http://www.bedroomrehabcorp.com/). Shows tend to start late at the Oasis, but they are saying this one will start “early” at 9:30 pm. Cover is $5 and there will be download cards for Gone For Good’s new album available.  Go see them before they are…well, you know…(sorry, couldn’t resist).

Down the street at the Bank Street Cafe, there’s a quadruple bill with Dirt Road Radio (http://www.reverbnation.com/dirtroadradio), Johnson’s Crossroad (http://johnsonscrossroad.com/fr_home.cfm), Daphne Lee Martin (http://raisetherentmusic.com), and Ben Parent (of the Rivergods, playing solo). If you read those names in reverse order, I believe that will be the order of bands for the show. The Facebook event lists the start time as 9 pm. Cover at the Bank Street Cafe has been $6, and first drink is free with admission. I hear Dirt Road Radio will have a rhythm section for this show, and I’m really looking forward to hearing them as a full band. It should be easy enough to catch some of both shows on Friday, and you might be able to catch the end of the show at the Oasis after the Bank Street Cafe show ends, unless they really do start early at the Oasis… Like I said, it will be tricky. But you can’t go wrong with so much good music happening at both clubs.

‘Tis the season for outdoor shows, and on Saturday night the Rivergods (http://therivergods.wordpress.com/) will be playing outdoors at Captain Scott’s Lobster Dock in New London from 6 to 9 pm. Captain Scott’s is located at the end of Hamilton Street, which is the unmarked street off Howard Street. Hopefully the weather will be nice, but the band plays under the pavilion, so the show will take place rain or shine. All ages are welcome, it’s free, and you can BYOB. I’m a vegetarian, but I hear the seafood is excellent, and they have ice cream too.

Also on Saturday night, there’s a show at the Chester Meeting House (4 Liberty Street in Chester, CT) with folk/americana band Amalgamated Muck (http://www.reverbnation.com/amalgamatedmuck) and Arieb Azhar (http://www.ariebazhar.com/php/home.php), a folk artist from Islamabad, Pakistan who is doing a month-long tour of the northeast with a four-piece band as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Exchange Program. The show is sponsored by the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), and will show the commonality of both cultures through music. The bands will trade songs back and forth on stage. Tickets are $10 at the door, and the show will start at 7 pm. More details are available on the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/220143658095382/

Here’s Gone For Good performing “Stormy Weather” at Sailfest in 2010:

CONCERT CALENDAR     

Wed 6/27/12   - The Royal Swindle at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

Thur 6/28/12  – Sandman and friends at Sneekers Cafe in Groton 7-10 pm NO COVER

- Vince Thompson and friends at Steak Loft in Mystic 7-10 pm

- Girls Guns and Glory at the Knickerbocker Cafe in Westerly 8 pm NO COVER

- The Sadies, Elison Jackson at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

- Lysbeth Guillorn, Mercy Choir at Elm Bar in New Haven NO COVER

- Ken Coulson, Mike Cusato Band at McLevy Green in Bridgeport 5:30-7:30 pm

Fri 6/29/12      – Gone For Good, Bedroom Rehab Corporation, Recur Occurrence at the Oasis Pub in New London 9:30 pm

- Ben Parent, Dirt Road Radio, Daphne Lee Martin, Johnson’s Crossroad at the Bank Street Cafe in New London 9 pm

- Pat Daddona, Vince Tuckwood at Captain’s Pizza in New London 5-7 pm NO COVER

- Steve Elci & Friends at Ocean Beach Park in New London 8pm

- Gabriel Kastelle, Lorain Ohio at Hernando’s Hideaway in New London (25 Riverview Ave.) 8 pm

- The Figgs, Golden Bloom at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

- Linda McRae, Ann Marie Menta with Dick Neil at the Outer Space in Hamden 7 pm

Sat 6/30/12      – The Rivergods at Captain Scott’s Lobster Dock in New London 6-9 pm NO COVER, BYOB

- Cosmic Jibaros at the Hygienic Art Park in New London 7-11 pm

- Recur Occurrence at Galaxy Roller Rink in Groton (halftime at Shoreline Roller Derby Bout)  7pm, doors 6pm, $10 advance, $12 at door

- Arieb Azhar, Amalgamated Muck at the Chester Meeting House in Chester 7 pm

- Rosanne Cash on the New Haven Green 7 pm FREE

- Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

- DOLL, Bobbie Peru, Tester at Elm Bar in New Haven

- Ken Atkins & the Honky Tonk Kind, the 440′s, the Colt Six at Two Boots in Bridgeport 9:30 pm

Sun 7/1/12      – The Zambonis, Simon and the Bar Sinisters at Two Boots in Bridgeport 4 pm NO COVER

Mon 7/2/12     – Thomas Wynn & the Believers, Killer Kowalski, Fallopian Two at Cafe Nine in New Haven 8 pm

Thur 7/5/12    – Jim Carpenter and friends at Sneekers Cafe in Groton 7-10 pm NO COVER

- The Moving Company, the New Dirty, Belly Fire at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

- Wye Oak at the Space in Hamden 7:30 pm

Fri 7/6/12        - Brad Bensko (5 pm), Fatal Film (6 pm), Sidewalk Dave (7 pm), the Paul Brockett Roadshow (8 pm),  The Baseball Project (9:30pm) at the Hygienic Art Park in New London

- The Hoolios at the Custom House Pier in New London 5 pm

- Sue Menhart Band at the Custom House Pier in New London 6 pm

- John Fries and the Heat at the Commoner in New London 9 pm

- The Suicide Dolls, the Weird Beards, Burnouts from Outer Space at the Oasis Pub in New London

- Sixth Annual Acoustic Music Festival at All Souls Unity Hall in New London (19 Jay Street) with:

6:30-6:50pm – Bruce McDermott

7:00-7:20 – Pat Daddona

7:30-7:50 – Celtic Ceol

8:00-8:20 – Karen Ethier-Waring

8:30-8:50 – Friday Night Folk

9:00-9:20 – Willoughby Gap

9:30-10:00 – Bubblin’ Crude

- Too Blue, Caroline Doctorow and the Steamrollers, Hot Mustard at Cafe Nine in New Haven 9 pm

Sat 7/7/12        – Sailfest Saturday at Hygienic Art Park in New London with:

1pm: MatzahCigar

2pm: Daphne Lee Martin & Raise the Rent

3:30: The Field Recordings

4:30: Steve Broderick and Shamrock Eyes

6pm: Soul Shot

8:30: Incognito Sofa Love (two sets: before & after fireworks!)

- The Franklin Brothers at the Custom House Pier in New London 2 pm

- The Rivergods at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London 3:30-5 pm

- John Fries and the Heat at the Custom House Pier in New London 7 pm

- Stark Raving Lulu, the Peacock Flounders, the Sawtelles at Cafe Nine in New Haven 8 pm

- Reptilian Race at Elm Bar in New Haven

- Willy Mason, Frank Critelli at the Outer Space in Hamden 8 pm

Sun 7/8/12      – Sixth Annual Acoustic Music Festival at the Hygienic Art Park in New London with:

11:00-11:20am – Meadow Brothers

11:30-11:50 – Jonah Tolchin

Noon-12:20 – WilsonKane

12:30-12:50 – Sue Mead

1:00-1:20 – Jim Lampos

1:30-1:50 – Roger Viens

2:00-2:20 – Dean Denis

2:30-2:50 – John “Woody” Wood

3:00-3:20 – Silver Hammer

3:30-3:50 – Golden Ratio

4:00-4:20 – Maggie’s Guitar

4:30-4:50 – Peter Magrane

5:00-5:20 – ArleneWow!

5:30-5:50 – The Crew

- Llama Tsunami at the Custom House Pier in New London 12 noon

- The Clams at the Canoe Club in Middletown 6 pm

Anne Castellano is a New London songwriter and musician who has played in several bands over the years (the Uninformed, the Skin Walkers, and the Cavities). She has been performing as a solo artist since 2007 but is currently rehearsing with her new band  Anne Castellano and the Smoke.

In 2010 she released a full-length self-produced CD entitled “What’s Been Going On” on the New London-based Cosmodemonic Telegraph label. She is a 30-year veteran of college radio, and is currently doing the Deranged Radio Show on alternate Tuesday evenings from 6-9pm at WCNI 90.9 FM in New London.

She grew up in New Fairfield, CT in a musical family, with a father who played guitar and listened to country artists such as Hank Williams and Patsy Cline, and a mother who loved Elvis Presley. Involvement in band and chorus in high school led to membership in the UCONN Marching Band and a two-week tour of Europe performing with the band in the early 1980s.

Anne moved to New London in 1987 because of the vibrant local music scene there. In 2005 she began putting together a concert calendar to get the word out about all the local band shows that were taking place in the area. She enjoys books, animals, hiking, and the beach, and sees as much live original music as her “day job” schedule permits.

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Listen to her music at http://www.reverbnation.com/annecastellano

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