Hey folks, upcoming shows of special interests to lovers of Folk & Traditional Music:

ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE
State & Congress Streets, Portland, ME
(207)761-1757
www.onelongfellowsquare.com

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Wed 9/3 | Carrie Rodriguez w/Mark Erelli
Pigeonhole Carrie Rodriguez at your peril. Sure, she’s done a lot of duets. She plays a mean fiddle. She’s recorded songs with a pleasing, folksy twang. But don’t think you know what you’re getting... w/roots musician Mark Erelli.($15 adv/$18 door, 8pm)

Sun 9/7 | David Pontbriand & Amos Libby
Sitar player David Pontbriand has studied the Hindustani music of North India since 1973, creating works that highlight and re-interpret elements of the major classical Indian instrumental styles. Amos Libby of Okbari fame joins him on tablas. ($10, 8pm)

Fri 9/12 | Adrienne Young w/Robby Hecht
This Singer/Songwriter is on the rise, from a Grammy Nomination to “Best Country Single of the Year” from the Nashville Scene and benediction from the LA Times as “the Americana find of the year.” w/award winner Robby Hecht! ($10 adv/$12 door, 8pm)

Sat 9/13 | Stephane Wrembell w/Hot Club of Portland
If you love Django Reinhardt, African grooves, Middle Eastern colors, or Indian moods, all played with a breathtaking level of energy, you'll love Gypsy Jazz guitar virtuoso Stephane Wrembel's music! w/Hot Club of Portland, opening. ($15 adv/$18 door, 8pm)

Fri 9/19 | Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers
Findlay Napier (formerly of Back of the Moon) and the Bar Room Mountaineers are a song-focused band taking Scottish traditional material and presenting it in a new suave and sophisticated light. ($10 adv/$12 door, 8pm)

Mon 9/22 | Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
"The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing" (Boston Herald) ($17 adv/$20 door, 8pm)

Fri 9/26 | Beoga
Featuring dueling accordians, a four time All-Ireland bodhr n champion, a versatile pianist, and one of Ireland’s premier young singers, Beoga is one of the most exciting acts to emerge from Ireland in recent years. ($17 adv/$20 door, 8pm)

Wed 10/1 | Dar Williams
One of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of her generation, Dar Williams has been engaging audiences with her musical artistry since the early 1990s when she rose from the Northeast coffeehouse circuit to the national spotlight. ($35, 8pm)

Sat 10/11 | Crooked Still
'A highly skilled outfit with an ingenious flair for steering traditional music in unexpected directions...rarely have musings about death, misadventure and murder sounded so lovely' (The Boston Globe) ($22 adv/$25 door, 8pm)

Sun 10/12 | Maria Muldaur & the Free Radicals
"Muldaur spices her music with...a voice that's scintillating, brazen, and lightly burnished. Whether dipping into the songbook of Peggy Lee or wading into the Louisiana bayou, she completely envelops herself in her chosen style." (Blues Revue) ($22 adv/$25 door, 8pm)

Fri 10/17 | John Carty
Flute, Banjo, Fiddle and Guitar master John Carty is one of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians having been awarded the Irish Television station, TG4’s Traditional Musician of the Year in 2003. w/guitarist Francis Gaffney. ($17 adv/$20 door, 8pm)

Fri 10/24 | Aztec Two Step
The band that has been described as the bridge to the Beat Generation and instrumental in ushering the music of the 1960’s into the 70’s and beyond, all the while inspiring a generation of young singer songwriters. ($25 adv/$28 door, 8pm)

Sat 10/25 | John Hammond
From coffeehouses to concert halls, festivals and beyond, John Hammond has spent forty years entertaining blues, folk and rock audiences around the world, performing intense solo-acoustic blues. ($25 adv/$28 door, 8pm)

Sat 11/1 | M Shanghai String Band
With an adventurous take on Americana, the MSSB are not easily classified. They belong with progressive contemporaries (Gillian Welch, Be Good Tanyas) who emphasize distinctive songwriting above the constraints of genre. ($15 adv/$18 door, 8pm)

Fri 11/7 | April Verch Band
Canadian Grand Masters champion and Juno award winning fiddler April Verch presents a performance filled with pure energy that infuses fiddle playing and step dancing rooted in the Ottawa Valley tradition. ($15 adv/$18 door, 8pm)

Fri 11/14 | Maeve Gilchrist Trio
Intertwining their roots in Scottish and Argentinean music with a combined interest in jazz and improvisation, the trio plays a combination of original music and rearranged traditional material
to produce an exciting, multicultural sound. ($15 adv/$18 door, 8pm)

Sat 11/15 | Rory Block
Guitarist and Singer Rory Block is "widely regarded as the top female interpreter and authority on traditional country blues worldwide." (The Blues Foundation) ($18 adv/$20 door, 8pm)

Sat 12/13 | Nightingale
At the elusive balancing point between tradition and innovation, Vermont based Nightingale has fashioned a fresh and distinctive sound that is original while rooted in Celtic and Northern European folk traditions. ($12 adv/$15 door, 8pm)