blues

Kerrville New Folk winning songwriter Amy Kucharik [/kuh-CHAR-ick/] energizes swing dance, folk festival and listening room audiences alike. Drawing from blues, folk and Vaudeville traditions and with a street-smart stagecraft honed in the subways of Boston, Amy transports her audience to a place both timeless and familiar, but nevertheless innovative. As a one-woman band with ukulele, tenor guitar, foot percussion, mouth trumpet and harmonica, Amy combines poignant, witty lyricism and an infectious, danceable swing. Amy was a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist for 2018 and Somerville Arts Council's Artist of the Month in December 2018.

Hippo Mode Engage

Hobo Chili is a unique band, a truly pleasant surprise. An energetic rock & roll outfit suited with a full horn section and all orginal music. Hobo Chili brings themes of funk, soul, blues, motown, punk and ska to Boston's music scene and is guaranteed to get an audience on its feet to dance, and enjoy the music.

The Failsafes are a Boston-based rock trio featuring Dave, Chris and John

A not-your-typical cover band comprised of five fun loving, seasoned individuals on a quest to unearth and re-interpret an assortment of booty shakin' tunes from the world of blues, country, swing, and rock 'n roll.

Stacie Clayton and Jenny Bonham-Carter. As a newly created duo we are so excited to get together, blending our voices and musical experiences into something new, fun and joyful! Our concert will include jazz, blues, gospel, soul and songs from Jamaica and Sweden! As well as some singalong from the Poor People's Campaign which is starting next week! Warmly welcome to 63 College avenue at 1pm.

Dirty Water Brass Band, a Boston-based undefinable raucous street band, a staunch contributor to the many grooves that make this town tick. We bring our movable block party to you, doesn’t matter where. Our style is eclectic, a mix of second line, soul, R&B, Motown, rock, jazz and more. And we do NOT "have to be in by twelve o'clock!"

This year, Dirty Water is totally psyched to be playing for you on and by the front stoop of the Revolutionary Medical MJ Clinic in East Somerville. Kudos to the city for welcoming such an establishment to this great neighborhood.

Feel free to "love that Dirty Water" at: https://www.facebook.com/dirtywaterbrassband.

Hope & Things: 12:00PM

Hope & Things is an indie rock band blending retrospective lyrics with lush atmospheres and driving grooves. His debut EP "Illusionary" covers the pains, doubts, hopes, and questions of a reflective life.

https://spoti.fi/2pRcIF8

Strangers by Accident: 12:55PM

Hailing from Boston, Strangers by Accident are an authentic, energetic indie-folk act with an old-school respect for songwriting. The band’s lyrically driven songs feature three-part harmonies and veer from suitcase-stomping acoustic, to snare-pounding electric, to minimalist folk.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0oaYIKisN8mPCSRdsiooSI

Life to the Machine was formed through the conjoined creative cravings of 3 individuals in a basement in Medford. Now we have a bass player and practice in an attic. Come hear original tunes influenced by hard rock, grunge, blues, metal, and punk. Queens of the Stone age cover included! Our music will interrupt your apathy and get you out from between that rock and hard place. (Drums: Brianna Klingensmith, Bass guitar: Navi Bajwa, Guitar: Ryan Tarring, Vocals: Erica Moore).

Drummer, Guitars, Keyboards, Trombone, Sax, Bassist, Violin, Trumpet, Percussionist playing classic rock, blues and funk with a lot of sloppy jamming thrown in for free.
Forecast calls for periods of heavy Stevie Wonder changing to scattered Clapton giving way to periods of Bob Marley. Expect a High of the Meters with a low around the Rolling Stones.
Warning: song lists, band members and band name subject to frequent and unpredictable change.