Monday, May 12 at 9:00PM

Country Blues Jam

Join us for a free Country Blues Jam every Thursday. Bring your fiddle, accordion, banjo, guitar, harmonica, washtub, spoons.

Wednesday, May 14 at 9:30PM

Roots n Ruckus

Jalopy Theater Presents, "Roots n Ruckus," a night of folk, old-time and blues music every Wednesday starting Jan. 9th, 2008. You will see and hear people playing banjos, guitars, washboards, tub-basses kazoos and harmonicas. This is the gig to go to for real deal folk music in New York City. Hosted by Feral Foster and featuring a stellar group of musicians. Come and be a regular! The gig happens every week.

APPEARING THIS WEEK: East Village String Band

Thursday, May 15 at 9:30PM $ 8 cover

The Lonesome Billys

The Lonesome Billys are a New York City-based band playing their own brand of classic country, bluegrass, Western swing and roots-rocking Americana. Their repertoire includes tunes by Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Bob Wills, Bill Monroe, Gillian Welch and Elvis Presley, along with some original material.

Composed of veterans of the New York music scene, the band has beeen active for about five years and plies the NYC honky-tonk circuit, with numerous appearances ar Rodeo Bar, Lakeside Lounge and Hank's Saloon.

Friday, May 16 at 9:00PM $ 15 cover

Juke Joint Country: Wayne Hancock, Jack Grace Band

Jack Grace Band

Jack Grace is the Martini Cowboy, a New York City bred singer, songwriter, guitarist, banjo-picker and whiskey drinker, serving up his freshest brew yet of heartbreaking ballads, robust drinking songs and honky-tonk hymns. The Martini Cowboy, Jack's latest recording, is so authentically urban country "you can practically taste the whiskey dripping off the songs." (Village Voice)
"NYC someday will brag about its great legends of country music, that's right we said country, and among those names will be the engaging, hardworking, witty, and schmoozin' and boozin' Grace." - Village Voice

Friday, May 16 at 10:30PM

Wayne Hancock

Wayne "The Train" Hancock is the world’s finest purveyor of an enticing blend of honky-tonk, western swing, blues and Texas rockabilly. With his unmistakable voice, The Train’s reckless honky-tonk can move the dead. Wayne’s uncompromising interpretation of the music he loves is in fact what defines him: steeped in traditional but never ‘retro’; bare bones but bone shaking; hardcore but with a swing. His core band for touring is comprised of the phenomenal Eddie Biebel on lead guitar and the rhythm slappin' Huck Johnson on Standup Bass.
“Wayne Hancock has more Hank Sr. in him than either I or Hank Williams Jr. He’s the real deal,” – Hank Williams III

TICKETS $15 ADVANCE, $20 AT THE DOOR, CALL 718.395.3214 TO PURCHASE TICKETS.

Saturday, May 17 at 9:00PM

Doubting Thomas: T.E. Ward

Brooklyn-based West Coast writer-songsinger T.E. Ward -- Doubting Thomas -- has picked up the 1965-ish thread of twelve-string guitar songsterism as practiced in the "a-go-go" era--the slightly more insistent (not to say strident) side of folk, with a strong rhythmic underpinning--for those who could dig the new beat. It is folk-rock balladry like you might once have found along the post-Beat[nik] songwriter axis that ran in a crooked line between Greenwich Village and such L.A. rooms as the Troubadour and the Ash Grove, with stops in between and around the globe, and half of a corner of an eye on England. Like the moment when the Everly Brothers recorded an album with the Hollies--a few moments before Graham Nash split to make the Laurel Canyon scene--and when Tim Hardin didn't know his right coast from his left.
Doubting Thomas leavens a slate of original tunes (and mixes metaphors) with the occasional ramble through the garage by way of the Brill Building, and makes a nod to the blues with minor-key jaunts like the traditional "900 Miles" and Mimi & Richard Farina's "Reno, Nevada." He digs up Texas' '66ers The Bad Seeds, and corrals some B-sides by the likes of The Leaves, Love, and the Bobby Fuller Four. On any given night he may take you for a swing through Nashville and West Texas, too, but with the twelve-string, it will be done with a bit of jangle, chime and Byrdsian shimmer. Call it pop music for the black-turtleneck set, or maybe "folk-a-go-go."

Saturday, May 17 at 10:30PM $ 8 cover

Caroline Cutroneo and Runaway Train

Singer, song-writer, and guitarist Caroline Cutroneo performs traditional and contemporary folk, blues, country and jazz music. Blending lyrical originals with traditional standards, Caroline surprises and delights her audience with rare finds from such obscure sources as traditional folk songs, depression era jug bands, newly-discovered treasures from the sixties folk revival. She has performed often as a solo artist and with accompanists. For over five years, she has hosted an open mic at The Cup Coffeehouse and Lounge on Staten Island, helping to introduce new performers to an appreciative audience. Caroline is a three-time recipient of the annual performing arts award of Staten Island Council on the Arts and Humanities. A former FM announcer and program director, she has earned a degree in fine arts from the City University of New York. The Runaway Train consists of James Brennan (guitar), Jim Foley (drums), and Phil Dunn (bass). The Runaway Train has been performing as a unit for over twenty years.

Sunday, May 18 at 3:00PM $ 5 cover

Microlithomania

Presented by The Ullage Group

The Ullage Group presents its second afternoon of oddities at Jalopy: "Microlithomania," devoted to unusual stones smaller than megaliths. We will have mini-talks on ringing rocks, stone stars, archeological hoaxes, toads-in-holes and toadstones, pseudo-roads, and other anomalies; from Doug Skinner, Anthony Matt, and Lisa Hirschfield. There will be slides, specimens, a video of the notorious Dr. Cabrera, and examples of Richard Shaver's rock art. Admission is only $5, and well worth 6.

Monday, May 19 at 9:00PM

Country Blues Jam

Join us for a free Country Blues Jam every Monday. Bring your fiddle, accordion, banjo, guitar, harmonica, washtub, spoons.

Wednesday, May 21 at 9:30PM

Roots n Ruckus

Thursday, May 22 at 10:30PM $ 8 cover

Frank Schaap

Frank Schaap toured the USA for 15 years as a founding member of the Metropolitan Blues All-Stars. His sound fuses ragtime, blues, traditional jazz, and hillbilly into a an energetic blend. Schaap moved to New Orleans and worked with the Royal Street Rounders for 4 years as a busker. He wrote the Grammy nominated song "Deep Mine Blues" for Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time in 2000. Currently on tour with "The Lost Wandering Jazz and Blues Band" and Madeline Peyroux. Schaap plays with Erik Pakula, sax; and Andrew Hall, bass.

"Frank's CD sounds like a 1920's paramount recording except without the scratches," Steve Earle.

Thursday, May 22 at 9:30PM

Colonial Radio

Luis Betancourt's Colonial Radio plays Psychedelic urban folk rock. He recently completed new album entitled "From the Tops of Trees."

Friday, May 23 at 9:00PM

Bob Dylan Song Celebration

Join South Slope String Band, Astrograss, AudraRox and more as they sing 31 Bob Dylan songs.

Saturday, May 24 at 9:00PM $ 10 cover

Sam and Karen Duffy

Sam and Karen Duffy play roots based originals and traditional folk and blues. Sam Duffy has been a side man for many artists on the Music Maker label including Guitar Gabriel, Cootie Stark and Macavine Hayes. Karen's original songs chronicle the convolutions of the modern world in a style that is both humorous and revelatory. In addition to touring the world playing their music they also teach a beautiful style of Indonesian martial arts.

Saturday, May 24 at 10:30PM

Rising Appalachia

As the group Rising Appalachia, Leah and Chloe Smith bring to stage their sibling sonics, ripe with luscious harmonies and deft delivery of banjo banter by two girls who love music as art and soul.

Now, fresh from their month long tour of Italy, Rising Appalachia brings the latest sonic creations of sisters Leah and Chloe to Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theater on May 24th with neo-soul poetics, remixed appalachian standards and urban/jazz influenced originals.

With the added talent of acoustic stand-up bass player John Branigan and percussionist /m’ bala Imhotep, the RA sound now also adds a global beat and fuses into a mix of world music, poetry, and soul sounds as well.

According to Leah Smith, “Rising Appalachia is part of a community with percussive rhythms, bass undertones and powerful harmonics steeped in the human journey."

Monday, May 26 at 9:00PM

Country Blues Jam

Join us for a free Country Blues Jam every Monday. Bring your fiddle, accordion, banjo, guitar, harmonica, washtub, spoons.

Wednesday, May 28 at 9:30PM

Roots n Ruckus

Thursday, May 29 at 9:00PM $ 10 cover

Dance All Night

Dance All Night is a new bluegrass band made up of seasoned pros. The band play traditional American songs and new music written by the band. Square dancing included in this bands excellent set! Gifted singer-songwriter Andy Mullen joined up with fiddler Kari Denis, mandolin and banjo player Adam Buchwald and bass player Roger Grossmann.

Thursday, May 29 at 10:30PM

Varnish Cooks

The Varnish Cooks are musicians who pursue the old-time stringband tradition with intensity and emotional clarity. Based in Rochester, New York, they perform old-time songs according to the impetuous and poetic spirit of American music. The Varnish Cooks do not let dust settle on old-time music. They are committed to the passion, improvisation, and mystery at the heart of the old-time tradition. The music is not pure; it is stained by clay and the blood of peoples, and stubbornly holds onto an integrity that could only grow from the celebrated and dark American story.

The Varnish Cooks retell the ancient songs without altering them, joining their voices with the musical ancestry that has passed down the music for hundreds of years. The band includes Greg Fair: vocals, mandolin; Ryan Griffith: vocals, string bass; Gregory Paul:vocals, guitar; and Ben Proctor: vocals, 5-string banjo. The Varnish Cooks won the Juried Music Competition for the International Arts Movement Conference this year.

Friday, May 30 at 9:00PM $ 10 cover

An Evening with the Wretched Refuse String Band

Wretched Refuse String Band

The Wretched Refuse String Band is New York City’s oldest, largest, and most eclectic “local” bluegrass and old-time string band, still actively performing and recording after more than 35 years. The concert on Friday, May 30th is “an evening with The Wretched Refuse String Band.” There will be 2 shows, the first starting at 9 PM and the late show commencing at 11 PM. Admission for each show is $10.00.

From 1972 to 1988, this band was playing practically full-time as a professional street band, along with a steady and busy performance schedule in local bars, clubs, and festivals in the NYC area. Entering and winning practically every old-time and bluegrass contest locally was our hubristic counterpoint to the hundreds of shows in prisons, mental institutions, hospitals, and nursing facilities which the Wretched Refuse engaged in during the 1970’s and 1980’s.

The band has a very fluid membership, a free-wheeling approach to performance, and a light-hearted attitude in general.

The Wretched Refuse String Band roster on May 30th includes:
Citizen Kafka, fiddle; Ken Kosek, fiddle; Jon Sholle, guitar; Bob Jones, guitar; Marty Confurious, bass; Marty Cutler, 5 string banjo;
Larry Eagle, percussion; Barry Mitterhoff, mandolin.

The prime mover, creator, and factotum of the Wretched Refuse String Band, Citizen Kafka, has also been a live radio personality here in NYC for 18 years, and is a co-producer and co-host of the award-winning “Secret Museum of the Air,” which was originally broadcast for more than 11 years on WBAI-FM. More recently the show aired on WFMU-FM, where it still can be listened to from the WFMU archives.

Friday, May 30 at 11:00PM $ 10 cover

Wretched Refuse Second Show

Saturday, May 31 at 9:00PM $ 15 cover

Reddy Music Series

Brandon Ross' Tensile Strength

The Reddy Music Series continues, featuring Brandon Ross' Tensile Strength and Matt Bauder Day In Pictures.

Brandon Ross presents: "Tensile Strength" Brandon Ross is a guitarist/composer/singer/songwriter, who has worked/recorded with Cassandra Wilson, Henry Threadgill, Jewel, Tony Williams, Arto Lindsay, The Lounge Lizards, Leroy Jenkins, Butch Morris, Bill Frisell, Me'Shell N'degeocello, Moreno Veloso, Arrested Development, Craig Harris, Archie Shepp, Fred Hopkins, Joan Osborne, Muhal Richard Abrams, Deidre Murray, Mino Cinelu, Don Byron, Graham Haynes, Lizz Wright, Timothy Hill, Myra Melford, Ron Miles, Oliver Lake, Sekou Sundiata, Bill Laswell, Zeena Parkins, Michelle Branch, Wadada Leo Smith, and many others, crafting a personal approach to (jazz) guitar, and improvisation, that has taken him all over the world.
The band members are: Brandon Ross, acoustic guitar/banjo; Rubin Kodheli, cello; Liberty Ellman, acoustic guitar; Stomu Takeishi, acoustic bass guitar.

Saturday, May 31 at 10:30PM

Matt Bauer's Day In Pictures

Day in Pictures is saxophonist and clarinetist Matt Bauder’s latest trio. The group navigates cunningly between jazz, open improvisation and electronic soundscapes utilizing Bauder’s “big, beautiful sound” (Time Out New York) as a point of departure. The Chicago reader described Bauder as a musician with “killer chops and impeccable taste both as an improviser and as a conceptualist, finding thrilling ways to use arrangement, composition, and electronic production to forge something new.” The trio features the "both volatile and watchful" (New York Times) drumming of Tomas Fujiwara and the always engaging and exciting Shoko Nagai on electric keyboards.
The trio are Matt Bauder, tenor Saxophone; Shoko Nagai, Keyboards; and Tomas Fufiwara, Drums.