Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The Feral Foster Christmas Special this week @ Jalopy


The Feral Foster Christmas Special
9:30 - Jessy Carolina
10:00 - Erik Frandsen
10:30 - Orb mellon
11:00 - The Dust Busters
11:30 - Feral Foster
and holiday songs throughout the evening!

Monday, December 14, 2009

This Week @ Jalopy (December 16th, 2009)

9:30 - Carley Wolf

10:00 - Feral Foster

10:30 - Geoff Wiley
11:00 - Ernie Vega


11:30 - Boom Chick

12:00 - Isto

12:30 - Willy Gantrim

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Roots n Ruckus @ The Jalopy Theater December 9th

9:30 - Feral Foster
10:00 - Richard Perso

10:30 - Stephanie Nilles

11:00 - Veveritse Brass Band

11:45 - Bobby D'Amore

Monday, November 30, 2009

This Week @ Jalopy (December 2nd, 2009)

This week we welcome back Roots n Ruckus veteran Brownbird Rudy Relic

Saturday, November 28, 2009

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, November 23, 2009

This Week of November 25th 2009

This week @ Jalopy
Dom Flemons
Spirit Family Reunion

Saturday, September 26, 2009

The Kill Yourself Tour '09



The Kill Yourself Tour '09 brought to you by Roots n' Ruckus is coming to an end here in North Carolina. It started back what seems so long ago when Willy and I flew out to Seattle, WA. We continued to play on the West Coast then came back east. The tour...

Alynda Lee Segarra the driving force of Hurray for the Riff Raff came with us solo

Samuel Doores (Sundown Songs)

Willy Gantrim

and Yours Truly...

and Cameron (who accompanied us on the Bass)....




List of favorite venues....
Cafe Racer - Ravenna, Seattle
The Uptown Tavern (we love Kittie) - Port Townsend, WA
Bob's Famous Java Jive - Tacoma, WA (a wonderful venue and gig with Tommy Dean, Mindy, Annamarie & Family)
Alberta St Pub - Portland, Oregon
Red and Black Cafe - Portland, Oregon
The Wandering Goat - Eugene, OR (unlimited free beer for musicians microbrew)
Empire Coffee - Chico, California
(Yana and Ian are the best)
Hotel Utah - San Fancisco
Dream Away Lodge - Beckett, Mass
Plough and Stars - Cambridge, Mass
Gilbert's - Camden, Maine
Johnny's - Carrboro, NC
OUR FINAL SHOW IS ON TUESDAY THE 29th at Larue's Backdoor in Asheville, NC

Gigs With old Friends

Blind Boy Paxton kicked it with us for a few days in the bay area, we played together @ Hotel Utah in SF, the Abco house in Oakland, and Mamma Buzz in Oakland.

We jumped on the bill with Brownbird Rudy Relic and Orb Mellon in Cambridge, Mass

Wonderful Encounters

The Kill Yourself Tour '09 has crossed the mighty nation! We're just about to get to Asheville, NC and we just played a marvelous gig at Johnny's on Main St in Carrboro. Here's some amazing talent we encountered crossing the country.....
Clarence Gallagher who resides on a farm in Northern Washington....

Kit of the dearly departed Inkwell Rhythm Makers with the Crow Quill Night Owls with Hans on fiddle... u can find them busking in downtown Port Townsend, Wa

Tommy Dean of Tacoma

Shannon Jae of Seattle

Lonesome Shack

Alison Self

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

and for 7/22

this week @ Jalopy...
@ 9:30 Tony McGrath
@ 10:00 Amelia Jackie
@ 10:30 Yva Las Vegas
@ 11:00 world classs talent fiddler Craig Judelman!!!!
@ 11:30 Feral Foster
@ 12:00 Ernie Vega
look...
Yva ~

Amelia ~

next week get ready for FERAL's FAREWELL!!

Monday, July 13, 2009

this week....

This wednesday night @ The Jalopy Theater
9:30 --- Lazaro Valiente (of Mexico City)
10:00 --- Orb Mellon
10:30 --- Scandinavian Half Breeds
11:00 --- Stephanie Nilles
11:30 --- Feral Foster
check em out.....
Stephanie
The Half Breeds
Orb Mellon
Lazaro Valiente

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

This Wednesday the @ The Jalopy Theater
9:30 - The Relatives
10:00 - Emma Graves
10:30 - ISTO
11:00 - Feral Foster
11:30 - Bobby Bouzouki
Watch Isto ....

Sunday, June 28, 2009

This Week

This Wednesday @ The Jalopy Theater...
@ 9 ...60'S Folk Legend Randy Burns
@ 9:30...Rashad Brown
@ 10....The Dust Busters
@ 10:30.....Willy Gantrim
@ 11....Manson Family Picnic
@ 11:30....Feral Foster
www.jalopy.biz...315 Columbia St Brooklyn, NY

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

This coming Monday June 29, ROOTS N RUCKUS ON THE RIVER!
Starting at 6 p.m. at Stuy Cove Park (23rd St and The East River) a free riverside concert featuring Willy Gantrim, Feral Foster and Frank Hoier....
Be There!
This Week @ The Jalopy Theater
Willy Gantrim, Frank Hoier, Feral Foster, Craig Judelman
show starts at 10:20 this week!

Welcome to the Ruckus!

This is the very first post on the www.folkmusicinnewyork.com Roots n' Ruckus blog! Weekly updates on all things Roots n' Ruckus! We're almost 3 1/2 years into our weekly show and 1 1/2 years with it at The Jalopy Theater (www.jalopy.biz) Among the hundreds of performers who have shared their Wednesdays with us are...
Feral Foster, Hubby Jenkins, Willy Gantrim, Dom Flemons (of The Carolina Chocolate Drops), Sam Shepard, Peter Stampfel, Pat Conte, Citizen Kafka, C.W. Stoneking, Blind Boy Paxton, Rudy Relic, Frank Hoier, Jessy Carolina, Honne Wells, The East River String Band, Fuzzy Memory String Band, Isto, Eli Smith, Roletta Fynn, Shakey Bones, Cowboy Killers, Alison Self, Orb Mellon, Darren Deicide, Johnny Hobo, Michael Tichborne, Ivan Ulz, The Potstickers, Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues, Tim McBride, The Old Man & His Po Buckra, Matt Pless, Noah Lekas & The Revival, Randy Burns, Free Grass Union, John Hasbrouck, The Radio Roots, Debe Dalton, Alex Battles & The Whiskey Rebellion, Al Duvall, The 2nd Fiddles, The Bedbugs, Mike Katz, Erik Fransen, The Martin Sisters, Kelli Rae Powell, The Powder Kegs, Jordan Moser, The Apple Brothers, S.A.M., Matt Frank, Cheatinhog, The Peach Colored Jug Smugglers, Elizabeth Devlin, The Ruby Ruby Ruse, Bobby D'amore, Alynda Lee of Hurray for the Riff Raff, Stephanie Niles, Larkin Grimm, John Houx, Elizabeth Butters, The Dust Busters, The Spirit Family Reunion, Mamie Minch, Will Williamson, Drew and the Medicinal Pen, Manson Family Picnic...
The Show starts @ 9:00 pm every Wednesday @ The Jalopy Theater @ 315 Columbia St Brooklyn, NY 11231