Hey Mavis - Honey Man

Photo by Shane Wynn

Laurie Michelle Caner~vocals and banjo

Brent Kirby~vocals, guitar, kick drum, harmonica

Eddie Caner~fiddle, bad jokes

Bryan Thomas~bass and percussion

Ohio's Hey Mavis is the husband-and-wife team of Laurie Michelle Caner (banjo/vocals/songwriting) and Ed Caner (fiddle/viola). With the addition of Brent Kirby (guitar/vocals/kick drum/harmonica) and Bryan Thomas (upright bass/Chank-o-matic 6000), Hey Mavis has become a runaway freight train that's caught on fire.  Songs that capture the endless light of love, the beauty and heartache of motherhood and the fleeting nature of time... rhythms that rock the baby to sleep and get everyone else on their feet...solos that soar and vocals that always leave the audience wanting more.

In 2012, Hey Mavis earned a performance on the main stage of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival as a finalist in the annual Planet Bluegrass band competition.

With songs that effortlessly float from softly orchestrated lullabies to raw and raucous love songs, the music of Hey Mavis is best described as “Appalachian Americana”. Their lyrics focus heavily on the beautiful imagery of life, the joy and labor of raising children, and the timeless themes of love and heartbreak.

“Wrapped in original songs whose styles range from old timey to jazzy to blistering alt rock, Laurie's voice turns from cold steel to melted butter in the time it takes your heart to break."
~ Don Dixon, key producer of the jangle pop movement

On Saturday, February 2, 2013, Akron-based band Hey Mavis celebrated the much-anticipated release of their second CD, (Purchase here) Honey Man, with a sold-out concert at Happy Days Lodge in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.


Track List:
1. Say Hello to Paris
2. Honey Man
3. Already Down
4. Song for Suitors
5. Red Hot
6. By Your Side (Strength and Sword)
7. Let the Water Do the Work
8. Little Lovebird
9. Some Old Day
10. Why Must I
11. Midnight Train

Upcoming Tour Dates:

Saturday, June 22 11:45 am

Shaker Heights Art & Music Festival

Shaker Heights: Shaker Heights, OH FREE

Saturday, June 22 8:00 pm

Hey Mavis at Casa Nueva

Casa Nueva: 6 West State Street, Athens, OH 

Friday, June 28 8:00 pm

Hey Mavis at Howler's Coyote Cafe, Pittsburgh PA

Howler's Coyote Cafe: 4509 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 

Sunday, June 30 6:00 pm

Hey Mavis at The Sportsmen's Tavern

The Sportsmen's Tavern: 326 Amherst Street, Buffalo, NY 

Sunday, July 14 6:30 pm

Westlake Summer Concert

Westlake Summer Concert Series: Westlake, OH FREE

Thursday, July 18 6:30 pm

Hey Mavis at Concerts on the Square

Charlotte Michigan Concerts on the Square: 100 W Lawrence Ave, Charlotte, MI 

Sunday, July 21 7:00 pm

Hey Mavis at the Guy C. Meyers Memorial Band Shell

Guy C. Meyers Memorial Band Shell: W Main St., Ashland, OH 

FREE

Sunday, July 21 7:00 pm

Hey Mavis at the Guy C. Meyers Memorial Band Shell

Guy C. Meyers Memorial Band Shell: W Main St., Ashland, OH 

FREE

Sunday, July 28 7:00 pm

Hey Mavis at Copley Bandstand Summer Concert

Copley Bandstand Summer Concert: Copley Circle, Copley, OH 

FREE

Vagabond & Tramp - Wanderlust EP

Vagabond & Tramp > Genres: Americana - Transitory Art Folk, Rockin' Americana
Sometimes the thing that catches my eye before my ear is a great band name, add to that a wimsical bio and you've grabbed may attention, the added bonus is when the music is great, and this is. Lady Vagabond's  honeyed vocals and Mr. Tramp's smooth crooning create wonderful harmonies together, with well-crafted arrangements, and skillfull  musicianship, Wanderlust is a most enjoyable EP.

Bio:
Lady Zelda Calliope Vagabond met Mister Dante Philadelphius Tramp in 1924, in an opium den in Shanghai. He was barely standing, propped up against the toilet wall, whispering nonsense and occasionally giggling to himself, while attempting to urinate. Lady Vagabond took an interest in the poor devil and decided to help him out. She nursed him to health and brought him to a Himalayan monastery where he studied yoga magic while she meditated for a year and a day. The two discovered a magic map of time and space in a cave then proceeded on the wild adventures that are the subject of these songs.

Helldorado - Bones In The Closet

Morten Jackman - Drums

Dag Vagle - Guitar & Vocals

Hans Wassvik - Bass

Hellhorns:

Ole Ellingsen - Trumpet,

Jon Eirik Steinstoe - Trumpet & Keyboard

From Stavanger, Norway, Helldorado consists of Morten Jackman (Drums) Dag Vagle (Guitar & vocals) and Hans Wassik (bass). 

These three musicians like the world of Sergio Leone, Robert Rodriguez and David Lynch and you can feel in their music.  Helldorado presents cinematic music inspired by Morricone and Tarrantino, epic and dramatic murder ballads, Americana, and Rock Noir with a flare for B-movies ala Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill! Horn sections are added like habanero peppers to an open wound. Under the open sky, and across hot desert landscapes, the faithless characters of Helldorado’s world burn holes in our souls.

They draw on a strong tradition of combining blues, country, rock and hardboiled crime. Murder, prison, crime, confession, remorse and punishment runs like a dark stream from the music of Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave and Stan Ridgeway among others. Helldorado brings this tradition into the new century by giving you the music, colours, smells and atmosphere usually connected with the image of southern USA and Mexico. 

Track List:

1. Gallow's Bird

2. Misery And Woe

3. Dead World

4. John McMiller

5. Please Come Back

6. Times Of Trials

7. Bones In The Closet

8. Two Headed Horseman

9. '69 Camaro

10. Lost Highway Motel

11. Johnny's Song

12. Sixty Seconds To What? 

Helldorado: Bones in the closet (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Helldorado - Hellraising Outlaw [Official Video] from 2010's Sinful Soul

New Single from The Courtesy Tier 'In Some Dreams' Free Download

The Courtesy Tier | In Some Dreams

Produced by Ben Rice & Courtesy Tier

Omer Leibovitz - vocals & guitars

Layton Weedeman - vocals, drums & percussion

Recorded and Mixed by Ben Rice at Degraw Sound in Brooklyn, NY 

Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music

Photo by Omer Leibovitz Released June 11, 2013

Upcoming Shows: 

JUNE 16 | THE L MAGAZINE NORTHSIDE FEST

ROCKER STALKER & THE GYPSY WEST PRESENTS...

COURTESY TIER (acoustic set)

2:30 PM | $5 | 21+

JUNE 20 | ROCKER STALKER PRESENTS

COURTESY TIER

7 PM DOORS | $10 | 21+

New Black Joe Lewis album and fall tour dates announced! Free download "Skulldiggin"

New Black Joe Lewis album and fall tour dates announced!
Free download "Skulldiggin" from the new album 'Electric Slave' coming August 2013.

Upcoming Tour Dates

Jun 26 Blues on the Green Austin, TX
Jul 14 Bunbury Music Festival w/ Belle and Sebastian Cincinnati, OH
Sep 07 Mercy Nashville, TN
Sep 08 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
Sep 09 Pour House Charleston, SC
Sep 10 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
Sep 12 Royale Boston, MA
Sep 13 Port City Music Hall Portland, ME
Sep 14 Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival w/ Michael Franti & Spearhead
                Fredericton, Canada
Sep 15 Seahorse Tavern Halifax, Canada
Sep 18 La Sala Montreal, Canada
Sep 19 Lee's Place w/ Pickwick Toronto, Canada
Sep 19 Lee's Palace w/ Pickwick Toronto, Canada
Sep 20 The Haunt w/ Pickwick Ithaca, NY
Sep 22 Union Transfer w/ Pickwick Philadelphia, PA
Sep 26 Terminal 5 w/ Okkervil River New York, NY
Sep 28 Grog Shop w/ Pickwick Cleveland, OH
Sep 30 Turner w/ Pickwick Milwaukee, WI
Oct 01 First Avenue w/ Pickwick Minneapolis, MN
Oct 02 Bourban Theatre w/ Pickwick Lincoln, NE
Oct 03 Univ of Oklahoma w/ Pickwick Norman, OK

The Sideshow Tragedy - Persona

Nathan Singleton - vox, resonator

Jeremy Harrell-  drums

The Sideshow Tragedy: in addition to continuing their tireless, never-ending tour of The United States, the band also completed their first European tour and released a new record, Persona. Recorded and produced by Austin TX funk outfit T Bird and the Breaks, the LP is the Austin, TX duo’s rawest, bluesiest, dirtiest offering to date.
The Sideshow Tragedy burns up stages with blues-damaged garage rock and roll...ancient resonator guitars played through an array of effects boxes backed by a kick ass kit master and percussionist, topped with R&B drenched vocals and dark, poetic lyrics.

Persona> Raunchous rhythmic rompus old school rock and roll badassery.

Available on their webpage, iTunes, CDBaby

Track List:
1. A.M. In Chicago
2. Gasoline
3. Something to Do
4. Satellite
5. The Bet
6. Vasseline
7. Persona
8. I'm Gonna Be Your Man
9. Long Way Down

Upcoming Shows

06/14/13 Austin, TX Mohawk

06/15/13 Fort Worth, TX Fred’s Texas Cafe

06/21/13 San Angelo, TX The Dead Horse

06/22/13 Marfa, TX Padre’s

06/29/13 Ocean Springs, MS Government Street Grocery

07/18/13 Denton, TX Hailey’s

07/19/13 Dallas, TX City Tavern

08/02/13 Alpine, TX Railroad Blues

The Sideshow Tragedy @ The Continental Club - "Gasoline"

The Sideshow Tragedy - Something To Do - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

The Sideshow Tragedy Makes a Record