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NIGHTSPOTS
Sunday Sep 14, 2008

The Ark: Garnet Rogers.
(See review.) This veteran Canadian folkie is known for his resonant baritone and his poetic, emotionally potent original songs. His performances also include superb interpretations of songs by the likes of Bob Franke, Archie Fisher, and Bill Caddick. He accompanies himself on guitar, fiddle, flute, and synthesizer. $15.

Cavern Club: Noteworthy
Local funk-soul band.

Club Above:
Dance music with a DJ.

Conor O'Neill's: Traditional Irish Session
All invited to join or listen to an instrumental jam session. Followed at 10 p.m. by karaoke.

Crazy Wisdom Tea Room: Dirty Sheets.
Local jazz-inflected folk-rock band led by Laura Russeau, a singer-songwriter and guitarist known for her luscious melodies and trenchant lyrics.

Elbow Room: Old Man Underground
DJ duo that plays an incendiary mix of garage, punk, hip-hop, indie, metal, glam and rock 'n' roll.

The Firefly Club: "Elevation."
Funk and hip-hop by DJ Graffiti and other DJs TBA. Also, an open mike session.

The Firefly Club: Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings
(5-8 p.m.) This local 10-piece big band is one of the few to specialize in the old-time big-band music of the late 1920s and early 1930s associated with Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver. Arrangements by the renowned early-jazz pianist James Dapogny and tubaist Chris Smith. The rest of the lineup includes 3 saxophonists/clarinetists, 2 trumpeters, a trombonist, a guitarist/banjo player, and a drummer.

The Necto: "Vision Sunday"
Guest DJs spin house and techno records.

Old Town: Timothy Monger and Sycamore Smith
Double bill. Monger is an engaging pop-rock singer-songwriter-guitarist from the Great Lakes Myth Society known for his high lonesome tunes. Smith is an acoustic punk-folk singer-songwriter from Marquette.

 
 
 

 

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