Nightspots
Sunday Jul 12, 2009
The Ark: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
A mix of folk, country, blues, and rock by this husband-and-wife duo of singer-guitarists. (Guthrie is Arlo's daughter.) $15.
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.
The Firefly Club: Laith Al-Saadi Trio.
An eclectic mix of jazz, blues, R&B, Motown, and pop, including many originals, by a trio led by this local singer-guitarist.
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.
Old Town: Gas for Less
Local alt-country honky-tonk and rockabilly band led by singer-songwriter (and former Lucky Haskins frontman) Ryan Racine.
