Our first concert of the new season is Thursday Oct. 24 and Michael Jerome Browne will be kicking us off . RSVP on facebook or email us directly, hope to see you there

Michael Jerome Browne at: 347 Wildwood Park
Date: October 24, 2019
Doors open: 7:30 pm
Show starts: 8:00 pm

As always the cost is $20 per person, with 100% of ticket sales going to the artist.

A Message from Michael Jerome Browne: 

Hello folks, looking forward to coming to perform in your area. If you like American Roots Music, including but not limited to acoustic blues, old-time, cajun, swing and acoustic soul, come on out to the house concert and we’ll have fun together. I always bring 6- and 12-string guitars, fretless gourd banjo, and either a fiddle or a mandolin. Repertoire ranges from old songs of the ’20s and ’30s (and earlier) to newer compositions in these styles, and including some of my own unusual covers of newer songs (for me, “newer” means ’60s-’70s).

Here are a couple of videos on youtube, one on guitar, one on gourd banjo, and one on fiddle. These are also on my website http://www.michaeljeromebrowne.com where you can listen (streaming), see my touring schedule, read my bio, join my mailing list, and find the link to my recordings.

Michael Jerome Brown & Eric Bibb “At It Again” @ Roepaen Ottersum 26-5-2013

Michael Jerome Browne ‘Cuckoo’

Michael Jerome Browne

Below is my current bio:

Three-time Canadian Folk Music Award winner (Traditional Singer, 2015; Solo Artist, 2012 & 2008), Maple Blues Award winner (with 32 nominations since 1999), Kerrville (Texas) New Folk Finalist, Four-time Juno Award Nominee in both the Roots/Traditional and Blues categories- Michael Jerome Browne is a multi-instrumentalist, a songwriter, and a living encyclopedia of American Roots music.

 “That’s Where It’s At!” is the new album on Borealis Records, available February 2019. This album focuses on the connection between blues and soul, the stripped-down accompaniment consisting only of Michael’s guitar, with drummer John McColgan on five tracks. Vocal guests include Harrison Kennedy, Roxanne Potvin and Eric Bibb. Five originals are mixed in with songs from Sam Cooke, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Al Green, and Stevie Wonder, as well as two spirituals from way back- the roots of gospel and soul.

 “Superbly played, sung & recorded, this bluesy, groovy disc of stripped-back acoustic soul has all the makings of a classic.” -Eric Bibb

 ”His originals reek of musty back porch Appalachian family jams. His proficiency on strings is exemplary. His take on ‘60s blues by Lowell Fulson and Bobby Blue Bland… are right on time. I would welcome a second volume of the exact same thing. This one’s a keeper.”   -Mike Greenblatt, Goldmine

 “Browne’s an outstanding interpreter who installs all the covers on his ninth album with a ring of authenticity.”  -Frank-John Hadley, Downbeat

“Browne is probably—if not positively—one of Canada’s most significant musical exports; a finger-picking stylist with a hugely talented and nuanced delivery.” -Iain Patience, Elmore

 “Arguably the finest acoustic blues artist in this country” -The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Jan. 23, 2015

Whether he’s gliding a slide across his acoustic guitar, pulling his bow over the fiddle strings to play a lively Cajun waltz, or frailing away on his gourd banjo, Michael’s passion and virtuosity always shine through. In the true tradition of folk music, his performances inspire us to see the interconnections between the many cultures and influences that gave birth to American Roots Music. Gospel, Blues, Old-Time, Country, Soul and Cajun, expect to hear all of this and more from a performer who’s been called a street-smart archivist and an absolute treasure.

Born in South Bend, Indiana, Michael is the son of English professors whose love of music and poetry inspired them to take their nine year old son to the great jazz, blues and folk clubs in their adopted home of Montreal. By the age of fourteen, MJB was already a regular on the vibrant folk and coffee house scene adding banjo, fiddle, and mandolin to his masterful command of all variety of guitars and harmonica.

A musician’s musician, when he isn’t performing his own material he is in demand backing up and recording with other artists, most notably Eric Bibb, whose Grammy nominated CD “Migration Blues” he co-produced and played on.