Kingston Coffee House 4/28 Music Venues We ♥

Written by msbando on April 29, 2026 and posted in Kingston Coffee House and Uncategorized .

Dai Bando

There’s a few things that have mercifully allowed me to maintain sanity through these crazy times: Participating in the latest “No Kings” rally, and attending a concert at one of my favorite music venues. And what are my favorite music venues, you ask? I’ll discuss all these on tonight’s show, but first here is my criteria:  I favor small intimate spaces. I appreciate decent food on the menu and reasonably priced IPA or Pilsner on draft.  I greatly appreciate ease of parking (extra points if parking attendant is named “Chooch.”) I expect the venue to have a friendly vibe (extra points if I bump into old friends). Finally, I want no longer than 2 hour drive and the AC in my Pontiac Vibe to be functioning properly.

Audio available for 2 weeks after air date | Clip begins with final minutes of Matt Mania’s always-awesome show The Trip

  • John Hiatt “Have a Little Faith in Me” Live From Austin, TX 2005
  • John Hiatt “Memphis in the Meantime Live From Austin, TX 2005
  • John Hiatt “Slow Turning” Live From Austin, TX 2005
  • The Cowboy Junkies “Misguided Angel” 200 More Miles Live Performances

Patrons of Stone Mountain Arts Center enjoy Trump Derangement Syndrome-centered conversation, delicious food, and generous pours of wine before the music starts.

  • Marcia Ball “Another Man’s Woman” (D Penn) Hot Tamale Baby 1985
  • Marcia Ball “La Ti Da” (M Ball) Live! Down the Road! 2005
  • Shelby Lynne “Leavin” Live at McCabes 2012
  • Shelby Lynne “Jesus on a Greyhound” Live at McCabes
  • Shelby Lynne “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” (Bachrach/David) Just a Little Lovin’2008
  • Cat Clyde & Jeremie Albino “I Been Worryin'” Blue, Blue, Blue
  • Cat Clyde “Wild One” Mud Blood Bone 2026
  • Jake Xerxes Fussell “Ring Farewell” Good and Green Again 2022
  • Lisa O’Neil “Blackbird” Heard a Long-Gone Song
  • Joan Shelley “Where I’ll Find You” Joan Shelley
  • Rosanne Cash “I Still Miss Someone” (Tommy Cash) The List 2009
  • Rosanne Cash with Jeff Tweedy “The Long Black Veil” The List 2009
  • Dakhabrakha “Baby” Light 2014
state of the art Tent is built to withstand any weather that New England can throw at us

Rosanne Cash calls Payomet Music Center in Truro, MA her favorite venue to perform. Ukraine’s Dakabrakha says, “Так! Це місце таке чудове !”

  • Calexico “Alone Again Or” (Arthur Lee) Live at China Theater Stockholm 2003
  • Pomme with H.Burns “Susanne” (L Cohen) Burns On the Wire, 2021
  • Riverside “Agnes Obel” Philharmonics, 2010
  • Princess June “Beyond the Fence” 2026
  • The Mekons “Wild and Blue” The Curse of the Mekons 1991
  • The Mekons “Millionaire” I Heart the Mekons
  • The Weisstronauts “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself” (Bacharach/David) Perky, 2005
Jon & Sally perform at Myrtle

Never been to a riot, but I did see Jon Langford & Sally Timms  perform at Myrtle in East Providence

  • NewGrass Revival with Leon Russell “I’ve Just Seen a Face” The Live Album, 1981
  • NewGrass Revival with Leon Russell “Prince of Peace” The Live Album 1981
  • NewGrass Revival with Leon Russell “Stranger in a Strange Land” The Live Album 1981
  • Jessy Carolina & the Hot Mess “Nobody’s Sweetheart Now” (l.Gus Kahn)
  • Jessy Carolina & the Hot Mess “I’ll See You In My Dreams” (l.Gus Kahn)
NickaNees

It ain’t in Webster. There’s Bluegrass every Wednesday at Providence’s cheriched NickaNees. …and Jessy Carolina & the Hot Mess once in a blue moon.

  • Jon Baptiste “The Very Thought of You” Hollywood Africans 2018
  • Jon Baptiste “What a Wonderful World” Hollywood Africans 2018
  • Karan Casey “An Buachaillín Bán” Songlines, 1998
  • Karan Casey “Ballad of Accounting” (E MacColl) Songlines, 1998

A special tribute set, “The Music of Marcia Ball” takes place on Sunday, April 26, 2026, in the Blues Tent at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Marcia is unable to speak anymore, but she can still play.

 

DATES:
• Miho Hatori performs at Myrtle (East Providence) May 13, 2026 
• Cat Clyde appears at Club Passim (Cambridge, MA) on May 19, 2026
• Dakhabrakha appears at Payomet Music Center (Truro, MA) on August 5, 2026
• Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Stone Mountain Arts Center (Bownfield, ME) August 1, 2026
• Sam Bush, (NewGrass Revival )performs at Groton Hill Music Center  (Groton, MA) on July 9, 2026
• Bluegrass Thoedown every Wednesday at NickaNees (Providence) 8:30 -11:30.
• The Mekons appear at Sinclair (Cambridge, MA) June 12 and at Swamp Stomp (Peacedale, RI) on June 13
• Mark Cutler & Men of Great Courage July 8 and Los Lobos on July 25 at The Narrows (Fall River, MA) 
• The Chris Monti Band appears at Blackstone River Theater on July 12 | Hiroya Tsukamoto appears on Aug 2
• Paul Simon appears at Tanglewood on June 27 & 28 | Rosanne Cash appears on Aug 30th (note: 2:30 show!)

 

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