Acoustic Long Island

Recorded live at our 11th Annual Summer Concert Festival, Miller’s Crossing is a bluegrass band based out of Long Island, New York. Miller’s Crossing prides itself on the original material each member brings to the band’s repertoire. They strive to play bluegrass music the way they feel it, and the result is a fresh outlook on the music while not getting too far away from it’s roots. A premier release of the CD “Adirondack Rail”, by Marjorie Kelting and Ronnie Feinberg, is an example of some of the material performed by Miller’s Crossing. For more, click here.

Recorded LIVE at Deepwells Mansion as part of its 11th Annual Summer Concert Festival. Lou Voodoo combines the vibes of New Orleans parades, Prohibition speakeasies, and modern urban streetcorners.  Their music captures the existential jazz/funk celebration of temptation, vice, love, superstition and the mysterious afterlife that we’re all headed toward.  Be prepared to move and chant and laugh and clap – and a sip of bourbon might be in order too. Hailing from Westchester, NY, Lou Voodoo is Dave Lewis on guitar, Ken Dircks on standup bass, and Rich Monopoli on drums.

Jocelyn has a hooky, lyric driven, acoustic sound that relates to artists like Ed Sheeran, Tracy Chapman, Megan Treynor, Nora Jones, etc. Just 18 Jocelyn has already performed at Nashville’s famed Bluebird Café, The legendary Whiskey-A-Go-Go in LA (twice), as well as Omaha’s premier music venues, The Waiting Room and The Slowdown, and many other clubs and events. Possessing a magnetic personality and live stage presence Jocelyn is a unique and undeniable vocal and guitar stylist that is impressive at any age and absolutely stunning at hers. For more, click here.

Shotgun Wedding draws from a wellspring of country, Americana, alt-country, rock n’ roll, and the boogie-and-stride piano tradition. With reverent intentions and restless creativity, the five-piece band has boldly settled its own authentic homestead.The group boasts four very individual and accomplished songwriters and lead vocalists, and sumptuous four-voice harmony passages. Shotgun Wedding has garnered favorable comparisons to Asleep At The Wheel, Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks, Little Feat, Zac Brown Band, and Shooter Jennings. The band cites influences as diverse as Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Speckled Red, Professor Longhair, AC/DC, Jim Campilongo, and Karen Carpenter. Shotgun Wedding is Dennis DelGaudio, guitar/vocals/bandleader; Wade Preston, piano/ vocals; Catherine Porter, vocals; Andy Cichon, bass/vocals; and Chuck Burgi, drums. The quintet has the rare distinction of being fulltime acclaimed musicians with impressive resumes pursuing a passion project out of sheer love of the music, their chemistry as a creative unit, and the deep bond of friendship they share. For more, click here.

The acoustic jazz ensemble, Rhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, offers up a newly minted sound, influenced by the classic Hot Club of France, yet wholly contemporary. Led by violinist Jason Anick and guitarist Olli Soikkeli, the quartet performs dynamic and lyrical arrangements of both Gypsy jazz standards and original compositions that draw upon diverse international rhythms and musical idioms. With Max O’Rourke on second guitar and Greg Loughman on bass, Rhythm Future is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of a vital musical genre. Where the band’s self-titled debut album re-visited classic jazz and Gypsy jazz favorites, Travels, the quartet’s current release, concentrates on group originals that make captivating use of musical sources from outside the conventional Gypsy jazz terrain. Travels reflects both the accumulated knowledge garnered from the groups world wide touring as well as the international influences that inspired new rhythmic and harmonic possibilities within their compositions and arrangements. For more, click here.

Long Island artist, SEE, was there to get the night going for our June concert at Deepwells Mansion. It was a beautiful early summer night – the french doors were open and the audience was primed for a good time. Enjoy!

Goodbye Blue is an Americana duo featuring Charlotte Kendrick and Dan Rowe. The duo performs melodic and personal Americana-Folk reminiscent of story-telling artists such as The Weepies, Patty Griffin, and John Prine. In addition to their close personal relationship (they’re married), Charlotte and Dan have a longstanding and complimentary musical partnership. The duo previously made three albums together with Charlotte as singer/songwriter and Dan in the producer/arranger role. Now performing as Goodbye Blue, the current songs reflect a time of life that many can relate to, describing the joys and struggles of raising small children. Their current release, Worth the Wait, comes out on March 21st, 2016 on Wondermore Records. For more, click here.

It was a rainy Wednesday night, but somehow our loyal audience filled the seats for another intimate evening of live music. After posing the monthly riddle (presented by Billy’s son little Billy), Chris J Connolly took the stage and captured the audience with his unique blend of story telling and song crafting.

Recorded live on April 6, 2016 at the historic Deepwells Mansion in Saint James. Ramblin’ Dan Stevens performs a mix of traditional finger style blues, americana and originals and has entertained audiences throughout the United States, Germany, UK, Canada and US Virgin Islands. His unique style of “bottleneck” slide playing popularized by early Mississippi Delta bluesmen includes use of a homemade, three stringed “Cigar Box Guitar” and one stringed “Diddly Bow”, both primitive blues instruments. A finalist in the International Blues Challenge on Beale St. in Memphis TN and protege of the legendary folk and blues icon Dave Van Ronk, Dan has been lauded as a raconteur and for the authenticity of his approach. Dave’s career has recently been highlighted by the release of the the Coen Brothers movie, “Inside Llewyn Davis”, set in the Greenwich Village scene in the sixties. Also, Dan plays regularly in the New York City Subway System in locations such as Times Square and Grand Central Terminal. For more on Dan’s music, click here. Photo courtesy of Howard Greenberg.

Recorded live on April 6, 2016 at the historic Deepwells Mansion in Saint James. Join Dave and Billy as they kick off the 2016 concert season, in spite of Donald Trump holding a rally just miles away. To warm up the show, Kayla Stockert shared her amazing voice and songwriting skills. Give a listen! Photo courtesy of Howard Greenberg.