Kevin Welch

Kevin Welch

Friday, October 11th

Doors open at 7:00pm. Music at 8:00pm.

We'll have chili and soup, so plan on coming early!

Without Kevin Welch, we would not be doing house concerts. He is the first Americana musician who caught Lynn's ear. The first time we went to a house concert it was to see him. He is an incredible performer who has so many great songs that it is hard to sum him up. One song will be a scorcher about partying in Amsterdam, the next a snapshot of life in Oklahoma oil country, and the next a prayer for a long, full life. This is another rare treat. Since we moved here in 2007, the closest he's come to Cleveland is Columbus (it was SO worth the trip).

www.kevinwelch.com/

$20 suggested donation, all of which goes to the artist. You must email mechanicstreetmusic@yahoo.com to reserve your seat. We'll send you our address and other details a day or two ahead.

Kieran Kane--Saturday, September 14th

Doors open at 7:30.   Music at 8:00pm.

$15 suggested donation, all of which goes to the artist. You must email mechanicstreetmusic@yahoo.com to reserve your seat. We'll send you our address and other details a day or two ahead.

Kieran Kane is an iconic songwriter and performer and one of the founding artists of the Americana movement. His ability to create mini-movies within his songs—check out “Anybody’s Game”—prove that Kane is among only a small handful of writers capable of blending traditional roots music with modern themes.

“There’s an understated power in the songs of Kieran Kane, all full of twang and heartache and romance and guys who were born to ramble.” - Associated Press

http://www.kierankane.com/

http://www.deadreckoners.com/artists/kieran_kane.html

Swear and Shake

Saturday, June 29th

8pm

"I really do love all the songs on [Swear and Shake's latest album]. For one thing, they don't sound alike at all. Fabulous is the band who can string together cohesive tunes into a stellar record without regurgitating the same themes, chords, styles, and even melodies.

Fans of She and Him, The Head and the Heart, Fleet Foxes, and Mumford and Sons will love Swear and Shake. - See more at: http://awaitingtheflood.com/the-new-standard-by-which-all-other-albums-will-be-judged-maple-ridge-by-swear-and-shake/#sthash.bJqw1btr.dpuf

 Fans of She and Him, The Head and the Heart, Fleet Foxes, and Mumford and Sons will love Swear and Shake." -Awaiting the Flood

This fast-rising Brooklyn quartet is coming to Mechanic Street. Lucky us! They blend equal parts soul, folk, and rock into their own fine, fun mix. They've opened for a slew of bands like Weezer, the Lumineers, and G Love and the Special Sauce. With their excellent 2nd release, they are spending more and more time as headliners. This will be a full band show (drums, banjo, awesome lead singer, the whole nine-yards).

My first attempt at reviewing Maple Ridge went a little something like this:
Swear and Shake just…  This album… I don’t even… Holy mother of… I LOVE ALL THE SONGS!
Complete lack of professionalism aside, I really do love every song on this album. For one thing, they don’t sound alike at all. Fabulous is the band who can thread together cohesive tunes into a stellar record without regurgitating the same themes, chords, styles, and even melodies. In this regard, Swear and Shake is fabulous.
- See more at: http://awaitingtheflood.com/the-new-standard-by-which-all-other-albums-will-be-judged-maple-ridge-by-swear-and-shake/#sthash.bJqw1btr.dpuf

My first attempt at reviewing Maple Ridge went a little something like this:
Swear and Shake just…  This album… I don’t even… Holy mother of… I LOVE ALL THE SONGS!
Complete lack of professionalism aside, I really do love every song on this album. For one thing, they don’t sound alike at all. Fabulous is the band who can thread together cohesive tunes into a stellar record without regurgitating the same themes, chords, styles, and even melodies. In this regard, Swear and Shake is fabulous.
- See more at: http://awaitingtheflood.com/the-new-standard-by-which-all-other-albums-will-be-judged-maple-ridge-by-swear-and-shake/#sthash.bJqw1btr.dpuf 

Please come enjoy the fun!

http://swearandshake.com/

Doors open at 7:30, Music at 8:00.

$15 suggested donation, all of which goes to the artist.

RSVP to mechanicstreetmusic@yahoo.com. We'll send you our address and other details a day or two before the event.

Bad Racket's Summer Music Series

Our friends at Bad Racket put together some great music to get your summer started.

Tickets and information on all events can be found through Bad Racket's facebook page and on the associated venue websites as announced. The full series calender is coming soon, with some very familiar names and few surprises. Check out June’s lineup below. Follow Bad Racket on Twitter and Facebook for up to the minute information on upcoming showcases.

BAD RACKET SUMMER SERIES JUNE DATES:

Friday, June 7 - Hooded Fang | Silent Lions | Goldmines | Rollergirl
Bad Racket Recording Studio - 8pm - $8

Saturday, June 15 - Shivering Timbers | Music For The Trees
Mahall’s 20 Lanes - 8pm - $12

Wednesday, June 19 - Tin Armor | Lost Jon & The Ghosts | Poetry From Ryan Starinsky & Jordan Castro
Bad Racket Recording Studio - 8pm - $6 adv - $8 dos

Saturday, June 22 - Shakey Graves | Wild Child | Marmelakes | Carrie Ryan
Mahall’s 20 Lanes - 8pm - $10

Thursday, June 27 - Filmstrip | Fangs Out | Beach Stav | Extra Medium Pony
The Grog Shop - 8pm - $6

JULY & AUGUST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON...STAY TUNED!

Come enjoy Saturdays in Ohio City

Mechanic Street House Concerts is hitting the streets this summer. 

Ohio City, Inc. asked us to help get a bunch of great Northeast Ohio musicians to play at Open Air in Market Square. There is so much great music in NEO that the challenge was choosing just a dozen! These free concerts take place in Market Square Park, right across from the West Side Market at the corner of W. 25th and Lorain Avenue. The fun gets started at 11:00am each Saturday and runs until 4:00pm.

 

Here's the schedule for the whole summer:


Open Air in Market Square is sponsored by First Merit Bank, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, Bazaar Bizarre, Penzey's Spices, and Ohio City, Inc.

Don't forget about PorchFest too!

We're also very excited about the Larchmere Porchfest from 1pm to 9pm on June 22nd. This is a fun music fest that takes place on 30 porches throughout Larchmere, which is in Cleveland just west of Shaker Square. For optimum enjoyment, bring your bike.
 

Hope to see you out and about this Summer! 

Gurf Morlix Finds the Present Tense

On Sunday, May 19, Gurf Morlix will give listeners at Mechanic Street House Concerts a dose of his new album, Gurf Morlix Finds the Present Tense.  It’s ten new songs of desperation and desire, done in his unsettlingly honest style. Though Morlix is known for producing chart topping records for artists like Ray Wylie Hubbard, Lucinda Williams, Slaid Cleaves, and Robert Earl Keen, his own records are top spins by Folk/Roots stations across the country and in Europe.

Roy Kasten of KDHX says that Morlix writes “with a flair for wit and mystery.” And of the album, "...it is acoustic country blues with flashes of electric lightining and crazy carnival organ when least expected." Bill Bentley of the Austin Chronicle says, “the man sings with such beautiful sadness…” Morlix is an Americana Music Association Award Winner and multiple nominee for Instrumentalist of the Year, and so fulfills the triple threat of Americana/Roots musicianship: soul-grabbing singing before a backdrop of unforgettable songwriting and expert instrumentation It all comes together like a charm at his live shows.

http://www.gurfmorlix.com/

Doors open at 6:30, Music at 7:00.

$15 suggested donation, all of which goes to the artist.

RSVP to mechanicstreetmusic@yahoo.com. We'll send you our address and other details a day or two before the event.

Kevin Gordon

Saturday, April 13th

8pm

Kevin Gordon is a perfect example of why we host house concerts. He’s been critically acclaimed for years. Last year he was the subject of a feature article in the Sunday New York Times. He tours harder than Lance Armstrong with a cooler full of EPO and plays the best roots rock venues in the country. But he has never performed in Cleveland. It's time to fix that!

Kevin calls his music “indie swamp” and it reflects his Louisiana roots, as well as his Master’s degree in poetry from the University of Iowa. We love his latest CD Gloryland and listen to it at least once a week. The music has that loose, greasy feeling of good Louisiana rock and blues. The lyrics are tightly crafted and tell stories as good as any collection of classic Southern literature. We’ve seen him live and he is a dynamite singer, performer, and guitarist.

Please come help us welcome Kevin to Cleveland. It’s going to be a great show!


http://kg.kevingordon.net/

Check out this video!

Mechanic Street House Concerts
Ohio City
Cleveland OH 44113
Doors open at 7:30, Music starts at 8:00.

For more info and to reserve your seat, please email
mechanicstreetmusic@yahoo.com

Suggested donation (which all goes to the artist)
is $15 per person.

Lots of great music coming to Cleveland the next few weeks

There is lots of great music coming to Cleveland in the next few weeks. Go out and have some fun!

Wednesday--February 20th
Elephant Revival and the Ragbirds at the Beachland

Saturday--February 23rd
Trepanning Trio at Visible Voice
Bethesda, Jack and the Bear, Attic Wolves, Laura K. Balke, and Dolfish at Mahall's

Monday--February 25th
Star & Micey and Carolina Story at Wilbert's

Wednesday--February 27th
ZZ Ward and Delta Rae at the Beachland

Saturday--March 2nd
Eilen Jewell at the Beachland

Saturday--March 9th
Shemekia Copeland at The Winchester

Thursday--March 21st
Lucius at the Beachland

Friday--March 22nd
The Steel Wheels at Wilbert's
Angela Perly & the Howling Moons, Shivering Timbers, and the Womack Family Band at Mahall's

Sunday--March 24th
Ryan Bingham and Honeyhoney at the Beachland

Tuesday--March 26th
Alejandro Escovedo at the Beachland

Friday--March 29th
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials at The Winchester

Two new shows to announce!

Miss Tess & the Talkbacks
Sunday Feb. 10, 2013
Doors open at 6:30pm, music at 7:00pm

Miss Tess & the Talkbacks play fun, sassy music that blends jazz, jump blues, and rockabilly. Guaranteed to be a blast!

http://www.misstessmusic.com/


Kevin Gordon
Saturday April 13, 2013
Doors open at 7:30pm, music at 8:00pm

Kevin Gordon calls his music "indie swamp". It's a fun, literate mix of bayou blues and story songs. His recent album "Gloryland" was one of our favorites from 2012 and got him a feature article in the NY Times. We are pleased as punch that he is coming to do a concert with us!

http://kg.kevingordon.net/


$15 suggested donation, all of which go to the artists.

Email mechanicstreetmusic@yahoo.com to reserve your seats, please and thank you! We'll send you the rest of the details a few days before the house concert.