http://www.shorelineoutandabout.com/demo Everything That's Happening On The Connecticut Shoreline Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:22:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2012/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/live-music-in-ct-hes-my-brother-shes-my-sister/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2012/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/live-music-in-ct-hes-my-brother-shes-my-sister/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:00:51 +0000 Travis Dahlke http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=9000 He’s My Brother She’s My Sister raises what I would deem a mellow raucous. The sibling fronted outfit seamlessly blends cosmic Southern California glitz with the down home qualities of alternative folk. They disregard synths and artificial drum loops, for music that wholeheartedly embraces the human sound. Robert Kolar (brother) and Rachel Kolar (sister) meet [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2012/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/live-music-in-ct-hes-my-brother-shes-my-sister/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/make-do-and-mend-come-home-for-the-holidays/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/make-do-and-mend-come-home-for-the-holidays/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:14:45 +0000 Travis Dahlke http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=8929 Make Do And Mend might currently reside in Boston, but they actually formed a little further south, in West Hartford. These guys have been making serious commotion in the post-hardcore scene since their 2006 debut, because their sound bears the grit that only bands from New England have. It’s a trait rooted in the hard [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/make-do-and-mend-come-home-for-the-holidays/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/bring-our-music-backs-festival-of-trees-and-music/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/bring-our-music-backs-festival-of-trees-and-music/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:00:31 +0000 Edwin Bartlett http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=8727 Bring Our Music Back, Inc. will present the 2nd Annual Festival of Trees and Music at the Lyme Art Association, opening to the public the day after Thanksgiving, November 25th through December 4th, 2011.  The exhibit runs daily from 10a-6p! Ring in the holidays with a special visit to view the exhibit of over 36 decorated [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/bring-our-music-backs-festival-of-trees-and-music/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/live-music-in-connecticut-the-gatehouse-band/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/live-music-in-connecticut-the-gatehouse-band/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:08:47 +0000 Edwin Bartlett http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=8735 A mainstay of the downtown New Haven music scene, the GateHouse Band is a re-unified brigade of master-class blues musicians who all made their bones in the old days of the legendary Elm City juke joint, Café Nine. Their high-energy improvisational performance style of re-interpreted blues, rock and R& B classics recently garnered them top [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/live-music-in-connecticut-the-gatehouse-band/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/dining-restaurants-connecticut/new-london-dining-restaurants/old-lyme-dining-restaurants/bring-our-music-back-inc-announces-the-opening-of-songbird-cafe-a-coffeehouse-for-live-local-and-homegrown-music/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/dining-restaurants-connecticut/new-london-dining-restaurants/old-lyme-dining-restaurants/bring-our-music-back-inc-announces-the-opening-of-songbird-cafe-a-coffeehouse-for-live-local-and-homegrown-music/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:17:04 +0000 Edwin Bartlett http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=8507 The Friday Night Live Music Coffeehouse Series starts this fall at the newly opened Songbird Café in Old Lyme, CT. The live music series features local homegrown emerging talent in conjunction with Bring Our Music Back, Inc. The Friday Night Coffeehouses will be from 7-9pm throughout the fall in the charming, unique “pied-a-terre” styled Songbird [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/dining-restaurants-connecticut/new-london-dining-restaurants/old-lyme-dining-restaurants/bring-our-music-back-inc-announces-the-opening-of-songbird-cafe-a-coffeehouse-for-live-local-and-homegrown-music/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/the-north-haven-fair-b-wille-smith-and-christine-ohlman/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/the-north-haven-fair-b-wille-smith-and-christine-ohlman/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:08:35 +0000 Edwin Bartlett http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=8371 All in one weekend. Usually a tough decision , but not this weekend. You see, B Willie is headling at the North Haven Fair tonight, so you can do the mutli tasking thing. Get all the great fair foods like raised doughnuts, apple fritters, fried dough pizza, and so much more and catch B Wille [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/the-north-haven-fair-b-wille-smith-and-christine-ohlman/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/august-nights-concert-series-at-harkness-park/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/august-nights-concert-series-at-harkness-park/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:28:11 +0000 Edwin Bartlett http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=8282 It is official! Bring Our Music Back, Inc. has been awarded a 5-year contract from the State of Connecticut, to produce “August Nights at Harkness . . . Music the way it was!” at the revered state landmark, Harkness Memorial State Park, located along the shoreline in Waterford, CT. Starting on Thursday August 4th at [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/august-nights-concert-series-at-harkness-park/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/live-music-ct-carrie-johnson/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/live-music-ct-carrie-johnson/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:59:55 +0000 Wayne Kilburn http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=8271 The local music entertainment landscape is getting a major upgrade with the emergence of Carrie Johnson.  This past spring, The Carrie Johnson Band finished in the Top Four at a major radio station contest. Who is Carrie?  Carrie is a personable, sincere, and sassy; Singer, Songwriter, and Musician, all in one petite frame.  In the [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/art-literature/music-live-musuic-bands-clubs/live-music-ct-carrie-johnson/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/musician-spotlight/musician-spotlight-brian-macdonald/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/musician-spotlight/musician-spotlight-brian-macdonald/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:23:45 +0000 Sally Mann Romano http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=8139 Man, does that name ever ring a big bell! Always a consummate musician, Brian MacDonald was an integral part of the fantastic Thunder Road, a tribute band long before the musical landscape was littered with tributes. Performing to wide acclaim from the late ‘70s into the early ‘90s, Brian and this ground breaking band pounded [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/musician-spotlight/musician-spotlight-brian-macdonald/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/musician-spotlight/fuzeonfest-at-toads-place/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/musician-spotlight/fuzeonfest-at-toads-place/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:28:17 +0000 Edwin Bartlett http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=8075 Sunday, July 10, 2011, Toad’s Place, New Haven CT. The era where the music industry has a vice grip on what “is” and “is not” music is coming to an end and try as it might, there is nothing the industry can do about it. According to Maria Manes, CEO of Mindz-I Entertainment Group, another [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/musician-spotlight/fuzeonfest-at-toads-place/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/musician-spotlight/cassandra-kubinski-and-annie-fitzgerald/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/musician-spotlight/cassandra-kubinski-and-annie-fitzgerald/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:00:53 +0000 Edwin Bartlett http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=7783 Two NYC-based singer/songwriters will perform in CT on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3. Cassandra Kubinski, an Enfield native, will perform songs from her upcoming album, produced by Edd Kalehoff ( producer for Hank Williams, Jr, Jessica Simpson, Faith Hill, and many more). Annie Fitzgerald will perform songs from her recently released album “In [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/musician-spotlight/cassandra-kubinski-and-annie-fitzgerald/feed/ 0 http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/b-willie-smith-and-samurai-cab-company/ http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/b-willie-smith-and-samurai-cab-company/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 12:55:25 +0000 Edwin Bartlett http://www.ctoutandabout.com/?p=7684 Consider this a “Special Edition” of the “Weekend Update”, so to speak. Both of these bands have some big shows this weekend, so I want to make sure I get the word out on them. First up, B.Willie Smith. Many of us who have been around for a few years already know about BWS, but [...]]]> http://www.ctoutandabout.com/2011/music/b-willie-smith-and-samurai-cab-company/feed/ 0