Nightspots
Crazy Wisdom Tea Room
114 S. Main [map]
665-9468
crazywisdom.net
Tea room above Crazy Wisdom Bookstore features live music, Thurs.-Sat. 8:30-10:30 p.m. and Sun. 6-7:30 p.m. The Sun. shows are streamed live on a3radio.com. No cover, no dancing.
February 3: The Delta Twins
Farmington blues-based Americana rock duo whose music has been described as “Tom Petty meets John Mayer at B.B. King’s nightclub.”
February 4: David Nefesh
Veteran folk-rock singer-songwriter from Royal Oak, a 6-time Detroit Music Award nominee.
February 5: Roy Schneider
Americana singer-songwriter from Fort Myers (FL) who music draws on blues, country, and folk traditions.
February 10: Ghost City Searchlight
Dearborn postpunk quartet whose music draws on Celtic and American folk idioms.
February 11: John Churchville
Local tabla player, accompanied by several musician friends, who plays Indian classical, light classical, fusion, and folk music.
February 12: Jason Dennie
Highly regarded local acoustic fingerstyle guitarist who plays an eclectic brand of folk-based music in the tradition of John Fahey, Leo Kottke, and Michael Hedges.
February 17: The White Ravens
Popular local self-styled “pop-geek-cabaret” rock quartet, led by local siblings Amy and Will Bennett, whose influences range from the Beatles and Dylan to Bach and Brecht.
February 18: Tracy Kash Thomas and Luti Erbeznik
Double bill. Thomas is a Detroit singer-songwriter whose music draws on R&B, jazz, and roots music, and Erbeznik is a singer- songwriter whose music draws on rock, classical, and Yugoslav folk music influences and who sings in a voice that’s been compared to Nick Drake.
February 19: Barb Barton
Veteran local singer-songwriter known for her entrancing folk- rock and New Age rhythms and captivating story-songs.
February 24: Billy Brandt
Veteran Detroit country-flavored folk-rock singer-songwriter.
February 25: Jo Serrapere
Highly regarded veteran local singer-songwriter known for her spare, haunting ballads and blues and her sinewy, commanding vocals. She is accompanied by guitarist John Devine.
February 26: The Potter’s Field
Americana roots duo of singer-songwriters Rochelle Clark of Chelsea and John Natiw of Canton.
March 2: Bill Edwards
Local country singer-songwriter, 1989 winner of the Billboard Country Songwriting Contest, whose songs have been covered by the likes of Lee Roy Parnell and T. Graham Brown.
March 3: Judy Insley & Floyd Raeon
Veteran Oakland County acoustic singer-songwriter duo known for their intricate arrangements on a variety of string instruments.
March 4: Annie Capps
Local singer-songwriter and electric guitarist who writes thoughtful, distinctively personal, warmly exuberant folk-rock songs that are both musically sophisticated and down-home. She’s accompanied by her husband, guitarist Rod Capps.
March 9: Dan Hazlett
This Detroit-area singer-songwriter and guitarist plays an eclectic mix of blues-, R&B-, folk-, and jazz-influenced originals on topics that range from the outlandish to the sublime.
March 10: Ian James Pinchback
Singer-songwriter whose songs draw on an eclectic mix of outlaw country, classic rock, postpunk grunge, blues, and folk influences.
March 11: Angela Predhomme
Detroit-area singer-songwriter whose influences range from Motown and the Beatles to Sarah McLaughlin and Norah Jones.
March 16: Team Love
Local trio led by singer-songwriter and bassist Tim Berla that plays originals and covers in an eclectic mix of styles, from jazz, swing, and Latin to country. With clarinetist and percussionist Charles Dayringer and guitarist Kip Godwin. Tonight they are joined by vocalist Julia Papastavridis.
March 17: Katseye
Local acoustic duo of Kathy Gravlin and Kathy Wieland known for their rich, resonant vocal harmonies and for their varied repertoire of traditional songs, covers, and Wieland’s witty, thoughtful originals about women’s lives. With bassist Rob Nuhn.
March 18: John D. Lamb
Veteran Detroit blues, rock, and R&B singer-songwriter.
March 23: Max & Ruth Bloomquist
Acoustic Americana by this Muskegon husband-and-wife singer- songwriter duo whose latest CD, Turn Back a Page, reached #5 on the Folk Radio Airplay chart.
March 24: John Churchville
Local tabla player, accompanied by several musician friends, who plays Indian classical, light classical, fusion, and folk music.
March 25: Bobby Pennock
Plymouth folk-rock singer-songwriter who today is celebrating his birthday.
March 30: Ellen Keyt
Detroit urban folk singer-songwriter with a big, warm voice whose songs explore social issues, relationships, and spiritual journeys. She is accompanied by Deb Fedon on cajon (a box-shaped percussion instrument) and harmony vocals.
March 31: Russ Glenn
Detroit postpunk folk-rock singer-songwriter whose songs are known for their strong melodies and poetic interweaving of imagery and storytelling.
