The Thunderbird Cafe



	MONDAY FEBRUARY 8th 9pm Come out and join Pittsburgh Guitar Legend & Vocalist Craig King, whose CD “Breakthrough” received 3 stars from Bluescritic.com…
	TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9th 9pm
	THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11th 8pm $15/17
	CJ CHENIER & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
	C.J. Chenier was literally born into the musical tradition of southwest Louisiana and Texas Zydeco, a chugging, accordion-led blend of French Creole and African-derived influences. Born the son of great Zydeco king Clifton Chenier, the first Grammy Award winning musician of his genre,


	FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12th 8pm $10/12
	ZACH DEPUTY
	Zach has infused his earthy blues, roots-rock and soul with hip-hop beats, dance hall rhythms and a bit of the tropical humidity of Calypso and reggae. the result is an original sound as comfortable and accessible as worn flip-flops, open and inviting like a seaside cabana and full of flavor surprises like a New Orleans gumbo.


	SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13th 8pm $12/14
	KRISTINA TRAIN
	Hearing Kristina Train for the first time is nothing less than a revelation: her sunny, easygoing demeanor and youthful good looks belie the heart-wrenching power of her voice. Train’s Blue Note debut, Spilt Milk, is urbane and soulful, lush in its arrangements but intimate in its emotions, built on a foundation of classic and deeply felt southern soul.

	MONDAY FEBRUARY 15th 9pm Come out and join Pittsburgh Guitar Legend & Vocalist Craig King, whose CD “Breakthrough” received 3 stars from Bluescritic.com…
	TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16th 9pm
	THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18th 10pm $5

	JAZZ NIGHT

	FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19th 9pm $ 5
	Scotts Rogers (CD Release Party)
	Meeting of Important People
	Nik Westman and Central Plains


	SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20th 10pm $5
	TheCAUSE
	Solid musicians with an attention to the delicate touch who love playing - Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Dylan, Phish and a whole lot more - including several smokin originals.
	Special Guests: TANGERINE
	MONDAY FEBRUARY 22nd 8pm $15/18
	CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO
	“Everyone in the Charlie Hunter Trio resides on common ground and they seem to be simultaneously finding even more in common as they play together. The end result often sounds like more than just three players, a wonder of wonders for those unfamiliar with Charlie Hunter and only a little less so for those who have followed the intrepid guitarist's career.” – Doug Collette, AllAboutJazz.com

	TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23rd 8pm $18/20
	RICHARD SHINDEL
	Richard Shindell is the master of point-of-view, sometimes playing the dispassionate observer, but often inhabiting the very soul of one of his characters. Shindell wraps his poetic vision in moody, moving arrangements. The thinking man's folk singer has just raised the bar. —Rob Weir


	FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26th 9:30pm $10/12
	ANDY McKEE
	McKee’s unique skill allows him to transform the guitar from a simple stringed instrument to a dynamic calliope of sound. Andy’s deft talents give his music life through use of altered tunings, syncopated rhythm guitar taps, and his textural use of polyphonic tones and drones. All of these are played on both standard sized acoustic guitars and a hand-built 12 string harp-guitar. McKee’s live shows are a true testament to his art of stringsmanship and engaging repartee.



	MONDAY MARCH 1st 8pm $16/18
	CATIE CURTIS
	Catie Curtis has been a fan favorite on the acoustic music scene for a number of years now. Her well-deserved reputation as one of our very best singer/songwriters has followed her through nine critically-acclaimed recordings. With her tenth and newest project, Hello Stranger, released in August 2009, she gifts her loyal fan base and entices new listeners with a recording that captures some of the magic of her live performances.

	TUESDAY MARCH 2nd 8pm $8/10 Frontier Ruckus "Though it has often fallen into the shadows of bigger, flashier acts, Frontier Ruckus has made a name for itself with "The Orion Songbook"...glowing displays of acoustic prowess, focusing on the beauty in simplicity...as a whole, the album that suggests the warmth of coming home." -Massachusetts Daily Collegian Guests: Backyard Birds

	FRIDAY MARCH 5th 9pm $5
	NIK WESTMAN & Central Plains "CD Release Party"
	Andy McNeil says: The Central Plains took the small crowd of the smoky Thunderbird Cafe on a lyrical stroll, from the familiarity of Pittsburgh to wilds of the arctic, during a performance in Lawrenceville. Each song invited the listener to take a trip around the world and back, much like the journeys of the group's Swedish-born singer Nik Westman. Special Guest: BOCA CHICA & BIG HURRY


	SATURDAY MARCH 6th 8pm $20/23
	JOHN GORKA
	John Gorka (named by Rolling Stone as the preeminent male singer-songwriter of the new folk movement) John Gorka is still honored to be a part of the folk tradition — energetic acoustic music that is not a trend, not a fad, but an expression of everyday life.


	TUESDAY MARCH 9th 8pm $8/10
	BAREFOOT TRUTH
	"With over 4.5 millions radio spins on internet radio "Pandora", Barefoot Truth's unbridled optimism has captured people around the world. Their new album "Threads" (released Feb 16th) is a testament to the band's upbeat music and unique live performance. "


	THURSDAY MARCH 11th 8pm $18/21
	CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS
	The Carolina Chocolate Drops are a group of young African-American stringband musicians who play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolinas’ piedmont. Members Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons and Justin Robinson strive to carry on the legacies of countless black musicians who have passed beyond memory and recognition, all the while remaining true to their own unique style.


	SUNDAY MARCH 14th 8pm $10/12
	SARA HAZE
	Releasing her first major album at the age of 19 has been a long time coming for this songstress, writing fan favorites like "Lovely" and "My Own Hands To Hold" years earlier. Fans of MTV's reality phenomenon The Hills responded en masse with over 300,000 hits on Sara's MySpace page when her song "My Own Hands To Hold" was used to illustrate a scene depicting a rocky relationship. Sara sings "you're bringing me down" in the chorus, describing a relationship gone bad.


	THURSDAY MARCH 18th 10pm $5



	FRIDAY MARCH 19th 10pm $5
	The OLD E ALLSTARS
	Slammin funk grooves that get the people dancing, and blues ballads that often leave fans with goosebumps. The Allstars perform mostly original material, with a few soul/funk classics rounding out each set.


	SATURDAY MARCH 20th "Early Show @ 7pm" $15/18
	THE GRASCALS
	Already among the most beloved and acclaimed of contemporary bluegrass groups, The Grascals are the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Entertainers of the Year, first earning the top honor in 2006, only one year after being named Emerging Artist of the Year and winning Song of the Year for “Me and John and Paul.”

	SATURDAY MARCH 20th 10pm $5
	CITY DWELLING NATURE SEEKERS
	[City Dwelling Nature Seekers] holds down the alt-country end of indie rock, citing (and revealing) The Band as a key influence.” Andy Mulkerin, Pittsburgh City Paper
	Special Guest: Strip Mall Ballads


	FRIDAY APRIL 9th 9pm $5
	DIGITAL
	Featuring former members of JAZZAM --- Glen Strother and Jon Riley


	SATURDAY APRIL 10th 8pm $25/28
	LUNASA
	Lúnasa are internationally acknowledged as being the finest traditional Irish instrumental band of recent times. In October 1997, Ireland’s all-star quintet Lúnasa released their début CD Lúnasa, it became an immediate best-seller in Ireland, topping Hot Press’ folk charts and nominated one of the year’s top ten by the Irish Echo in the USA.


	THURSDAY APRIL 15th 8pm $14/16
	HOT CLUB of COWTOWN
	The Hot Club of Cowtown has grown to be the most globe-trotting, hard-swinging Western Swing trio on the planet. From early days busking for tips in San Diego's Balboa Park, the band has grown and developed into a formidable international sensation. The Hot Club's ever-growing presence on the international festival scene has grown with its relentless touring over the years alongside the release of five critically acclaimed CDs .


	SATURDAY APRIL 24th 10pm $5
	JIMBO and the SOUPBONES
	A funky soulful band hailing from New Kensington PA, and lead by the vocals of smooth operating front man Jimbo Jackson,return to the THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Jimbo and the Soupbones captured the title of the best band in the Burgh @ The Carnegie Arts and Heritage Festival 2009


	TUESDAY APRIL 27th 8pm $13/15
	HEAVY TRASH
	Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray are... HEAVY TRASH -- Formerly (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ) Jon remains an indelible totem to his enormous mojo spirit and red-hot power of deliverance. He is Daddy Boss Hog! He is the Blues Exploder and Microphone Destroyer! A Gibson Brother! The man who shared a Chicken Dog with Rufus Thomas, got Soul with R.L. Burnside



	SATURDAY MAY 1st 10pm $5
	TheCAUSE
	Solid musicians with an attention to the delicate touch who love playing - Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Dylan, Phish and a whole lot more - including several smokin originals.

	MONDAY MAY 3rd 8pm
	KASEY ANDERSON
	A versatile and confident songwriter and singer." No Depression "[Anderson is] a literate working man’s poet." Paste "Equally at home with introspective ballads as he is with political dirges." The Onion A/V Club


	SUNDAY MAY 9th 8pm $15/18
	FRED EAGLESMITH
	The New Yorker magazine said it best: “If you’re missing Fred Eaglesmith, you’re really missing out.” An award-winning and acclaimed music auteur of the highest order, he has forged a singular and distinctive legacy with his songs, recordings, live performances, achievements and impact unlike that of anyone else in contemporary music. And done so as a fiercely independent and original artist through the sheer power of the music he creates.


	SATURDAY MAY 15th 8pm $12/14
	EILEN JEWELL
	Boise-born and Boston-based, Jewell has quickly distinguished herself as one of the rising stars of a new generation of roots musicians. Jewell is showing she can wander with the best of them, and write riveting song-stories about her adventures along the way.” Indicative of Jewell’s strong following in Europe, The Word in the UK described her as “A voice of real distinction [that] manages to transcend some powerful influences and pierce the fog long enough for her own point of view to emerge.”


	TUESDAY MAY 18th 8pm
	DIAS FELICES
	Details to follow


	SATURDAY MAY 22nd 10pm $8/10
	PONTIAK and ARBOURETUM
	Pontiak led by Van, Jennings and Lain Carney, three brothers from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Pontiak delivers powerful anthems that worm their way into your lobes and lay beautiful, noisy eggs.” Arbouretum is showing teeth, getting restless. You hear it in Kale's nine-minute opening track, "Time Doesn't Lie"--the beast leads in as a rolling, interlude-filled folk-rock song with a powerful, cresting chorus/chorale.


	FRIDAY MAY 28th 8pm $12/14
	The GIBSON BROTHERS
	"Eric and Leigh Gibson's sweet harmonies fall somewhere between those of Phil and Don Everly, and Charlie and Ira Louvin ... There is little question about the role of the heart in the making of modern bluegrass music and there is no doubt that the Gibsons apply lots of it to the music they so clearly love to make." Eric Thom, Exclaim! "Very much the real deal." Daniel Durchholz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch




	SATURDAY JUNE 12th 9pm $5
	ROWDY BOVINES Reunion Show
	From 1990-1995, the Bovines were a force to be reckoned with! No, they weren't the 1st rockabilly band in the area but they probably made the strongest impact. Billy Poore, author of ROCKABILLY: A 40 Year Journey referred to them as "regional legends".