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Nov
6
Sun
Sunday Spins
Nov 6 @ 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins

Come share your vinyl!  Record lovers unite at Toad on Sunday afternoons – for a day of song sharing, sipping drinks, and chatting about their favorite music. Toad is a cozy neighborhood bar that hosts live bands every night, but at Sunday Spins, the patrons appreciate music in a different format. People bring their vinyl records and sign up for a slot to play two songs at a time.

Dave Anthony
Nov 6 @ 8:00 pm
Dave Anthony

Dave Anthony is known for his guitar & vocals with the band Nemes

Nov
7
Mon
David Johnston
Nov 7 @ 7:30 pm
David Johnston

More on David Johnston:  You’re rushing through the city streets, maybe late for an appointment, distracted by your life’s many obligations, and you blow right past a street musician, hard at work. And you stop. And you listen. And you enter the moment and think, ‘Wow, this guy can really play.’

The White Owls
Nov 7 @ 9:00 pm
The White Owls

Just look at the band; Dennis Brennan on harmonica, guitar and vocals. Tim Gearan on guitar and vocals. Steve Sadler on lap steel.  Jim Haggerty on bass and Andy Plaisted one drums.  Killer.

Nov
8
Tue
Martha Bourne
Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm
Martha Bourne

Did you know that Martha Bourne studied Film Scoring/Composition at Berklee College of Music?

She also recently taught guitar at Girls Rock Campaign Boston

and many people in the community that Martha’s originally from North Carolina and makes killer biscuits . . . !

Martha Bourne
Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm
Martha Bourne

Did you know that Martha Bourne studied Film Scoring/Composition at Berklee College of Music?

She also recently taught guitar at Girls Rock Campaign Boston

and many people in the community that Martha’s originally from North Carolina and makes killer biscuits . . . !

Nov
9
Wed
Fandango
Nov 9 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango

FANDANGO is as much a spiritual renewal as it is a reinterpretation of some of the best soul, blues, gospel, and Americana music ever written. With a loyal flock of followers (the flock that rock) to their weekly Wednesday night residency at TOAD in Cambridge, FANDANGO fuels frontman Fred Griffeth to lead this congregation into soul and R&B righteousness! For he is like a refiner of fire and he shall purify!

“Ask not for whom the Fandan goes. It goes for thee. On Wednesday donchaknow.” –

Danielle Miraglia & The Glory Junkies
Nov 9 @ 10:00 pm
Danielle Miraglia & The Glory Junkies

“Straddling the line where folk/roots meets rock/blues, Danielle Miraglia has a voice that can go from a raspy come-hither purr to an Etta James-esque powerhouse belt, although she may be best known for her lead thumb — a heavy, thumping strike on her Gibson that’s backdrop percussion in itself.” – Lauren Daley – Boston Globe

Nov
10
Thu
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones
Nov 10 @ 7:30 pm
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones
Melvern Taylor makes up songs on the ukulele.  He has an unhealthy obsession with making music. It drives him to distraction. He is always lost and has a vulgar sense of humor.
You’ll LOVE it!
Baker Thomas Band
Nov 10 @ 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band

Beginning on stage at TOAD in Cambridge, MA during a weekly residency in March of 2009, Baker Thomas Band has always been an eclectic collection of musicians and good friends getting together to make great music and have a blast. With anywhere from 7 to 10 and even more musicians on stage, the BTB is a wrecking ball of good times and great tunes

Nov
11
Fri
Los Goutos
Nov 11 @ 10:00 pm
Los Goutos

LOS GOUTOS is:

Bruce Bartone
(acoustic and electric guitars; bass guitar, keyboards; backing vocals);

Mike Eigen
(lead and backing vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, clarinet, ukulele, songwriting);

Shamus Feeney
(bass guitar, acoustic, electric, and resophonic guitars; percussion; lead and backing vocals);

Chris Gleason
(lead and backing vocals, mandolin, tenor banjo, acoustic guitar, percussion, songwriting);

Paul Stewart
(lead and backing vocals, accordion, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, harmonica, songwriting)

…and whenever possible:

Jakub Trasak
(fiddle)

Nov
12
Sat
Jennifer Kimball with Alec Spiegelman & Christopher McDonald of Cuddle Magic
Nov 12 @ 7:30 pm
Jennifer Kimball with Alec Spiegelman & Christopher McDonald of Cuddle Magic

Singer/Songwriter Jennifer Kimball will be releasing her new album, Avocet, in February 2017 . . .

Stan Martin Band
Nov 12 @ 10:00 pm
Stan Martin Band

Stan Martin is a keeper of the traditional country music flame. He’s a Don Rich/Danny Gatton-schooled Telecaster-loving guitar picker, a virtuoso who is not a showoff. And he’s a skilled writer and musician who is unabashedly, unapologetically country. Martin’s original songs have a moving, sometimes comic, honesty. He retains a romantic toughness, as with some of Waylon Jennings early 1970s tunes written before the outlaw stance became a circus act.” Rick Allen Vintage Guitar

Nov
13
Sun
Mike Hastings Band
Nov 13 @ 9:00 pm
Mike Hastings Band

“When Mike Hastings isn’t playing at local venues such as Toad, he can often be found busking around Davis and Harvard Square. Next time you’re out, keep an ear out for the sound of guitar and a tambourine, and if you see Mike, stop and listen for a while. You just might leave a little warmer.+ – Sound of Boston

Nov
14
Mon
David Johnston
Nov 14 @ 7:30 pm
David Johnston

David Johnston is a regular fixture in Harvard Square. You can find him on just about any sunny afternoon with his old Gibson guitar, his signature black jeans, black hat, and a white bucket to catch the dollar bills —

The White Owls
Nov 14 @ 9:00 pm
The White Owls

Click HERE for a sneak peek of Blue Mondays at TOAD

Nov
15
Tue
Martha Bourne
Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm
Martha Bourne

Martha Bourne is a Boston-based singer/songwriter originally from North Carolina. Her original material grazes the fields of Southern Gothic and Americana

The Blue Ribbons
Nov 15 @ 10:00 pm
The Blue Ribbons

 

The Blue Ribbons was formed by singer/songwriter/keyboardist James Rohr.

They have been building a base of devoted fans withtheir original and soulful music.

Described as
“Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart,” they
combine “upbeat disillusionment and celebratory fatalism with musicianship” – Charan Devereux;Boston Globe.

Nov
16
Wed
Fandango
Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango

you CAN judge Fandango by their facebook pics – just sayin’

Luddy Mussy
Nov 16 @ 10:00 pm
Luddy Mussy

Luddy Mussy is colorful, almost cartoonish music made by lunatics.  With eccentric takes on genres ranging from blue, modern rock, surf rock & folk, Luddy serves up an original little something for any musical palate.

Nov
17
Thu
Driftwood Soldier
Nov 17 @ 7:30 pm
Driftwood Soldier

TOAD is thrilled to welcome Driftwood Soldier for the first time . . .

Growling and crooning, muttering about lost love, brimstone, and the glorious view from the underside of a rusty world-order, Owen holds the rhythm on mandolin and foot percussion. Bobby takes the opportunity to stretch bass notes into lyrical vines that vibrate somewhere north of your liver and flower unexpectedly at night.

Baker Thomas Band
Nov 17 @ 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band

ET – phone home –   yeah, yeah –

but only after the Baker Thomas Band show . . .  they’re out of this world. . .

Nov
18
Fri
Mike Hastings Band
Nov 18 @ 10:00 pm
Mike Hastings Band

Mike Hastings Band are lyrically based roots rockers that have built a solid reputation by playing super fun live shows at many of the areas best venues . . .

Nov
19
Sat
Sam Reid & The Riot Act
Nov 19 @ 7:30 pm
Sam Reid & The Riot Act
 Sam Reid & The Riot Act is an acoustic guitar-driven rock band with a true bluegrass soul . . .

  

Swinging Steaks
Nov 19 @ 10:00 pm
Swinging Steaks

The Swinging Steaks have appeared with John Fogerty, Hank Williams,Jr., the Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Poco, Los Lobos, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Paul Westerberg, The Band, Jason and the Scorchers among others and have toured extensively on their own.

Nov
20
Sun
Sunday Spins
Nov 20 @ 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins

Bring your vinyls as we get to take turns playing our faves…

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My Mother’s Moustache
Nov 20 @ 9:00 pm
My Mother's Moustache

My Mother’s Moustache lists some of their influences as:  The Decembrists, John Butler Trio, The Police, Dave Matthews Band, Barenaked Ladies, Leftover Salmon, Rusted Root.

Nov
21
Mon
The White Owls
Nov 21 @ 9:00 pm
The White Owls

Dennis Brennan sets up most songs with a growl and riff of his harmonica, lights into the lyrics, and nods at Steve Sadler, who gives the song the sonic treatment of a jet melodically breaking the sound barrier.” – Paul Tamburello – pt at large

Nov
22
Tue
Martha Bourne
Nov 22 @ 7:30 pm
Martha Bourne

Did you know that Martha Bourne studied Film Scoring/Composition at Berklee College of Music?

She also recently taught guitar at Girls Rock Campaign Boston

and many people in the community that Martha’s originally from North Carolina and makes killer biscuits . . . !

The Blue Ribbons
Nov 22 @ 10:00 pm
The Blue Ribbons
Fan Faves!  The Blue Ribbons list some of their interests:
making good music for good people, and trying to occasionally scare each other.

 

Nov
23
Wed
Fandango
Nov 23 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango

They’re creepy and they’re kooky,
Mysterious and spooky,
They’re altogether ooky,
. . . . FANDANGO!

Air Congo
Nov 23 @ 10:00 pm
Air Congo

Boston-based African style band AIR CONGO play music from the 1960’s-70’s Kinshasa/Brazzaville scene–the music of Docteur Nico, Tabu LeyLes Bantous De La CapitaleFranco et l’Orch TPOK Jazz, and more!

Nov
24
Thu
closed tonight . . . see you tomorrow!
Nov 24 @ 5:00 pm
Nov
25
Fri
Big Ben Hillman – The Professor of Funk
Nov 25 @ 10:00 pm
Big Ben Hillman - The Professor of Funk

Over the course of his career, Big Ben Hillman has shared the stage with a host of diverse and well known musicians including hip hop stars Method Man and Ghostface Killa from the Wu Tang Clan, De La Soul, Biz Markie, Digable Planets and Mix Master Mike of The Beasty Boys. He has also been seen performing with rock legends Les Claypool and Jimmy Buffet.

AS SEEN AT TOAD...