Calendar

Dec
26
Mon
David Johnston
Dec 26 @ 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
Dec 26 @ 9:00 pm
The White Owls

“I saw them the other night at TOAD with a friend visiting from Austin.  I’d say Tim Gearan is one of the best guitar players in town.”  Sam Kornstein – Something’s Brewing

Dec
27
Tue
Carla Ryder, Jenee Halstead, Julie Dougherty & Ramona Silver!
Dec 27 @ 7:30 pm
The Blue Ribbons
Dec 27 @ 10:00 pm
Dec
28
Wed
Fandango
Dec 28 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango

Fred Griffeth fronts Fandango  – Their celebrated selection of Americana music draws a loyal band of pious sisters and reform school brothers! – Truth . . .

Eleanor Bigsby
Dec 28 @ 10:00 pm
Eleanor Bigsby

Eleanor Bigsby is an instrumental surf band that performs the music of The Beatles.

Dec
29
Thu
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones
Dec 29 @ 7:30 pm
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones
The Band Members: Melvern Taylor- Ukulele
And the Fabulous Meltones: Matt Murphy -Upright BAss Dave Livingston – Slide Guitar Sir Bob Nash – Drums
Genre: Post-Modern Parlor Music  – give it a listen HERE
Baker Thomas Band
Dec 29 @ 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band

BAKER THOMAS BAND  “…kind of a musical Robin Hood, robbing freely from the classic roots of American music and bringing it back to the common folks.”  – Billy Beard, Talent buyer/Boston Session drummer.

Dec
30
Fri
Stan Martin Band
Dec 30 @ 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

Dec
31
Sat
opening at 3pm today
Dec 31 @ 3:00 pm
New Year’s Eve with Muddy Ruckus
Dec 31 @ 10:00 pm
New Year's Eve with Muddy Ruckus

“Infectious, foot-stomping Americana tunes. Similar to the White Stripes in duo power. Muddy Ruckus delivers a full bodied sound, with nothing but guitar and suitcase drums.” – The Sound

Jan
1
Sun
Sunday Spins
Jan 1 @ 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins

“Vinyl record sales are at a 28 year high” – Fortune April 2016  – See/Hear for yourself at Sunday Spins – every Sunday – bring your records and take turns sharing your faves!

STASH & Friends – new Sunday Residency!
Jan 1 @ 9:00 pm
STASH & Friends - new Sunday Residency!

Stash (Short for Stanisław) Wyslouch (Pronounced Why- Slouch)

Guitarist and Singer in The Stash! Band and Molsky’s Mountain Drifters

Jan
2
Mon
David Johnston
Jan 2 @ 7:30 pm
David Johnston

David Johnston  knows what you need at the beginning of the week . . . Blue Monday at TOAD!

The White Owls
Jan 2 @ 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

Jan
3
Tue
Juliet & The Lonesome Romeos
Jan 3 @ 7:30 pm
Juliet & The Lonesome Romeos

“Being compared by critics to Lucinda Williams and making the CMA CloseUp Magazine’s “Who New To Watch in 2013” list have got to be hard to live up to, but Juliet and the Lonesome Romeos do just that with their debut album, No Regrets. The final track here is her finest moment – the waltz “Learn to Love Again” – where she must dip into someplace deep for such longing in her performance. Not since Deana Carter’s “Strawberry Wine” has ¾-time deserved a spot back on contemporary radio playlists. (Please hit the link to read full review.)”

Janet Goodman – Music News Nashville

The Blue Ribbons
Jan 3 @ 10:00 pm
The Blue Ribbons

Friends, we here at The Blue Ribbons Propulsion/Stagnation/Existential Laboratories would like to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all y’all who have been coming out to TOAD on Tuesday nights. It truly is a beautiful thing to be together sharing the moment, even if that moment is loud and confusing sometimes. Thank you for listening, dancing, loving it, hating it, ignoring it…the important part is that we are all agreeing to be together for a few hours being human.

Jan
4
Wed
Fandango
Jan 4 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango

“I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it’s harder for a rich man to get into heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.” – Michael Moore –

Celebrate Hump Day with Fandango

Air Congo
Jan 4 @ 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!

Jan
5
Thu
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones
Jan 5 @ 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
Jan 5 @ 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band

Baker Thomas Band:  “A whole bunch of musicians and a whole bunch of instruments, come together to deliver an electrifying show which promises a whole bunch of fun” -Tracey Delfino, Trespass Music

Jan
6
Fri
Stoker featuring John Jerome
Jan 6 @ 10:00 pm
Jan
7
Sat
The Dupont Brothers – Early Show Residency
Jan 7 @ 7:30 pm
The Dupont Brothers - Early Show Residency

“Together The DuPont Brothers resonate at just the right frequency. There were moments that honestly gave me chills.”

-Dan Bolles, Seven Days

Pat & The Hats
Jan 7 @ 10:00 pm
Pat & The Hats

Running with the Dr. Seuss notion that clever rhymes can woo pretty much anybody, Pat & the Hats are conquering the local music scene one swooning fan at a time.

Jan
8
Sun
Sunday Spins
Jan 8 @ 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins

Bring your vinyl over for a spin!  Or perhaps pick some up on your way at The Somerville Flea!

STASH & Friends – new Sunday Residency!
Jan 8 @ 9:00 pm
STASH & Friends - new Sunday Residency!

Stash (Short for Stanisław) Wyslouch (Pronounced Why- Slouch)

Guitarist and Singer in The Stash! Band and Molsky’s Mountain Drifters

Jan
9
Mon
David Johnston
Jan 9 @ 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
Jan 9 @ 9:00 pm
The White Owls

Blue Mondays at TOAD  – Listen to Dennis Brennan:  “Hey all you progressives, radicals and outcasts out there. It’s Monday and time for the blues with THE WHITE OWLS, featuring Tim Gearan, Jim Haggerty, Andy Plaisted, Steve Sadler & me along with David Johnston starting the night off.”

Jan
10
Tue
Sam Reid & The Riot Act
Jan 10 @ 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 . . .

  

Marc Wolfson Pinansky & The Bored of Health
Jan 10 @ 10:00 pm
Marc Wolfson Pinansky & The Bored of Health

Country Folk for city folk. Born and raised outside of Boston, MA. Professional Amateur Musician, Multi-instrumentalist, Songwriter. Lover of cats. Grammatical bandit. I get more done in a bathrobe than most do in a suit.

yeah . . . Marc Pinansky had us at cats, too . . .

Jan
11
Wed
Fandango
Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango

Fandango – it’s what’s for dinner . . . the heck with prince spaghetti day . . . use your noodle and get to TOAD!

The Grace Morrison Trio
Jan 11 @ 10:00 pm
The Grace Morrison Trio

Grace Morrison is an award winning singer/songwriter. Her professional career has included stints performing with some of the most well known musicians in America including Eddie Money, J. Geils, Pete Francis of Dispatch, Chris Slade of AC/DC and The Firm, Greg Douglass of The Steve Miller Band, Joey Molland of Badfinger, Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge, and Jimmy Baine of Dio

Jan
12
Thu
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones
Jan 12 @ 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
Jan 12 @ 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. . .

AS SEEN AT TOAD...