By Wayne Laepple
The Christmas holidays are inching closer, and I’ve got a couple of ideas for stocking stuffer CDs. Van Wagner’s got a new CD coming out next week, “Woolrich Coat” and the Burgess- Mitchell-Seal Trio also has a new disc, “Downriver Some” featuring 11 new tunes by Greg Burgess.
Ann Kerstetter’s “Duke Street Diary” and “Classics” are both still available.
I’ll have a few more by next week, I’m sure.
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Music this week includes Ariel Wickham, with jazz and blues, at Brews ¡¥n’ Bytes on Lower Mulberry Street in Danville at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Jim “the Singing Mailman” McClinsy will be at McGuigan’s Public House, 266 Market St., Sunbury, Friday night from 6-8 p.m.
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Daddy McFatty’s at 95 Queen St., Northumberland, is celebrating its fourth anniversary this weekend. On Friday, Kinsey will be there at 10 p.m., and on Saturday at 10, Basement Pro is there.
Saturday’s show is a benefit for Toys for Tots, and a new toy gets you in the door for $1. Otherwise, the cover for Saturday is $5. And next Wednesday, Poptart Monkees are at Daddy McFatty’s for an acoustic show at 10. $3 cover.
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This week, just to throw us all for a loop, the King Street Coffeehouse at the Savoy is happening on Saturday night instead of Friday. The line-up at the Northumberland coffeehouse this weekend includes Jim Dandy, a Snyder County blues band, KJ and her guitar, and country songstress Robin McNett. The music starts at 7 p.m. Dinner, desserts and various drinks are available. Cover is $6.
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Otherwise on Saturday night, Davy Jones —that’s THE Davy Jones, of Monkees fame —will be at Front Street Station in Northumberland at 8 p.m. Call Front Street at 473- 3626 for more information and tickets.
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Also on Saturday, Greg Burgess and Beverley Conrad are at Penn’s Tavern, on Route 147 south of Sunbury, from 6-9 p.m. Call 286-2007 for reservations.
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The Aloha Lakkanooki Luau Orchestra, featuring Bruce Barr, Bill Stetz and Tim Attinger, is at Cherry Alley Cafe, 21 N. Third St., Lewisburg from 7-9 on Saturday. I heard these guys a couple of weeks ago, and they’re a lot of fun.
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The Burgess-Mitchell-Seal Trio is at Puirseil’s Irish Pub, 15 S. Sixth St., Lewisburg, on Wednesday nights from 6-9 p.m. with outstanding jazz, blues and classics.
Puirseil’s also features the Lowlander Highlanders on Thursdays and Lux Bridge on Fridays. Saturday night, the MacAlum Celtic Band is at Puirseil’s from 7-10 with an eclectic mix of Celtic, medieval dances, bagpipe tunes, Christmas carols, ballads and Celtic rock. Call Puirseil’s 523-6000 for reservations.
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Burgess-Mitchell-Seal is also at la Fontana, 105 W. Main St. in Bloomsburg, on Thursdays from 6-9. Call 245-0057 for reservations.
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On Sunday, Chris Whitmer hosts the Second Sunday Jam Session at the Selins Grove Brewing Co., Market Street, Selinsgrove, starting around 2 p.m. and going as long as anyone’s willing to perform.
After that’s over, you can drop by Skeeter’s BBQ in Shamokin Dam, where Doug McMinn and Hannah Bingman will hold forth from 5-8 p.m. with a tasty selection of jazz and blues, along with a few surprises.
-- Local musicians and venues are encouraged to tell me about coming shows. Also, send CDs of your music so we can run clips on our Web site. E-mail to wlaepple@dailyitem.com by noon Tuesday to be included
