Nightspots

Crazy Wisdom Tea Room

114 S. Main [map]
665-9468
crazywisdom.net

Tea room above Crazy Wisdom Bookstore features live music, Fri.-Sat. 8-10 p.m. No cover, no dancing.

December 1: San, Emily, & Jacob

Multi-instrumentalist San Slomovits (best known as half of the popular family-friendly duo Gemini) and his violinist daughter, Emily Slomovits, are joined by bassist Jacob Warren to perform a wide range of traditional and contemporary acoustic folk, jazz, and classical music, including material from their CD, Innocent When You Dream.

December 7: The Blue Water Ramblers

This Grand Rapids quintet fronted by banjoist Jim Foerch and guitarist Bear Berends performs a wide range of traditional Great Lakes music, including lake shanties, lumberman ballads, union rallying cries, farmer's paeans, gospel music, and children's ditties.

December 8: Bill Edwards

Veteran local country singer-songwriter whose songs have been covered by the likes of Lee Roy Parnell and T. Graham Brown. His collaboration with former Ann Arborite Whit Hill, "What'd I Do," was featured in the HBO series True Blood.

December 14: Dale Osborn

Leo Kottke-style singer-guitarist from Chelsea who performs tasty covers and originals.

December 15: John Churchville

Local tabla player, accompanied by several musician friends, who plays Indian classical, light classical, fusion, and folk music.

December 21: Billy Brandt & Sarana VerLin

This 2010 Detroit Music Award-winning folk-rock singer-songwriter duo performs a blend of Celtic and Americana music they call "Celticana."

December 22: John Finan & Sharon Tse

Singer-songwriter duo. Finan is a Canton singer-songwriter who writes country-tinged folk-pop, and Tse a young singer-songwriter whose repertoire ranges from confessional folk-pop to jazz- inflected songs.

December 28: Terry Birkett

Longtime Livonia Americana guitarist and songwriter. Tonight he is joined by various musical friends TBA.

December 29: Steve Kovich

Detroit singer-songwriter whose influences include James Taylor and Paul Simon.

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