Nightspots
Zou Zou's Cafe
101 N. Main, Chelsea [map]
433-4226
zouzouscafe.com
Newly renovated and expanded café features live music most Fri. & Sat., 8-10 p.m. No cover, no dancing.
November 1: Open Mike
All acoustic musicians invited. Hosted by Judy Banker & Ed Dupas.
November 2: Annie & Rod Capps
Annie Capps is a local singer-songwriter and electric guitarist who writes thoughtful, distinctively personal, warmly exuberant folk-rock songs and ballads that are both musically sophisticated and down- home. She's accompanied by her husband, singer-guitarist Rod Capps.
November 3: Tracy Kash & Pat Shanley
Jazz standards by the Detroit duo of vocalist Kash and guitarist Shanley.
November 7: The Blue Rays Trio
Eclectic blues-based trio with bassist Ralph McKee, guitarist Peter Holland, and harmonica player Tim Douthit.
November 8: Open Mike
All acoustic musicians invited. Hosted by Dave Boutette & Kristi Davis.
November 9: Billy Brandt
Rootsy, country-flavored psychedelic folk-rock by this veteran Detroit singer-songwriter. He is accompanied by dobro player Dave Falk.
November 10: Mike Ball & Madcat
Folk and blues by the duo of world-class local harmonica wizard Peter Madcat Ruth and pop-folk singer-songwriter Mike Ball, who is also an Erma Bombeck Award-winning humorist.
November 14: The Rollie Tussing Project
Ensemble led by Tussing, a nationally known local guitar virtuoso who specializes in prewar blues and jazz.
November 15: Open Mike
All acoustic musicians invited. Hosted by Dave Boutette & Kristi Davis.
November 16: The Blue Rays Trio
Eclectic blues-based trio with bassist Ralph McKee, guitarist Peter Holland, and harmonica player Tim Douthit.
November 17: Lisa Pappas & Michael Weiss
This local husband-and-wife duo of singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolinist Pappas and guitarist, bassist, fiddler, and vocalist Weiss performs a varied program ranging from early Appalachian ballads to contemporary Americana, along with some of Pappas's twangy pop- folk and country originals.
November 21: Pete Bullard & Friends
Ensemble led by local blues guitarist Bullard of the Shelter Dogs.
November 23: Dale Osborn and Barker & Broski
Double bill. Osborn is a Leo Kottke-style singer-guitarist from Chelsea who performs tasty covers and originals. Barker & Broski is the local proto-punk rock 'n' roll singer-songwriter duo of Michael Snyder-Barker and Chris Broski.
November 28: The Blue Rays Trio
Eclectic blues-based trio with bassist Ralph McKee, guitarist Peter Holland, and harmonica player Tim Douthit.
November 29: Open Mike
All acoustic musicians invited. Hosted by Annie Capps.
November 30: 4Peace4
Postbop jazz by this ensemble led by local guitarist Carl Michel. With vocalist Chris McCall, saxophonist Paul VornHagen, and bassist Keith Malinowski.
December 1: John Latini
Acoustic rock-based originals by this popular veteran local rock 'n' roll singer-songwriter. His new CD, The Blues Just Makes Me Feel Good, is a collection of soul-infused R&B songs.
December 5: The Rollie Tussing Project
Ensemble led by Tussing, a nationally known local guitar virtuoso who specializes in prewar blues and jazz.
December 6: Open Mike
All acoustic musicians invited. Hosted by Rochelle Clark.
December 7: M22
Local acoustic classic rock and country-rock cover band featuring members of the Breakers.
December 7: Sydney Burnham
Bluesy, funky folk-rock by this young singer-songwriter and guitarist from Brighton.
December 12: Pete Bullard & Friends
Ensemble led by local blues guitarist Bullard of the Shelter Dogs.
December 13: Open Mike
All acoustic musicians invited. Hosted by Sam Corbin.
December 14: Katon & Perkins
Blues and blues-rock by the veteran local duo of singer-guitarist Michael Katon and bassist Todd Perkins.
December 15: Jere Markita Duo and Dan Hazlett
Double bill. The Jere Markita Duo is singer-songwriters and multi- instrumentalists Jere Stormer and Markita Moore. Hazlett is a Detroit-area singer-songwriter and guitarist plays blues-, R&B-, folk-, and jazz-influenced originals on topics that range from the outlandish to the sublime.
December 19: The Blue Rays Trio
Eclectic blues-based trio with bassist Ralph McKee, guitarist Peter Holland, and harmonica player Tim Douthit.
December 20: Open Mike
All acoustic musicians invited. Hosted by Judy Banker & Ed Dupas.
December 21: Shannon Lee 
Versatile Ypsilanti Americana country-folk singer-songwriter best known as a vocalist with Hullabaloo.
December 22: Dave Boutette
Veteran local folk-rock singer-guitarist whose genial songs about the small ups and downs of ordinary life draw on a range of influences from Chuck Berry to Bob Dylan to Paul Westerberg. He performs with his wife, singer Kristi Davis, a former Radio City Rockette. Tonight's holiday show features lots of sing-alongs.
December 26: The Rollie Tussing Project
Ensemble led by Tussing, a nationally known local guitar virtuoso who specializes in prewar blues and jazz.
December 27: Open Mike
All acoustic musicians invited. Hosted by Rollie Tussing.
December 28: Lee Kitzman
Veteran folk and blues singer-guitarist from Alpena.
December 29: Brown & Falk
Originals and offbeat covers in an eclectic mix of styles from bluegrass and blues to folk and jazz by the veteran duo of singer- guitarists Rick Brown and Jack Falk.
January 3: Open Mike
All acoustic musicians invited. Hosted by Boutette & Kristi Davis.
January 5: Lilly MacPhee
Yearning, ethereal folk rock by this Detroit indie singer-songwriter.
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